Originally Posted by AimusSage
The first interview is with Mono. I think we all know him as a very kind and intelligent member of the Lit-net, and after long debating it was decided that we would kick of the member interview series with him, also because he recently accomplished something admirable. :)
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So, I present you, our member interview with Mono:
Introduction
1. How are you today?
Quite well, but suffering from some seasonal allergies.
2. What is your (user) name?
mono
3. How did you decide on your username?
Contrary to what others may think (such as from infectious mononucleosis, monolith, or one of my favorite musical groups, Mono), I derived the name from a Unitarian concept of thought and oneness.
4. Why did you initially join the lit-net?
I originally arrived at the site, searching for the works, essays, and biography of Virginia Woolf; needless to say, I found more, and joined the forum not long after frequenting the site.
5. What would you say is the best aspect of the forum?
Among others things, I admire the diversity of thought, and how most forum members can maintain a sense of respect and reverence for such subjectivity and uniquity.
Personal Questions
6. What do you do in real life? Student, work?
I very recently graduated from nursing school, and have already earned a job at a local intensive care unit (ICU).
7. Could you tell us a little more about what you do?
Unfortunately, I cannot begin working until obtaining the results of my state licensure exam, but intend on working as an RN very soon. Though not an official occupation, I very frequently write, too – primarily poetry, plays, and music.
8. Would you to tell us a bit about your various hobbies?
Reading and writing (of course), bicycling, walking, wandering around nature and other scenic areas, thinking, spending time with family and friends, listening to music, and attending stage-plays and films.
9. Do you like sports, if so do you play sports yourself?
I do not necessarily dislike sports, but cannot say that I especially enjoy them. As a child and young teenager, I loved baseball, and even played as a pitcher, but have since faded from that hobby.
10. Do you like to travel?
Unfortunately, I have travelled very little, and never internationally. What I have seen, however, I have loved greatly, and intend on travelling more in the near future.
11. Which countries have you visited? And which ones would you really like to visit someday?
Never having travelled internationally, I have only wandered about my country, the United States.
12. What about your own country? What do you like about where you live?
The United States, seeming a fairly large country, has quite a considerable amount of various sub-groups and culture (or lack thereof). In my city, Portland, Oregon, I particularly love the nature and scenic areas (even in the middle of the city), the vast amounts of art and artists, the diversity, and overall peace of the city.
13. Do you have a personal hero, or someone you look up to?
I have no individual hero, but often look up to, or admire, anyone for specific attributes and aspects.
14. Now, for all the singles of the Lit-net, marital status?
Single, indeed.
Favourites
15. We can’t have an interview on a literature site without asking the obvious questions, so who is your favourite author?
Tough question, but here goes . . . Since I cannot narrow my favorite author to one, my favorite exists somewhere between William Shakespeare, D.H. Lawrence, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, Giovanni Boccaccio, James Joyce, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gabriel García Márquez, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Guy de Maupassant, Zora Neale Hurston, Arthur Miller, and various philosophers and thinkers.
If I included favorite poets, my list would extend immensely longer.
16. And your favourite book?
Also difficult to answer, but anything written by favorite authors above.
17. What kind of music do you enjoy?
Depending on my mood, it can range from classical and blues/jazz to alternative rock, acoustic rock, and electronica.
18. Which are your favourite bands/singers/composers/etc?
In classical, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, Edvard Grieg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert; among other trends in music, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Nick Cave and the Badseeds, Björk, Travis, Azure Ray, Fiona Apple, Mono, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Nine Inch Nails, Starsailor, Bob Dylan, and Tori Amos.
19. Tell us something about your favourite movie.
Though I have many favorites, most of them often have elements of suspense, dark humor, not-so-ridiculous romance, mystery, psychology, twists-of-plot, and an overall good storyline.
20.Your favourite game in the Games sub-forum?
Either ‘Book Title Game,’ ‘Ask The Person Below You,’ or ‘Would You?’
21. Amazons or Dastardly Stans?
Peace. :D
22. Any other favourites we should know about?
In terms of the forum, I spend a lot of time around the ‘Poems, Poetry, and Poets’ section.
And now, the most important question of them all
23. How do you like your turnips?
Chopped or sliced, simmered, and mixed with green vegetables.
I would like to thank Mono for a wonderful Interview, and wish him all the best in his future profession :)
