Q&A

[metawidget]

jul3z offered to interview all comers, and I got these questions.

1. I know you're involved with rottenfruit, but I don't know how you two met.

   It was Thursday, the seventh of October last year. emjayne was having "elevensies", basically gathering a bunch of friends of hers on her lunch break behind the Faubourg. I almost missed everyone, wandering around upstairs for half an hour wondering where they were, but then found them out on the back terrace: emjayne, boyinsantiago, dzuunmod and most importantly for my answer here, rottenfruit (you can tell this was organized in an LJ post, eh?). I'd seen her journal before, but this was the first time I met her in person. It actually took me another meeting (at MJ's Birthday Incident a couple of weeks later) for me to really get intrigued, and then a very long back-and forth of LJ comments before we met for breakfast one chilly November morning, too early for both of us, but eager to "talk about math and stuff", make googly eyes at each other and try to figure out what the other was thinking. The rest is more or less history, with some serious help from moonlightjoy, fielding questions from both of us more or less simultaneously: "what's going on?" "do they like me?" "what should I do?" ... she told me not to be afraid and... well, that gets us past meeting, I guess.

2. You moved into a new place recently, how's the roommate thing working out for you?

   Still slowly recovering back rent from one of the ex-roommates; the new place is shared only with a cat and one (formerly two, R.I.P. basil) houseplant. Those roommates are excellent.

3. When you head out of town next, where are you planning on going and why?

   I will probably be heading home to my parents in the suburbs of Ormstown, to visit and have some downtime out there with the family, the critters, the fresh air, and if possible, rottenfruit.

4. When do you know it is time to put away your bike for the winter?

   When the roads to everywhere I want to get to are completely snowed or iced over in the bike-able lane. That tends to mean sometime around Christmas or early January, and I have been out and about sometime in February. Slush-gargling bicycle hippiedom is fun.

5. Which has been your favourite course in univeristy?

   Probably MATH 464, Real Analysis with Yuri Khidirov. My first hardcore analysis course, first taste of topology, best trial by fire of my proving skills and all-'round head trip. I recommend it to anyone with a mathie bent.

So, if anyone wants some interview questions, step right up and comment. I'll hit you with five questions to grace your journal.

Comments

[fuzzyila.livejournal.com]

Ask me!

(Wow, I haven't listened to L7 in YEARS.)

[metawidget]

1. What else were you listening to when you were last listening to L7?
2. How'd you run across photogeek_mtl?
3. Reliable sources tell me you're not as fuzzy as you used to be... when'd you switch?
4. Enjoying Linux?
5. What was your favourite non-linguistics course in university?

[ramou.livejournal.com]

hit me. I will answer any and all (five) *GRIN*

[metawidget]

1. Is there any appreciable order to your top seven? How about among the six-at-a-distance?
2. What's your next hardware purchase likely to be?
3. Which of Lefty's Laws do have the most trouble getting Shep to follow?
4. If you could only avail yourself of one restaurant or cafe for the next two years, what would it be?
5. It's getting cold out. What's your winter replacement for The Field likely to be?

[silverspar.livejournal.com]

I'll take some, if you can think of any.

[metawidget]

1. What were the easiest and hardest habits to break from your LDS days?
2. What have you taken away from them?
3. How do you find working night shifts while living with a basically diurnal student?
4. What is your favourite food?
5. When are you moving to Montreal?

[dzuunmod.livejournal.com]

You usually hit me up when I make such offers, so, I'll do the same, here.

[metawidget]

1. What's your favourite food?
2. What appeals to you about newsboy caps?
3. Do you have some kind of "friends policy" on LJ? What is it?
4. What's your best guess at whether K. at work knows what's going on?
5. Write your ideal job description.

[loupdebois.livejournal.com]

Fragen Sie mich, bitte.

[metawidget]

1. What character were you playing last year when the stairs thing happened?
2. After you get German down, what language is next?
3. What's the last thing you ate that came from a can?
4. What book is closest to your bed right now?
5. Are you still rollerblading places on occasion?

[denkizero.livejournal.com]

"the new place is shared only with a cat and one (formerly two, R.I.P. basil) houseplant. Those roommates are excellent."

I nearly ruined a keyboard spurting juice through my nose reading that.

bring 'em questions this way sir ;).

[metawidget]

1. Did you create or find that pink splat in one of your user icons?
2. What were you demonstrating for or against in your demonstration icon?
3. What juice were you drinking when you got the the roommates sentence?
4. What appeals most to you about your assorted body modifications (or specific ones, if the reasons vary)?
5. Do you shave your armpits? Why or why not?