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Name: Lissa
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Age: 24
Location: St Paul, Minnesota, US.
Occupation: Unemployed currently.

All About You

1. Describe your ideal house/home. Please go into as much detail as possible, and be sure to include your ideal geographical location in the description!.

I'd like to live somewhere warm with mild weather. I've lived in Seattle most my life and rain is my absolute least favorite thing at the moment. My ideal home would be in a city, probably a penthouse apartment with a nice view. I like to watch people walking to work each morning, so something that faces a major street would please me. As for the interior, I don't need much. I'd probably really enjoy one of those penthouses that's just one gigantic room and a separate bathroom. Imagine how easy vacuuming would be. Also, I would like a huge bathtub, a bunk-bed and a bunch of workout equipment.

2. Imagine you’re given the classic opportunity: a genie granting you three wishes. What would you wish for? Please be as elaborate as you can. Wishing for more wishes is not permitted!

1) For my family to be financially secure forever. We don't have to be rich, but I never want them to worry about medical bills or rent or food.
2) To be famous. Yeah, I want to be famous, it's a terrible thing to wish for. I'd prefer to be famous for my acting, my writing, my drawing, something along those lines, but I wouldn't look down on being famous as a reality star.
3) That people would stop hating other people based on their race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, sex, gender, size and appearance in general. People piss me off on a daily basis, but that's because a lot of people are dickwads. So I would wish the only reason anyone had to hate anyone else was because they were a dickwad.

3. In your life so far, what accomplishment are you the most proud of? Why? You can list more than one if you have trouble deciding. ;)

Graduating from university. I went to a school that's very hard to be accepted to and got decent grades. I didn't break my neck, because I'm not a person who obsesses over my GPA, but I found several mentors that really helped shape me. They were proud when I got my diploma, I could see it on their faces. Making them care about me enough to be proud is my greatest accomplishment.

4. Which of the following is most important to you: Love, Money, Knowledge, Family, Friendship, Adventure, or Pleasure? Which is the least important to you? Please explain why for each choice.

If I'm being completely honest, pleasure, probably. I come from a very small, disconnected family. I don't have many friends because the times that I had tons of friends made me miserable. I care about the people close to me, but I wouldn't say that friends and family are concepts I dwell on. Pleasure, however, is very important. I can't camp, so living somewhere comfortable is important. I like to dress up, but high heels and restrictive clothing will put me in the worst mood. I'm happiest when I'm in my pyjamas watch a good movie, reading a good book or laughing with someone. Every profession I've ever dreamed of becoming hinges on pleasure (not in a dirty way okay). So, pleasure is very important to me.

I think I care the least about love, as I don't really believe in it. I don't want to get into much detail, but pure, true ~love~ is just not something I search out anymore.

5. What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values? Explain.

"For we are like olives: only when we are crushed do we yield what is best in us." -The Talmud

Though pleasure is my most valued thing on that list, I recognize that no one will do anything important sitting in their nice house, feeling nice and comfortable. If you don't put yourself on the line, you'll be boring your entire life and never provide the world with anything, except for maybe a cautionary tale. So be brave and allow yourself to be crushed every now and again!

Though olives are pretty delicious uncrushed, too...

6. How do you manage your money? On that note, how important is money/financial security to you? Go into as much detail as you can.

I'm very cheap. I check my bank account daily, I've argued with tellers about which type of account will benefit me the most, I cut out coupons and hunt for sales when I go to the grocery store. I think I manage my money well, but I could learn to have more fun with it. As to the second question, financial security is very important to me. Things creep up and if you don't have the money to deal with them, you're screwed. I like to know I can handle the occasional expense.

7. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?

I love to write, draw, cook (without a recipe- I hate following recipes), go to concerts, watch movies, walk in the park. I'm not a very physical person, but I do like the endorphin rush you get after going to the gym. Music and literature are my antidrugs and I can hardly function if I don't have my iPod on and there isn't a book in my purse.

8. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.

1) Dying suddenly. I frequently wake up at night thinking that I'm about to be shot through the wall or I'm going to have a brain aneurysm or something. I'm kind of a paranoid person.
2) Things with too many legs. Spiders, centipedes, millipedes, some sea creatures. Why do they have so many legs and why does that terrify me? I don't know.
3) Rejection. I never call people on the phone or strike up conversations with strangers because I'm convinced that I'm going to be an unwanted social obligation.

9. Name (and elaborate on) your top three BEST and top three WORST qualities (personality-related, not physical). Please answer as fully as you can, as this is an important question.

Best:
1) I'm pretty intelligent. I've been called witty, droll and insightful multiple times and those aren't words most people just throw around. I feel like I've been getting stupider since I graduated high school, but would still consider myself more than averagely intelligent.
2) I'm artistic. It's not just that I can draw and occasionally write something that doesn't make me want to curl into the fetal position and sob, but I can appreciate the world around me artistically. I frequently get weird looks on the street because I'll stop walking and just stare at something, or decide I want to Snoopy-dance to work or class because the air is so crisp and lovely. This probably makes me sound like a hipster tool, but it's the truth and I don't do these things for anyone else, I do them because they make me happy.
3) I'm cautious. This could also be a bad trait, but I'm discerning when it comes to my safety and the safety of people around me. That's not to say I haven't done a lot of stupid stuff, but I always know I'm being stupid and am trying to think 8 steps ahead. Or I'm drunk, in which case I'm just being stupid.

Worst:
1) I'm very crass. I have no idea how many times I've deleted cuss words from this app and one or two have probably slipped in anyway. Sorry. I also have virtually no filter, so I embarrass myself in public quite a bit. Actually, I mostly just embarrass whoever is with me.
2) I'm neurotic. I worry about most everything without cause. It's a bad quality, because, let's take a terminal illness for example. I worry about getting a terminal illness every time I eat something, drink something, microwave something, go through that scanner at the airport, etc., but if I got a terminal illness? I think I'd be very chill in accepting it. I fear the possibility of terrible things more than I fear actual things, which is pretty dumb.
3) I get jealous easily. I'm one of those people who says, 'If I'm not the best, I'm not going to do it!' I've given up so many hobbies because of that tendency and I hate it. I wish I could just be happy doing something that makes me happy, but I can't.

A Song of Ice and Fire Related

1.Who are your favorite three characters in the series? Why?

1) Daenerys. Dany is my light, my fire, my homegirl. Her journey from this character you expect to get tossed around like a ragdoll forever to the biggest BAMF in the series is inspirational. I'm not a person who is big into fantasy, so the fact that I can be inspired by a character in what's largely considered a fantasy series is awesome.
2) Tyrion. Everyone loves Tyrion. He's such a wonderful character. He has his flaws, he accepts them and doesn't let anyone bring him down. And the scene in A Clash of Kings where he keeps insulting Cersei and she keeps slapping him is one of my favorite moments in the series.
3) Petyr. He's an awful person, but I have a bad habit of loving awful fictional characters. Without spoiling anyone, if Petyr gives someone advice, they should take it. And if Petyr is gone for an extended period of time, he's probably busy effing your stuff up.

2.Who are your least favorite three characters in the series? Why?

1) Jon Snow. I haven't finished the books that are out yet, but I don't understand the love for him at all. He's kind of an idiot and uses every opportunity he can to whine. Even when he's being rewarded, he whines. Uggh, Jon, stop whining.
2) Theon, but who doesn't hate Theon? He's also a huge whiner and whenever I got to one of his chapters I had to fight the urge to skip ahead. His family is right, he's useless.
3) Cersei. She's a horrible, horrible person and, while I probably could list some redeeming qualities, I don't want to. There are characters that do worse things than Cersei, but none of them make me grit my teeth like she does.

3.#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far? Why?

Probably Viserys' crowning. It's disgusting, but it was the first time that the book made me actually say 'OH SNAP' and read furiously to find out what happened next. I love that the series has that ability, that I'll lose myself for hours and hours trying to get to the aftermath of one event in one character's chapter. That moment is also when you see Dany's strength for the first time. She doesn't lose her mind when her brother is brutally murdered in front of her. She accepts it and moves on. And, while I'll be very sad when Harry Lloyd and his Viserys aren't in the TV show anymore, I did a dance in my head when Viserys died.

4. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end, and why?

Dany is the queen of everything. The End.

I love Dany and Westeros needs someone who is level-headed to rule it. Dany might have her moments of insanity, but she gets things done. Aside from that, I'm sure I'll be happy with however GRRM ends the series.

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Tyrell

Your least favorite characters are more or less my own, though Cersei's irredeemable evilness is what makes her redeemable in my opinion. How much more horrible can a woman get?

It's true, she's very interesting. And I look forward to her chapters, even if I usually read them white-knuckle gripping my book, shaking it, thinking 'WHAT? WHAT????' in my head.

Thanks for your vote!

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