Haiku and killing time at work

( I spent the unplanned extra flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas writing haiku about my trip. )

I got 24 out of 25 on my first speech. Considering how that went, I don't think I'm going to have much trouble in the class as a whole.

Just now...
Me: Hey Ashby, what does "él tiene cloro" mean?
Ashby: It means "he has something." Hang on, let me look up "cloro." Chlorine, he has chlorine.
Me: Thanks.
*pause*
Me: I'm kind of a surreal coworker, aren't I?
Ashby: You're a little random, yeah.

According to the poll, I'm the only person who does somersaults, rebbyribs is the only non-British person who bakes, and a lot of you talk to yourselves out loud. Next up: a survey of all you slashers for my sex class presentation.

Rain's dog died :(

Slash survey

Here's the slash survey. It's for my Sex Roles and Sexuality individual presentation, the topic of which is "slash fan fiction." You can respond in a comment, or you can e-mail it to me at my username @sbcglobal.net.

You don't have to be a typical slasher to fill this out (are any of us typical?) but I would like to get responses from people who write and read slash on a regular basis. I'm looking for quotes here, not statistics, so please be as wordy as you like, and if you go off on a tangent that's not related to the question, that's completely fine. Anonymous responses are also perfectly okay. And if there are any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering, just leave them blank.

If you want to point other slashers you know in the direction of this survey, I would very much appreciate it.

( Slash survey )

EDIT: It has been pointed out that some clarification of terms may be helpful.
Canon: the original story on which a fanfic is based. When you say something is "canon," that means it happened in the original book/movie/whatever.
Fandom: a fanfic universe (examples: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean).
Femmeslash: slash fiction involving a lesbian relationship.
RPS: Real Person Slash; fanfic about actual people, usually celebrities.
Squick: something you refuse to read or write because it disgusts you or makes you uncomfortable.
OTP: One True Pairing; the pair of characters you write most often or prefer over other pairings.

Ian Somerhalder icons

All up for grabs, just comment and credit if you take any. I messed around with the coloring and contrast on all of them except the last one.