In Which I Talk About Myself

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Filler! A meme from otahyoni from, like, forever ago, because I feel like coming up with weird questions:

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment, asking to be interviewed, ask them 5 questions.

1. How do you spend an average evening?
It’s quite boring, actually. I read, write stories, do some WiiFit, maybe play some less constructive video games. I always have tea. The family likes to have dinner together (which is not as "A Date With Your Family" as it sounds, honest. We talk about unpleasant topics! Like Adventures In Neurosurgery!) We do always watch The Daily Show together before bed.

2. Two characters from Star Wars and LOTR meet. Who are they, and what happens?
Admiral Ackbar would team up with King Théoden and they’d win the hell out of some war against Mordor while Frodo was still lazing about in Cirith Ungol. Then the populace would ask them to be joint kings of the world but they’d be like “We got stuff to do!” and would hop in the CARDIS with Doctor!Donna and Robin Hood and Ripley and Batman and Polgara the Sorceress and Midna and Barack Obama and Susan Pevensie and they’d fly off and extinctify the Daleks, and with these guys they’d stay extinct.

Meanwhile Saruman and Darth Vader would spend a drunken evening in the Mos Eisley Cantina having a Scary Voice-off, which would be won when Don LaFontaine came back from the dead.

3. The Doctor loans you the TARDIS. What do you do with it?
Go find the CARDIS and have tea with the above dudes.

Real answer: I would totally go watch Mark Twain’s standup. Because Mark Twain actually did standup. That would be so brilliant.

I wouldn’t go find Shakespeare, though, because I hear the queues of time-travelers waiting to meet him rival those at Disneyworld on the 4th of July.

4. Classic literature crush?
Eugene Wrayburn from Our Mutual Friend. Dude’s a cynical obsessive wastrel with a great mustache. I would so take him if he weren’t already involved with Mortimer Lightwood Lizzie Hexam.

5. What fairy tale would you most like to be in?
Urg, none of them, really. Violent world, that of fairy tales. I have mentioned, though, that I’d love to live in Dinotopia.



Tomorrow I’ll work on getting up a Kenya Dig It post—on Obama! Stay tuned!

Comments

[mathsnerd]

I can haz interview nao pls?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

DAMN. Now I have to think of some questions or something.

1. What's your weirdest skill?

2. We all know the Muppets are awesome. But who is the BEST Muppet of all?

3. What's your favorite word?

4. New music is nice, but what's a classic song for you?

5. If you had a daemon like in His Dark Materials, what form would it take?

[mathsnerd]

Hah! Now you're sorry you posted. :P

Expect results soon!

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

Huh, this looks cooler than most of the memes on my friendslist recently. Interview pls?

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

Addendum: Dinotopia totally rocks.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Very well!

1. What's the most frustrating video game minigame you've ever played?

2. Be honest, even on these hard-hitters: favorite kind of sandwich?

3. What was favorite book when you were in second grade?

4. On the subject of second grade ... what was your biggest childhood fear?

5. Who is a book character you'd just like to punch?

[end-in-myself.livejournal.com]

Interview me?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Do you have a favorite old beaten-down item of clothing?

2. Have you ever studied another language? If yes, which one--and why did you pick that one? If not, which one would you learn and why?

3. Is there something everyone else likes that you hate?

4. "Damn you, Joss Whedon!" Who is the character you were most sad to see Jossed?

5. Where's the coolest place you've ever traveled?

[luinmir.livejournal.com]

Oooh. I haven't updated in forever. Perhaps an interview will get me writing again?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. On the subject of difficult fruit, which pays off more: pomegranate, pineapple, or a surprise contender?

2. What is the absolute silliest thing on your iPod/in your music library right now?

3. Do you have any personal superstitions, rituals, or rules that, when not followed, make you nervous?

4. Would you rather be a juggler or a contortionist?

5. Do you sing in the shower? If so, what do you sing?

[shadowofdoubt.livejournal.com]

Interview me! :)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Have you made anything you are exceptionally proud of?

2. Indiana Jones or Star Wars?

3. If you had to do one of these for two hours, which would you choose: watch a 50's B-movie or read a bodice-ripping romance?

4. What skill do you have that surprises people?

5. Is there anything you like that it seems nobody else likes?

[renshai.livejournal.com]

in aid of avoiding homework as long as possible - interview me? :D

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Congratulations, you are no longer a Padawan! Now to build your lightsaber! What color is it, and what special features are you adding?

2. Terry Pratchett is doing a reading tonight at your favorite bookstore and will be signing free books, but on the way there you spot Captain Jack Harkness beckoning you from his car. Now what?

3. Have you traveled anywhere cool? If not, where would you like to go?

4. Do you have a favorite swear? Do you even swear? If not, what's your favorite not-a-swear?

5. Most obscure comic you enjoy reading?

[nixve.livejournal.com]

Completely unrelated, I was really pleased to see your "Current music". I am quite partial to that song and I haven't heard it in a while.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Aww, I love Paul! That's some of my Road Trip Music--always reminds me of riding in the car listening to the Flaming Pie album.

Still want an interview?

[nixve.livejournal.com]

nah, no thanks

[redheaded-itch.livejournal.com]

Your #2 cracks me up. It's a little of all my favourite things, plus Doctor Who (that I'm only just getting into).

Might I get a set of questions from you?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it. :)

1. Have you ever met anyone famous? If no, who would you want to meet?

2. Tell me about your all-time favorite shirt.

3. What was your favorite TV show when you were small?

4. Polka dots or plaid?

5. It's been a long, crazy, busy day, but now you're home and you're tired and hungry. Do you sleep first, or eat first?

[lookingforwater.livejournal.com]

OMG INTERVIEW NAO PLZ

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Very well!

1. Who is your favorite comedian?

2. After experiencing civilization, Tarzan, King of the Apes, has decided to stick around in the jungle, but has asked you what you think is the one thing from "civilization" he should take back with him. What do you say?

3. What's your favorite kind of sandwich?

4. Hooray! It turns out you can get a small pet. What kind is it, and what do you name it?

5. What's your favorite kind of climate?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Bring it on, radscha of the padpa!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. They called you mad, but you'll show them all! If you were a mad scientist, what would your experiments be about?

2. Do you talk during movies?

3. Have you ever studied another language? If so, what language--and why did you choose it? If not, what WOULD you learn, and why?

4. It looks like you're into martial arts! What's your favorite kind, and how far have you gotten?

5. Who is your favorite cartoon character?

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Me, me! *jumps up and down*

I am procrastinating work today as always, can't you tell?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. What do you want for Christmas?

2. You invite your favorite author to lunch and s/he accepts! Who is it, and what do you talk about?

3. Do you play an instrument? If so, which one? If not, which one would you want to play?

4. Tell me about your favorite TV show.

5. What is the silliest thing on your iPod/in your music library right now?

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

1. Technically I don't celebrate Xmas, being a non-Xian. However, I do observe Twelfth Night as an SCA holiday and then there's Yule, so I suppose at least one of those counts as Winter Solstice-Related Holiday. :-) As to what I might want *besides* my usual requests of world peace and a pony*? I would love a chocolate tempering machine. I have no idea where I'd put it, but I'd love to have one.

2. Today my favorite author is C.S. Friedman. I really want to know how she managed to make a sympathetic character out of someone who literally lives on terror (Gerald Tarrant). And probably other stuff.

3. I play, have attempted to play, or have played in the past the B-flat and the E-flat alto clarinet, Renaissance and Baroque recorders in both C and F (sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, bass), krummhorn (also SATB), lute, and the tenor viol. I cannot, however, sing. One of these days I might get around to taking singing lessons but that's a really lightweight "might".

4. My favorite TV show is still "The Muppet Show". Which I hope you have a vague idea of. :-)

5. The silliest thing in my entire music library right now is the Smothers Brothers recording of "Mediocre Fred".



*For many years there was always a Breyer horse model under the tree.

[shadesofmauve]

Interview me! It's not like I'm that busy at work today!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Who is your favorite comedian?

2. What goes on top of your pizza?

3. Can you remember appointments, or do you have to remind yourself? If so, how DO you remind yourself?

4. What got you interested in worldbuilding?

5. Tell me about the coolest projet you're working on right now.

[elvenmoon.livejournal.com]

Oh, why not? Interview me *peace sign*

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Is there a sport you like to play?

2. Mike or Joel? Or does it matter?

3. If you were a person in Middle Earth, what would you be--a hobbit, a human, an elf, a dwarf, an orc, or an ent?

4. Tell me about a really memorable night you've had!

5. Does anything drive you absolutely nuts?

[zimwifepgk.livejournal.com]

You are giving the best questions EVER. XD

I can has, if you have a minute?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. All right, who is YOUR favorite Muppet?

2. Calvin and Hobbes or Peanuts?

3. Where is the coolest place you've traveled?

4. Werewolves and vampires are having a knockdown-dragout fight! Who do you root for?

5. Is there an achievement you're so proud of that you want to write it on a T-Shirt and wear it around so everyone else will know what it is?

[ishyface.livejournal.com]

*raises hand*

OOH. PICK ME.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Have you ever met someone famous? If not, who would you like to meet?

2. Is there a song that you have heard since you were little that you still love?

3. What's the coolest hat you've ever owned?

4. Do you swear? If so, what's your favorite swear? If not, what's your favorite not-a-swear?

5. Sparklies! Do you wear jewelry? What kind is your favorite?

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, me :P

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. Welcome to Narnia! It looks like it's Christmas time, and here comes Father Christmas! What present does he give you?

2. What's the coolest mollusc ever?

3. If you had to do one for two hours, which would you prefer to do: watch a '50s B-movie or read a bodice-ripping romance?

4. What's your favorite word?

5. Do you prefer to watch movies in the theater, or on DVD?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

I still haven't made an entry about the 7 interests you asked about last time I commented on a meme on your journal, so I understand if you don't expect better follow-through this time either, and I kinda prefer replying right in comments rather than posting and passing along. If you feel so inclined anyway, though, ask away.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Whoops, didn't even see this comment utnil I came back here for Bean--my apologies!

You're totally welcome to answer in a comment.

1. What's one book you think everyone in the world should read?

2. When it's time for bed, what's your routine?

3. What interested you in capoeira in the beginning?

4. Have you found that your tastes have changed over the last few years, or have they stayed the same?

5. Is there a particular memory that's burned into your mind, for better or for worse?

[bean-bunny.livejournal.com]

Is it too late to interview me?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Why, no!

1. What got you into AG? (Of course I was going to start with this.)

2. While we on the subject of beginnings, how did you get into the Silk and Bamboo Ensemble? And just how many instruments do you play?

3. The USS Enterprise offers you one free trip. Where do you go?

4. Do you have a favorite composer (any genre)? Who?

5. Do you talk during movies?

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

If you're still doing this, interview me! Cause you ask interesting questions.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

1. What's the most interesting book you've read this year?

2. What is one goofy thing that you love unconditionally even though you know that people would laugh?

3. Would you rather live in a pulp science fiction or a pulp fantasy world?

4. Is there one skill you've always wanted to learn? What is it?

5. What frustrates you the most?

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

Darn you, you must know that first question is the impossible one! At least you said "Most interesting" rather than "Best" but still... in some ways, that makes it an even harder call. So...

1) I've narrowed it down to 4 possibilities: "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" by Spider Robinson, "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami, "Seeing Voices" by Oliver Sacks, and "The Body Has a Mind of Its Own" by Sandra and Matthew Blakeslee. I'll spare you the 6 runners-up, at least for now.

2) Singing children's songs. Tom Chapin is a favorite of mine, and I still love the Sesame Street and Care Bears theme songs to death.

3) Oh, definitely fantasy! Illnesses are easier to cure, I have a chance of having magic or super powers, and fantasies tend to involve far more cute, mythic, and/or telepathic animals, better food, and a lot more sex.

4) I always crave skills that anyone else has-- tapdancing, acrobatics, being able to fly a plane, playing the drums. I recently learned one of my long-wished for skills, and am ecstatic: I can now drive a stick-shift. I suppose the one talent I will always long for more than any other is being able to figure skate.

5) Oh dear. Lots of stuff. My own slowness and incompetence in so many things. The fact that I am small and weak and often sick. Knowing that I will die long before I read all the books I want to, not to mention all the other stuff I'd like to do. Uncertainty. And, I'm sorry to say, the number of stupid people in the world who think they are so damn clever. I know the idiotic overconfidence in themselves is genetically encoded in our race, but I still want to smack them.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Also, sorry about the icon. Working on fixing it.