No. Despite my occasional rages and rants, I'm ultimately a big ol' sentimental softy and would never want to hurt anyone. As bad as some of the people I've known are, I know their deaths would hurt innocent people in their lives.
Have you ever peed in a sink?
No.
What's the greatest game you've ever played?
Probably the game that gave me the most fun was one of the cheesiest you can imagine. Y'see, back in the day, game companies would make card games that were complete in themselves, so you'd buy the game, for a reasonable cost, and lo and behold, you'd have the whole deck of cards for playing the game. Some of these games were nominally serious, others were bitterly sarcastic/ironic (Nuclear War, anyone?), yet others were completely ridiculous (Steve Jackson's Illuminati), but while there would be some thought required, and strategy, for the most part these games were light, quick playing, and fun.
For those last three qualities, nothing can beat Avalon Hill's Naval War card game. It was cheesy, the card stock was so cheap you had to be careful or you'd shuffle the cards into each other, and was the furthest thing you could imagine from a serious historical war game. It was also easy to learn (maybe five minutes to describe the rules, and people were ready to go), well balanced, and fun. You could start pick up games anywhere, and a full game would take maybe 20 minutes. I played that game in places I never imagined, with people whom I never would have expected to care for that sort of game, and had more fun for my $5.95, than I ever imagined possible.
What is the grossest thing you've done?
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That's hard to pick, given the amount of poop and dead animals and etc I'm around. I mean, I routinely have to cop a feel on my geldings. I cut open dead animals sometimes. I clean a lot of poop.
I'm going to go with the time I unintentionally made a goat's abscess burst in my face.
Related question: Are you easily nauseated?
Yes. Yes I am.
If you had to stay in one city for the rest of your life and never travel outside it again, what city would it be?
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New Orleans, I suppose. And I'd just have to hope the damn thing didn't sink.
What would your ideal vacation entail?
Music, booze, sleep, travel, good food - in any and every order, over and over again!
What was the latest earworm you had?
Brandon Flowers' Crossfire. Don't judge me!
What was the last restaurant you went to?
Local Thai restaurant.
What was the name of a childhood pet?
Rufus, the most wonderful Maine Coon polydactyl cat the world ever knew.
What's your favorite kind of candy?
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Werther's toffee.
What's your favourite building (aesthetic-wise)?
A yurt. Someday, I want to spend a whole year living in one.
How did you meet the last person you fell in love with?
A mutual friend introduced us. He was going to join an RPG that we had been playing and Rabbit and I talked about some stuff we could do with our characters. The crush was nearly instantaneous and lingered in the background for years.
What was the destination for your last vacation?
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Great Keppel Island. It was amazing. I recommend it for all!
What/who was the last thing/person you photographed?
This, and I posted it on Mello:
If you could be cast in any role you desired in the remake of any famous movie, what role would you choose and why?
This, and I posted it on Mello:
If you could be cast in any role you desired in the remake of any famous movie, what role would you choose and why?
I would be Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Arc. Why? Because he's awesome and if I'm going to make people angry with a remake I might as well get ridiculous.
If you could bring one extinct animal species back to life, but you would be required to live with one for the rest of your life, which animal would you choose and why?
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Thylacine. I reckon they'd be cool.
How long ago was your last deja vu/ jemais vu experience?
I honestly can't remember, but it's been a long time.
Do you own more than 100 CDs?
Used to, before converting them to .mp3's.
If you were a fruit, which one would you be?
Jackfruit:
It's unusual, toothsome, somewhat prickly on the outside and delicious on the inside.
If you could ask one historical figure a single question with a guarantee of an honest answer, who and what would you ask?
I would ask any of the 'founding fathers' what they think of the state of the nation today. I think it's an open question, and I'd honestly love to know the answer.
If you could give a sincere apology to any one person in your life, who would it be?
I would ask any of the 'founding fathers' what they think of the state of the nation today. I think it's an open question, and I'd honestly love to know the answer.
If you could give a sincere apology to any one person in your life, who would it be?
You didn't specify they had to be living, so my grandfather. I wasn't there when he was dying. My uncle thought I had moved so didn't call me and I didn't find out my grandfather had cancer until after he had died. If I'd stayed in closer contact with that side of my family they would have known I hadn't moved yet.
If you could only drink water and one other liquid for the rest of your life, what would the other liquid be?
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Vodka. Easy choice.
What would be your 'last supper'?
Tossed salad with croutons, bacon bits and rice noodles with raspberry vinaigrette dressing; cheese tortellini with lots o' pesto; garlic bread. Washed down with very cold water and a full-bodied merlot. (As it happens, that's often my birthday meal, too).
If you could go back in time to a historical event more than 30 years ago, observe it to your heart's content but not interfere, and then return, all safely, what would you pick?
The first meeting of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. C'mon, was she really in a carpet?
When it first snows (or you first go somewhere where it snows), what does it make you want to do?
Drink hot chocolate and play video games. When it snows enough to actually do something, grab the sled!
What was the last book you read that you really enjoyed?
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Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth. It's a great action-adventure novel about a vampire working for the U.S. Government, our last line of national defense against supernatural threats. There are in-jokes about Frankenstein, H.P. Lovecraft, Night of the Living Dead, Friday the 13th, and veiled "secret history" references to the Nuremberg Trials, Watergate, the 1981 Reagan assassination attempt, etc. It's fun and clever and very readable. Could make a great movie. Check it out.
What household chore do you especially dread?
Washing dishes. It's usually gross, but it also messes with my back/hip. Standing stooped over the sink like that is the worst.
Are you excited about the upcoming/already present holiday season?
Yes, I always enjoy the holidays, especially the chance to see family, give and get gifts, hear seasonal music and dig into the food. It's too early for Christmas music on the radio, though, dammit!
Do you intend to see Megamind? (I saw it today with my kids and we all liked it).
I didn't until just now, but perhaps I'll take my littlest niece.
What is your favorite dish to cook?
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Omelette. Cheap, easy, delicious, healthy...
Have you locked your keys in your house/car within the last month?
Nope. One weird aspect of life in Jakarta is that we don't carry any keys. The driver has the car keys (we don't drive ourselves except on very rare occasion), and the guard is always at the gate so our house is never locked except at night from the inside, where the key is left in the lock at all times.
I'm used to it now, but not carrying keys anymore was one of the most peculiar aspects of moving here.
Do you have any scars on your body with a story behind them?
I have one on the base of my spine, riiiiiight above ye olde buttcrake, which is the result of falling while skating. I was fairly sure I was dying for a few seconds as I laid there, unable to breathe and in the most exquisite agony of my life. At the very least I thought I'd never walk again. (But I did.)
What is the first trip you can remember going on?
I barely remember taking a helicopter ride into NYC when I was very young. My parents tell me I stooped over as I approached the helicopter for fear of the rotor chopping my head off, but I was so small that I actually could've jumped up and down and still been perfectly safe!
Have you ever been so disgusted by your choice of political candidates that you didn't vote at all in that race?
No, I can generally discern a lesser of two evils. Though I've had few opportunities to vote over the past couple of decades due to our peripatetic lifestyle.
If you could choose to be in any occupation other than whatever you actually do, what would it be? (Assume that aptitude and cost of getting any necessary credentials are no barrier.)
And be guaranteed to land the gig? No question: I would be President of the United States. The chance to do good, to shape history, to push for the policies I favor, to travel, to live in the White House etc., would all be irresistible. I know that the job would be very, very difficult, but still, I'd go for it in a heartbeat.
Do you like being out in the rain?
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Yes I do, as long as it is warm. A good thing, too, since this past weekend I went hiking in the foothills of Java and we got the full effect of a tropical downpour - there were no hiking trails up the mountain left, they were replaced by waterfalls.
Are you satisfied with your current level of physical fitness?
I just spent the day clipping a horse and I ache all over, so, no.
If you could keep any traditionally non-pet animal as a pet, what would you pick?
A skunk. (But not an albino skunk.)
Describe your ideal vehicle. (The sky, or even beyond, is the limit, here.)
Anything that is AWD, high clearance, manual transmission, excellent shock absorbers, plenty of room for camping gear and a few trimmings: AC, good sound system.
So my Subaru Forrester is A-OK with me (except it's automatic). I don't really want anything else in a vehicle.
Do you have nightmares very often?
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No, very rarely. When I have it's usually about some kind of bizarre family tragedy that leaves me sad for the first ten minutes or so of the day.
Do you think I'm crazy for wanting to be President?
Yeah, but it's nothing personal. I think ANYBODY who wants to be president is a bit crazy.
Do you pay much attention to your appearance?
I'm not obsessive about it, but I generally like to have my hair combed and not be wearing clothes which look dirty or messy.
Do you like any Bee Gees songs, and if so, which?
Not one I can think of that I like, there was one from their pre-disco days that did not suck though.
On that note, as of today, what are your favorite groups or musicians? Up to 10 of them.
Kamuela Kahoano
Randy Newman
Billie Holiday
Izzy (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)
Grateful Dead
Moondog
Not an exhaustive list by any means, but those are the ones that come to mind right now.
Do you have any sense that there is a particular way in which you expect to die (for example, "I'll probably have a stroke when I'm in my 70s" or "I think I'll probably get cancer")?
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Not really. I have an irrational fear of being shot to death, but I know that it's very unlikely. I'll probably die of a heart attack, I suppose, but not for a loooooooong time, I hope.
What are your five favorite movies?
In no particular order:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Harold & Maude
Galaxy Quest
This is Spinal Tap
Office Space
American Beauty
(Okay, that's 6. So sue me.)
Do you feel you've ever been the victim of workplace discrimination, and if so, how did you handle it?
Ha! I am right now. I work in a female-dominated industry, with wenches who seem to want to use me as a lightning rod for the entire male race. Furiously looking for another job now...
What's your favourite tongue-twister?
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