Just so we can know each other a little better:
Are you proactive or reactive?
I am definitely reactive.
Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Never in bed before 11:00, even though I have to be up at 6.
Are you a pessimist or an optimist?
Big time optimist.
Left or Right brained.
I think right, but I don’t remember.
Cafe Society or General Questions?
Cafe Society for me.
Answer what you will, and please add a question of your own.
moejuck
Are you proactive or reactive?
Reactive for sure, I’m perfectly fine in my routine until I personally get bored of it or something makes me.
Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Night owl, I think the clearest very late at night. Its not uncommon for me to have great epiphanies and long sessions of deep, useful thought at 4am then wake up the next morning and forget how to turn on my car.
Are you a pessimist or an optimist?
I guess I’m a realistic pessimist. I tend to overanalyze situations and see all the possible bleak outcomes ahead of time.
Left or Right brained.
Left brained, although I’ve got a creative streak in terms of design/writing. Nothing spectacular but its there.
Cafe Society or General Questions?
General Questions. I love reading but I’m generally apathetic towards art/most music/movies. Seen one movie in the last year, Elf.
And for the new question,
I don’t suppose I’m a very sympathetic or emotional person. I literally haven’t cried since I was maybe 10. I have no problems reading or seeing pictures of horrible disasters. I obviously think they are horrible tragedies but they just don’t tickle any emotional response from me. I’m more likely to analyze how one would avoid such a thing in the future, for example.
Doesn’t help when someone comes to you looking for a sympathetic soldier and you can’t sympathize with how they are feeling.
Are you proactive or reactive? Reactive, but not reactionary.
Are you a morning person or a night owl? I don’t go to bed until 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning if I have to, so a night owl.
Are you a pessimist or an optimist? Pessismist. Vivalostwages even bought me a mug for my birthday that has a line marked on it when it’s half empty. 
Left or Right brained. I’m not artistic. So whichever side the more practical lobe is on.
Cafe Society or General Questions? Cafe Society. I love GQ too though.
Describe your bad side. I’m lazy and generally have no common sense. I’m not quite an absent minded professor but if I had a doctorate in physics, I would be.
What would be your dream occupation? I would want to be some sort of creative consultant for the Star Trek franchise. It’s literally the thing I’m most passionate about and would love to have some sort of official role with the franchise.
My bad side is that I am a major procrastinator. I always put things off until the last possible moment. I too am absent minded.
Dream job would be playing bass or drums in a cool alternative/punk band. (Bad Religion for example). If not that, I would take Ice Cream taste tester.
Are you proactive or reactive? Less proactive, and more reactive, than I’d like to be.
Are you a morning person or a night owl? I’m not a morning person, but I have to get up at 6:30am to get to work, so I’m not a night person either. I guess I’m not a person at all.
Are you a pessimist or an optimist? The Germans say it best: I’m not a pessimist, I’m a realist.
Left or Right brained? In brain and in politics, I lean left.
Cafe Society or General Questions? Cafe Society. That’s where all the jazz threads are.
Describe your bad side. I’m lazy, inattentive, and much less ambitious in practice than in theory.
What would be your dream occupation? Urban planner, for a citizenry that (a) understands Europe and (b) will pay taxes if they know they’ll get something for their money.
What do you regret? I regret missed opportunities for travel.
Are you proactive or reactive? Work - proactive, real life - reactive 
Are you a morning person or a night owl? Afternoon, err duck?
Are you a pessimist or an optimist? “Pessimist” doesn’t get close.
Left or Right brained? Righty-right-right.
Cafe Society or General Questions? Cafe Society? Both but never GD or the BBQ pit.
Describe your bad side. I have a bad side? OK probably meaner then I’d like to be (got it from Mum)
What would be your dream occupation? Pretty much what I do now at 10* the money and half the hours, for a good cause, on a ship (is that qualified enough?) I was gonna say “rock musician” but I’ve seen that close up and it ain’t for me.
What do you regret? Should’ve done a physics degree
TOS or TNG? (Will this push the thread off the rails?) TNG.
OK, I’m in before this gets too long.
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[li] Are you proactive or reactive?[/li]Definitely proactive. I dislike sitting and waiting for things to happen.
[li] Are you a morning person or a night owl?[/li]A morning person all the way. I can stay up late given the right company and the right circumstances, but if it’s after 7:00 am and I haven’t woken up yet, I’m probably sick or dead.
[li] Are you a pessimist or an optimist?[/li]An optimist, for the most part, with periods of intense pessimism.
[li] Left or Right brained?[/li]As far as I can tell, when you figure I’m a translator turned programmer, I’m pretty much balanced between both of them.
[li] Cafe Society or General Questions? Cafe Society?[/li]Cafe Society. In General Questions, someone has inevitably beaten me to the answer.
[li] Describe your bad side.[/li]Believe it or not, I do have a harsh, nasty, judgemental, intolerant side. I’m also a bit too good at holding grudges for my taste.
[li] What would be your dream occupation?[/li]Being a pure programmer making enough money for me to take time off when I want and travel when I want. I’m a good coder, and I like seeing something I’ve built run and run well, whether it’s a user interface which is so easy to use it feels intuitive or a beautiful, elegant piece of logic without a single unneccesary bit of code.
[li] What do you regret?[/li]Eleven years ago, as I think a lot of you know, I was hospitalized three times for clinical depression. The man I was engaged to at the time stood by me. As I put it, I went through hell, and he came along for the ride. I don’t regret being hospitalized – it had to be done – but I do regret what he went through for me, even though it was his choice. He told me that the first time I was hospitalized, when I was nearly catatonic, he looked into my eyes and saw no soul there. If I could undo one thing, that would be it.
[li] TOS or TNG? (Will this push the thread off the rails?) [/li]TOS, although I haven’t followed the series in years.
Now mine:
[li]What’s your dream vacation?[/li]At this point, I’d say travelling the world, seeing all the things I’ve always wanted to see and revisiting places I’ve lived and loved, including England, Hawaii and Japan. It would also include a chance to meet the people I’ve come to know so well at this message board.[/ol]
CJ
Siege Snap on number seven, but you don’t wanna be on the beach too?
Now I know you’re British. What with “Snap” and “Small Clanger”, you sound just like my Lancashire born and bred father (although he’s never dropped a “small” clanger). I was laid off for 7 months last year. One of the things I’ve learned is being unemployed is boring!
CJ
Reactive. I like to hear what the grapevine says before jumping in.
Night owl. I hate mornings. I’m at my best about 11.30 at night.
I think there are huge chunks of life that are completely awful and it’s generally going to hell in a handbasket but the few things that I do like make up for it.
To be honest I don’t know which does which. But I’m definetely more language than math.
Cafe Society. But I do love how I rarely ever have to wonder about minor mysteries anymore due to GQ.
I’m such an underachiever. I could do much more than I’m doing, but it’s just so comfortable this way.
Sigh. I really really don’t know. If I did I would get off my arse and try to work towards getting it. Figuring out what you really want to do can be harder than getting the actual job.
I was really cruel to a friend when I was about 9. A group of us all ganged up on her and bullied her for no other reason than that we could. She still remembers how miserable she was. I still feel awful. It was unforgiveable.
TNG. Actually, DS9, if that’s permitted.
There’s plenty of places I’d want to see but top of the list:
Name one of your current favourite book:
Amaryllis Night and Day by Russell Hoban.
Mine:
12. Two words to describe you?
Compassionate bitch.
12.
Reactive. I’m too lazy to move first.
Night owl, but really just a sleeper. Sleeeeep.
Very much a pessimist procrasinator. It seems to work for me.
Right.
Neither. GD or the Pit.
I’m extremely vindictive. Eep.
Something that would involve reading. I’d like to proofread professionally.
Not going to my friend Jane’s house when I was 10. Long story.
TOS.
Australia to visit friends.
Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers
Lazy, empathetic (with an emphasis on the pathetic).
Mine:
My answer: Sleeping.
Are you proactive or reactive?
Reactive is my default setting.
Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Night Owl. It’s nine in the morning over here, which is annoyingly early.
Are you a pessimist or an optimist?
A pessimist who believes that in the end, everything will be okay.
Left or Right brained?
Don’t know the difference. More creative than I’m not, whatever that side is.
Cafe Society or General Questions?
cafe Society helps me out-geek my friends!
Describe your bad side.
Vindictive, needlessly cruel - especially when I’m tired.
What would be your dream occupation?
I’d like to be an academic. Preferably in something obscure.
What do you regret?
Not accepting compliments with any grace. Not recognising when people were being friendly to me.
TOS or TNG? (Will this push the thread off the rails?)
Not a clue.
What’s your dream vacation?
Costa Rica. Don’t know why, but I want to go there.
Name one of your current favourite books:
Black Oxen, by Elizabeth Knox
Two words to describe you?
Apathetic, odd.
If you could be doing anything in the world at this moment, what would it be?
Swimming in the sea
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Reactive unfortunately and working on it.
2. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Night owl. I tend to find morning people annoying especially if they are in my face yakking bout what a wonderful morning it is. That is when I get really reactive.
Pessimist with alot of hope for the future.
4. Left or Right brained?
Right Brained. Very skilled in verbal stuff. Hate math!
Gen Questions…I deal with enough intellectual stuff on a daily basis without getting it on the SDMB
6. Describe your bad side.
I can get really mouthy and insulting. It comes out rarely but does when I am extremely tired or when I feel completely helpless
My most hated enemy’s (won’t give his name but first initial is M) boss. Oh man, his life would be miserable. Won’t happen though.
Not finishing college sooner.
9. TOS or TNG?
Huh?
10. What’s your dream vacation?
A mountain cabin where I would meet my future husband just for a day so I could know what he looks and sounds like.
Recapture the Wonder by Ravi Zacharias
12. Two words to describe you?
Intelligent and Loving.
In Europe
14. Are you left handed?
No
NEW QUESTION
Are you single or married?
Happily single (happy for now that is)