An interview by snowking

[tinyjo]

1. Is Bubbles your favourite Powerpuff Girl? Surely you acknowledge the superiority of Buttercup!

Noooo, Bubbles is bestest! Bubbles wins fights with hugs, not fists :) I'm not sure you could definitely describe me as having a favourite, to be honest (there are almost no categories that I have favourites in), but if I had to pick one, it would be Bubbles. She could be described as most like me - she definitely exhibits certain of the strongest elements of my personality (hugggggs!) although I do also have certain Blossom like bits to me.

2. Do you think the BMI is an accurate reflection of correct weight/height ratio?

I'm never sure about this. On the one hand, I'm very suspicious of it because it seems so low. On the other hand, it's been around for a long time and there aren't loads of scientists out there saying oh, but that's rubbish. So the peer review verdict seems to be in favour. I guess I cautiously accept it, while reminding myself that to be underweight can be just as damaging to your health as to be overweight so don't aim for the bottom of the healthy range.

3. Summer or Winter?

SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER!

It's warm, it's light for ages, it's full of beautiful smells and sights and colours and I can show of my flesh in little dresses and strappy tops. I don't have to carry rain trousers with me everywhere I go. I can enjoy my garden while Cassie chases (and fails to catch) butterflies. Basically, I find being too cold much more dehabilitating than being too warm and hence Summer.

4. What AIM screenname did you use in the end?

I still haven't picked one! I just don't seem to be able to get past my strong identity thing. All suggestions gratefully received.

5. Read any good books lately?

Oh yeah! The Dragon Waiting by John M Ford (alternate history/fantasy) was very enjoyable. I got a little distracted by the fact that I know a lot about the period and so I need to read it again to straighten out the story for myself but it was a very enjoyable read. Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner was one I picked up on 3 for 2 in Borders teenage department which was excellent; very disturbing, but excellent. It's about a boy who moves to a new school after having been bullied really badly at the old one. Lucas by Kevin Brooks (another book from the same offer) was also pretty damn good. About an island communities reaction to a strange outsider, from the perspective of a 16 year old girl - quite dramatic and frightening. Those are the most recent (i.e. the one's I haven't written up yet) - other than that, you can check here for details of stuff I've read.

This meme seems to be resurfacing, so yeah, if you want questions, comment.

Comments

[shepline.livejournal.com]

Did you ever ask me questions? If not or if you want to ask me some new ones - post them here! :)

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if I asked you questions last time, but here's some

1) When and why did you take up your instrument? What keeps you playing?

2) What achievement are you most proud of?

3) Do you see yourself as an adult? What does that mean to you?

4) What did you want to do when you were 8? What do you want to do now?

5) What's your essential purchase of 2004 going to be?

Ask me some!

Questions...

[shepline.livejournal.com]

1. Like me you grew up in East Anglia (me Lowestoft, you Norwich), but have since settle in and around Oxford. How do the two compare for you? What are your likes and dislikes of each, and where do you think you feel most at home? Would ever consider going back to live in Norfolk?

2. I think would be fair to say that you have ecletic taste in music - anything from rock to pop to jazz to classical... What type of music is your favourite and why?

3. Home and garden seems to be important to you. Do you have a picture of your dream home in mind? What's it like? Where is it? And do you think you'll ever live there?

4. What are your best and worst aspects of your character? Tell us about them.

5. How would you describe LiveJournal to someone who is a bit of technophobe, and worried about thing like privacy on the internet?

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Do me!

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

1) What did you want to do when you were 8? What do you want to do now?

2) Do you plan or react?

3) Music or books - which is more essential?

4) Compare and contrast the internet (lj/usenet primarily) with real world (e.g. pub) as a place for hanging out and getting to know people.

5) What quality do you most value in yourself? In your friends?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I'll have some questions, please.

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Ok, I was going to reply to the post in your journal, but I'll do it here - oh, and I want some questions too!

1) Books or music - which is more essential?

2) What attracts you to a person? Repulses you?

3) How do you cope with having such a geographically scattered peer group? Is the internet enough to stave off loneliness?

4) If you had time to take up a new hobby/pasttime what would it be?

5) What were your ambitions when you were 8? What are they now?

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[coalescent.livejournal.com]

1. One thing I miss since I left Oxford is regular game-playing. What new games have come out recently?

2. Did you know about this?

3. I was going through your interests page to see if they inspired any questions, and I misread part of it as 'tiny tolkien'. What would a tiny tolkien be like?

4. This year I want to read more non-genre stuff. Recommend me something (can be fiction or non-fiction).

5. What was your reaction to the Hutton report?

[oxfordslacker.livejournal.com]

Why not. Bring them on...

Re:

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

1) What quality do you most value in yourself? In your friends?

2) Now that you've got your iPod, what tops your shopping list?

3) You can create, amend or repeal one law. What would you do?

4) Music or books - which is most essential?

5) Who did you admire when you were 8? Who do you admire now?

Now you do me...