I only answer the fun ones. ^^
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camwyn:
- Leave a comment saying "PINEAPPLE" (or any other fruit of your choice)
- I'll respond by asking you five question.
- Update your journal with the answers to your questions.
- Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions, if you so choose.
Here's my answers to her questions.
1. Tea or coffee?
Yes, please. It's not unusual to see me slurping down coffee ice cream with iced tea in the summer and I can get overclocked enough the rest of the time to have brought something in from Starbucks and then make a cup of tea to sit down to the computer with. Tea or coffee-flavored things? YUM. One my favorite things in Taiwan was the butter cookies with black tea baked into them. And I mentioned the coffee ice cream - I also have a very adult recipe for black walnut and coffee cheesecake that I make on occasion.
2. If you could visit anywhere in the world for a vacation someone else was paying for, but it would only last three days, where would you go?
This assumes the travel time is NOT included. ^^
Hrm. I think seeing a midnight sun would be just about right - just let me get there, soak it up for those three days and I could go home with one more thing off the bucket list. Finland, Norway, Sweden or Spitzbergen would do. Iceland? Sure. North Korea if I want to be an Irwin about it.
3. What's the oldest thing you own?
Hang on, I've inherited a thing or two. *taps chin* I think the piano is the oldest thing, being made in 1907, but it's possible I have some porcelain or glass that is older and it's hard to tell. After that, it's the dressers in the kid's room, they've been dated to the 19-teens and twenties. I have a bit of jewelry that dates approximately that time as well. After three house fires and two burglaries, that's not bad!
OH WAIT. I have one of Cliff's medieval coins around here - that's 1400-1700's (I'll have to go check). That's the oldest thing.
4. If you're going on a long trip via airplane or bus or some other means of transport where you don't have to be at the helm, do you bring reading material with you or something else to occupy you? And if it's reading material, is it the same sort of thing you'd normally read, or do you have any kind of special category for 'airport books' or the like?
I pack a different kit these days, based on who I'm travelling with. If I have kid with me? I'm packing things to keep him occupied, and very short things to entertain myself. For the KY trip, I spent most of my time playing on the DS because it had short spans of attention required and could be put down quickly at need. A good book is considerably harder to stop and pick up again. I took seven books, knitting and the DS on the KY trip. Four of the books and the knitting never got touched. I had specifically bought some trashy romance novels at the book fair in April with this trip in mind, planning to romp through and discard - what I hadn't anticipated was how FAST the romp was and my general 'that's ALL?' response I had to them. A Harlequin Romance should NOT last only fifteen minutes, guys. But I dropped them at the Goodwill in Berea with a clear conscience.
I had bought 'The Joy Luck Club' at LAX on my way to Greece that fateful trip, not having packed anything more in my backpack. It would come in handy during the strike where I figured I'd re-read it more than 12 times before we left the country.
I've had 'broaden, diversify, educate' drilled into me so thoroughly I rarely pick up a SF or fantasy book at airports. I'm far more likely to pick up a typical fiction novel (last one was 'Eat, Pray, Love' and was bored senseless) instead.
5. One major area of study you'd like to learn more about?
Oh man. If I had nothing else requiring my time to earn a living? I'd be learning languages well enough to live in them, throwing pots on a wheel again and finding someone to teach me how to do stained glass. Swear someone AWESOME to secrecy and learn how to sing.
And in my spare time, build the house of my dreams.
camwyn:- Leave a comment saying "PINEAPPLE" (or any other fruit of your choice)
- I'll respond by asking you five question.
- Update your journal with the answers to your questions.
- Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions, if you so choose.
Here's my answers to her questions.
1. Tea or coffee?
Yes, please. It's not unusual to see me slurping down coffee ice cream with iced tea in the summer and I can get overclocked enough the rest of the time to have brought something in from Starbucks and then make a cup of tea to sit down to the computer with. Tea or coffee-flavored things? YUM. One my favorite things in Taiwan was the butter cookies with black tea baked into them. And I mentioned the coffee ice cream - I also have a very adult recipe for black walnut and coffee cheesecake that I make on occasion.
2. If you could visit anywhere in the world for a vacation someone else was paying for, but it would only last three days, where would you go?
This assumes the travel time is NOT included. ^^
Hrm. I think seeing a midnight sun would be just about right - just let me get there, soak it up for those three days and I could go home with one more thing off the bucket list. Finland, Norway, Sweden or Spitzbergen would do. Iceland? Sure. North Korea if I want to be an Irwin about it.
3. What's the oldest thing you own?
Hang on, I've inherited a thing or two. *taps chin* I think the piano is the oldest thing, being made in 1907, but it's possible I have some porcelain or glass that is older and it's hard to tell. After that, it's the dressers in the kid's room, they've been dated to the 19-teens and twenties. I have a bit of jewelry that dates approximately that time as well. After three house fires and two burglaries, that's not bad!
OH WAIT. I have one of Cliff's medieval coins around here - that's 1400-1700's (I'll have to go check). That's the oldest thing.
4. If you're going on a long trip via airplane or bus or some other means of transport where you don't have to be at the helm, do you bring reading material with you or something else to occupy you? And if it's reading material, is it the same sort of thing you'd normally read, or do you have any kind of special category for 'airport books' or the like?
I pack a different kit these days, based on who I'm travelling with. If I have kid with me? I'm packing things to keep him occupied, and very short things to entertain myself. For the KY trip, I spent most of my time playing on the DS because it had short spans of attention required and could be put down quickly at need. A good book is considerably harder to stop and pick up again. I took seven books, knitting and the DS on the KY trip. Four of the books and the knitting never got touched. I had specifically bought some trashy romance novels at the book fair in April with this trip in mind, planning to romp through and discard - what I hadn't anticipated was how FAST the romp was and my general 'that's ALL?' response I had to them. A Harlequin Romance should NOT last only fifteen minutes, guys. But I dropped them at the Goodwill in Berea with a clear conscience.
I had bought 'The Joy Luck Club' at LAX on my way to Greece that fateful trip, not having packed anything more in my backpack. It would come in handy during the strike where I figured I'd re-read it more than 12 times before we left the country.
I've had 'broaden, diversify, educate' drilled into me so thoroughly I rarely pick up a SF or fantasy book at airports. I'm far more likely to pick up a typical fiction novel (last one was 'Eat, Pray, Love' and was bored senseless) instead.
5. One major area of study you'd like to learn more about?
Oh man. If I had nothing else requiring my time to earn a living? I'd be learning languages well enough to live in them, throwing pots on a wheel again and finding someone to teach me how to do stained glass. Swear someone AWESOME to secrecy and learn how to sing.
And in my spare time, build the house of my dreams.
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Date: 2010-07-20 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-21 03:43 pm (UTC)2. *PRANG* She's back. Now you have to make wishes for other people. Pick three.
3. If you could replace one thing lost during your life, what would it be?
4. What's in your lunchbox today?
5. What's your favorite 'no cash night' event?
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Date: 2010-07-20 11:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-21 03:50 pm (UTC)2. Pick your new companion animal. What is it?
3. You now have the power to negotiate peace with *anything,* up to and including rabid weasels. Where do you start, and why?
4. Hand someone five books that will improve their lives beyond a doubt. Which are they?
5. DnD, DS or wii?
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Date: 2010-08-05 11:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-21 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-21 04:02 pm (UTC)2. Chocolate, Butterscotch or Vanilla?
3. Who would you cast to play yourself in the movie adaptation of your autobiography?
4. Your favorite television show of all time. Why?
5. I have to pick five radio stations for you, and load your mp3 player. What do you recommend for me?
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Date: 2010-08-07 02:05 am (UTC)