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I for­get where I found this online, but it’s one of those memes (shared ideas) that cir­cu­lates through­out the Blogosphere.

LAYER ONE:

Name: Pariah Scott Burke
Birth date: 18 March
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Current Location: Oregon
Eye Color: Changes between blue, green, grey, and hazel
Hair Color: Auburn with blonde and red high­lights
Height: 6′
Righty or Lefty: Righty, though I’m train­ing myself to be ambidex­ter­ous
Zodiac Sign: Pisces

LAYER TWO:

Your her­itage: Scottish & Irish
The shoes you wore today: Huge fuzzy slip­pers of Wile E. Coyote’s face (includ­ing jut­ting nose and flop­ping ears)
Your weak­ness: Compassion
Your fears: Altzheimers, the deaths of those I love
Your per­fect pizza: Homemade alfredo sauce (not tomato sauce); ched­dar, colby, jack, and asi­ago cheeses
Goal you’d like to achieve: To fin­ish writ­ing and pub­lish my novels.

LAYER THREE:

Your most overused phrase on AIM: LOL
Your first wak­ing thoughts: “I can’t wait to get to work“
Your best phys­i­cal fea­ture: My hair
Your most missed mem­ory: My grand­fa­ther

LAYER FOUR:

Pepsi or Coke: Diet Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King: Depends on my mood, but a cou­ple of McDonald’s dou­ble cheese­burg­ers (no pick­les) and a McChicken often hit the spot
Single or group dates: Single–group dates are a con­ven­tion of a younger gen­er­a­tion
Adidas or Nike: Nike–I’m a big fan of the Nike story
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Whichever is hand­ier when the urge strikes
Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or cof­fee: Coffee for life, cap­puc­cino for a treat

LAYER FIVE:

Smoke: Quitting
Cuss: Abso-fuckin’-lutely
Sing: True story: A friend once con­vinced me to sing in front of a few of her friends; even her deaf friend left the room
Take a shower every­day: Yup
Do you think you’ve been in love: Yes
Want to go to col­lege: Been
Liked high school: Oh, yeah. I was the local Ferris Bueller
Want to get mar­ried: Yes
Believe in your­self: Yes
Get motion sick­ness: When I read in cars, yes
Think you’re attrac­tive: I’m not bad
Think you’re a health freak: uh NO!
Get along with your parent(s): Yes, I’m my mom’s best friend
Like thun­der­storms: I love them, espe­cially mak­ing love in thun­der­storms
Play an instru­ment: Leg gui­tar

LAYER SIX: In the past month...

Drank alco­hol: No; I don’t drink very often
Smoked: Unfortunately, yes–but less than the month before!
Done a drug: No
Made out: Heheh… A gen­tle­man never kisses and tells
Gone on a date: Yes, with my girl­friend
Gone to the mall: Nope
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No, but I’ve killed a cou­ple cans of Pringles
Eaten sushi: No, yuck!
Been on stage: Yes
Been dumped: No
Gone skat­ing: Yes
Made home­ade cook­ies: No
Gone skinny dip­ping: No
Dyed your hair: No
Stolen any­thing: No
You sound bor­ing: Only if you base the level of excite­ment strictly on the above ques­tions; ask the right ques­tions and you’ll get a lot more excitement

LAYER SEVEN: Ever...

Played a game that required removal of cloth­ing: [blush] Yeah, I’ve done that
If so, was it mixed com­pany: Yes
Been trashed or extremely intox­i­cated: Yes, when I was younger and learn­ing my lim­its and what things not to mix
Been caught “doing some­thing”: Oy! Yeah, that too.
Been called a tease: Yes, but not seri­ously
Gotten beaten up: Yes–I was attacked with brass knuck­les that, after a few min­utes loss of con­scious­ness, net­ted me steele plates and screws in my face
Shoplifted: Yes–I was ten; I was caught and learned my les­son
Changed who you were to fit in: We all have at some point or another in our lives. It has been many years since I’ve felt inse­cure enough to do that.

LAYER EIGHT:

Age you hope to be mar­ried: Soon
Numbers and Names of Children: Hope to have: 2–3; Girls: Cinder, Sienna, Amelia; Boy: Taylor, Aubrey
Describe your Dream Wedding: A chalet, horse-drawn cov­ered coach, me in grey tails, her in flow­ing white silk, red and white rose petals float­ing down from the ceil­ing dur­ing the entire cer­e­mony
How do you want to die: Old, sur­rounded by fam­ily and friends, peace­fully drift­ing off to sleep
Where you want to go to col­lege: Been
What do you want to be when you grow up: A nov­el­ist
What coun­try would you most like to visit: Scotland

LAYER NINE:

Number of peo­ple I could trust with my life: 2
Number of CDs that I own: A few hun­dred (music)
Number of pierc­ing: Three, two in my left ear, one in my right
Number of tat­toos: One, upper left arm
Number of times my name has appeared in the news­pa­per: I recall 7 times, maybe more
Number of scars on my body: 13 from major surg­eries and acci­dents; more smaller ones
Number of things in my past that I regret: A few