Five Question Meme
Nov. 23rd, 2009 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slowfoxGacked from glittertine
A meme.
Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1. If you could go on a holiday with Mali, no quarantines and money not an issue, where would you go?
I've thought about this overnight, and, carbon issues notwithstanding, I think it'd have to be Australia and/or New Zealand... I have family in Oz, who would put us both up, I'm sure, and once I was over on that side of the world, I'd surely want to check out New Zealand, too - a place that's always held a fascination for me ever since I read Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See and had my eyes opened to the sheer range of scenery over there.
2. What's your best memory age 20-25?
Ouch, I feel old, now, considering that's almost 20 years back in time, 1990 - 1995. Now, that spans the last of the surgery (not-happy), a flit out to Hong Kong (cool, but not a 'best' memory), graduation (disappointing degree result dampened that) my first job (with the subsequent friendships with both Tango and Dearest), getting married (a good day, even if I left my own wedding reception to wander home for an hour or so {I wasn't missed}) and one holiday (ex and I didn't do holidays, and forwent a honeymoon).
Honestly? Although there must, by definition, be a 'best' memory from that time period, there's nothing that stands out for me. Notwithstanding the fact that I don't like being the centre (or, more correctly, standing next to the centre) of attention, the wedding, 7 August 1993 was a pretty big deal. But like I said, I escaped the evening do for as long as I reasonably could, but yeah, probably that - ex and I had our respective families, obviously, and our best friends, and yeah, it was pretty good having that whole crowd of people around for the day/weekend.
3. Do you write lists? If so, for what?
I was about to reply in the negative, when I remembered that actually, I do - I've been keeping a list of the books I've read this year, with the intention of starting a new list each year so that I have some sort of incentive to read at least 36 books annually (a relatively modest target of 3/month, which should be doable, and allows me to feel good when I surpass it).
4. Do you think flowers are a waste of space, or do you like having them around the house? Or anything in between?
Although I do admire flowers, I'm not really that good at distinguishing one type from another (cf, carnations vs roses - really, they're very similar). I don't have plants about the house partly because, downstairs they'd probably not survive Mali's attention for too long (it was the same when I had cats).
5. If you're in the company of like-minded people, geeks or fannish people, do you get less shy immediately?
If you hit the right subject matter, I loosen up pretty quickly, I think, but it depends on how well I know people, and how comfortable I feel with them. I think I have difficulty with this whole concept of 'moderation', really, and lurch between wallflower and monopoliser. Much of the time, I think, I try to just sit on the fringe and enjoy people being happy and getting along. I think a lot more than I say, even when I'm jabbering (which is rare), so I suspect I'll always be a bit reticent, in general. But, as I said, if you happen to strike a topic that I know something about, I can become quite talkative...
glittertineA meme.
Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1. If you could go on a holiday with Mali, no quarantines and money not an issue, where would you go?
I've thought about this overnight, and, carbon issues notwithstanding, I think it'd have to be Australia and/or New Zealand... I have family in Oz, who would put us both up, I'm sure, and once I was over on that side of the world, I'd surely want to check out New Zealand, too - a place that's always held a fascination for me ever since I read Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See and had my eyes opened to the sheer range of scenery over there.
2. What's your best memory age 20-25?
Ouch, I feel old, now, considering that's almost 20 years back in time, 1990 - 1995. Now, that spans the last of the surgery (not-happy), a flit out to Hong Kong (cool, but not a 'best' memory), graduation (disappointing degree result dampened that) my first job (with the subsequent friendships with both Tango and Dearest), getting married (a good day, even if I left my own wedding reception to wander home for an hour or so {I wasn't missed}) and one holiday (ex and I didn't do holidays, and forwent a honeymoon).
Honestly? Although there must, by definition, be a 'best' memory from that time period, there's nothing that stands out for me. Notwithstanding the fact that I don't like being the centre (or, more correctly, standing next to the centre) of attention, the wedding, 7 August 1993 was a pretty big deal. But like I said, I escaped the evening do for as long as I reasonably could, but yeah, probably that - ex and I had our respective families, obviously, and our best friends, and yeah, it was pretty good having that whole crowd of people around for the day/weekend.
3. Do you write lists? If so, for what?
I was about to reply in the negative, when I remembered that actually, I do - I've been keeping a list of the books I've read this year, with the intention of starting a new list each year so that I have some sort of incentive to read at least 36 books annually (a relatively modest target of 3/month, which should be doable, and allows me to feel good when I surpass it).
4. Do you think flowers are a waste of space, or do you like having them around the house? Or anything in between?
Although I do admire flowers, I'm not really that good at distinguishing one type from another (cf, carnations vs roses - really, they're very similar). I don't have plants about the house partly because, downstairs they'd probably not survive Mali's attention for too long (it was the same when I had cats).
5. If you're in the company of like-minded people, geeks or fannish people, do you get less shy immediately?
If you hit the right subject matter, I loosen up pretty quickly, I think, but it depends on how well I know people, and how comfortable I feel with them. I think I have difficulty with this whole concept of 'moderation', really, and lurch between wallflower and monopoliser. Much of the time, I think, I try to just sit on the fringe and enjoy people being happy and getting along. I think a lot more than I say, even when I'm jabbering (which is rare), so I suspect I'll always be a bit reticent, in general. But, as I said, if you happen to strike a topic that I know something about, I can become quite talkative...
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Date: 2009-11-25 11:53 am (UTC)