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orpheus78 put this up in his journal and I completely didn't follow the directions. D'oh. Here I go: 1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me".
2. I will respond by asking you five questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
1.What made you want to study psychology?
My two close friends at the time suffered from depression. I really wanted to help them and I figured the best way to do it would be to go about learning about what made people tick on a cognitive/behavioral/psychological level. When I started learning I found that I really enjoyed it, so I continued. Now I can't really imagine myself engaging in anything else.
2.What do you think are the best and worst things about living in New York?
The best thing is the ease of transportation. I don't drive and if I continued living here I don't think I'd ever have to. Most everything of importance is a bus or train ride away. Closely following in the heels of that is the sense of anonymity you get from being a face in a crowd of 10 million. I like being able to go about my business unseen.
The worst? that living in NYC spoils me for living anywhere else. I don't think I could make it in a small town or anywhere without a great public transportation system.
3.Is there an album, book, anything from someone who you are a fan of which you dislike with a passion?
There might be, but as I can't make my way through something I'm not enjoying I'm not really sure. The latter Wheel of Time books might fit in the category. I really liked the first 4 or so and after that it was like pulling teeth.
4.What was the first comic book that convinced you that comics are not just for children?
The X-men comics I found in my uncle's room. Up to that point I simply collected Archie comics (you know, the ones you found at the check-out areas). I didn't realize older people read comics until I found my uncle's stash. I also found my first D&D-like fantasy books in my uncle's room. Thank God I snooped around that night. :)
5.What surprises people the most about you?
Probably my sense of humor. I've been told that I either look physically imposing or chronically cheerful, and both those things along with my usual silence factor into people thinking I'm somewhat of an idiot. When I start making intelligent comments or jokes I can see people being thrown for a loop. I don't mind it; I like to surprise people and I like to make people laugh so it's win-win.
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Date: 2006-04-07 02:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-07 03:01 am (UTC)It's funny, though, with some of these 'ask me questions' things. The last time I invited that, I found out how clueless and creepy someone on friends list was. He asked me very...sexual questions. Ewwww.
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Date: 2006-04-07 04:05 pm (UTC)2. If there was ever a fast-food "war", who do you think would win?
3. Why did you decide to start your LJ?
4. Is there something a friend could do that you'd consider unforgivable?
5. Where do you see yourself five years from today?
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Date: 2006-04-07 04:41 pm (UTC)I don't post pictures in my LJ because I'm afraid of the sketch. Even under a friend's lock I know things have a way of seeping out and before you know it my head's plastered on top of some random chick at a pay site and all the adolescent males in my family are looking at me funny at the next holiday gathering (me: "What is it?!?!", them: ::nonstop giggles and nudges::)
As re: your inquiry - I'm female, I'm black (objectively I'm more of a burnt sienna color), I'm overweight (although I much prefer the term "pleasantly plump" when my ta-tas are on display), I'm 5'6", my hair's about shoulder-length and black although it's usually curled up in a bun at the back of my head, I have cute cheeks and a toothy-yet-oft-hidden smile (inherited from my father) and eyebrows that constantly run the risk of entering Frida Kahlo-homage territory (http://www.fantasyarts.net/Kahlo/frida_kahlo_small.jpg). If left to my own devices I wander around looking like the South Park icon. I do smell rather good, though - don't let the scruff deceive you. Does that work?
My questions para tu:
1. Why did you start keeping a LJ?
2. Have you been involved in your community (in the broader sense) your entire life? Was there a "moment of revelation" when you realized you wanted to get up and do something? or was it a gradual growth?
3. Seriously, what's up with Chicago?
4. Where can you see yourself five years from now?
5. Describe what you'd consider to be an ideal Thursday night.
It's funny, though, with some of these 'ask me questions' things. The last time I invited that, I found out how clueless and creepy someone on friends list was. He asked me very...sexual questions. Ewwww.
Hee! I mean, "ewwwww"! *grin* The problem with letting people into your private web space is that sometimes they have absolutely no idea where the lines are. And sometimes the people, they be ODD. Defriend and FL are your weapons. :)
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:08 pm (UTC)1. When you were younger and were asked what you wanted to do/to be when you grew up, what was your reply?
2. You happen upon $1,000,000 ___ (insert Canadian currency here...loons? I'm so clueless) and you know you can keep it without reservations - what are the first five things you'd do?
3. What is love? (baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more...) Seriously, though - what's your definition of love (romantic, platonic, whatever you wish).
4. Is there one book or album that you can see yourself reading or listening to continuously for a month (if under duress, of course).
5. A clear sunny day or a crisp moonlit night?
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:14 pm (UTC)1. What can you see yourself doing five years from now (ideally and then realistically)?
2. What charactistics about you do you know potential romantic interests out there are completely missing out on?
3. At what age/what landmark event would you consider yourself truly "grown up"?
4. When you hit the half-century mark where (location-wise) do you think you'll be?
5. Mexican, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, French, Japanese...which?
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-07 05:34 pm (UTC)2. In your opinion what could make an otherwise unremarkable individual attractive?
3. Is there a book/album/work of art you recall having a life-altering (at the time perhaps) effect on you?
4. Why are smiles contagious?
5. Spoon, fork, or spork?
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:40 pm (UTC)1. Why did you start keeping a LJ? I needed an outlet for what was going on in my life at the time (a lot of changes). I was looking for a job, finishing grad school, and having to say 'goodbye' or at least 'see you later' to many friends. Oh, and I think I was also starting to mentally prepare myself for breaking up with my then boyfriend. I was depressed then, actually. I've (obviously) gone through many changes since then, and I've become a happier person.
2. Have you been involved in your community (in the broader sense) your entire life? Was there a "moment of revelation" when you realized you wanted to get up and do something? or was it a gradual growth? I'd say it was a gradual growth. I'd say I first took an initiative in high school when I hosted a poetry reading at a coffee shop. It didn't go terribly well, but it did feel like something of an accomplishment. I also wrote my suburban mayor about getting a teen center in the village, but then I discovered the depth of the suburban red tape. I wanted to find out more about how it worked. I asked myself the question: do I have to wait until someone else does something about it? I haven't been as active as I'd like to be recently, but I do still volunteer, at least.
3. Seriously, what's up with Chicago? I'll take this as you asking 'Tell me more about what you think about Chicago and your experiences with it.' I like it because the living is (relatively) inexpensive. And I like how every place has its own identity. I can learn a lot just by walking outside, if I try. I don't want to live in Chicago forever, though. Because a.) I want to learn more about other places and just have that experience of living somewhere else, and b.) I'm a little SAD (seasonal-affected disordered). I'm kinda sad in the winters, especially if you compare it to my summer self. But I like how everything comes alive in the city when the weather's nice.
4. Where can you see yourself five years from now? So, yes, in five years I would like to live somewhere else. I'd like to be doing more 'good' with my career. I'd like to be in a permanent relationship. I'd like to be pursuing other interests. Beyond that, I'm not sure at the moment.
5. Describe what you'd consider to be an ideal Thursday night. Recently, I've been sleepy on Thursdays and have done very little. I'd like to go for a run or do some yoga and feel very refreshed, make a lovely meal to eat with my boyfriend or other friends. And then I'd like to go out to a show or a bar (and walk there) or hunker down a bit and knit or play a game and spend further time with people. End the night by reading in bed. Not terribly exciting, but not a Friday or Saturday either.
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:52 pm (UTC)2. Describe your ideal woman - it can be a sexual partner, someone you'd like to be in a relationship with, both, anything of your choosing.
3. If money wasn't an issue and you had all of next week off, where would you go/what would you do?
4. When things are dark what/who brings you light?
5. What are you doing five years from now, ideally?
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:57 pm (UTC)I didn't know Chi-town was dark in the winters. Don't ask me how I didn't pick up on that. I'm slow on off-days. :p
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Date: 2006-04-07 09:56 pm (UTC)Re: Everybody's doing it so...
Date: 2006-04-07 11:19 pm (UTC)1. Tell me about a day in elementary that you'll never forget (and why, of course).
2. Is there one event in your life you would wish to change? If so, which?
3. You're confronted with a carton of Neapolitan ice cream with all three flavors available. Which would you choose?
4. Name one famous figure you'd like to have to yourself for a day and tell what you'd do with them.
5. Why precisely do fools fall in love?
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Date: 2006-04-07 11:25 pm (UTC)1. Why did you start using LJ? why do you use it now?
2. Two years ago, what did you think you'd be doing in April 2006?
3. What would you consider to be California's best export?
4. What are some fantasy/sci-fi titles you've come across that you believe to be underrated by the literary community?
5. Peas porridge - hot, cold, or in the pot nine days old?
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Date: 2006-04-08 01:21 am (UTC)But anywho, I am slightly self-centred [I just try and hide it], so as long as I can get away with just answering here, I'll bite :) [mainly because I can never think of decent questions to ask people - the only one I can think of for you was asked by Xioley - and I only have a small number of people on my FL, anyway]
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Date: 2006-04-08 03:01 am (UTC)1. What do you think you can get in uni that you couldn't get anywhere or anymeans else (besides the diploma)?
2. Do you seriously enjoy haggis? Why [God, why]?
3. Money is no object - where would you choose to rest your head?
4. Where do you see yourself two years from now?
5. Why'd you start keeping your LJ?
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Date: 2006-04-08 11:13 am (UTC)Another quick question [as I've thought of one.] Where is ^^^ that icon from, and why did you pick it?
1. What do you think you can get in uni that you couldn't get anywhere or anymeans else (besides the diploma)?
Mainly, structured and forced learning. I'm awful at teaching myself - I can't figure out direction or progression.
However, I am in a serious panicky doubt about uni, all thanks to my brother - isn't he nice to me? - as he's brought to the fore things I've thought of but tried to ignore [hmm... slight rhyme in there..] ie: I'll be 31 when I finish, competing against people 10 years younger than me. I'll be in uni with people 10 years younger than me. At my age, companies look for experience more than the academics. money. etc.
I also think I can get a bigger debt at uni :)
2. Do you seriously enjoy haggis? Why [God, why]?
Yes, I do enjoy haggis. As to why? Why do we enjoy any food - it just tastes nice.
Have you ever had haggis? [or any of the other countries in the world's equivalent? I hear greece and holland has something similar]. I am fully aware of what it is made of, but I don't let that bother me. After all, the meat I eat is the muscle of a dead animal. What's the difference from eating it's heart, lungs, etc?
3. Money is no object - where would you choose to rest your head?
On the biggest and comfiest bed I can buy [yet I'd still only sleep on one of the sides...]
Oh, you mean location? :)
Not 100% sure, but it'd probably be either Largs or Glasgow. Largs because that's almost where all of my friends are, or Glasgow because, well... it's a city and you can get good nights out there.
It'd have to be a massive house, though - couldn't stand a flat... I hate being too nervous to play my drums :)
4. Where do you see yourself two years from now?
Do you mean emotionally, financially, or work-wise?
Emotionally, I'd like to think I'll get a handle on my worst neurotic tendancy [my fear or rejection, even from my friends], be in a good relationship [Jebus, I'll be almost 30, I hope I'm in one by then! I mean my bro's married with kid on the way, and he's 30...], and have a lot of good friends to rely on.
However, much that'll need a large change in me. :/
Financially and work - depends if I go to uni or not. If I do, I'll be broke, living on a shoestring, etc. If I don't, I'll hopefully have a stable wage, and I'll probably have only progressed to one of the User Admin jobs at JPM [even though I hate the place] and still be living in Bournemouth [fulfilling Cara's prediction - she dreamt I'd stay for a couple more years]
5. Why'd you start keeping your LJ?
Well, I used to actually keep a diary, which I painstakingly added to LJ [the version on this journal is more complete than the one on taii... I left a little bit out as I had people that knew me reading, and felt that they'd judge me wrongly]. I stopped writing in it for some reason, and then one night Cara and I were got discussing LJ. She said she'd started one but I couldn't see the appeal at that point.
Went to bed, and for some reason started thinking about it - I wondered what it'd be like writing a diary that was viewable by anyone, where they could comment on what I was saying. And sometimes I had questions about my life that I couldn't ask friends about. So, I said "fuck it" and started the journal.
But basically, I'm a sheep - I started because she did.
Oh, and if you've ever wondered, 'taii' is a play on how I do go on the net - it means 'Captain' in Japanese, and I get called 'capt', which came from Captain Farrell [which came from a traditional Irish song that Thin Lizzy/Metallica covered].
Geeklovegod was a joke I came up with a while back, trying to be a play on Greek Love God...
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Date: 2006-04-08 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 05:25 am (UTC)What's the difference from eating it's heart, lungs, etc?
I was going to say I don't eat those things, but then I remembered that I do indulge in the occasional hot dog so I prolly have eaten my share of organ meat, along with ear, nose, skin, random animal droppings (extra flavor!)...
I've always thought you were considerably older than myself. Well, not considerably - early to mid-thirties, perhaps. And you're not. I feel as if a rug has been pulled out from under me.
I'll be 31 when I finish [university], competing against people 10 years younger than me. I'll be in uni with people 10 years younger than me. At my age, companies look for experience more than the academics. money. etc.
I also think I can get a bigger debt at uni :)
Well, what's the downside? :)
You'll never really know. I don't think your age will work terribly against you, particularly now that lifetime job security is getting thrown to the wayside (unless that's only an American thing in which case forget everything I've said).
btw - my icon is from the BSG S1 episode "Colonial Day", when colonial VP position was up for grabs. Baltar was a right ass during the bulk of the episode, but I don't blame him for falling asleep in the middle of things. It was one of the funnier moments of the 42 minutes.
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Date: 2006-04-09 07:21 am (UTC)Nope, I'm 27...
You'll never really know. I don't think your age will work terribly against you, particularly now that lifetime job security is getting thrown to the wayside
Well, most jobs are all contract stuff now in the IT field, so that is a fair point.
And no, not that icon...
the one of the girl sitting down
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Date: 2006-04-09 01:15 pm (UTC)1) When I was really little (pre-school), I always told people that I wanted to a hairdresser with a beauty parlour in my mother's basement. I also wanted to be a mother of 2, but I didn't think I needed a husband. As I got into school, I always wanted to be a writer or a teacher. I still want to be a writer when I grow up. :)
2) First things first, I would quit my job and begin a life of leisure. Second, I would buy myself a condo, probably in my old hometown. Third & fourth would be to buy my mom & brother their own places. I would then figure out how I could help my closest friends (pay off loans, vehicles, whatever).
(Canadian currency is the dollar too-- "loonies" are just a nickname based on our 1.00 dollar coin that has a picture of a loon on the back. We also have $2.00 coins which we collectively refer to as "twonies." Canadians are so gosh darn clever!)
3)Love... hmm. That's a hard one. It's caring deeply for someone, wanting to be around them as much as you can, wanting to put their needs ahead of your own. There's more to it, but that's about all I can articulate.
4)I could read the Harry Potter books continuously. Or either of Anne Marie McDonald's books ("Fall on your knees" or "As the Crow Flies.") As for albums... there are tons. I go through periods where I just want to listen to one album over and over. In the past it's been "Surfacing by Sarah McLachlan, "Battle of the Nudes" by Gord Downie, "Toast" by Arrogant Worms, "Day One" by Sarah Slean.
5)Clear sunny day. I'm big on sunlight.
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Date: 2006-04-09 02:48 pm (UTC)Whelan's my favorite fantasy painter - he's done work for Tad Williams and he's done the covers for Stephen King's Dark Tower books.
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Date: 2006-04-11 04:45 am (UTC)The reason that I still use LJ is because it serves as a place were I can post my thoughts on anything and everything. I also enjoy reading what other people post, and I am constantly pleased with how some people are able to articulate their thoughts and feelings so wonderfully.
2. Two years ago, I saw myself teaching college English in the bay area right about now. *sigh*
3. Nothing good has ever come out of California. ;) Seriously, I am particularly proud of the bands that have come out of California.
4. One particular fantasy author who doesn’t receive enough attention by the more serious literary community is Clive Barker. I believe that the reason for is that he started as a horror writer, which some people place even lower than they place fantasy and science fiction. And then there is the fact that Barker’s novels are constantly breaking sexual and social taboos. One particular Clive Barker novel, which I feel deserves to receive more attention is Imajica, which is a fantastic tour de force.
5. There are two things that are best served cold. The first one is revenge, and the second one is pea porridge.
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Date: 2006-04-11 03:35 pm (UTC)That, my friend, is SO going in my info page. Your words are going to live in infamy right beneath Odo's. You're continually awesome. :)
I'm going to have to check out some Barker now. My reading list grows longer and longer as my free time gets more and more cluttered. Dang it.