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