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1 - The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. What other great irony do you face?
originally i moved to Seattle because i wanted to go somewhere new with my theatre career. turns out that new place was deciding i didn't want to do it anymore.
2 - You're the Voice of America. What's your beef(s) with Canada?
it's like this: when i was in elementary school, i was the tallest girl in my class. one of the tallest kids, period. there were times when we would assemble more than one class in a room and sit on the floor to do things like watch movies. we were supposed to sit with our butts on the floor and our legs crossed, not up on our knees. i was a "good" kid, i never sat on my knees. but older kids sitting behind me always yelled at me for sitting up on my knees and blocking their view.
i am totally not trying to mess up anyone else's experience, and the very idea pains me. i can apologize, i can try to sit in the back row, but there's nothing further i can do to be shorter. that's my beef with Canada in a nutshell.
3 - I was reading several "famous" people's definition on what makes a man manly in the National Post last week. What's your interpretation? How has that definition changed for you?
i keep rewriting this part. everything i think of as "ideal man" is also "ideal human being." seems like the article was mostly focused on appearance, and that doesn't mean too much to me. (okay, i totally hate the men in skinny women's jeans with the razored hair. not manly. also, ew. ew. ew.) otherwise it has to be the hands - no squashy hands, no long nails - and the voice. the rest is window dressing. as a kid, facial hair was part of the definition, but that's because i come from a family of bearded men.
4 - Do you have a "breakup" story? What advice would you pass to me?
"i was dating you so that i could get closer to your friend across the hall." 'nuff said.
my advice is actually kind of useless to you. my best outcomes have been to cease contact, heal up/rebuild life as needed, then *consider* resuming friendship level of interaction. every attempt to transition directly to friendship has blown up in my face. this can't really be implemented with D in the picture.
what i can offer you is this: the relationship is dead, and philosophically so is your former partner. you cannot get revenge, you cannot inflict fresh pain, they cannot hurt you again, remembering the bad times is pointless, and you can enjoy all the good memories with the sure and regretful knowledge that you will make no new ones.
5 - Ugh - it's over 30C in the office and I can't think on a late Friday afternoon. So - what superpowers would you want and what would you do with them?
i don't want superpowers, because i don't want to be compelled to be a super hero. and i would be. damn Stan Lee for taking all the fun out of it. even something like "i never need to shower" means that i'm extrapolating into safely handling skin contact with hazardous chemicals...
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thegreymouser:1 - The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. What other great irony do you face?
originally i moved to Seattle because i wanted to go somewhere new with my theatre career. turns out that new place was deciding i didn't want to do it anymore.
2 - You're the Voice of America. What's your beef(s) with Canada?
it's like this: when i was in elementary school, i was the tallest girl in my class. one of the tallest kids, period. there were times when we would assemble more than one class in a room and sit on the floor to do things like watch movies. we were supposed to sit with our butts on the floor and our legs crossed, not up on our knees. i was a "good" kid, i never sat on my knees. but older kids sitting behind me always yelled at me for sitting up on my knees and blocking their view.
i am totally not trying to mess up anyone else's experience, and the very idea pains me. i can apologize, i can try to sit in the back row, but there's nothing further i can do to be shorter. that's my beef with Canada in a nutshell.
3 - I was reading several "famous" people's definition on what makes a man manly in the National Post last week. What's your interpretation? How has that definition changed for you?
i keep rewriting this part. everything i think of as "ideal man" is also "ideal human being." seems like the article was mostly focused on appearance, and that doesn't mean too much to me. (okay, i totally hate the men in skinny women's jeans with the razored hair. not manly. also, ew. ew. ew.) otherwise it has to be the hands - no squashy hands, no long nails - and the voice. the rest is window dressing. as a kid, facial hair was part of the definition, but that's because i come from a family of bearded men.
4 - Do you have a "breakup" story? What advice would you pass to me?
"i was dating you so that i could get closer to your friend across the hall." 'nuff said.
my advice is actually kind of useless to you. my best outcomes have been to cease contact, heal up/rebuild life as needed, then *consider* resuming friendship level of interaction. every attempt to transition directly to friendship has blown up in my face. this can't really be implemented with D in the picture.
what i can offer you is this: the relationship is dead, and philosophically so is your former partner. you cannot get revenge, you cannot inflict fresh pain, they cannot hurt you again, remembering the bad times is pointless, and you can enjoy all the good memories with the sure and regretful knowledge that you will make no new ones.
5 - Ugh - it's over 30C in the office and I can't think on a late Friday afternoon. So - what superpowers would you want and what would you do with them?
i don't want superpowers, because i don't want to be compelled to be a super hero. and i would be. damn Stan Lee for taking all the fun out of it. even something like "i never need to shower" means that i'm extrapolating into safely handling skin contact with hazardous chemicals...
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Round 4
Date: 2007-03-06 03:53 pm (UTC)Re: Round 4
Date: 2007-03-09 04:26 am (UTC)2. do you look like any of your relatives, or are you an amalgam?
3. i'm seein' the Police in June. do you have any bands you wish would rise from the dead long enough for you to see them perform?
4. Folklife or Bumbershoot, and why?
5. what do you think of shared world fiction?
no subject
Date: 2007-03-06 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-09 05:10 am (UTC)2. what's your favorite place to go out to eat in Seattle?
3. tell me about your first con. was it business or pleasure?
4. do you want a godless dollar? do you have any interest in coins that are mistakes?
5. you have friends all over. is there a friend-containing location you have low or no desire to visit, even though you would be happy to see the person?
Canada
Date: 2007-03-06 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-06 08:00 pm (UTC)no long nails
so no classical guitar players, then?
no subject
Date: 2007-03-06 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-06 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-09 04:36 am (UTC)2. what do you think of Objectivism?
3. if your CARP membership is threatened or suspended, is it something that you will write about on lj?
4. have you observed any pattern in how people react to learning that you fast on Fridays?
5. i've never seen you in cold weather. what sort of shoes do you wear outside when the snow covers your birkenstocks?
no subject
Date: 2007-03-06 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-09 04:45 am (UTC)2. how did you meet
3. when you were playing seriously, what was your favorite piece to play on the violin?
4. how did you learn to knit?
5. at the point where i met you, you were "from Georgia". tell me about you and Canada.
waving hands wildly
Date: 2007-03-07 12:09 am (UTC)Re: waving hands wildly
Date: 2007-03-09 04:56 am (UTC)2. what prompted you to get serious about writing?
3. working where you do, i'm impressed that you don't catch every disease that passes through the region. do you do anything special to stay healthy?
4. what was your first exposure to german-style board games?
5. we're coming up on Norwescon 30. what's your con anecdote worthy of an anniversary celebration?
Re: waving hands wildly
Date: 2007-03-09 08:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-07 04:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-09 04:50 am (UTC)2. what's one thing that you enjoy about
3. ooooh, K9. who is your favorite Doctor, and why?
4. do you have a book that you read again periodically? what is it? if not, why not?
5. what was the first foreign language film you saw in the theater, and what did you think of it?
Late to the game
Date: 2007-03-10 01:51 am (UTC)Re: Late to the game
Date: 2007-04-24 11:38 pm (UTC)1. we're both Sting fans. what Sting or Police song do you most want to hear performed live, and why?
2. there was a date mentioned. now that you're in the pool, how are you meeting people (online services, friend of a friend, bars, etc.)?
3. what do you dread the most about the Michael Bay Transformers?
4. where would you like to live, if you got a great job offer with moving expenses covered (and nothing else was holding you back i.e. still see D and such) and why?
5. now that you've had some real time with it, what do you think of the Saab?