100 Questions Journal and Profile Gift

It's been a long while since I've hosted a public swap, but I stumbled across this 100 Questions List that was part of one of the first swaps I ever did here on Swap-Bot and thought, you know...let's do this thing.

The original swap was a letter swap hosted by @Laylaaaface but she hasn't been online in 5 years so I felt that this one was up for grabs, with my own twist!

The Swap

Buy a journal or nice, journal style notebook (A5 or 5x7 or larger - NO pocket sized notebooks please). Each question should be written out at the top of the page. Answer the question in some detail. In other words, for most of these questions, it is not a one word or one sentence answer. Think in terms of at least a paragraph. Granted, some questions may be hard to flesh out in a paragaph (e.g., what is the current time?). That's fine - but the majority of these should be more than a word or sentence.

Once you have answered your questions, package the journal up and include a profile-based gift for your partner. The gift should be valued at a minimum of $5 USD (or your country's equivalent exchange).

Because this is a very time and money intensive public swap, the following rules apply:

• No newbies (must have completed and been rated for a minimum of 30 Type 3 swaps).

• No one with any 1s in the last 3 years, or 1s owed to active members that are older than 3 years.

• No 3s in the last 3 years.

• No late swaps on your dash.

• Must have been logged in to Swap-Bot within 24-hours of partners being assigned. Too often, people join swaps then disappear from the site. For this reason, in addition to checking the usual ratings and dashboard, I'll also be looking at your last log in.

• Minimum rating of 4.98 to join.

• I will not be messaging to ask questions when I do the final check before assigning partners. If you have acquired a 1 or 3 rating between joining the swap and the day I assign partners; if you have not logged in within the last day; or if you have a late swap on your dash the day partners will be assigned, please be aware that you will be dropped from the swap.

In a Nutshell:

• 1 A5 or 5x7 (or larger) journal to 1 partner, with all 100 questions answered in paragraph form (exceptions are noted in the swap description).

• The journal must be handwritten.

• The journal pages are not required to be decorated. That is entirely up to you.

• Include a profile based gift valued at a minimum of 5 USD or your country's equivalent exchange.

• Three weeks to sign up, 2 months to send.

The Administrivia

• Include your username and the swap name in the swap.

• Send on time. Rate promptly upon receipt. Sending late without communication warrants a 3 rating for this swap. Not rating or having to be chased for a rating will also have you banned from any future swaps I host. Communicate and rate.

• Rate according to the Swap-Bot Rating Criteria. Failure to rate your partner or to rate correctly will have you banned from any future swap I host.

• If you are going to be late sending, make sure you let your partner and me know prior to the send-by date.

• Hearts are purely at the discretion of the rater.

• If you flake, you will be reported as a Questionable Swapper in the Public Forums.

• If you are flaked on, let me know. I will angel this swap after you rate a 1.

• Questions? DM or leave a comment!

The 100 Questions

1) Put your iTunes/media player on shuffle. What are the first 6 songs that pop up? Are any of them particularly meaningful?

2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

4) What do you think about most?

5) What does your latest SMS from someone else say?

6) Do you sleep with or without clothes on?

7) What's your strangest talent?

8) What is the most romantic thing you have ever done?

9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?

10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?

11) Do you have any strange phobias?

12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?

13) What's your religion?

14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?

15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?

16) Simple but extremely complex. Favourite band/singer?

17) What was the last lie you told?

18) Do you believe in karma?

19) What does your user name mean?

20) What is your greatest weakness and your greatest strength?

21) Who is your celebrity crush?

22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

23) How do you vent your anger?

24) Do you have a collection of anything?

25) Do you prefer texting or FaceTime/Skype?

26) Are you happy with the person you've become?

27) What's a sound you hate and a sound you love?

28) What's your biggest "what if"?

29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

31) Smell the air. What do you smell?

32) What's the worst place you have ever been to?

33) Choose: East Coast or West Coast? Why?

34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?

35) To you, what is the meaning of life?

36) Define: Art.

37) Do you believe in luck?

38) What's the weather like right now?

39) What time is it?

40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?

41) What was the last book you read?

42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?

43) Do you have any nicknames?

44) What was the last movie you saw?

45) What's the worst injury you've ever had?

46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?

47) Do you have any obsessions right now?

48) What's your sexual orientation?

49) Ever had a rumour spread about you?

50) Do you believe in magic?

51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

52) What is your astrological sign? Do you feel that it accurately reflects who you are?

53) Do you save money or spend it?

54) What's the last thing you purchased?

55) Love or lust?

56) In a relationship?

57) How many relationships have you had?

58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

59) Where were you yesterday?

60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

61) Are you wearing socks right now?

62) What's your favourite animal?

63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

64) Where is your best friend?

65) Do you have children? If yes, would you like any more? If no, do you eventually want any?

66) What is your ethnic heritage?

67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

68) What is your favourite book?

69) Be honest, what do you think of Justin Bieber?

70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?

71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

72) You are at the doctor's office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live.

a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die?

b) What do you do with your remaining days?

c) Would you be afraid?

73) You can only have one of these things: trust or love. Which one and why?

74) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

75) What are the last four digits in your mobile number?

76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?

77) How can I win your heart?

78) Can insanity bring on more creativity?

79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

80) What size shoes do you wear?

81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?

82) What is your favourite word?

83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word: heart.

84) What is a saying you say a lot?

85) What's the last song you listened to? Did it move you?

86) Basic question: what's your favourite colour/colours? Why?

87) What is your current desktop picture?

88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?

89) What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on?

90) Where is the one place in the world you would love to visit?

91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?

92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

94) Do you enjoy watching television? If yes, what are your favourite shows to watch?

95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you going to go?

96) Do you have any relatives in jail?

97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?

98) Where was the last place you went that you had to fly to? If you've never been on a plane, where would be the first place you'd fly to if given the opportunity?

99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?

100) Give me your top 5 favourite sites that you visit often.