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skywardprodigal. Mostly fairly irrelevant and silly and I can't think why anyone would want to read my answers. Or even why I bothered. Or why I enjoyed doing it anyway.
1. Explain what ended your last relationship? Um. She did. Sore point.
2. When was the last time you shaved your legs? Saturday.
3. What were you doing this morning at 8? Getting on a bus.
4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago? Proofreading a document on the theatre's code of conduct.
5. Are you any good at math? Depends how you define 'any good'. I managed to pass grade 13 math with an A (barely) through extreme hard work. Math isn't my strong suit.
6. Your prom night? My what? Never had one, never wanted one.
7. Do you have any famous ancestors? The doctor who attended General Wolfe on his death. An Irish fairy - I don't know her name. Bishop Ridley. A pirate named Black Peter Grant. Okay, maybe not so very famous, but notable.
9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile? Questions like this make me blink. Why imagine I have either a myspace profile or a song? I hang out in LJ, I don't have time for myspace.
10. Last thing you received in the mail? Besides ads and pizza coupons? Three wonderful books I ordered on amazon.ca, which arrived a few days ago.
11. How many different beverages have you had to drink today? Orange juice. Decaff coffee. Milk. Water.
12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines? Is that a trick question? Yes, of course. Frequently. How else am I to reach them?
13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to? It was so very long ago I don't remember.
14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach? I don't go to the beach. Or at least, I do so rarely - usually when travelling - so I have no routine. Most beaches I have been to were rocky, not sandy.
15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had? I'd like to say it was getting a metal stud implanted to put my false tooth onto, but it wasn't. I've had drilling of cavities that was far more painful.
16. What is out your back door? The apartment building's parking lot; Fourth Avenue; trees; the Rideau Canal, sunshine (on a bright day).
17. Any plans for Friday night? Yes.
18. Do you like the ocean? Yes, very much.
19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas? No. I don't even know about them.
20. Have you ever been to a planetarium? Many times. Whenever I'm in a city that has them. I love them.
22. Something you are excited about? Writing. My new budgies. Going to see a play tonight. Going to have supper withcommodorified and auriaephiala this evening. Seeing John Barrowman on the latest episode of Any Dream Will Do, probably tomorrow. A new episode of Doctor Who on the weekend. The novel I just started reading. The non-fiction book I'm going to read just after that. My exercise programme. Lots of things excite me.
23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO? Lime. Or raspberry. Or whatever.
24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive? None of them were alive even when I was born. I have only one relative of my parents' generation left alive now - my father.
25. Describe your keychain: I have two. One is just a ring. The other is a sort of worn-down piece of metal in the shape of the number 1.
26. Where do you keep your change? In my wallet.
27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people? Two weeks ago Sunday.
28. What kind of winter jacket do you have? "Winter jacket" sounds like an oxymoron: either it's for winter and it's too heavy to be a jacket, or it's a jacket and too light for winter wear. In the winter I wear a cosy down-filled tan and black parka from Mountain Equipment co-op.
30. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed? Open.
30 more:
1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was your first thought? "Am I awake yet?"
2. What's a word that rhymes with "DUCK"? Yuck.
3. Ikea? God or Satan? Handy.
4. Shower or Bath? Shower.
5. Who is the last person that called you? Errrrr no idea.
6. Last movie you saw? Spider-Man 3, last night.
7. What shirt are you wearing? A navy-coloured pullover.
8. What were you doing 20 minutes ago? Proofreading the 'Code of Conduct' document.
9. Name the brand of shoes you're currently wearing? No idea whatsoever. They were given to me... Okay, I looked on the sole and it says Munro American Munro-Tech.
10. Dark room or bright? Dark to sleep. Bright to read.
11. The most public place you've ever had sex? Oooh, no way I'm answering that in public.
12. If you're in a room with two beds, which one do you sleep on? The comfier one. Mostly I don't care. If one has a lamp and one doesn't, I'd prefer the one with the lamp.
13. What were you doing at midnight last night? Sleeping in that comfy bed.
14. Boxers or briefs? Huh? Are those the only choices?
15. How do you like your eggs? Fried, sunny side up, with runny yolks and firm whites and a little crispy on the edges, with salt, no pepper.
16. What's a word/phrase that you say a lot? I'd be the last one to notice.
17.Who told you he/she loved you last? A dear friend.
18. Last furry thing you touched? ... Joseph's dog, Kira.
19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days? Two different blood pressure pills each day. Six altogether.
20. How many rolls of film do you need to develop? None.
21. Favorite age you have been so far? All of them. Basically age is irrelevant.
22. Your worst enemy? Fear.
23. What is your current desktop picture? David Tennant, in a screencap from "The Lazarus Experiment".
24. What was the last thing you said to someone? "Okay, I'll do that."
25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly, which one? I'll go for the money. I have no strong desire to fly. If I had the money, I could buy a plane ticket.
26. Do you like someone? Many people.
7. The last song you listened to? Something from the Cowboy Junkies, but I don't remember the song title.
28. If monkeys wore clothes and could talk and had jobs would you have sex with one? No. I'm tempted enough by human beings, I don't need to turn to the animal kingdom.
29. If you could punch one person in the face who's in your life right now, who would it be? I don't punch people. Ever. I'm a pacifist. Ahimsa.
30. If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be? On a Greek Island.
skywardprodigal. Mostly fairly irrelevant and silly and I can't think why anyone would want to read my answers. Or even why I bothered. Or why I enjoyed doing it anyway.1. Explain what ended your last relationship? Um. She did. Sore point.
2. When was the last time you shaved your legs? Saturday.
3. What were you doing this morning at 8? Getting on a bus.
4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago? Proofreading a document on the theatre's code of conduct.
5. Are you any good at math? Depends how you define 'any good'. I managed to pass grade 13 math with an A (barely) through extreme hard work. Math isn't my strong suit.
6. Your prom night? My what? Never had one, never wanted one.
7. Do you have any famous ancestors? The doctor who attended General Wolfe on his death. An Irish fairy - I don't know her name. Bishop Ridley. A pirate named Black Peter Grant. Okay, maybe not so very famous, but notable.
9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile? Questions like this make me blink. Why imagine I have either a myspace profile or a song? I hang out in LJ, I don't have time for myspace.
10. Last thing you received in the mail? Besides ads and pizza coupons? Three wonderful books I ordered on amazon.ca, which arrived a few days ago.
11. How many different beverages have you had to drink today? Orange juice. Decaff coffee. Milk. Water.
12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines? Is that a trick question? Yes, of course. Frequently. How else am I to reach them?
13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to? It was so very long ago I don't remember.
14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach? I don't go to the beach. Or at least, I do so rarely - usually when travelling - so I have no routine. Most beaches I have been to were rocky, not sandy.
15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had? I'd like to say it was getting a metal stud implanted to put my false tooth onto, but it wasn't. I've had drilling of cavities that was far more painful.
16. What is out your back door? The apartment building's parking lot; Fourth Avenue; trees; the Rideau Canal, sunshine (on a bright day).
17. Any plans for Friday night? Yes.
18. Do you like the ocean? Yes, very much.
19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas? No. I don't even know about them.
20. Have you ever been to a planetarium? Many times. Whenever I'm in a city that has them. I love them.
22. Something you are excited about? Writing. My new budgies. Going to see a play tonight. Going to have supper with
commodorified and auriaephiala this evening. Seeing John Barrowman on the latest episode of Any Dream Will Do, probably tomorrow. A new episode of Doctor Who on the weekend. The novel I just started reading. The non-fiction book I'm going to read just after that. My exercise programme. Lots of things excite me.23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO? Lime. Or raspberry. Or whatever.
24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive? None of them were alive even when I was born. I have only one relative of my parents' generation left alive now - my father.
25. Describe your keychain: I have two. One is just a ring. The other is a sort of worn-down piece of metal in the shape of the number 1.
26. Where do you keep your change? In my wallet.
27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people? Two weeks ago Sunday.
28. What kind of winter jacket do you have? "Winter jacket" sounds like an oxymoron: either it's for winter and it's too heavy to be a jacket, or it's a jacket and too light for winter wear. In the winter I wear a cosy down-filled tan and black parka from Mountain Equipment co-op.
30. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed? Open.
30 more:
1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was your first thought? "Am I awake yet?"
2. What's a word that rhymes with "DUCK"? Yuck.
3. Ikea? God or Satan? Handy.
4. Shower or Bath? Shower.
5. Who is the last person that called you? Errrrr no idea.
6. Last movie you saw? Spider-Man 3, last night.
7. What shirt are you wearing? A navy-coloured pullover.
8. What were you doing 20 minutes ago? Proofreading the 'Code of Conduct' document.
9. Name the brand of shoes you're currently wearing? No idea whatsoever. They were given to me... Okay, I looked on the sole and it says Munro American Munro-Tech.
10. Dark room or bright? Dark to sleep. Bright to read.
11. The most public place you've ever had sex? Oooh, no way I'm answering that in public.
12. If you're in a room with two beds, which one do you sleep on? The comfier one. Mostly I don't care. If one has a lamp and one doesn't, I'd prefer the one with the lamp.
13. What were you doing at midnight last night? Sleeping in that comfy bed.
14. Boxers or briefs? Huh? Are those the only choices?
15. How do you like your eggs? Fried, sunny side up, with runny yolks and firm whites and a little crispy on the edges, with salt, no pepper.
16. What's a word/phrase that you say a lot? I'd be the last one to notice.
17.Who told you he/she loved you last? A dear friend.
18. Last furry thing you touched? ... Joseph's dog, Kira.
19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days? Two different blood pressure pills each day. Six altogether.
20. How many rolls of film do you need to develop? None.
21. Favorite age you have been so far? All of them. Basically age is irrelevant.
22. Your worst enemy? Fear.
23. What is your current desktop picture? David Tennant, in a screencap from "The Lazarus Experiment".
24. What was the last thing you said to someone? "Okay, I'll do that."
25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly, which one? I'll go for the money. I have no strong desire to fly. If I had the money, I could buy a plane ticket.
26. Do you like someone? Many people.
7. The last song you listened to? Something from the Cowboy Junkies, but I don't remember the song title.
28. If monkeys wore clothes and could talk and had jobs would you have sex with one? No. I'm tempted enough by human beings, I don't need to turn to the animal kingdom.
29. If you could punch one person in the face who's in your life right now, who would it be? I don't punch people. Ever. I'm a pacifist. Ahimsa.
30. If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be? On a Greek Island.
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HIYA!
Date: 2007-05-17 05:20 am (UTC)oh, and since you're such a Dr. Who fan I thought I'd share:
Bob the Angry Flower Loves Daleks and I Love Him.
http://www.angryflower.com/secsni.html
p.s: I never knew you were a Christopher Eccleston fan?!? He's my favourite Doctor! I totally geeked out reading your fics.
Okay, see you Monday!
-K
Re: HIYA!
Date: 2007-05-17 11:42 am (UTC)Hee - fancy meeting you here.
Funny seeing you here, that random search button brought me.
What fun. Never know who or what you'll find, do you?
Bob the Angry Flower Loves Daleks and I Love Him.
Woo, a happy Dalek! You don't often see that. Love it.
I never knew you were a Christopher Eccleston fan?!? He's my favourite Doctor!
Mine too. Isn't he utterly wonderful?
I totally geeked out reading your fics.
I'm so glad! At supper last night I was telling my friends how brilliant your "Paradise Lost" graphic novel adaptation was. And it really is. Have you gone any further with it? (Not that I want to nag, I'm just eager to see more...!)
Okay, see you Monday!
Yes indeed!
Re: HIYA!
Date: 2007-05-17 06:49 pm (UTC)and here I am calling it my geeky comic thang. It has gotten a little further. I finally found a way that the female observer could become more than just an observer. Still in book one though. right after "Awake! Arise, or be for ever fall'n". I'll try and bring it in Monday. Hopefully by then I'll have Pandæmonium built.
By the way, in case you ever wanted to know, drawing Hell's Armies (aka about a million and a half tiny circles) is the most annoying part of any frame.
-k
Re: HIYA!
Date: 2007-05-17 07:10 pm (UTC)Hee! It's all in the perception! See, it happens that I worship geeky comic thangs with a passionate passion and always have. I can't draw, can't create comics myself, so I admire those who can.
I'll try and bring it in Monday.
Yay! Yes please.
Hopefully by then I'll have Pandæmonium built.
You say it so casually, as if it were easy. "Okay, I'll just build Pandaemonium today...."
This reminds me of a brilliant graphic novel that I read about the building of Heaven by the angels - drawn by P. Craig Russell - and how and why the first angelic homicide was committed. Sadly I don't remember the title so this isn't really a recommendation. I'll try to remember or find out what it was called. I hate foregetting the beautiful and clever ones.
drawing Hell's Armies (aka about a million and a half tiny circles) is the most annoying part of any frame.
But that's their job. What are Hell's Armies for, if not to be annoying? Just ask John Constantine.
Seems to me that you would really, really like "Season of Mists", the Sandman story by Gaiman where Lucifer decides to retire to a beach in Australia, and he gives Morpheus the keys of Hell to give to whoever he thinks should be the caretaker of Hell. So Morpheus puts out an open call to anyone who wants to run Inferno, and various gods, mythical beings, and other interested parties comes and make their case. It's Gaiman at his best.
It did lead to a spinoff comic eventually, called "Lucifer" which had great covers (by Michael J. Kaluta) but lesser writers. (Mike Carey. Maybe others, I forget.) There were some good stories, but it didn't sustain its momentum (or its quality) and it didn't even feature Lucifer after a while, which I thought was exceptionally dumb - he was the reason I was reading it, and he was still in the title. Lucifer in that comic was a suave blond in a white dinner jacket who, at the begining of the series, had got tired of retirement on the beach in Austrailia and had settled down in Las Vegas where he had a lounge act.
Re: HIYA!
Date: 2007-05-17 08:03 pm (UTC)Pandæmonium is one of my favourite visual images. I've been waiting to sketch it out since I started this whole project. The closer I get the more terrified I am that I'll fail miserably at portraying it. It's so, magnificent. I wasn't ever this afraid of drawing God (because he's just feet or a hand) but this, this huge center of vice and bedlam, it terrifies me. The Capital of Hell, the pinnacle of extreme confusion and disorder, or chaos and madness.
How...To...Draw...?
"Seasons of Mist" sounds... wow. I've gotta have it.
I've always been a big fan of Satan, (or Lucifer, or however you want to name him) as a literary device. It's a shame the spin off didn't do well, but how can you have a comic name Lucifer without Lucifer in it. Unless he's the unseen hand in all things, but that's usually just a cop out.
A little predictable he would move to Vegas, I would've preferred something a little more imaginative.
Re: HIYA!
Date: 2007-05-18 02:36 am (UTC)It's quite fascinating, isn't it?
I wasn't ever this afraid of drawing God (because he's just feet or a hand)
Hee - yes, that works! I've always wanted to see a comic (or some such thing) do God as the 'multifoliate rose' of Dante or Eliot.
The Capital of Hell, the pinnacle of extreme confusion and disorder, or chaos and madness.
How...To...Draw...?
Surreal? Mysterious? Loud?
It's a shame the spin off didn't do well, but how can you have a comic named Lucifer without Lucifer in it.
And even if you can - why would you want to?
I've always been a big fan of Satan, (or Lucifer, or however you want to name him) as a literary device.
So have I. Have you read "The Vintner's Luck" by Elizabeth Knox? It has a great Lucifer scene - not a major part of the book, just a brief pivotal scene, but very striking and memorable.
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Date: 2007-05-17 06:46 am (UTC)David Tennant, in a screencap from "The Lazarus Experiment".
Doctor-in-a-tux? *melts*
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Date: 2007-05-17 11:44 am (UTC)Yeah. Silly to enjoy sitting and staring at one's own wallpaper... But how nice to have such a gorgeous picture.
Today I put up one of the offical BBC wallpapers, of the Doctor standing on the stage at the Globe in "The Shakespeare Code". A very nice hand shot, actually.
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Date: 2007-05-17 11:49 am (UTC)Nice... um. *grins* nice hand shot sounds... nice. :D
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Date: 2007-05-17 12:42 pm (UTC)Mind you, I'm at work now, where I can't look at it. Life is cruel.