#intheflashh

Thanks pal! These are solid questions ;)

2: (truth) What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you in the past week? (dare) Refresh your dashboard and send an anonymous compliment to the person who posted whatever’s at the top of your dash.

I can’t think of anything super embarrassing actually…so I’ll do the DARE: anonymous compliment (fyi shhh it’s pledis17.tumblr.com hahahahaha) 

21:(truth) What three fictional characters would you most like to meet? (dare) Write your name down on a piece of paper and draw a quick picture of yourself. Take a photo of it and post it.

TRUTH: Toughie. Maybe off the top of my head, Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Hermione Granger, and Poe Dameron. Or maybe Loki. Yes. Loki it is.

24:(truth) If you could only own five material objects (not counting life necessities like food/water/a house/etc) what would they be? (dare) Put your music player on shuffle. Post what the first three songs are, and for each one, tag a blog that the song reminds you of.

DARE: I’m using Spotify, so here we go…

Partition - Beyonce (tagging ships-that-never-sink, cause you sexay sexay and bitty loves bey)

Knee Socks - Arctic Monkeys (reakiro, cause you introduced me to this song)

Braveheart - Neon Jungle (clonecommandercosimawalker, cause of Bminton playlist!)

29:(truth) What are your worst habits? (dare) Put your Top 25 Most Played songs on shuffle and list the first five.

DARE: (Note, I never pick dare for truth or dare, so this is novel for me)

I can’t work the shuffle thing, so here are 5 of my most played this month I think:

To Ü - Jack Ü

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

If You Ever Want to Be In Love - James Bay

Working for It - Zhu, Skrillex, THEY.

hELLO! Much thank much thank much thaNK

☀ - Story about your day.

I woke up around 9:30 maybe? Which is always better than 11… We had movers from Sleep Train coming in today to switch out both my parents’ and my bed, so now I have a new bed and a frame to sleep on! It’s awesome - my old bed was great, but it was indented on the side and in the middle and bad for my back. 

I’m probably going to head off to open gym at 2 today, then walk around, come home, eat food, write some stuff, piano. :) 

🚀 - Where do you wanna visit?

Ooh. Right at this moment - I actually really want to go to Chicago. I lived there for 5 years, and I still haven’t been back once, and I do miss parts of it. 

🌀 - Favorite type of weather?

The kind that there was last week - sunny, but with a slight breeze, and chilly enough so that you can wear layers but with the potential of getting warmer. 

OR IN DIRECT OPPOSITION - I really like cold weather, where your nose gets red and your breath is visible, but the caveat is there have to be warm clothes available. Otherwise, it’s no fun.

😡 - What pisses you off?

Being sweaty and having my hair stuck on my face. Running/walking and having my headphones fall out. Getting headaches after only looking at the computer for a short amount of time. :/

🎤 - Top 5 favorite bands?

Argh my answers keep changing for this question, and I don’t even really like all these bands that much but ah well: 

- Walk the Moon

- Arctic Monkeys

- Bastille

- I’M GETTING INTO JOYWAVE NOW ALEX

AHHH thank thee thank thee 🙏

2:A song you like with a number in the title

Weight of Living, Pt. II by Bastille. It’s classic Bastille, accent and all, and I discovered it on Spotify Radio and was hooked. 

6:A song that makes you want to dance

Work this Body by Walk the Moon. It’s so encouraging! Plus, it reminds me of 80′s Aerobics videos which is an era/theme I find amaze. 

16:One of your favorite classical songs

I covered one in this post, but a few more:

- Symphony No. 3 by Johannes Brahms (can you tell he’s pretty much my favorite composer can you)

- Serenade for Strings: Allegro Piacevole by Edward Elgar

- Piano Concerto No. 5 (”Emperor”) by Ludwig van Beethoven

28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love

Stuck on the puzzle by Alex Turner (from the Arctic Monkeys); the lyrics are wonderful as well. 

30:A song that reminds you of yourself

Hmm…this is a very interesting question. I’d perhaps say Nocturne Op. 33 by Samuel Barber, or Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 (same opus as the No. 6) by J. Brahms, pieces I’ve played and love dearly. They’re not flashy, or focused on technical intricacies; they’re moody, nuanced, fraught with tension and in my opinion simply gorgeous.

In response to this ask. Thank you dear foe! This is so much but so fun so let’s DO IT~

1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.

I won’t do iTunes cause that’s sketch…so I’ll go to trusty ole Spotify…

Cough Syrup by Young the Giant

Explosions by Ellie Goulding

Aquaman by Walk the Moon

The Wire by Haim

Lost in My Mind by The Head and the Heart

No One’s Here To Sleep by Naughty Boy ft. Bastille

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

The book is “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” by Agatha Christie. Page 23 line 17: “that I should - well, want to talk to you about it.” Not super interesting, but the book is. Read for more details.

5) Ever had a poem or song written about you?

Not that I know of, nope.

7) What’s your religion?

I don’t have a religion per se. I consider myself agnostic.

9) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

dAMn it

Hmm… for *Western* music, I really like Young the Giant, Walk the Moon and Arctic Monkeys. For *Eastern* music, probably BTS and Seventeen ;) 

11) Do you believe in karma?

I think all actions have some sort of repercussion - no matter what you do, you will affect more than just yourself - so yes. 

13) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?

This question is too college-y for me, so with all due respect, I shall skip it.

15) How do you vent your anger?

I stew in my room, listen to music, write. I get mad at inanimate objects.

17) Are you happy with the person you’ve become?

YES! :)

19) What’s your biggest “what if”?

What if…for a long time it was what if I picked up the violin instead of piano? Would one of my ears be more shot than the other? Would one of my hands be more deft than the other? Would I get more used to walking around on a stage? Would I practice more/less, love music more/less?

21) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

Right: a ceramic plate with a chocolate chip cookie on it

Left: a painting in our living room by the fabulous artist Jiang Xue Man (Xue Man Auntie <3)

23) What’s the worst place you have ever been to?

Probably a urinal in rural China, built out of mud with an abundance of flies.

25) To you, what is the meaning of life?

Progress! (Of course, I don’t know)

27) What was the last movie you saw?

The Help, just now! Not for the first time though - the last movie I saw for the first time would be Kingsman.

29) Do you have any obsessions right now?

Suits? (the clothing and the show) I think it’s definitely because of Kingsman. Also walking > running imho. 

31) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

There aren’t many who’ve done me wrong, luckily. My answer would be very rarely, and the grudges aren’t strong in severity. 

33) What’s the last thing you purchased?

A bottle of Matcha Au Lait from the neighborhood Urban Remedy (shoutout to intheflashh)

35) In a relationship?

Nope. 

37) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

Show them your Red Room of Pain ;) 

Just kidding, I don’t have a secret weapon. Probably just find something to connect about, and hit it off. Be genuine. 

39) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

Writing a new short story while watching Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Unashamed. 

41) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

Grab a fellow pedestrian, make sure he/she helps the dog, call the neighborhood authorities if necessary, and run at full sprint to work. 

43) What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

Without fail, Fireproof by One Direction. It’s so sweet, and you can hear the smile in the song.

45) How can I win your heart?

Not by talking to me on the Internet...haha...sorry...

47) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

I can’t pick just one, and also this is a bit too personal so ^^

49) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “heart.”

Heart and soul…i fell in love with yoU HEART AND SOULLLLLL, LIKE ANY FOOl wouLD DO~

51) What is your current desktop picture?

A gorgeous picture of an owl that I can link here.

53) What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?

What is your Social Security Number?

55) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

I’m not sure I’d want to re-live anything...

Maybe something soothing and reminiscent, like a half-hour when I was in elementary school during the summer...we’d come out of class and be surprised by Otter Pops, still cold, and we’d sit around the big tree in our courtyard and just have a good time. 

57) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?

No thank you, I’m not just going around sleeping with random celebrities. (Safety kids safety) If we make sure it’s JUST A PG SLEEPOVER, then BTS, to be honest, seem like they would be so much fun…

59) Ever been on a plane?

Yes yes. 

Re: “IF YOU PUT TOGETHER PLAYLISTS WITH THE FOLLOWING TITLES WHAT SONGS WOULD BE ON THEM? “dipshit mcsleazerton” “for angela” “macaron life” “macaroon life” “for alex” “2emo4lyfe"”

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHE. 

“for alex” aka a Playlist for the Priest

1. Say My Name by ODESZA ft. Zyra

2. Wildest Moments by Jessie Ware

3. Heartless by Kanye West 

4. Golliwog’s Cakewalk by Claude Debussy

5. We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off by Ella Eyre

6. The Sixth Station by Joe Hisaishi

7. Zoology by Knife Party ft. Skrillex

8. Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap (*snorts*)

9. The Heroic Weather - Conditions of the Universe Parts 4-6: Thunder, Lightning and Rain by Alexandre Desplat (from Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack)

Challenge accepted, my dear Alex. Gracias por preguntar mi niña querida!

Aphrodite: what you find attractive in a person

It literally depends on the person, which means anything from smiles to shoulders to determination to humor to the way a piece of hair falls in their eyes. Usually personality is most important, however. :)

Apollo: favourite piece of music

!!!!!!!!!!! Impossibru to answer!!!!! If you need specifics though, you can check out my *shameless plug* playlists on Spotify under aex97.

Ares: opinion on war

*throws up hands* I won’t go so far to say it’s necessary or “good”, but I can’t proclaim that a functional world would be one without war of some sort. Conflict is inevitable to an extent, but what makes war particularly terrible is that it can be a brutal and oft poorly planned means of figuring out coexistence. 

Artemis: favourite animal and why

I like owls (snowy in particular)! They seem both graceful and strong, even though they’re not the largest or the fastest of animals. Their poise and general aura of wisdom is impressive, plus they’re beautiful.

 Athena: share a piece of wisdom

Something I’ve been reminding myself of this year: There are assholes everywhere. Why try to stop them when you can just step over them?

 Dionysus: red, white, or rosé?

Yum, probably red. 

Demeter: favourite season and why

I like fall for the nature, spring for the breeze, summer for the general lack of activity and also sunbaked comfort - but winter is not only Christmas, New Year AND my birthday (!), it’s also the time of hot cocoa, cozy sweaters, flushed cheeks and snuggly goodness. So yes, winter.

 Eros: describe your crush

Don’t have one right now, sorry! (Note: “right now”)

Hades: do you believe in life after death? I believe in some greater power out there, but I feel like death is a completely separate concept from life, so is there necessarily a need to merge them?

Helios: opinion on tanning

This is the question for Helios? Out of all the possible badass questions? AHAHAHA-sorry, no offense or anything. I have nothing against tanning, but I’m also not a personal fan. Neutral.

 Hephaestus: do you think disability can ruin a relationship?

? I’m sure it could? Anything can ruin a relationship. I’m not going to answer the question as if it asked “should a disability ruin a relationship”, cause that’s a whole different story, but yeah, relationships can end from any number of things.

Hephaestus, though, I don’t think your disability was the reason for your relationship woes, just sayin’. Ask your wife.

 Hera: opinion on feminism

YES! *punches through glass ceiling with triumphant heel of glory*

Hermes: last text you sent

It was “DID THEY DONIT DO IT” (typo included) to intheflashh (Alex) about what they certainly did on Game of Thrones…

 Hestia: describe your ideal house

 I am an apartment girl, so probably a neat chic apartment in a high-rise somewhere, with a lovely view and a comfortable but spacious interior. Or like the Stark Tower.

 Pan: opinion on gay rights

YES! LGBT Pride Month <3

 Persephone: is climate change really a thing or is everyone just overreacting?

Oh it’s a thing, it’s a thing all right. Look at the icebergs. California. China. Problems exist!

Poseidon: list three fears

Fear of disapproval, fear of rejection, fear of impermanence.

 Zeus: three places you want to travel to

Heyo (palm) frond, thanks for asking <3 Will do!

Marine Kingdom: Favorite undersea creature?

Maybe a…jellyfish? Or seahorse! I have a stuffed rainbow seahorse with cute little babies that I named Sheldon. Sheldon was a great father. 

Melody Doll: What types of music do you listen to?

I’m always searching for new music, but particular genres I like are alternative, alternative R&B, classical, electronic, indie rock. (This is mostly based on Spotify characterizations teehee) And of course, the BTS boys. ;)

Wonder Party: Favorite type of tea? 

Mmm. I’m especially fond of chrysanthemum, camomile/Tulsi, Pride of the Port (Peet’s Coffee and Tea brand), Masala and English Breakfast.

Country of Sweets: What countries would you like to visit? 

I’d like to visit anywhere in Africa or South America. 

Twinkle Mermaid: Favorite type of fantasy creature? 

Tough…I’d say maybe a shapeshifter? (This suddenly makes me think of Beast Boy…) The idea of warping disguises like that is awesome. Lots of potential for story plots too, if you get my drift. 

Wonder Story: What types of things do you like to read about?