from all over

[electricland]

OK, OK...

This is the problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but in actuality we know nothing about each other. I'm going to rectify it. I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.


(I think I owe several people questions.)

Comments

[thebitterguy]

Okay, why did you move to TO? What were you doing in Montreal? What are you doing now?

I feel out of the loop.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good one. S.

I moved to T.O. because most of my friends and family are here. I grew up here, and I missed it (and them). I never thought I'd be in Montreal for as long as I was.

In Montreal, I was: a McGill student (for 5 years spread over 7), a medical writer for a company that made continuing education programs for pharmacists (for 1 1/2 years), and a medical editor, then project manager, then medical editor again for a multimedia company that made (makes, they haven't stopped) interactive training programs for pharmaceutical sales reps.

Now I'm working for Sick Kids as a medical writer/editor for a health website aimed at parents. Which I should get back to right now!

[pixel12.livejournal.com]

*smile* I was going to ask that, too *smile*

Would you go back to Kenya to visit?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Definitely! I remember quite a lot about it, but not as much as I would like, and I'm sure I'd see things very differently as an adult. I worry that things have gone downhill a lot since we were there, but I'd still love to go back some time.

[rolypolypony.livejournal.com]

How did you end up in the field you're in?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Completely by accident. I'd love to say that my life so far has been the result of a grand plan, but really not.

Actually, if you trace everything back, it's monkeycommando's fault:

- he went to Queens, where he met our friend Zac;
- Zac was hired by the first company I worked for;
- I was bumming around a year after graduation as a temporary admin assistant to an insane actuary, vaguely thinking that I would like to be a science journalist but not doing anything about it, when the word trickled back that the company was hiring;
- I applied and got the job;
- Zac moved on to the second company I worked for; I eventually got fed up and followed him, then stayed for 4 1/2 years (I didn't follow him to Boston, though);
- I got tired of working for the devil (a.k.a. the multinational pharmaceutical industry) and thought I would like to move over to the non-profit sector, and also move back to Toronto;
- and here I am now!

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

Other than Farscape, what have some of your fave TV series been over the years?

Cu,
Andrew

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm.

I watched very little TV prior to 1985, when we moved to Holland and got a TV (and things to watch on it). So my sample is a touch skewed.

In Holland I watched tons and tons of Dr. Who and The Young Ones, very little of which I can remember. I don't think I'd watch The Young Ones again, but I have to do a lot of catching up with the Doctor.

When I got to Canada again I lived with my grandparents for 2 years and they left me pretty much alone with my TV viewing. I seem to recall watching a lot of Saturday afternoon cartoons, particularly (God help me) Jem, Thundercats, and G.I. Joe (which I loved!).

Then there was Star Trek: TNG. I watched the very first episode when it was first broadcast and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Watched it pretty much all the way through high school. Never got into DS9 until it was almost over, but I adored the first 6 episodes or so of Voyager until they decided to make it boring.

Was very into Babylon 5 for a short period and would still like to catch up on it all.

Got into X-Files around 3rd year university (this would have been 1993-94, or possibly 94-95, I'm not sure what season that was) on a tiny, crappy TV with a terrible signal. stilldeepwater and I used to walk to the snack bar in the basement of Burnside Hall on Monday mornings between our two hideous boring classes and discuss the previous night's episode. It was great! That and ER were also big social gatherings in my last year of university, so I have good associations with them.

Also on the crappy TV: Red Dwarf. Loved it.

Buffy, although only seasons when I happened to have access to it. Never got into Angel.

South Park, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons are all shows I enjoy when I can get them, although I don't necessarily seek them out.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is, of course, wonderful, and I should watch it more.

Absolutely Fabulous: also wonderful.

In Montreal my TV viewing was basically whatever crankygrrl sent me on tape -- Gilmore Girls is kind of the only standout besides Farscape. I got somewhat intrigued by 6 Feet Under but am not quite all the way through the first season yet. I'll also watch Law & Order, CSI, etc. when they come my way. Also Without a Trace (I have a huge thing for Anthony LaPaglia, what can I say?).

I'm surprised. I didn't know there were so many. ;)

[javahousejihad.livejournal.com]

Who is your favorite movie director?

& which film of theirs made you think that's my favorite director?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Ack! Tough one.

Weirdly, John Sayles is who immediately comes to the top of my mind. Not that I've seen very much of his, but I was blown away by The Secret of Roan Inish. Nothing I've ever seen of his has ever disappointed me.

I would also go for Joel Coen, except that I find their stuff very uneven -- I love it or hate it. (Fargo, O Brother and The Man Who Wasn't There were loves. Barton Fink, definitely not. It's possible this makes me a bad person.)

I'm less director-focused than actor/actress-focused, which is not always such a good thing.

Hemm, well... don't know much about your travels

[bryghtboy.livejournal.com]

Of the places you have visited over the years, where did you smile most often? Which of them seems/seemed most like home? Where did you have the single largest bar tab? Last but not least, which would you most want to go and visit again?

Re: Hemm, well... don't know much about your travels

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oh my.

OK, leaving out actual homes and the cottage, here goes.

Smiled most often: not at all sure, actually. Probably Ireland?

Most like home: that would probably have to be Scotland. Specifically Orkney. I don't know if that's projecting because some of my ancestors were from there or what.

Largest bar tab: almost certainly Ireland! (Just 'cause I was younger, with a stronger liver, then.)

Most want to go and visit again: I have to pick just one? Italy. I went there on a school trip in grade 12 and would really like to see it again on my own. Also, we were all so exhausted and broke by the time we got to Siena that we didn't really see any of it. McGill has a "study Italian in Florence" program that I would LOVE to do, one day...

But I'd also like to go back to Spain (sans stabbing), Portugal, France, Holland (now I'm old enough to appreciate it), Cornwall and the south coast of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brazil, Germany (barely saw any of it the last time), Austria, Switzerland. Maybe not Egypt or South Africa though -- I'm wussy about danger.

And there are so many places I haven't seen yet!

[metawidget]

While in Montreal, what was your favourite place to unwind away from your place?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

The Claremont, which was half a block away from my place. (I didn't get out much. ;) ) Great brunch. Sadly, they're aiming for a swankier clientele now and it's not as much of a place to go and unwind.

I also spent quite a bit of time at the Swimming in the early days of I.C. Axon, but that's another story.

I wish I had an outdoor place that I consistently sought out, but I didn't really...

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Kath told me, but it's lost in the fogs of beer: How did you and Cranky meet?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

It's lost in the fogs of beer. ;) No, actually it's longer ago than that -- her mother and my aunt, the mother of Jen (my-cousin-who-is-a-year-and-a-half-older-than-me), were best friends in university. Jen is the closest thing I've got to a sister and we spent a lot of time together growing up, as did Jen and Cranky. Cranky and I actually kind of hated each other until a party Jen had when we were 15, where everyone else was a bit older than us and drinking and we were smug and superior and maintaining order and walking drunken teenagers home. It was a defining moment. The rest is history!

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

Cool. Some of this does actually ring a bell, so I must apologize to Kath! :)