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    Pičce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    Happy Belated Birthday, Helga!

    Hope you had a great birthday with your beloved ones!



    An interview with Helga:

    Why are we doing this interview thing?
    cause you asked me

    Are you sure you want to do this?
    sure

    Got milk?
    yep

    Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
    that would probably be me

    If you had a personal theme song what would it be?
    Driving sideways by Aimee Mann

    Are you male or female?
    female

    What makes you keep coming back?
    the people

    Are you happy with the way things are here?
    yep

    Which countries have you visited?
    Germany, Denmark,UK and Spain

    How do you like your home town?
    love it

    If you could live somewhere different, where would it be and why?
    the UK, I just love it

    Do you have any pets?
    2 dogs named Spock and Sisco and one boy

    What makes you happy?
    my 3 boys

    What is mankind's biggest achievement, and its greatest downfall?
    Penicillin and war

    Do you feel comfortable in your walk with God/atheism?
    my streets are based on atheism

    Which actor should play you in a movie based on your life?
    why would they make a movie?

    Given the option, what animal would you choose to be?
    Raven

    What were your favorite things to do the past? What about now?
    then, read and write now, spend time with my son and reading

    What makes you feel great about yourself?
    my son

    How did you meet your significant other?
    at a friends house

    Who inspires you most?
    so many people and things

    What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)
    I can read, does that count?

    What is the one thing you must do before you die?
    finish a story

    If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
    literature

    What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?
    love

    Do you feel the divine spark of life within you or do you consider yourself a mechanical thing?
    neither I think

    What method do you cherish above all others, as means to improving your life?
    learning

    What is your role in an emergency situation: the 911 dialer, the person who runs to the scene to help, the video recorder, or the person too overcome by shock to do anything?
    I'd probably be the emergency, if not to begin with then the next one...

    What one thing would you NEED to have on a deserted island if you didn't have to worry over food and water?
    my laptop to keep in touch with you

    What song is in your head at the moment?
    Deathly by Aimee Mann

    Which book are you reading at the moment?
    short stories from Cuba

    The last book you finished reading?
    a book for German class

    What is your favourite quote?
    Live Long and Prosper

    Favorite food?/ Comfort food?
    french fries always

    What time of day do you most often find yourself on the LitNet?
    all day everyday

    What are you wearing at the moment?
    jeans and a blue top

    Favorite poem?
    Raven by Poe

    First novel you remember reading on your own?
    black beauty

    What era do you find most of the books you read are from? contemporary

    Favorite TV shows?
    Star Trek and Heroes

    Which LitNet members would you like to meet in person if you could?
    Lumiere, Molpadia, Katy, fifthelement and about a dozen more...

    Last words you said out loud?
    Viđ förum bráđum to my son

    Last person you hugged/kissed?
    Spock

    What do you do (for a living) to be able to keep your LitNet addiction going? And are you happy with your chosen profession?
    working at a home for the elderly while I finish school and I can't say I'm happy about it but it's ok

    What question would you like to ask yourself?
    what are you?

    What would you like to be if you could change your profession?
    teacher,writer or work in translation....

    What is your most outstanding feature?
    my left eye

    If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would that be?
    nothing

    Which book do you wish you had written?
    all essays by Kundera

    What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?
    getting ready for a dinner at my uncle's house

    If you could only rescue one item from your burning house, what would it be, and why?
    my kitchen table ( don't think I can carry all my books)

    Wonderful Superman or depressing Batman?
    BATMAN!! I actually made my son cry when I said to his dad and he heard me that superman is so whiny (he was wearing a superman costume)

    Anything that you want to forget but you never can?
    so many things

    Tell us about some amusing translation mistake you have heard or made yourself.
    I have made so many when I'm writing in a hurry

    Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?
    in pursuit

    What type of Faerie would you like to be and why?
    don't think I want to be one

    What makes you laugh?
    when people hurt themselves, but don't you dare laugh when I fall

    What part of “Final” don’t you understand?
    Fi

    One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?
    Live long and prosper

    What question would you like to ask to the person to be interview after you?
    how is the weather?
    ~
    "It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
    ~


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    Happy Birthday!
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats

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    Happy Birthday!!
    Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda


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    Happy Birthday, Helga!
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    Happy Birthday, Helga!



    What does "Viđ förum bráđum" mean?

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
    To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits
    in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”

    Helen Keller

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    Happy birthday!
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    Happy Birthday, Helga!

    Here's an American football jersey, in recognition of the Westward wanderings of the people of your island:



    and this, in case you don't have it already:



    and this, too (but I've included the receipt in case you've seen it or don't like it or whatever). Sci-fi + Island:

    Last edited by billl; 04-08-2010 at 12:11 AM.

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    Happy Birthday Helga. I hope you had a great day.



    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

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    Happy Birthday, Helga!

    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
    "Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai
    "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka

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    thanks for your good wishes guys! 'Viđ förum bráđum' means 'we'll be leaving soon'
    I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo

    If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock

    Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire

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    Sorry I missed your birthday Helga. I hope you had a good one (now that you're nice and clean ). A couple of belated pressies for you:





    and the perfect cake for you
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    Happy Birthday Helga!

    Curiously, my mom is also a "Helga"

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