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Nov. 29th, 2024 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoJulian did the 'five questions' meme yesterday, and I liked their questions so I stole them. Traditionally, if you want questions to answer you comment "questions, please."
1. What was your childhood dream job? (e.g., astronaut, ice cream taste-tester, etc.)
I wanted to be an author/actor/rockstar. So basically David Bowie. I had a strong creative urge and no focus.
2. If you could magically pick up one new skill (language, art form, etc.) what would it be?
Playing the guitar. I banged my head against that for a while, and I have a little bit of a grudge. If I were smart I'd choose something like 'writing grant proposals' that I could make money off of. Or Spanish, another skill I've bounced off of several times.
3. What is a skill/talent/etc. that you have that you're proud of?
I like to sing, but I'm not professionally trained or anything. It just feels good to slip inside a song and feel it around me. As far as 'proud' though, I think it's my perspective. I'm very comfortable seeing things from somebody else's point of view. And I think that's a really important tool in getting through the world, even if the rest of the world sees it as a weakness.
4. What's your favorite time of day?
If I'm not lying in bed trying to fall asleep, three a.m. The world is quiet, and for the most part I have it all to myself. If it's misty or raining, that's even better; it muffles other sounds. But if it's clear then there are stars and the moon, things you don't have while the sun is out.
This has changed a bit since I now have dogs who want me up at ten a.m. to feed them.
5. What's your favorite holiday (and/or specific holiday tradition)?
The stretch between Labor Day and November, or as I call it, Hallowe'en. The weather slowly but inexorably creeps out of the heat and into the chill. The smell of autumn takes over the ambiance as the leaves begin to fall and decompose. I frequently find myself just stopping and inhaling deeply, letting the season creep into me. Being spooky becomes more socially acceptable, the advance of darkness even seems to encourage it. It's a time of harvest, the last bustle of life before we shut down for the winter.
1. What was your childhood dream job? (e.g., astronaut, ice cream taste-tester, etc.)
I wanted to be an author/actor/rockstar. So basically David Bowie. I had a strong creative urge and no focus.
2. If you could magically pick up one new skill (language, art form, etc.) what would it be?
Playing the guitar. I banged my head against that for a while, and I have a little bit of a grudge. If I were smart I'd choose something like 'writing grant proposals' that I could make money off of. Or Spanish, another skill I've bounced off of several times.
3. What is a skill/talent/etc. that you have that you're proud of?
I like to sing, but I'm not professionally trained or anything. It just feels good to slip inside a song and feel it around me. As far as 'proud' though, I think it's my perspective. I'm very comfortable seeing things from somebody else's point of view. And I think that's a really important tool in getting through the world, even if the rest of the world sees it as a weakness.
4. What's your favorite time of day?
If I'm not lying in bed trying to fall asleep, three a.m. The world is quiet, and for the most part I have it all to myself. If it's misty or raining, that's even better; it muffles other sounds. But if it's clear then there are stars and the moon, things you don't have while the sun is out.
This has changed a bit since I now have dogs who want me up at ten a.m. to feed them.
5. What's your favorite holiday (and/or specific holiday tradition)?
The stretch between Labor Day and November, or as I call it, Hallowe'en. The weather slowly but inexorably creeps out of the heat and into the chill. The smell of autumn takes over the ambiance as the leaves begin to fall and decompose. I frequently find myself just stopping and inhaling deeply, letting the season creep into me. Being spooky becomes more socially acceptable, the advance of darkness even seems to encourage it. It's a time of harvest, the last bustle of life before we shut down for the winter.
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Date: 2024-11-29 05:45 pm (UTC)b) Awyeah, September and October. I love the change in scents.
Also: please sir, may I have some questions?
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Date: 2024-11-30 03:47 pm (UTC)2. If you had just enough ultimate power to change one thing about the world, what would it be?
3. When the aliens finally land, what's the first thing they'll tell us (after "don't shoot")?
4. Is there a time that you've lived through that you'd like to go back to for a week?
5. What's a piece of media that you think everybody should experience?