Interview by yareach

[queerbychoice]

(You've probably seen the rules by now . . . leave a comment if you want to be interviewed, etc.)

1. What is your favorite type of weather?
70 degrees with a very slight breeze.

2. You will be placed on a deserted island forever, but you may take any person (currently alive) with you. Who and why?
Mikie, because we've already spend enough time together for long enough that I can say with confidence that if being stuck on a deserted island together were going to drive us crazy we'd probably already have been driven crazy long ago. (Plus, ey just wrote me something so incredibly sweet today that I fear to explode from excessive lovedness.)

3. What is your favorite name for a girl? for a guy?
You forgot to ask about genderfree beings. My favorite name for a genderfree being is Jubil. I made that up as a name for a fictional character once (I shortened "jubilant"). I also like Morgan (Welsh for "dweller by the sea"), Robin ("of shining fame"), Taylor ("tailor"), and Oriel (Latin for "golden"), which my name book told me is theoretically a female name, but it doesn't seem gendered to me so I wouldn't hesitate to give it to anybody. As for gendered names, hmm . . . I'm sort of fond of Alice ("truth"), Edwin ("valuable friend"), Ianthe ("purple flower"), Irene ("peace"), Iris ("rainbow"), Julian ("youthful"), Keith ("dweller in the forest"), Kevin ("kind and gentle"), Lorraine ("famous in war"), Madeline ("tower of strength"), Madison ("son of a mighty battle maiden"), Meredith ("protector from the sea"), Seraphine ("ardent"), Terrence ("tender"), Violet ("shy"), Vivian ("lively") . . . why yes, I did get out my book of names and search through it for ideas.

4. What is your favourite quote of all time?
I hate the "of all time" type questions because I usually don't have an absolute consistent #1 choice and the wording of the question makes me feel like that's not okay. But I will just give you a quote I like that I don't think I've quoted in my journal before.

He said, "I know this woman Iman who I think you'd get along with—" and I interrupted him right there: "You know a woman who's a man? I must meet this person!"
—David Bowie, explaining how a friend set him up for his first date with his wife Iman, in a 1993 interview (Note: it works better with a British accent.)

5. Coffee or tea?
Orange juice, please. I can't stand either one of them.

Comments

[demonista.livejournal.com]

funny quote! you also have good taste in names. hallejujah (or however that's spelt) on the orange juice. coffee is the work of some mad scientist who likes to torment people.

[rekraft.livejournal.com]

As for gendered names, hmm . . .

Perhaps interestingly, at least two of the names you proceed to list are themselves also fairly ungendered, to me at least - Meredith and Vivian.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Meredith is theoretically ungendered although I'm not sure a boy could actually get away with it much better these days in the U.S. than if he were named Mary. I believe the boy's version of Vivian is spelled Vivien, though - at least if my names book is to be trusted.

Say, are you avoiding answering my interview questions from forgetfulness, lack of time, or fear of losing your veil of mystery?

[rekraft.livejournal.com]

Well, the reason that Vivian comes to mind is that there's a newish (male) MP here by the name of Vivian - so far he's come across as someone with a quick, intelligent, critical mind, who can engage people in relevant, reasoned debate.

Oh, and I did answer your questions quite a while back, as a matter of fact - and then probably assumed that you'd simply chosen not to comment. (Although I must say, with a slight pang of guilt, that I still owe another interviewer some answers, and that can only be put down to lack of time.)

[donutgirl.livejournal.com]

Someone beat me to it, but Vivian is one of my favorite names for a boy... And there are a million ways to spell it. Oscar Wilde named his son Vyvyan, but I think that's a bit flamboyant for my tastes.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Hey! How on earth did I manage to miss that entry? I'm not supposed to miss any entries ever! *rushes off to read it*

[lilituc.livejournal.com]

I've heard of Jubil, but spelled Jubal (as a boy's name). Unfortunately, I think it's a biblical name. Either that or a lot of biblical-type families use it.

[dzuunmod.livejournal.com]

My partner's set on Vyvyan for a boy. I dunno. She's still got some work to do on me for that...

[dzuunmod.livejournal.com]

Oh, and, pick me!

[sankta.livejournal.com]

I'd like to do an 'interview,' if you're interested. We haven't talked in an unfortunately long time.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Pick you for what?

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

1. If you had to overwrite your personality with the personality of any person on your LJ friends list, whose personality would you choose to adopt and why?
2. What one thing have you done that would surprise the largest number of your LJ readers most?
3. What are three sure signs that you're crazy about someone?
4. What's something you remember from when you were seven?
5. Who have you loved most in your life? Describe an event involving them that conveys especially well what they're like.

[yareach.livejournal.com]

3. You forgot to ask about genderfree beings.

See, this is what happens when I stop thinking, which, unfortunately, seems to occur with ever increasing frequency these days...

[dzuunmod.livejournal.com]

For an interview, of course...

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

1. What made you decide you wanted to marry rottenfruit?
2. What is a nosebleed sandwich?
3. I read recently in another journal that "males never like Degrassi High." What is your reaction to being informed of this?
4. What's something you remember from when you were six?
5. If you woke up one morning and found that rottenfruit had metamorphosed into a giant beetle like in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, but with the ability to speak English still, could you learn (with time) to still find her sexually attractive?

[rekraft.livejournal.com]

I got past your watchful eyes! Somehow I like being slippery like that.