951. Name one thing that is beautiful about your body My skin.
952. Name one thing that is ugly about your body Tummy.
953. Name one thing that is beautiful about your mind I’m intelligent.
954. Name one thing that is ugly about your mind It’s beats me up often.
955. Who was the last person you were rude to? Don’t remember.
956.Are your elbows soft? Yes.
957. Are you ticklish? Yes but because my boyfriend tickles me a lot I’m starting to build some kind of resistance to it, lol.
958. Are you awkward or graceful? Bit of both.
959. Do you wear glasses/contacts? Neither.
960. If you wear contacts what’s the longest you have ever left them in your eyes? n/a
961. What’s going on where you are right now? My dad just got home.
962. What is your favorite thing to touch? This is the sort of question one has to be careful when answering since almost anything could end up sounding very rude, even if you didn’t intend it to! I think both my cats, Molly and Lola, would be up there in the faves because they’re both soft and snuggle back!
963. What is your favorite kind of incense? I don’t really use incense. Most of them are too overpowering for me.
964. What relaxes you? Reading, watching TV/films, certain things online (like blogs), cuddles, showers, baths, a nice cup of tea.
965. How much time have you wasted? Quite a bit, but we wont think about it for it is frightening.
966. How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle? When I get a rock and roll lifestyle I’ll let you know!
967. What does teen spirit smell like? Sweat? All I can think of is sweat. And bubblegum.
968. Do you mostly listen or hear? Both, depending on what it is.
969. Look or see? See above.
970. Do you comprehend all the things you read? No.
971. Is it necessary to be repetitive in order to be creative? I have no idea; whatever works for you.
972. Do you control your attitude or does it control you? You control it, but it often doesn’t feel that way.
973. Are your relationships mostly passion or conversation? For the first time I feel like it’s a really good balance.
974. Do you do what needs to be done regardless of the consequences? No, not always. I’m the sort of person that likes to consider consequences.
975. Is money how you keep score? No, I don’t keep score at all.
976. Who can you do everything or nothing with and still have the best time? My boyfriend, my cousin/best friend.
977. Just because you’re angry does that give you the right to be cruel? Hell no.
978. What is maturity and where does it come from? I think maturity is kind of like wisdom and it just comes with life experience. Generally I consider a mature person to realise that there are responsibilities and obligations in life, that everything we do has a consequence. Maturity does not equal the inability to have fun, however.
979. Who is the maturest person you know? I can’t be bothered answering this. lol
980. Who is the most immature person you know? Well my niece. Because she’s one.
981. If there was a fire and you could only rescue one thing from your room (all people and pets have escaped on their own, even goldfish) what would it be? I find this question distressing.
982. If you could, what 3 albums would you force everyone to remove from his or her CD collections? None. I don’t care about others’ music taste.
983. Does Marilyn Manson scare you or bore you? He bores me. Thank God Dita von Teese removed herself from that….thing.
984. What do you think of the Insane Clown Posse? I’m not that familiar with them.
985. What’s the best movie about high school? I’ll just say The Breakfast Club because I’m particularly fond of it.
986. Do you like Michael Jackson better in the 80′s 90′s or today? 80s.
987. Is choosing a different store to shop in from most people really making a statement? Not particularly, no.
988. What’s the riskiest thing you’ve ever done? No comment.
989. Have you ever ridden in a car while the driver had been drinking? Not with anyone over the limit.
990. Who needs to get a life? People who right into gossip magazines about celeb gossip stores as if those stories are true. Seriously, wtf?
991. Do write on yourself with milky pens? What the hell are milky pens?
992. What should be different about high school curriculum? More life skills.
993. Right now are you exactly the way you want to be? No.
994. Who can save you from yourself? Myself.
995. Are you a responsible person? Pretty much. Very Mother Goosey.
996. “It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.” — Oscar Wilde
Do you agree?
Lol, I’m not sure, but I do think he has a point.
997. How many greatest hits albums do you own? Probably 5 or so.
998. Are you at risk for a.i.d.s.? Well, I suppose we all are as long as we’re having sex, but I think my chances of being exposed to HIV are very, very slim.
999. Do you want to have it all? Well, yeah.
1000. Do you collect green pictures of dead presidents? No, I do not collect American money.

Here is a Christmas meme that I snagged from Holly.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
I have always loved wrapping paper. I used to wrap up random things when I was little in any paper I could find and everyone would wonder where their stuff had gone. Perhaps I should become a professional gift wrapper? This is not to say that I don’t have love for gift bags, but if I use them it’s more for birthdays or other super-special occasions.

2. Real tree or Artificial?
We always have a real tree. When I was little we used to get a random wonky pine branch off one of the pine trees on my grandparents farm, but last year we bought a pine grown specially for Christmas and we’re doing the same this year. I can see the appeal of artificial trees, but I prefer the real thing.

3. When do you put up the tree?
There isn’t a specific day that we put it up. Generally it’s early/mid December.

4. When do you take the tree down?
Usually early January.

5. Do you like eggnog?
I’ve never had it and it’s not particularly popular in New Zealand. It seems like the sort of thing one has during winter and it’s obviously summer here in the southern hemisphere. Maybe I’ll make some this year just to see?

6. Favorite gift received as a child?
I don’t remember, though I know I was unbelievably chuffed when I got a green Baby-G watch, because Baby Spice wore a Baby-G watch, too!

7. Hardest person to buy for?
Most people this year have been a bit difficult to think of gifts for, actually. I’m on a tight budget so it doesn’t leave me much room to work with, but fortunately I know what I’m getting almost everyone now. Just something else for the boyfriend, but I’ve no idea what, yet.

8. Easiest person to buy for?
My mum, as usual.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
No, the focus of Christmas for my family has no connection with the reason behind Christmas.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
Mail, though I’m not sending many out this year. Just a few to close friends and the rest will be given along with presents.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
I can’t really think of anything. For the most part people are good about picking the right stuff to give me!

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
Nightmare Before Christmas and Love Actually.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
Around November. I’m about 1/3 done.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Nope.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Dessert! And Christmas breakfast usually involves lots of yummy fruit, croissants, cheeses, and cranberry sauce. I think it’s actually my favourite meal.

16. Lights on the tree?
Our lights are still packed away and I don’t think we’ll be getting them out before this Christmas! We’ll forgo the lights.

17. Favorite Christmas song?
Santa Baby.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
From 2001-2007 we travelled for Christmas, but now we live in Auckland again so no need to.

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
No. I could have copied Holly’s answer, but that would be cheating. I do know Rudolph though.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
Star. I wanted to find a pretty angel or something but haven’t been able to this year (so far, there is still time!).

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
Christmas morning with my parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, then again at lunch with extended family.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
The commercialisation of everything and that stores seem to be decorating and displaying Christmas stuff earlier and earlier, then there is the general business of the shops and stuff.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
It varies, but I adore silver and frosty blue decorations. The only reason I would get an artificial tree is so I can get a black one and decorate it in silver and frosty blue!

24. Favorite memory of Christmas?
I don’t have one in particular; I just love being with my family. I must say though, Christmases have been even better since more nieces and nephews have come along. I think kids add a special kind of magic to it.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
A new cell phone, a 2010 planner, about 5 different calenders I fell in love with the other week, a million pairs of shoes, a house of my own, pretty much everything from Vivien of Holloway… But I’m actually only asking for the first two.

For the first time ever, I have created a holiday theme for my blog. I’m pleased as punch with it, quite frankly, considering I only decided I wanted to have a Christmas theme yesterday afternoon and worked on it until 10pm last night and then a bit this morning. Usually it takes me over a week to finalise a design because I tweak them so much!

Anyway, it features a wonderful illustration by Martine Lemmens and so far there is only one glitch (with the navigation appearance) which I will fix later today because I’m going out soon.

Happy December, everyone!