Interview me!

[small_hen]

Skyblue reverie interviewed me! Here's the meme:

001. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
002. I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
003. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
004. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
005. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Skyblue's Questions:




1. Do you identify more as a writer or an artist? Which would you rather be identified as?

Definitely as an artist. I enjoy writing, especially when I need to blow off some stress, but I still feel a bit under confident in my abilities. I've been an artist since before I can remember. I've taken classes in it, and even considered majoring in it. Maybe as time goes on, I might consider myself both.
For all of these reasons, I would prefer to be identified as an artist, at least in RL. I understand that most people online would rather read a story than look at a picture, so it doesn't bother me if most people do identify me as a writer here.

2. What is the most daring or dangerous thing you've ever done?

Trust in myself. It was rather an eye opener the day that I realized that I simply wasn't trusting my own instincts and decision making capacities. It was the reason that I neglected to apply for any colleges, and simply drifted over to a junior college at the start of the 2003 semester. I hadn't trusted myself to be in charge of a choice of that magnitude. I think that realizing that I'm the only person who can truly run my life, and then taking steps to do so, was the bravest thing I've ever done.

That, and one time I did a flip off of my mom and dad's bed. :)

3. If you could meet Hugh Laurie and ask him one question and you'd be guaranteed a truthful answer, what would you ask?

I would ask him if there was a secret to his success. He's been successful as an dramatic actor, a writer, a comedian, a musician, and likely about a dozen other things. Was he truly born with this much talent, and if not, how did he go about developing it over his life?

No, wait. That would be the second question. The first would be, has he ever slept with Stephen Fry, and yes, I need a detailed account.

4. What is the one skill or talent that you most wish you had and why?

I would like to be more athletic. I feel very blessed with the talents I have already (God, that sounds arrogant, but I think you know what I'm getting at), but all of them are in sit down activities, like art. I want to be good at sports and enjoy them more, if for no other reason than it would keep me healthy. Ever since I was about 11, I've been a bit heavy. I wouldn't go so far as to call myself fat, but I'm not happy with my weight, and not for aesthetic reasons. I'm worried that if I don't take up a more active lifestyle, I could become unhealthy.

5. If your closest family and friends had to pick one word to describe you, what word do you think would be chosen most often? Would you agree with that assessment?

Flighty. I'm not sure that it's the word that best describes me, but I don't disagree with it. I am flighty. I'm forever forgetting to pick things up from the store, or forgetting to read the fine print, stuff like that (hence, "Disaster in Details"). If I could choose my own word, and add a few more, I'd also put kind, clumsy, soft-spoken, smart (a bit, anyhow), loves to make people laugh, awful speller, creative, shy, and laid back.

Comments

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

I love these answers. Funny and honest at the same time :)

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I enjoyed doing this!

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

It is good fun. Though I did end up spending all day coming up with questions for people, I feel like I know my flist better now so it was well worth it.

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

That's cool. I'm going to have to browz around and see if any of my other friends have taken this challenge.

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

BTW, your icon is staring into my soul.

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

Hugh Laurie will do that to a person.

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

*grins letcherously* What else will he do?

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

Apparently, cup your genitals. or so diysheep says... ;)

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Ha! Have you ever wondered what would happen if we swiched diysheep's coffee with crack? Let's watch...

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

hehe! d'ya think she'd notice?

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

The real question: do you think we'd notice?

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

*giggles madly*

I'm pretty sure the answer to that is a resounding NO. *g*

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Wow, you guys - I go away for a few minutes and post my comment without refreshing first, and the page explodes on me! *g*

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

*g*

Chat happens :)

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

You bet!

Sorry Skyblue. Didn't mean to leave you out :)

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

she just needs to be quicker! ;)

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Aww, my darlings, you guys are sweet. I'm glad you two are chatting! As river says, I'm just too slow. :)

Just a bit longer than two weeks until the next House party!

Love you both.

♥ ♥

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

*Gets warm fuzzies*

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is all very interesting! Thank you for such thoughtful responses. And, btw, I'm totally with you on the first question for HL - that would absolutely be mine as well. With the detailed account and all. And if more than once, I need a detailed account of all the occasions. ;)

I think it's wonderful that you've learned to trust yourself. That's a really hard thing to do - it is daring, and I still struggle with it myself. So, go you!

Oh, and nothing in here sounds the least bit arrogant. :)

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank! I was happy to get to do it. It was fun :)

You know, of all the things you could ask Hugh Laurie, I thought that just *might* be your choice too. Wouldn't it just be the greatest thing if he said "yes," and we got to grill him on all of the sexy little details? I'd need you around to help me think up questions, of course. :)

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Ha, how did you guess? :p Yes, definitely I'd need follow-up questions. We should work on that deposition list for when I get sued for my (not-yet-written) RPS. You can go with me to the depo as my "paralegal." *wink*

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

...You're going to attempt to get sued, aren't you?

*Crosses fingers and hopes this ends up well*

I'm starting to get eye-strain, so I'll be signing off for a while. Maybe I'll see you later tonight?

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'd never really attempt to get sued, anymore than any other fanfic writer does, I mean - I'd never send my fic to the people they're about, for instance, because that could cause Heavy Duty Legal Attention to come down on the whole fandom, and I'd never want that.

I have to pop out briefly to get groceries, but other than that I should be around. I'd love to chat later!

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Plus, i'm pretty sure that of all of the possible ways you could meet HL and SF, getting sued by them probably falls somewhere between hitting them with your car and breaking into their house and tying yourself to their bed.

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Ha! Very true. :)

I owe you an email, hon, and I swear I'll get to it soon, but this afternoon and tomorrow morning are absolutely insane for me at work, so it might possibly be tomorrow afternoon before I can get to it. I'll try to get to it as soon as I can. :)

Hope you're having a good day!

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Oh, no worries. Despite having said otherwise before, work comes first. Hope your day gets a bit less hectic, though.

Having a great day, and right back at you!

[msliz4857.livejournal.com]

Hard to believe there's an interview I haven't volunteered for yet! ;) Interview me, please.

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Okay!
Hmm...

1)What is your favorite thing that you have hanging on a wall in your house?
2)When reading fanfiction, what do you prefer: comedy, angst, hurt/comfort, parodies, romance, ect (or what combination)?
3)What do you like to do when you're feeling restless?
4)What is your favorite episode and/or book in the Jeeves and Wooster series?
5)You are hired as head writer on House. What's your first plot/arc suggestion?

[msliz4857.livejournal.com]

Yay! Interviewed!

I've posted responses to my journal (link opens in new window, assuming the HTML tag works the way it's supposed to!)