Interview meme
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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 LJ with the answers to the questions *and* leave the answers as comments on my LJ.
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.
My questions from her, and my answers behind the cut:
1. Stealing cpsings4him's question: What birth order do you fall in (oldest, middle, youngest, only child) and how, if at all, do you feel this has effected you as a person?
I am the oldest; my sister is 4 and a half years younger than I, and my brother is a little over 4 years younger than she is. I know that it affected me a good deal. When my dad was killed in a work accident, I was 13. I went from being mostly just a big sister to having some of the responsibilities of a parent. My mother would sometimes ask me to help her make some extremele adult decisions: whether to move, buy a certain house, buy new siding, etc. Not something I was really equipped to do as a teenager. I also had the responsibility of taking care of the two of them when Momma was at work, and I tended to be very bossy.
2. How did you come to discover LOTR?
In tenth grade we ordered some of those Scholastic books. The girl who sat next to me had ordered The Hobbit. I had finished with my book right away, and as she had another book she was reading first, I asked to borrow her copy. I finished it that night, and the next day was in the school library checking out FotR and TTT. I had to wait a week before I could get my hands on RotK, as it was already checked out. AAaarrgghh!!!
3. What is your favorite book (if LOTR, then 2nd favorite)?
Oh, definitely LotR! As to second favorite, it's hard to say. Probably CS Lewis' Space trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. I'm very fond of Narnia as well.
4. What was your favorite year of school and why?
I think maybe my senior year. Most of my school years were pretty miserable, because I was one of those kids that seems to attract bullies. We didn't use the word back then, but I was definitely a geek and a nerd, though I didn't know it. But my senior year I got onto the debate team, and had a great time.
5. If you were to join another fandom, what do you think it would be?
Oh, good heavens, I don't have time for another one. I've liked Star Trek in all its incarnations, and I'm fond of Harry Potter, but neither of them turns my crank enough to join their fandoms.
I have occasionally thought of writing fanfic for a couple of books that don't appear to *have* any fanfic, but it's never progressed much, because hobbits occupy too much of my brain space for anything else to lodge there very well. LOL! This was fun! Thanks!
So, anyone want *me* to interview them?
frodobaggins881) 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 LJ with the answers to the questions *and* leave the answers as comments on my LJ.
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.
My questions from her, and my answers behind the cut:
1. Stealing cpsings4him's question: What birth order do you fall in (oldest, middle, youngest, only child) and how, if at all, do you feel this has effected you as a person?
I am the oldest; my sister is 4 and a half years younger than I, and my brother is a little over 4 years younger than she is. I know that it affected me a good deal. When my dad was killed in a work accident, I was 13. I went from being mostly just a big sister to having some of the responsibilities of a parent. My mother would sometimes ask me to help her make some extremele adult decisions: whether to move, buy a certain house, buy new siding, etc. Not something I was really equipped to do as a teenager. I also had the responsibility of taking care of the two of them when Momma was at work, and I tended to be very bossy.
2. How did you come to discover LOTR?
In tenth grade we ordered some of those Scholastic books. The girl who sat next to me had ordered The Hobbit. I had finished with my book right away, and as she had another book she was reading first, I asked to borrow her copy. I finished it that night, and the next day was in the school library checking out FotR and TTT. I had to wait a week before I could get my hands on RotK, as it was already checked out. AAaarrgghh!!!
3. What is your favorite book (if LOTR, then 2nd favorite)?
Oh, definitely LotR! As to second favorite, it's hard to say. Probably CS Lewis' Space trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. I'm very fond of Narnia as well.
4. What was your favorite year of school and why?
I think maybe my senior year. Most of my school years were pretty miserable, because I was one of those kids that seems to attract bullies. We didn't use the word back then, but I was definitely a geek and a nerd, though I didn't know it. But my senior year I got onto the debate team, and had a great time.
5. If you were to join another fandom, what do you think it would be?
Oh, good heavens, I don't have time for another one. I've liked Star Trek in all its incarnations, and I'm fond of Harry Potter, but neither of them turns my crank enough to join their fandoms.
I have occasionally thought of writing fanfic for a couple of books that don't appear to *have* any fanfic, but it's never progressed much, because hobbits occupy too much of my brain space for anything else to lodge there very well. LOL! This was fun! Thanks!
So, anyone want *me* to interview them?
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Date: 2005-05-09 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-09 02:08 am (UTC)2. If you could talk to JRRT, what would you ask him about Middle-earth and why do you want to know that?
3. Where do you see yourself in twenty-five years?
4. Which of your stories do you think of as your best, and as your worst?
5. You’ve been given 2 million dollars, tax free, no strings attached--what do you do with it?
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Date: 2005-05-09 02:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-09 02:26 am (UTC)Well, I've grown up in a Christian home, so as such, I went to church every Sunday and most Wednesdays. Of course, I could have rebelled, gone completely against them in that way, but thankfully the Lord had mercy on me and changed my heart of stone to a heart of flesh so that I could be receptive and believe in Him. :)
2. If you could talk to JRRT, what would you ask him about Middle-earth and why do you want to know that?
I would ask him what he viewed Tom Bombadil as in regards to race (hobbit, man, elve, etc.) and developing the story. Why? Because I personally am still trying to figure out Bombadil and trying to figure out how to understand him. :)
3. Where do you see yourself in twenty-five years?
I could easily see myself happily married (of course, not without a fair share of problems) and a few kids (I'd like as many as the Lord wills..big family is no problem. just wouldn't be living in the Bay Area if that happens ;)). Possibly, I'd be working in a Christian school teaching 2nd grade, or homeschooling my own kids.
4. Which of your stories do you think of as your best, and as your worst?
Hm...That's definitely a good question. Only considering my completed stories, I'd have to say Alone would probably be my best, as I put so much feeling into it and thought, plus everyone else seemed to like it. ;) My worst? It's probably Home is Where the Heart Is, considering I knew hardly anything about the book verse so there are a ton of inconsistancies. If that were counted as just being movie verse, I'd have to say At the Crack of Mount Doom.
5. You've been given 2 million dollars, tax free, no strings attached--what would you do with it?
Well, I'd definitely like to help my parents by ridding them of their debts. I'd buy my sister a thoroughbred horse (she loves horses) and find some stable nearby to keep it at. I'd buy the Charles Spurgeon and A.W. Pink books I want to read. Then, I'd probably spend some on LotR books and memorabilia. Possibly even a car. The rest? In savings.
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Date: 2005-05-09 03:28 am (UTC)2. If you could meet Mike Nesmith back in the 60s before the Monkees broke up, what would you tell him about his future?
3. How long does it take you from getting the plot bunny for a story to actually starting to put the words down?
4. You win a vacation to one of three places: Disney World, England or New Zealand. Which one would you pick, and why?
5. Which Disney princess would you like to be?
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Date: 2005-05-09 05:35 am (UTC)Beruthiel
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Date: 2005-05-09 06:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-09 07:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-09 11:16 am (UTC)2. Tell me about the best cat you ever knew.
3. You can ask your favorite LotR character one question--who is it and what do you want to know?
4. What do you think is your best and your worst story?
5. How do you write: straight to the computer, or on paper first?
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Date: 2005-05-09 11:22 am (UTC)2. Besides LotR, what is your favorite book/movie?
3. Who is your favorite OC, and why?
4. You have a month of free time and unlimited funds for that time. What are you going to do?
5. If you could be an actual Mary Sue, would you (a) be a tenth walker (b) spend your time with one particular character (c ) sacrifice yourself to destroy the Ring or (d) something else (specify)?
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Date: 2005-05-09 11:27 am (UTC)2. You can live anywhere you want to in the world *except* Norway--where would you go, and why?
3. Tell me something about your typical day that I wouldn’t know.
4. If you could have a conversation with Merry just before the Quest, what would you tell him that you think he ought to know?
5. Why Merry ?
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Date: 2005-05-09 11:59 am (UTC)I would ask him tons of questions on the impact of an Edain bonding with an Eldar, the concequenses and clash of culture, begetting and childbirth. Why he stated that such unions were often illfated. Discussing his LACE at lenghth, Numenor, I would also ask him if he thinks if Maglor would ever return and if he would reconcile with his mother... Who his favourite hobbit is..
2. Besides LotR, what is your favorite book/movie?
Book: Mists of Avalon for many many reasons. The book, in the end, set me on the path of being trained in the old ways (although I am no longer involved and yes.. they exist but are hard to find), introduced me into the Fantasy genre to begin with.
Movie: hard to tell. I think Braveheart because it had such an emotional impact on me, but so did Gladiator. The concequences of choosing your own path to walk.
3. Who is your favorite OC, and why?
Oh!!!! That is a difficult one. Imar as my OFC. Most definetely, despite all she goes trough she has this inner power that keeps her standing and facing what is hurled at her. OMC would Keold: he simply rocks, a kind heart.
4. You have a month of free time and unlimited funds for that time. What are you going to do?
Renting a house in Ireland and live there. I most likely would refuse to leave after that.
5. If you could be an actual Mary Sue, would you (a) be a tenth walker (b) spend your time with one particular character (c ) sacrifice yourself to destroy the Ring or (d) something else (specify)?
Mary Sues... oh lords. a) nah, b) hmmmm, might be, c) nah, I think Frodo/Gollum does a fine job with that, d) it can't be that a male character falls in love with me, I would rather go for a mutual dislike on first sight, but slowly they realise that they can't live with or without each other. The story would most likely pass the R rating for the amount of fire (on many many levels) involved. I never did a Mary Sue, and I don't see myself writing one. But if it was the case it would either be a very smutty NC-17 b option or my answer with d.
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Date: 2005-05-09 04:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-10 12:47 am (UTC)2. Tell me something I wouldn’t know about your country.
3. If you could give Pippin some advice before the Quest, what would it be?
4. What is your favorite meal, and why?
5. Besides LotR, what is your favorite book?
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Date: 2005-05-11 06:14 am (UTC)I would dearly like to know all there is about Pippin’s character, but on the other hand I’m afraid to find out more, because that leaves less for the imagination. If that makes sense :)
2. Tell me something I wouldn’t know about your country.
Well, that's a hard one, as I don't know what you know about The Netherlands, lol. Our country has approximately 16 million inhabitants, is divided into 12 provinces, Amsterdam is the biggest city and has approx. 700.000 inhabitants, there are more bicycles then people, a large part of the country lies below sea level and would flood if all the dikes and dunes were gone.
Want to know anything else? lol
3. If you could give Pippin some advice before the Quest, what would it be?
I don’t really know. I think he could do with lots of advice, but that might also change the outcome.
Maybe I would tell him to try to think before he acts a bit more. But I also know that’s not an easy thing to do, as I have been given that advice often too, lol
4. What is your favorite meal, and why?
Asparagus (the white ones) with ham, boiled egg, mashed potatoes and a cheese sauce.
5. Besides LotR, what is your favorite book?
There are several books I really like: The world according to Garp by John Irving (and most of his other books too), Een hart van Steen (a heart of stone) by Renate Dorrestein (she’s Dutch writer), the Harry Potter books, The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux. (I just noticed that most of my favourite books are in English, lol)