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metawidget) wrote2007-11-12 02:51 pm
metawidget) wrote2007-11-12 02:51 pm
miscellany
Had breakbeat-piano-and-harpsichord musician John Kameel Farrah crashing on our couch last week, and went to his show at Avant-Garde Bar. It was a good show, if he wanders through where you are and you like energetic electronic avant-garde stuff or renaissance harpsichord, he did both on Thursday. He exudes enthusiasm about it, too.
This weekend Ellie and I zipped through Montréal and Ormstown, meeting up with a few people, celebrating![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
loupdebois' birthday eating lots of good food and attending my second convocation.
In the week to come, I'll attempt to prove to StatCan that I'm reasonably bilingual.
I've been thinking of writing a reasonable-accommodation post at some point.
femmusic wants to know…
1. What can you cook? Lots of stuff, but generally steamed, stir-fried, broiled, baked, saucy or sushi. And coffee, if that counts.
2. What was your dream growing up? Has it changed? It changed about once every two or three years: astronaut, engineer, propagandist, web designer, artist, architect...
3. What talent do you wish you had? I sort of wish I was better at music. But I think that's just a matter of dedicating 1 000 hours to getting better at music. And maybe dancing, too.
4. If I bought you a drink what would you like it to be? Récompense English bitter.
5. How did we meet? I'm not sure if we'd crossed paths before, but Peers was when we got to know each other some.
6. What was your first impression of me? Has it changed? Your mental tags were lefty Christian, pretty laid-back and senior Peer.
7. What zodiac sign are you? Leo
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Nope
9. Best and Worst Habits? Proofreading, rambling.
10. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? If I had an extra seat, sure (I'm often walking or biking, with no extra seats)
11. Favorite sport? Bicycle touring
12. Is your attitude pessimistic, optimistic, or otherwise? Optimistic, on balance
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? Help get out of the elevator safely, or chat to pass the time
14. Best thing to ever happen to you (that you can post in public)? It's hard to rank good things, and they all play into each other.
15. Tell me one weird fact about you: My first regular job was making web pages.
16. Do you have any pets? I live with a cat and a rat.
17. What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly? I'd put water on for tea.
18. What was the last book you read? It was at work, an introduction to epidemiology and associated statistics.
19. Children: cute or scary? Both!
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? I would remake my teeth.
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? Depends what crime you had in mind.
22. What color eyes do you have? Brown
23. Been arrested? Nope
24. Favorite thing to drink? good beer
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it? Stick it in savings for wedding and/or down-payment on a house
26. Where's your favorite place to hang out? Kitchens
27. Do you believe in ghosts? Nope
28. What do you do in your spare time, if any? Bicycle, compute, play games
29. What's your swearing style? Infrequent, in sentences, and heartfelt
30. Biggest pet peeve? Peeves of mine often seem to have to do with transport, particularly folks making things hard for cyclists
31. In one word, how would you describe yourself? Geeky
32. Do you believe in/appreciate romance? Yes on both counts.
33. If you could spend 12 hours with me and ask/do anything you like, what would it be? I don't know... show you around my neighbourhood, make and eat some good food, and be open to ideas?
34. Do you have an ethical code of conduct for yourself? I guess I kind of mix ad-hoc with trying to build good habits. I couldn't write out a list of principles.
35. What is your favorite aspect of yourself, mentally or physically? I think it'd be my relatively broad base of knowledge, and my ability to soak up new, cool stuff.
This weekend Ellie and I zipped through Montréal and Ormstown, meeting up with a few people, celebrating
loupdebois' birthday eating lots of good food and attending my second convocation.In the week to come, I'll attempt to prove to StatCan that I'm reasonably bilingual.
I've been thinking of writing a reasonable-accommodation post at some point.
femmusic wants to know…1. What can you cook? Lots of stuff, but generally steamed, stir-fried, broiled, baked, saucy or sushi. And coffee, if that counts.
2. What was your dream growing up? Has it changed? It changed about once every two or three years: astronaut, engineer, propagandist, web designer, artist, architect...
3. What talent do you wish you had? I sort of wish I was better at music. But I think that's just a matter of dedicating 1 000 hours to getting better at music. And maybe dancing, too.
4. If I bought you a drink what would you like it to be? Récompense English bitter.
5. How did we meet? I'm not sure if we'd crossed paths before, but Peers was when we got to know each other some.
6. What was your first impression of me? Has it changed? Your mental tags were lefty Christian, pretty laid-back and senior Peer.
7. What zodiac sign are you? Leo
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Nope
9. Best and Worst Habits? Proofreading, rambling.
10. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? If I had an extra seat, sure (I'm often walking or biking, with no extra seats)
11. Favorite sport? Bicycle touring
12. Is your attitude pessimistic, optimistic, or otherwise? Optimistic, on balance
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? Help get out of the elevator safely, or chat to pass the time
14. Best thing to ever happen to you (that you can post in public)? It's hard to rank good things, and they all play into each other.
15. Tell me one weird fact about you: My first regular job was making web pages.
16. Do you have any pets? I live with a cat and a rat.
17. What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly? I'd put water on for tea.
18. What was the last book you read? It was at work, an introduction to epidemiology and associated statistics.
19. Children: cute or scary? Both!
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? I would remake my teeth.
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? Depends what crime you had in mind.
22. What color eyes do you have? Brown
23. Been arrested? Nope
24. Favorite thing to drink? good beer
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it? Stick it in savings for wedding and/or down-payment on a house
26. Where's your favorite place to hang out? Kitchens
27. Do you believe in ghosts? Nope
28. What do you do in your spare time, if any? Bicycle, compute, play games
29. What's your swearing style? Infrequent, in sentences, and heartfelt
30. Biggest pet peeve? Peeves of mine often seem to have to do with transport, particularly folks making things hard for cyclists
31. In one word, how would you describe yourself? Geeky
32. Do you believe in/appreciate romance? Yes on both counts.
33. If you could spend 12 hours with me and ask/do anything you like, what would it be? I don't know... show you around my neighbourhood, make and eat some good food, and be open to ideas?
34. Do you have an ethical code of conduct for yourself? I guess I kind of mix ad-hoc with trying to build good habits. I couldn't write out a list of principles.
35. What is your favorite aspect of yourself, mentally or physically? I think it'd be my relatively broad base of knowledge, and my ability to soak up new, cool stuff.