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In the playpen; A Neurotic
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I'm loving your answers, they're brilliant!
What television shows can you absolutely not stand?
Are you religious?
What's your favourite type of weather?
What's your best talent?
Describe your perfect day.
What do you miss most about secondary school/life at how now that you're in university/Dublin?
How are you with animals?
Which is the funniest word you've ever heard?
Which is the funniest name you've ever heard?
What's your least favourite quote?
Any lyrics that describe your mood perfectly right now?
What's the secret to happiness, in your opinion?
Do you read much poetry?
Irish Paper 2 is the most abhorrent Leaving Cert related...thing, yes or no?
What is your favourite dessert?
Chocolate or ice cream?
Do you believe in the supernatural?
What is your weirdest quirk?
What is the one food you could never give up?
What is/are your favourite book/books?
I have no idea where these are coming from! 0 -
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Oh dear. It really piles up.bythewoods wrote: »Dude, where were you today? [This is now yesterday] I arrived in the Hamilton at about 5, studied some colon, got distracted, left at around 9... couldn't focus
Favourite and least favourite things about going to Trinity? Favourite - The satisfaction of knowing that I attend the finest academic institution in the land.
Least favourite - People who talk like I just did there^.
Favourite brand of cider? I LOVE MY DRUIDS!
Ever considered ringing ahead to the Pav to ask what their beer/cider of the day is? The Pav itself? No. Friends who happen to be regulars? Yes.
Diet Coke or Coke Zero? Diet soft drinks are a stupid load of ****. What's wrong with a nice bottle of water?
...
Now, something a little more fun.
A Neurotic, it's quiztime.
ALONG WITH A SINGLET OXYGEN, WHAT ENZYME CATALYSES THE CONVERSION OF SUPEROXIDE ANION TO H2O2 IN THE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS? SUPEROXYGEN DISMUTASE!
FUSION OF AZUROPHILLIC GRANULES WITH PHAGOSYMES REALEASES -WHAT- INTO THE PHAGOLYSOME? HYDRO/PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES!?
(caps cos they're awesome questions.)
What's the difference between diverticulosis and diverticulitis? In what part of the large intestine are these conditions most common? Diverticulosis is hernia of the mucous membrane [through perforation formed by... blood vessels?] of the appendices epiploicae. Diverticulisis is inflammation of these herniae.
C3,4,5 KEEPS MY...? DIAPHRAGM ALIVE!
GO I didn't check notes or anything, I hope I passed
almostnever wrote: »I'm loving your answers, they're brilliant!
What television shows can you absolutely not stand? MTV, soaps, TV3, "World's Fattest Dwarf", etc etc etc
Are you religious? Nah. Raised a catholic, am no longer a catholic. Organised religion disturbs me.
What's your favourite type of weather? Smoggy sleet.
What's your best talent? Oof. I can flare my nostrils and also raise my eyebrows alternately. AT THE SAME TIME.
Describe your perfect day. Cookie crisp for breakfast. A nice swim. Faffing over coffee. Cookie crisp for dinner. Lollygagging. A quick bowl of cookie crisp for a snack. I dunno, some random snowboarding or some shít. Oh, and at some point I say something hilarious and everyone laughs a lot and says I'm a legend. Oh, and when I go to bed the sheets are freshly washed.
What do you miss most about secondary school/life at how now that you're in university/Dublin? My two best fwiends are still doing the LC, so I don't see them half as much as I'd like to.
How are you with animals? Love 'em! Here's my dog in a tux:
Which is the funniest word you've ever heard? Clitwank.
Which is the funniest name you've ever heard? Seamie McWeenie
What's your least favourite quote?"Sometimes I wish you'd never been born" - A Neurotic's mother. [not really though]
Any lyrics that describe your mood perfectly right now? Man, it took me ages to find lyrics that suit me today, but I think I found them eventually
The National - The Geese of Beverly Road
We'll take ourselves out in the street
And wear the blood in our cheeks
Like red roses
We'll go from car to sleeping car
And whisper in their sleeping ears
We were here, we were here
We'll set off the geese of Beverly Road
We won't be disappointed
We'll fight like girls for our place at the table
Our room on the floor
We'll set off the geese of Beverly Road
Oh, come, come be my waitress and serve me tonight
serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon
What's the secret to happiness, in your opinion? Baking powder! Also, self-esteem. You can live with anything as long as you like yourself.
Do you read much poetry? No, but I'd like to. I enjoyed a lot of the stuff on the LC course, but haven't followed up any of it yet.
Irish Paper 2 is the most abhorrent Leaving Cert related...thing, yes or no?Yes, YES, a thousand times yes!
What is your favourite dessert? Apple crumble and custard
Chocolate or ice cream? Chocolate with tea, ice-cream with shorts.
Do you believe in the supernatural? Consider me agnostic. I don't believe, but I don't disbelieve either, if that makes any sense!?
What is your weirdest quirk? That hooker I killed in Amsterdam.
What is the one food you could never give up? Spaghetti Bolognese! It's cheap and easy to make and delicious... ticks all the boxes.
What is/are your favourite book/books? Harry Potter and His Dark Materials are the two big series that have stayed with me since childhood. Fiction wise, A Prayer for Owen Meany (but you knew that), Catch 22, and The Road all spring to mind. Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything is probably my favourite book. It's all-encompassing pop science. I have no idea where these are coming from!mardybumbum wrote: »Who would you rather have in an anatomy viva;
- Glacken
- Ryan
- Mahony
- Tierney
? I had Glacken for my Michaelmas Viva (which was an absolute disaster) and he was rather nice about it all. He has a very soothing presence; I'd imagine that PT and Mahony would be more edgy. Ryan comes a close second for being extremely affable.KnifeWRENCH wrote: »If you were in Battle Royale, what weapon would you hope to be given? I love that movie... I'd probably go for something with infinite use, like a knife or a sword, and try and go for stealth kills. If I got a gun I'd probably go trigger happy and waste all my ammo.
How do they get the figs into fig rolls? It's a mystery, just like how they put the blueberries in blueberry Nutri-Grains. No one will ever know.
Who is your favourite former president of Kyrgyzstan? Seamie McWeenie.
Aimes-tu des pamplemousses? I find your use of the casual form distasteful in the highest and demand that you address me with proper respect.
If I ever meet you IRL, do you promise some major faffage? If you ever meet me IRL, we will faff the night away together. Fervently. This I promise you.
Where do babies come from? I believe they originate in great numbers in the oesophagus, before moving (via peristalsis of course) into the liver where they mature by competing for scarce resources. Most competitions take the format of one-on-one deadly combat, with prison rules, in a tournament style, although variation does occur. The victorious baby steals various organs from his vanquished foes (each baby is given one organ, much like in Battle Royale) until he eventually resembles a little person. The rest is obvious.
Imagine you have entered the competition on the back of a cereal box to win another, slightly bigger cereal box. The tiebreak question is: "In no more than 30 words, complete the following sentence; I love KnifeWRENCH because..."
1) The way you stand by my side
2) The times you make sure nothing will harm me
3) How you always find a new way to "WoW" me
4) When I'm sad, you take the pain away with a joke
5) How you always look deep into my eyes
6) How you can make my heart melt with your soft lips
7) The way you hold my hand so tight
8) The way you never let my hands go
8) How you always watch out for me
9) They way you make sure I have everything I need
10) How you always know what to say when I get mad at you
11) When you buy me things out of the blue
12) How you say the cutest things over and over and never gets old
13) The way you play with my hair when I'm falling asleep
14) The way you stare at me as if I am the most handsome guy in the world!
15) The times when you where determind for me not to be mad at you anymore
16) The way you look when I get all dressed up
17) The smile you give after I'm done kissing you
18) The way you act like a dork but make me laugh
19) The way your not embarrased to say or do anything in front of me
20) How you can just defend me and not be scared
21) They way you walk when you get sad!!
22) The look you make when you get jealous
23) When Im feeling the worst, you make me feel the happiest
24) The way you sing to be all cheesy
25) How you can just drive hours to see me for a day
26) How you always finish my sentences
27) How your the only one who thinks im NOT weird
28) How your the only one who gets my joke... and laughs
29) The way we play stupid games, but you play anyways
30) How I can never hate you
31) How you love me like no other
32) The way you touch me as if I might break
33) How you tell me long stories that have no meaning, but you know I'll listen anyway
34) How you listen to me talk for hours
35) How you forgive me when I do wrong
36) How you hardly ever get mad at me
37) The way you look after I say I love you
38) How times it seems like we're the only ones here
39) the way your not embarrased to call me sweet things in front of anyone
40) The way you call me every freakin minute
41) The way you always find a way to see me or talk to me
42) How you put ME before you friends
43) How you would do anything I say
44) The way you get my attention
45) The way I turn you on, without me doing anything
46) How you can just speak your mind
47) How your not afraid to tell me your feelings
48) How you can cry in front of me with out being shy or embarassed
49) How you can diss parties to just stay home with me all night
50) How we talk on the phone all night
51) How we both get along so well
52) The way you spend all your money to buy calling cards for me
53) The way we're so much alike!!
54) How you make me feel when I think I'm nothing
55) the way you inspire me with your thoughts and emotions!!!!0 -
What kind of sick freak would go out with someone they met on the internet? Oh, I don't know... one who lives in THE MIRROR OHBURN!It's a birght summer evening and you have just had the greatest day EVER! (You faffed, met jonsi, completed your pokédex and hung around with your friends) You arrive home an there is a letter waiting for you.
"This day couldn't get any better" you think to yourself.
You have a feeling that this letter is going to be awesome. Instead of opening it straight away, however, you decide to do other things and leave the letter opening 'til later because you feel it'll be a good way to end your day.
So you eat some scrambled egg on toast, you go for a drive while listening to awesome music and you win €30 in telly bingo.
"I love Telly Bingo" you exclaim.
Then you remember that you still have the letter to open.
"Oh boy, I sure can't wait to open that letter"
So you enter your room and there it is propped up beside your little piece of grafton st. and your 3d glasses.
"I wonder if the world will look 4d through these glasses" you wonder.
So, you put them on and they don't. Everything is just a slightly yellow tint. You decide that this is awesome and leave them on.
You then return to the task in hand. The opening of the letter.
You tear it open carefully and take it out. You fold it open and what's this...
"Oh my god" you think to yourself.
Obviously your first notion is to log onto boards and tell everyone abut this letter.
So you log on, click on "Clearasil & Hormones".
"Remember when they were going to rename it. The Breakfast Club was an awesome name. I must watch that film later, it's so good."
You scroll down the page and click in the....
ARRRGGGH thread because the letter was from the bank and you're €400 in debt.
How do you deal with the debt? Do you try to forget about it and watch the breakfast club or do deal with it some other way?
(Ignore the bad grammar and punctuation. I'm tired. :P)
Hmmmmm. How urgent is it? I have no job. If it was for something serious I'd probably call on the rentals, dependant lemon that I am. If not, I might try and pay it back in installments if I got a job, although complications may arise with incremental rises in interest there. I'm sure you appreciate that it's a complicated scenario.
In short, I'd try and handjob my way out of the situation.When spooning do you prefer to be the big spoon or the little spoon? BIG SPOON! RAWR!Any bands you have to see or major things you have to do before you die? I'll always regret the fact that I never saw Jimmy Eat World on their Clarity Live tour last year. Imagine your favourite band of all time decided to do a tour of ten dates, playing (in honour of its tenth anniversary) the defining album of your adolescence in its entirety from start to finish at each stop. Now imagine that you don't have the time or means to go to Arizona to go see it. I'll never get over it. If they somehow resurrected that show and brought it to Europe, god knows what lengths I'd go to to see it.
Considering I haven't been to many shows, I've seen a surprising amount of my very favourite acts. Saw Jimmy in 2008, caught The National at Oxegen that same year, saw Modest Mouse AND Frightened Rabbit in Galway in December. That's probably 4 of my top 5 bands, which is quite astounding really. So I'm doing ok in that regard.Given I should be doing something else, it's a perfect time to ask you some questions. Apologies if they've been asked before!
Full fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk? Full-fat. Curves are hot.
Soya milk: Yey or nay? Never had it myself (isn't that for vegans?), but I hear it makes tea taste sweeter.
Is there any difference between branded and non-brand foods (ie. Tesco Value)? Tesco Value does some good shít. Srsly. I'm a big fan.
Strangest place you've ever slept/found yourself waking up in? Well, just last Saturday I had a strange waking up experience. I was in a unexpected bed, and had somehow lost my pants. [nothing dirty, phlegms] It was all very confusing.
Most unpleasant daily experience you experience? Trudging back home after college/library. I'm usually wrecked and stressed and hate having to wait for the bus and walk some of the way and it's fairly crap, unless I have company.
Do you always keep up-to-date with current affairs? Rarely, to be honest. I have a bad habit of disregarding things that I should probably inform myself of. NAMA, like. What's that all about?
Why did you do medicine? (This probably has been asked, cause it's like...too obvious not to be asked, but gwan sure) I was a bit of an all-rounder in school, but I always leaned towards Science. Fell in love with Biology in 5th year [helped in no small part by a legendary teacher] and decided it was the job for me.
Furthest country you've travelled to? Pathetic... Holland, on a 3rd year school trip.
Favourite place in Ireland? Connemara! SO much love for the place, in all its post-apocalyptic, rugged beauty. Oh, and the place I used to stay was right across the bay from the Cliffs of Moher, and when the sunshine hit them... stunning. I need to go back really soon.
Favourite sport? Sportsball. Not my forté. First off, I will never see the appeal in spectating. Pick a team in the Premier League arbitrarily at a young age, adopt them as your local, shout at them on the telly, and refer to them forevermore as "we". I just don't get the appeal. I enjoyed PLAYING gaelic football rather a lot, and got quite into soccer for a couple of years before choosing to give it up because of a bad relationship with a new manager, which is a shame.
Are you into cars at all? I like cars for driving, not for ogling. Not my thing!
Most stressful experience? 6th year, probably. I spent the whole year agonising that I hadn't worked enough (in truth I worked a lot less than I could have) and was convinced I'd be repeating. It was torture. But it all worked out
Any causes you feel particularly strongly about? It's not something that's ever affected me directly, but mental health issues are a pet cause of mine. I just hate the fact that embarrassment and stigma still exists for something that's beyond anyone's control. I hope in the next generation or two attitudes will have changed completely.
What subjects did you most enjoy at LC? BIOLOGY! AND MUSIC! Bio because it fascinated me, Music because it was a lovely relief from more booksy subjects. And it gave me a reason to practice guitar more. And also I only took it up in 5th year and people who'd been doing since 1st year doubted my capabilities rather snobbily. Best result in the class come August
How has the recession affected your life? Or has it had a noticeable effect at all? It's affected my parents (teachers) and my brothers more than me. One brother had to settle for a job completely unrelated to his degree, months after graduating, and another's set to graduate this year with a HSE-type job. They're not hiring, so... difficulties will arise there.
Favourite and least favourite thing about Ireland? Favourite - our sense of humour. Never has "Irish humour" been more apparent than since I started college with a bunch of international students in my class. They just don't get certain types of jokes, but I love 'em.
Least favourite - Typical Irish begrudgery. Whenever I hear people talk/gossip about who has a new car I have to grind my teeth. WHO GIVES A SHÍT? And then there's the "Well for some"/"No recession in that house" type sarky comments, which totally bust my balls.
Where d'you see yourself in 5 years time? Jesus Christ, I'll be an intern. Scary stuff. I'll be doing lots of shít menial tasks and being bullied by many superiors. Living the dream
soccymonster wrote: »Me or deise? DeisemonsterSoccygirl
John or Edward? I'm going with John, becuase Edward got more of the name, and I feel sorry for him.
What would you order in a chinese? Chicken Chow Mein
Fave typa cheeeese?Mozzarella!
*deja vu*Deleted User wrote: »Do you believe in God? (Answering optional) I hate having opinions I haven't fully thought out, but I'll settle with agnostic. I am a man of science, but I'm open minded.
If you could be any character from a book of movie, which character would you be? The Joker from The Dark Knight. He seems to just be having a laugh all the time. Great stuff.What are the best and worst things about Tipperary? Best - Bulmers
Worst - 98% of the population
What area of Medicine would you most like to work in? Stupidly early days, but I've always been attracted to Psychiatry. I'm toying with the idea of taking a year out after 3rd year and doing an Intercalated Degree thing, whereby I can do a Masters in Neuroscience before I even get a Bachelors degree. Tempting.
Do you think that alot of Medicine students give off the impression that they're "better" than people in lower points courses? I really don't. From my experience, the whole medicine stigma thing is a load of ****. I have no idea why it exists. It's a course like any other. We all just pick whatever we're interested in...
What is the most useful thing you've ever stolen? Eh. This very day I stole a botlle of cleaning fluid from the Quinn School of Business in UCD. Should be useful for... cleaning.
Has 1st year been better or worse than what you expected it to be? Better socially, worse academically. I thought it might be hard to settle in or make friends, but I was lucky enough to find some superduper people. I also thought I'd be firmly middle-of-the-pack in the class, but as it stands I'm much nearer the bottom than I'd like.
So overall, betterAny inspirational words for a young scholar? There's much, much more to life than study
[feel free to take that with a pinch of salt, based on my last answer^]
Best feature?
I like the smile myself. I haven't actually heard it, but supposedly he has a Donegal accent. LOVE that accent.Battle of the bands thingy.
Liam, favourite sponge based dessert? Penis scented lemon towelette.Extrasupervery wrote: »What the frick is your problem with UCD? You be hatin. I don't be hating, it just not be my vibe
Pacman. It's pronounced Pacman.0 -
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Do you think there's an aspect of yourself/your personality that to you is blatantly obvious but, as yet, nobody has pointed it out to you? </mildlyconfusing question>
What school subjects,if any, do you think are totally pointless?
Belly buttons- innie or outie?
What are you excited about at the moment?
What's been the one most consistent thing in your life?
What do you like about people?
What are you grateful for? 0 -
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almostnever wrote: »Do you think there's an aspect of yourself/your personality that to you is blatantly obvious but, as yet, nobody has pointed it out to you? </mildlyconfusing question> I ususally only learn of aspects of my own personality when other people tell me about them, so i don't think there's anything like that
What school subjects,if any, do you think are totally pointless? Teaching Irish as they do now is completely pointless. When you teach every child in the country their national language constantly for 14 years and they still can't... uh... speak it, you might want to take a step back and assess the situation. CSPE was rather silly. And Religion can be good or bad, depending on the teacher. Most of the time, we had a teacher who made us draw pictures of Jesus' house and other such wankery. Then in 5th year we had a new guy who taught us about IMPORTANT things - genocide in Rwanda, and human rights abuses in China, and stuff like that. So it can be good.
Belly buttons- innie or outie?Innie. Outies are aberrations. It's just not right
What are you excited about at the moment? The post-exam pre-Tipperary chilling in about a month. I have 10 days lease on this apartment after I finish exams so it'll be fun to just mess around Dublin for a few days.
What's been the one most consistent thing in your life? Ducks!
What do you like about people? I like altruistic people, but can't really say I am one myself...
What are you grateful for?I know you said you're not a catholic but does studying the human body ever make you think there must be a higher power? I kinda got it when I did a small bit of anatomy before, but got it even more so when I did physics. It seems like everything is too perfect. Love this question. I did get that sense a lot during LC Biology, but it's since been rationalised. I mean, if everything wasn't so perfect, we wouldn't be here to appreciate it. Maybe there have been infinite big bangs before, but our one happened to produce perfect life-sustaining conditions on one lil planet, which enabled us to evolve and get smarter and finally recognise how perfect everything is. It's kind of circular logic...
Anatomy/Physiology/Biochemistry are all definitely beautiful in its own way too. So much going on inside us, all perfectly orchestrated and in sync. Part of me always thinks "that's incredible! Who came UP with that!?" but another part counteracts with "That's just how evolution works..." It's interesting.
I didn't think I was rehabilitated, but I guess they needed the bed...0
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