Meme from fairoriana (it's taken me a while)

[electricland]

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, or your favorite kind of sandwich, maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.

2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.

3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.

4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.

5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.

1. Have you been to all the provinces of Canada?
Not yet. I haven't been to Saskatchewan. I've also not been to any of the territories, which don't count as provinces but do count as large chunks of the country. I'd like to spend more time in almost all of them, however, especially Newfoundland -- I've only been to Newfoundland the once and promptly succumbed to bronchitis, so I don't feel like I really got to see much of it. Although I am in a position to tell you Newfoundlanders are possibly the nicest people in the whole world.

2. Tell me about a secret spot you had as a kid.
I wouldn't call it secret, exactly, but while my parents and I were living in Kenya I used to go home to Canada for summers at the cottage. Their room (which is a converted attic) was uninhabited, but had a lot of their stuff there. My cousins and I used to "borrow" my mum's clothes for plays, and hid out in their room to play when it was rainy.

3. Where and when do you feel most centered and most yourself?
I guess in my house. Specifically my kitchen, which I think is my favourite room. I'm not a cook of any genius, but I have everything set up the way I want it and I have everything under control and it's very satisfying. The other time is if I'm really in the editing groove at work. When I'm writing I'm beset by doubts, but when editing I get to indulge my love of Making It Better. I adore structural editing and I'm loving the plain-language work I'm doing at the moment. Very very satisfying.

I suspect I might have some of the same feeling when hiking. I don't do enough of it to be sure. ;)

4. Do you like rollercoasters?
I'm not crazy about them, but I'll go on them.

5. What's something you found out/figured out about your parents only well after you entered adulthood?
My mum is a lot tougher than she seems, when necessary. My dad is a frustrated idealist.

Comments

[claris.livejournal.com]

I am presently grossing out those around me by regressing to my childhood love of liverwurst & cheese sammiches. So I gotta figure, hey -- how bad can your five questions be? ;)

[raithen.livejournal.com]

you would have gotten along VERY well with my Grampa. Esp. if the cheese is Very Old Very Sharp cheddar, and esp if you add a slab of uncooked cooking onion to the mix.


**SHudder** I loved the man. But REALLY!

[claris.livejournal.com]

Nah, plain ol' 'murrican cheese. But seriously, I can't help it - with the exception of one Irish great-grandmother (who's on my dad's side & therefore gets the blame from my mom for, well... me) the whole family is German Austrian Hungarian all the way down the line. I went to the Highland Games in NH & my brother & I were the only ones that were willing to try haggis. Everyone else was grossed out, & we were all, "Not bad, man. A lot like bloodwurst with more rice*. Got any ketchup?"

;)

*incidentally, Germans also have ricewurst. We're pretty much willing to wurst anything.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Hee! One of the secondary characters in Madensky Square (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Madensky-Square-Eva-Ibbotson/dp/0099226014) (set in Vienna) is a butcher who specializes in charcuterie. One of the most memorable moments of his life was the first time he went to Italy and saw a mortadella.

Also, haggis is AWESOME.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

um. you know my last name ;) also sharing in the German heritage, though the Mennonite subset, and via Russia. But yes, I understand. I should also add that I actually DO like liverwurst, and loved the cheese and onion sandwiches until my body said cheese was evyl.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

1. Tell me about your favourite place in L.A.

2. Is there some insignificant repeating thing in a TV show that you get a particular kick out of when it shows up? (For example, Jen and I watch Midsomer Murders, and I always cackle when we get to the latest variant of Midsomer they've come up with for a place name. Midsomer Parva! Midsomer Digglesby!)

3. Give me (or the world at large) some dating advice.

4. What can't you do without when you travel?

5. What's on your pizza?

[ozreison.livejournal.com]

42.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

1. Tell me about a talent you have.

2. Is there a particular trope or tic or short-cut in fiction that enrages you?

3. What's your favourite room in the house?

4. What music did you like at age 13?

5. Are there any items you keep around purely out of nostalgia?

[raithen.livejournal.com]

well, since I am tied to my puter ANYwAY, and since I like and missers you, what the heck ;).

Also, JJ sends snuffles. And Indy wants to MEET you ;). (ps: Rodeo next weekend! *sQUEE*)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

1. Tell me about one of your favourite fictional characters.

2. If you had two months with no obligations or responsibilities and unlimited funds, what would you do?

3. What's your most important travel tip?

4. What outfit makes you feel good?

5. Are there any Internet abbreviations you consistently misread?

[kerlin.livejournal.com]

Here's my casual comment of no particular significance: my iPod just tossed out the Praeludium from Suite 2 of the Bach cello suites, and I am one of probably five people in the world to both own and prefer Pablo Casals' recordings of the suites to Yo Yo Ma's.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

1. Do you have a favourite recipe?

2. What are three things you'd like to do before you die?

3. Are there any books you loved as a child or teenager that you're now scared to go back to in case they aren't as good as you remember?

4. If you ran a fortune cookie company, what are three mottoes that might be in your cookies?

5. What's beside your bed?

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Brrrrr.....rollercoasters. Meep.

And number 5 reminds me of how amazing it is to see our parents from the perspective of being an adult.

I love that your kitchen is a wonderful place to be.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

1. Is there a role you play with friends or family or colleagues that you especially enjoy?

2. Describe your ideal dwelling.

3. Would you say you have clothes sense? Why or why not?

4. Tell me about a book or movie you didn't think would work that actually did work.

5. What are three reliable pick-me-ups for you?

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Ah, questions. :)

1. Is there a role you play with friends or family or colleagues that you especially enjoy?

Hard to say....perhaps inserting humor whenever I can. Which might make me a bit of a Merry Prankster...but not quite because I don't like practical jokes at all. So it's more seeing the surreal humor in daily life and sharing it.


2. Describe your ideal dwelling.

An open concept Arts & Crafts Bungalow. :::sigh::: With woods and fields and ponds within walking distance.

3. Would you say you have clothes sense? Why or why not?

I don't wear dresses or skirts or stockings. I guess I really am just an old hippie deadhead. But I like dark colors, nothing pastel. No orange or red, it makes my brain bleed. I hate tie-dye. So I end up with greens, browns, blues, purples. No stripes or patterns...and of course Birkenstocks. ;)

4. Tell me about a book or movie you didn't think would work that actually did work.

Hard to say...maybe the Harry Potter movies. I like them more than the books.

5. What are three reliable pick-me-ups for you?

Coffee. Dark bittersweet chocolate. A hug. Grateful Dead or classical music.

:)

[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Fish!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

1. Are there any especially colourful characters in your family?

2. You're serving dinner for six to people you want to impress. What's on the menu?

3. Do you have a comfort read?

4. If you were showing Toronto to someone and you only had a day, where would you take them?

5. What's your favourite plant?

[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Okay, I forget the rules for this meme but here are my answers!

1. Are there any especially colourful characters in your family?
My father. He was a sailor with the Portuguese Navy, in combat in Angola in the 50's and a construction worker.

2. You're serving dinner for six to people you want to impress. What's on the menu?
Risotto with sun dried tomatoes and a shrimp, red pepper, onion medley.

3. Do you have a comfort read?
Anything I read as a child, like the Narnia series or Alice in Wonderland.

4. If you were showing Toronto to someone and you only had a day, where would you take them?

The lighthouse on the Island so they could see the whole city.

5. What's your favourite plant?

Cacti.