1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship.

8000 km.

2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?

Don’t ask… what’s winter for, right? :)

3. What were you doing this morning at 8am?

Riding on a train on my way to the utterly sense-less training I’m receiving right now, so I won’t show up in unemployment statistics.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?

Writing another blog post.

5. Are you any good at math?

I can hold my own as long as it stays abstract. If you ever try to explain anything to me that involves some geometry, I’m going to die a hundred thousand times before I understand anything.

6. Your prom night?

I wore a black dress, I danced a bit, though not the opening because my partner cancelled on short notice and I generally found it rather boring, I have to admit.

7. Do you have any famous relatives?

Depends on what you call famous. One of my uncles is a writer (though not hugely successful), one of my aunts is the head of a university in Berlin and the family of my mother’s first husband (with whom I really have nothing to do at all) was somehow related to Walter Brennan.

8. Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school?

No.

9. Do you know the words to your MySpace song?

What the hell is a MySpace song?

10. Last thing you received in the mail?

The normal snail mail? Some advertisement for a local circus.

11. How many different beverages have you drank today?

Two: coffee and water. And if you count the tea I drank last night after midnight, three.

12. Who did you lose your virginity to?

Some guy in Brasil. I think his name was Jean, but I only saw him once. It was generally a rather sucky experience, one of the “well, there, now I’ve got that behind me, on to other things!” experiences.

13. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?

No. But I like to make paw prints with my fingers.

14. What’s the most painful dental procedure you’ve had?

I had never had anything done that was really painful.

15. What is out your back door?

I don’t have a back door.

16. Do you like the ocean?

Who doesn’t?

17. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas?

Nope. And I would be really disappointed if I had.

18. Have you ever been to a planetarium?

Actually, not that I can remember. I mean, I’ve been to the Urania, a planetarium/cinema/evening school in Vienna, but only to the cinema part, never to the planetarium itself. I don’t even know if it’s still in use.

19. Something you are excited about?

Christmas!

Btw [via presti]:

20. What is your favorite flavor of jello?

Raspberry.

21. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?

No. I met one of my great-grandmothers when I was little but she died shortly after.

22. Describe your keychain?

Uhm, pretty full? It’s a fixed ring with a winding where you can screw a plastic thingy on or off. It’s not very exciting.

23. Where do you keep your change?

In my wallet.

24. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group?

Depends on what you mean by large. Today I spent an entire morning training a group of five people. If you want more than that, we’ll need to go back a couple of months or so, the it would be doing a presentation in front of about 30 persons. Larger than that, we’ll have to go way back to June when I spoke to the 100 or so guests at my sister’s wedding.

Well, bottom line: I don’t have a problem with it and I do it fairly frequently.

25. What kind of winter coat do you have?

I have two, an orange one and a black one. Neither are very exciting.

26. What do you think of the person you copied this from?

I have no idea anymore from which random site I stole this. Sorry.

27. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?

Opened. Because I’m alone in my flat. When I’m not, it’s usually closed.