more mad interviewing
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1. Which country outside your continent would you most like to visit and
why?
Very tough to decide. Here's the short list: Japan, Australia, Fiji, England, France
I'll eliminate Fiji immediately as they've had political struggles that I want nothing to do with. I'll eliminate England next as while it's true that I want to visit there, it's to visit friends more than because of it's inherent value as a country. I'll toss out France as a country I'll probably get to see one of these days as a side visit to England. That leaves me with Japan and Australia.
***drum roll****
And the winner is, Australia. How could I not choose Australia over Japan? Australia is a entire continent and there's the plus of already understanding the language. There is far too much beauty in Australia to consider skipping it in this lifetime, although I'm not sure how it will ever happen given that it takes a tremendous amount of time and money to get this far. I want to see the obvious things such as kangaroos, koalas, and Ayers Rock. But I also want to experience being in a setting where the plants and animals are alien to what I've experienced. I would also cunningly choose to do this trip in Northern Hemisphere winter so as to get the double summer bonus - W00T! I'd love to learn more about the aborigines. Australia is the closest you can get in many ways to seeing what a truly alien culture would be like.
2. 'Poetry makes nothing happen' - do you agree?
No.
hah, she forgot to say 'discuss' *sneaks off quietly*
Ok, moving back. Day to day, people make decisions based on what kind of person they are. Poems help explain and decipher the inner workings of what people believe in. How could this not have an effect? How many people have launched into a new career based on the lines "I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference." Oddly enough, all of this has nothing to do with why I write poetry.
3. What is your best quality and why?
Of my many fine qualities. I would have to pick stubborness. It acts as a tint, coloring everything else that I do. In many ways, I am a small, inoffensive person, but I just plain do not do things that don't feel right to me. That's often kept me from fitting in, but it's also helped me to stay myself and hold true to what is important to me.
4. If you could only achieve your greatest ambition by dying at 50, would
you make the deal?
Nope, one of my big goals is to live as close to forever as possible.
5. What's the most irritating thing about America aside from George Bush?
It seems as if there's a shared mindset that it's no longer important to do the right thing as long as you don't get caught. And if you do get caught, see if you can get a book or movie deal out of it. The nasty right wing swing is just part of the same vast wrongness. All the sudden, there's a portion of the population that believes that the rules are whatever you can make them and screw the people that don't agree with you.
er. and I don't like Bush very much either.
questions o'
bexfiles1. Which country outside your continent would you most like to visit and
why?
Very tough to decide. Here's the short list: Japan, Australia, Fiji, England, France
I'll eliminate Fiji immediately as they've had political struggles that I want nothing to do with. I'll eliminate England next as while it's true that I want to visit there, it's to visit friends more than because of it's inherent value as a country. I'll toss out France as a country I'll probably get to see one of these days as a side visit to England. That leaves me with Japan and Australia.
***drum roll****
And the winner is, Australia. How could I not choose Australia over Japan? Australia is a entire continent and there's the plus of already understanding the language. There is far too much beauty in Australia to consider skipping it in this lifetime, although I'm not sure how it will ever happen given that it takes a tremendous amount of time and money to get this far. I want to see the obvious things such as kangaroos, koalas, and Ayers Rock. But I also want to experience being in a setting where the plants and animals are alien to what I've experienced. I would also cunningly choose to do this trip in Northern Hemisphere winter so as to get the double summer bonus - W00T! I'd love to learn more about the aborigines. Australia is the closest you can get in many ways to seeing what a truly alien culture would be like.
2. 'Poetry makes nothing happen' - do you agree?
No.
hah, she forgot to say 'discuss' *sneaks off quietly*
Ok, moving back. Day to day, people make decisions based on what kind of person they are. Poems help explain and decipher the inner workings of what people believe in. How could this not have an effect? How many people have launched into a new career based on the lines "I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference." Oddly enough, all of this has nothing to do with why I write poetry.
3. What is your best quality and why?
Of my many fine qualities. I would have to pick stubborness. It acts as a tint, coloring everything else that I do. In many ways, I am a small, inoffensive person, but I just plain do not do things that don't feel right to me. That's often kept me from fitting in, but it's also helped me to stay myself and hold true to what is important to me.
4. If you could only achieve your greatest ambition by dying at 50, would
you make the deal?
Nope, one of my big goals is to live as close to forever as possible.
5. What's the most irritating thing about America aside from George Bush?
It seems as if there's a shared mindset that it's no longer important to do the right thing as long as you don't get caught. And if you do get caught, see if you can get a book or movie deal out of it. The nasty right wing swing is just part of the same vast wrongness. All the sudden, there's a portion of the population that believes that the rules are whatever you can make them and screw the people that don't agree with you.
er. and I don't like Bush very much either.