Interview time
Jul. 27th, 2006 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
featherynscaleHey, you've seen this one before. You know the drill. Somebody asked me some questions, and if you would like me to ask you some questions, comment and say so, and I probably will. Many of the questions will likely be stupid. If I am really on at that particular moment, they may contain questions which are clever and insightful. I will be pleased, though, if I can just manage to crank up my level of functionality to interesting and entertaining. Creepy and personal are optional. If you would for some reason prefer creepy personal questions, you might mention that, and I will see what I can do.
Anyway, here are some answers:
1. I'm curious about how you're becoming part of a poly relationship evolved. Did you always feel that was a lifestyle you were interested in, or did it come about from knowing other polys?
Mom always said it was stupid to fight over a man... Which is a sentiment I can support, but I don't think she meant it the way I mean it. I actually don't think that polyamory as a lifestyle choice would ever have occurred to me at all if there had not been a great and unintentional network of people working in concert to beat it into my head. Not that I ever had any objections to it, and once it had been thoroughly explained to me by more than one couple, it seemed very reasonable, but on my own, I probably never would have thought about it at all. Also, if that had been the case, I would probably currently be single and trying to work out why the hell my relationships never worked out.
2. If you could live anywhere, including Kansas, where would you live?
I hear that the south of France is nice. Actually, my travel experience is limited enough that I haven't been anywhere that made me think, "Oh, this is where I should live!". I have great hopes for some of the places I haven't been, though. I think that I might like to live in the Pacific Northwest, for the lack of sunshine and the profusion of seafood and wild mushrooms, but since I've never actually been to that part of the country, I can't say for certain.
3. What music are you into right now?
Current favorite things in the world are cello rock and cabaret punk, followed closely by prog-rock of a number of stripes. Also, I had the good fortune to hear some sort of European neo-folk metal the other day and was hooked instantly. (Note to Self: Add to wishlist.)
4. What's your favorite amusement park ride and why?
Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Universal Studios Orlando. It's a simulator ride set on a track with 3-D animation and a variety of other effects to completely bamboozle the rider. Quoth![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
triadruid, "I forgot it was a simulator. I was trying to figure out how the track could turn like that and allow us to pick up speed so quickly...". It's simply the most unique concept I've experienced, blending the motion simulator with a haunted-house type track ride, with a layer of roller coaster on top. Also, excellent use of fire effects, and it's funny. The first time I rode it, I was hooked -- I thought for a while afterwards that perhaps it was so compelling because I was peaking on an acid trip at the time, but no. Equally compelling when straight and sober.
5. What is an assumption you feel people make about you before they get to know you?
That large breasts = stupid, or "girly".
1. What exactly are qblh jokes?
I have this crazy idea that you don't really know a language until you can tell a joke in it. That being said, I'm just getting to the point in my cabala/kabbalah/qabala/whatever studies where I can use the symbols to make jokes. For a pretty good sort of thing in this vein, see Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. There is a scene in which the editors are trying out the idea that everything in the world is explainable by the use of ceremonial magic systems. The one who has been challenged on this gives an explanation of the drive train of a car as a representation of the Tree of Life, and there is an exhortation to avoid filling up at the Shell Station... (Also, laundry = the alchemical transformation from black to whiter than white.) I think this is much funnier than it probably actually is.
2.kittenpants leaned over to me during Gaia's Farwell to Lugh ritual and said while you were talking to Lugh, "Lugh is one of her Patrons." Who are your other patrons if you don't mind others knowing?
Mostly Eris. I think this indicates that I value not being surprised by anything that comes at me, and being able to handle whatever it is competently.
3. Your jewelry is really pretty. What other crafts do you do/would you like to do?
Thanks! That's my main craft outlet right now. I occasionally seem to find myself sewing costumes for monkeys, or making ritual implements from Sculpey (or a host of other things) as well. I do really well with things having to do with the arrangement of elements, not so well with the generation of the individual elements.
4. What has been your best thrift shop find?
Lately, a pair of Doc Martens oxfords in black for $5. I'd been looking for a pair of black oxfords to wear to the office and had been wearing a cheap pair of little boys' dress shoes to tide me over. Then, suddenly, the perfect thing, in a form that will last for years, for unreasonably cheap. I really hate shopping for shoes, more than any other sort of shopping in the world, so I'm always delighted to find really durable ones, so that I can put off having the experience again for as long as possible.
5. If the world changed and all the books in every library and book store suddenly changed to display your name on a book that has already been written, what book would you want that to be? Could be fiction, non-fiction, a how-to book, whatever...
If I were the sort of person who wanted to take credit for other people's work, I think I would most like to take credit for Illuminatus! by Bob Shaw and Robert Anton Wilson. It's one of my favorite stories, and it's reasonably well-written, in a rambling style I'm attracted to, and contains a lot of qblh jokes, see above.
Anyway, here are some answers:
1. I'm curious about how you're becoming part of a poly relationship evolved. Did you always feel that was a lifestyle you were interested in, or did it come about from knowing other polys?
Mom always said it was stupid to fight over a man... Which is a sentiment I can support, but I don't think she meant it the way I mean it. I actually don't think that polyamory as a lifestyle choice would ever have occurred to me at all if there had not been a great and unintentional network of people working in concert to beat it into my head. Not that I ever had any objections to it, and once it had been thoroughly explained to me by more than one couple, it seemed very reasonable, but on my own, I probably never would have thought about it at all. Also, if that had been the case, I would probably currently be single and trying to work out why the hell my relationships never worked out.
2. If you could live anywhere, including Kansas, where would you live?
I hear that the south of France is nice. Actually, my travel experience is limited enough that I haven't been anywhere that made me think, "Oh, this is where I should live!". I have great hopes for some of the places I haven't been, though. I think that I might like to live in the Pacific Northwest, for the lack of sunshine and the profusion of seafood and wild mushrooms, but since I've never actually been to that part of the country, I can't say for certain.
3. What music are you into right now?
Current favorite things in the world are cello rock and cabaret punk, followed closely by prog-rock of a number of stripes. Also, I had the good fortune to hear some sort of European neo-folk metal the other day and was hooked instantly. (Note to Self: Add to wishlist.)
4. What's your favorite amusement park ride and why?
Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Universal Studios Orlando. It's a simulator ride set on a track with 3-D animation and a variety of other effects to completely bamboozle the rider. Quoth
triadruid, "I forgot it was a simulator. I was trying to figure out how the track could turn like that and allow us to pick up speed so quickly...". It's simply the most unique concept I've experienced, blending the motion simulator with a haunted-house type track ride, with a layer of roller coaster on top. Also, excellent use of fire effects, and it's funny. The first time I rode it, I was hooked -- I thought for a while afterwards that perhaps it was so compelling because I was peaking on an acid trip at the time, but no. Equally compelling when straight and sober.5. What is an assumption you feel people make about you before they get to know you?
That large breasts = stupid, or "girly".
1. What exactly are qblh jokes?
I have this crazy idea that you don't really know a language until you can tell a joke in it. That being said, I'm just getting to the point in my cabala/kabbalah/qabala/whatever studies where I can use the symbols to make jokes. For a pretty good sort of thing in this vein, see Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. There is a scene in which the editors are trying out the idea that everything in the world is explainable by the use of ceremonial magic systems. The one who has been challenged on this gives an explanation of the drive train of a car as a representation of the Tree of Life, and there is an exhortation to avoid filling up at the Shell Station... (Also, laundry = the alchemical transformation from black to whiter than white.) I think this is much funnier than it probably actually is.
2.
kittenpants leaned over to me during Gaia's Farwell to Lugh ritual and said while you were talking to Lugh, "Lugh is one of her Patrons." Who are your other patrons if you don't mind others knowing?Mostly Eris. I think this indicates that I value not being surprised by anything that comes at me, and being able to handle whatever it is competently.
3. Your jewelry is really pretty. What other crafts do you do/would you like to do?
Thanks! That's my main craft outlet right now. I occasionally seem to find myself sewing costumes for monkeys, or making ritual implements from Sculpey (or a host of other things) as well. I do really well with things having to do with the arrangement of elements, not so well with the generation of the individual elements.
4. What has been your best thrift shop find?
Lately, a pair of Doc Martens oxfords in black for $5. I'd been looking for a pair of black oxfords to wear to the office and had been wearing a cheap pair of little boys' dress shoes to tide me over. Then, suddenly, the perfect thing, in a form that will last for years, for unreasonably cheap. I really hate shopping for shoes, more than any other sort of shopping in the world, so I'm always delighted to find really durable ones, so that I can put off having the experience again for as long as possible.
5. If the world changed and all the books in every library and book store suddenly changed to display your name on a book that has already been written, what book would you want that to be? Could be fiction, non-fiction, a how-to book, whatever...
If I were the sort of person who wanted to take credit for other people's work, I think I would most like to take credit for Illuminatus! by Bob Shaw and Robert Anton Wilson. It's one of my favorite stories, and it's reasonably well-written, in a rambling style I'm attracted to, and contains a lot of qblh jokes, see above.
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Date: 2006-07-27 05:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-27 05:50 pm (UTC)1. If the apocalypse came and went, destroying every human being on the planet save the employees of the WF Meat Department, how would the scenario go down? Who's in charge? Who do you send into the tunnels of the giant mutant insects to die in/gloriously? Who do you choose to help you repopulate the planet?
2. Given the direct relationship between amount of time you spend in one place and the distance you must then go to get to the next place, where do you go from Exeter?
3. Have you cleaned the fridge yet? If so, how many times were you forced to commit genocide in the process?
4. If you were God-Emperor, what would be the first decree you would issue?
5. What is the current fashion in
Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 06:49 pm (UTC)Er- question me, that is.
(I think)
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Date: 2006-07-27 07:04 pm (UTC)1) What's your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
2) What is your favorite color?
3) If you hadn't discovered Witchcraft where do you think you'd be today in terms of your spirituality?
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Date: 2006-07-27 07:12 pm (UTC)1. Puppies. Or biscuits and gravy. I never can remember.
2. Really Dark Green. The sort of green you might think was black.
3. I don't know. I'd probably be easier for the other pagans to live with, though. I mean, I expect I'm lapsed with regard to BTW these days, and it may never be my preferred system of belief anymore, but boy, do old habits die hard. To get back to the actual question, I expect without that experience I would be either a scientific pantheist or an atheist.
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Date: 2006-07-27 07:28 pm (UTC)4) What's the most exciting sensation you've recently experienced?
5) If you could have on thing, any thing at all that weighed less than five pounds and cost less than $50 bucks, what would it be?
Ding Ding Ding! Next Stop, TMI!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:47 pm (UTC)4. Bondage sex with
5. A copy of Five Fists of Science (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582406057/sr=8-1/qid=1154029433/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-8163413-4783825?ie=UTF8), and a piece of reasonably fresh baklava. That's not one thing, but even both together are significantly less than five pounds or $50, so it seemed fair.
Re: Ding Ding Ding! Next Stop, TMI!
Date: 2006-07-27 08:02 pm (UTC)And for the fifth- it smells vaguely of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Am I completely off in this, do you think?
Re: Ding Ding Ding! Next Stop, TMI!
Date: 2006-07-27 08:08 pm (UTC)For the fifth- A bit. Mark Twain & Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison and JP Morgan for World Domination. Or something. Also, giant robots.
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Date: 2006-07-27 07:08 pm (UTC)2. What horrible thing have your kids done lately that you have neglected to tell us about?
3. What's the state of your faith/religious belief/spiritual practices these days?
4. If I told you I needed a Van de Graff generator for a few days, would you know, right off the top of your head, who we could borrow one from? If so, who?
5. What's your favorite fetish?
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Date: 2006-07-27 07:19 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:22 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:24 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:31 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:46 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:52 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:59 pm (UTC)::le sigh::
Does she want me to have any fun?
Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 08:12 pm (UTC)That's a little like us telling Fractal to be good when we leave. Except that when we say "Be a good dog", we mean "Be the best dog you can be. Be a dog to the utmost of your ability". I doubt that's what she means.
Anyway, I'm sure that we are capable of assisting you in the process of Being Good, even if it means that we might have to haul you down from the tops of buildings, or keep you away from compellingly-dressed fangirls.
NB: When I say "we" with regard to climbing buildings after you, I mostly mean
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Date: 2006-07-27 08:47 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 08:52 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 08:51 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 08:53 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, OOH!!
Date: 2006-07-27 07:37 pm (UTC)2) They've both been great really. I, on the other hand, have recently screwed up big-time and let my eldest get a nasty sunburn that later blistered. We used (and re-applied) sunblock, just not enough for his fair skin. I felt like it earned me the Worst Daddy of the Year award.
3) I suppose most people would say I've been pretty lazy religiously, and I really couldn't argue with them. I've taken mostly to having complete faith in The Divine and letting things be as they will. I don't stress about nearly as many stupid things as I used to.
4) I'd probably try to give you my cute smile & say that I don't know any Van de Graffs, sorry. ;D
5) I'm still into pain. Mostly receiving, but dispensing as requested as well.
On a completely unrelated note...
Date: 2006-07-27 07:54 pm (UTC)Re: On a completely unrelated note...
Date: 2006-07-27 08:12 pm (UTC)Re: On a completely unrelated note...
Date: 2006-07-28 04:32 am (UTC)Did a large procession wave their torches while my head fell in the basket? And why is everybody dancing on the casket? Either it's over, I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want...or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do.
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Date: 2006-07-28 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-27 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 06:25 pm (UTC)2. What do you most hope that Sir Dynamo will learn in the next couple of years?
3. Settle a bet for me: does
4. Is there anything you miss about Illinois?
5. If there were to be a movie about your life, who would play you?
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Date: 2006-07-27 09:20 pm (UTC)Behold: Sneaky compound questions!
Date: 2006-07-28 06:31 pm (UTC)2. Do you ever think about jumping ship on the public school system to do some other teaching sort of job (private school, college, corporate training, etc.)?
3. Are you a fangirl for all your patron deities, or just Oghma? (Hell, do you even have any other patron deities at this point?)
4. Of all virtues human beings are supposed to aspire to, which is the most overrated?
5. Which would you rather lose: an eye, or the ability to eat Cornish pasties?
Only mildly creepy, and I didn't even ask about
Re: Behold: Sneaky compound questions!
Date: 2006-07-28 08:33 pm (UTC)2. Sure. But then, I've taught at the college level. It's not much different. Never thought about it seriously, really. I am a firm defender of public education, and a move to a private school would twist up some pretty basic values for me to make work.
3. There was Brigid for a bit, but she was more a patron of the book. With Himself, it's way different, and he's the only one. If I didn't actually believe in and honor other gods, people could confuse me with a serial monotheist. :-)
4. Patience, maybe. Gods know I don't have much. I'd like for that be okay.
5. An eye, assuming you mean only Cornish pasties. I could get by with the occasional Irish stew for that. I'm just having a hard time imagining a situation where, if I'd lost the ability to eat Cornish pasties, I hadn't also lost the ability to eat anything else, as well. If that were the case, I think I could get by with one eye.
Hell, I wasn't even there for the French Maid Outfit Event. Was I? It would figure, anyway.
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Date: 2006-07-27 10:15 pm (UTC)Seven thousand years later...
Date: 2006-08-02 07:09 pm (UTC)2. You seem to be very happy with your stay-at-home-ness; is that really true, or are you just fucking with us? And if it is true, do you think you could cope with going back to work in the outside world?
3. What's a thing that you passed up the opportunity to do, that you now regret not doing?
4. Can you make pralines? If so, do you have a recipe you could share?
5. OK. Say God (the Christian God) grants you permission to swap out a traditional "sin" for a new "sin" -- in other words, on your say-so, all the world's Christians (and Muslims and Jews, just to sweeten the deal) will stop considering one behavior sinful and will consider a new one sinful instead. What do you choose to axe from the sin list, and what do you add?
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Date: 2006-07-28 02:30 am (UTC)Here: I tried to hit silly, inane, personal, and creepy. What do you think?
Date: 2006-08-02 07:14 pm (UTC)2. If twisted billionaires were to offer you a very large sum of money to either a) never have sex again, even by yourself, b) forswear all keeping of pets, or c) lose the use of your left arm (you keep the arm, it just doesn't work anymore), which option would seem most tempting? And, how large would the sum of money have to be to get you to take the offer?
3. What are you afraid of?
4. What secret side projects are you currently working on? If none, why not?
5. What question should people be asking you that they aren't?
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Date: 2006-07-28 03:12 am (UTC)Dewd, Totally The Same Here! I've Only Had the Pleasure Of Riding It Once, However, But I think You've Just Helped Me Decide What Vacation Is Next Year.
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Date: 2006-07-28 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 08:48 pm (UTC)Okay, then...
Date: 2006-08-02 09:42 pm (UTC)2. Yesterday, you asked people for a metaphor about the functioning and organization of their brains. Do you have a metaphor that works for your brain?
3. How did you get involved in the wacky world of contra dancing? And while we're on the subject, what is contra dancing?
4. I'm stealing this one from
5. Of all the places you have ever lived, which did/do you like best?
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Date: 2006-07-29 01:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-02 09:49 pm (UTC)2. Are you doing KCRF this year? I seem to recall there being some confusion on that point...
3. If you were offered the option to have all your expenses paid while you went back to school full-time (assume you would not be able to work or devote a lot of time to other projects), would you take it? If so, what would you study?
4. Is there anyone that you consider to be your role model? If so, who?
5. Is there anything that you think you would not do for any amount of money? If so, what?