What is best in life?

[ironymaiden]

buhrger asked me five questions. if you would like me to ask you five questions, request them in a comment, then post with the same offer so that the best meme may roll on.

1.if ten-years-ago you saw your current level of engagement with Sounders FC/MLS, how surprised would she have been? (asking because ten-years-ago me would have been a little surprised.)

i think she would be more shocked that i could afford to be a season ticket holder than anything else. but perhaps sad that i couldn't escape sports - in 2005 i didn't have to know anything or pretend to care about any sports. the only time i saw any game of any kind was southplains's annual Super Bowl party.

but there's also a certain inevitablilty. my family has always watched sports. while i never was thoroughly passionate about any of them, i always liked the in-stadium experience of football and basketball (and to a lesser extent, baseball).* my brothers played football when they were in highschool (and i was a charming toddler). my family had Penn State football tickets. i was in marching band, which meant that i was at all the football games when i was in high school. i always loved the crowd dynamic and anything involving singing or call and response.

there is part of me that is hardwired to love night games in crisp cool weather. the boiling hot summer day games? 2015 me is still surprised that i can stand that.


2.do you have a memory of first realizing that you are a dog person? or has it always been part of you?

no. there have always been dogs, or an aching hole where the dog should be.

i have no memory of learning to love dogs. (my father had a well-trained black Lab when he married mom. so when i was born, Buck was already there.) i have memories of being told to be more careful, that not every strange dog is my friend. i also remember a time when mom suggested that i give the dog some of the cookie i was eating: i held it out and let the dog take a bite, then i finished it. no dog ever bit me (other than puppy nips) or chased me or gave me a bad experience (other than dying in my presence). in this i'm pretty lucky since i accidentally mostly did things right - i only really started researching the science of dog body language and behavior when we were ramping up to adopting Molly.

3.if, for reasons of notional security, you were required to move out of ballard to some place on the east side (the horrors!) where would you go? money is no object. notional security, yunno.

security? like, i'm building a fortress? The Snoqualmie Tunnel as a starter tunnel for my hollow mountain fortress. it has two defensible access points and a lovely view. (hey, we should do that hike some August.)

4.regarding star wars the force awakens, where do you fall on the spectrum from "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY" to "it better not suck"? (to, i suppose, "i'm not even going to bother")

i fall solidly in "i've been hurt before". C and i occasionally say "hey, we should buy tickets for that sometime" and then we fail to go order them. i have avoided most spoiler chatter and i suppose i will need to see it before Christmas if i want to visit the internet. Pirates A and E are passionate about it and we *are* playing the Star Wars RPG right now, so it's more of a social obligation than an actual desire at this point. i don't need more Star Wars at all, but it would be nice for it to be good.

5.while we both read charlie stross, we seem to prefer different books of his. which are your favourites, and which are your least favourites?

favorites are the Laundry books, but i think they're most successful as shorter stories. so i love The Atrocity Archives, and the short about working over Christmas, and the short with the unicorns.

i adored the start of the Merchant books, but for me they fell off the rails when <redacted /> died and i think i gave it one book after that and then walked away.

i liked Singularity Sky.

thought the ones with the crime in the MMORPG were already dated when they were published and terribly twee. "Web 3.14" *rolls eyes*

loathed Accelerando. the reviews were so good, and then it turned out to be a collection of short stories that i didn't like when i read them the first time in their magazine publication. (i was really into reading short fiction magazines at the right time.)



*hockey was something i watched on tv sometimes. i think Penn State had an ice rink? i know i tried ice skating indoors approximately once somewhere and my ankles were too weak to function. i actually had an Edmonton sweatshirt at one point - it was in a bargain bin and i loved the colors. i had a passing interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were very very good when i was in high school - i loved the mouth-feel of saying Jaromir Jagr (for the uninitiated, it sounds like yommer yagger. yommer yagger yommer yagger yommer yagger!)

Comments

[mimerki.livejournal.com]

I do not particularly want questions, but if you do order tickets, I'd love to have someone to go see the new SW with.

[dreamline.livejournal.com]

I would answer questions. I need to write here more.

[buhrger]

back in the day, i didn't generally ask for questions from people of whom i'd just asked questions. it's been long enough that i think i'm going to set that aside for now. if the meme stays alive, i might reïnstate it at some point. meanwhile: Hit me!

[ironymaiden]

1. Rumor has it that Sounders are looking to trade Ozzie Alonso. How do you feel about the idea of him leaving Seattle?
2. What band (that is still touring or could be touring) that you haven't seen before would you most like to see live, and why?
3. What's something you would genuinely miss about Moses Lake?
4. I don't *think* you have pets these days. If not, why not? If yes, tell me about them!
5. What is it like being a soccer fan in Eastern WA?

[ironymaiden]

1. We own a copy of the Laundry RPG, and I despair of ever getting to play it. Do you have an aspirational setting or ruleset that no one else wants to play? What is it?
2. You travel with ethnomuse, but generally it's because you have to. Where would you like to go together for fun, and why?
3. My coworkers are all planning Canadian travel due to the exchange rate. Is the weak dollar affecting your daily life in any way?
4. If you had a pet, what would it be? (reality is no object)
5. As a child, how did you use toys in ways that were not intended by the manufacturer?

[ironymaiden]

I'll get you a ticket when we get around to it. Maybe it will be at the Bay on Christmas, or we can do a morning at Cinerama during the holiday week. Or something. Maybe sooner, i do like the internet.

[varina8.livejournal.com]

It's been too long since I've written here. Please send questions my way. Also, it's been too long since I've seen you. This must change.

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

hit me.

[ironymaiden]

1. Is there a "food of your people" (Ohioan or Slovene) you dislike, and why?
2. If cost wasn't an issue, what would be your ideal Seattle dwelling situation?
3. Is there a space-consuming hobby you would have if you had space and time/money?
4. What do you think of the KUOW takeover of KPLU?
5. Is there a movie you are looking forward to before the end of the year?

[ironymaiden]

1. How did you get your first hedgehog?
2. As a comics fan, how is the Marvel Cinematic Universe treating you? What has the most potential to make you sad in "Phase 3"?
3. Is GamerGate over?
4. What's the best new-to-you game you've played recently (and why)?
5. What piece of clothing that no longer fits do you miss the most?

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

1. How did you get your first hedgehog?
My first college room-mate bought him for me. I'd been having a rough year, living apart from Ogre for the first time since we'd got engaged, a friend had gone to prison for something I don't believe he did, so she bought me a hedgepig to cheer me up.

2. As a comics fan, how is the Marvel Cinematic Universe treating you? What has the most potential to make you sad in "Phase 3"?
Cap 3 has the most potential to make me sad, both in a good way and a bad way.
Doctor Strange already has made me sad. I mean, don't get me wrong, I like Bendydick Cucumberpatch as much as the next fangirl, but he's not Dr. Strange. Ant-Man and the Wasp has got some pretty high fucking hurdles to leap to engage me as they fridged Janet Van Dyne in the backstory to the first Ant-Man. Also, Paul Rudd? Really?
But I think Captain Marvel is the one I really worry about. I know Kelly Sue has had a hand in the script, but I still worry they're going to turn her into a humorless ball-busting bitch, because Hollywood.

3. Is GamerGate over?
Oh no, no, no, no... No. It's gonna be a long hard slog. And it's been going on for years before it got a catchy nickname, honestly. As much as I would like to believe that the knuckle-draggers are done, they're going to keep thrashing around in their tarpits for a good long time.

4. What's the best new-to-you game you've played recently (and why)?
Neko Atsume - Cat Collector. It's a Japanese phone app game where you put out food and toys and cats show up. Ogre calls it "the Crazy Cat Lady Simulator." I don't know why I like it. I just do. Otherwise I've mostly been living in my comfort zone.

5. What piece of clothing that no longer fits do you miss the most?
Ok, this is not a weight loss or gain thing. When I was a kid I got this hand me down blouse from my aunt. It was red bandana material, it had a handkerchief hem, square neckline, and sleeves that came to long points on the tops of the arms, to the wrist, but the underside cut off about the elbow. I fucking loved that shirt. I've been looking for a replacement. I wish I could sew because I'd make one. I can still sketch the damn thing from memory. I don't think it would be hard, it was essentially two pieces of fabric (front and back) sewn together, it fit sort of boxy, but someone with any tailoring skills could fix that.

Back to Question 2

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

Otherwise I think the MCU is treating me just fine. I like the Cap movies. Kind of done with Joss Whedon. Yeah, yeah, Joss you were progressive as fuck in the 90s with Buffy, it's time to evolve further. I have all the Cap and Bucky feels. The trailer for Civil War almost wrecked me last night.