interviews!
Jan. 11th, 2004 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojThe logistics of this meme are fairly easy. Somebody asks me five questions which I answer in this lj entry. And anybody who wants me to ask them five questions just puts a comment to this entry telling me so. I then think up five questions for them, which they answer on their own lj while inviting others to ask them for an interview.
Here's my interviews:
1. Who is more teeth-grindingly strait-laced before their respective life-changing storylines: Rey Curtis or Will Turner?
Ooh, good one.
I'd say Rey Curtis, just because we don't have and entire season of teeth-grindiness from Will. But it's a tough call. Self-righteous? Check. Rigid? Check. Tactlessly forthright about said self-righteous rigidity? Check.
Hm. No wonder I found Will so charming. I need help.
2. If you had to pick between never watching another episode of TV or never reading another piece of fic, what would you choose?
TV. I can live without images; I can't live without words.
Then again, never seeing Jack (McCoy)'s eyebrows rise again... that's a toughie.
3. Would you ever eat part of the largest pizza/pie/french fry/whatever ever made, given that you'd be sharing a single piece of food with hundreds of people and their germs?
For sure! Other people's germs are just tiny friends you haven't met yet.
4. What is the lamest product warning you've ever personally seen?
Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball.
No, that's not a real one, it's from SNL.
Um... "Don't shoot the bleach". Not really a product warning, but it accompanied the instructions on "How to Clean Your Works" from Keep Six!, the Kingston safe needle exchange program. The saddest thing about it was, you just _knew_ that they'd had to include that because somebody must have decided shooting the bleach was a good idea.
5. What is the best piece of playground equipment? Why?
Hm... slides are cool, except kids crawl up them, then slip and hit their faces on them. Swings are cool, except the really little people need their parents to push them for hours on end, and some of them (swings, that is) are designed by persons who assume parents must be about 7 feet tall and possessed of stainless steel spines. You slip 4-5 discs while getting the kid in and out. And teeter-totters usually require a parent to push them up and down, since the kids are rarely perfectly balanced.
So... sandboxes. Sandboxes are nice. Kids can stay there for hours on end, and sand in the eyes washes out.
***
And
1. You can never, ever write about Rey Curtis again. What Law & Order character will step up to your muse to take his place?
NNNNOOOOOooooo.....
Lennie, probably. Or Jack.
But... never? Ever? ::wail:: EVER?
2. When he is sixteen, Daniel, who has mysteriously gotten ahold of a very good fake ID, calls you up and tells you to pick him up at a shop known for alternative piercing and tatoos. He tells you he has either a) had his tongue split, or b) has had a giant moth tatooed on his forehead. Which one do you hope he HASN'T done?
Hee... split his tongue, I guess. For health reasons. And because if I'm going to point and LMAO at him, he should be able to defend himself.
BTW... giant MOTH? I don't know whether to hope that you heard of somebody doing this, or hope that you made it up out of your own fevered imagination. Either option has rather frightening implications.
3. You, along with a handful of other survivors, are leaving a now-devasted Earth for a new planet. You are in charge of bringing three items to commemorate North American culture. What do you bring with you, and why?
A computer, a bottle of antibiotics, and a tabloid.
To represent our brilliant and amazing advancements in technology, our heroic death-defying medical breakthroughs, and our intrinsic human stupidity basically left untouched by said brilliance and heroism.
4. You can only sing one piece of music for the rest of your life. What is it, and why?
It better not be a madrigal, or I'll have a damn short life. The shorter, the better.
Um... I honestly don't know. I would try to pick something that's fairly long and relevant to daily life - sort of an all-purpose song. You know, not something that's perfect to sing when you're sad, but no good on cheery days, or vice-versa.
Picking from my current playlist at random, I guess Sting's Brand New Day wouldn't be so bad in that respect. Although Rent's Seasons of Love might be better in terms of being more universally relevant.
That's it, then: Seasons of Love.
5. Pretending for the moment that you aren't already married, marry, fuck, kill: Jean Chretien, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton. ;)
Oh my dear sweet Jesus. Can't I choose between "puke on, burn in effigy, and laugh and point at?"
OK. ::deep breath::
Kill: Bush. Not that I actually hate him enough to kill him, but I'd much rather kill than fuck or marry him.
Fuck: ::gagging:: Clinton. As the least physically repulsive of the three, I figure I could be most likely to get through it without throwing up with Bill. But I'd have to work real hard not to think of Monica Lewinsky.
Marry: Jean Chretien. As long as it was purely a marriage of convenience and involved no marital relations. I figure we could probably talk about the environment, legalizing pot, international relations and gay marriage for a few years until he made me a wealthy widow.
Also: Recs Judicata has been updated! This month recs begins two new features: The Court Reporter, a page to find fic challenges page, and The Witness Box, an interview with a fanfic author. This month's author is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shyday.
Three cheers forbear!
Here's my interviews:
1. Who is more teeth-grindingly strait-laced before their respective life-changing storylines: Rey Curtis or Will Turner?
Ooh, good one.
I'd say Rey Curtis, just because we don't have and entire season of teeth-grindiness from Will. But it's a tough call. Self-righteous? Check. Rigid? Check. Tactlessly forthright about said self-righteous rigidity? Check.
Hm. No wonder I found Will so charming. I need help.
2. If you had to pick between never watching another episode of TV or never reading another piece of fic, what would you choose?
TV. I can live without images; I can't live without words.
Then again, never seeing Jack (McCoy)'s eyebrows rise again... that's a toughie.
3. Would you ever eat part of the largest pizza/pie/french fry/whatever ever made, given that you'd be sharing a single piece of food with hundreds of people and their germs?
For sure! Other people's germs are just tiny friends you haven't met yet.
4. What is the lamest product warning you've ever personally seen?
Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball.
No, that's not a real one, it's from SNL.
Um... "Don't shoot the bleach". Not really a product warning, but it accompanied the instructions on "How to Clean Your Works" from Keep Six!, the Kingston safe needle exchange program. The saddest thing about it was, you just _knew_ that they'd had to include that because somebody must have decided shooting the bleach was a good idea.
5. What is the best piece of playground equipment? Why?
Hm... slides are cool, except kids crawl up them, then slip and hit their faces on them. Swings are cool, except the really little people need their parents to push them for hours on end, and some of them (swings, that is) are designed by persons who assume parents must be about 7 feet tall and possessed of stainless steel spines. You slip 4-5 discs while getting the kid in and out. And teeter-totters usually require a parent to push them up and down, since the kids are rarely perfectly balanced.
So... sandboxes. Sandboxes are nice. Kids can stay there for hours on end, and sand in the eyes washes out.
And
1. You can never, ever write about Rey Curtis again. What Law & Order character will step up to your muse to take his place?
NNNNOOOOOooooo.....
Lennie, probably. Or Jack.
But... never? Ever? ::wail:: EVER?
2. When he is sixteen, Daniel, who has mysteriously gotten ahold of a very good fake ID, calls you up and tells you to pick him up at a shop known for alternative piercing and tatoos. He tells you he has either a) had his tongue split, or b) has had a giant moth tatooed on his forehead. Which one do you hope he HASN'T done?
Hee... split his tongue, I guess. For health reasons. And because if I'm going to point and LMAO at him, he should be able to defend himself.
BTW... giant MOTH? I don't know whether to hope that you heard of somebody doing this, or hope that you made it up out of your own fevered imagination. Either option has rather frightening implications.
3. You, along with a handful of other survivors, are leaving a now-devasted Earth for a new planet. You are in charge of bringing three items to commemorate North American culture. What do you bring with you, and why?
A computer, a bottle of antibiotics, and a tabloid.
To represent our brilliant and amazing advancements in technology, our heroic death-defying medical breakthroughs, and our intrinsic human stupidity basically left untouched by said brilliance and heroism.
4. You can only sing one piece of music for the rest of your life. What is it, and why?
It better not be a madrigal, or I'll have a damn short life. The shorter, the better.
Um... I honestly don't know. I would try to pick something that's fairly long and relevant to daily life - sort of an all-purpose song. You know, not something that's perfect to sing when you're sad, but no good on cheery days, or vice-versa.
Picking from my current playlist at random, I guess Sting's Brand New Day wouldn't be so bad in that respect. Although Rent's Seasons of Love might be better in terms of being more universally relevant.
That's it, then: Seasons of Love.
5. Pretending for the moment that you aren't already married, marry, fuck, kill: Jean Chretien, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton. ;)
Oh my dear sweet Jesus. Can't I choose between "puke on, burn in effigy, and laugh and point at?"
OK. ::deep breath::
Kill: Bush. Not that I actually hate him enough to kill him, but I'd much rather kill than fuck or marry him.
Fuck: ::gagging:: Clinton. As the least physically repulsive of the three, I figure I could be most likely to get through it without throwing up with Bill. But I'd have to work real hard not to think of Monica Lewinsky.
Marry: Jean Chretien. As long as it was purely a marriage of convenience and involved no marital relations. I figure we could probably talk about the environment, legalizing pot, international relations and gay marriage for a few years until he made me a wealthy widow.
Also: Recs Judicata has been updated! This month recs begins two new features: The Court Reporter, a page to find fic challenges page, and The Witness Box, an interview with a fanfic author. This month's author is
shyday.Three cheers for
bear!
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Date: 2004-01-11 08:00 am (UTC)I've already read all the fics at RJ (lol...)and the ones I hadn't read from t100 and t100+ were great! I went. I saw. I loved. HAH! YAY for the January update!! :-D
::shys away:: Meep. Could I have a go at the interviews? They look *fun*!
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Date: 2004-01-12 12:49 pm (UTC)YAY for
OK, I'm trying to get questions made up for everybody, and I've decided everyone gets the same question #1.
1. Magic beings give you 10 MDs (Miracle Dollars) and a price list of world-wide miracle cures. Spend your MDs to cure world problems, and explain why you picked the way you did.
Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
(Any leftover MDs will be used by the magic beings to perform miracles of their own choice.)
2. If you could only pick one author to read for the rest of your life, who would it be?
3. If you had to tell your life story in songfic style, what three songs would you choose?
4. Would you rather sing or dance on a table in public? And why?
5. If you couldn't live in the US, what country would you move to and why?
no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 08:02 am (UTC)This is so much more interesting than those How well do you know me? emails that ask what color your carpet is or if you've ever gone toilet papering...
P.S. I'd do Bill, too ;-)
no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 12:51 pm (UTC)1. Magic beings give you 10 MDs (Miracle Dollars) and a price list of world-wide miracle cures. Spend your MDs to cure world problems, and explain why you picked the way you did.
Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
(Any leftover MDs will be used by the magic beings to perform miracles of their own choice.)
2. What celebrity discovery would upset you the most?
A celebrity you admire is racist
A celebrity you lust after is of the wrong orientation for you
A celebrity you trust has lied to the press
3. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that, and if not, why not?
4. If you could be any historical figure, who would you be?
5. Would you ever join a circus? Why, or why not?
no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 09:06 am (UTC)The giant moth is actually partly out of my imagination and partly inspired by a tattoo that my cousin has. When she was in her teens--and therefore in her drug/drinking phase--she got really, really wasted, and went and got a tattoo of a butterfly and a rainbow on her leg. The thing is, the tattoo is literally the size of my hand--at least 5" long. Very disturbing.
no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 09:56 am (UTC)Tee-hee. Then I'm a sucker for punishment, because I loved them :)
no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 09:32 am (UTC)I bet writing fic about Will would help.
::smiles innocently::
::runs away::
no subject
Date: 2004-01-13 04:03 pm (UTC)::throws something at your rapidly retreating back::
no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 11:31 am (UTC)I like interviews.
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Date: 2004-01-12 12:52 pm (UTC)1. Magic beings give you 10 MDs (Miracle Dollars) and a price list of world-wide miracle cures. Spend your MDs to cure world problems, and explain why you picked the way you did.
Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
(Any leftover MDs will be used by the magic beings to perform miracles of their own choice.)
2. Watch, microwave, computer: which of these could you not live without?
3. Invent a first name, middle name, and last name. They have to be invented, too - not adapted from existing names. So Adamme = wrong, Lutriniaz = OK.
4. Which house do you think you would belong to at Hogwarts?
5. Under what circumstances would you consider voting for a party/candidate you loathe?
no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 07:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 02:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 04:41 pm (UTC)1. Magic beings give you 10 MDs (Miracle Dollars) and a price list of world-wide miracle cures. Spend your MDs to cure world problems, and explain why you picked the way you did.
Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
(Any leftover MDs will be used by the magic beings to perform miracles of their own choice.)
2. Which one scares you the most: severe illness, natural disasters, or lifelong loneliness?
3. If you had one year to live, what would you do during that year?
4. You're a judge. You have to decide a case before you - say, a murder. The prosecution have not proven their case and by law and by the oath you swore upon becoming a judge, the defendant must be declared not guilty. However, you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she's guilty. What do you do, and why?
5. If you could be any character on TV, who would you be, and why?
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Date: 2004-01-11 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 05:15 pm (UTC)1. Magic beings give you 10 MDs (Miracle Dollars) and a price list of world-wide miracle cures. Spend your MDs to cure world problems, and explain why you picked the way you did. Any leftover MDs will be used by the magic beings to perform miracles of their own choice.
Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
2. If you could choose any animal to be, what animal would you choose and why?
3. Do you watch any TV show that you're embarassed to admit to watching? And if you're not too embarassed to tell... what is it?
4. Pick your worst subject in school.
Now imagine that you're assigned a lifetime of working in a field that uses that subject heavily.
What would it be, and how would you cope with that?
5. Ooh! Finally came up with a just-for-
Explain your deep-seated dislike of Rey Curtis, and what could have made him even mildly palatable to you :)
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Date: 2004-01-12 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-11 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 05:17 pm (UTC)Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
2. If you could save one species of animal from extinction, what species would it be and why?
3. If you could choose a super power, what would you choose and why?
4. Explain why people like reality shows, and what you think this means about the human race in general and our culture in particular :)
5. Which fairy tale do you hate the most, and why?
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Date: 2004-01-11 04:07 pm (UTC)(whew - had a childhood flashback for a moment there!)
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Date: 2004-01-12 05:26 pm (UTC)Miracle cures: MD Price
Poverty: 2 MD
Racism: 3MD
Sexism: 3MD
War: 3MD
Human Stupidity: 4MD
Clean the air: 2MD
Clean the water: 2MD
Clean the soil: 2MD
Famine: 3MD
Natural disasters: 3MD
Plagues: 2MD
2. How do they get the caramel into the Caramilk Bar?
3. Marry, f***, or kill: Mike Logan, Rey Curtis, Ed Green.
4. If you had to choose between never writing fic again or never reading fic again, which would you choose?
5. Describe the perfect city - weather, population, attractions, location, etc.
Different strategy
Date: 2004-01-12 10:14 am (UTC)Re: Different strategy
Date: 2004-01-12 04:45 pm (UTC)You are very wise.