Game: Ask the Person Below You

[papayahed]

A toucan.

If you could only watch 1 TV show for a whole year what TV show would that be?

[Madhuri]

Friends........

same question.....

[caesar]

Probably, BBC world.

Same Q.

[Pendragon]

I could and have gone a whole year without watching it at all! I'd rather read.
:)

With a choice of books before you, would you reach for a mystery, Sci-Fi, Classic, horror, or something else and why?

[caesar]

Classic........maybe because I find them exotic (I have a weakness for the exotic) and also I like the archaic way of writing. I reread Stevenson's Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde for the umpteenth time yesterday; it never fails to thrill me.

Same Q

[Kelly_Sprout]

Typically Sci-Fi, though lately I've been reading a series of Historical Novels.

When you discovered the Literature Network, what were you hoping to find or accomplish and have you succeeded?

[mono]

:lol:
I came here originally to find some of the works and biography of Virginia Woolf, and succeeded loooooong ago. Nowadays, I only search for good discussions, which I accomplish sometimes. :p

To the person below me: same question (good one!) --

When you discovered the Literature Network, what were you hoping to find or accomplish and have you succeeded?

[thevintagepiper]

Yes, I came to find some Shakespeare plays that I did not own, and to finish reading Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey when I had to return it to the library. It was at that time that I discovered the forum.

How much time every day do you spend on email?

[Pensive]

Maximum two minutes, not more than it.

Do you like to eat Mangoes?

[ktd222]

Yes, the're delectable.

If a 16 fluid ounce of Rasberry Iced Tea Snapple cost $1.50 and a 20 fluid ounce of Rasberry Iced Tea Snapple cost $1.75, how much are you going to saving, per fluid ounce, by buying the 20 fluid ounce snapple at $1.75 rather than buying the 16 fluid ounce snapple at $1.50?

edit: this makes the question easier to understand.

[RobinHood3000]

6.25 cents per fluid ounce.

Same question. (how's that for lazy?)

[Kelly_Sprout]

6/25 cents per fluid ounce.

That's even lazier. (I didn't check your math, just took your word for it.)


How long will a frog in a little boy's pocket stay alive?

[caesar]

That depends on which pocket it is in.

Same Q.

[Pendragon]

I agree with Ceaser.

Why do kids find it amusing to flop frogs, snakes, and other undesirables down on their parents at picnics and ask "What's this thing?" :lol:

[caesar]

To annoy them…........(It's Caesar)

Same Q.

[mono]

I would like to say it merely involves their own curiosity, but . . . well, some children really also enjoy scaring their parents or disgusting them. :lol:

To the person below me: do you consider yourself more a person who reminisces and dwells in the past, or 'leaves the past in the past,' so to speak?

[Madhuri]

I am primarily the former case, and I know that it does affect the personality and is a hindrance in growing further. So at the same time I also try to move on, that definitely helps me move a little bit, but still I am not able to leave the past in the past, completely.

Same question.

[thevintagepiper]

I really depends. Most of the time I just leave things behind and move on...it's rather hard to deeply perturb me, but sometimes smaller things are what stay in my mind.

Do you tend to make the same mistake over again?

[Shakira]

OHHH yes I do & everytime I promise myself that I wont repeat the same mistake again. But still I do keep on repeating it.

Same ques.

[mono]

Sometimes, and sometimes even without noticing immediately (especially that I frequently play chess :D). Often, on a larger scale, I tend to learn quickly from my mistakes, and correct my actions in the future, but I more often make the same mistakes with smaller problems; for example, I very often forget my cell phone at my apartment when going somewhere, and sometimes have to run back, grab my cell phone, and hurry back to where ever, so as not to run late. :rolleyes:

To the person below me: when you realize you have done something wrong (such as in an ethical dilemma), do you usually admit your mistake, ignore it, or quietly and modestly acknowledge it and proceed on with life?

[Schokokeks]

I'd say that in most of the cases I can think of now I quietly and modestly acknowledged it. I'm usually not able to ignore my mistakes and I wouldn't want to. However, I sometimes wish (normally at that period when I'm at the point of proceeding on with life) that I had the courage to admit it loudly, because I somehow think that this might be the way to completely get rid of any unpleasent feeling connected with my mistake.

To the next person who'd like to answer:
If you ever planted a tree, which tree would it be and where would you plant it ?

[Shakira]

IF I would plant a tree it would have to be a Neem tree as it has many medical purposes & at a place where everyone would easily access it.

Same ques.

[Pendragon]

A Sweet Gum, preferably where it would provide shade for the most people. I love the star-shaped leaves. I planted one in my front yard once, but I had to transplant it, and it died.

A good question to pass on.


If you ever planted a tree, which tree would it be and where would you plant it ?

[literaturerocks]

it would be a weeping willow and i would plant it in my backyard to watch it grow...i have never watched a tree grow and i think a weeping willow would be interesting to see. (not that weeping has anything to do with my personality i just like the looks of it :) :banana:

[mono]

As with literaturerocks, I would probably choose a willow tree (though not easy to relocate) - a tree representing many fond memories of childhood. They grow very, very slowly, but I would love to continue knowing it would grow for many years after me.

To the person below me: if you had a garden (or already have one ;)), what would you plant first, and/or look forward most to growing?

[thevintagepiper]

Roses, without doubt.

What is your favorite flower?

[RobinHood3000]

Orchids. My girlfriend loves them, and as for me, I say: "Pfui." :cool:.

Same question!

[thevintagepiper]

Roses!!

What is your favorite tree?

[literaturerocks]

hmm..probably willow...i just like the looks of them..that or good climbing trees!:)

to the person below me:

what made you decide on your username on the literature forums?

[caesar]

Hero complex.

Same Q.

[Madhuri]

I thought that for any person knowing my name would mean that they know atleast something real about me. But I now think I should have kept a different name.

Question:

Any author writing fiction, do you think the story could be completely fictional? Dont you think that no matter how much they try, some reality or experience is bound to appear in that novel? Is it possible to be completely fictional? If No, then why such stories are called fiction?

[RobinHood3000]

Hero complex.Ditto.

As for Madhuri's question: yes, I believe it is possible to write 100% fiction, although it would require much more attentiveness than injecting fragments of personal experience or preference into the work. If you wanted to be picky about it, sure, you could write something without anything from your own life interjected within. But then, what's there to make it your work?

[Pendragon]

I have said before that a person's persona will come out in their work. Does that make it any less fictional? No. It's still fiction because it is writtien about fictional characters or events and places! :nod:

Do you find yourself becoming so involved in a book that you are like a character in it, rather than the reader?

[thevintagepiper]

Yes. I have often felt that way.


Do you sometime wish, after reading a book, that you really had been a character in it?

[AimusSage]

Yeah, usually I imagine myself being the annoying sidekick that dies a horrible dead. :D Somehow a lot of books miss this character, so I think myself into it afterwards.

Same Q. (Blank mind)

[Madhuri]

Yes at times or most of the times I put myself in the characters situation and think what I would do. While reading I am subconsciously making this comparison between the character and me and see how similar or different we are.

How much time do you usually take to get ready for office or party or just generally?

[Eufrosyne]

About ten minutes... Very much depending on what kind of party it is, or what kind of impression I want to make.

What do you think is beautiful?

[Madhuri]

A good soul...........

you may answer the same question or

Now when you look back on your life, lets say last 7-8 yrs, do you think you have changed? Did you you want to become (personality wise) what you are today? And do you like what you are now?

[thevintagepiper]

Yes, I have changed a great deal. At the same time, I was 7 years old 8 years ago so I should hope I have changed! Anyway, I am quite happy with how I am now, even if I struggle with inner things a lot. Personality wise I am where I think I should be and want to be.

Same ques.

[mono]

I have changed more than I can say, certainly, and never pictured myself in this present state, for better or worse, 7-8 years ago. At that time, I imagined myself in a far different place in life, but have succeeded nonetheless in other endeavors; I have no regrets.

To the person below me: good question, so I pass it along --

Now when you look back on your life, lets say last 7-8 yrs, do you think you have changed? Did you you want to become (personality wise) what you are today? And do you like what you are now?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Yes, I have changed in many ways. I've changed for the positive by learning how to manage my anger and frustration. But I've changed for the worse by accepting defeat or relinquishing my control in the outcome of things. I've changed by gaining wisdom and understanding, but I've also changed by being more full of regrets than ever before. I'm older and I feel it. I've become a grandfather. I'm more financially equipped than I ever have been before. I've gained... and I've lost... and I often wonder why life won't let you gain without losing at the same time. Maybe to give us something to write about, eh?

To the person below me: If you knew in advance which losses you would have to sustain to make significant gains in your life, how would you prioritize or value all the components that makes up your life now?

[mono]

To the person below me: If you knew in advance which losses you would have to sustain to make significant gains in your life, how would you prioritize or value all the components that makes up your life now?
As my father would always recommend: 'hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.'
In terms of prioritization, when someone faces many troubles, one must certainly maintain a sense of self-preservation; for a while, I would not feel horrible to worry less about others to maintain my own physiological and psychological health (then again, I have no children :D). From there, I would carefully visualize how to maintain stability and attain desired goals simply step-by-step, though always much easier mapped out than earned.

To the person below me: do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?

[AimusSage]

Nah, I know too much about astronomy to believe in astrology, and I don't even know that much about astronomy. I like reading my horoscopes though, it's nice to see what they have to say.

Same Q. because I can't think of a better one

[RobinHood3000]

No. No, no, no, no. You'll notice if you read every horoscope on a given date, they all give approximately the same generic blather.

Same question.

[Pendragon]

They have a saying over here, which you may google for its meaning: I'm from Missouri!

Same question:
To the person below me: do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Yes, and no.

I do not believe that the stars can influence one's future or determine one's path or have any sort of control over anything at all. They are massive balls of gas, consuming hydrogen and producing helium, light, heat, radiation, and energy. All of that produce eventually can contribute to life and cycles of entropy. Other than that, they cannot cause or predict or contribute in any way to personality or destiny.

On the other hand, *I* can affect and/or effect my own personality or destiny by choosing to emulate characteristics or attributes ascribed to certain stars, planets, constellations by astrology. I can choose to see myself as a warrior born under Saggitarious or a bull born under Taurus, etc. I can cultivate a warrior ethos or a bull's stubbornness, etc.

The stars don't make me do it, but I can certainly allow myself to be become the self-fulfilling prophecy of the astrological interpretation of my moment and location of birth under the stars.


Let's keep at this question just a little while longer. Perhaps someone who is convinced that astrology plays some part in human drama might be willing to share their insights.

[mono]

No, I do not believe in astrology. I have trouble believing that much of human personality and behavior depend on celestial bodies; of the many, many people I have met in my lifetime, of the approaching 7 billion people on earth, the 12 astrological signs, for me, have never had the ability to summarize each individual depending on their birthday, time, location, etc. As human beings, I feel we seem far more complex than the vague descriptions given of each sign.
Though I do not intend to insult anyone else's beliefs on astrology, I only cannot agree; it does not seem a matter of not wanting to believe, or not choosing to believe, but more that I cannot believe it true.

To the person below me: what Internet sites do you mostly frequent?

[AimusSage]

This one, several webcomics like Dilbert (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/),Garfield (http://www.garfield.com/), Alpha Shade (http://www.alpha-shade.com/www/index2.htm), angels2200 (http://www.angels2200.com/) and The Noob (http://thenoobcomic.com/index.html). Apart from that I visit several blog and or news sites on various subjects, like games Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/) or movies IMDB (http://www.imdb.com) A shipmodellers website known as Drydock Models (http://www.drydockmodels.com) and many more sites.

Same Q, include links!

[cruciverbalist]

Well, LitNet (http://www.online-literature.com/forums), obviously! Then there's always google (http://www.google.com), wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), pantheon (http://www.pantheon.org/) and dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/) for referencing stuff. Hmm... what else...? *scanning favourites folder* there's meebo (http://www.meebo.com/) for chatting, and orkut (http://www.orkut.com/) for some more chatting! :D
I also read other newspapers and journals online like the Hindustan Times (http://www.hindustantimes.com/), the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/) and The Economist (http://www.economist.com/).
I used to frequent Mugglenet (http://www.mugglenet.com/) quite a bit after the new book came out, but the obsession has dimmed quite a bit of late. So, my new pastime is playing 20 questions (http://www.20q.net/) online. :)

Same question...

[thevintagepiper]

Lit-Net, The Christian Forum (http://christian-forum.us), LOTRForums (www.lotrforums.com), Eisley Journals (www.eisley.com), Blogger (www.blogger.com), To Write Love on Her Arms (http://www.myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms).

Have you ever heard of any of these sites? (apart from Lit Net!)

[Pensive]

Not really, I think that I have heard of lotr forum but not sure if it is the same one...

Your favourite websites to visit? Include the links.

[RobinHood3000]

Heey, Aimus! Someone else who reads The Noob!!

Also interesting: Angry Alien (http://www.angryalien.com), Concerned (http://www.hlcomic.com/), Alien Loves Predator (http://www.alienlovespredator.com/index.php), and the ubiquitous VGCats (http://vgcats.com/).


Same question!

[Pendragon]

Of course I go many strange places, or I wouldn't be me, now would I? :lol:

I get a lot of my superhero images here: http://www.dragonhero.com/hero/vault/index.html

Doc Savage http://docsavage.org/

The Shadow (the site I write for all the time) http://www.spaceports.com/~deshadow/

The Spider (The Pulp character that may have launched Spider-man!) http://members.aol.com/spiderpage/index.html

Doctor Who http://www.timelash.com/tardis/

Sherlock Holmes http://www.sherlockian.net/

[papayahed]

I only have 3 favorite websites, or at least sites I visit regularly:

My personel email
Here
Naturally curly: http://naturallycurly2.com

Same question.

[mono]

A few sites: Hotmail (http://www.hotmail.com/), The Literature Network (http://www.online-literature.com/) (what a surprise!), eMedicine (http://www.emedicine.com/) (an excellent reference site for healthcare workers), My Space (http://www.myspace.com/) (some friends finally got me to join the cult-like website :D), and Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/) (for news and online chess).

To the person below me: away from your computer, during leisure time, where do you usually go?

(simple and typical question, I know, but I feel slightly braindead today :p)

[kilted exile]

Usually down to the Jays game, unfortunalety they are on the West Coast just now or I'd be there currently. (I had an inordinate amount of fun last sunday making fun of all the Yankee fans who had made the trip up)

Why did you last cry?

[Kelly_Sprout]

When I finally gave up hope of ever seeing someone again. When I finally realized that I am living in a prison of my own making, stronger and darker than any hole or isolation cell or prisoner of war camp or hell itself. When I finally resigned myself to my present.


What is the most out-of-place, out-of-character emotion you have ever experienced and why did it happen?

[Shakira]

I experienced such an emotion when I came to know that I saw the person whom I like for the very last time (he just left suddenly). Inspite of me being a normally even tempered person who shows hardly any emotions I had actually locked my self in the bathroom & cried a lot. However I'm not ashamed about this & from this I came to know that even I can have emotions.

Same ques.

[AimusSage]

Emotions eh? I'm like data before he got the emotion chip. I once cried when watching a movie though. You see, I was peeling onions at the time.

Okay that might be a bit of an overstatement, but I often surprise myself at the lack of emotion I demonstrate, I mean I feel, but not really. It's all extremely subdued. I don't know why it happens, it just does. I don't mind though, it beats being an emotional wreck that cries because the poor fly I just crushed might have had a wee little one that will now have to wait for his mommy until it dies too.

What is up with this time of the year? What does it do to you?

[mono]

This time of year usually makes me energetic, vivacious, and always fall in love with nature (on hikes, bicycle rides, etc.) all over again. That I attended school and college for so many years, and such would pre-occupy much of my time, summer usually seemed reserved for a time for writing, as well; of course, I wrote during school and college, but not as much, and this time often seemed a time to pour out all the gathered creativity. :)

To the person below me: what season (spring, summer, autumn, winter) do you enjoy the most, and why?

[AimusSage]

If it is spring, I enjoy spring the most, if it is summer I enjoy summer the most, if it is autumn I wish it was spring, and if it is winter I wish it was summer, but generally I prefer summer, although the last few weeks the temperature had me wishing for winter. the heat was quite extreme, and not at all enjoyable when one has to work.

Same Q (ya, I know, I'm being lazy, sue me.)

[Pendragon]

In Spring when the flowers are bright,
I often feel that life is alright.
In Summer when the long nights grow hot,
I begin to think that life is not.
In Autumn when the leaves come tumbling down,
My spirits also twist around.
In Winter when the ground glows white,
Once more things are peaceful and alright. :)

Do you find yourself wishing you had done things differently at vital points in your life?

[mono]

Not really; I could have done many things better in life, yet thus seems the unique talent of retrospect (as they say 'hindsight is 20/20' :D). Overall, I have very few regrets, but, even if I could travel back in time to alter things, I would not; despite all the troubles of the past that I may have prevented, I feel content enough presently.

To the person below me: do you dream (as in dreaming when sleeping) often? And what did you last dream about, that you can remember?

[AimusSage]

Yes, I dream often, and I sometimes remember more of the dreams than I would like. It seems they often are very complicated, or at least in the dreams I have to solve complex situations, and I don't always succeed. Of course, those are one sort of dream I have, I also have more relaxing dreams, that just jump about eratically and involve fragments of my life mixed with well, dream sequences. It's all very surreal and dreamlike.

Same Q, I like it.

[literaturerocks]

yes but not very often but when i do they are so vivid and i remember them and when i ask people(in real life) who were in the dream if they remember when something in the dream happened and they think im completely nuts because they dont remember it at all they were just in my dream and i remember it. haha quite funny somtimes.

same question

[thevintagepiper]

Yes, I often do, and I often remember my dreams....as for the second part of the question, that's a long story. Last night I was in a bar after a parade gig with my pipe band (I'm almost 15. When you're with a band they let everyone drink, but I don't touch it) to hang out and jam and stuff, usually one of the drummers and I do some highland dancing. Anyway, she introduced me to another drummer, a guy, 18, who was nice and very cute, but he kept staring at me. All us young people were in a corner talking and he was nice but unnerved me somehow. SO....I had a really really bad dream that all of us were at a lake and suddenly we were alone and he tried to knock me out. I woke up extremely frightened ^_^
Strange happenings in the piping world....

Do you remember dreams more often when they are good or bad?

[mono]

Both, usually. I dream almost every night, and remember most of them when waking, but the ones that distinguish themselves most, of course, seem the really good dreams and the really bad dreams - the two extremes. In terms of remembering dreams on a long-term basis, I probably recall more bad than good dreams, yet still find them fascinating, nonetheless.

To the person below me: how would your dream-home look?

[Pendragon]

Funny you should ask. I always had a dream home in mind, and even designed on paper, way back when I was a teenager, long enough ago that we won't go there! :lol: It would be perfectly round, with a hall running to bisect it. The inside center would be a glass-domed greenhouse. A hallway would circle the greenhouse, giving access to the rooms. So you'd come in the front door, down the hall, and there would be a door to the greenhouse area, and a circular hallway leading in both directions. Crossing the greenhouse area would take you out the other door to the back circle of the hallway, and the hallway running to the back door of the house. All on one floor, no stairs, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, family room, kitchen, dining-room, and laundry/workspace. Funky sounding maybe, but it's my dream.

Same question.

[RobinHood3000]

Sort of like a no-smoking sign, but without the lit cigarette?

Something Christie-esque...hehehe...

Same question!

[Shifting Leaves]

A cabin in the middle of a dense forest somehow solar powered or something and only a few modern conventions like maybe a fridge and computer. oooh Since it's a dream home I guess it would be cool if trees somehow grew into a house... I wonder if that's possible and how long it would take? Oh, and shelves absolutely filled with books, and a cellar with even more books, paintings, and albums. I think I just realized how little living space is to me and how I'm easily irritated when I'm out of my room, because I can't listen to music or read easily unless I'm in the woods or my room or rambling wow I need sleep.

Is time linear like we percieve it in everyday life, or is it static and permanent, like width and height, or whatever else?

[Pensive]

Time is a wheel that turns!

What do you think time is?

[caesar]

Time is the property of the universe - St Augustine

Time is the fourth dimension - Einstein

Time kills - Caesar

Same Q.

[Pendragon]

A drag.... :(

Same question....

[mono]

Simply, the reciprocal of space.

To the person below me: despite your age, how old/young do you feel?

[Kelly_Sprout]

I am the firstborn of my parents. Growing up, I grew up sober and with strong feelings of responsibility for my sister and brother. Although I remember being a child, I also remember being "old for my age". When I reached manhood, however, I entered a very physical, demanding trade and worked among men mostly much older and more seasoned than I. This made me feel like I was the youngster of the team (which, for the most part, I was.) I spent most of my adult life thinking of myself as "The Kid." I didn't become a grandfather until I was fifty. With that first grandchild, I suddenly felt old! I began noticing aches and pains; moving more slowly; driving more carefully.

Now I am approaching retirement and I feel like, for the first time, I am actually the age that my chronological birth record says that I am!


Next question: To the previous question I would like to add, "Do you look your age, older, or younger?"

[caesar]

I look and feel younger than I my age, especially when I compare myself with girls of my age. But I think I can dramatically change my looks to look more mature by, simply, combing my hair back.

Next Q.
I had once read in a newspaper article by a woman columnist that "unlike women, most men don't act their age". I vaguely agreed with the claim, but reasoned that it could be only because they (women) are simple minded and, hence, are able to behave in a more decided and mature manner than men. My question is whether you agree with this claim. Give reasons for agreeing or disagreeing.

PS: I feel like I might have stirred the hornet's nest. ;)

[Adelheid]

Well, I think I agree some with it. Some men (like my dad) seems so much younger than what he actually is. Perhaps the men don't have that much responsibility or don't tend to nag as much as women do. :) Women grow old faster than men (grow more mature faster, rather).

P.S. Caesar- I think you must have meant women not men when you said "are able to behave in a more decided and mature manner than men." Am I wrong?

Same Q.

[caesar]

P.S. Caesar- I think you must have meant women not men when you said "are able to behave in a more decided and mature manner than men." Am I wrong?

No, Adelheid, when I said 'men' I meant 'men'. When I said women are 'simple-minded' I meant that women rely more on their instinct than reason.

In fact, my view about men and women was absolutely contrary to yours. In my opinion, subject to correction, nature itself has created a purpose for women which is to create life. Of course, men are involved in the process but their role in perpetuating life is secondary to that of women. Paradoxically, men are like assistants to women who perform the primary function. Take any specie among which there is separation of sexes and study the role of males and females. Excluding a few exceptions, you will see that males are required to do a lot of work and to use their imagination to impress the females.

I have based my suppositions on the belief that men have an instinctual and irresistible love for women. And women, from what I have heard from them, consider begetting children or become mothers as their life’s goal. Women see motherhood as a fulfillment in life.

I don't know if I have expressed myself clearly or if I'm right, so I darw your attention to Bernard Shaw's play, "Man and Superman."

Question:

I had once read in a newspaper article by a woman columnist that "unlike women, most men don't act their age". I vaguely agreed with the claim, but reasoned that it could be only because they (women) are simple minded and, hence, are able to behave in a more decided and mature manner than men. My question is whether you agree with this claim. Give reasons for agreeing or disagreeing.

[mono]

I, personally, have a lot of difficulty agreeing with whatever column referenced, and, of course, I would love to see a great amount of empirical, measurable, realistic evidence to support this . . . theory. Firstly, one must objectively define the terms 'simple-minded,' 'mature,' and the true differences between male and female gender roles, masculinity and femininity, and, most important of all, find males and females who fit the apparently objective developmental age in accordance with their age in years, declaring that the 'control group,' and finding logical comparisons who allegedly 'do not act their age.' I would find it very difficult to prove without a great amount of confirmatory bias. Honestly, what a ridiculous study! :lol:

To the person below me: do you personally think men ought to seem more masculine and females more feminine, have a mix of the two, or otherwise, and why?

[adilyoussef]

As a man, what I would like to have in a woman are the things that I don't actually have. There are things that women have that man can never have. I don' mean only the physical part here. That's why my answer is that women should be more feminine and men more masculine. This seem more natural to me.

Interesting question, that same one.

[Pendragon]

Well, *chuckle*, I think men should be manly and women ladylike, but before you draw that gun, I married a tomboy who grew up on a farm, isn't afraid of most bugs, snakes, lizards, animals, etc. And I am tender hearted to a fault, not the least bit ashamed to cry. Before we had three kids, we went caving, hiked seriously rough trails, have an album full of our nature pictures. She's all lady, but if my son comes in with a nice ring-neck snake, she'll hold it as soon as I will. I can go sing for a old-folks home and cry with them and for them, but jump me and you got a tiger by the tail! :lol:

Mono, how do you come up with these gems? Interesting. Ohter's thoughts?

[mono]

Personally, I think if a certain personality fits an individual, by all means, grasp it with both hands; in terms of attraction, however, I also have my preferences. Gender roles, to me, seem generally learned by imitation and role-modeling; I laugh at this sometimes, mainly because I come from a family of auto mechanic, carnivorous males, while I simply present myself to you (male nurse, poet/playwright, vegetarian). Whether a male or female ought to seem more masculine or feminine, I cannot say, but both attributes have their positive and negative aspects - will, determination, realization of emotions, etc.

(thanks for the compliments, by the way, Pendragon ;))

To the person below me: do you tend to enjoy more time in solitude or with other people, and why?

[adilyoussef]

I spend most of my time in solitude that to find enjoyment on my own becomes something usual. But being with friends brings diversity and more pleasure. This is in part because I'm most of the time alone.

Same Q

[Pendragon]

I am a strange one. I have no problem making friends, most people find me easy to talk to because I refuse to have prejudices. Yet I spend a lot of time alone also. I really need to move; many here will never forget I had a nervous breakdown or that I am disabled. So a bit of both, I guess. I prefer friends, talking, laughing, playing music. I accept my fate only out of necessity.

Do you play a musical insturment?

[RobinHood3000]

Yes.

Same question.

[Pensive]

Nope, though I wish badly to have a guitar!

Same Question!

[Shakira]

No I don't but I would love to learn to play piano.

Do you like instrumental music?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Do you play a musical insturment?

No, but I used to play several instruments (sp?) :brow: when I was much younger. I tried the Baratone (not the singing voice; the younger cousin to the Tuba) but didn't like the pace or the sound of the harmonies that that particular instrument is usually called upon to play. I switched to the saxophone, which I enjoyed quite a bit, but it was one of those rent-to-own deals and I didn't want to join the college band when I left High School, so my parents quit paying on it and I had to return it. I taught myself guitar and owned one for a good portion of my adult life until a basement flood ruined it. I seriously doubt that I could pick up any of these instruments today and begin to play them. Unlike riding a bicycle, the mechanics of playing an instrument can be forgotten.

Same question, but then add to it the following question as well: If you DO play an instrument, which are you the most passionate about... the music, the creative process, the mechanics (ie: "getting lost in the playing"), or something else?

[mono]

I play a few instruments, primarily guitar, bass, cello, trumpet, and I know bits-and-pieces on piano, mandolin, and harmonica. To answer the second part of the question, I see myself more engulfed and passionate with the cello and guitar; if I had the chance to play piano more, I would likely feel the same, but even trying to fit a small piano to a second-story apartment would have its challenges. :D

To the person below me: what do you have planned for tomorrow?

[Pensive]

Oh nothing much...

Do you like Mangoes?

[RobinHood3000]

Yes, very much!!

Do you like papaya? ;)

[AimusSage]

Yes and No, depending on who or what you are refering to.

Does insanity help explain things for you that sanity can't explain?

[caesar]

No. To me, insainty eschews the need for an explaination.

Very interesting question, so I'll pass it on.

Q.

Does insanity help explain things for you that sanity can't explain?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Insanity as an explanation for things I cannot explain with sanity? That is a little skewed to me. Insanity is the loss of sanity, not an explanation for anything, in my mind. This line of thought makes me think of two quotes, however.

You don't know what you don't know.
I don't recall who said this second one. I'm inclined to think maybe Carl Sagan or Isaac Aismov or Arthur C. Clarke.

Magic is only technology that hasn't been discovered yet.
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Are there things that can [only] be explained by magic or faith and will [never] be explained by science or technology, no matter how many thousands or millions of years of scientific advancement occurs?

[mono]

Indeed, at least in my lifetime, and probably that of many generations ahead, I feel that certain things will never gain explanation supported by full, measurable, attainable empiricism. I know, I know, how I always call myself a 'skeptic on everything,' but, of course, I have faith in specific things, too. :D

To the person below me: same question (good one!) --

Are there things that can [only] be explained by magic or faith and will [never] be explained by science or technology, no matter how many thousands or millions of years of scientific advancement occurs?

[Pendragon]

Yes. Some things simply defy any explanation to the point of making the wise begin to look foolish by trying to explain everything. What can be explained should be, and if proven to be correct people will have to live with that proof. Others fall into a gray area where the best answer would be a simple, "I don't know. I believe this is what may of happened, but there's no way of proving it."

A good example is North Carolina's Brown Mountain Lights. They have been seen for centuries. I've seen them myself. I've heard many explanations. All have holes in them. The thing is, nobody knows what those light are are. They are probably some natural phenomenon, but unknown. It is so hard to say, "I don't know?" It doesn't mean that one is unlearned or clinging to some superstitious claptrap easily attacked by science. It simply means that in this case, more research will be required until an answer is reached. Jumping to conclusions is never a good idea. Anything is possible; a lot of things are not probable. If there's no explanation handy, deal with it as unexplained for now. I see no shame in that for anyone.

Others may want to comment, since I stirred the fire. So the question once more:

Originally Posted by Kelly_Sprout
Are there things that can [only] be explained by magic or faith and will [never] be explained by science or technology, no matter how many thousands or millions of years of scientific advancement occurs?

[RobinHood3000]

I don't know about being explained by magic or faith (I don't lend much credence to either), but I do think science has its limits, practical if not theoretical. There are just some things that are more fun unexplained (tip: when observing a romantic sunset with your significant other, don't start talking about the deflection of light rays by oxygen and nitrogen atoms). There are also a lot of things where one just wants to say, "why bother?" Science has more important things to focus on than which sandal is the "flip" and which is the "flop" (an actual study, by the way).

Same question!

[caesar]

Though, like Robin, I find it impossible to reconcile myself with the explanations put forth by faith or those lying within the realm of magic, I believe (ironically?) that through scientific advancement humans are endeavouring to become the masters of the universe. In other words, humans are endeavouring to become gods themselves, so that they can take control of everything (I mean, everything). If such a day will ever come to pass, then, our whim shall become the explanation, just like God's will is, for the time being, the explanation for the scientifically inexplicable.

Same Q.

[mono]

I think almost everyone who will post here has posted of this question. For my answer, please see above a few posts. :D

To the person below me: what recurring dreams have you had in your past, and do you still have them often?

[Pendragon]

Dying as a Confederate Soldier in a battle near a canebrake. I can feel the bullet hit; I can feel myself die. Some would say this is evidence of a previous life. I don't think so. But I do have the dream often enough to keep it interesting, and there was a Civil War Battle at a spot very like the one in my dream that I have actually visited—long after the first time I had the dream. It’s funny how things work out.

Same question with one addition:
To the person below me: what recurring dreams have you had in your past, and do you still have them often? And have any part of them seemed to come true?

[papayahed]

Doh!! I know I have recurring dreams but for the life of me I can't think of any at the moment. My most vivid dream is the one where I dreamed that the Planet of the apes Apes took over the neighbors house. I'll go check the dreams thread and report back..

Same question
To the person below me: what recurring dreams have you had in your past, and do you still have them often? And have any part of them seemed to come true?

[thevintagepiper]

Well, there was a dream I often had when I was very young (as in, a toddler perhaps) and I still remember it. It was a horizon with a wizard staring out into the distance. the entire thing looked like a sketch.
It hasn't come true...whatever you could really say it was.

In fact, I believe it was a scene from a book I loved, which was about the moon.

What was your favorite book as a small child?

[melancolia]

James and The Giant Peach - Roald Dahl :D

Same question
What was your favorite book as a small child?

[thevintagepiper]

The True Princess, and then a little later, The Princess and the Kiss. Dr. Seuss was always well loved also.

Do your parents (whether you still live at home or not) agree with your musical tastes?

[Pendragon]

Oh, no! Mom was dead set against my music, which my kids today think is for old fogies. My wife, who is a year younger than myself, also had different tastes than mine--she was hard rock and I was softer stuff. Her parents were into bluegrass. Our kids don't like either of our tastes! :lol:

Same question!

[aeroport]

It was actually my grandmother (whom I live with, and who functions basically as my mother) who began giving me piano lessons, so she really quite approves of my fondness for classical music. She doesn't really care for Beethoven like I do, though.

How frustrated would you be trying to figure out what the question on a thread such as this is when so many consecutive posts say "Same question!"?

[AimusSage]

Not at all frustrated, but if it makes you feel better:

SAME QUESTION! :angel:

[aeroport]

Oh, not at all, not in the slightest.

Who is your favorite short-story writer?

[RobinHood3000]

O. Henry, though I haven't read many short stories lately.

Same question.

[Pendragon]

Hard decision. Poe or O. Henry, maybe Lovecraft.

Pass the question.

[Chava]

Roald Dahl - writes many great black humored stories for adults.

Same question

[aeroport]

James or Doyle I think.

Gleiche Frage.

[caesar]

Poe and O. Henry

Same Q

[RJbibliophil]

Well, Chava has a good answer, but I haven't read enough short stories to know.


Same Q

[thevintagepiper]

Dr. Seuss! Well, those are children's stories, but I haven't read anough short stories to top them. I prefer the big, three-inch-thick kind that take two whole days to read.


Do you prefer reading from hardcover or softcovered books?

[AimusSage]

Softcover when on the road, hardcover when at home, however, since I take my books everywhere I'll go with softcover.

What is it with passing the question sometimes?

[thevintagepiper]

I don't know, it's been getting annoying of late.


Same Ques.

:D
Just kidding.

How large is your computer screen?

[AimusSage]

19 Inch.

How big is yours?

[Kelly_Sprout]

It looks average to me, but there are people in the office who are jealous.... ;)

What are your most hated and most favorite vegetables?

[Pendragon]

Most hated is a rutabaga. I mean, it doesn't even sound good! I love corn-on-the-cob!

Next! :brow:

[Chava]

I cannot force myself (due to a childhood experience) force myself into eating pickled cucumbers... I absolutely love carrots, and strawberries ;)

What do you love about automn?

[thevintagepiper]

The change in air and color.
We don't have autumn here :(


What is your favorite season?

[AimusSage]

Spring, when the weather gets better and the people usually get nicer too. :D
I also like summer, but only if it isn't so extreme in temperature, Winter is nice too, Autumn is extremely rainy and windy and sucks because of it. Spring is the best season.

What do you do when you have the type people with their fake smiles and groveling offering their assistance in a store?

[adilyoussef]

I draw a fake like smile telling them thanks for their help but I can do without it.

Same Q

[mono]

As long as they do not continue following me, I usually just say 'no, thank you,' but ask questions if I have them. If they have such fake smiles, and perhaps do not enjoy their jobs, I would think that my presence bothers them about as much as their presence can sometimes irritate me.

To the person below me: who gave you some of the best advice you have encountered, and what did he/she say?

[AimusSage]

I once met this psychologist, and she gave me some great advice, but I can't tell you now, because it has sunken into my subconsious and has now become a part of my personallity. It's strange, but I couldn't tell you what it is even if I tried, It's just something I do. Like when put in potentially stressful situations, I handle things completely differently from the way I did before. At first I had to do it consiously, but it has since become a part of me.

Same Q. I like.

[thevintagepiper]

My dad. He has taught me more than I could ever remember, and I knwo he'll continue to do so.

What is your relationship with your parents like?

[Matilda]

Really good, I feel that I can talk to them about most things. And that's just as well, because I still live at home.

At what age were you happiest?

[thevintagepiper]

I think 13 was the best year I ever had, but 14 was fun too...it felt interesting...

Same ques.

[Pendragon]

Before 1994, it's hard to pin down the exact age. Probably early in my twenties when the wife and I were young and before we had children and so much responsibilities. ;) 1994 brought a devestating change to us all will the illness that sidelined me.

Next person.

[mono]

Probably at age 19 or 20 - the ages when I approached many changes in life, moved away from home, and everything went either really well or horribly, which subsequently made me stronger and wiser (or so I would like to think :D).

To the person below me: on the other side of the question, at what age did you feel the unhappiest?

[Madhuri]

It is actually a phase and not a particular age. It was when I was doing my postgraduation, but I can alsoe say that the experiences I had then have made me a different person, I used to take things lightly before, but cant do so now, which becomes stressful at times.

Same ques.

[thevintagepiper]

I'm not sure. I am very content with how my life has been. There was a time when I was about 9 or so that I hated where I lived and everyone there...that was certainly not good. I'm having a pretty hard year right now, but God's been very good to me in many ways as well.

When you were younger was there an age you always wished you were?

[AimusSage]

Not really. but now that I'm older, and soon will have to start walking with a cain at a speed of 1 mile an hour, I wish I was a little younger, oh I don't know, about 22.

What do you see when you look out the window? Please be as descriptive as possible.

[thevintagepiper]

I see a pretty mud wall, with a black grating above it, geometrically decorated. Over it there is a wide, open space of sand and dust, with busy construction at the edges and a beautiful, large, new, mosk to the far right.

Same question please, I like it.

[AimusSage]

Well, there are bars on the outside, and there seems to be a few other inmates in the courtyard playing a game of chess. The guards sit at another table eating donuts and...

Okay, just kidding, I actually see a street, with a few houses on the other side, with nice gardens, filled with nice plants, a few cars are parked in the street. There's also a big green Ginkgo biloba (It's a tree, the only reason I know it's called that is because the name is so strange) right in front of my window.

I'd say same question, but that would be silly, so instead I'll ask you to go out the front door and describe what you see.

[thevintagepiper]

When I open the door I see a marble porch (nothing special here, it's what they use on EVERYTHING) and a patch of scraggly grass on the right. There is a tall tree, which, when you follow it all the way up, brushes the window of my room. Accross the street are villas exactly like ours, connected on one side to another villa and on the other to the next door garden. The flag of Sweden hangs in a flower pot beside the door directly accross, and other plants sit in the shade under the car ports. A motorscooter leans against the wall to the house. A single tree with lovely white flowers on it rests on a low wall accross the street.The street is paved with pale bricks and there are black and white curbs.

What room is the best view in your house from and what is the view?

[AimusSage]

My soon to be new room, for I intend to annex the territory formerly in the possesion of my sister, has the best view. From this room, there is an unobstructed view into the area, and it is possible to see several kilometers into the polder, with the dike of the river at the end, unfortunately, last year several large windmill turbines were placed in the landscape, and their purpose is to pollute the view. It's a completely unreliable form of energy, wreaks havoc on the natural environment they are placed in and the only reason wind mill turbines are used so extensively is because groups like greenpeace don't look far ahead and like to think they are all very important, and that was probably getting too political so I'll just shut up and say I like the view, despite the stupid things.

Did you ever get lost in the woods?

[Boris239]

A lot of times. When I was living in Russia, I was gathering mushrooms regularly, and to gather a lot I often went pretty far. But usually I was able to find the way back reasonably soon.

What animals have you met in the woods?

[thevintagepiper]

Deer, rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks.Once, in Washington state by Mt. Rainier, a chipmunk scurried up and sat a few inches from my foot, peering up at me!

What is your favorite wild animal?

[ktd222]

Wild dogs of course!

Did you smell the roses today?

[thevintagepiper]

I would, for I love roses and always "take the time to smell them," but there are none around me. I shall find some sort of wallflower to breathe.

Do you gather your rosebuds while you may?

[caesar]

I just missed one; maybe, two. I have been complacent and careless. I have been young and confused for too long. Now I'm in the twilight of my protracted adolescence. I hate my dreadful conscience. I’m gonna bury it now. Once and for all!

Same Q.

[Pendragon]

Certainly. If you do not, the day will come when you will forget what a rosebud looks like!

How close have you been to an actual wild animal outside of a zoo or protected reserve?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Yes, thrice. I have been face to face with a black bear in the wild and wooly suburbs of Denver. It had come down from the mountains, presumably in search of food. I was watched alertly by, and moved slowly and quietly away from, a cougar on a hike behind the campus of Pacific Union College in Angwin, California. Although not quite an urbanized local, it was still quite domesticated and humanized terrain and meeting the big cat was quite a shock. And, I've sat quietly on the shoulder of a road, near a golf course watching for nearly twenty minutes a red fox hunting in the rough of the course.

Have you ever felt one-in-spirit with a wild animal? If so, what was that experience like?

[AimusSage]

I felt one with my steak. It was very nice, it was made from a deer, so you can say I felt one with the animal, even if it was posthumously.

Same Question, I feel a little bad for butchering it. :D

[Pendragon]

Wildlife facinates me. I have had totally wild animals actually eat out of my hand. I have stood as a rattlesnake came from right under my foot and not moved a muscel, not from fear but from respect, I was in the snake's domain and the snake had the right to defend it. Respect them and they respect you. The rattlesnakes here in my mountains are deadly, but only if you bother them. If you leave them be, they can be facinating to watch, and they are really beautiful. Do I feel one with them? It is in my blood, for my grandmother was half-Cherokee, but not really. Just a sense of respect. Never kill what you don't eat (I abhor sport hunters!), and take only what you know you will use. Waste of the animal's life for nothing is not the Native American way. I have given up hunting myself, nature and I are too close.

To anyone who has never tried so-called "wild meat", (if you are not a vegetatian, whom I deeply respect,) what is it about venison (deer meat) that you think is so different from beef?

[mono]

Before my vegetarian days, as a child, I tried venison once, and it tasted quite different from any other meat - much more tender, a strangely natural spice, very low in fat (and subsequently not as greasy), but that seems all I can recall (so many years ago!).

To the person below me: not knowing of its ingredients or consistency, have you ever eaten anything, and later regretted it?

[thevintagepiper]

Yes! I once had broth that a sheep's head had been boiled in. My parents had to eat the actual head though...

Same question...

[Schokokeks]

Hm, well, nothing too serious. As I'm a vegetarian myself, I'm used to asking the cook concerning the ingredients of anything where I can't distinguish myself. At my graduation party, however, I carelessly ate some pieces of cake that were lying around and they were filled with some glitter-glibber-wobble-I-don't-know-what-stuff :sick:

To the person below me:
What is your favourite colour when it comes to clothes ?

PS: Nice avy, Vintage :nod:

[Pendragon]

At my size, it's mainly what fits! :lol: Black or kaki pants and red or black shirts.

Same question.

[caesar]

Blue, white and some sober shades of red. But, never liked black.

Same Q.

[thevintagepiper]

Hmm, I'd have to say blue, black, or white. Red is fun too.



PS: Nice avy, Vintage :nod:

Thank you! It's from Eisley's new music video, Memories.

What is your least favorite color to wear?

[Boris239]

probably yellow.

What's your favorite question to ask somebody?

[Pensive]

What do you like more? Sea or Mountains?

Same Question! (A very good question, Boris!)

[Kelly_Sprout]

"What the 7734 are YOU doing?"

And, since that is my favorite question (at the moment), please consider it the next question in this thread!

[AimusSage]

Typing an answer to your question, what else could I be doing, and considering your question asked what the hell I'm doing, I will say that all I'm doing is answering your question, untill I deem it to be sufficiently answered, which is now.

What is the one thing you can't leave home with?

[RobinHood3000]

A head covering. Or, more generally, clothes.

Same question!

[thevintagepiper]

My iPod, not ever.


What is your most prized possesion? (not in terms of physical value)

[caesar]

Freedom.

I value my freedom a lot because I've alawys been a nonconformist whch in turn is because I've alawys been surrounded by stupid people telling me what is right and wrong. I had to work my butt off to earn my freedom, which came through financial independence. So today I value it more than my life.

Same Q

[Chava]

Communication

The one big fear i have is not to be able to communicate anymore. Communication can be what stops wars, combines people... our lives are focused around it.

Same q

[Schokokeks]

My imagination

I wouldn't want to live without colourful thoughts, plans, ideas, that come to my mind whenever I want them to.

Where lies the country you would emigrate to ? (planet Earth or elsewhere...)

[Boris239]

Hm, I've already emigrated

What country would you like to visit most of all?

[thevintagepiper]

BONNIE SCOTLAND!!!


...same question please: what country would you like to visit most of all?

[Pendragon]

Haunted England....http://www.industreal.spb.ru/smiles/ghost.gif

Pass the question.

[Kelly_Sprout]

Aye, Bonnie Scotland, i'tis then. And nae just Scotland, e'ir, but Inverness and the Isles round aboot, in the Highlands as it were.

[caesar]

Russia........

To the person below:
Which part of the year do you like the most?

[Schokokeks]

The part of the year I like most is the very first day of summer. I don't like spring and autumn very much, they're of the neither-nor kind (at least in my climate), I rather like it super-hot or super-freezing. But as I can't stand the super-freezing longer than a couple of days :D, I usually rejoice the most upon the final arrival of summer.

Next question:
If you were a fruit, which one would it be ?

[Pendragon]

Many consider me a fruitcake as it is! :rolleyes: :lol: But I'd say a Winesap Apple.

If you were a vegtable, what kind would you be?

[mono]

A water-chestnut: bland and difficult to chew. :D

To the person below me: same two last questions combined --


If you were a fruit or vegetable (quoted from Pendragon), which one would it be?

[thevintagepiper]

A fruit...pear.

Do you consider cucumber a vegetable?

[AimusSage]

Yes, I do, even though I know it is a fruit of the plant.

What about the tomato? Is it a fruit, or an alien organism from outer space pretending to be a vegetable?

[Schokokeks]

It's "the-one-absolutely-delicious-thing-pizza-wouldn't-work-without" ;)

What's your favourite yogurt ?

[Chava]

greek yogurt with honey and roasted almonds.

What makes your day?

[Pendragon]

When people just let me be me and don't get all uptight.

What would be your favorite book?

[Chava]

The one that can create a time pocket while i read it so that indulging in it wouldn't be called procrastination....

same ques.

[Kelly_Sprout]

It is so difficult to name a "favorite" anything. After all, I'm not dead yet and there are certainly more books to read! Besides, naming one is nearly impossible, from the many that could qualify.

"Favorite" for what reason, too? Most profound impact? Pivotal to my personal philosophy and value system? Greatest insight? Most difficult to set down? You see the problem, I'm sure.

Having to do with best business practices: "Corporate Insanity", "Zapp!"

Having to do with personal growth: "Loving What Is"

Deepest emotional impact: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", "101 Minutes"

Favorite adventure: "The Three Musketeers", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Robin Hood", "The Last of the Mohicans", "Huckleberry Finn", "I Married Adventure", "Call of the Wild"

Favorite Science Fiction: "I, Robot"

Favorite humor: "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe"


To the person below me: What is the best purchase and what is the worst purchase you've ever made?

[mono]

Hmmm, difficult to answer, as I have purchased many good and many useless things I later detested.
One of the best: the accumulation of my mini-library.
One of the worst: a vehicle (that I very soon later sold for much cheaper, since it seemed far too high-maintenance).

To the person below me: again, I love asking this question now and then -- what have you learned recently that really interested you?

[Schokokeks]

Yesterday, I learned that in (Ancient) Greek, there is, next to Active and Passive Voice, another genus verbi, the Medium. It allows several different ways of translation and thus interpretation, but the most beautiful and interesting one to me is the reciprocal one to be rendered into English using 'each other, one another, together with, for the advantage of,...'
Thus φιλομεν ("we love") can be a lot more intensified turning it into φιλομεθα ("we love each other, we love one another, we love each other jointly, we love for each other,..."). All that meaning in one single verb form ! I think that's amazing and now I understand how Greek poetry must be thriving on the many possibilities this language offers...

As that is a very good question, with mono's permission I'll pass it along :D:

What have you learned recently that really interested you?

[thevintagepiper]

We were having a family meeting, and my dad said something that I've often heard, but it really connected in my mind this time. "Idols are more fun." He was talking about how you can live in a world where life is all about amusing ourselves to death, and material gain, and not follow that path; and how often what is more fun is not what is right, and we have to choose between long term satisfaction or fun that last for a little while.

I like the question.....same one again.

[AimusSage]

I learned some new tricks with a football. :p

I also learned that the right shoes make a lot of difference in football.
Sorry about it not being really profound or anything, but I think these things are true revelations for any football player. :D

Same Question, yes, it is good, and deserves another go.
What have you learned recently that really interested you?

[Pendragon]

I have learned that "That which does not kill you makes you strong." is a very truthful statement. Life throws a lot of things at us, and life is not always fair. So we can lie in the wreckage and whine or choose to rise above it and make the best of things. Carpe Diem! :)

And Kelly, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee is one of my favorites as well, for the same reasons you gave. I almost wore my copy out! ;)

I'll pass Mono's question: What have you learned recently that really interested you?

[Weeping Willow]

That Death is going to sleep
which means i died so many times allready but it seems i keep getting up...
wonder when i'll stop doing it..

(yeah i know it sound stupied and kitch but... what can we do... death seems to surrond us in very odd times... )

Same Q Please:

[Madhuri]

Time doesnt allow you to sit back and think of the past.

Next person:

After logging off from litnet, do you recall anything that happened here, as in, does any conversation that you had replay in your mind? Or is it out of sight out of mind, after log-off?

[thevintagepiper]

Things from lit-net definitely run through my mind...I think of it as real conversation, and get some weird looks from friends when I talk casually about my internet life!!

Same question.

[AimusSage]

I don't actually replay things in my mind that much when I log off, but I do store everything in my memory banks. It's much like any other form of communication, I remember the people and what is said, but not so much that I can't stop thinking about it.

What is your favourite song and how does it make you feel?

[Pendragon]

The Eagles have a song called There's a Hole in the World Tonight. The song was written after the events of 9/11, and to remember the people who gave their lives. When I hear the song, I think about all the trouble and anguish in the world and really wonder: What if we could put aside all differences for just a few days, stop the retoric and just listen to each other. If we could see the other as human, to know that their blood is as red as ours. And really ask ourselves: When all of this fighting and killing is over, if it ever is, will there still be a hole in the world, because we just refuse to try to get along? Or can hope still build a bridge across that hole in the world? That song has done more to change my outlook on things than many I've heard in church. It has a simple message: "If we don't take the time to love one another--we never make it to the promised land!"

Good question, Aimus. I'll pass.

[adilyoussef]

Wonderwall and it makes me feel like a person missing an old friend. I guess Aimus knows what I'm talking about.

Same plz

[thevintagepiper]

I have two favorites, and neither are by my favorite bands. The first is For Always, sung by Josh Groban. To me it is the perfect love song, and when I listen to it I feel so happy to know that there is someone out there for me, waiting like I am. The other is Before The Throne, a hymn, which I think has some of the most beautiful and profound lyrics ever...when singing it I feel so joyful and thankful and hopeful. One with Himself I cannot die/My soul is purchased by His blood/My life is hid with Christ on high/With Christ my Savior and my God!!

Do you prefer lyrics to have explicit meaning, metaphorical meaning, or complete nonsense?

[ktd222]

You know alot of music that I listen to I like because of the beat and not the lyrics. I don't know nor do I care about there meaning.

What room are you in right now?

[AimusSage]

completely depends on my mood, although I am usually not a big fan of explicit lyrics, prefering metaphores. Complete nonsense can be fun too. Light songs can be great with just nonsensical lyrics that just tell a fun story.

Same Q, I like.

[Pendragon]

Computer is in the family room, so everyone can use it!;)

What do you plan on eatting for lunch today?

[miss tenderness]

rice and melokheeah:D

where are you going today?:lol:

[Shalot]

The day is almost over so I will be going nowhere but to bed. Tomorrow I am going to the dentist and then to work.

Do you have any tattoos?

[kathycf]

Yes, I have two (on my ankles).

What was your favorite toy when you were a child?

[Idril]

An airplane my dad made for us. It was huge, it could seat 2 people, it had a working radio and a working steering wheel that could turn you to the left, right; point you up or point you down. It was yellow and was called the Beached Banana. It was truly an amazing piece of work!

Did you have to sleep with a nightlight on when you were a kid?

[Shalot]

I didn't have a nightlight but sometimes I would ask my mom to leave the hall light on so that I could see that light come through the cracks in the door and then I could go to sleep.

Do you have a notebook or desktop computer and are you a PC or Mac user?

[Schokokeks]

I'm using a notebook (bought one because I can take it to the library and work there. Wouldn't ever want to change), not Mac, the other thing :D But I find the Mac ones look nicer.

To the next person:
What's your favourite smell ?

[Pendragon]

You might think this weird because I'm a guy, but it's Lilac. Where I grew up, on the wrong side of the tracks as we say, we had Lilac bushes in the yard. I planted one here, for memory. Love the cloying scent!

What is your favorite childhood memory? :)

[Schokokeks]

My favourite childhood memory is eating white chocolate :) At that time I was hugely amazed that there was something like white chocolate existed. I only got it on special occasions, and only by my grandma, who had, and still has, the white chocolate monopol :)

What's your favourite tree ?

[papayahed]

The one I used to pass on my way to work - it had the perfect outine. I don't know what kind it was though.

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

[Pensive]

Mixed Milk and Seven Up.

Same Question!

[Kelly_Sprout]

Talisker Single Malt Scotch whiskey, the only whiskey produced on the Isle of Skye just off the western Highlands. Then, after letting it tantalize my tastebuds and warm my belly, I had Shredded Wheat for lunch!

And to answer the question before this one, my favorite tree is an old, gnarled Cottonwood tree with several low branches as big as tree trunks of most normal Cottonwood trees and an overall size of maybe 130 feet diameter by 80 feet tall. This old grizzly thing must be several hundred years old if it is a day. To make it completely my favorite tree though, it stands all alone so that it forms a solitary image on the skyline. I have photographed it in different kinds of light and from different angles, trying to capture its essence. I always get the feeling from it that it possesses a soul of its own and that it is cognizant of my presence and my awe.


To the person below me: Have you ever felt the presence of "something" or "someone" when no one was around?

[papayahed]

Definately. Weirds me out every time even though I always say it's not going to next time.

Same Question



To the person below me: Have you ever felt the presence of "something" or "someone" when no one was around?

[Shalot]

Yes --- I think something threw a hairspray lid at me once when I was getting ready for school when I was twelve. There was noone else in the room at the time but I dismissed it. It was 5 am after all and I had was barely awake. I could have imagined the whole episode. Or I could have fallen asleep for a second and maybe I just dreamed it.

Same Q

[thevintagepiper]

Yes, I often feel God's presence as I'm praying or having a deeply hard time. He is so faithful and comforting!

Do you believe in the Loch Ness Monster?

[AimusSage]

No I don't, I'm sure there are a lot of monsters in Scotland, but Nessy is not one of them, besides, I think most of them can be found in pubs nowadays, enjoying a good scotch wisky.

Have you ever been stuck in time?

[Pendragon]

We all are at the moment, Aimus. We're stuck between Yesterday and Tomorrow! :rolleyes:

Truthfully speaking, have you ever taken drugs?

[thevintagepiper]

I have not, and I do not plan to.

What is a new movie you are interested in seeing?

[miss tenderness]

Yes, I have two (on my ankles).



niceeeee!!can we have a pic of ur ankles?I'm serious:)

[mono]

What is a new movie you are interested in seeing?
Ugh, I have no idea, as I do not really keep up with recent movie airings and appearances. At a local indepedent theater, however, I noticed The Suicide playing (originally a story by Charles Bukowski); we will see what happens with spare time. :D

To the person below me: what movie made of a book-adaption have you loved the most, and which have you disliked the most?

[Chava]

probably the "finish-sweedish" book "Populær musik for Vitula" in english Popular music for Vitula, the four guys playing the main characters were so fabulous! and the fact that they were completely unknown was beautiful, the fact that i saw it in a fairly alternative cinema, with one show room only, and where there's about 30 seats (the two back rows of which were donated from an airoplane (:thumbs_up )) made it even better!

The one i've disliked the most.... i'm sure there's something...hmm, i guess it doesn't count, but there's a great sweedish author, Jan Guillou, who wrote a great series in which the main character (This is in sweeden in the 1200's) get's sent to war for 20 years as a christian punishment. there he joins the templars, and the court politics, meets saladin, whom he unknowingly saves, and whom later spares him, (on the last day of his punishment!) and so forth...i know it sounds mushy, but i absolutely guarantee, (my word as a bookseller) this is a highly recomendable series! AAANYway, when the movie "kingdom of heaven" came out, with the .......... bloom in the main character, i was practically offended. horrible, horrible and implausible filmatisation! And i presume my reaction has something to do with the fact that these books treated the same material in a deep thoughfull manner, making them convincing exciting and they're even well written.
what can i say... the movie should be banned, people should read the books!

phew, long rant...

Same question...:blush:

[Shalot]

I liked all the LOTR movies even though Jackson left lots of good stuff out of it and made some changes that I didn't agree with (like that scene where Frodo goes over the cliff with Gollom and hangs on the side and Sam pulls him up and says "Don't let go" --- it reminded me of that whole Titanic thing with Jack and Rose --- but I guess he had to make certain changes to the story for the big screen).

The worst movie from a book was Queen of the Damned. That was my favorite Vampire Chronicles book but the movie was just bad.

[Shalot]

I liked all the LOTR movies even though Jackson left lots of good stuff out of it and made some changes that I didn't agree with (like that scene where Frodo goes over the cliff with Gollom and hangs on the side and Sam pulls him up and says "Don't let go" --- it reminded me of that whole Titanic thing with Jack and Rose --- but I guess he had to make certain changes to the story for the big screen).

The worst movie from a book was Queen of the Damned. That was my favorite Vampire Chronicles book but the movie was just bad.

Oops I forgot to put a Question:

Same Q :blush:

[mono]

Best: The Hours, Mrs. Dalloway, Howards End, Silence Of The Lambs, a selective amount of Shakespeare plays, The Birdcage, Schindler's List, Hearts In Atlantis, and Les Misérables (1998 version).
Worst: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Romeo And Juliet (1996 version; I loved the 1968 version), The Picture Of Dorian Gray, and many, many others.

To the person below me: even in a subject you know much about, do you enjoy seeming more a teacher or student?

[Boris239]

I most certainly prefer to be a student in any scientific topic, because I often don't have the patience to explain for the 15th time something that is obvious to me. In tpoics connected to literature and history, I'm fine with both options.

What is your favorite thing to discuss?

[RobinHood3000]

Weather, religion, and politics. Seriously, though...probably exchanging personal perspectives and experiences with close friends.

Same question!

[Pendragon]

Well. I usually here all day by myself. Give me a topic! And stand back! :lol:

Pass the question.

[papayahed]

What is your favorite thing to discuss?

Me! of course - I could talk for hours.:lol:

Have you ever dyed your hair? if so, what color?

[thevintagepiper]

Yes, I have. A few years ago I snuck some henna in my bangs(actrually it was Ghuddab, the black kind). At camp this past year I dyed the bottom half of my hair black....it's semi-perm but since it is darker than my natural color it's really not going to come out....I just got the semi kind to comfort the parental units ;)

Same ques. Have you ever dyed your hair? If so, what color?

[kathycf]

Have you ever dyed your hair? If so, what color?

Jet black
Light ash brown
Vampire red (a deep magenta really)
Blonde
Red
Golden brown
Eggplant
Dark auburn

and now I stick with my natural color...deep, very dark brown.


Haircare stuff...hmm. How often do you get your haircut?

[thevintagepiper]

Once a year. My mom trims it in between.

Do you feel like dyeing your hair now?

[Schokokeks]

Nope, I just got a new haircut this morning, enough money spent on haircare for this year :D

Do you feel more at ease if the hairdresser is talking all the time while you're having your hair cut, or if he/she is silent ?

[Shalot]

I hate it when haidressers make conversation and talk while they are cutting/coloring your hair. They ask where you work and I hate answering that because my job is stupid and I don't like talking about it. It's just something I do so that I can afford to get a haircut, which is funny since the hairdresesrs themselves are the reason I hate getting a haircut/color job.

Hairdressers ask what you do for fun and I hate that question because the things I consider fun are considered lame by other people and I don't want to mention it.

Hairdressers ask me if I go out and I don't. There is nothing to do in this town except go out to eat and get drunk (which isn't a good idea in public) so I hate that question too.

They ask where you live and if you have kids and I hate that!! I just want to get a haircut so that I don't look like a stringy haired bum, which is what I look like when I don't get a haircut. I don't want to talk about my personal life at the salon. I just want a shampoo (preferably with good smelling shampoo that I can't afford) and a decent haircut. And since I have to go to work so that I can eat, drink and sleep, and since my boss and coworkers expect me to look presentable, I have to endure the beauty shop every 6 or 8 eight weeks and have some hairdresser tell me that I need an 8 oz bottle of shampoo that costs more than $20.00. And then you're supposed to tip hairdressers too? What is that? I will tip them I guess, but I feel like going to the salon is so hard on the wallet. A haircut and a tip and then they try to sell you the premium shampoo (which I will admit is heaven sometimes)!!!!

Then again, if your hairdresser is silent the entire time, you wonder if he/she is new and and doesn't know what he/she is doing. What if you wind up looking like an Easter Egg accident or like a toddler took the shears to your head while you were sleeping.

Same Q --- do you feel more at ease when the hairdresser is talking the whole time you're getting your haircut or would prefer that they didn't talk.

[mono]

I have no hair, and insist on shaving my head by myself (with the requirement of having two mirrors). During the times that I had hair, however, I felt relatively indifferent whether someone spoke to me or not; in real life, in fact, I usually seem a very quiet, shy, and reserved person, normally not speaking a lot unless spoken to first. Usually, a hairdresser would strike up some kind of conversation, regardless, probably out of custom, and I would accomodate.

To the person below me: do silences with others ever make you feel awkward, especially in the middle of a conversation, or do you generally feel comfortable, depending on the other person?

[Chava]

Hmm... I'm fairly loquacious, and renown for putting ends to "akward" silences through force of character... should silences arise i rarely notice, because i don't notice it being awkward, it's more like a thought pause. (I'm a leo - a very social animal!)

Do you think your personality is affected by what time of the year you are born?

[Madhuri]

No, I dont think so. I believe personality/character is shaped out of the experiences and not of the star sign. I am a Leo too, and everyone says I dont exhibit any of the trademarks that a Leo is supposed to have.

Same question.

[Pendragon]

I'm very inclined to call it all "hogwash" and apologize to the hogs for saying so! I'm supposed to be a Sagittarius, but I'm born "on the cusp" between two signs and have aspects of both. Right. That makes a nice scientific explanation for my bi-polarism. It's not me, it's in the stars. Remind me of that when I have to take my next round of medicine. :rolleyes:

If you actually saw a ghost, would you believe it or think you were seeing things?

[papayahed]

If I saw it I would have to believe it right? I would believe it.

Same Question:
If you actually saw a ghost, would you believe it or think you were seeing things?

[Chava]

you know there's a very hilarious refernce to such incidences, it goes along the lines of "You know you're in the IB when your dead ancestor's start to contact you, to suggest getting some sleep" (there's loads more, and they're really funny.

No, i'm a natural sceptic. I'd probably be surprised, but shrug it off.
would you ever try to make contact to a decceced relative? (Yes, i can't spell, so what?)

[AimusSage]

Nope, they're dead, and the dead must stay dead, or we will all be in a George Romero movie. :eek2:

Having said that, I don't see any reason for wanting to contact them in the first place, it's not like I haven't talked to them enough when they were still alive. Unless ofcourse, I never met them, and wouldn't know them, and thus have nothing to say to them.

See, there just isn't any sensible reason to talk to dead relatives, the only remote reason I can think of is that you are stuck in the past, and too blind to realize it's time to move on. Seeking closure? It's not gonna happen when you speak with the dead, start living! That's what I think, and if you somehow pretend to be able to speak with the dead, well good for you, because you found a way to make money by tapping into the emotions of poor gullible people that think you are some kind of gifted wacko.

Okay, that might have been a wee bit of a rant, but at least I kept it somewhat short.

Next question: What's your favourite cookie?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Monster! (of Sesame Street!)

Same q

[Schokokeks]

Hm, I LOVE all the ones with chocolate, be it pieces inside, cream inside, or mantled, or even pure chocolate in cookie-form. There's no better taste than chocolate and cookies are so handy to eat, no knife, no fork needed, just full enjoyment :D

Greatest question ever, Aimus, I'll pass it on :D
What's your favourite cookie ?

[thevintagepiper]

Plain, homemade chocolate chip.

Do you like to bake?

[Schokokeks]

Yeah, I love to ! I usually make my own bread every other day, cookies at least two times a week :D, but also lots of other tasty pastries filled with tomatos, sour-cream and so on.

Do you like to cook ?

[optimisticnad]

Actually, yes. I don't see why the new modern women identity has to kick out this part of our histor/culture. mind you, the worlds greatest chefs are men so thers some irony there! BUt....I cant cook. Nothing great anyway, apple pie. cheese and potatoe pie...mmm....just very very simple and dull stuff.

[optimisticnad]

oh wait, im supposed to me ask something!

who made you mad today?

[AimusSage]

That would be me, I haven't met anyone yet today, and I'm already mad as a hatter. :goof:

What is your most valued possesion you are willing to give away?

[Madhuri]

I dont have anything material that I cant give away, but I value my independence and that is something I will NEVER give away. :D

Same q

[Pendragon]

It has been said that nothing a man has is more valuable to him than his life, and I would be willing to give that for a cause I felt was just, or to save someone else. Don't give me a halo, though, it's just the way I have always felt. You cannot keep life here forever, so make it count. If that is how it would have to be, OK. :nod:

Would you try to give a motivational talk to prisoners?

[Chava]

eh.."Hey, i know you all got busted, but it's not so bad. I'm sure you'll all do better next time!"

Seriously, yes, if i knew what to say.

do you believe in relaitonships at work?

[Madhuri]

I would believe if it were someone else, but if I talk about myself, I will not prefer such a relationship.

Same question.

[adilyoussef]

At work there is only work. I never mix my personal and professinal life.

Same one

[mono]

Hmmm, as long as the relationship would not interrupt, delay, or influence any work, I have no objections. Personally, I would likely not have a relationship with a co-worker (I see them often enough! :D), but I would have no problems with others in a relationship.

To the person below me: thinking of relationships - in the past, have you often broken up with others, or have others broken up with you?

[Shalot]

I've broken up with some and some have kicked me to the curb.

Have you ever gone psycho on someone who has dumped you?

[thevintagepiper]

No, I've never been dumped because, although I'm in a relationship of sorts at the moment, I don't really date.

What age were/are you allowed to date? Or, did you have some alternative to dating?

[Chava]

Wow, my mother never restricted me, i've never been grounded either, and i don't believe in "dating". I have an entirely different relationship to well, eh...relationships?

What is dating?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Well, let's see....

1. Dating is a technique for ordering the sequences of history according to time.

2. Dating is an activity of collecting or gathering or harvesting the fruit of date palms.

3. Dating is a pre-marital agreement of giving one's recreational time and attentions exclusively to one other person.

But, of course, the best definition for dating is: a wonderful excuse for not getting your homework done!!!



Do I dare say "same question" for this? Sure, why not? There's got to be someone out there with some strong, personal feelings or experiences about dating!

[Idril]

Dating is sometimes fun, frustrating at others and often devastating but always interesting.

What is the longest relationship you've had, not counting marriage?

[adilyoussef]

Does friendship count? If so, 13 years of friendship.

Same Q