make my own home be my gallows

[intertribal]

Pride

1. Have you ever thought you were better than anybody else? of course, all the time...
2. Do you play competitive sports? no
3. When in a group, is it your way or no way? nope, seeing as how my way is the silent way
4. How much time do you spend in front of the mirror? on a given day, five minutes max, and usually only when I'm going to the political science department
5. What religion are you? none
6. When at your place of worship, do you actually listen? I listen to advice
7. Do you show good sportsmanship? I've gotten better at it, but I used to be an incredibly bad sport
8. Do you tend to love yourself? no
9. Are you arrogant in some ways? yes
10. Do you HAVE to be the best? in certain arenas I would like to be among the best
11. Does the pride of others bother you? usually, yes

Envy

1. Do you wish you could be in someone elses shoes? not often
2. If you had one wish, would it be for a personal item? um... hard to say
3. Have you ever used someone for their stuff? no
4. Do you wish to be a model so people will look at you? no, I would hate to be a model
5. Have you ever used prayer to get something? I don't pray unless I think I'm going to die in a crash
6. Have you every truly loved someone? my parents and my cat
7. Do you take pleasure in doing service work? some self-righteous pleasure (see "the selfish altruist"), sure
8. In your life, how many service projects have you done? two
9. Do you honestly like doing it for nothing? no, I've always felt too poor to do work for free
10. Do you throw the word "want" around? no

Anger

1. What gets you angry? far too many things to list.  Basically, "hell is other people".  And current events.
2. Are you an angry person? when I was little and I was writing about my family I said, "Nadia is angry a lot."
3. Do people fear you when you are angry? I can't really tell.
4. Do you have a short fuse? yes, but if I don't let it go it usually calms down fairly quickly, or within a few hours at least
5. What gets you more angry, words or actions? actions
6. Have people told you you need anger management? yes, somewhat jokingly I believe
7. Are you a kind person? to certain people, extremely, but to others, I am merely polite
8. Does anger give you energy? if it's the quiet rage toward other political science majors, yes
9. Do you have to count to ten when in a fight? I do take deep breaths
10. Have you ever gotten in a verbal fight? yes
11. Have you ever gotten in a physical fight? when I was in third grade

Sloth

1. How often do you do nothing? Quite frequently, but I like to think of it as giving my mind peace and quiet so it can think by itself (like right now)
2. Do you have a job? I have a work-study job on campus that pays by the hour
3. How much junk do you eat? average, I'm not too bad in this regard - caffeine, however, is my sin
4. Do you sleep a lot? when I'm sick - otherwise, I don't sleep enough because I feel like I'm wasting time
5. Have you fallen asleep in class? yes... frequently... but only two classes to date - environmental science and intermediate macroeconomic theory
6. How often do you neglect people? I try very hard not to neglect people
7. Have you ever had to do something but said "oh, i'm too lazy?" durr...
8. Do you over use the term, "i'll do it later?" yes, although it usually makes me ill to do it
9. Do you actually do what you're told? usually

Greed

1. Do you love money? I bow to our civilization's god, yes - anybody that says they don't love money just wants to die
2. Do you love it more than people? no
3. Do you have to get the best stuff out there? no
4. Do you give credit where credit is due? yes
5. Do you fear not being rich? sometimes
6. Do you need the limelight? sometimes, with certain things, I want the limelight, but I don't need it
7. Do you want power? power over my life, and power to change some things in the world, yes, but that's all
8. What do you fear? crawling ghosts and wells
9. If it comes down to it, for love or money? love
10. Do you donate to a charity? no

Gluttony

1. Do you use indulgence to feel better? yes
2. Do you overeat? not often
3. Do you overdo? sometimes
4. Do you demand too much of people? I think so
5. Do you know when enough is enough? rarely
6. What is your favorite food? almost all Indonesian food
7. What is your favorite drink? iced tea
8. How much of both do you have each week? maybe one iced tea, no Indonesian food
9. When you see something that you like, do you have to have it? when it comes to food? sometimes.  when it comes to clothes? never.

Lust

1. How many girlfriends/boyfriends have you ever had? none
2. How many in the past month? none
3. Are you into porn? not the visual kind
4. Stripclubs? no
5. Can you control your urges? clearly
6. Have you lost friends because of lust? no
7. Do people get the impression you are a slut/whore? perhaps when I wear certain things