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1. What does your deviantart name mean and why?
Years ago, my brother came up with a cool online name, and I wanted one too. I couldn't think of anything, so my brother suggesting doing something with my favorite colors. My favorite colors are purple and black, so I decided my online name should be Dark Amethyst!

2. When did you join?
According to my profile, I've been here for four years, which would mean sometime in 2005.

3. How many watchers do you have now?
17. Do I fail epically?

4. Name 3 of your favourite artists on DA.
Favorites because of their art: alexiuss, Rynnay, and Saimain
Favorites because of who they are: SerpentineCougar, dailenna, and triangl
(Now, which category would you rather be in? )

5. Do you comment, fav, or both?
I often try to comment when I fave, but if it's someone hugely popular like alexiuss, I just fave 'cause I figure they're getting enough love as it is XP

7. What is your most popular deviation?
"Alone at Night"

8. What are your favourite non-anime TV shows?
The Andy Griffith Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Lost

9. What are the things you wish you could draw better?
Er...everything? ^^' *can't draw to save her life*

10. Summer or winter?
Winter, definitely. Winter means rain and snow.

11. Rain or Sun?
Rain all the way! The sun hurts my eyes, so I like it to at least be overcast. And rain makes me feel pleasantly sleepy....

12. What's your favourite type of music?
Rock, definitely. I like music in genres all across the spectrum, but rock is my favorite.

13. PC or Mac?
PC. I'm boring like that.

14. Anime or Manga?
Ooh, that's tough. I might say manga, because the manga stories are usually better than their anime counterparts, but with anime you've got color, sound, and animation, which is always a plus.

15. Coke or Pepsi?
No thank you.

16. Read or TV?
Generally, I'd pick read, because the books are usually better than their movie/TV show counterparts, and most TV shows stink nowadays anyway.

17. How many hours a day do you spend on DA?
I really have no idea. I don't exactly time myself on that kind of thing.

18. Name a hidden talent.
ONE OF MOKONA'S 108 SECRET TECHNIQUES IS CORNYJOKEGA, THE LEVEL 3 SPELL WHICH HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN IN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!!!!!

19. Flash or traditional cartoons?
Flash, maybe? I don't really care....

20. What is your favourite fast food restaurant?
Arby's, I guess. I don't really care for fast food much.

21. What are your top 3 favourite books?
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

(And that's a sampling of the range of stuff I like to read - fantasy, introspective fiction, and autobiography.)

22. Wii or Playstation?
My favorite console of all is the PlayStation 2 - awesome games, and the best controller ever. But of this-gen consoles, I'm liking the Wii, mainly because that's what we have.

23. Name 3 of your favourite bands.
Linkin Park
Trading Yesterday
Within Temptation

24. Are you a fast, slow, or medium typer?
I'm pretty fast; once when I tested myself, I could type at 60 words per minute with minimal mistakes.

25. Do you like Denny's?
...You mean the restaurant place? Dunno; I've never eaten there.

26. What is your favourite emoticon?
On DevArt, I like and , but when I have to make it myself, I like DX the best.

27. What is your favourite type of pie?
French silk!

28. Have you ever stayed up for 24 hours?
-_- Don't remind me. Yes, several times. Not a fun experience.

29. Do you go on YouTube a lot?
I would, but I'm currently unable to get on. I like watching AMVs and con videos.

30. Are you a member on any other sites besides DA?
Yeah - FFNet, Gaia, and christiananime.net, to name a few.

31. Do you cosplay?
I did one time! I was Random Samurai from Random Anime! XD

32. Fruits or sweets?
Fruits, if they're ripe. Sweets can get old, but that's hard for fruit that's in season.

33. Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn?
Plain, but I wouldn't say no to salted.

34. Have you skipped school?
Yes...to my chagrin ._.

35. Have you been on a plane?


36. Have you swum in an ocean?
Yes o.0 No, wait. It wasn't the ocean. I've only ever swum in the Black Sea, and that's not an ocean.

37. Have you been ice skating?
There was one year I went to a ski resort and spent my entire time there skating on the inside rink. Then a couple years ago, I went ice skating again for the first time since.

38. Favourite vacation spot
Home. We're gone enough as it is.

39. Ever been on TV?
Nope.

40. Favourite salad dressing?
Ranch.

41. What do you do to relax?
Writing often helps me relax. Especially writing that doesn't take too much effort. If I turn on Trading Yesterday and start writing about the Elric brothers, for example, I just calm right down.

42. What is the last film you saw in the theatres?
Bolt. Awesome movie.

43. Favourite Sandwich?
Tuna salad, jam and cheese, or peanut butter and chocolate :3

44. If you could go anywhere in the world...
Japan, New Zealand, and Oxford.

45. Favourite time of the day?
10:00 p.m. Or...another time of day I like is in the late afternoon, when the sun is starting to go down and the light has a kind of tired, warm look to it. But that time varies throughout the year.

46. What did you want to be when you were little?
A nurse, and I also harbored thoughts of being a vet for a little bit.

47. What do you want to be now?
An author, ultimately, though I also would like to be a psychologist/counselor of some kind.

48. If you could eat with one person, who would it be?
...? My...brother...?

49. What character would you hate to be stuck in a room with?
Zolf J. Kimbley D8

50. When is your birthday?
February 1st

51. Favourite type of ice cream?
Bunny Tracks, which is vanilla ice cream with little chocolate bunnies in it, with chocolate and caramel swirled through it. Mmmm! And...I've never tasted it myself, but I've heard that in Japan they have sesame-flavored ice cream, which I know I would love.

52. Last book you read?
The last one I finished was I, Robot by Isaac Asimov.

53. Which store would you max out a credit card at?
Amazon.com D8 Or rightstuf.com

54. Do you buy / sell / both on eBay?
Nope.

55. What is the most annoying thing people ask you?
"What's it like to _______?" How on earth do you answer a question like that?!

56. Favourite all time movie?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, probably, or Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. (This is going by how many times I've watched those movies.)

57. What was your favourite show when you were a kid?
Um...when I was really little, I liked Casper the Friendly Ghost. A bit older, and I loved Bill Nye the Science Guy. A bit older, and it was Pokemon.

58. What are you listening to right now?
"My Sacrifice" by Creed

59. What is the last thing you ate?
Helva. And you get kudos if you know what that is XD

60. If you were a crayon what colour would you be?
Purple! Or...actually, they usually call it violet on crayons, don't they?

61. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Uh...their face...? o.0

62. Favourite sport to play?
Soccer, though I'm not too hot about any kind of sport, really.

63. Favourite Day of the Year?
Christmas (lol, no surprises there!)

64. Hugs or Kisses?
Hugs.

65. Vanilla or Chocolate?
Chocolate!

66. Favourite Board Game?
Does chess count? 'Cause chess is pretty nifty. I also like The Game of LIFE.

67. Favourite smells?
Old books, new books, magazines, lilacs, fresh baked goods, clean laundry hanging up to dry, my parents' pillows, onion powder, water on concrete, dead fish. (Yes, dead fish. I really am that weird XP )

68. What inspires you?
Books, movies, music, video games, conversations, nature, dreams, thoughts...the list goes on.

69. Do you have any piercings?
No; I've never been brave enough, though there was a short period where I thought about getting my eyebrow pierced....

70. How many siblings do you have?
Three - one brother, two sisters.

71. Bacon Bits or croutons?
BACON BITS!!!! PIG MEAT, YEAH! *gorges self*

72. Favourite Day of the Week?
Friday.

73. Favourite phrase?
Oooh, I have several. Most of which are British in origin. "All of a dither", "around the bend", "off his/her rocker", and currently, "I've got other fish to fry."

74. Favourite Restaurant?
I like Bob Evans for that kind of food, but I also like some other restaurants that aren't chain restaurants, so no one would know what they were.

75. Favourite animal?
Domesticated - Dog
Wild - Wolf
Fantastical - Dragon

76. Favourite thing to do outside
Walk back inside... >_> *half joking*

77. Favourite thing to do when it's raining?
Stay inside and feel smug about it.

78. Favourite Disney character?
The Genie! "Ten thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck!" "Whatcha think of that, Mr. Doubting Mustafa?" "Geronimo! Arapaho! Navaho! POCAHONTAS!"

79. Do you like coffee? If so, what is your favourite brand?
Blech, no. I drink tea - black tea, hot tea, preferably Lipton.