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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterRandom delurking day! (well, on my LJ at least)
aka, I was really bored and came up with random questions that I wanted to know about people. Feel free to answer wherever (but I would love to see the answers!).
aka, I was really bored and came up with random questions that I wanted to know about people. Feel free to answer wherever (but I would love to see the answers!).
- Describe your strangest pair of socks
- Can I see pictures of your bookshelves (or book stacks or piles or boxes)?
- If you were a hat, what kind of hat would you want to be?
- What's the worst song you've gotten stuck in your head before?
- My rats: evil killers of paper bags, cute sleepy fuzzballs or embarrassingly tame yogie-drop eaters?
- Books or food?
- If you could live in a book, what genre would it belong to? How come?
- Stealing from the movie Wonderful Life (also known as After Life): if you were told that you could only carry one memory with you into the afterlife, which would you choose?
- What do you know a lot about that most people don't? Most people here should be most people, not most people in that field. I specify this because I know how badly I prevaricate when I'm asked about something that I'm good at. Or if you still feel weird, what do you know a lot about that I don't (I don't know about a lot of stuff)? Why is it cool? Tell me about it!
- What random bit of trivia do you know?
- And finally, the question I've always wanted to know the answer to but was too embarrassed to ask: how in the world did you find my LJ and how come you're still reading?
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 06:27 pm (UTC)2. No, because i don't have a digital camera.
3. Something comfortable, functional, and just a little bit fashionable.
4. "Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell..." (though probably there have been worse ones i've just forgotten)
5. Um, "cute sleepy fuzzballs" i guess. I mostly skip the rat posts (i'm really not much of an animal person).
6. Books. Though if we're talking which is it more necessary to spend money on, it's food because i don't do pain including hunger-pain well at all. (And even without books i could still get my word fix elsewheres.)
7. Hmm. Probably realistic fiction 'cause sci-fi/fantasy books are always filled with the kind of adventure that would scare me to be around were i actually living it.
8. That is an evil question and impossible to answer. Especially since any memory would lose most if not all of its meaning/resonance without the context of so many other memories.
9. Whedonverse stuff, Smith College, fairytales (retellings and also about the Grimms' collections and Perrault's context and suchlike), probably other stuff i'm not thinking of.
10. See #9. And i'm so That Girl who looks up whatever happens to be in question during any given conversation, so i'm sure i've picked up lots of random trivia that i just can't think off offhand.
11. As i recall, you friended me first and i found you interesting enough to friend back. Still do; hence the staying.
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 07:07 pm (UTC)2. No, you've seen them already and I'm too lazy to upload pictures. *g*
3. One of those adorable multicolored knitted Scandanavian hats with the ear flaps and long braided ties. Because they're cute.
4. My co-worker sings all the previous night's American Idols songs every Tuesday and Wednesday. I need say no more.
5. I vote for "embarrassingly tame" with a side of "cute feet!"
6. Sadly, I vote for sustenance. Will they kick me out of fandom now?
7. Move me into Austenland stat. Although I would stipulate that I need to be at the Woodhouse class level, not the Bennett level. Mm, pretty dresses and witty banter and not having to do anything all day but bitch and embroider.
8. Being at the top of Yosemite Falls when I was 15, having hiked it kind of by accident. It was so gorgeous, and we were so exhilarated we'd done it.
9. Besides all the fandoms and comics and fantasy/scifi stuff rattling around in my brain? Maybe my mighty Googling skills, which always impress my co-workers. And lots of random factoids. But I'm not so much with the "big body of knowledge" stuff; more a generalist than a specialist. Well, except for the law as practiced in California, in which my "know more than most people" means I know more than absolutely nothing, so I don't know how much it counts.
Note: I have a degree in psychology, but see how I don't mention it? It is the stupidest degree in the world.
10. The lions in front of the New York Public library are named Patience and Fortitude. Thank you, geeky high school Knowledge Bowl team.
11. I think you friended me first; I looked over and saw Buffy and books and friended back. I'm easy. *g*
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 07:48 pm (UTC)1. I have a pair of socks that have Santa and the reindeer on them.
2. Sure:
3. Umm, a beret. chic but functional.
4. It would have to be "Tiptoe through the Tulips" sung by Tiny Tim, that weird guy who played the ukele and sang in a very high voice..*shudder* Damn. Now it's back!
5. Your rats are cute. In theory. I'm a cat person myself.
6. Books. Of course. But, food is good too!
7. Probably Sci-Fi, because there are so many worlds available for exploring. Also, I always wanted to try space travel.
8. Not possible to answer - it's all connected.
9. Well, I know a whole lot about the human body and the way it reacts to disease, and the way it functions on the inside. (Lots of rather gross stuff too..medically speaking.)
10. The zipper was invented by a Canadian.
11. You were on the flist of one of my flist. Your writings about the books you read was really intriguing, and I still read your LJ because of that, and your cute rat pictures. :)
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 08:26 pm (UTC)with the separate toes and stripes of many colours
Can I see pictures of your bookshelves (or book stacks or piles or boxes)?
I posted them some time ago, and it is still boxes instead of bookshelves. When I buy actual bookshelves, i'll post again.
If you were a hat, what kind of hat would you want to be?
I would be a fancy hat that tries to be proper or vice versa, with the slightly pretentious result - dark grey felt wiht bright blue satine bow, with narrow brims pushed up.
What's the worst song you've gotten stuck in your head before?
USA anthem
My rats: evil killers of paper bags, cute sleepy fuzzballs or embarrassingly tame yogie-drop eaters?
Cute jumping fuzzballs.
Books or food?
Depends on books and food. I can always make up stories of nothing, I can't do the same with food. Food, i guess.
If you could live in a book, what genre would it belong to? How come?
Urban fantazy. Because weird things happen.
Stealing from the movie Wonderful Life (also known as After Life): if you were told that you could only carry one memory with you into the afterlife, which would you choose?
I would take the memory to ask why am I getting stuck in this crappy afterlife. I need all my memories to be me.
What do you know a lot about that most people don't? Most people here should be most people, not most people in that field. I specify this because I know how badly I prevaricate when I'm asked about something that I'm good at. Or if you still feel weird, what do you know a lot about that I don't (I don't know about a lot of stuff)? Why is it cool? Tell me about it!
History. Mostly European, with the tidbits from everything else. Mythologies. Again. Greek and Roman as systems, everything else in bits and pieces.
law, I suppose.
What random bit of trivia do you know?
France has had about twelve constitutions, and two empires and five republics as her political system (not to mention monarchy)
And finally, the question I've always wanted to know the answer to but was too embarrassed to ask: how in the world did you find my LJ and how come you're still reading?
Don't remember, exactly - your comments here and there led me to it, and I read cuz it's fun!
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 08:46 pm (UTC)I don't really have strange socks, but my definition of normal is perhaps broader than other people's. I have a fuzzy blue chenille pair that look pretty funny when I wear them. My favorite pair however is the pair of toe-up regia stripe socks I made in stripes of hot pink, purple, orange, pea green, and navy. (you just know I had to work knitting in somehow)
Can I see pictures of your bookshelves (or book stacks or piles or boxes)?
You could if I had a camera. Mine are in piles and suitcases for the record. I have yet to acquire a bookshelf but I really want one.
If you were a hat, what kind of hat would you want to be?
A sleek cocktail hat worn to one side with black iridescent coque feathers, coque tips, rhinestones, and a net veil.
What's the worst song you've gotten stuck in your head before?
Not sure, but definitely on the shortlist is a little ditty one of our pianists made up for one of our kid's shows. It goes:
I may be little, but I'm not a baby, I'm not a baby, I'm not a baby. No. I'm. NOT!
Once it's in, it's stuck and will be for hours. The tune is irritatingly cutesy and twee.
My rats: evil killers of paper bags, cute sleepy fuzzballs or embarrassingly tame yogie-drop eaters?
cute sleepy fuzzballs.
Books or food?
AUGH! A book with great descriptions of food? Um, I think I would have to choose food if I could still have knitting and tv and the internet.
If you could live in a book, what genre would it belong to? How come?
Fantasy. Because of all the magic. Preferably magic and good food.
Can I live in a knitting book?
Stealing from the movie Wonderful Life (also known as After Life): if you were told that you could only carry one memory with you into the afterlife, which would you choose?
AUGH! again! Probably when I read my bio for the first time in the playbill of my first professional show. I feel kind of shallow for saying that, but it was the last time I remember feeling pure, unadulterated pride, joy, and satisfaction of accomplishment. It was wonderful. I feel like my memory should involve loved ones, but that particular memory is so strong for me right now.
The other memory I might choose is a time when I was riding the bus home from high school. At that moment for no particular reason I was completely at peace and grateful for who and where I was. It was strange and wonderful.
What do you know a lot about that most people don't? Most people here should be most people, not most people in that field. I specify this because I know how badly I prevaricate when I'm asked about something that I'm good at. Or if you still feel weird, what do you know a lot about that I don't (I don't know about a lot of stuff)? Why is it cool? Tell me about it!
Hmm...I know a lot of random weird things that most people don't know about. A lot of people in my corner of lj probably know a lot about them however. To name a few:
-cyberpunk, new media theory (used to anyway), knitting, buffy (the amount I know frightens most normal people)
I feel like there must be other, more interesting things, but I can't think of them right now.
What random bit of trivia do you know?
4 bits of information is a nibble! (because 8 bits is a byte)
And finally, the question I've always wanted to know the answer to but was too embarrassed to ask: how in the world did you find my LJ and how come you're still reading?
I don't remember. I think someone linked to something you'd posted and I read a post about food and homesickness that really resonated with me. And then you kept posting things that resonated or I was interested in, so I kept reading.
This was fun! Thanks for asking!
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 08:52 pm (UTC)2. Ack, can't do pictures.
3. A Humphrey Bogart fedora.
4. Various hymns to Baba. "Your disciples they weep and they wait and they yearn/and they love youuu... and await your return!"
5. Cute sleepy fuzzballs.
6. Books.
7. I am already the hero of my own book, so clearly an extremely recursive one.
8. I think I would tell the curator of the afterlife to shove it.
9. The life of Shivaji Bhosle, Maratha guerilla fighter and king.
10. Ellen Kushner wrote two Choose Your Own Adventure books.
11. Via
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 09:50 pm (UTC)2. Yes...hmm, I'll have to get back to you on bookshelf pictures.
3. I would like to be a knit skull cap with a skull and cross bones on it, arrr!
4. But if I tell you the worst song, it may stick to your brain matter and we can't have that.
5. Rats--my cat says they myst be evil killers, but really, he may be biased.
6. ...books. Sigh.
7. If I could live in a book, it would probably be science-fiction, because I would love to see the universe a few thousand/million years from now.
8. One memory...the memory of reading--because oo, there are books in my afterlife! ;)
9. ..I have no clue! I am sad and pitiful! I do know a lot about landscaping...and also Farscape...snort.
10. Anthony Stewart Head (Giles on Buffy) has a brother. That brother is Murry Head, who had the hit "One Night in Bangkok."
11. I followed a link because someone said ooo books/reviews/etc and I said count me in. :)
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 11:50 pm (UTC)2. Sort of. This (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/full_metal_librarian/detail?.dir=8693&.dnm=f27e.jpg&.src=ph) is a relatively old picture of the wall of shelves in the area we use for anime and manga storage and for one of my housemates' reference books. It still looks about like this, but has about 3500% more stuff on it, because one of my housemates can bend space and time like that. For example, the two bookcases to the right now both have the bottom three shelves filled with manga-- yet, somehow, all the original books are still in this shelving, and it doesn't look much fuller. I don't know how she does it. My wife and I have, uh, seven bookcases this size or larger between us, and the household has an additional three common bookcases used for temporary storage, random fiction, gigantic art books, and stuff we borrowed. No pics have been taken yet of the bookcases my wife and I have, though, because they're still undergoing organization.
3. I don't wear hats, either, but I rather like black Stetsons with metal tooling.
4. The Song That Doesn't End. No question. I would rather repeatedly stab myself in the foot.
5. Aw! Cute sleepy fuzzballs! Intelligent cute sleepy fuzzballs, but without the malice attendant in other intelligent small animals... never have a chinchilla. They plot your death and let you know about it.
6. Trick question. Books. Duh.
7. I could go for either fantasy or magic realism. Let's have something interestingly supernatural going on, please.
8. *THIS ANSWER SELF-CENSORED AND YOU ARE ALL GLAD IT IS*
9. Ancient Greek religion, Greco-Roman mythography and magic, classical paleography, orthography and textual transmission, translation theory, select portions of classical archaeology, practical city planning. Also millennarian cults and apocalyptic tendencies in contemporary art movements and the relations between the cults and the art movements. That last just kind of happened and I really don't know why.
10. The word 'sincerely' comes from 'sine cere', or 'without wax'. When clay pots are fired, minor cracks from the firing can be concealed with wax and slip, but they lower the quality of the product. It is an arduous and annoying procedure to hold all of the pots in a commercial shipload up to the light to see the light shine through the sealed cracks and determine the quality, so ancient Roman merchants used to get their loads certified 'sine cere' by a reliable third party-- although the assurance varied wildly in reliability. Eventually, 'sine cere' spread throughout business correspondence as a shorthand for 'quality inspected and guaranteed', and made its way into other correspondence as an affirmation of honesty and full disclosure. In English, it became 'sincerely'.
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Tue, May. 10th, 2005 11:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Wed, May. 11th, 2005 05:29 am (UTC)Orange fuzzy microfiber. Very warm for slobbing around the house in winter. Also, orange.
2. Can I see pictures of your bookshelves (or book stacks or piles or boxes)?
I don't have a digital camera, but if I did it wouldn't help--I have double rows. You'd have to unload them to see everything. You could, of course, be permitted to unload if you were visiting.
3. If you were a hat, what kind of hat would you want to be?
Snazzy fedora.
4. What's the worst song you've gotten stuck in your head before?
Probably "Fish Heads."
5. My rats: evil killers of paper bags, cute sleepy fuzzballs or embarrassingly tame yogie-drop eaters?
All! But what is a yogie-drop?
6. Books or food?
Books. Except my book backlog is so huge, it won't come up.
7. If you could live in a book, what genre would it belong to? How come?
Super-future sf with all sorts of fabulous medical benefits.
8. Stealing from the movie Wonderful Life (also known as After Life): if you were told that you could only carry one memory with you into the afterlife, which would you choose?
Ooh, a tricky one. Some time when I felt like me, really strongly.
9. What do you know a lot about that most people don't?
Ceramics, of the ancient variety. Though I've probably forgotten a lot of that since college, I still go for ceramics first in a museum.
10. What random bit of trivia do you know?
Robert Silverberg used to write a lot of porn, which paid better than sf.
11. And finally, the question I've always wanted to know the answer to but was too embarrassed to ask: how in the world did you find my LJ and how come you're still reading?
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Wed, May. 11th, 2005 08:59 am (UTC)Describe your strangest pair of socks
I have a black pair with lots of little white cherubs on.
Can I see pictures of your bookshelves (or book stacks or piles or boxes)?
Alas, no. No real camera capability, have I.
If you were a hat, what kind of hat would you want to be?
A black fedora.
What's the worst song you've gotten stuck in your head before?
"Venus in Furs" and the Ode to Joy simultaneously. For three and a half days.
My rats: evil killers of paper bags, cute sleepy fuzzballs or embarrassingly tame yogie-drop eaters?
I'll go for cute and sleepy.
Books or food?
As I discovered when an undergrad on a very limited budget, books.
If you could live in a book, what genre would it belong to? How come?
Probably SF, and ideally something in the Delany direction, because he really understands the variety of ways humans relate to each other.
Stealing from the movie Wonderful Life (also known as After Life): if you were told that you could only carry one memory with you into the afterlife, which would you choose?
Most of the thoughts to come to mind are a bit private to post here, but if one leaves out a couple of moments of making a really big difference to people in ways not mine to talk about, I'd take my wedding.
What do you know a lot about that most people don't? Most people here should be most people, not most people in that field.
Database design. Molecular biology. Particularly, where the two fields overlap.
What random bit of trivia do you know?
How to pick just one from countless thousands, yeef !
You can sing sonnets to the tune of "Stairway to Heaven".
And finally, the question I've always wanted to know the answer to but was too embarrassed to ask: how in the world did you find my LJ and how come you're still reading?
Through friends in common, and because you are cool.
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Wed, May. 11th, 2005 09:32 pm (UTC)2. I will bring them forth some time, when I actually get them all sorted and put in place place togther, rather being 'seeded' all over the place.
3. I would be a collapable top-hat... all full of pretenscious glory, but also easily squashed into a more amusing form (luckily).
4. This song called "Angel Eyes"? I think it was also stuck in my roomate's head and it was driving him insane, but I suspect that was because I played it especially loudly on my speakers...
5. evil killers of paper bags that poop!
6. Books or food? Books. Sleep? Books? Heat exhaustion? Books. Heaven? well, if heaven doesn't have books, I don't want any part of it.
7. Book Genres.... This is a tough one. Normally I would say Sci-fi, but I've found that there is an abnormally large amount of suffering in sci-fi. I think I'd go with humorous fantasy.
8. Assuming my personality is held seperate from my memories, I think I would keep a memory of a satori.
9.I guess on a basic level I'm good at neuroscience. Neuroscience is cool because it greatest internal mystery that we have. There much out there in the world that is mysterious, but we barely know ourselves. We used to think that there was a special ether that flowed through our veins that controled our bodies, or that drilling holes in our head made us closer to the spirits! Even today the questions are endless. Also, I suspect in time the key to immortality lies with the brain. We know how to fix also every system in our bodies... all except the nervious system. Once we know how to keep that healthy, what can prevent us from living forever?
10. Taiwan is not part of China.
11. Hrm I guess I found your journal when you told me about it? I suspect that's what happened ;P I continue reading becuase I am curious and a bit of of a lurker. ^_^ Oh and a friend too. That's a big part.