The Interview Meme: how to play
- Leave me a comment saying “interview me.” The first five commenters will be the participants.
- I will respond by asking you five questions.
- You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions.
- You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
- When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. (Write your own questions or borrow some.)
My questions came from Quantum Tea:
Q: If you got a tattoo, what would it be?
 Class of 2005 |
They say you should get tats which have meaning, that you should have a good reason for them. I’ve survived nearly the whole course of VLI - what more reason do I need? Other alternatives: some kind of Celtic cross / knot with multiple colours, something similar to the colours in the Book of Kells. I also like the symbolism in Celtic Christianity of the wild goose to represent the Holy Spirit (instead of the dove) - a scary, out of human control, force of nature, worthy of respect, that goes where it wills.
Q: Which cat is your favourite, Quantum or Tangle, and why?
Quantum mechanics says that until you obverse the system it’s in all possible states and the act of observation collapses the probability waveform down to a single observed reality, doesnt it? OK. So, the answer to the question is dont look … that way I can have both as my favourite all at the same time. I mean, how could Tangle ever chirp and walk into the room with tail stump in the air and knitted mouse toy in his mouth the way that Quantum does? Or Quantum be as cuddly and cute and adorably orange as Tangle?
Q: Why do you use Blogger, as opposed to another web-based blog service?
Do you want the red pill or the blue pill answer to that?
The blue pill [simple answer] is because I’ve not written my own yet. The red pill [complicated answer] is bound up in wanting to make sure that Chronicle Lite keeps working for other users of Blogger as that was the original intended audience of the tool. What better way to make sure it works than to put myself into the category. That, and Blogger is good enough, covers whats absolutely required. If I want more features I’ll scratch the itch myself and write my own blog server.
Q: Describe your ideal weekend
No demands and no obligations. Sufficiently outside of obligation that the guilt at sitting around and doing whatever doesnt strike. I’m not sure that the ideal weekend has specific things to do attached. Its more about feeling free, and not feeling guilty about neglecting something or other. In other words sometime after graduation when there are no more assignments, projects or reading I might get close to an ideal weekend. That said, I think warm (90F / 32C) temperatures and bright sunlight would be ideal.
Q: What do you think your life will be like in five years time?
What do I think my life will be like in 5 years? Hmmm. Hopefully better than it is today. After all … who ever hopes that life gets worse?