An interview with Qimissung:
*Why are we doing this interview thing?*
I’m not sure why. I’m not sure I have anything illuminating to say.
*So, how old are you?*
I’m 58.
*What is the best birthday present you've ever received?*
My music box that plays Fur Elise, when I was five and my Caroline walking doll in the fourth grade. Also anything my sons have given me.
*If you had a personal theme song what would it be?*“Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. I love that song.
*Are you male or female? *
Female
*If you could build an entire planet from scratch, what would it look, sound and smell like?*
I like this one pretty well, but if I built one it would look more humane, sound less cacophonous, and it would smell like a garden, even if you weren’t in one.
*If you owned the site, what would you change?*
I can’t think of anything. It’s practically perfect in every way.
*What was the inspiration for your LitNet username?*
I found it in a book.
*Which countries have you visited?*
Most of Europe.
*Which languages do you speak?*
English, alas, only English.
*What is the last thing that you have done that you have been really proud of?*
I started a scholarship program. PM me if you would like to donate.
*If you could live somewhere different, where would it be and why?*
I could pick any number of places. Venice, or the Ile Saint-Louis in Paris, or Rome or somewhere on the coast of Ireland.
*Do you have any pets?*
Yes, indeedy. Cats.
*What makes you happy?*
Being with the people I love.
*What's your favourite song for singing in the shower?*
I don’t sing in the shower. I do, however, like to sing “Montego Bay” along with the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYiaZcuEuk
*Which actor should play you in a movie based on your life?*
I think Rebel Wilson, only thir, I mean, twenty years older.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR58n...eature=related
*Who is your favourite Beatle?*
Paul
*How do you like your coffee? *
With cream and sugar. Yum. I want some now.
*Given the option, what animal would you choose to be?*
A fox. A fox with little fox paws.
*When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?*
I used to play school, so I guess a teacher. How boring.
*What makes you feel great about yourself?*
That’s a tough one.
*How did you meet your significant other?*
I don’t have one.
*What was the best day of your life?*
The days my children were born.
*What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)*
I think I’m a pretty good teacher. I’m a pretty good writer. I’m a fairly good listener, and I’m very good at qualifying things.
*What is the one thing you must do before you die?*
Be happy with myself.
*If you had to teach something, what would you teach?*
How to listen.
*What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?*
Not enjoying my family.
*If you were to be stuck at a particular time in your life, which one would you choose and why?*
In my early thirties.
*Do you get tired living life?*
No.
*What one thing would you NEED to have on a deserted island if you didn't have to worry over food and water? *
Books and movies.
*If you were a king/queen for a day, what would you do?*
Eat chocolate and decree that it could not make you fat/ter
*What’s the stupidest forum argument you’ve ever had?*
I don’t have arguments here. Only because they take to long to type out. And reading them I’m always like “Really? You really thought it was a good idea to say that?”
*What song is in your head at the moment?*
My mind is a tabula rasa at the moment. Some people would say it’s for longer than a moment.
*Which book are you reading at the moment?*
I’m reading two. I have only about thirty more pages left of “Lolita,” although it still feels interminable, and I’ve started “The Chocolate War.”
*What is your favourite quote?*
I have a plethora of favorite quotes. Here is one I encountered recently and I like it very much:
“The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist. Ours only is the present’s tiny point.”
Mahmud Shabistari
*Which comedians or cabaret artists do you like?*
Lewis Black is funny. I like when he gets mad.
*Favorite avatar on the Forum?*
Aliengirl has a pretty one.
*Favorite threads?*
Anything in General Chat or General Literature.
*What's your favorite sandwich?*
Tuna fish, if I’d bother to make it.
*What is your answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?*
Don’t worry, be happy.
*Who were some of the nicest people you met on LitNet?*
TheFifthElement, PrinceMyshkin, TurquoiseSunset, Scher, TheComedian, LadyLuck, Helga, Haunted, JuniperWoolf, Papayahed, Gilleat Gurgle, Max, Pensive; really, I like everybody.
*What are you wearing at the moment?*
A pink blouse, shorts, sandals
* Favorite poem?*
Edna St. Vincent Millay:
Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain;
Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink
And rise and sink and rise and sink again;
Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath,
Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone;
Yet many a man is making friends with death
Even as I speak, for lack of love alone.
It well may be that in a difficult hour,
Pinned down by pain and moaning for release,
Or nagged by want past resolution's power,
I might be driven to sell your love for peace,
Or trade the memory of this night for food.
It well may be. I do not think I would.
And Western Wind:
Western wind, when will thou blow,
The small rain down can rain?
Christ! If my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!
*First novel you remember reading on your own?*
“The Boxcar Children”
*What era do you find most of the books you read are from?*
Probably the current one.
*Favorite TV shows?*
The Good Wife, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, The Mentalist. I used to like Dexter, but now it just makes me anxious to watch it.
*Which Forum members would you like to meet in person?*
TheFifthElement and PrinceMyshkin. I’d be glad to meet anybody, actually, even knowing there’s going to be an awkward period, because knowing people in reality is different than knowing them virtually.
*Are you a winter or summer?*
I’m a winter.
*Last words you said out loud?*
Good night, son.
*Last person you hugged/kissed?*
My son.
*What do you do (for a living) to be able to keep your LitNet addiction going? And are you happy with your chosen profession?*
I’m a teacher, for the time being anyway.
*What would you like to be if you could change your profession?*
Maybe a writer or a painter, if I had the talent, of course.
*Which one of the seven dwarves are you and why?*
Bashful.
*What is your most outstanding feature?*
That’s assuming I have one.
*If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would that be?*
My eyes, just a bit. My sister’s eyes are prettier.
*Which book do you wish you had written?*
Pride and Prejudice
*What book would you recommend to others of all types and ages as a must read?*
Night by Elie Wiesel. It’s a good book, but I think each person needs to find their own book that they think everyone should read.
*What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?*
Nothing at all! It’s evening, I can do what I want to.
*Describe your ideal day, please.*
I would get up and I’d go on a hike and then have a picnic with my family and friends and then we’d cook out for dinner and watch a movie late at night.
*Favorite movie?*
A Little Princess; Pride and Prejudice, both the movie (yes, I said it), and the mini-series.
*Last movie you watched?
“A Separation.” It was sad.
*How are you going to pick just one favourite painting?*
I can’t pick just one. I helplessly like them all.
*Favorite painting?*
A favorite painting is Ophelia by Sir John Millais
*Are you gellin'?*
*hunh* No.
*Wonderful Superman or depressing Batman?*
Batman
*Something you want to forget but you never can?*
I remember seeing the face of a young man found dead. It was in a booklet filled with pictures of missing people. It was rather horrifying to me at the time. I was young, and he died alone, in the elements, and no one knew who he was.
*What is the wisest thing that has been said to you?*
“And in any event, you shouldn't be apologetic about your life - these are things you have to deal with, yes, but they do not make you a bad or inferior person. In many ways you are stronger for your experiences…” TheFifthElement
*If you could relive one moment in your life whenever you wanted to, what would it be?*
A Fourth of July many years ago.
*What is the best thing that happened to you since your last birthday?*
I got a beautiful watch for Christmas, and meeting friends for dinner.
*If you could send one thing to the Room 101, one would that be?*
deception
*Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?*
Still in pursuit
*Tell us something scandalous about yourself.*
I’ll pass on that one.
*How long did it take you to answer all of these questions?*
Longer than I thought it would
*One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?*
Love you guys-so, be careful out there.
*What question would you like to ask to the person to be interview after you?*
What’s your favorite word?
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