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1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

1. How did you get into learning German? What is it that fascinates you about the language? Aren't the cases driving you crazy? :)

A) When I started high school, the two languages offered were French and German (because that was what the one language teacher there taught). I knew I wanted to take a language, and having taken a bit of French in middle school and hating it, German it was!
B) I don't know if it's anything about German in particular. Language in general is fascinating to me. I like the idea of being able to speak to someone in their native tongue. Or, alternatively, speaking a foreign language with someone else who does, and having everyone else around you scratching their heads. :) I've taken classes in German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Polish. German is fun because of all the throaty sounds it uses.
C) YES

2. When did you first start thinking of going to law school? Was there a specific event? Do you want to do it because you want to help people, or because it's good money ;), or something else?

Like, September. Haha. It was kind of sudden. I'd been thinking about it vaguely before, but I didn't really decide on it until September. So my applying has been kind of...hurried. It's going okay though.
Something else. I work in a law office, so I see the process in action on a daily basis. I find it fascinating. I also really really want a job where I can use my brain. That's been my main goal for quite some time, and I see the legal field as a place where I can use my skills that are currently lying dormant. I sure as hell don't want to be making copies for the rest of my life.

3. How did you end up on LJ? Did the habits of what you write posts about change over time?
I came to LJ when the rest of an *Nsync board called FTR migrated over here. *waves to my FTR peeps* Decided to stick around.
Go back to my 2003 entries, and you'll definitely see a change. I post more often, and my entries then were either quizzes or really short, like no more than a paragraph. When I went to Germany, LJ became the means for me to keep in touch with my friends. LJ was seriously my sanity over there- my best friend stopped talking to me for no reason at all, and a number of my other RL were insanely slow on answering emails (if they ever did), but the people on LJ kept me together. I joined the ranks of fic writing fandom in 2007. It's been a big mish mash ever since.

4. What were you doing in Washington anyway? :)
School sponsored trip in 8th grade. I think I was only there for 3 days, but it was fun.

5. Tell me something about fanfic that you really like reading. Genres or plot twists or whatever. Do you prefer fluff over angst? Do you like crossovers?
Crackfic is a favorite of mine.
I enjoy fics that explore relationships between two people or a group of people. My fic tastes in the popslash fandom really differ from the stuff I like in the BSG fandom, so I don't know if I can speak generally.
I'm a sucker for fluff. I'll totally admit that.
I like crossovers if I know who the hell the other characters are. Or if the writer gives a really good idea of said other characters' personalities. Otherwise, it requires this background knowledge I don't have and I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of nuances of the story. I'm not very multi-fannish, and I think I'm about the only popslasher into BSG, so it's not like I'll be seeing a crossover there anytime soon. Although I started a story a while back where Justin Timberlake was a cylon and that illusion in the Rock Your Body video of multiple Justins wasn't an illusion at all.

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1. Flash forward 5 years: where do you see yourself?

2. What's your favorite piece of fanfic and why?

3. What's your favorite novel and why?

4. Plan on attending Camp Sparkle again this year?

5. Since you asked this question of me, I'm curious to know what your answers would be: Top 5 Triple D places you'd like to go to.

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1. If I don' t see myself does that mean I've died? Kidding. one episode of the show and that's what I remember. Truth, I'm not sure. Possibly a nurse, if not hopefully still working with kids. In my fantasty life Kenny Chesney and I are sailing around the world on a sailboat. lol I'm lousy at envisioning the future.

2. my favorite is The Long Run by Tiffany Rawlins. Why? Well, it's not really fanfic. It reads like a novel, it's developed and detailed and you can get completely engrossed in it and when you're done reading it you feel like you've been someplace. They're real people in that story.

3. To Kill A Mockingbird, which is funny since you mentioned it recently. I love it for a lot of the same reasons I picked Long Run, but also because when I read this book I knew I wanted to be a better person. which, for me at like 10, was huge and I know I didn't grasp anywhere near all the book puts forward at the time. For the sheer joy of reading it: A Swiftly Tilting Planet because I always wanted to be Meg. She's amazing and in the end she gets the guy.

4. I really hope to!

5. MAN! Hard call! I'm lousy at names, so you get descriptions. Sorry.
a. the place in like Kentucky or something that's all organic they grow themselves. Might even be in a quonset hut.
b. O'Roarke's which is here in CT but never open when I think of going.
c. the place with the rockstar hamburgers!
d. the greek place outside Vegas
e. I want to do a trip of the Jersey drive-ins ep. it would be so fun!!

Since Wyoming became a state, there have been times in its history when in didn't have a large enough population to have qualified for statehood.

1. You've been to Australia, right? Tell me more. :)

2. Were you ever in band, and if so, what did you play?

3. You mentioned you liked The Giver. What do you think of other utopian literature (ie Brave New World, 1984, etc.)?

4. Culture Shock universe, flash forward 5 years. What are your characters up to? (you don't have to do them all, just pick a couple)

5. Have you seen The Plan yet, and what were your thoughts?

My cat has asthma. He has an inhaler and everything.

That's random. lol.

1. What do you think you want to do with your life after you finish college?

2. What fic cliches drive you nuts if you see them show up in a story?

3. Where'd the priest kink come from?

4. Do you consider yourself more of a cat person or a dog person? Are there any particular breeds you prefer?

5. If you could rewrite the BSG finale, how would you have it end?

from an email I got today - My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

1. What's your favorite postcard you've received so far? Favorite one you've sent?

2. Speaking of postcards, have you ever been to postsecret.blogspot.com, and if so, what are your thoughts?

3. What's your favorite meal to cook?

4. What do and don't you like about snow?

5. How did you end up from metal to *Nsync?

Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in.

1. How'd you become interested in owning a comic book store? Was it a spontaneous decision, or something you'd dreamt of for a while?

2. What do you enjoy most about living in Massachusetts?

3. Who is that guy in your icon?

4. If you had the opportunity/funds to go back to school, would you? What would you study?

5. What types of D&D characters do you prefer to play as?

Boo. I'm cold at work and need to turn some heat on.

1. What did you major in in college? Looking back on it, would you still have chosen the same major?

2. Describe your ideal day in Paris.

3. Favorite JC MMC performance?

4. Is there any artist you enjoy listening to that your parents can't stand? Any artist they listen to that you can't stand?

5. When you go out to eat, where do you usually go? Do you have a favorite dish there, or do you like to mix it up?

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1. Do any of your RL friends know about your fannish interests?

2. Doner Kebap, awesome or overrated?

3. How did you get into BSG?

4. I seem to remember you attending the BSG ballet, do you go to performance events often? If so, is there a certain type you prefer?

5. What is it about Hot Dog that attracts you to him as a character?

Those are fun questions!

1. Sure. Most of them don't really get it though. I keep explaining to them the concept of fanfic. However, I have one (gay male) friend who knows exactly what slash is and while he thinks it's sick, he's also morbidly fascinated by it. Those are fun conversations.

2. I wouldn't go as far as to call it awesome. Heh. But I eat it sometimes. It's cheap edible food. Can't ask for much more! Also kebap places are possible the only food places that allow me to bring my dog along when I order. I recently got into ordering lahmacun ("Turkish pizza"), which I like better and which is pretty awesome.

3. It was recommended to me by various people. Just from the number of recs and the squee, I knew I would love that show. It took me some times until I felt like watching a new show but when I did, I was immediately hooked. It's nice to get a rec and have high expectations and then it really is a very good show.

4. Yeah, I watched the BSG ballet. I like going to live shows of all kinds but I rarely get to do it because I have trouble finding someone who'll tag along. I used to watch opera sometimes in college. I like theater and music. I'm not much into dancing. But I'll watch almost anything.

5. Uhm, I first noticed Hot Dog because it struck me that he only ever appeared in fanfic as a guy who's funny because he's stupid. However, from the way Bodie Olmos played him, Hot Dog never struck me as stupid. Quite the contrary- the first time we saw him, he was the only nugget who brought a stash of books to class! It's fun to play with that double perception, writing him as a guy who isn't stupid but everybody thinks he is, or a guy who is stupid in a away, but knows it, and so forth. He also strikes me as a thoroughly nice guy, and there seems to be a lot going on in his head although he doesn't talk about it. When first watching BSG, I noticed that there are a lot of shots of Athena or Starbuck where you can see Hot Dog in the background, observing and noticing the little details.