callistra | The other half of the Interview Meme

Since in my previous post I answered

angriest's questions, I suppose I had better fulfil the rest of my deal and out the second half up too.

THE CURRENT INTERVIEW MEME, WITH ANSWERS

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your livejournal/website with the answers to the questions and leave the answers as comments here (or at least provide a pointer to your site).
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Wot I said to Zarabee

1. You're one of the brightest, smilingest people I've met. What's your secret to happiness? It's an attitude thing. The mind can be trained, just like everything else. It can take years, but then again, I've *had* years. Plus, know yourself. If you know what you like and don't like, then you are less likely to fuck up! (Not that you won't... just that you can handle outcomes better.) And be totally, truly, painfully honest with yourself and your loved one. (Now THAT one takes practise! It can hurt. But it's worth it.) Oo, and this one is wierd and sounds easy but is actually a four part miniseries with matching book: learn to accept love. (Doesn't that sound wussy??) But it came up in my mistress training (well, not like a subject, but something I realised as I worked with some submissives males) and being a domme, it is difficult to accept the adoration and adulation easily.

2. What are you most looking forward to about impending parenthood? The challenges and the difficulties. I *want* to have a small screaming child that I need to work out to try and make happy. I want to do my best at keeping John with enough sleep so he can earm more money and remain happy. I want to have beautiful children and see through their eyes as they grow. It's all uphill from here, and I'm looking forward to it. This used to be why I got promoted at workplaces too. "I'm bored, that looks hard. Can I do that?"

3. Is there anything you're afraid of? In what way? Not really. I'd hate to be physically attacked, but my friends would help me through it. I'd hate to lose my baby, but I have john's love and all my friend's love. I'd hate to be so destitute I'd be forced to move down with John's parents and live in a beautiful little valley with home carved balconeys, it's own damn, and 5 acres of bush. (And a pool. And duskc. And a host of daffodil. And.... Darn, hey?) Or in with my parents, where I'd be forced to cook for more than 2 people at a time *grin* I'm mildly worried that I'll be a terrible mother. But I have lots of friends and parental units who can tell me when I'm doing things wrong and help me. Hey, Chesh and I turned out all right. =-)

Is that what you meant?

4. Why did you choose that particular LJ-icon? (I've been wondering that for a while) What, Sarah? Cos she don't take shit. I also love the fact it's an androgynous photo - but totally in the wrong way!! She's not being a boy-ish girly thing, she's being a masculine manly female thing! She got balls! She's a symbol of the hardness I think that exists in most women, yet most women will deny it exists in them. I think we need to embrace the fact we're not all fluffiness and light, and I know that sometimes "what needs to be done" is not a societally acceptable option. And Sarah Connor had to learn that the hard way. Pity the last film SUCKED BOWLING BALLS UP ITS ASS. Until the final movie, she is a strongly drawn, beautifully portrayed female character who made hard choices, and did what had to be done. I hope I never have to do anything so hard in my life! Some where a long the line, women were taught they have no teeth. Some times, women have to learn otherwise.

5. Can you sell me more underwear sometime soon? Hell yeah! Email me at sarah dot parker at intimo dot come dot au. I think I have another party coming up at the end of the month, and we can slip some more orders in there for you. Those pointy ones ROCK SO HARD, don't they *grin*

Wot I said to Mynxii

1. What is the thing you are MOST looking forward to upon giving birth? I have heard that sometimes there is an orgasm at the actual point of birth, as the child is finally released. I'm curious. :-) It's a myth, a story, I expect one out oa possible thousand, but I know I'm not exactly a normal person to begin with.
*shrug* Apart from that, which is mostly a curiousity, I am looking forward to finally having children. We've been waiting a very long time to have a family. :-) I can't wait for the next stage of life; the new challenges and fears and changes we face. I don't ever want to be the same person forever, and now we're tackling something life changing together.

2. What is the thing are LEAST looking forward to upon giving birth? Recovery time. Exhaustion.

3. What is your favourite restaurant that you have been to and why? For some reason as I drove home today, I thought you might ask me this question. And I thought to myself; I don't know. Resturaunts suit moods; and tastes. For example, the resturaunt up in Roleystone "The Grape" has an awesome seafood platter, but apparently the chef has moved on so I don't know if it is still awesome or not. The "Dusit Thai" has exquisite food, exquisite service, and brilliant value for money. I love any place that treats me like I'm important. *grin* I *am* a paying customer after all. My ambition, as a reward, when I have earned it, is to go to the Loose Box and stay over night. But I'll have to have done something truly awesome to reward myself that way!!

4. Which guests in past swancons that you have been to has been your favourite? Favourite? Well, Eddie Campbell was kind of hot, but I wouldn't really say I have a favourite. Neil Gaiman was also hot, a great speaker, and general all round nice guy. Janny Wurts was just boring as far as I could make out.... Well, Grant has been a guest, and so has Simon, and they're both cute, attractive, funny, and intelligent... how about them?

5. What is your current favourite recipe to cook and why? Favourite recipes depend on times. Fave dinner recipe at the moment is the Tom Yum. Favourite decadent naughty treat which takes forever to make and ten seconds to scoff - Maids of Honour. Or Butterscotch Scrolls. :-)

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Yup.

1) Can you imagine what life would be like without Simon?

2) Who do you think is the hottest actress/actor and why?

3) If you had a dinner party where every one you asked came, which celebrities/authors/actors/famour people would you invite? And why if you're feeling chatty, :-)

4) Describe a perfect world.

5) If you wanted to take over the world, how would you go about it?

1) Can you imagine what life would be like without Simon?

Ha! Yes. Sadder. Smaller.

2) Who do you think is the hottest actress/actor and why?

Male? Johnny Depp. Brad Pitt. Christian Bale. Edward Norton. They have looks and a great deal of artistic integrity.

Female? Angelina Jolie. Sigourney Weaver. Christina Ricci. Kate Winslett. Janeane Garofalo. Uma Thurman. All for pretty much the same reason as the boys.

3) If you had a dinner party where every one you asked came, which celebrities/authors/actors/famour people would you invite? And why if you're feeling chatty, :-)

Morgan Freeman, because he comes across as so deeply talented, intelligent and dignified. Steven Spielberg, mainly because if he's guaranteed to come I wouldn't want to waste a chance to thank him for his movies. Chuck Palahniuk, because he's edgy and smart and incredibly inspiring. Spike Jonze, to add colour by taking a dump in the salad bowl and running away sniggering to himself. Why so many boys? I don't know. I've sudden had a crisis of feminist thought when I realised I have no female role models. No, wait!! Sigourney Weaver can come, for the same reasons as Morgan Freeman.

If I have a time machine to help, I'd also invite Arthur Miller, William Shakespeare and Dorothy Parket, for fairly obvious reasons.

4) Describe a perfect world.

Sunshine for people who want it. Overcast for people who don't. Global peace. No one's hungry. Everyone's free to be religious, but all religions include teachings about having respect and interest in other people's beliefs. Fundamentalism died out a long time ago. None of us have any need for guns. Years of work in stem cell research has cured pretty much everything - especially multiple sclerosis. Money's gone. We're all communist in the truest sense. Nothing in the world is valued as highly as an artist. We've colonized Mars, and you can go there on holiday. First contact last year has made us all realise that we aren't alone. We're all happy.

5) If you wanted to take over the world, how would you go about it?

Start with local council politics and work my way up.

Darn, I'd forgotten I'd already asked you 5 questions. *grin* At least that means I can ask other people some of them, cos I am running low on ideas!!

Interview this!
er... me.

1) Best thing about Narrogin

2) Worst thing about Narrogin

3) Describe a perfect world.

4) You write a best selling brilliant novel that makes you so much money that even Bill Gates is broke compared to you. What is it called, what's the plot, and what's the best thing about the whole situation?

5) What would the 17 year old you think of the current you?

1) Best thing about Narrogin

Community.
I could go down the shops and know that I would see at least three people I knew.
If I didn't rock up to bellydancing classes for two weeks, Helen would be concerned and probably ring up to see if everything was okay.
Everything in town was 5 mins drive away!

2) Worst thing about Narrogin

Distance, and the effects thereof.
It took 2 hours to see my Perth mates.
I felt isolated to start with.
The whole "difference is bad" thing.

3) Describe a perfect world.

One where everyone is like me!
Nah...

Kinda like this one, with a few tweaks - a bit more green, a bit more respect, a bit more literacy, a bit less crime...
And with instantaneous global travel devices! (But ones where people couldn't kill copies of you that they made from the machine)

4) You write a best selling brilliant novel that makes you so much money that even Bill Gates is broke compared to you. What is it called,
what's the plot, and what's the best thing about the whole situation?

But if I knew the title and the plot, I would have written the damn thing already, and I would already be richer than Gatesey!
I think it would be a pulpy post-apocalyptic thriller where a sexy woman blows things up.

The best thing about the whole situation would be that I wouldn't feel so left out of all those writerly conversations! ;p
(and I'd be so damn rich I could buy my own island!)

5) What would the 17 year old you think of the current you?

I think she would be appalled at what I wear!
But she'd be happy that I had a job and a house and that I'd just dyed my hair "Red Black" (pics to follow when I get around to it!)

interview me ^_^

1) When do you expect to have children? Anbd why aren't you scared of them like I was at your age??

2) What would your ten year younger self think of you now?

3) What would you change about yourself if you could, there were no scars and no bill? And why? Would this be an important change or a "oh yeah, whatever" change?

4) You're dead for various reasons. What do you want to leave behind/have completed before the big ZORT? What do you want to be remembered for?

5) If your life was very very very very different, what sort of differences do you think might have been and what changes did they make in the new you from the you you are currently? (Ok, let me try that again. There are these things called the Trousers of Time. At some point (and you can pick) the Trousers split, and the current you I am talking to now went down one leg, and a different you went down the other leg. What would be the thing that changed and created the second you, and in what way would the second you be different?)

Please, Ma'am, can I have another?

1) As a wordsmith, what's your favourite part of being a craftsman?

2) Are you a feminist? Why? (Sorry, too much reading about Andrea Dworking!!!) Or if you prefer, answer this instead: Have you read any Gor books? If you have, pretend you liked them and explain why. (Tell us your real stance before you begin to write persuasively. *tee hee hee* )

3) What is your most proudest achievement? Feel free to rant for paragraphs.

4) What TV show/short story/movie/whatever that you LOVED but are too embarrassed to really talk about?

5) You're stuck on a farm a few days away from civilisation. No phone, no people, no car, and the house burnt down. Just you. Would you survive, and why? There is a creek/fresh flowing water already there, and an assortment of greenery, but this is Australia.

1) As a wordsmith, what's your favourite part of being a craftsman?

The love?

No, it's the satisfaction of a job well done, but when you get feedback on a piece that people got something from ... well that's pure A-grade fucking magic.

2) Are you a feminist? Why? (Sorry, too much reading about Andrea Dworking!!!) Or if you prefer, answer this instead: Have you read any Gor books? If you have, pretend you liked them and explain why. (Tell us your real stance before you begin to write persuasively. *tee hee hee* )

Yes, I'm a feminist. For a number of reasons, some of which are touched upon in Susie Bright's Eulogy of Andrea Dworkin, and http://www.livejournal.com/users/slit/268762.html.

3) What is your most proudest achievement? Feel free to rant for paragraphs.

I try not to do stuff I wouldn't be proud of. Right now, I'm pretty proud of my garden and the CSFG gastronomicon, and my relationship with my sisters.

4) What TV show/short story/movie/whatever that you LOVED but are too embarrassed to really talk about?

I'm addicted to Neighbours and Charmed. This is the real reason I don't own a TV, because I would die of the cognitive dissonance.

5) You're stuck on a farm a few days away from civilisation. No phone, no people, no car, and the house burnt down. Just you. Would you survive, and why? There is a creek/fresh flowing water already there, and an assortment of greenery, but this is Australia.

If there's a bit of shade, and I can pluck up enough courage to eat raw lizard... probably for a while, yeah. Not very well, though.

Ahem: one for Lee and one for Lyn please :)

You guys are hard to do this for. Like you haven't answered any questions I have already asked. I need a timtam to do this. *pout* I don't think I have any in the house!! LOL

What? Faced with the opportunity to learn all you ever wanted to know but Lyn giggled too much to ask, you wimp out? :)

I'm sure you've noticed that Lyn's giggling and blushing is definately not a detraction to asking questions... quite the opposite in fact ...

I'm still thinking! And Istill have no cup of tea! If I wait an hour, John will be home and can make me one. :-) God that's slack!!

interview me too please :)

1) As an artist, you must view the world very differently to non-artists around you. Do you find this particularly difficult in any way? Do you find language able to cope with the expression you may need to use with non-artistic people when you're trying to communicate something important to you that they just don't seem to be able to understand?

I think as a person I have always seen the world very differently to most others, it is often a shock to me to remember that not everyone sees the world like I do. It is interesting that since I really got in touch with my artistic side my ability to verbalise seems to have been affected inversely. I often find myself trying to mime what I am trying to say because the words just don't come.

2) Favourite light and why?
Twilight, because everyone and everything looks good in twilight and it has that beautiful liminal quality about it. This also goes for sunrise, but I don't see that very often. I am also very fond of three point lighting, but that is a different and more ranty story.

3) Favourite written article/short story/novel item and why?
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk (the person that wrote fight club). I really love the pace of his writing and love the stories and characters he chooses as important.

4) I like to rant, rave, scream, jump up and down and express myself on my blog. What do you hope for from your blog, and what's your favourite part of blogging?
My favorite part of blogging is that it is a weird mix between diary, amil and notice board. It allows me to post things that are significant to me, but that I probably wouldn't bother emailing or calling people about. I think in that way it lets me express to my friends what is important to me rather than just the things that are urgent.

I also have two blogs,

babalon_93 and

bina_93, the first is for personal things, memes, whatever, and the second is my academic/artist blog. For the second I want it for an open record of my uni work and my art work and I see it as almost a uni/art project/artistic experiment in itself. I definitely don't keep that one as up to date as I would like.

5) Pick three words to describe yourself. (I'd like to add why, but you might kill me by now. *grin*)
Courage, flexabiltiy, compassion. Why? *shrug* perhaps I'll mime the answer for you next time we meet :)

and I think flexibility totally describes me because it has not one, but two typos :)

that is an active demonstration of how I think the over all meaning is more important than the specifics :)

Interview me, I'm late and slack with this whole meme thing!

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