The Very Nerve Meme
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hells_half_acreOk, so this is a meme that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ratherastory did, and I figured I would give it a go....
Of, course, I'm KIND of busy these days, and also, I REALLY suck at coming up with questions. So, I'm going to put a cap on the number of people who can participate at 5. Sorry.
Basically, I answer 5 questions, and then you can comment with "THE VERY NERVE!" if you want me to ask YOU 5 questions.
Now,ratherastory accidentally only gave me 4 questions. So...I guess, if you have a 5th question for me, then you can leave that in comments too! Haha, it's question time!
1. So, what would you like your PhD to be about?
I'm not sure. Back when I graduated with my masters, I felt that I had two options: I could do my PhD in Irish History, and expand on my MA thesis, which was about the Easter Rising in 1916 (it was a very good thesis, and the Easter Rising has surprisingly little scholarship in my opinion). Or, I could go back to my first love, which was German history...at the time, I was thinking of studying the homosexual community after WWII...though, my interest in that has waned a bit over the years.
Sadly, my MA supervisor passed away, and now I kind of feel like those a door has been shut. Not that I was ever going to walk through that door mind you, but it was nice to think it was open. Also, today's economy isn't that great for graduate studies anyway....and I don't need to be a university professor to feel good about myself (or at least, I shouldn't need to be.)
2. What is the most interesting place you have ever lived? Where would you like to live, if you could live anywhere?
This is a hard question. I suppose, the most interesting place I lived would be Germany. And that won't seem interesting to any of the Germans on my flist, but as a Canadian, it was interesting to me...there's always something to see or do, and travel is so much easier in Europe than in Canada (shorter distances).
If I could live anywhere? That's an even harder question....I REALLY liked Newfoundland. It was beautiful and friendly, and it felt like I had discovered a secret country/world that no one else knew about (except of course, the people who lived there.) Newfoundland was basically my Hogwarts.
3. What prompted you to start cataloging the clothes in SPN? Have wardrobe choices always been an interest of yours or is it something you came across in fandom?
I guess it was my interest in continuity that came first. For my timeline, I started paying attention to when they changed clothes, just so that I could count the days spent in each episode. Then, I was reading someone else's visual recap of an episode, and they referred to Dean's red plaid shirt as The Red Shirt of Angst - and I thought that was HILARIOUS. And then I thought "I wonder if he really only wears it when he's sad?" and then I went looking to see if I could find out....and I found laundry lists....but no one had recorded the history of the clothes. And that's really what I saw it as: The History of Their Clothes.
Personally, I have a little mental history of my own clothes - I wore this shirt when I met my best-friends parents for the first time. I threw out the shirt that I wore when some creepy dude tried to get me into a non-crowded area to no doubt do nasty things to me, because I couldn't wear it anymore after that without that sickened feeling returning. I still have the sweater I was wearing the first time I was kissed by someone special. And I've been doing that since I was a kid, really. I kept my favourite clothes from when I was 3, even as the memories of me actually ever wearing them faded to nothing. The clothes sort of become mementos. It saves me a ton on souvenirs. ;)
Anyway, so, yeah, basically, it was the phrase "Red Plaid Shirt of Angst" that really started it all. That, and the fact that Madison was wearing Sam's shirt when he shot her, and I couldn't help but wonder "Did they never use that shirt again?"...so a mix of wondering how good the wardrobe continuity was and wondering if there really were themes to any of the shirts.
4. Have you ever confided a secret (of your own) to someone only to regret it later? Feel free to elaborate as little or as much as you like on this one.
When I was in Grade 7, I told a friend about how I used to have a mad crush on his older cousin (when I was 7 and the cousin was 13). Anyway, a couple of weeks later, the older cousin actually came to my class to give us a talk about the rain forest (he was around 18, then, I guess, and had just come back from an educational expedition)...the whole time he gave the talk, he kept giving me these really weird looks...and I realized, of course, that my friend had TOLD him. Which, yeah, was SUPER AWKWARD. Especially since I was 13 at most, and didn't even find him attractive anymore.
That's really the only time I can remember. I'm at once both an extremely private person and an extremely open person. I don't lie, but I don't offer the truth unprompted. I suppose I've told a few people some of my "secrets", but so far I've never regretted it. Everyone has been pretty understanding. I'm very private when it comes to my relationships. I've discovered over the years that matters of the human heart are nearly impossible to explain in words (especially when society has a certain view of relationships that not all of us conform too)...and they are also annoying to TRY to explain....so rather than waste my time on people who might not understand, (or who might think they understand, but they actually don't), I only tend to tell people who I KNOW will understand. You could then accuse me of underestimating people's abilities to understand, but for me, underestimating is better than overestimating. And really, my business is nobody's business but my own.
So, yeah, it's very rare for me to tell secrets, but so far I haven't regretted it, besides that one juvenile example.
There you have it. If you have a fifth question for me (or a follow-up question), leave it in the comments! If you want some questions and five people haven't asked before you, let me know and then be patient! :)
ratherastory did, and I figured I would give it a go....Of, course, I'm KIND of busy these days, and also, I REALLY suck at coming up with questions. So, I'm going to put a cap on the number of people who can participate at 5. Sorry.
Basically, I answer 5 questions, and then you can comment with "THE VERY NERVE!" if you want me to ask YOU 5 questions.
Now,
ratherastory accidentally only gave me 4 questions. So...I guess, if you have a 5th question for me, then you can leave that in comments too! Haha, it's question time!1. So, what would you like your PhD to be about?
I'm not sure. Back when I graduated with my masters, I felt that I had two options: I could do my PhD in Irish History, and expand on my MA thesis, which was about the Easter Rising in 1916 (it was a very good thesis, and the Easter Rising has surprisingly little scholarship in my opinion). Or, I could go back to my first love, which was German history...at the time, I was thinking of studying the homosexual community after WWII...though, my interest in that has waned a bit over the years.
Sadly, my MA supervisor passed away, and now I kind of feel like those a door has been shut. Not that I was ever going to walk through that door mind you, but it was nice to think it was open. Also, today's economy isn't that great for graduate studies anyway....and I don't need to be a university professor to feel good about myself (or at least, I shouldn't need to be.)
2. What is the most interesting place you have ever lived? Where would you like to live, if you could live anywhere?
This is a hard question. I suppose, the most interesting place I lived would be Germany. And that won't seem interesting to any of the Germans on my flist, but as a Canadian, it was interesting to me...there's always something to see or do, and travel is so much easier in Europe than in Canada (shorter distances).
If I could live anywhere? That's an even harder question....I REALLY liked Newfoundland. It was beautiful and friendly, and it felt like I had discovered a secret country/world that no one else knew about (except of course, the people who lived there.) Newfoundland was basically my Hogwarts.
3. What prompted you to start cataloging the clothes in SPN? Have wardrobe choices always been an interest of yours or is it something you came across in fandom?
I guess it was my interest in continuity that came first. For my timeline, I started paying attention to when they changed clothes, just so that I could count the days spent in each episode. Then, I was reading someone else's visual recap of an episode, and they referred to Dean's red plaid shirt as The Red Shirt of Angst - and I thought that was HILARIOUS. And then I thought "I wonder if he really only wears it when he's sad?" and then I went looking to see if I could find out....and I found laundry lists....but no one had recorded the history of the clothes. And that's really what I saw it as: The History of Their Clothes.
Personally, I have a little mental history of my own clothes - I wore this shirt when I met my best-friends parents for the first time. I threw out the shirt that I wore when some creepy dude tried to get me into a non-crowded area to no doubt do nasty things to me, because I couldn't wear it anymore after that without that sickened feeling returning. I still have the sweater I was wearing the first time I was kissed by someone special. And I've been doing that since I was a kid, really. I kept my favourite clothes from when I was 3, even as the memories of me actually ever wearing them faded to nothing. The clothes sort of become mementos. It saves me a ton on souvenirs. ;)
Anyway, so, yeah, basically, it was the phrase "Red Plaid Shirt of Angst" that really started it all. That, and the fact that Madison was wearing Sam's shirt when he shot her, and I couldn't help but wonder "Did they never use that shirt again?"...so a mix of wondering how good the wardrobe continuity was and wondering if there really were themes to any of the shirts.
4. Have you ever confided a secret (of your own) to someone only to regret it later? Feel free to elaborate as little or as much as you like on this one.
When I was in Grade 7, I told a friend about how I used to have a mad crush on his older cousin (when I was 7 and the cousin was 13). Anyway, a couple of weeks later, the older cousin actually came to my class to give us a talk about the rain forest (he was around 18, then, I guess, and had just come back from an educational expedition)...the whole time he gave the talk, he kept giving me these really weird looks...and I realized, of course, that my friend had TOLD him. Which, yeah, was SUPER AWKWARD. Especially since I was 13 at most, and didn't even find him attractive anymore.
That's really the only time I can remember. I'm at once both an extremely private person and an extremely open person. I don't lie, but I don't offer the truth unprompted. I suppose I've told a few people some of my "secrets", but so far I've never regretted it. Everyone has been pretty understanding. I'm very private when it comes to my relationships. I've discovered over the years that matters of the human heart are nearly impossible to explain in words (especially when society has a certain view of relationships that not all of us conform too)...and they are also annoying to TRY to explain....so rather than waste my time on people who might not understand, (or who might think they understand, but they actually don't), I only tend to tell people who I KNOW will understand. You could then accuse me of underestimating people's abilities to understand, but for me, underestimating is better than overestimating. And really, my business is nobody's business but my own.
So, yeah, it's very rare for me to tell secrets, but so far I haven't regretted it, besides that one juvenile example.
There you have it. If you have a fifth question for me (or a follow-up question), leave it in the comments! If you want some questions and five people haven't asked before you, let me know and then be patient! :)
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Date: 2011-10-29 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 08:41 pm (UTC)I'M SORRY! Would you like a fifth question?
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Date: 2011-10-29 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 10:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 10:23 pm (UTC)Twice more! :) So, maybe Madison took it off and was all naked when Sam shot her. That's somehow even more disturbing.
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:45 pm (UTC)As far as the shirt healing from both the gunshot and the laceration wounds-- I guess the Winchesters' clothes have the same magical non-scarring properties that the Winchesters themselves have. *giggle*
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:50 pm (UTC)Or they are ninja-tailors. ;)
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 11:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-30 09:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-30 07:27 pm (UTC)2. When you were a little kid, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? If so, how has it changed over the years?
3. If you could go anywhere in the world, what would you go see?
4. Besides Supernatural, what's your favourite TV show (past or present)? What do you like about it?
5. Do you have any siblings? Who does your family consist of? and do you all get along?
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Date: 2011-10-30 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-31 09:10 am (UTC)2. You are very vocal about human rights and LGBT issues (yay!) - do you ever find yourself getting discouraged (like a form of activist-burnout)? Or do you manage to stay positive about the future despite any and all setbacks?
3. If you could go on holiday (or to live) anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?
4. What is your favourite smell, sound, or taste?
5. If you could meet anyone living today, who would it be and why? What would you say to them?
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Date: 2011-11-01 01:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-01 02:06 am (UTC)I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets horribly discouraged with the world from time to time. :)
Also, Canada is totally awesome! And the cold isn't THAT bad (and the summers are nice!)
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Date: 2011-11-01 10:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-01 05:07 pm (UTC)I'd never be able to live in the south. I'm a Northener through and through...the heat would kill me.
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Date: 2011-11-04 02:09 am (UTC)1. What is your favourite thing about the country/city you live in? What is your least favourite?
2. What is your favourite childhood memory?
3. You seem very involved in the queer community - what is your favourite community event every year? What would you issue or event would you like to see get more press?
4. What do you do for a living? How did you stumble onto that job/career?
5. How many hours per week do you usually spend on the SuperWiki? Besides recording all mentions of The Bee Story, what's your favourite bit of Supernatural to keep track of, or write about?
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Date: 2011-11-05 07:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-05 11:48 pm (UTC)1. What is your favourite thing about the country/state/city you live in? What is your least favourite?
2. If you could wish one thing for someone (or a lot of people) what would you wish?
3. What is your favourite thing to do when you have free time?
4. What do you do for a living (if anything)? Do you enjoy it, or is it just something that pays the bills?
5. How good is your German? Do you still keep it up?
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Date: 2011-11-06 01:05 am (UTC)1. Ohhh, man. That's a hard question to answer because there's so much I love about where I live. Narrowing it down to just this area, I'd say my favorite thing is springtime--do a Google image search for "Central Texas wildflowers" and you'll see why. My least favorite is my lack of social life, but that doesn't have a lot to do with living *here*.
2. Another hard question, though right this moment, I wish I could give Jared a hug. :(
3. Write, mostly. I also sew and crochet when I get the urge.
4. I've got three freelance jobs and work from home. How much I enjoy it depends on the material I'm working with. :D It beats teaching freshman composition, for sure, and some projects are a lot of fun. But if I had my druthers, I'd write for a living.
5. Conversational; I wouldn't say I'm fluent, but it was one of my majors. Written is definitely better than spoken, due both to lack of practice and to my general preference for writing over speaking even in English. But my dad and I speak a little to each other (his is rustier), and one of my favorite bands is Die Prinzen, so that keeps me a little better in practice just by singing along. On the written side, one of my freelance gigs is German-to-English translation; I don't write much in German, but I do read a good deal. German's also my default second language--if someone speaks to me in Spanish out of the blue, for example, I'm most likely to answer in German.
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Date: 2011-11-06 01:30 am (UTC)Same here. German was also one of my majors, which was why I was curious. Sadly, my German has gotten REALLY rusty. I'm sad about it. I'm still fairly good at reading and comprehension, but I wouldn't even put myself at conversational at the moment. People keep telling me that if I went to Germany for a bit, it'd all come back to me, but it sure doesn't feel like it when I'm searching my brain for simple words. :P
(Though ironically, just after I typed that, I dropped something and swore in German. :P)
I've been asking everyone Question #1, because I love to travel - so who knows, maybe someday I'll be able to see Central Texas wildflowers in person. ;)
If I had my druthers, I'd be a writer too. :) I also crochet in my free time when I get the urge. You and I have a lot in common!
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Date: 2011-11-07 07:24 am (UTC)