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Questions from Lefty
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leftahead"s LJ:
"Here's 5 for my part-time (paid!) lackey and full-time buddy grinninfoole. He owes me 5, now, too."
1) You gave your van a name. Other people I know have done this sort of thing, and it seems odd to me. Do you personify/anthropomorsize other obejects you own, and does it change their significance, or is it just a one-time affectation?
--I don't think I do personify things very often (though since I do sometimes vent my rage on inanimate objects, I suppose that I may be fooling myself. Mom calls it the pathetic fallacy.) but when I do it's often a way of expressing my own emotions in manageable ways. I have three stuffed animals and all have names and personalities. I have owned two cars, both named. I resisted the idea for awhile in each case, but somehow it felt wrong not to name them. Both have travelled thousands of miles with me in all sorts of weather, have their little quirks, and make their own little noises. I guess I'd rather do all that travelling with a friend. I personified my last apartment when I was leaving it, which turned out to be a helpful way of dealing with the sadness I felt at leaving my home of four years.
2) You've uncovered the notes in your research that allow you a one-shot, one-question 'wayback machine'. What now-deceased person do you fix it on, and what one question do you aske them? Feel free to elaborate why.
--Questioning the dead is risky and often futile. Questioning the living... I can't think of anyone I have only ONE question for (do I get a follow-up?), especially since a lot of the really interesting questions (say, asking J. Edgar Hoover who really killed JFK and why) would have to be posed of people who would probably lie.
Maybe, if a suitable translator could be found, I'd ask Archimedes what he was working on when he was killed. Or to ask the last known holder of some lost treasure where they left it.
3) Desert Island. CD Player. 3 CDs. Proceed.
Gosh. Music's very important, and yet at the same time, I don't really have CDs that I just have to listen to all the time. Gorecki's Third Symphony is an amazing piece of music, and I wouldn't want to be without it, and yet I haven't listened to it in years, because it's too emotional. Kate Bush's Red Shoes is similarly powerful.... Well, I guess right now I'd go with:
1) Kate Bush, the Red Shoes
2) Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses (every song a good one, though Songs From the Wood also comes to mind)
3) Howard Shore, score for the Fellowship of the Ring
4) Did you ever have a time in your life where you tried to 'give up' geek stuff like comics and gaming? If so, why did you, and what caused you to 'come back'? If not, why not, do you think?
--Yes, I guess I did once, in late 1990/early 91, when I was dating a Dutch woman named Marieke Klaver. She never really understood what the whole 'gaming' thing was about, and in general she found me overly, even frighteningly, cerebral. I gave it up for awhile because it didn't seem as interesting as a real relationship with a beautiful woman. I started gaming a few months later when she went back to Holland and the other guys in the hall (all Brits) told me that they were interested in trying this D&D thing. I was quickly pressed into service as DM. We didn't get very far, but it was fun. I have never seen any reason to set gaming aside since then.
5) A cannister of radioactive goop hits you on the noggin as you help an old lady across the street. One of your senses becomes enhanced 1000-fold, but without any pathos-laden crippling of any others. Which one? Why? What would you do with it you can't do now?
--Hearing. It might get old quickly, but it'd be neat to be able to eavesdrop on folks without appearing to, or even being nearby. Plus it'd allow me to do all those neat no-look tricks like step aside from the assassin's knife while my back is turned. That's been a major hassle, let me tell you. :)
Hey, this whole question thing is fun. Whee!
Anyone else who wants me to ask them five questions, apply here.
leftahead"s LJ:"Here's 5 for my part-time (paid!) lackey and full-time buddy grinninfoole. He owes me 5, now, too."
1) You gave your van a name. Other people I know have done this sort of thing, and it seems odd to me. Do you personify/anthropomorsize other obejects you own, and does it change their significance, or is it just a one-time affectation?
--I don't think I do personify things very often (though since I do sometimes vent my rage on inanimate objects, I suppose that I may be fooling myself. Mom calls it the pathetic fallacy.) but when I do it's often a way of expressing my own emotions in manageable ways. I have three stuffed animals and all have names and personalities. I have owned two cars, both named. I resisted the idea for awhile in each case, but somehow it felt wrong not to name them. Both have travelled thousands of miles with me in all sorts of weather, have their little quirks, and make their own little noises. I guess I'd rather do all that travelling with a friend. I personified my last apartment when I was leaving it, which turned out to be a helpful way of dealing with the sadness I felt at leaving my home of four years.
2) You've uncovered the notes in your research that allow you a one-shot, one-question 'wayback machine'. What now-deceased person do you fix it on, and what one question do you aske them? Feel free to elaborate why.
--Questioning the dead is risky and often futile. Questioning the living... I can't think of anyone I have only ONE question for (do I get a follow-up?), especially since a lot of the really interesting questions (say, asking J. Edgar Hoover who really killed JFK and why) would have to be posed of people who would probably lie.
Maybe, if a suitable translator could be found, I'd ask Archimedes what he was working on when he was killed. Or to ask the last known holder of some lost treasure where they left it.
3) Desert Island. CD Player. 3 CDs. Proceed.
Gosh. Music's very important, and yet at the same time, I don't really have CDs that I just have to listen to all the time. Gorecki's Third Symphony is an amazing piece of music, and I wouldn't want to be without it, and yet I haven't listened to it in years, because it's too emotional. Kate Bush's Red Shoes is similarly powerful.... Well, I guess right now I'd go with:
1) Kate Bush, the Red Shoes
2) Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses (every song a good one, though Songs From the Wood also comes to mind)
3) Howard Shore, score for the Fellowship of the Ring
4) Did you ever have a time in your life where you tried to 'give up' geek stuff like comics and gaming? If so, why did you, and what caused you to 'come back'? If not, why not, do you think?
--Yes, I guess I did once, in late 1990/early 91, when I was dating a Dutch woman named Marieke Klaver. She never really understood what the whole 'gaming' thing was about, and in general she found me overly, even frighteningly, cerebral. I gave it up for awhile because it didn't seem as interesting as a real relationship with a beautiful woman. I started gaming a few months later when she went back to Holland and the other guys in the hall (all Brits) told me that they were interested in trying this D&D thing. I was quickly pressed into service as DM. We didn't get very far, but it was fun. I have never seen any reason to set gaming aside since then.
5) A cannister of radioactive goop hits you on the noggin as you help an old lady across the street. One of your senses becomes enhanced 1000-fold, but without any pathos-laden crippling of any others. Which one? Why? What would you do with it you can't do now?
--Hearing. It might get old quickly, but it'd be neat to be able to eavesdrop on folks without appearing to, or even being nearby. Plus it'd allow me to do all those neat no-look tricks like step aside from the assassin's knife while my back is turned. That's been a major hassle, let me tell you. :)
Hey, this whole question thing is fun. Whee!
Anyone else who wants me to ask them five questions, apply here.
