I'm stealing this. Take that!

So, Megan over at Snow Covered Hills put out a few questions to her blogging buddies as part of a survey tag. I'm stealing them to answer, because (A) I've had nothing interesting to blog about recently and I'm itching to write and this will get my fingers moving, (B) I think they are interesting questions and (C) I admire Megan a great deal and love to steal her awesome writing and ideas. Yes, yes, I'm shameless.

Here they are:

What do your love interests have in common?

Engineering. I swear to god. I've dated the electrical engineer, the sound engineer, the civil engineer, and I've had a fair number of crushes on industrial engineers, aerospace engineers, computer engineers, etc. I'm a software engineer myself, so I guess there is some commonality going on. They also all play video games and are generally nerdy (in a good way, like me). Other than that, I can't think of much. It's actually quite amazing how different they all are, aside from those things. I've gone through a succession of looks and personalities, and it's interesting to see how my interactions have changed depending on who I was with. My current boyfriend is very calm and gentle, which has actually mellowed me and grounded me quite a bit (yeah, I used to be more hyper and crazy and emotional than I am now). But now I'm rambling on.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Lady Gaga, mini powdered donuts, singing really loudly when I'm alone in my apartment or car, cheesy musicals, chick flicks, trashy fantasy novels (even though I'm a Lit. major, too, so when I go out I feel compelled to carry something around like Lolita or The Decameron to prove my worth), expensive clothes from White House/Black Market that I can't afford... oh, I'm sorry, you only wanted one?

What makes you angry?

It angers me when people don't believe what I say. I can't lie. I mean, really, I don't lie about anything aside from the occasional practical joke that doesn't last long or slip up where I say something that that gets misinterpreted or is unknowingly false. So, yeah, it really makes me mad when people think I'm lying. It also makes me mad when people (especially people who are close to me) treat me like I'm dumb, or don't take me seriously, or think I don't work as hard as they do for the things I have. Oh, and the stupid people who crowd the entrances to subway trains! Seriously! This is Park Street station, people, everyone is getting off! Move out of the way!

Who do you dislike?

Hmm. Okay. Well, this is tough. I rarely put up with people in my life (like immediate friends) that I dislike. I rarely make or keep contact with people I dislike. So, generally speaking, there isn't anyone I am close to that I dislike. If I'm speaking to you, hanging out with you, etc, I probably like you to some extent. I'm way too selfish to waste my time on people I don't like. Unfortunately, I don't know much about people who aren't close to me, either. I'm not going to say I dislike the CEO of BP. I don't know him. I don't care if there's an oil spill; I can't say I don't like him just because of that. See what I mean? Most of the people I dislike are fictitious - really good villains in books, etc. I'm super nerdy.

What was your first job?

My first real job (that wasn't weeding the garden or working for family members) was when I was 15 or so. My high school had a really nice theater that they rented out to dance groups to have recitals in, community theaters to have performances in, etc. I did lighting and sound work for these groups when they rented the space. Yeah, I know, right? My school hired a 15 year old girl (and a few of her similarly-aged friends) to interact with these groups as clients and completely run their tech work. I didn't think about it then, but it sounds rather crazy now.