I'll play!

1. If you could spend the rest of your life in only one place you considered perfectly suited to your needs or spend the rest of your life traveling anywhere you want in the world, but never have a permanent home, which would you choose, and why?

2. What would your 15 year-old self think of you and your current life?

3. What would one perfect romantic evening include?

4. This is another post, and I am older. ;) I cannot also resist an unsolved mystery. So, what exactly were the circumstances you mention in item no. 17 on your 50 neat things list? (I understand that the confidentiality issue may come into play here. I'm not asking for "who" and a somewhat vague rendition would also be fine.)

5. And finally, I toss a golden apple into the room: Who do you believe is the most beautiful human woman who ever existed?

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Check out the answers:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/chronarchy/19156.html

That was much faster turn around than usual :) I'll get them up on my website in the next update, too.

That was kinda fun. Expect your own questions tomorrow, I think. :) I'll either email or post them for you.

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This is fun! Both the questions and the answers can be a good way of getting to know people better. I'm looking forward to your questions.

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1. Your dream job (education/experience not a barrier)?
2. Realistically what you would like to do for a career?
3. Fate vs Free Will or something in between?
4. What triggers your memories most (smells, sounds, visuals, etc)?
5. If you could visit anywhere on Earth this weekend - where would you go?

As a 6th but not really - did you know you look sort of like the guy who plays Superman on Smallville (I swear I do not watch it, but flipped past it last night as I dutifully waited for Angel to come one and thought, "Damn, that looks like Mike!".

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I'll work on the questions, but until then, let's do a comparison:



I don't know. But then, I don't have legions of makeup artists, and he is younger than I am, I think.

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You do look a good bit like Tom Welling. He was born on 4/26/77, so he's a little bit older than you. And he does have legions of makeup artists, and a photographer telling him to pout at the camera.

Is that a turtleneck or fencing garb? Lex Luthor on that show happens to fence. :::ponders introducing you to hundreds of Smallville obsessed women:::

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Yep: fencing jacket. I fenced for 4 years on the Ohio State fencing team.

How many other people can say they studied for two years under the greatest fencing master in the world?

It would take more than a photographer to make me pout, unfortunately . . . :)

I just posted your questions on my website, too. Hope that's cool :)

I'm emailing you your questions, since you said you weren't getting all your updates via email. :)

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Yep: fencing jacket. I fenced for 4 years on the Ohio State fencing team.

How many other people can say they studied for two years under the greatest fencing master in the world?

That's wonderful! Fencing seems like a sport that challenges the participants both physically and mentally.

It would take more than a photographer to make me pout, unfortunately . . . :)

Hee! Welling is a pro model, so he's been trained to pout on command.

I just posted your questions on my website, too. Hope that's cool :)

Totally cool!

I'm emailing you your questions, since you said you weren't getting all your updates via email. :)

Got 'em! I'll answer them and post later today.

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Your answers are ready. :)

Right back at ya:

1. When you left PSA, did you expect it to still be around after this long?

2. What did you think about that summer that we basically spent together?

3. What's your favourite memory?

4. An it harm none, do as ye will. Discuss. :)

5. You do realize that we all miss you something terrible, right?

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1. When you left PSA, did you expect it to still be around after this long?

Honestly, I did and expect it to be around longer. OSU had a pagan group before that survived for a while before politics broke it up and many other schools have pagan groups that have been around for years. I think that we tried to make the constitution and general structure such that it can stand the test of time. Now the real question is, will it keep going as strong when you aren't there anymore . . .

2. What did you think about that summer that we basically spent together?

It was one of my best summers of all time (I had one summer in HS that was really good too). That summer was great for so many reasons, I was working at the zoo for part of it, I was very involved with the Columbus pagan community, I was going out dancing a lot, and of course, I met Ed that summer. But some of my best memories were playing my first D&D game with you, Rob and Karen. I still smile everytime I go into a laundrymat, thinking of making characters up in the basement of your dorm. Another honest tidbit - if you hadn't been with Tina, I definitely would have flirted more with you!

3. What's your favourite memory?

Of all time or in refence to the above summer? If it is the above summer it would have to be my first date with Ed. If it is of all time, that is really hard. I would have to say it is my collective memory of fall. It is not a memory of one specific event, but more the accumulation of the little things that make my heart ache a little and my stomach flutter. Raking leaves, pumpkins on doorsteps, the smell of the evening air, the cold grass in the morning, wearing long sleeves, starting a new school year, etc.

4. An it harm none, do as ye will. Discuss. :)

I go back and forth with this one a little. I mean at first glance, hey it sounds great, like you can do anything. But really, harming none includes oneself, and that is a much harder thing to judge than harming others. I think it is a very valid rede to live by and I do my best. Again, I've got the not harming others down pretty well, but sometimes it's harder to make the call on yourself. There have also been times that I thought this rede is a little bit chicken, basically covering everything and nothing at the same time, which helps lend to some of the fluffy new age stereotypes that leads to pagans not being taken seriously. All in all though, it makes sense, and there certainly are consequences when it is broken, even if you don't notice them right away (not a stickler to the threefold law though - sometimes it is .5, sometimes it is 10). Anyway, I do to try to live by, but takes more thought than one might think.

5. You do realize that we all miss you something terrible, right?

I'm beginning to with all your reminding. Actually I miss all of you a lot too. I miss the community out there - for all of the weird politics and in fighting. But I definitely miss some individuals (you being at the top of list!). But reading your daily mind wanderings makes me smile, and sometimes helps and other times it makes me miss you more.

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