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1. What was the last thing you put off doing?
probably also laundry, though with the washer and dryer in the kitchen, it is not a chore that is a drag, at all. I love the ease of it, now.
2. Do you eat your dinner at a dining table, coffee table or off your lap?
I generally eat at my desk. My dining table is... just not very fun when I am on my own, and quite small if I am not.
3. Do you prefer holidays where you relax or actually do things?
Holidays are for relaxing, yeah... I AM a Christmas nut, despite being a full on atheist, so relaxing does involve Xmas music, a tree, wrapping presents, egg nog, and this year, Xmas cards.
4. Have you ever attended a black tie formal event?
No.
5. Can you snap your fingers?
yes, but kind of half-assedly. Other people get much better clicks than I do.
6. Have you ever broken a window?
I've been in the vicinity of a window breaking, when my uncle and father were fighting over Solidarnosc around 1978. But I, myself, have not broken a window. I have, however, shattered a glass door. I was picking my little sister up from afterschool daycare at 5 PM, which was at our elementary school. I was probably resentful that I had to go get her anyway, but once I was there, no one came when I knocked on the big double glass doors. And no one came. And no one came. I figured my puny fist was not making enough noise, so I decided to use my heel -- I turned around and kicked the door, trying to make a louder noise. And it shattered. My principal, Mr. Cherry, and for some reason a Catholic priest THEN came to the door, aghast at what the priest, at least, assumed was delinquent behavior or something. He grabbed my ear and dragged me to the Office. Mr. Cherry did not say anything. It was quite painful! I'm sure they called my parents. I don't remember if they then had to come down, tired after work, to get us both. Anyway, by the next Monday, the door had been repaired, and there was a doorbell installed.
7. Have you ever finished reading an entire book in a day?
It's more like, when have I NOT finished (at least one) book in a day. Not super long ones like Neal Stephenson's Anathem, but plenty. I can easily finish two books in a day -- but I do read once I go to bed, as well as at lunch, after school, etc.
8. Do you know how to play pool?
I've played a couple of times, but I suck. On the other hand, kind of like bowling, I don't care at all that I suck.
9. If you had to be trapped in a TV show what would it be?
Hm. This is hard, for some reason. I felt in some ways like I LIVED in the Brit show The Young Ones for several weeks in Britain in 1984. Squats, lots of lentils, shouty politics, hippies, badge-bearing Trotskyists... You know, I wouldn't mind living on whichever version of the Enterprise it is in the latest (prequel) Star Trek show -- "ST: Strange New Worlds." Transporters (even if they're in the early days, there), congenial people to work with, space exploration and no pesky problems with the speed of light, SUPPOSEDLY a post-capitalist society on Earth.
10. Do you dream often?
If I get good sleep I do dream, sometimes REALLY ANNOYING ANXIETY DREAMS about teaching, one way or another, or even mindless anxiety dreams where I am trying (and utterly failing) to complete some extremely frustrating task AGAIN AND AGAIN which, when closely examined (as I am waking up) turns out to be compeletely nonsensical. I dream non-anxiety dreams too, sometimes, but I don't usually remember them in detail, boo. Sometimes. My father claims never to dream. I didn't think that was possible?
probably also laundry, though with the washer and dryer in the kitchen, it is not a chore that is a drag, at all. I love the ease of it, now.
2. Do you eat your dinner at a dining table, coffee table or off your lap?
I generally eat at my desk. My dining table is... just not very fun when I am on my own, and quite small if I am not.
3. Do you prefer holidays where you relax or actually do things?
Holidays are for relaxing, yeah... I AM a Christmas nut, despite being a full on atheist, so relaxing does involve Xmas music, a tree, wrapping presents, egg nog, and this year, Xmas cards.
4. Have you ever attended a black tie formal event?
No.
5. Can you snap your fingers?
yes, but kind of half-assedly. Other people get much better clicks than I do.
6. Have you ever broken a window?
I've been in the vicinity of a window breaking, when my uncle and father were fighting over Solidarnosc around 1978. But I, myself, have not broken a window. I have, however, shattered a glass door. I was picking my little sister up from afterschool daycare at 5 PM, which was at our elementary school. I was probably resentful that I had to go get her anyway, but once I was there, no one came when I knocked on the big double glass doors. And no one came. And no one came. I figured my puny fist was not making enough noise, so I decided to use my heel -- I turned around and kicked the door, trying to make a louder noise. And it shattered. My principal, Mr. Cherry, and for some reason a Catholic priest THEN came to the door, aghast at what the priest, at least, assumed was delinquent behavior or something. He grabbed my ear and dragged me to the Office. Mr. Cherry did not say anything. It was quite painful! I'm sure they called my parents. I don't remember if they then had to come down, tired after work, to get us both. Anyway, by the next Monday, the door had been repaired, and there was a doorbell installed.
7. Have you ever finished reading an entire book in a day?
It's more like, when have I NOT finished (at least one) book in a day. Not super long ones like Neal Stephenson's Anathem, but plenty. I can easily finish two books in a day -- but I do read once I go to bed, as well as at lunch, after school, etc.
8. Do you know how to play pool?
I've played a couple of times, but I suck. On the other hand, kind of like bowling, I don't care at all that I suck.
9. If you had to be trapped in a TV show what would it be?
Hm. This is hard, for some reason. I felt in some ways like I LIVED in the Brit show The Young Ones for several weeks in Britain in 1984. Squats, lots of lentils, shouty politics, hippies, badge-bearing Trotskyists... You know, I wouldn't mind living on whichever version of the Enterprise it is in the latest (prequel) Star Trek show -- "ST: Strange New Worlds." Transporters (even if they're in the early days, there), congenial people to work with, space exploration and no pesky problems with the speed of light, SUPPOSEDLY a post-capitalist society on Earth.
10. Do you dream often?
If I get good sleep I do dream, sometimes REALLY ANNOYING ANXIETY DREAMS about teaching, one way or another, or even mindless anxiety dreams where I am trying (and utterly failing) to complete some extremely frustrating task AGAIN AND AGAIN which, when closely examined (as I am waking up) turns out to be compeletely nonsensical. I dream non-anxiety dreams too, sometimes, but I don't usually remember them in detail, boo. Sometimes. My father claims never to dream. I didn't think that was possible?