7 Questions (and Reprise)
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arliddian:
Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
1) What is a book that you will always carry in your heart?
Anne of Green Gables and the rest of the series. The first was my first book given to me as a Christmas present and I still love it and read it often. I quote Anne and Philippa and Rachel Lynde more often than I expect myself to, and these books represent most of the good, innocent stuff of my childhood.
2) If you could only wear one colour for the rest of your life, what colour would you choose?
I do a lot of the one-color thing, and it always keeps changing on me. Now, I'm a little burned out on that and on a serious mixed-color kick. But if I could only pick one, I think I'd go with purple. Right now, anyway.
3) Think back to what you were like five years ago. How do you think you've grown and changed since then?
I'm a lot easier going when my life implodes—which it is currently doing. I try to avoid conflict more, but at the same time, I try to be less of a doormat. I'm more grateful.
4) What is your favourite movie from your childhood?
Tie: Hoosiers and The Secret Garden, hands down.
5) Who do you think has been the most positive influence on your life so far and why?
My grandmother, hands down. She was there when I was born, always made time to teach and love me; even when I was still suicidally depressed, I knew beyond doubt she loved me and was there for me. She's the one that taught me the things that kept me through that time and made me too thoughty to do something stupid like run away or actually commit suicide. She's the one that taught me socialization, "girl stuff" (I'm shocked at how little my mom taught me and the things I'm still learning), and how to get a good job and keep it. She's the one who taught me about God.
6) If you could go anywhere in the world for a holiday, where would you go?
Hawaii. I've been wanting to go as long as I could remember. Mom was actually pregnant with me when she went, and I missed it! :growls: I'd so go there.
7) Writing is obviously your big passion. What keeps you inspired and motivated to work at it?
I can't stop the stories. My characters are almost always with me. I play with ideas of science, religion, culture, and they become worlds that eventually I want to share. Some worlds I'll never share. They are character and premise-building grounds. Some I think I will, but I won't. Some surprise me and take over my pen, and those are the ones we all get to actually meet.
If there is one thing I've always wanted to be and I still want just about more than anything else, it's to be a good writer and to make my living at it.
This is something I also struggle to balance against the "have no other gods before me" bit. Writing requires little motivation (just the appropriate inspiration on something that's had sufficient percolation to be written!), but that other one does.
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1. Tell me about your family.
I have one of those large, wonderful families where aunts, sister, and grandparents all live under the same roof and we love each other dearly—even when we squabble. I love to come home and come into "our vibes" whenever I've been out. We love God, spend time together, and work in a ministry together.
2. If money was no object, where on this planet of ours would you most like to live?
Colorado. Probably one of those nice rich houses in the forest communities.
3. Did you have a favorite pet growing up?
Our only pet: a guinea pig.
4. How do you define "spare time?" How do you spend it?
Spare time is time I don't have anything else I need to do in, or at least, it's not scheduled time and there are no burning fire emergencies I can actually do something about. I tend to spend it reading.
5. Who's your main literary inspiration?
Zenna Henderson who wrote the People stories and Ursula K. LeGuin. And now you know why I tend toward "literary" style at the most inopportune moments. :grins:
6. Do you have a most-visited non-writing website? If so, what is it?
Hmm... Probably my Yahoo Mail, sadly. I'm always drowning in emails. Thus, I miss a lot of what's going on with my f-list and rarely, if ever, catch up.
7. Where's the last place you went because you wanted to, not because you had to?
It's been too long. I don't even remember. :mournful sigh:
arliddian:Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
1) What is a book that you will always carry in your heart?
Anne of Green Gables and the rest of the series. The first was my first book given to me as a Christmas present and I still love it and read it often. I quote Anne and Philippa and Rachel Lynde more often than I expect myself to, and these books represent most of the good, innocent stuff of my childhood.
2) If you could only wear one colour for the rest of your life, what colour would you choose?
I do a lot of the one-color thing, and it always keeps changing on me. Now, I'm a little burned out on that and on a serious mixed-color kick. But if I could only pick one, I think I'd go with purple. Right now, anyway.
3) Think back to what you were like five years ago. How do you think you've grown and changed since then?
I'm a lot easier going when my life implodes—which it is currently doing. I try to avoid conflict more, but at the same time, I try to be less of a doormat. I'm more grateful.
4) What is your favourite movie from your childhood?
Tie: Hoosiers and The Secret Garden, hands down.
5) Who do you think has been the most positive influence on your life so far and why?
My grandmother, hands down. She was there when I was born, always made time to teach and love me; even when I was still suicidally depressed, I knew beyond doubt she loved me and was there for me. She's the one that taught me the things that kept me through that time and made me too thoughty to do something stupid like run away or actually commit suicide. She's the one that taught me socialization, "girl stuff" (I'm shocked at how little my mom taught me and the things I'm still learning), and how to get a good job and keep it. She's the one who taught me about God.
6) If you could go anywhere in the world for a holiday, where would you go?
Hawaii. I've been wanting to go as long as I could remember. Mom was actually pregnant with me when she went, and I missed it! :growls: I'd so go there.
7) Writing is obviously your big passion. What keeps you inspired and motivated to work at it?
I can't stop the stories. My characters are almost always with me. I play with ideas of science, religion, culture, and they become worlds that eventually I want to share. Some worlds I'll never share. They are character and premise-building grounds. Some I think I will, but I won't. Some surprise me and take over my pen, and those are the ones we all get to actually meet.
If there is one thing I've always wanted to be and I still want just about more than anything else, it's to be a good writer and to make my living at it.
This is something I also struggle to balance against the "have no other gods before me" bit. Writing requires little motivation (just the appropriate inspiration on something that's had sufficient percolation to be written!), but that other one does.
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in_the_blue1. Tell me about your family.
I have one of those large, wonderful families where aunts, sister, and grandparents all live under the same roof and we love each other dearly—even when we squabble. I love to come home and come into "our vibes" whenever I've been out. We love God, spend time together, and work in a ministry together.
2. If money was no object, where on this planet of ours would you most like to live?
Colorado. Probably one of those nice rich houses in the forest communities.
3. Did you have a favorite pet growing up?
Our only pet: a guinea pig.
4. How do you define "spare time?" How do you spend it?
Spare time is time I don't have anything else I need to do in, or at least, it's not scheduled time and there are no burning fire emergencies I can actually do something about. I tend to spend it reading.
5. Who's your main literary inspiration?
Zenna Henderson who wrote the People stories and Ursula K. LeGuin. And now you know why I tend toward "literary" style at the most inopportune moments. :grins:
6. Do you have a most-visited non-writing website? If so, what is it?
Hmm... Probably my Yahoo Mail, sadly. I'm always drowning in emails. Thus, I miss a lot of what's going on with my f-list and rarely, if ever, catch up.
7. Where's the last place you went because you wanted to, not because you had to?
It's been too long. I don't even remember. :mournful sigh:
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Date: 2012-02-14 01:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-14 03:43 pm (UTC)2. What is your favorite thing to do to relax?
3. Tea or coffee? Why?
4. If you could only have one book to read for the rest of your life, what would it be?
5. What would be your dream job?
6. What is your favorite place in the entire world?
7. How did you get into fandom?
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Date: 2012-02-14 04:07 am (UTC)3) Sounds like you've done lots of growing since then. =)
4) Love The Secret Garden!
5) Your grandmother sounds absolutely amazing. So glad you were blessed with her. <3
6) Oh gosh, my cousin just went to Hawaii and I was so jealous when I saw his photos!!
7) I find your determination and passion for writing really inspiring, you know. I understand what you mean re. the have no other gods before me thing, though. It's always a balancing act, isn't it, and it's so hard to keep it steady.
Such lovely thoughtful answers! ♥
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Date: 2012-02-14 03:44 pm (UTC)3) I pray so.
4) Girl after my own heart.
7) Thank you. I'm always glad if I can bless even one person in my life on any given day.
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Date: 2012-02-15 04:18 pm (UTC)(Also, Ursula K. LeGuin? Aaaaaawesome! Couldn't stand "The Beginning Place", but I adored the Earthsea books.)
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Date: 2012-02-15 05:00 pm (UTC)1) What are you most proud of about your country?
2) What is the most important thing in the world to you? (No living beings. :grins: )
3) If you could only keep one book to read for the rest of your life, what would it be?
4) Music or video? Why?
5) Where is your favorite place in the whole world?
6) What color are your walls?
7) Think you'll ever have any kids?
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Date: 2012-02-15 05:51 pm (UTC)2) Storytelling. Absolutely and completely. Without stories, we as humans are nothing. They're one of the major things that MAKE us human. From faith to fiction to history to anything, we need story. Needneedneed. Story is what forms us, what nurtures us. The stories we tell ourselves, tell others, shape the world around us. Our world is made of stories and is a story unto itself. Existence is, in a nutshell, a narrative. We forget that at our peril.
3) This is an evil, evil question and I think you know it. My Knee-jerk answer is my Bible, but outside of that I would have to say it'd most likely be a toss-up between "Jane Eyre" and "A Wrinkle In Time". I just did a coin flip (because it would come down to that); "Jane Eyre" won.
4) Another evil, evil question. Both are a huge part of my passion for story-telling. If it came down to it, probably video. I adore music
truly, madly, deeply, but film is this combination of the visual, the auditory, and the emotional. I certainly don't like every single movie out there, but the ones I do love, I love because they make powerful statements and engage me on those three levels -- sight, sound, and mind. This doesn't mean that music means any less to me or isn't as important; I'd just pick film over music if forced to.5) The first one that springs to mind is a tree on the campus of the University I attended. It was an apple tree, absolutely ancient. Campus lore said it was about 100 years old. In the spring/summer when the sun was shining, one of my favourite things to do between classes or on breaks was to climb up in it and lay down between two of the branches that formed a perfect recliner of sorts. I'd close my eyes and just take in the sunshine, or just look around at the falling cherry blossoms from all the other trees.
6) A combination of charcoal and a deep currant red.
7) Don't think so. Once I get a teaching position, I'll have more than enough kids to call my own. Hee. This is subject to change though.
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Date: 2012-02-15 10:28 pm (UTC)3) Of course it was! :laughs gleefully: But I love your choices. Both (all three!) some of the amazingest books ever. I fell in love with Jane Eyre on introduction and, of course, L'Engle. Need we say more?
4) LOL I have to admit to having been curious, but not realizing just how evil the question might be. I can see why you'd pick film. I'd be lost without music and would leave film with way too much ease.
5) Oooh. Love this. Always wished for just such a tree.
7) Fair enough.
:blows kisses: