| What is your name?: | Gail Shimura-Brightbill |
| Are you named after anyone?: | Nope |
| What's your screename?: | Panda |
| Would you name a child of yours after you?: | No, my name is kinda boring. |
| If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name be?: | Kenji |
| If you could switch names with a friend who would it be?: | Kamiko |
| Are there any mispronounciations/typos that ppl do w/ your name constantly?: | Only with my maiden name, Sha-mir-a....ugh, that use to drive me crazy! |
| Would you drop your last name if you became famous?: | Nope |
| Basics |
| Your gender:: | Female |
| Straight/Gay/Bi:: | Straight |
| Single?: | Nope, Happily married! |
| If not, do you want to be?: | No way, I love my hubby! |
| Birthdate:: | January 3, 1976 |
| Your age:: | 28 |
| Age you act:: | 28 |
| Age you wish you were:: | I am quite happy being the age I am! |
| Your height:: | 5'2" |
| Eye color:: | Brown |
| Happy with it?: | Yes |
| Hair color:: | Black with red highlights |
| Happy with it?: | I love my haircolor! |
| Lefty/righty/ambidextrous:: | Righty |
| Your living arrangement:: | Own my own home |
| Your family:: | My hubby, 2 dogs and 2 cats. |
| Have any pets?: | Yes |
| Whats your job?: | Office manager, Certified Veterinary Assistant |
| Piercings?: | Yes, only in my ears. |
| Tattoos?: | Yes, on my ankle |
| Obsessions?: | Anime! |
| Addictions?: | Anime! |
| Do you speak another language?: | Yes, Japanese |
| Have a favorite quote?: | I don't want the world, I just want your half. |
| Do you have a webpage?: | Yes! http://www.televar.com/~jkb/pandasplace.html |
| Deep Thoughts About Life and You in it |
| Do you live in the moment?: | Yes |
| Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: | Yes |
| Do you have any secrets?: | Yes |
| Do you hate yourself?: | No |
| Do you like your handwriting?: | Yes |
| Do you have any bad habits?: | Yes, I have very high expectations of myself and those around me. |
| What is the compliment you get from most people?: | You are always so happy! |
| If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: | Panda-monium! |
| What's your biggest fear?: | Letting those I love down. |
| Can you sing?: | Yes, I love karaoke! |
| Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?: | Nope |
| Are you a loner?: | Nope, but I don't mind being alone. |
| What are your #1 priorities in life?: | Continue living my life despite having Rhuematoid Arthritis. |
| If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: | Yes |
| Are you a daredevil?: | No |
| Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: | I worry too much. |
| Are you passive or agressive?: | I am more agressive than passive, that's for sure! |
| Do you have a journal?: | Yes |
| What is your greatest strength and weakness?: | Greatest strength would be being dedicated to what I believe in, my weakness, self doubt. |
| If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: | I wouldn't worry so much. |
| Do you think you are emotionally strong?: | No |
| Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: | I regret not spending more time with my grandparents before they passed away. |
| Do you think life has been good so far?: | It has be pretty good. |
| What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: | Regret is the worst feeling in the world. |
| What do you like the most about your body?: | My hair. |
| And least?: | My weight |
| Do you think you are good looking?: | I hubby thinks I am cute and that is all that matters to me. |
| Are you confident?: | Not as much as I wish I were. |
| What is the fictional character you are most like?: | Lisa Hayes in Robotech |
| Are you perceived wrongly?: | I don't think so...but perhaps I am perceiving myself wrongly.... |
| Do You... |
| Smoke?: | No |
| Do drugs?: | Only my medications |
| Read the newspaper?: | Yes |
| Pray?: | Yes |
| Go to church?: | No |
| Talk to strangers who IM you?: | No |
| Sleep with stuffed animals?: | No |
| Take walks in the rain?: | Only when I get caught in the rain, |
| Talk to people even though you hate them?: | Yes |
| Drive?: | Yes |
| Like to drive fast?: | No but the two speeding tickets I have say I do. |
| Would or Have You Ever? |
| Liked your voice?: | Yes |
| Hurt yourself?: | No |
| Been out of the country?: | Yes, Canada and the Bahamas. |
| Eaten something that made other people sick?: | Yes, I went out to chinese food with my friends and everyone got food poisoning but me. |
| Been in love?: | Yes, still am. |
| Done drugs?: | No |
| Gone skinny dipping?: | No |
| Had a medical emergency?: | Yes, severe allergic reaction to penicillin, amputated a finger, several cuts that needed stiches, broken arm and one broken ankle....there is probably more, but out of space. |
| Had surgery?: | Yes, amputated finger. |
| Ran away from home?: | Yes, for about an hour. Only got about a block away. |
| Played strip poker?: | Nope |
| Gotten beaten up?: | No |
| Beaten someone up?: | Yes, I made a boy in grade school cry, he was saying racial comments to me and my friends so I kicked his butt! |
| Been picked on?: | No, not really |
| Been on stage?: | Yes, I was in band |
| Slept outdoors?: | Yes, I love camping! |
| Thought about suicide?: | Yes |
| Pulled an all nighter?: | Yes, in college before finals |
| If yes, what is your record?: | 32 hours |
| Gone one day without food?: | Yes |
| Talked on the phone all night?: | Yes |
| Slept together with the opposite sex w/o actually having sex?: | Yes, co-ed camping trip in high school...no adult supervision too. |
| Slept all day?: | Yes, when I was really sick. |
| Killed someone?: | No |
| Made out with a stranger?: | No |
| Had sex with a stranger?: | NO WAY! |
| Thought you're going crazy?: | Yes |
| Kissed the same sex?: | On the cheek. |
| Done anything sexual with the same sex?: | Nope |
| Been betrayed?: | Yes, don't even want to go there..... |
| Had a dream that came true?: | Yes, my hubby fell in love with me. |
| Broken the law?: | Yes |
| Met a famous person?: | Yes |
| Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: | Yes |
| On purpose?: | Yes, I've euthanized animals before at the vet clinic. |
| Told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell?: | No |
| Stolen anything?: | Yes |
| Been on radio/tv?: | Yes |
| Been in a mosh-pit?: | Yes, got kicked in the head...ouch! |
| Had a nervous breakdown?: | Been very close |
| Bungee jumped?: | No |
| Had a dream that kept coming back?: | Yes, I have one reoccuring dream. |
| Beliefs |
| Belive in life on other planets?: | Yes |
| Miracles?: | Yes |
| Astrology?: | No, just for entertainment |
| Magic?: | Yes, as entertainment |
| God?: | Yes |
| Satan?: | Yes |
| Santa?: | No |
| Ghosts?: | Yes |
| Luck?: | Yes |
| Love at first sight?: | No |
| Yin and yang (that good cant exist w/o bad)?: | Yes |
| Witches?: | Yes |
| Easter bunny?: | No |
| Believe its possible to remain faithful forever?: | Yes |
| Believe theres a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow?: | No |
| Do you wish on stars?: | No, only falling satellites or space stations. |
| Deep Theological Questions |
| Do you believe in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell?: | No, I think the afterlife is different for each person. |
| Do you think God has a gender?: | No, I think God is beyond our comprehension. |
| Do you believe in organized religion?: | No |
| Where do you think we go when we die?: | To the morgue. |
| Friends |
| Do you have any gay/lesbian friends?: | Yes |
| Who is your best friend?: | John |
| Who's the one person that knows most about you?: | John |
| What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?: | Marry your best friend. |
| Your favourite inside joke?: | Nothing says love like an avocado. |
| Thing you're picked on most about?: | Always being so happy. |
| Who's your longest known friend?: | Melissa. I have known her since the day I was born. |
| Newest?: | Shawna |
| Shyest?: | Shawn |
| Funniest?: | John |
| Sweetest?: | Jennifer |
| Closest?: | John |
| Weirdest?: | Scott |
| Smartest?: | Janeen |
| Ditziest?: | Erin |
| Friends you miss being close to the most?: | Brian |
| Last person you talked to online?: | Shawn |
| Who do you talk to most online?: | Shawn |
| Who are you on the phone with most?: | Jennifer |
| Who do you trust most?: | John |
| Who listens to your problems?: | John, Shawn and Jennifer |
| Who do you fight most with?: | John |
| Who's the nicest?: | My mom |
| Who's the most outgoing?: | Jeremy |
| Who's the best singer?: | John |
| Who's on your shit-list?: | Kara |
| Have you ever thought of having sex with a friend?: | No |
| Who's your second family?: | My hubby's family |
| Do you always feel understood?: | No |
| Who's the loudest friend?: | Sheesh, I am the loudest of my friends! |
| Do you trust others easily?: | Yes, probably too easily. |
| Who's house were you last at?: | My parents |
| Name one person who's arms you feel safe in:: | John |
| Do your friends know you?: | Yes |
| Friend that lives farthest away:: | Andy |
| Love and All That |
| Do you consider love a mistake?: | No |
| What do you find romantic?: | Spending time talking to my hubby |
| Turn-on?: | Spending time with my hubby. |
| Turn-off?: | Having my arthritis flare up and cause me pain. |
| First kiss?: | Josh |
| If someone u had no interest in had interest in dating u how would u feel?: | Been there, done that, and it is very uncomfortable. |
| Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going: | Yes |
| Have u ever wished it was more socially acceptable 4 a girl 2 ask a guy out: | I don't see a problem with it. |
| Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractiv: | No |
| Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: | My hubby thinks so. |
| What is best about the opposite sex?: | They are so different than us. |
| What is the worst thing about the opposite sex?: | Being cocky. |
| What's the last present someone gave you?: | Silk slippers, spa kit and bottle of Champagne from my boss when she came back from a trip to Vegas |
| Are you in love?: | Yes |
| Do you consider your significant other hot?: | Yes, the hottest man in the world! |
| Who Was the Last Person... |
| That haunted you?: | Bryan |
| You wanted to kill?: | I better not say, I still might do it! |
| That you laughed at?: | Jennifer |
| That laughed at you?: | Jennifer |
| That turned you on?: | Kara |
| You went shopping with?: | Jennifer |
| That broke your heart?: | Brian |
| To disappoint you?: | Kara |
| To ask you out?: | Jennifer...to go shopping. |
| To make you cry?: | John |
| To brighten up your day?: | John |
| That you thought about?: | John |
| You saw a movie with?: | John |
| You talked to on the phone?: | John |
| You talked to through IM/ICQ?: | Shawn |
| You saw?: | John, he is sitting next to me. |
| You lost?: | Nicole...while shopping! |
| Right This Moment... |
| Are you going out?: | No |
| Will it be with your significant other?: | When I do go out it will be with him. |
| Or some random person?: | No |
| What are you wearing right now?: | Pajamas |
| Body part you're touching right now:: | My hands are on the computer...that's a weird question. |
| What are you worried about right now?: | Yes, I always worry. |
| What book are you reading?: | None |
| What's on your mousepad?: | I am on a laptop, I don't have a mousepad, the one at work has pandas. |
| Use 5 words to describe how you're feeling:: | Stressed, Worried, Tired, Hungry and Lazy |
| Are you bored?: | Yes |
| Are you tired?: | Yes |
| Are you talking to anyone online?: | No |
| Are you talking to anyone on the phone?: | No |
| Are you lonely or content?: | Content |
| Are you listening to music?: | No |