Procrastination tool by way of padparadscha

[shadesofmauve]

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment, asking to be interviewed, ask them 5 questions.

Questions from padparadscha

1. Who is your favorite comedian?
I like a lot pretty much equally, but I give bonus love to anyone who, er, comedifies to music (Tom Lehrer, Flanders & Swan, Roy Zimmerman, Mark Graham (No YouTube vids of him performing, but here's someone doing I Can See Your Aura with random giggling from the person taping), and of course my dear friends Zeke Hoskin and Rob Lopresti.

Keen observers* will note that my love of comedy/commentary songs heavily plays into my goal of knowing a song about everything. If anyone is interested in an even longer list of musicians and groups, I'd be happy to supply it (as well as take suggestions!).

2. What goes on top of your pizza?
In the ultimate admission of un-American-ity, I don't much like pizza. But when I do eat it, my absolute favorite is from a place in Oly called Vic's, where each slice includes a ton of veggies and several whole roasted garlic cloves. Mmmmmm, garlic!

3. Can you remember appointments, or do you have to remind yourself? If so, how DO you remind yourself?
I'd usually say that I remember appointments without difficulty, but Wednesday I totally forgo about a meeting until my boss showed up to tell me we were five minutes late for a meeting in a different building. So I suppose I should say that I normally remember appointments, and when I don't I require a personal reminder from the guy who signs my timesheets.


4. What got you interested in World-building?
That's tough, because it's in the oh-so-distant past. I started with reading a ton of fantasy and wanting to write my own stories, especially stories that weren't quite so heavy on symbolism and prophecy, because black-and-white morality and doing things Because They Are Written always bugged the hell out of me. Then I ran into bluwyngz, who did the same kind of thing and was working on fashion design for various cultures in her world, and it sort of solidified into World Building: World History Class Avoidance Edition. Since then it's kept up partly because it adds direction to anything I'm currently interested in - when I studied linguistics, I thought of how to apply it to my world. Geography, ditto. Random bits about pre-longitude navigation? Also useful! World building allows you to take *any* study into the "synthesis" stage of learning, which helps keep me involved in potentially dry subjects.

Downside: I refused to take a geology class in college because I was terrified of being trapped by the impossible plate tectonics of Calenthe and never being able to think about conculture again.

5. Tell me about the coolest project you're working on right now.
I'm actually in an odd lull, since I just got back from a big trip. I finished the Ursula Le Guin illo that was the Coolest Work Project Ever, and Sheep in Space have slowed down a bit. I have felt a sudden urge to work on world-building, specifically architectural sketches and maps, so that's what I'm most excited about now.


*Anyone who hangs around me more than an hour or two

Comments

[bluwyngz.livejournal.com]

Interesting. "Interview me."

[shadesofmauve]

1. How are you liking being an old married lady?

2. You've been very interested in socially-active theatre, and now in education -- if jobs were readily available and you had the training, what kind of job would you love?

3. You mentioned global travel plans, and being gone for a good year or two. Is there a particular type of tour you want to make? Are you trying to see as many places as possible, or see only a few but be involved in them for a few weeks or months? Tourism, or work?

4. Have you ever thought of making an alphabet book? You've got both the art and the writing side, and you're working in education (also, I see what you're doing over there in the travel blog).

5. Do you realise that your LJ bio still says living with your fantastically wonderful girlfriend? She's your fantasticly wonderful wife now, dear. :)

[madalchemist.livejournal.com]

All right, I'll bite. "Interview me."

[shadesofmauve]

1. Is there a field of employment/human endeavor that you'd LOVE to be a part of (ignore your actual apptitudes and/or education for this one)?
2. Do you feel any guilt about ruining your sister's last chances at innocence by introducing her to transmet, or just unadulterated unholy glee?
3. What have you been reading lately?
4. (I'm stealing this question from padparascha, 'cause it's awesome) If you had a daemon like in His Dark Materials, what form would it take?
5. What do you want for Christmas?

[fourth-moon.livejournal.com]

Okay, can't resist. Interview me.

[shadesofmauve]

Hehe, now I actually have to think of questions. Shoot.

1. In your profile, you say you spent a year in the U.S. What age were you then?

2. Can you send some of the biker-friendly German drivers over to the states, please? I bike commute, and our drivers need some good examples.

3. If you could have a Futuristic Invention (like from an old sci-fi novel or movie), what would it be? Flying cars? Invisibility suits?

4. Do you play an instrument or are you involved in music another way? If you don't play an instrument and would like to, which one?

5. What's your dream job?