Fact: I cannot resist interview memes.

[thez]

If you want to participate, leave a comment saying "interview me."
◊ I will respond by asking you five questions - each person's will be different.
◊ You will update your journal with the answers to the questions.
◊ You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
◊ When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

◊ ...or you will do whatever the fuck you want, it's not like I own you or something. Yet.

Why can't I copy and paste meme rules without compulsively adding and/or editorializing them? Is it some kind of sickness?

Anyway, QUESTIONS FROM metonymy! ♥

1. You're transferring schools; what are you studying?

Double major in physics and astronomy!

HAHAHAHAHAHA no, really. Have I not mentioned this before? You'd think I'd tell more people about this.

2. Could you ever live in a frozen northern climate? (i.e. not desert?)

If that's where life takes me, then that's where I'll live. I hear the U of Wisconsin has a good graduate program in physics, for example.

Then again, I also recall a conversation with one of my old coworkers about living is Wisconsin.

"When the temperature hits twenty, you just don't even bother going outside."

"I can imagine. Thirty is bad enough. Two degrees below freezing is two degrees too much."

"I meant twenty below zero."

"... ... I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT."

And then my brain shut down.

Then again, I thought I'd never get used to the grotesque horror that is humidity, but after spending every summer on the east coast (and that notable summer in Louisiana) I think I've finally gotten used to it.

3. What's a plot you'd love to see in SMF?

Well, aside from the overall arching plot of Senshi vs. Elementals leading up to a badass final showdown with deaths that don't really count (because it's Sailormoon) and redemption through the power of love (because it's Sailormoon)...

Er, wait, do you mean huge, overarching superplots or small, single-story sized plots?

Either way, THIS IS SUCH A GOOD QUESTION THAT I WILL SLEEP ON IT AND COME UP WITH LIKE FIVE EACH.

4. Is the internet going to explode when Deathly Hallows is released?

No, it will IMPLODE. Harry Potter readers have evolved into the sort of fans that cannot be satisfied no matter what, and so there will be the dense dark matter of grief over character death, of righteous indignation re: character development, of a thousand voices that will cry out "that's not how it's supposed to end!" and are suddenly silenced - and the internet will collapse under it's own weight. I will probably be one of those fans.

Then we will all have to move to that backup internet that China is building.

5. Heroes finale: satisfying or disappointing? Show your work.

Oddly satisfying. hearsawho showed most of my work for me by quoting me fairly extensively in her review.


There were a few things that I did NOT feel were 100% awesome. Candace, for example: she morphed back into a thin girl, so either she has some sort of body dysmorphia or there's some convoluted reason for her not to morph back to her true form while unconscious. While the former has the benefit of not involving the actress wearing a cheesy costume a la Paltrow in "Shallow Hal", I was kind of hoping for an overweight female character who's not playing a comedic part because there aren't that many that I can think of.

Of course, with the episode pressed for time, it was not the most opportune moment for such a revelation, but they didn't HAVE to show her morphing back to herself and I think the audience still would've been able to figure it out just fine.

There's also something Alysa pointed out about Mrs. Petrelli, the fact that she went to such great lengths to protect Claire and then just let her run off to Peter and supposed destruction in the end. NOW IT IS I WHO WILL QUOTE.

Me: Also what the hell is up with Bitch Petrelli ("Mama" title revoked) telling Peter he's her favorite and then calling him weak behind his back? And in a bitchy way, as opposed to a regretful way that might leave room for me to still believe that Peter was her favorite?
Alysa: I think... that's she basically a stone cold bitch. XD I think maybe Peter IS her favorite, but he disappointed her by being too weak for the job, and she maybe resented him for it, was maybe angry? I call to mind that Linderman said Nathan and Peter's dad was also too weak to do what he was supposed to. So maybe it hits a nerve with her?
Alysa: (I don't think it justifies it at all, I'm just wondering if that's how it works for her)
Me: A good thought!
Alysa: This is the same woman who went to SUCH GREAT LENGTHS to protect Claire, and then totally wrote her off and didn't let Nathan go after her when Claire jumped out the window.
Me: I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S INCONSISTENT WRITING OR CRAZY WOMAN OR DEEPLY SCHEMING WOMAN.
Alysa: I think she has issues.
Alysa: I mean, it could very well be inconsistent writing, but the writers have been so good about most other things, that it's hard to believe they'd fumble it SO completely.
Me: Well, we WERE introduced to her as a shoplifter. I think I liked her better as a nutty shoplifting mom, really.

There were a few other issues, but mostly I was really pleased. Mohinder is alive, Sylar is alive, MATT IS ALIVE AND DAMN WELL BETTER STAY THAT WAY. It wrapped everything just enough that I think I'll be able to make it to the next season without exploding in anticipation, and yet I'm still interested in what might come next.

I'm REALLY REALLY HOPING that Nathan isn't dead, and that is based entirely on the fact that the Nathan/Hiro interaction is pretty much one of the cutest and funniest parts of the show, and if it turns out that Hiro's last words to Nathan really were "You are a villain!" then I will cry and cry and cry.

Also I secretly long for Matt and Mohinder (my two favorite characters) to start raising Molly as a hilarious alternative couple, but not an ACTUAL couple because Matt/Audrey OTP and his wife's baby might not actually be his since she was cheating with Other Cop so it could possibly happen maybe right?

Comments

"interview me." ^_~

[rotsman.livejournal.com]

"Double major in physics and astronomy!"

I sense a portmanteau is needed here...astrophysics! When you beat Zefram Cochrane to the punch, I'll be the guy yelling "SEE, bastards? I told you so!"

[thez.livejournal.com]

Well, Cochrane IS pretty cool. It would be pretty sweet being his real life counterpart. You know, except for the raging alcoholism.

1. What is "the gargoyle"?

2. If you could reform only ONE thing about the American education system as it stands (I'm sure there's more than one, but let's stay focused here), what would it be?

3. Did you always want to be a teacher? If not, what did you want to do before, and what steered you down your current career path?

4. Let's say Val and Talmir were back on the Melbourne. If you could return to the ship as any position (except CO or CMO) and any character, what position and what sort of character would you chose?

5. Number one best Def Leppard song...?

[rotsman.livejournal.com]

http://rotsman.livejournal.com/297389.html

WARNING: Get comfortable, because these questions inspired to wax philosophical. ^_^

[viciousbastard.livejournal.com]

OHHH, I forgot about the possibility that Parkman's kid might not be HIS kid...

Yeah, Beotch Petrelli's characterization HAS been a bit all over the place all season. But the "crazy lady" from the first episode COULD have been no more than it seemed to be at the time, a woman going a bit nuts mourning her dead husband.

To extend the discussion past the last epi, and into the previous one... What about Nathans wife and sons? Might she be an unawakened "power", she was probably introduced to Nate by his Mom, or Dad. possibly just for the purpose of insuring the boys would develop powers as well. Who is to say he was not manipulated into bonking Claires mom in the first place as well. The Petrelli boys have likely been nothing more than "chess pieces" to the old guard, much like all the other heroes (except Parkman as far as we know) have been. Even Hiro was manipulated by his father. Who, if you read my post about the show IS Kensai.

[thez.livejournal.com]

I DID read your post, and I trust your Trek knowledge enough to believe you when you say it's Takei, because I didn't get a very close look.

I'm not so sure about Nathan's wife and kids. You'd think we would've seen a bit more of them in the show if they were going to have powers. Depending on how long Nathan's been with his wife, it's possible that he was manipulated into bonking Claire's mom BECAUSE his wife didn't have any powers and Linderman wanted to up the chances of Nathan creating some powered offspring.

[foofasaurus.livejournal.com]

You know what else occurred to me? Nothing says Peter couldn't have been her favorite in terms of who she was personally closest to, while still being the one she perceived as weak. Considering the things about him she perceived as his weakness were the very things she seemed to love about him. Maybe that's why she seemed so pissy about it - because the things that made her love him so much were the things that made him useless to her.

I get the idea that she's been grooming the brothers for this for a long time. Nathan's the one who succumbed to her manipulation the easiest (save for his 'folly' - ie, Claire), and became the person she thought was necessary to the cause. But Peter was always under Nathan's shadow and never amounted to much in comparison (as she would perceive it, anyway), so he was the weak brother.

So the way she saw it, she had to build the boys into something specific. But Charles knew it wasn't about what she made them into. It was about who they were at the most intrinsic level.

Also, I know Matt's all focused on his wife and baby and all, but damn it, I still want Janice to take a hike. Matt/Audrey OTP for the win! (Audrey's a cool lady; surely she'd be cool with Mohinder and Molly moving in with them.)

[thez.livejournal.com]

(save for his 'folly' - ie, Claire)

Did she use the word "folly" in the show, or is that your word? I'm curious now if she had Linderman-like thinking along the lines of "NATHAN, BREED SOME SUPERBABIES" or if she simply took an interest in Claire after the fact.

Also, I know Matt's all focused on his wife and baby and all, but damn it, I still want Janice to take a hike. Matt/Audrey OTP for the win! (Audrey's a cool lady; surely she'd be cool with Mohinder and Molly moving in with them.)

See, this is why I love you. XD

[foofasaurus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was in ".07%" Mama P tells Claire that Peter never knew she existed, and Claire correctly deduces that Mama P did, which she confirms. "Since you were a baby. Nathan's folly in Texas." Because she is a cold bitch that way. XD

And hell, I'm beginning to think the Bennets should just buy a big ranch and it can be like the Heroes Clubhouse. Or a commune. Noah's ark! :D

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

*licks milo*

don't mind me

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

Mama Petrelli confuses the HELL out of me.

Questions plz! :D

[thez.livejournal.com]

Hilarious note: I HAVE READ THE LAST HERALD-MAGE BOOKS. They are the fruitiest things I've ever read (by which I don't necessarily mean gay) but I am nostalgically fond of them.

1. What made you decide to study Classics and what do you plan on doing with your degree?

2. Would you rather live in the romantic fantasy version of Victorian England or Prohibition-era America? And what about ACTUAL Victorian England or Prohibition-era America?

3. Three-pronged SMF question! Did you join when it was a MUSH or after it went PBeM? Why Jupiter? and Did anything special go into creating Misao? (For example, did you base any of her profile off of yourself, or another character, or was it primarily a Jupiter-symbolism mash-up?)

4. PICK ONE. Explain why. Choose runners-up if you're feeling up to it: House/Cuddy, House/Wilson, House/Cameron, House/Chase, House/Foreman, House/Tritter, House/Coma Guy, House/Stacy, House/Volger, House/Vicodin, House/Pancakes, House/Flaming Cane.

5. What the hell is "coleslawing"?

BONUS QUESTION

6. Jane Austen Action Figure! WHERE IS SHE NOW??

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

THEY REALLY ARE SO DAMN HILARIOUS. I reread them a while ago and was like "I have read better slashfic on the internets." And I will answer your questions in the mornings!

[lordlazarus.livejournal.com]

hehe, your answer to number 4 is so very true. It will finally be China's chance to own us all.

Oh, interview me!

[thez.livejournal.com]

1. How do you propose to save us from a mountain lion?

2. If you were a supervillain, where would your secret lair be and what demands would you make in exchange for not releasing a deadly plague upon the planet?

3. No, seriously, why'd you decide to study law? Will you stay in CT after you get your degree or will you move somewhere else? OKAY, SO THAT'S TWO QUESTIONS.

4. What is the number one cheesiest movie you've ever seen? I've probably never seen it, so describe it to me.

5. Remember that book I lent to you? Bedside book of death? DO YOU STILL HAVE IT? DID YOU EVER FINISH IT? HUH?

[lordlazarus.livejournal.com]

Things are kind of crazy at the moment,but I will answer them by Tuesday!

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

ME ME ME

and dude, those little diamonds are italicised so it makes them appear to slant to the right as you go down the line. TRIPPY.

[thez.livejournal.com]

1. So why'd you decide to get a dove for a tattoo? And why in that particular spot?

2. Rum and Coke or Red Bull and vodka?

3. Is there any historical figure you love MORE than Winston Churchill? At least, I'm assuming you love him seeing as how you quote him so damn often (which I approve of, as Churchill was cool).

4. Describe one facet of your personality that's changed since you've started college. You can describe MORE than one if you want, but I thought I'd keep the number low so as to avoid foisting an essay on you.

5. So your myspace page describes you as "Christian - other". Is "other" an actual denomination, or do you prefer not to follow a specific sect, or are you just not sure?

BONUS QUESTION

6. WHEN DO I GET MY BLOCK OF SCORPION ICE?

[odangoinblack.livejournal.com]

Dude interview me! =D

[thez.livejournal.com]

1. So, if you opened up your vegan coffee shop tomorrow, what would you name it?

2. When/why did you start dancing, and why that particular form of dance?

3. Do you still draw? If so, what've you been drawing lately? If not, WHY not?

4. What languages do you know besides English, and how well do you know them? What language would you like to add to your repertoire next?

5. If your life suddenly became a musical for a day, which actual musical would it most resemble?

BONUS QUESTION ONE

6. "The chaos theory" in your interests... is that the name of a band or something, or are you actually interested in chaos theory? Because if it's the latter, I have an awesome book to recommend and I would love to get my science geek on with you!

BONUS QUESTION TWO

7. When you DO open your vegan coffee shop, can I teach your employees the fine art of espresso-making and discipline them with a riding crop? I CAN WORK WITH SOY AND RICE MILK AND WHATNOT.

[odangoinblack.livejournal.com]

1. I would name it Marie's Awesome Coffee, because I would not have another name picked out and I enjoyed 'The Coffee Achievers.' And we'd have a little blackboard behind the counter with the item pick of the week with 'it's really awesome!' written next to or under it and our sizes would be small, medium, and awesome.

Because everyone likes awesome coffee.

But if I had time to think about it, I would probably name it something else a little more fitting for a vegan coffee shop.

2. Well, technically, I started dancing when I was a junior in high school, but I ended up quitting after a few months because one of my friends was failing English and begged me to tutour her. It was mostly salsa and chacha, and I did it because it was the only thing available after school aside from art club that was actually interesting. And it was free. I actually seriously started dancing in January of this year, though, hip-hop, which I absolutely fell in love with like I never did with salsa. And I decided on hip-hop because of these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80kfYYHHrc) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wSMuCJCkQ>videos</a>, and I know that popping and locking like that is a pretty big aspect of hip-hop. 3. Yes, I do, actually, after not for at least two years. xD Usually I draw comics, character designs for possible comics, or myself and my friends as cartoon characters. It's really fun and great for relieving stress. =D I'm awful at backgrounds, though. xD 4. English is the only language I am fluent in, but I speak basic basic survival Spanish and German and I am learning French and I can speak it at a slightly below tourist level. I want to take some classes at GCC (and am taking 101 next semester!) because I want to eventually be fluent, mostly to read documents from the French Revolution in the original French. (YES I ARE NERD.) So I guess I want to add French to my repitiore next, but for actual brand new languages I don't know at all, I want to learn Latin next. 5. Well, music-style wise it would probably most resemble Rent, but as for character, lyric, and story-wise, it would probably most resemble The Producers. So I guess The Producers wins, WHICH IS NEVER A BAD THING. BONUS QUESTION ONE: Why yes, 'the chaos theory' in my interests is, indeed, the actual chaos theory. A few of my friends were talking about it some time ago while we were all hanging out, and all I could think and say was "HOLY SHIT THAT IS SO INTERESTING KEEP TALKING I WANT TO LEARN MORE!" I don't know a whole lot about it other than the most basic stuff, so I would LOVE that awesome book and once I understand it better, I would also love to get my science geek on with you! BONUS QUESTION TWO Yes, you certainly can! I would love to have you as my head barista/trainer/disciplinarian! AND I AM TOTALLY NOT EVEN JOKING, IT WOULD BE AWESOME. =D

[odangoinblack.livejournal.com]

Oh no I messed up the other link!

Here it is! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wSMuCJCkQ)

And what the hell, I don't know what is going on with LJ but for some reason it didn't skip lines when I told it to. So now it's all difficult to read! Stupid LJ. D=

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

WORD on #4. I'm cringing at the thought of the veritable tidal wave of OMGWTF's in various shapes and forms that'll onslaught the Internet. The carnage...the horror...

Also, questions please! <3

[thez.livejournal.com]

1. Have you always been this obsessed with botany, or is it a recent thing?

2. Which Trek series is your favorite, and why? What do you think of all the OTHER Trek series?

3. If you were able to grow ANY rare or exotic plant species in your home or yard, magically, without fear of it dying or ruining the local ecosystem or something, which species would you choose to grow?

4. Honestly now, how big is your pony collection, and which MLP (one that you own or hope to own) is your favorite?

5. Ruchiel and Zeruel are both OLD AS DIRT, so humor me a little and tell me how Ruchiel's evolved over all those long years.

BONUS QUESTION

6. Say Aria's stuck in an elevator (OR LIFT) with Ivona. Which causes her to hyperventilate in fear faster: the claustrophobia, or Ivona?

THE FIRST SECTION

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

I'd post this in my own journal, but nobody reads it anyways.

1. Well, my good friend and old roommate Jeremy offered to buy me a tattoo for my birthday. Actually, he gave me a choice... "Tattoo or skydiving?" it was HARD. I decided on the more permanent option, which he declared he knew I'd choose anyway. I had always liked doves, and to me they represent not only christianity but positivity and being a "free spirit" or whatever. And they're cute. hee. I had a vague idea of what I wanted, but I suck at drawing, so I looked for a few weeks until I found something very close online. I knew she was the right one and with a little photoshop, she was perfect :D I loved how abstract and simplified it was - the minimum amount of lines to create a moving, alive form. The line quality reminds me of paint strokes, and the black is very simple and resolute. So. I like it. And my dad still doesn't know it exists. ha. My roomie gave me a silver dove ring to go with it for my bday, too. Aww! A bodily motif!

Everyone asked me if the thing hurt. The actual process was pretty simple. It only took me a half hour of being in the chair, and the worst pain was getting a cramp in my neck from holding still. The actual inking was just kind of annoying.

2. Well, I hate rum, so that's pretty simple. Typically the only hard liquor that I really enjoy is vodka, for better or for worse. The lighter liquors also give you less of a hangover since more shit is filtered out. Bonus! My favorite for years has been a white russian (equal parts kahlua, vodka, and milk/cream), but I'll try most mixed drinks once. lol. most...

The only time I'll really drink rum is in a good peenya colada (i'm on a PC and i'm pissed it won't let me easily type the enya), when they use the coconut rum so that it blends all the flavors together happily. The last time I had one of those was in mexico. Mmm. And the restaurant that made them so yummily blew up a couple weeks after we left. They were doing some construction nearby and they hit a gas pipe or something. Oops.

3. It's true, I do have great love for Winston. I was playing the Sims on Morgan's computer and kept naming puppies and children Churchill or Winston. Haha. Who could possibly compare...actually, I do have great respect for the first Elizabeth, because she went through so much hell in her childhood - I mean fuck, her mom was Anne Boleyn - beheaded and everything - and the country ripped itself apart trying to pick a successor to her daddy, Henry VIII. I can respect her for that and for what she did for England - promoted religious freedom and fostered an environment that gave way for the Renaissance. Um, yeah. yay lizzie.

THE OTHER PART

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

4. OH MY LORD. What HASN'T changed is more like it! Um, wow. I don't know how to pick on that doesn't affect everything else. I've probably become more laid-back and less easily stressed about anything and everything. The idiot rents finally split up for good (today is their wedding anniversary, coincidentally...ew) and I've moved out and all that, so I've been able to pour less energy into avoiding them and hating them and generally being an angsty teenager and oh, getting on with my life. Uhhh. I'll come back to this one...

5. Well, the problem with myspace is that everything is a pull-down menu instead of fill-in-the-blank. myspace seems to think that if you are not catholic, you're "christian other." lol. I think they've since added a few more options, but I am too lazy to go check.

As for me personally, my beliefs are pretty central to who I am, but I am not the type of person to push them on anyone else or get all judgemental on your ass. I guess that goes back to the laid-back part. ha. I can't stand people who are super zealous or hypocritical about their religion or about anything. Honestly -- and I guess this goes back to #4, finally -- college has given me perspective on the first 18 retarded years of my life and made me thankful for all the shit I DID have to put up with, and made a lot of the things I have to do now just laughable.

My roommate is beyond a new level of spoiled and sheltered...so I am more thankful for being exposed to the elements earlier than most. I actually am probably going to start a new job soon working for an organization that helps runaways and kids with fucked up families. I might actually make a post about that...bringing me up to what, five this year? lol

Re: THE OTHER PART

[odangoinblack.livejournal.com]

I actually am probably going to start a new job soon working for an organization that helps runaways and kids with fucked up families.

That is really so cool to hear. If/when you do I am pretty sure you will be amazing.

Re: THE OTHER PART

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

I am pretty sure too. HAHA. Actually it is going to be a ton of work but I think it will be worth it. More details forthcoming.

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

SORRY THAT ELJAY IS ELRETARDO AND CANNOT REPLY TO THREADS CORRECTLY

[sparklyoctopus.livejournal.com]

OH OH I FORGOT THE BONUS QUESTION, DO I STILL GET EXTRA CREDIT??

6. My roommate decided that it was freaking her out in the freezer, so she defrosted it and left it to amuse the shit out of me when I walked in after work. There is a very wilted scorpion sitting there guarding the kitchen now. Guess it freaks her out less as it stares at her washing the dishes?? (extra funny: she doesn't wash dishes)

[kayli-kender.livejournal.com]

Is it too late to ask for questions? n_n