#everything being catered to the most popular character options sucks

[toastedpopsicle]

I'm gonna say something the d&d girlies Won't Like.

RPGs are more fun to play as both a player and moderator if you randomly generate characters. Random race, random class, random profession, random origin. Whatever facets of a PC your system might have; they're more fun at random.

[purplesurveys]

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Health

How is your health? It’s doing fine, as usual. My stomach did feel weird this morning – like it couldn’t digest properly – because I downed five slices of pizza within minutes last night lmao, but it has since calmed down. 

Do you know anyone who has beaten cancer? One of my former Filipino teachers had thyroid cancer but beat it.

When was the last time you had a doctor’s appointment? Three years ago when I was signing up to be admitted to my university.

How often do you exercise? Literally never. Gab and her sisters actually made me do wall push-ups and squats last night. I could hold neither position for more than a few seconds at a time because of how unfamiliar I am with exercise lmaaaaao.

Do you take physical education in school? We took it every single year from kindergarten to high school, and we also have to take four PE classes in college.

Are you on any medications? Nope. Do you have any mental disorders? I’m sure I do. I just have never gotten around to getting myself checked. Have you ever ‘walked’ for a foundation (e.g., Breast Cancer, Heart Stroke, etc.)? No. I’ve marched before but it was for Pride lol, nothing to do with health.

Books

Are there many shelves in your house dedicated to books? No, not shelves. The top of my closet serves as a ‘shelf’ for my books, and I also have a drawer-like compartment (with 3 levels) with all of my childbook books, but that’s it; I don’t think that counts as a lot, especially because I’ve stopped reading.

A lot would be in one of our older houses. My great-grandfather was a lawyer and had shelves upon shelves UPON SHELVES UPON SHELVES of every kind of encylopedias and law books you could ever imagine. I remember as a child being confused about that house being so cramped and why we had to have so many books; I didn’t come to appreciate what it all meant until recently. What page are you on in the book you’re reading? I’m on page 30something, but I stopped reading it. It’s a book on business and it started to get all technical and I just lost interest. Do you have an opinion on the Harry Potter/Twilight debate, or is it all stupid and pointless? It’s stupid to me mainly because they’re two different books with different plots and different personalities. I liked Twilight because I resonated with Bella more and the stories of the werewolves and vampires were interesting to me. Harry Potter bored me immediately with the antics of the kids and the spells and the potions and the talking newspaper. Doesn’t stop me from picking a side though, lol. Is there a section of the library you always gravitate towards? Non-fiction. History and biography. I stay away from the fiction area. Do you read more books or magazines? If I am caught reading...books. What was the last book you read aloud? Not a book, but I would read my academic readings aloud so I can process them quicker and better. It was probably a political science reading since it was one of the last tests I took last semester. Is being published one of your biggest aspirations? It was, when I was 10. If I’m published I’d like it to be for an academic paper, and not anymore a literary work. Do you keep your books in good shape, or are they pretty thrashed? They’re all in good shape. Most are just yellowing as my collection is pretty old.

Guys

Are you a guy? Nopes.

Are males your preferred gender? I still don’t really know how to answer this because I’m a demisexual who has only ever been with a girl. Safe answer: I have no idea. I don’t put a label on myself because of this, and only go with what Dan Howell has called those who aren’t a fan of labels either, “a formless blob.”

What is your father’s name? Edgardo.

Do you have a best guy friend? My closest friend would probably be Hans.

Are guys more confusing than girls? No. I’ve found that guys are generally straightforward, way more so than girls. At least the ones I know of. If you’re not a guy, what would you do if you could be a guy for a day? I just won’t cat-call. Otherwise I’d spend the whole time wishing I was back to being a girl.

How many uncles do you have? In the Philippines, every older man that you have some sort of relationship with – whether it’s your parents’ brother, a friend’s dad, your girlfriend’s dad, a family friend, your mom’s cousin’s husband, etc. – is an uncle. That being said, I have tons of them.

Are the majority of the people in your household male? No. We’re five in the family and with my dad gone most of the time, it’s the three of us girls and my brother.

Facebook

How many times a day do you log on? Several times. All work updates are carried out there so I have to check it hourly or so. Using actual applications catering to work feels too unfamiliar for us to use; in the Philippines, it has always been Facebook.

What kind of applications do you prefer (i.e., games, trivia, gifts, etc.)? I just use Messenger. While we use Facebook for virtually everything, I’m generally not a fan of the culture there.

Do you like to ‘poke’ people a lot, or is that just annoying? I never did that when it was popular.

Who do you talk to the most on there? My executive board in my organization.

Do you join many groups? No. I joined hundreds of irrelevant groups when I first joined at 14, but I’ve since removed myself from those. I’m a member of a handful that cater to my interests, like Dogspotting for dogs and a lot of local ones like What’s your ulam pare? for people who wanna share what they’re eating for the day haha.

How many friends do you have? Like 480 if I’m not mistaken.

Is Facebook better than MySpace? I never really got to be a part of ~the Myspace experience~ honestly. I made an account but 1) I was too young, and 2) Myspace was beginning to phase out by then. I wouldn’t say Facebook is better; it’s just that I’ve used it more than Myspace.

What do you think of the current homepage layout? ?

Cooking

Would you say you’re a good cook? Nope. I did ask my grandmother, who’s an amazing cook, to pass on her recipes to me eventually because while I’m really bad in the kitchen, I really really want to learn.

Was macaroni and cheese the first thing you remember making on the stove? I think it may have been scrambled eggs, since it’s the first meal my dad ever taught me.

Have you ever cooked an entire meal for someone/a group of people? No :( I want to in the future though. I’m always the ‘mom’ in all of my friend groups so might as well push it to the limit.

Who cooks more, your mom or your dad? My dad is a chef, so there’s your answer.

Do you have any recipes that have been in your family for a while? I guess. It just sucks because cooking seems to skip generations and just affects select people lmao. Like my grandma has a bunch of original recipes, but so far, no one has learned how to cook any of them. I don’t want to lose her recipes so I made sure to be the first one to ask for my grandma’s recipe box.

When was the last time you cooked at someone else’s house? We baked cookies at Angela’s house, but that was nearly a year ago.

Have you ever cooked something on the barbecue? Nope. 

Are you a better cook or baker? I can’t tell. I can still do neither lmao.

Musical Instrument

The survey said to skip this section if I can’t play any, but I don’t really like that option and I like to pretend that I play the piano anyway haha. Get ready to see some haphazard answers on here.

What instrument do you play? We had to learn the recorder from fourth grade. I’ve also had a fantasy of learning how to play the piano so I ‘know’ how to play a few melodies but only with one hand at a time haha.

How long have you been playing it? I’ve known how to use the recorder for ~10 years. I ‘taught’ myself how to play songs on the piano starting when I was 18, so that makes it three years.

Did you take lessons, or are you self-taught? We were taught the recorder in music class for several years in elementary. As for the piano, I just used YouTube videos to analyze the keys that were being pressed and just memorized them so I can play my favorite tunes. I don’t actually know what I’m pressing, or how the notes work, or if I’m using my fingers correctly hahahahaha.

What is the latest song you’ve played on it? I don’t remember; I haven’t fooled around on the piano in a while.

Would you say you’re advanced, or do you have a lot to learn? I have sooooooo much to learn when it comes to THE piano. I know nothing about it AT all; I’m just pressing keys here and there and that’s only because I’ve memorized what to press from YouTube tutorials.

Do you read sheet music to play? Nope.

Have you played this instrument in school? I’ve had to play both + guitar because we were taught all three instruments in music class so we had to play them as part of the exams.

How many of this instrument do you own? We have a guitar, a recorder, and a keyboard.

The 1990s

Were you born in the 90s? Which year? Yep, just by the end of it though so I’m not too attached to the decade. 1998.

Do you remember getting your/your parents getting their first cell phone in the early 90s? I wasn’t alive for most of it and wasn’t conscious enough for the rest of it, so I don’t actually know when my parents got their first phones. I got mine in 2005.

Can you name the main characters from Saved By The Bell? No. Never seen the show.

Were you obsessed with any boy band? I’ve been into boy bands before but this was in the 2010s, lmao.

What is one fashion trend from this decade that you hope never comes back? Low-rise jeans.

Did you get into the Japanese pop culture like most did? (e.g., Sailor Moon, Pokemon, etc.) No. I got into Pokemon though.

If you could sum the 90s up in one word, what would it be? I was too young in the 90s to remember it enough to come up with a word for it.

How old were you when we entered a new millennium? I was going to turn 2 in 2000.

Celebrities

Are you sick of hearing about the Chris Brown/Rihanna situation? No. I’d always take every opportunity to trash Chris Brown. Do you read gossip magazines? If so, who do you pay attention to the most? Sometimes. My grandma collects them some months lmao. What do you think about people still going on about the whole Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie “triangle”? I was too young to ever be aware of it. What celebrity does not deserve to be famous? Logan Paul and Jake Paul and the rest of their little group.

Do you think celebrities have a right to complain about the paparazzi? Of course. Some of them can be complete assholes. Would you ever want to be a celebrity? I imagine it sometimes, but I wouldn’t know what for. What do you think of Perez Hilton? Attention seeker.