Questions from
patentpink
Aug. 14th, 2007 12:36 pm1. If you moved away from Ohio, where would you like to go?
People are the single biggest pull for me. I like Ohio because it's pretty central to all sorts of people I care about, but I think these days I'd be tempted to move a bit further toward the east coast; there are people I miss a great deal living in NY, PA, and MD. Purely on a "the area appeals to me" level, though, I'd have to go with the northwest, probably Seattle or Portland (it doesn't hurt that there are a bunch of excellent people out that way, too, but it does mean moving radically further away from all my people on this side of the country).
2. What was your favorite year of your life, thus far?
Hooboy. That's a really hard one, because most of the ones that were really great were also really awful and full of drama and pain, too. I'd say for the best balance of stability, fun, and discovery, probably my junior year of college. No real life responsibility yet, a great social network, lots of interesting things to do, roadtrips to make, classes to take. You still couldn't pay me to be myself at 19 again, though, regardless of how good the year was. Life was good, but I was messy.
3. How do you feel about sports, in general?
Aside from Ninja Warrior?
I rarely even know what major sports season it is. Frankly, I'm not sure now. I guess it's baseball, given the Bonds drama. People mention teams, even in my home city, and I have to stop and think which sport they play (this is especially ridiculous given that I can actually see the fireworks from Jacobs field from my street). I get into aspects of the Olympics some, and once in a while some very random "competitive chainsaw balancing" or the like while channelflipping, but that's about it.
4. Where is the farthest from home that you've been?
Must be San Diego, geographically speaking. I've been across and over the majority of the continental US (excepting Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Maine, New Hampshire, and Louisiana), but aside from a few brief hops into the tourist traps on the Mexican border, and some time in Montreal, Toronto, and Windsor, that's it. I haven't traveled much internationally for two reasons. The single biggest is finances; they're always a mess, I suck at saving, and traveling out of the country costs more than traveling within the country to see the people I love and miss (ok, that's a combo of finances and priorities, I guess). Secondly, I have some weird and mixed feelings about being a tourist. I've always wanted to see the world from a more useful perspective, by doing something like working with Doctors Without Borders or something. Sometimes I feel hopelessly provincial for being 32 and not having been off the continent. Other times I think about how much I've seen of this continent, and how amazing that is, both in the context of how much traveling most of the planet gets to do today, and especially compared to how much I would've gotten to see of the world 50 or 100 years ago, and I'm just awed.
5. Monkeys: yay or nay?
Yay, even though they're generally nasty-tempered and bitey. I don't romanticize 'em, but I do dig 'em. Then again, I dig pretty much any critter that isn't actively parasitic, and I'm kind of impressed even by a few of those.
If anyone would like me to ask them questions, I'll do the first five that reply.
People are the single biggest pull for me. I like Ohio because it's pretty central to all sorts of people I care about, but I think these days I'd be tempted to move a bit further toward the east coast; there are people I miss a great deal living in NY, PA, and MD. Purely on a "the area appeals to me" level, though, I'd have to go with the northwest, probably Seattle or Portland (it doesn't hurt that there are a bunch of excellent people out that way, too, but it does mean moving radically further away from all my people on this side of the country).
2. What was your favorite year of your life, thus far?
Hooboy. That's a really hard one, because most of the ones that were really great were also really awful and full of drama and pain, too. I'd say for the best balance of stability, fun, and discovery, probably my junior year of college. No real life responsibility yet, a great social network, lots of interesting things to do, roadtrips to make, classes to take. You still couldn't pay me to be myself at 19 again, though, regardless of how good the year was. Life was good, but I was messy.
3. How do you feel about sports, in general?
Aside from Ninja Warrior?
I rarely even know what major sports season it is. Frankly, I'm not sure now. I guess it's baseball, given the Bonds drama. People mention teams, even in my home city, and I have to stop and think which sport they play (this is especially ridiculous given that I can actually see the fireworks from Jacobs field from my street). I get into aspects of the Olympics some, and once in a while some very random "competitive chainsaw balancing" or the like while channelflipping, but that's about it.
4. Where is the farthest from home that you've been?
Must be San Diego, geographically speaking. I've been across and over the majority of the continental US (excepting Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Maine, New Hampshire, and Louisiana), but aside from a few brief hops into the tourist traps on the Mexican border, and some time in Montreal, Toronto, and Windsor, that's it. I haven't traveled much internationally for two reasons. The single biggest is finances; they're always a mess, I suck at saving, and traveling out of the country costs more than traveling within the country to see the people I love and miss (ok, that's a combo of finances and priorities, I guess). Secondly, I have some weird and mixed feelings about being a tourist. I've always wanted to see the world from a more useful perspective, by doing something like working with Doctors Without Borders or something. Sometimes I feel hopelessly provincial for being 32 and not having been off the continent. Other times I think about how much I've seen of this continent, and how amazing that is, both in the context of how much traveling most of the planet gets to do today, and especially compared to how much I would've gotten to see of the world 50 or 100 years ago, and I'm just awed.
5. Monkeys: yay or nay?
Yay, even though they're generally nasty-tempered and bitey. I don't romanticize 'em, but I do dig 'em. Then again, I dig pretty much any critter that isn't actively parasitic, and I'm kind of impressed even by a few of those.
If anyone would like me to ask them questions, I'll do the first five that reply.