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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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.