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i am BACK!!!! god, i feel pathetic. the 1st thing i do when i get in the door is to get online!!! what is up w/ my life?! well, the 2nd thing. the 1st thing was 2 pick up my Two Towers book that was lying around 2 see if it was disturbed in any way. okay i'm sad.
anyway, Elsa sent me one of those "get to know" questionnare, survey whatever u wanna call it. so i figured i'd post it on here:

BASIC INFORMATION
Full Name: Elaine Teng (bleh i don't like this font. it's too... Hobbitish...) o well, 2 lazy 2 change it.
Nicknames: Isilmë (hell yea) Owen (Do it Olivia, do it!) crazy freak, Hermione, Webster (i totally resent that one) freak of nature, Elven stalker (i have no idea where they got that one) Elvish freak, Orlando lover, Faramir lover. (Elsa--where the hell did u get Achilles? if u are Achilles, i must let Apollo guide my arrow 2 your heel.. DAMN U!!! u murdered HECTOR!!)
D.O.B.: March 22

Hometown: Chino Hills, CA
Where were u born: San Francisco--please, no jokes about that
Hair color: well, it's SUPPOSED to be black, but there's about 8 other shades in between. i try not 2 think of blonde...

Eye color: between dark brown & black, like my hair

Shoe size: 8.5-9

Pants size: i don't think anyone wants to know

Your sign: Aries

Best friend: Kathleen, Connie, Isaac, Sydney, Olivia (i have 2 reconsider the last one... jkjk!)

Pets: none

Siblings: i consider Kathleen the unlucky victim... haha Justine & Derek, sbe doesn't need 2 add me 2 the list. maybe i'll move in w/ the Lau's... Con, would u rather have me or Jojo?
Favorite.....
Weird food combo: never thought about that. McDonalds w/ top Ramen? i don't know! it's food! eat it!

Soda: Pepsi, or Coke mixed w/ Sprite, but i'm the only 1 who can make the perfect mixture

Cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios w/ bananas

Gum: Elsa, have i ever told u your insane? i don't know. i'm not 2 big on gum. i suppose Wrigley's spearmint.

Mints: Altoids, lemon or orange! isaac, can i have some?!
Color: sky blue and white (and don't tell me white isn't a color) and i'm starting 2 develop an infatuation with this kind of sage green that is seen most commonly in Rivendell. Kathleen would know what i'm talking about. remember Kohl's?

Chips: Doritos Cheese/Cooler Ranch or Ruffles cheese. (Kathleen-room full of cheesE)

Ice cream: mint chip

Fruit: white peaches, green grapes, watermelons, strawberries (w/ sugar of course)

Perfume/Cologne: don't ask me

Vegetable: PIPPIN-I AM SHOCKED!!!!!!! EXCEPT MUSHROOMS?!?!?!? HOW DARE THEE CALL THYSELF A HOBBIT?!?!?! okay, i'm over it. u've told me that b4. well... i reckon i fancy cucumbers.
Movie: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
or as i like to say: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Moulin Rouge is a good movie 2, along w/ Seabiscuit, Spiderman 2, A Walk to Remember

City: yea!!! Killarney & Chester! Go Elsa! well, i'll take Chester, but not Killarney. that is, Chester, Cheshire, England, for all you ignorant ppl. i'd also say parts of London, and OF COURSE:
LIVERPOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

State: really don't know. i'll say CA for now

Sport: basketball, though soccer's pretty awesome too (ah isaac, what have u done 2 me?!?!)

Hobbies: WRITING, above all else, WRITING. reading (i know i'm a nerd) pouring over Tolkien's manuscripts, over the Iliad, trying to study and memorize every word and nuance, learning Elvish, debating (of course) playing basketball, watching basketball, watching soccer, playing piano, annoying ppl (i'm good @ that) poetry

Condiment [ketchup, mustard, sugar, salt, pepper, etc]: ketchup, gotta have the ketchup

Joke: i don't really know... i think i've heard 2 many from Roshi & Camron.

Eating Utensil: i agree w/ Elsa. a fork can be used as an eating uternsil, as well as a weapon. i proved that the other day... but NO, i'll take chopsticks w/ everything thank u. (sry Elsa, the Chinese is still there, under the Gondorian)

Starbucks drink: i go to Seattle's Best more, but yea.. most of Starbucks stuff is good

Board game: don't play them. Monopoly? i don't know.

Song: too many. "Remember Me" and "Vincent" by Josh Groban; "Happy Ending" by Avril, "Only One" by Yellowcard, practically everything by Enya, especially "Only Time" and "Pilgrim" and everything off LotR, ESPECIALLY "Into the West" (which still makes me cry everytime i listen) and of course, my ultimate favorite:
TWILIGHT AND SHADOW

Band: hmm... that's hard. Simple Plan? i don't know. don't even have their CD. starting 2 like Yellowcard alot too.

Book: Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King; the Unfinished Tales; the Silmarillion; and everything else by Tolkien.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory (Roe's book, remember Sydney & Olivia?)

Holiday: christmas

Word/Saying: bloody hell, Democrats rule,
cormanin lindua ele le (elvish) and of course, the most frequently used: Shut up Camron

Christmas song: too many great songs. i suppose O Holy Night, and Angels we have Heard on High. Amazing Grace is good.
You make your bed?: see, i never saw the point in that. your only gonna sleep in it again the next day, so what's the bloody point?

You have any inside jokes?: yup. i don't crack the joke, i just do something absurdly stupid. kathleen and connie would know the most.
You have a luck shirt?: who the hell has a luck shirt? i do have a LotR bookmark i keep w/ me, and my LotR: RotK book that brings me good luck and is constnatly w/ me, wherever i go. remember the receipt roshi? the book is so tattered now.

You sing in the shower?: how could i not? the mirrors haven't broken yet...

You drive?: not yet...

You speak another language?: Chinese and Elvish; Quenya's getting there, and Sindarin's coming along. taking Spanish in the fall.

Last.....
Person you dreamed about: not telling. well, it was a mix. it had Faramir & some other person that shall remain unnamed and undisclosed (just guess-double d)
Movie you watched: Seabiscuit

Thing you ate: McDonalds

Noise you heard: gunshot Elsa? not good. cars driving on by noisily. now i REALLY know i'm back in LA.

Joke you heard: some weird one Ivan told me in the hotel.

Person you talked to: my dad...

Person you went to movies with: hmm... i think it was Olivia, Sydney & Taylor--Spiderman 2, for the 2nd time. awesome. i never thought i'd be sitting in a movie theater in Killarney, Ireland, w/ those three.

Restaurant you went to: McDonalds (kinda sad eh?) hey my flight was leaving & i was starving.

Board game you played: i have absolutely no idea. i think it was still the creepily ancient Monopoly in Ireland...

Thing you bought at mall: who gives a %$#@ (u can fill in that beep yourself)

Random Questions
Color of your house: outside is this ugly peachy color, inside is white.

Color of your room: white. that's all i gotta tell u.
What shirt are you wearing: Tommy Hilfiger-racist bastard.

What pants are you wearing: my extremely long jeans that i'll hopefully grow into

How is your hair: in a ponytail, like it always is

What is the 1st thing you notice about the opposite sex?: smile & eyes

What is your dream car: BMW, one of hte new 6 series

What is your most embarrassing moment?: i remember your home stay guy Elsa!!!! (Btw do u have that pic of me & Joe?) Adam's the guy w/ the fuzzy head like Garrick's right? um... i have too many embarrassing moments. i think the most recent one was when PIPPIN HERE, who i still haven't forgiven 4 this, Marlo, and TED (gah i'm gonna kill her) told a particular SOMEONE @ DINNER in IRELAND that i fancied him!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most embarrassing moment at school: i don't know. any minute where camron's around. jkjk. um probably when i walked into the pole. i've done that quite a few times. i don't know. there's more embarrassing, but i'm not thinking. too tired from the plane

Career you want to pursue: lawyer, politician, novelist, poet, screenwriter
Magazine you read: YM and silly teen mags for Orli posters. (same here Elsa) TIME, Democrat Weekly (jkjkjk!!! i don't even know if there is one)

Place you want to be right now: England: homestay, hotel, i don't care. i just want to be there. home stay would be nicer.
Place you wouldn't want to be: yes, Irish homestay WAS horrid Elsa. but i wouldn't want to be... right now, at 11:11 PM, at roshi's.


Have you ever.....
Been Drunk?: not yet
Taken Drugs?: hell no

Gotten a black eye?: not yet

kissed anyone?: not yet!

Had a bf/gf?: not yet (i need 2 stop answering not yet)

Cried during a movie?: too many times, as Kathleen will bear witness. i cry every single bloody time i watch LotR; Return of the King the most. i cried in the Notebook, A Walk to Remember, practically in Spiderman 2 when, after saving her ungrateful life, MJ leaves Peter up there on the little tower thing, and they say they can't be together. leave me alone! like Elsa: "frodo told sam to go home. bloody git. hes your best friend frodo! dont let gollum effect you!" I KNOW!!! and Elsa, u can't forget when Aragorn goes "For Frodo", at the Black Gate, and charges, and Merry & Pippin charge!!!! it's sooo cute!!! and the scene w/ Faramir & Denethor, i can't help it! the look in his eyes; one glance is enough to bring me to my knees weeping!!! i'm SORRY!!! and of course, there's the parting at the Grey Havens. i can't even go into that... i'll stop sobbing here and now. and every time i hear "Into the West".
i should stop w/ the LotR sob stories shouldn't i?

Taken a taxi?: yup, from the airport to the hotel in Minneapolis
Used an Ouija board?: what the hell is that?

Been to another country?: o it's too cruel to make me reminisce!!! ENGLAND!!!!!!!!! o sweet, crowded London, all-brick Birmingham, Chester!!! and of course: LIVERPOOL!!!! Ireland, Wales (though technically NOT another country. bloody sam, it's a POLITICAL division!!! geographically, England & Wales could be one, it's just the bloody freaking name!!! i even checked 4 different encyclopedias 2 prove my point!!!) and of course, there's China. also been 2 Canada--eh?
Been to another state?: many. 13 ive been to one every year.

Seen the ocean? yes. what the Black Pearl really is, is freedom... right Elsa? of course i've seen the Sea-the Sundering Seas, the white shores, the ones that came before... the Sea that bars Aman from wretched mortals like me, away from the Light of the Trees, renewed once more after the evil marring of Morgoth, away from the Quendi, blessed Firstborn of Iluvatar. okay shutting up


Minnesota was okay, now that i'm done w/ that huge rant. hey i was bored. what do i do w/ my life?!? i should be READING!!! or @ least working on something! it's cold there though! England has better weather! but it was nice and green there too.. it made me really nostalgic and pensive (go andy w/ your SAT words) and i reminisced for a while about good times. remember those Elsa, Syd, Olivia?

well, i'm out 2 prove 2 andy that his tagboard is MINE!!!