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camwyn1. Do you feel that within our lifetime, China will ever recognize any significant degree of autonomy for Taiwan and Tibet?
Mrrrph. Truthfully, I don't know. My general feeling from what I've seen has been that they might consider a certain degree of regional autonomy for Tibet - under the rule of of Chinese-educated Tibetans who aren't gonna go all traditional Buddhist on them, but it'd still be more than what they've got now - but Taiwan? They'll chew off their own feet before they give up on Taiwan.
2. On the same day, you get a fortune cookie, you read your horoscope, and you receive unsolicited advice. All three sources of information conflict with one another. Are you likely to take any of them seriously? If so, which one?
The unsolicited advice. I know too many ways to muck with fortune cookies to take them seriously. I cannot remember the last time I took a horoscope seriously (I may have been around six years old).But if I have a question in my head and can't quite make up my mind, and someone out of the blue proffers some unsolicited advice on the topic, I may well just take it as a nudge in the right direction.
3. Do you read any webcomics?
Oh, do I ever. Sluggy Freelance, Schlock Mercenary, Kevin and Kell, Commander Kitty, Bruno the Bandit, Real Life, Sheldon, PvP, Penny Arcade, Planet Earth (and other tourist traps), 8-bit Theater, Queen of Wands, Something Positive, The Repository of Dangerous Things, Ozy and Millie, Mythocorp, Strange Daze, Elf Only Inn, Angst Technology, User Friendly...
4. Angry Megaloceros vs. angry Shaolin monk. Who wins?
Depends on what you mean by win. Given the size of the deer and the amount of momentum one of those things can get up, vs. the mass of even the best-trained monk in the world, I'm inclined to say that when the deer goes after the monk, the monk climbs the strongest tree he can find faster than you can say 'boo'. If the deer is a stag, it'll probably bash its skull against the tree several times, then either pass out (monk wins) or circle the area around the tree until it gets tired or the monk falls asleep. Technically a draw, but I'd say under those circumstances the megaloceros wins.
If it's female, then it's probably angry because the monk got between her and her calf. That makes a deer persistent. Monk climbs tree, deer charges tree, deer gets up on hind legs and balances forelimbs on tree trying to get at monk, monk pulls out of deer's range. Deer drops to all fours, monk drops from limb and lands on deer's back. Deer starts bucking, monk uses anger + knowledge of anatomy to bash both the carotid arteries at once. Deer drops, unconscious but not dead. Monk wins.
5. Is there any book you've read you'd like to be a character in?
Oooh, gosh. Quite a few of them, actually. Granted, sometimes it's because I want to slap some sense into either the characters (Madame Bovary - I don't care about Emma but there's no way her husband deserved the kind of crap she pulled) or the author (Dune - excuse me, you're saying that twenty thousand years from now humanity's mostly going to be living under a feudal system ruled by squabbling nobles who're being bred like a new strain of pet mice? And still using names like 'Paul' and 'Jessica'? Screw the Butlerian Jihad, bring on the sentient machines - it's no more than the setting deserves!). As for simply wanting to observe, participate, be present, meet the characters, or what have you... well, I wouldn't say no to being a character in any of Barry Hughart's books, or to being a character in The Lord of the Rings. And yeah, I know how few parts there were for women in that book. I don't care. I'd be happy to spend my time passing as a guy - there've been loads of women who managed the feat even in our world's Middle Ages, and while I can't do much with a sword I'm okay with a bow. I could handle being a secondary or tertiary character - it would be fun, and I've always wanted to see just how much no-tech medicine and survival foo I've absorbed from my books*.
*Books like The SAS Survival Manual, Medicine For Mountaineering, The Complete Guide to Tanning Skins and Hides, How To Fix Damn Near Anything, Unmentionable Cuisine, and so on.
Mrrrph. Truthfully, I don't know. My general feeling from what I've seen has been that they might consider a certain degree of regional autonomy for Tibet - under the rule of of Chinese-educated Tibetans who aren't gonna go all traditional Buddhist on them, but it'd still be more than what they've got now - but Taiwan? They'll chew off their own feet before they give up on Taiwan.
2. On the same day, you get a fortune cookie, you read your horoscope, and you receive unsolicited advice. All three sources of information conflict with one another. Are you likely to take any of them seriously? If so, which one?
The unsolicited advice. I know too many ways to muck with fortune cookies to take them seriously. I cannot remember the last time I took a horoscope seriously (I may have been around six years old).But if I have a question in my head and can't quite make up my mind, and someone out of the blue proffers some unsolicited advice on the topic, I may well just take it as a nudge in the right direction.
3. Do you read any webcomics?
Oh, do I ever. Sluggy Freelance, Schlock Mercenary, Kevin and Kell, Commander Kitty, Bruno the Bandit, Real Life, Sheldon, PvP, Penny Arcade, Planet Earth (and other tourist traps), 8-bit Theater, Queen of Wands, Something Positive, The Repository of Dangerous Things, Ozy and Millie, Mythocorp, Strange Daze, Elf Only Inn, Angst Technology, User Friendly...
4. Angry Megaloceros vs. angry Shaolin monk. Who wins?
Depends on what you mean by win. Given the size of the deer and the amount of momentum one of those things can get up, vs. the mass of even the best-trained monk in the world, I'm inclined to say that when the deer goes after the monk, the monk climbs the strongest tree he can find faster than you can say 'boo'. If the deer is a stag, it'll probably bash its skull against the tree several times, then either pass out (monk wins) or circle the area around the tree until it gets tired or the monk falls asleep. Technically a draw, but I'd say under those circumstances the megaloceros wins.
If it's female, then it's probably angry because the monk got between her and her calf. That makes a deer persistent. Monk climbs tree, deer charges tree, deer gets up on hind legs and balances forelimbs on tree trying to get at monk, monk pulls out of deer's range. Deer drops to all fours, monk drops from limb and lands on deer's back. Deer starts bucking, monk uses anger + knowledge of anatomy to bash both the carotid arteries at once. Deer drops, unconscious but not dead. Monk wins.
5. Is there any book you've read you'd like to be a character in?
Oooh, gosh. Quite a few of them, actually. Granted, sometimes it's because I want to slap some sense into either the characters (Madame Bovary - I don't care about Emma but there's no way her husband deserved the kind of crap she pulled) or the author (Dune - excuse me, you're saying that twenty thousand years from now humanity's mostly going to be living under a feudal system ruled by squabbling nobles who're being bred like a new strain of pet mice? And still using names like 'Paul' and 'Jessica'? Screw the Butlerian Jihad, bring on the sentient machines - it's no more than the setting deserves!). As for simply wanting to observe, participate, be present, meet the characters, or what have you... well, I wouldn't say no to being a character in any of Barry Hughart's books, or to being a character in The Lord of the Rings. And yeah, I know how few parts there were for women in that book. I don't care. I'd be happy to spend my time passing as a guy - there've been loads of women who managed the feat even in our world's Middle Ages, and while I can't do much with a sword I'm okay with a bow. I could handle being a secondary or tertiary character - it would be fun, and I've always wanted to see just how much no-tech medicine and survival foo I've absorbed from my books*.
*Books like The SAS Survival Manual, Medicine For Mountaineering, The Complete Guide to Tanning Skins and Hides, How To Fix Damn Near Anything, Unmentionable Cuisine, and so on.
