An interview! I feel so special!
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3pipeproblemFirst off, the rules:
1 -- Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
Keep in mind, my interview questions will prolly be along the lines of "Who's hotter, Dennis Quaid or Brendan Fraser?" and "Why haven't you seen Matchstick Men yet?"
The questions are courtesy of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lieuwecaritas, BTW.
1) Do *you* think everyone's favorite color is blue? Explain.
Y'know, I'm beginning to think so. Besides the fact that over half the people I've spoken to/talked to online name blue as their favorite color, I'm sure there are people who claim to like green and are just in denial. I don't know what is it about blue that makes it so appealing. Have you ever noticed that there are very few things that are naturally blue (besides the sky)? It's strange. I've never met anyone who *disliked* blue, that's for sure.
2) If you have read "The Brothers Karamazof" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, would you want to be the Grand Inquisitor? If you have not read the book, would you date an Inquisitor? Why/why not?
I haven't read it. The number of books I haven't read and really should read is quite staggering. And instead I read Matchstick Men. That prolly explains a lot. Anyway, I would date an Inquisitor. I don't know if you mean an Inquisitor in the sense of the Spanish Inquisition/torture fun or just a general inquisitor, but either way, I'd date one. It would be such a challenge to make conversation with him, I imagine, because it's his job to ask questions and gauge responses. I dunno, it would just make everything that was said seem more important. Like he was passing judgment on every word. It'd be cool. Kind of like talking to my spanish teacher, actually.
3) Name five places you wish to visit before you die, and why you wish to visit them.
Prepare for the most random list of locations and the most superficial of reasons.
1)Sunninghill-Small, nowhere town in England where I lived in third grade. I guess I'd just like to see everything again. I have these really scattered memories of the place that I'm beginning to believe I just constructed. It seems like some of them never happened to me, at this point. Like the kid who rode his bike into our frog pond...plus, it would just be *odd.* I remember thinking the library was strange there. It was like a quaint little village.
2) Tibet-Thank Special Agent Dale Cooper for this one. I know very little about the place, but it just intrigues me. The way Coop talks about it just gives it a sort of...mystical? magical? feel. Plus I've never been anywhere in Asia.
3) Aqaba-I've no idea what it's like now, but I've always wanted to go somewhere that Lawrence mentioned in Seven Pillars. When they were filming the movie in 1962, the crew came across pieces of the trains he blew up in like 1917. I wish I could do something like that, visit the places he visited and find some aspect of him in them.
4)London-Duh. And my parents never let me go to the Sherlock Holmes museum when we were there and I'm still bitter.
5) Cannes-For the film festival. Don't know a thing about the place, except that it's gotta be better than Sundance, because Sundance is held in Utah.
4) What is the nature of Evil? Should I have indeed used a capital 'E' here?
Ah, an easy question at last. Hmmm...I try not to define these things. No, I don't try. I don't define this things. I guess I'd define evil as something that can only be inherent in actions, never in people. And even then, it's subjective. Now that I think about it, I got into an argument with my other Spanish teacher about this. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," right? I'm afraid I'm like Nick Carraway in my extreme reluctance to judge. Worse, even. It's apparent in my taste in characters. But now I'm very off-topic. I don't think you should have used a capital 'E', since that makes evil seem like an absolute, which I don't believe it is. Have I even answered your question?
5) Do you like cheese?
Funny, I discussed this with my roommate. I don't mind it, so long as it's on something else. I don't make a habit of eating cheese by itself, though.
1 -- Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
Keep in mind, my interview questions will prolly be along the lines of "Who's hotter, Dennis Quaid or Brendan Fraser?" and "Why haven't you seen Matchstick Men yet?"
The questions are courtesy of
lieuwecaritas, BTW.1) Do *you* think everyone's favorite color is blue? Explain.
Y'know, I'm beginning to think so. Besides the fact that over half the people I've spoken to/talked to online name blue as their favorite color, I'm sure there are people who claim to like green and are just in denial. I don't know what is it about blue that makes it so appealing. Have you ever noticed that there are very few things that are naturally blue (besides the sky)? It's strange. I've never met anyone who *disliked* blue, that's for sure.
2) If you have read "The Brothers Karamazof" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, would you want to be the Grand Inquisitor? If you have not read the book, would you date an Inquisitor? Why/why not?
I haven't read it. The number of books I haven't read and really should read is quite staggering. And instead I read Matchstick Men. That prolly explains a lot. Anyway, I would date an Inquisitor. I don't know if you mean an Inquisitor in the sense of the Spanish Inquisition/torture fun or just a general inquisitor, but either way, I'd date one. It would be such a challenge to make conversation with him, I imagine, because it's his job to ask questions and gauge responses. I dunno, it would just make everything that was said seem more important. Like he was passing judgment on every word. It'd be cool. Kind of like talking to my spanish teacher, actually.
3) Name five places you wish to visit before you die, and why you wish to visit them.
Prepare for the most random list of locations and the most superficial of reasons.
1)Sunninghill-Small, nowhere town in England where I lived in third grade. I guess I'd just like to see everything again. I have these really scattered memories of the place that I'm beginning to believe I just constructed. It seems like some of them never happened to me, at this point. Like the kid who rode his bike into our frog pond...plus, it would just be *odd.* I remember thinking the library was strange there. It was like a quaint little village.
2) Tibet-Thank Special Agent Dale Cooper for this one. I know very little about the place, but it just intrigues me. The way Coop talks about it just gives it a sort of...mystical? magical? feel. Plus I've never been anywhere in Asia.
3) Aqaba-I've no idea what it's like now, but I've always wanted to go somewhere that Lawrence mentioned in Seven Pillars. When they were filming the movie in 1962, the crew came across pieces of the trains he blew up in like 1917. I wish I could do something like that, visit the places he visited and find some aspect of him in them.
4)London-Duh. And my parents never let me go to the Sherlock Holmes museum when we were there and I'm still bitter.
5) Cannes-For the film festival. Don't know a thing about the place, except that it's gotta be better than Sundance, because Sundance is held in Utah.
4) What is the nature of Evil? Should I have indeed used a capital 'E' here?
Ah, an easy question at last. Hmmm...I try not to define these things. No, I don't try. I don't define this things. I guess I'd define evil as something that can only be inherent in actions, never in people. And even then, it's subjective. Now that I think about it, I got into an argument with my other Spanish teacher about this. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," right? I'm afraid I'm like Nick Carraway in my extreme reluctance to judge. Worse, even. It's apparent in my taste in characters. But now I'm very off-topic. I don't think you should have used a capital 'E', since that makes evil seem like an absolute, which I don't believe it is. Have I even answered your question?
5) Do you like cheese?
Funny, I discussed this with my roommate. I don't mind it, so long as it's on something else. I don't make a habit of eating cheese by itself, though.
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Date: 2003-09-30 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-02 08:37 pm (UTC)1) What was your highschool yearbook quote? Why did you choose it? Has your opinion of it changed already (if not, what do you think you will think of it at your reunion?)? Wow, that was complicated.
2) Have you ever cried during a movie? What movie and why?
3) What, to you, is Chris Cooper's single most attractive quality?
4) What would be the best way for the world to end (No Good Omens references allowed. Well, maybe one.)?
5) I'm sorry, I've been wondering this for awhile. What *is* your icon of?
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Date: 2003-09-30 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-30 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-02 08:29 pm (UTC)1) OK, so in The English Patient, one of the main characters carries around a copy of Herodotus' Histories (and another has Anna Karenina, but that's neither here nor there). In it he keeps articles, letters, random crap, what have you. It's like it doubles as a journal. Sorta. Wow, I'm long-winded. So, my question is, if you were to have a book like that, what book would it be (and why)?
2) A Matchstick Men tribute: What con do you think you'd be most susceptible to? (long con, short con, Spanish Prisoner, Jamaican Switch, something you made up, specifics, please!) Secondary question: Would you rather be conned by Frank or Roy? (and no, "conned" is not functioning as a euphemism in that question)
3) If you could kill someone however you wanted and get away with it, what would your preferred method be? (Secondary questions: would you actually do it? Who'd be your target? Why?)
4) Do you like the idea of getting lost? Would you ever deliberately "lose" yourself somewhere (and where, of course)?
5) Finally, (and only semi-seriously) what was with Chuck Barris' relationship with his mother in CoaDM? Do you think that was based on fact? WTF?
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Date: 2003-10-02 08:50 pm (UTC)2) How did you get into slash? (First fandom? Pairing? Reaction?)
3) OK, burning question. What is so attractive about Jason Flemyng (because I'm sorry, I just don't get it)? (Sub-questions: Why is his last name so weird? Have you tried calling directory assisstance and asking for his number yet? What role do you think would be perfect for him?)
4) Do you like dogs? (And what was your reaction to the dog-sniping scene in Trainspotting, if you've seen it?)
5) What is an abstract symbol that could represent your personality?
Just kidding, that was one of Northwestern's essay questions. Good thing I didn't apply there. Hmmm...
How did you develop your mad drawing skills? Why do you prefer Microsoft Paint (*g*)? Will you please not draw Mycroft ever again? How would you react if someone you knew in real life got ahold of a crazy LXG drawing? (Personally, I think they should make billboards of 'em. Oh, yeah.)
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Date: 2003-09-30 11:37 pm (UTC)