ask and ye shall...

[jazzfish]

Perhaps the very best thing about Facebook is how all the "which pop culture phenomenon are you?" quizzes seem to have migrated over there and no longer clog up my reading list. On the other hand, I sort of miss the sense of community engendered by the 'bunch of people i know answer a list of semipersonal questions' things. Hence, the triumphant return of Five Questions.

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions of a very personal nature.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions. And post them in a comment here too, if you don't mind.
4. Include this and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, ask them 5 questions.

From badmagic:

What's the strangest thing you've caught yourself saying?

You mean, this week? "mR2," in the context of neither a Star Wars droid nor an M.R.DUCKS shirt. (Because "Nine-oh-one-em-ar-two" took too long to say.)

What was the best moment in an RPG you've ever witnessed?

After turning Random's son Martin (mostly famous for bleeding all over the Primal Pattern) into the living embodiment of said Pattern, thereby stopping the slow leakage of reality and stability into Corwin's new Pattern-realm and thus preventing the eventual destruction of Amber itself, Our Heroes returned to their homes for a much-deserved rest. Except for one who felt like poking around to see how the rest of the universe was getting on, and, well:

GM jazzfish: "You're getting a Trump call."
uilos: "Yes?"
jedibfa: "I'm at Corwin's Pattern. Or what's left of it, anyway."
GM: "Aaand that seems like a fine place to close this chronicle."

Who was your best friend when you were growing up?

Being an army brat means that this list is longer and shallower than most people's. The one I remember most fondly is Ryan Waller. I met Ryan in fourth grade when his parents, for reasons that pass all understanding, brought him to a party my father was hosting. (I think Cpt. Waller served under Dad.) We discovered a shared fondness for computer games and fantasy novels, plus he lived within bike riding distance. That ended when Cpt. Waller got deployed overseas (Germany, I think), the summer before Ryan and I would have been in junior high together.

How did you end up dating two women?

By doing wrong almost everything that I possibly could, over the course of three or four years. This isn't a story wherein I come off looking all that well so I'm going to leave it at that.

Sorry you said "Oranges" now, aren't you?

Not yet, but I might be depending on how many people want questions.

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or i can dig them up for you, as i've done for others

[jazzfish]

1) Which of your extended (not immediate) family do you get along best with?
2) What's your second-favorite (after Changeling) role-playing game?
3) Would you rather write or draw for a living?
4) What's your best physical feature?
5) If you'd heard six ten years ago what your life would be like now, how much of it would you have believed?

Re: or i can dig them up for you, as i've done for others

[nixve.livejournal.com]

1) Which of your extended (not immediate) family do you get along best with?

My aunt Eileen is probably the extended family member I get along best with. She's generally pretty laid back and supportive. The fact that she stands up for me to my mom (her older sister) means a lot to me. I also appreciate that she is decently active if not quite "outdoorsy" per se.

2) What's your second-favorite (after Changeling) role-playing game?

That is a really tough question. If you look at my bookshelf you'd think Blue Planet but the sad fact is that I've not gotten to play it but once so I can't really say that. Saying Fudge (http://www.fudgerpg.com/fudge.html) would probably be a cop-out as it is a system but honestly some of the games I've had the most fun with have been Fudge-based. Werewolf is my current second-favorite, I guess. Although, I do still really adore Planescape. It feels kinda weird to say that an AD&D supplement is my second-favorite rpg but it seems like it is.

3) Would you rather write or draw for a living?

For a living? hmm, I dunno. I think if I were able to also have time to draw whatever I wanted then I would like writing for a living. However, at the same time I don't think I could/can write for a living, I think it is more likely that I could make a living by doing art. I'm not really sure, though, both are important creative outlets for me and neither I'd want to crush by overwhelming myself with it or paying attention to one at the expense of the other.

4) What's your best physical feature?

My face; I like my eyes a lot and my nose is cute and I really like smiling at myself in the mirror.

5) If you'd heard six ten years ago what your life would be like now, how much of it would you have believed?

That I was living in Seattle would have seriously confused me, I probably wouldn't have believed it. That I would have guinea pigs I'd have totally believed. That I was working as a camp-counselor at a nature camp I would've believed but would've been kinda surprised that my future self would want to teach children. I think I'd be surprised at my current higher level of confidence, and willingness to be outgoing. I would've been surprised at the level of leadership I now take on in social situations. I don't think my past self would understand nor believe that I would be polyamorous. I think my choices of partners would not be startling in and of themselves (both fit my highschool "type" of geeky, long-haired boys although neither are skin-and-bones-thin like my highschool boyfriends) but the fact that I could date two people simultaneously would've blown my mind. Also, I would not have believed in 2000 that I would ever be attracted to women. I also wouldn't believe that I would feel so much antagonism towards my mother. Ten years ago I thought my family was just great, supportive and good for me in every way. Now I know otherwise.

The ice cream making habit I'd totallly believe. :)