Interviews again - Questions from Malvito
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featherynscale1. A lot of people would consider Florida to be the place to be, at least weather-wise. (That may not be as prevalent lately, what with the seeming increase in hurricane savagery, but I still hear of Florida spoken of as the Home Of Warm Weather.) You seem much happier here. Is that because of current commitments, an escape from previous messy commitments, somewhere in between, or something else entirely?
The weather here is the only think that I don't like, actually. Were I to decide where to live based on weather alone, the midwest would plummet to the bottom of the list with a quickness, and I would live somewhere pleasantly warm and dry, like Arizona. But, I digress. Florida, while desirable for its weather and easy access to Cuban food, is undesirable for a number of other reasons. The state is largely populated by the elderly and other people who have moved from other states to seek warmer weather, which creates a very weird and fearful atmosphere -- there are probably places where more of the populace is uncomfortable, afraid and desiring that the government and police force should hold their hands and protect them from all evil, but I've never lived in them. It's a compound thing, though. My current entanglements certainly hold me here (happily!), but the general unpleasantness of Florida keeps me from going there.
2. Within a polygamous situation, you seem to be happily monogamous. That would, on the surface, seem to be a contradiction; were you to construct a term to more properly designate such a relationship, what term would you invent to do so?
For starts, I'm not polygamous. 'Polygamy' involves marriage to multiple spouses. I don't even have one spouse, let alone multiple spouses. The word for my living situation is more properly 'polyamory', multiple loves (unless you're a Christian, in which case the word for what I do would be 'adultery'). I think what you're getting at is something more like 'polyfidelity', faithfulness to multiple people. I think that's the going word, anyway, and I like it. I have a commitment at some level to these people which I will not break.
3. Were you more amazed or amused that I turned out to be different from the image that my Faire character projects?
Amused! Everybody loves Evil with a puppy!
4. What are your eventual life career goals? Or are you secretly planning to take over your current workplace so that you can line the corpses of your predecessors against the wall and cackle wickedly whilst contemplating using your new position as a base to foment (yes, I spelled that correctly) chaos onto society?
I'm actually going back to school next year, in pursuit of an MBA. Following that, yes, the taking over, and lining corpses, and fomenting chaos, etc. In related news, the first command of a new Imperial Admiral is widely reputed to be "Get that body off my bridge."
5. If you could be any sea animal (existent or believed mythological), what would it be?
I doubt I'd be much good at being a sea animal, but I suppose I would want to be a dolphin. Dolphins are warm-blooded, breathe air more or less in the way I'm accustomed to, spend a lot of time playing around, and are reputed to engage in oral sex (which apparently makes them unique among sea creatures).
The weather here is the only think that I don't like, actually. Were I to decide where to live based on weather alone, the midwest would plummet to the bottom of the list with a quickness, and I would live somewhere pleasantly warm and dry, like Arizona. But, I digress. Florida, while desirable for its weather and easy access to Cuban food, is undesirable for a number of other reasons. The state is largely populated by the elderly and other people who have moved from other states to seek warmer weather, which creates a very weird and fearful atmosphere -- there are probably places where more of the populace is uncomfortable, afraid and desiring that the government and police force should hold their hands and protect them from all evil, but I've never lived in them. It's a compound thing, though. My current entanglements certainly hold me here (happily!), but the general unpleasantness of Florida keeps me from going there.
2. Within a polygamous situation, you seem to be happily monogamous. That would, on the surface, seem to be a contradiction; were you to construct a term to more properly designate such a relationship, what term would you invent to do so?
For starts, I'm not polygamous. 'Polygamy' involves marriage to multiple spouses. I don't even have one spouse, let alone multiple spouses. The word for my living situation is more properly 'polyamory', multiple loves (unless you're a Christian, in which case the word for what I do would be 'adultery'). I think what you're getting at is something more like 'polyfidelity', faithfulness to multiple people. I think that's the going word, anyway, and I like it. I have a commitment at some level to these people which I will not break.
3. Were you more amazed or amused that I turned out to be different from the image that my Faire character projects?
Amused! Everybody loves Evil with a puppy!
4. What are your eventual life career goals? Or are you secretly planning to take over your current workplace so that you can line the corpses of your predecessors against the wall and cackle wickedly whilst contemplating using your new position as a base to foment (yes, I spelled that correctly) chaos onto society?
I'm actually going back to school next year, in pursuit of an MBA. Following that, yes, the taking over, and lining corpses, and fomenting chaos, etc. In related news, the first command of a new Imperial Admiral is widely reputed to be "Get that body off my bridge."
5. If you could be any sea animal (existent or believed mythological), what would it be?
I doubt I'd be much good at being a sea animal, but I suppose I would want to be a dolphin. Dolphins are warm-blooded, breathe air more or less in the way I'm accustomed to, spend a lot of time playing around, and are reputed to engage in oral sex (which apparently makes them unique among sea creatures).
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::sporks eyes out at mixing Greek and Latin roots::
Date: 2005-11-01 10:53 pm (UTC)Re: ::sporks eyes out at mixing Greek and Latin roots::
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Date: 2005-11-01 11:07 pm (UTC)Re: ::sporks eyes out at mixing Greek and Latin roots::
Date: 2005-11-01 11:46 pm (UTC)Simply because it may have been roughly equivalent in ancient Greek, that doesn't at all make it equivalent in English.
I mean, look at the Bible, f'chrissake. You've got 'young woman' rendered as 'virgin' just because at some point those things meant the same thing, and you see where that's gotten us!
Give it up, hey, correct language is determined by prevalence of use.
Since when do I believe what I say?
Date: 2005-11-02 01:03 am (UTC)Re: Since when do I believe what I say?
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Date: 2005-11-02 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
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