Six Questions Meme

[figmo]

Shamelessly stolen from lots of other folks. Answer the questions in my comments, and I'll answer back #5 there.

1. How did you first find my journal?
2. Why did you originally decide to friend me?
3. What's your favorite part of my journal?
4. What's your least favorite part of my journal?
5. Ask me a question. Be as random as you want.
6. Have you ever met me in person?

Comments

[maedbh7.livejournal.com]

1) You told me where it was.
2) You told me where your journal was and are a regular on #filkhaven.
3) The radio stuff interests me, as I always wanted to work in radio. The dog posts :)
4) How depressed/angry you always seem. Tho, the same can be said of mine, so how hypocritical is that? Thus, lame answer, the lack of photographs :)
5) If you could swap your life today with your other life that exists from all the options you didn't choose, what do you imagine your life would be like and would you swap that life for this life for any amount of time of your choosing?
6) Not that I recall. We should fix that; will you be at OVFF?
-H...

[figmo.livejournal.com]

5) It depends upon where you make the break decision-wise. If I had never left south Jersey, I think I'd have turned into an alcoholic and died young, either by drinking myself to death or outright suicide.

If the split-point had been whether to come out to California, that's an interesting one. I suspect I'd have somehow finished my education at Columbia University, then gone to their Journalism school, gotten a good broadcast journalism job, and had a killer career and life.

6) Alas, I doubt I'll make OVFF. I only have so many frequent flyer miles, and I don't think I'll have enough $$$ to get there by then.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

1. You mentioned that you had one
2. Because I know you in real life
3. Reading about radio station stuff.
4. Some of the fannish/filk politics
5. Who is your favorite rock guitarist of all time?
6. Known you for years.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

5) Probably Jerry Garcia.

[sdorn.livejournal.com]

Okay:

How did you first find my journal?

I haven't the foggiest. I vaguely recall your listing it on the #filkhaven chat.

Why did you originally decide to friend me?

Because. Pffft!

What's your favorite part of my journal?

When you're more cynical and caustic than I am.

What's your least favorite part of my journal?

When you describe another Dining Out From Hell experience (i.e., another "honey, pass me the epi stick" episode). My friend, you've got to stop trusting restaurant staff to understand you and communicate effectively among themselves. Chinese restaurants are addicted to using mushrooms. Period. (Uh, ordinary, nonhallucinagenic mushrooms—well, nonhallucinagenic for most diners.)

Ask me a question. Be as random as you want.

Why didn't you run for governor?

Have you ever met me in person?

Uh, .... yeah, I think so. Several times. Maybe. You're tall with very dark, almost black hair. You have no sense of humor. You have no musical talent, and you neither sing nor play an instrument. You're a wallflower in the back of filk performance spaces. Right?

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Why didn't you run for governor?
1. As a member of the press who is trying to refinance her house, I'd lose the only steady source of income I've got, and therefore I'd lose my house. (Yes, my radio job is what's being used as my "source of income" for purposes of my emergency refinance!)
2. I'd have to go to lots of boring meetings.
3. I'd have to live in Sacramento. It's too hot and too dull for my comfort level.

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

1. How did you first find my journal?

Via gridlore, I believe

2. Why did you originally decide to friend me?

Because I'd met you a number of times, and really didn't know you at all.

3. What's your favorite part of my journal?

The times when you have enough spare cycles to update.

4. What's your least favorite part of my journal?

The obvers of #3.

5. Ask me a question. Be as random as you want.

What in the name of The Great Green Arkelseizure am I doing up at this hour?

6. Have you ever met me in person?

Yup.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

What in the name of The Great Green Arkelseizure am I doing up at this hour?

Responding to my Journal, of course! [g,d,rlh]

[kayshapero]

1. How did you first find my journal?
Noticed you were using this service when I set mine up.

2. Why did you originally decide to friend me?
You were already a friend in real life, so why not?

3. What's your favorite part of my journal?
Con reports and witty comentary on things.

4. What's your least favorite part of my journal?
When something bad happens (it's not that I don't want you to write about the bad things that happen, it's that I don't want bad things to happen to you.)

5. Ask me a question. Be as random as you want.
Are you a turtle?

6. Have you ever met me in person?
Yeppers.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Are you a turtle?

Afraid not. I don't have green skin or an exoskeleton.

[chatworthy.livejournal.com]

No, no, no: the correct answer is "You bet your sweet ass I am".

It's an old boys network sort of thing called the Turtle Club.
When asked if you are a turtle, you are honor-bound to give the correct answer, regardless of the circumstances (weddings, fuunerals press conferences...)

Alan Shepard was asked if he was a turtle over the open radio channel during his Mercury flight in 1961 when saying that on the air would've been Bad. He calmly switched the radio off, answered "You bet your sweet ass I am", which was picked up by the on-board tape recorder, and went on with the flight. I've read the official NASA transcript. "Are you a turtle?" is in the transcript, with a footnote describing that as "a private joke".

[chatworthy.livejournal.com]

How did you first find my journal?
You mentioned having one over on #filkhaven.

Why did you originally decide to friend me?
Because I already knew you in Real Life.

What's your favorite part of my journal?
Behind-the scenes radio weirdness

What's your least favorite part of my journal?
Reading about Warren getting booted around by the health-care bureaucrats. Keep writing about it - I hope things come out
all right and send Good Thoughts your way, but the stupidity
of the whole situation infuriates me.

Ask me a question. Be as random as you want.
Coming to Arizona any time soon?

Have you ever met me in person?
Oh, yeah.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Coming to Arizona any time soon?

I plan on attending Westercon next year, which IIRC, is in Arizona (heck, I've already lined up at least one roommate, so I'd better show up!). I figure the filking will kick ass and the water in the hotel swimming pool will be nice and warm -- a great way to spend my birthday!