Incoming interview spammage!

[camwyn]

1. Will you ever leave the East Coast?

Yeah, probably. Most likely for the Pacific Northwest; I've been to Oregon and I've been to British Columbia, and damn if drizzly, cool, forested, coastal and mountainous doesn't make me extremely happy. There's always other possibilities, of course, but the northern half of the United States is more likely to get my attention than anywhere else. I might possibly consider another country, most likely Canada. Warmer parts of the States. . . well, the Red Cross would have to come up with a big incentive for that. Although, y'know, if there's somewhere southerly whose weather and (more importantly) bloodsucking insect population is congenial enough to satisfy me, that'd be on the acceptable 'places to go that aren't the East Coast', too.

2. If you had to give up one sense, which would it be?

I've thought about this one for some time. Unfortunately, being by the grace of GOD a cook*, putting aside smell means putting aside taste. I would go mad if I couldn't read, and I've already done functionally deaf. It involved taking a bad cold on an airplane ride and discovering why babies scream on airplanes. It lasted three days. Deaf is NOT an option. Neither is putting aside proprioception, as I LIKE being able to skate. If I somehow retained the ability to taste, I'd say smell, but if not… Oh, hell, who am I kidding? I think in text, for Eru's sake. And I draw. I’m not about to become the Johnny Ray of writing and drawing. I'll give up taste and rely upon the sense of smell for cooking.

3. Are Mary Sues ever okay?

If they develop into something else, yes. Any character who fails to grow, develop, and change is a bloody annoying one, Sue or otherwise. Having an excruciatingly perfect Little Miss Center-Of-Plot is acceptable - as a starting point. Even perfection is capable of changing, either in response to challenges or in response to the realization that s/he is not so perfectly perfect after all. Precedent goes all the way back to Sophocles; Antigone is an example of an Angsty Sue who failed to develop and was therefore Not Interesting, whereas her uncle Kreon, for all that he was the Designated Villain of the play, was subjected to so many realizations and challenges that he became a different and far more interesting figure by the end of it. Antigone was never anything but the Daughter-Sister of the Dead King, Married to the Prince (that's Suvian right there), who Stood By Her Principles At The Cost Of Her Life. Such a Sue - but even though she didn't develop or change in herself, she was still okay, because her actions and death set the events in motion that produced a far wiser and more dangerous Kreon.

4. Won't you be my neighbor?

Talk to me in mid-September, esp. if the U. C. system has a decent school of Economics and the Greater SF Chapter needs an IT person.

5. What was the big turning point from normalcy in your life?

Strictly speaking, probably the point when I first watched an episode of the Muppet Show with Gonzo in it. Gonzo was officially a weirdo - that was given as his actual species. And the other Muppets liked him anyway. It meant that it was possible to be very, very strange and still be okay. Heck, the Muppets accepted Animal! How bad could it be?

Fairly bad, as it turned out, but one of the advantages of being me is that you occasionally find you have really wide blind spots. One of mine lies across the entire area of perception that deals with people disliking me or holding me in some kind of contempt. I am not very good at noticing that, so I spent a lot of time in grade school hanging out with the odder kids and not realizing when, or if, anyone actually disliked me. Being in a class for gifted kids in third and fourth grade didn't hurt either, since ALL of them were like that, but it took a while to notice when I got older.

Turning away from normalcy officially, consciously - that's something else again, and I can give you the date: 20 December, 1995 - my senior year of college. I forget what prompted it exactly, but I opened my dorm window and yelled something to the effect of "As God is my witness, I'll never be normal again!". It wasn't that exact wording, but it was relatively close, just not as smoothly flowing and dramatic. I seem to remember someone on the street looking up in puzzlement, but then walking away. It was finals week, after all.


Okay, that should do; if y'all want me to interview you, gimme the heads-up. Oh, and if you wanna interview me, ping me with your questions, 'k?

Or, hell, since people seem to be doing it with cadhla, let me know if for some reason you wanna interview one of my RPG characters or NPC's. That could be fun.





*Sorry, just flashing back on my Foods II practical exam - I was picturing a diploma or citation written out in English Patent O' Nobility style at the time.

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

And...interview me :)

Okay, let's see...

[camwyn]

1. How do you know me?

2. If someone appeared out of thin air on the street and offered to grant whatever you told them was your fondest wish, would you take the offer?

3. What part of the newspaper do you read first, if you read the newspaper at all?

4. Let's say you went out of your native country on a trip and got to the airport for your trip back, only to discover that your country had vanished from the face of the Earth. Where would you go?

5. If you have or might eventually have kids, what do you plan on (or what did you already) telling them about Santa Claus?

[zou.livejournal.com]

Interview me?

[camwyn]

1. What would be your ideal favourite fictional world to fall into?
2. Do you believe in ghosts?
3. Are there any specific foods you won't eat, for reasons other than physical difficulty or religious restrictions?
4. Have you ever - or would you ever - answer a government form in a way you know they don't mean? (I.e., "Race?" being answered with "Secretariat, in the third".)
5. Have you ever wanted to be of the opposite sex>

[cadhla.livejournal.com]

Go 'head and 'view me, then I'm hiding from this meme in a nice hole until the hurricane passes.

Re:

[camwyn]

'k. I imagine it'll burn itself out pretty quick, but in the meantime:

1. How do you reckon the kids in Frumpy the Clown got three pounds of cheese into the VCR in the first place?
2. What's your favourite old-school Disney work? Movie, tv special, even individual song - it doesn't matter which.
3. What would you do if you became Emperor?
4. If you could change one thing about the State of California, and that state alone, what would it be?
5. Are there any Romany customs I or other people ought to know about, just on general principle?