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The Killer Meme

The Great and the Good stopped by slowfox's LJ to pool their collective curiosity, and here's what they want to know about you:

Me, Myself, I

acemyth: What is your philosophy/motto in life?
Always look on the bright side of life.
Recently: taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

cynthia_black: How did you choose your User Name, and what does it reveal of your character?
I like Percy Weasley. To dissociate myself from Percy, I chose Percival. That was taken in LJ, so Perceval (Note Spelling)

aome: What did you want to be "when you grew up" when you were younger? If your current job/plans are different, why did you change?
a translator. Was dissuaded because translators don't make much money. Am now dissuaded because I'm a crappy writer, and I find it hard to dissociate German and English in my head.
But yeah - that was the original plan.

cycloethen: What was the worst nightmare you have ever had?
Can't remember.

cedar85: Tell the story behind one or more of your scars (physical, not emotional).
I have three distinctive scars on the middle fingers of my right hand. They got into a clothes ironing device when I was three - burn marks. V. useful - I can always tell right from left by them.

luminousmarble: What one thing would you like your great-great-grandchildren to know about you? What one thing would you NOT want them to know?
a) that I tried my best. b) my filthy polyandric mind

naath: How do you learn (things-for-exams)?
putting them in context and being able to derive them myself from first principles. I learn visually and by movement.

bopeepsheep: What was the cause of the worst physical pain you have ever been in?
Above ironing board.

til_midnight: Where do you live (a country is fine, just name a place)?
Scotland

siriaeve: What is your biggest fear?
Thought-reading. My thoughts are free.

Nostalga Ain't What It Used to Be

amaterasu: What's the coolest thing you've ever done? (Not the best, or the most accomplished, or the most life-altering, just the coolest).
I'm SO not cool. ::pissed off at question::

shelaghc: If you could change one event from your own personal history, what would it be and how would you change it?
all the times - and they are many - where I destroyed friendships by not keeping up the contact. It's my worst habit.

linaelyn: Describe the one thing have you learned in the course of your education, either inside school or outside of it, which you consider the most valuable?
Persistence.

dancingrain: What memory would call up your personal Patronus spell? (in other words, what memory is your happiest or sweetest?):
When my husband finally succumbed to my advances. The marriage itself was more of a social occasion. I like small parties, and it was the right thing to do, but I never bought a wedding magazine. And I love to plan. That says something, doesn't it?

glissando: Describe the three best pairs of shoes that you've ever owned - favourites because of comfort, the way they look, the brand, any reason at all.
I'm not interested in shoes. As long as I can go sockless, I'm fine.

If I Ruled the World

eilanhp: If you could have been born and grown up somewhere else, where would that have been?
Scotland, Highlands

praetorianguard: What would you demand in exchange for giving up your personal freedoms and civil liberties?
I will NEVER give those up.

wittywibbles: If there were no laws, which (former) crime would be the first you'd commit?
Does rampant sex count?

nightfalltwen: If you could do one thing or grant one wish for someone else, what would it be?
Peace of mind for my mother

therealmarajade: If you could know anything about your future, what would it be?
I prefer not to know. I will know soon enough.

annamilton: Owing to a peculiar concatenation of events, you are the wealthiest person in the world, and the latter will end in 24 hours. Money being no object, and saving the world being impossible, what would you do during that last day?
Well, I will have set up a couple of foundations already, and made a will, so I'd spend it gathering my loved ones around me and being with them until the end.


laurelwood: If you could hunt down one childhood tormentor (whether it be bully, tattletale, mean teacher, or friend's mother who hated you for no good reason) and exact revenge upon them in some spectacular, prankish fashion without worry of consequences, who would you choose, and what would you do to him/her?
I don't go for revenge anymore.

robynwepsley: If I offered you a chance to have anything you wanted, the cost being someone you didn't know dies, would you accept?
NO.

beccafran: If you could have any one superpower, what would it be?
The ability to make people feel loved.

hailebop: If you could punch any one person from any point in history, who would you pick?
Punching is useless when it comes to Hitler.

silverymist: If you were given the opportunity to live another life, what kind of life would you like to have?
A full professor, happily married, with four to seven children.

slytherincess: If you could alter history in one specific place, where would it be, and why?
I don't believe in altering history.

tolarian: Assuming you (or a group of friends) conquer Earth, which section(s) of the planet would you personally desire, and why?
Scotland and Scandinavia. Beautiful landscape, great people.

vanityfair: If you could, with no repercussions, subject anyone you wanted to one day of utter and complete torture, who would you choose, why would you choose them, and what would you do to them? Conversely, if you could give anyone you wanted (other than yourself) one day of perfect happiness, who/why/what would you choose?
My mother. She's been very depressed lately.

Media and Culture

slowfox: Hollywood called: they're filming your life story. Who do you cast as yourself?
Kate Winslet.

angelofthenorth: They want to make your life into a Cartoon. Which graphic artist do you want to draw it?
Marcel Gotlib.

deralte: Your favourite Blackadder episode and why?
hmmm ... too many to say.

tybalt_quin: Movie adaptations of books - heinous, evil and always disappointing or perfectly acceptable?
Acceptable, if done well and made into an independent work of art.

primroseburrows: What one song brings up the strongest emotion (negative or positive) for you ?
Firefly, Jethro Tull (courting my husband)

manubai: If you had the choice to live in any fictional world, as in transposed into a book, which one would it be? Please explain why.
Pride and Prejudice, at the side of a man who respects me. (Hello, Mr. Darcy)

katrionaa: What is your favorite artwork (painting, sculpture, etching, whatever) and why?
I SUX at art. I used to like drawing, and will take up needlepoint one of these days.

fharraige: Name twelve songs for the soundtrack of your life.
That's a separate meme!

eurydice9: If you could have only five cds, which would they be? No burned cds count - only ones you physically purchase in a store/online.
None. I'd switch to the radio.

magoo42: Batman or Superman?
Neither.

ladyvorkosigan: What fictional character do you most identify with and why?
Percy Weasley. Bossy, dominant, essentially good, bullied, misunderstood, perfectionist, sensitive to noise, stickler for rules and justice.

The Completely Hatstand Section

0100111: True or false: pineapple on pizza is wrong.
False

wcspegasus: If you were a color, what would you be and why?
A deep, rich ocean blue. my fave.

soupytwist: If you could be an inanimate object, what would you be and why?
A piano. I love it when people make music, and I used to play it.

ladycrookshanks: Assuming reincarnation exists, who do you think you may have been in a past life? How would you like to come back in the next?
A Buddhist - because I really took to sitting meditation like a fish to water.
In the next: somebody in a free country.

ivan_k: If you were a weapon, what would you be and why?
A sword.Elegant but deadly.

risti: Do you wear orange? Why/Why not?
No. Colour doesn't suit me.

seren_himitsu: If you could ask your deity of choice one question and have it answered, what would you ask?
What do you want me to do?

moonrunner: True/False: Green buffalos come from Albania. (seriously, now.)
Don't know. Are there any green buffalos?

Fair Trades and Dilemmas

angua9: If remaining a virgin (or abstaining from sex) for the rest of your life would allow you to do real magic, would you do it?
Nope.

drbear: How much money would it take for you to appear naked (full-frontal) for five seconds on national television?
Ten million quid. After all, there will be college and school fees to pay one day.

piperx: Would you rather be

• a complete idiot with a charming personality

intellectually brilliant but have no friends?
The second.

jiggery_pokery: You can start any business of your choice, whether for-profit or non-profit, regardless of whether this business exists practically in the world or not and whether there's an existing business model to make your chosen business work or not. Irrespective of what it is, it will start off moderately successfully and eventually become very successful. You will make a very satisfactory wage and your investors/sponsors will be very pleased with your work. What business would you start?
Counselling

sofie_elisabeth: Would you sacrifice an unknown portion of your life so that a loved one could live for one more year?
Depends on what that loved one wants to achieve. If s/he needs the time to be able to leave in peace, yes, otherwise, no. What gets to me is the "unknown" ... if he were my husband, and I give him one more year, but am taken from our children the next year, instead of twenty years later, the kids won't have gained much ...

You can gack the meme questions, with all the prettifying code, from here (so please include this line when pasting your answers into LJ, right to the end of the cut tag).

Comments

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What's the coolest thing you've ever done? (Not the best, or the most accomplished, or the most life-altering, just the coolest).
I'm SO not cool. ::pissed off at question::

SHUT UP!! You are SO cool! (Says the geek) Did you forget the little accomplishment of GETTING YOUR DOCTORATE? That is amazingly cool, I'll have you know.

Piper