A Journal Tag In The Big 2026?
- Taya Pennington
- May 17
- 8 min read
Today one of my TikTok videos was me going to DeviantArt to try to capture some of the magic that WAS a DeviantArt drawing meme— something I couldn’t do on TikTok was explore how fun the JOURNAL memes and tags were.
These were just little questionnaires we’d all fill out about ourselves so people could get to know us better—- they were big on tumblr and stuff for a while too. So I just figured I would take the opportunity to do one here for yall too, because it’s been a while. :)
This is one I ripped right from my old page—- which is crazy because now I can look at the answers side by side and that’s definitely doing something to my psyche—- but we can unpack that sometime later.
Anyway, happy Sunday, here you go:
1. How old will you be in five years?
33!! (Omg??? For context the answer on this one original said 20. )
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
My husband, my dog, my co-workers.
3. How tall are you?
5’5~5’6-ish! Not crazy short, not crazy tall. I do need a stool to reach some of those kitchen cabinets though.
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Lots of cool movies are coming out, it’ll be summertime, my garden should be growing really tall around then—- lots of stuff. :)
5. What's the last movie you saw?
I took my friend Nathan to see Project Hail Mary!!!
6. Who was the last person you called?
My husband!
7.Who was the last person to call you?
Also my husband!
8. What was the last text message you received?
9.Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?
A guy from a job interview where there was DRAMA so I didn’t pick up the phone on purpose.
10. Do you prefer to call or text?
Text unless it’s something super important/urgent.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Drinking some tea and enjoying the thunderstorm with my dog—- who was NOT enjoying the thunderstorm.
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
Divorced.
13. When is the last time you saw your mom?
Not too long ago. She came to see the house and we went to dinner with my sister.
14. What color are your eyes?
A light blue? Hazel? Idk, truly.
15. What time did you wake up today?
5:30am :’)
16. What are you wearing right now?
Black boots, bllack jeans, green work shirt, grey oversized hoodie ontop and my glassessss.
17. What is your favorite Christmas song?
None of them because I work retail.
(Yule shoot your eye out by FallOut Boy is different.)
18. Where is your favorite place to be?
In my office/studio, outside in my yard, or the lake. :)
19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
The grocery store. (This was the OG answer as well lmfao.)
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
Colorado, Chicago, New York, Japan, literally any hot pot restaurant.
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
Hopefully? Probably working a booth at a convention/festival, selling some art and hanging out. :)
Or I’ll be at my house eating chips from the bag. One or the other.
22. Do you tan or burn?
Ohhhhh. I burn. Horribly. (This was the OG answer also lol!)
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
I literally don’t know. I would picture like really nasty looking ghosts/monsters. I just didn’t like the dark and my brain would do the thing everyone’s does where it just tried to make sense of the shapes when it can’t see and it was always freaky, haha.
24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
25. How many TVs do you have in your house?
2!
26. How big is your bed?
King!
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
Laptop!
29. What color are your sheets?
They're black! But I wish I had cuter ones.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
A lot, lol. Minimum is 3. But it’s because I have old pillows and none of them keep shape like I like so I gotta stack em to lay in the right position.
31. What is your favorite season?
Summer/Fall!!!! I get too miserable in the winter now that I’m older lmfao.
32. What do you like about fall?
The crunchy leaves, the smell of people having bonfires, cinnamon being a primary spice.
33. What do you like about the winter?
Watching the snow pass through street lights at night!!! Plus I like being cold significantly more than being hot.
34. What do you like about the summer?
Windows open, fireflies, my garden is at its peak and it’s prime swimming in the lake time!!!
35. What do you like about spring?
Dandelions start poking up everywhere, the birds come back, and I get to plant seeds.
36. How many states provinces have you lived in?
Including short term? 4!
Long term only? 1!
37. What cities/towns have you lived in?
Ohio for long term, Colorado, Arizona and West Virginia for short term.
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Socks usually, actually!
39. Are you a social person?
I can be! I think it just depends on the overall vibe, and the day I guess lol.
40. What was the last thing you ate?
Some ice cream!
41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Any place with a good birria taco.
42. What is your favorite ice cream?
Cookie dough!
43. What is your favorite dessert?
I really like cheesecake!
44. Whats your favorite kind of soup?
Miso soup. c:
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Grape! But strawberry and blueberry for like everything else lol.
46. Do you like Chinese food?
Yes!!!!!!
47. Do you like coffee?
Yeah, not to be too millennial but I literally can’t function without caffeine lol.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
3 or 4? I have a big water bottle and usually I down like two of those plus a little glass before bed. I just like water. :’)
49. What do you drink in the morning?
Coffee or tea!
50. What non-banking related card in your wallet is the most valuable to you?
Uhhhhh my library card??? My bigby rewards card mayhaps as a close second lol?
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
I sleep closest to the wall and farthest from the door. :’)
52. Do you know how to play poker?
Nope! people have tried to explain it to me a million times over and I just do not get it. I do blackjack and some other card games p well though!
53. Do you like to cuddle?
It depends.
54. Have you ever been to Canada?
No—- but soon.
55. Do you have an addictive personality?
Yeah, I would say so. Sometimes it’s troublesome.
56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
Uhhhh a good mix, actually.
57. What do you miss about highschool, if anything?
Seeing my friends everyday!!!
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
Not personally—- but Hayley Williams and Hinata from Naruto both have my birthday lol.
59. Do you want kids?
Absolutely not.
60. Do you speak any other languages?
I’m really bad at Spanish, so no, not really. But I’m working on it!!!
61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
Yes! More than once lol.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Almost!
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
I’ve never been to the ocean, so I guess I have to say pool?
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
Window seat. I listen to music during car rides and stuff, I space out because I start thinking while I do it.
It looks a lot less awkward if I'm looking out the window instead of staring at the back of someones seat when I do. (This is the OG answer and is still true so I’m leaving it!)
65. Do you know how to drive stick?
Nope!
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Probably art supplies!
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
I wear a bunch of rings. I have like a sentimental ring stack thing going on.
68. What is your favorite TV show?
I have too many to narrow down tbh.
A couple are like—- The X-Files, Scrubs, HIMYM, The Bear.. etc..
69. Can you roll your tongue?
No, but I used to be able to so idk what’s up with that!
70. Who is the funniest person you know?
Idk girl I know a lot of funny people actually.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
Nope, but I for sure used to!
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
Omg!!! I haven’t had a custom ringtone in forever! I think it’s just the dumb default apple tone. I should change it.
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
I don’t think so! My mom might have some of my old stuff but I didn’t personally keep anything.
74. What red object is closest to you right now?
A blanket!
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Yeah.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Closed. Bc who keeps their closet open all the time????
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
Probably the bees I guess because bears are notoriously bad at killing things— the bees should be pretty quick.
78. Do you flirt a lot?
Nah. Im not suave like that. :’)
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Hot sauce!
80. What is your favorite food?
Lasagna!
81. Can you change the oil on a car?
Yes!! :)
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Nope! But definitely have gotten parking tickets before.
83. Have you ever run out of gas?
Nope, thankfully.
84. What is your usual bedtime?
I wake up like insanely early so I try to keep it to like 11-ish but sometimes I’m up later.
85. What was the last book you read?
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
86. Do you read the newspaper?
Nope, we don’t actually get physical papers where I live.
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
I had Wired for a long time!
89. Do you watch soap operas?
Not really.
90. Do you dance in the car?
Sometimes!!
91. What radio station did you last listen to?
93.5!
92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you?
My husband :)
93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper?
It was a note to my coworkers ab what I worked on so they know where to pick up task wise.
94. What is your favorite candle scent?
I like Smokey and fruity scents. :)
95. What is your favorite board game?
Probably scrabble!
97. When was the last time you attended church?
I don't think I've ever actually gone to church?
98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school?
My art teacher. :)
99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent?
3 or 4 days maybe?
100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you?
My husband got me tickets to a concert I’d been talking about.
…And that’s it!!! The end!!
The journal ones were intense now that I’m looking back through this. There used to be so many questions on all of em.
Hopefully this was fun to read though!
I know it was fun to go through for me—- I liked comparing my answers to little me’s answers a lot. Hopefully now you feel like you know me a little better now too, lol.
In case you missed it on TikTok, here’s the drawing meme I did:

Here's the link to the blank template if you're reading this and wanna try drawing on it yourself! The journal you're more than welcome to just copy and paste. :)
Like I said, just super crazy nostalgic lately for this version of the internet. I might be doing more of BOTH of these because they were so silly and fun, lol.
Hopefully some day my little space can start feeling like what radiates off these kinds of things. :)
Bye!
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