Interview Meme, Take Dos
May. 8th, 2006 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hector_rashbaumChrissy's Questions
1)Why your screen name?
Lessee...
AIM is BigDaddyPompous, which is (Daddy Warbucks + Sergeant Pompous) * Pimpness
Hector Rashbaum is Tico's real (deliciously nerdy) first name and David's real (deliciously Jewish) last name
and right now on MSN I'm "Some People Call Me The Space Cowboy" because my icon is Cowboy!Tico and I couldn't think of anything better (I refused to go with Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy :D)
2)One person, dead or alive you could spend 1 week with?
Oh hm.
Alive, David. Initial reasoning = omg a week of sex, but really I'd just like to get a handle on what makes him tick. Plus I'd give my left tit to watch him play piano when he isn't on stage and trying to Rock Out
Dead would be my grandfather. He had some amazing, amazing stories. I'd spend the week with a camera or tape recorder or the mic on my computer or SOMETHING and just tap all that wisdom and life experience he had.
And if I had to choose one of the two, it would be the grandfather.
3)Create the ultimate significant other for yourself from celebrity bits and pieces. Include a couple personality traits.
Hey, this looks familiar :D
Physical: Jon's hair circa 1995, Tico's arms/lips/voice/upper body, David's face (except for the lips), Phil's ass, Nikki Sixx's legs.
ETA: DAVID'S HANDS. Oh my God I forgot David's hands. Shame on me, shame shame shame.
Personality: David's intelligence/friendliness/humor, Nicko's Nicko-ness. And, uh, probably some of Tico's restraint, because otherwise I'd get talked/bounced to death. Oh, and Jon's thing for way-too-tight pants because it would go well with the legs and ass I selected.
4)1985 or 1995?
85, most definitely. Right on the cusp of the boom period for my favorite genre(hair metal, whooo), one giant fucking party? Sign me right up. I would kill to be the age I am now in 1985 in LA.
5)You've been told you have 3 days to live. What do you do?
Sell everything I own (we'll just assume I could sell it instantly) and go somewhere and get crazy. Don't care where. I'd say goodbye to everyone I love, go somewhere and pretend I never HEARD the word "regret".
Bella's Questions
1) Paper or plastic?
Plastic, because I can reuse 'em as trash bags in my room. Plus paper bags don't always have handles, and I buy a lot at once, so definitely plastic. Sorry, environment.
2) Which shoe/boot/piece of footwear do you put on first? Take off last?
I get wild and crazy with my footwear rituals. In summer I only wear sandals, so I just put on whichever one is closest to the foot it belongs to. With boots and sneakers I tend to do left foot first, but that depends a lot on which one I pick up first. I'm not sure which one I take off last, I just kick them off ASAP because I HATE shoes.
3) Rich and sad or poor and happy?
Rich and sad, oddly enough. I've done poor and happy, I've done poor and sad. And nothing brings me more temporary joy than seeing something incredible on eBay and being able to afford it. Materialistic and shallow, I am. But worst comes to worst I could give away all my money and be poor and happy again.
4) What do you see yourself doing in 20 years?
Ooh, this is a good one. I recently changed my life dream. In 20 years, I see myself having graduated college with a degree in graphic design, completed graduate work in journalism, worked 5 or 6 years at a premier music magazine (long enough to get a reputation, build up some contacts, get my foot in the door) and when the 20 year mark rolls around I will be sitting pretty as the best and most famous/respected/rich music magazine editor in the history of time.
5) What's your biggst, all time pet peeve?
Lack of respect. For anything - other people, other's property, the English language, anything. Disrespect drives me BANANAS.
ETA: Heather's Questions
1. What makes a great rock show? What about it really gets your blood moving?
My experience with rock shows is fairly limited, I've been to way more country shows. But the two I've been two are Bon Jovi and Motley Crue...Bon Jovi were way better. Not just because I like Bon Jovi so much more (although that did play a role, because I knew all the songs they were likely to sing - and, uh, all the ones they weren't likely to sing, and every song they've recorded ever - so I could sing right along), but because their show felt much more spontaneous.
Jon plays off the audience so well, and you get this feeling that it could go anywhere. Nothing hugely special happened at the show I went to, but some after me got some neat live rarities so I feel like that "we might play anything vibe was justified. Motley felt kind of stiff, very set in their particular routine.
So I guess the main thing would be spontaneity. And audience interaction, when you feel like the band's really in tune with the people they're there to entertain.
2. What embarassing thing would your parents tell us about you?
I used to cry all the freaking time. Not when I was a little little kid - when I was 11 or 12 it was considered a huge thing for me to go a full day without crying about something.
3. What would your 12-year-old self think of you today?
She'd be proud of me for still listening to Backstreet Boys :)
I think she'd be happy with me. Back then I used to love to write, so she'd be thrilled I'd started again. I think she'd be a little confused as to why I'm at JWU studying graphics instead of a way more prestigious school studying film, because at that point being involved in movies was still very much my dream.
She'd be happy to see how much better I am at being social, how I've learned to tone down the obsessiveness, how it doesn't bother me anymore if every now and then I have lunch/dinner/whatever alone.
4. Please tell us about a book or movie that makes you think.
Hm, this is hard. Lately I've preferred my entertainment fairly mindless.
Phantom of the Opera gets me thinking, specifically the Gerard Butler/Emmy Rossum/Patrick Wilson one. I've never read the book (plan to, haven't yet) and the musical doesn't spark me so much because Michael Crawford is much more coldly evil and I feel less sorry for him. But the incarnation with Gerard gets me into a very contemplative mood, mostly about the nature of people and what is evil and what is just misunderstood and where's that line and how do you know when you've crossed it?
I really need to check out the book.
5. Pick a country, any country, to emigrate to for a year. What country did you pick and why? Given the opportunity would you make the move?
Spain. I love the Hell out of the culture and the language, and I'd love to just dive right into that for a year. (And in Spain, Tico does interviews in Spanish. Tico speaking Spanish = I might as well die right then).
Given the opportunity, I definitely would. I fully intend to take advantage of a study abroad program if the school offers one in Spain, and if they don't I'm still gonna try my damndest to make it one day. Even if the only word that stuck with me after three years of Spanish classes is "donde".
ETA: Rick's Questions
1) What is one belief you stand by, no matter what? Or, at the very least, one belief you've stood by for as long as you can remember.
"You don't hit girls" is a irritatingly sexist attitude. I hate that implication that girls can't handle getting punched as well as guys can. And what really bugs me is that no one else seems to see the problem with it, even when I explain it. It's socially okaying that "girls are weak" and it's never cool to make a stereotype not just ok, but so ingrained in people that having a problem with it is considered odd.
2) If given the chance [and if you were suddenly physically capable of doing it], would you like to live underwater?
I don't think so. Maybe in kind of shallow water, but deeper water has all sorts of creepy-looking things and I just couldn't handle that.
If it was like The Little Mermaid, though, definitely.
3) Since when have you been naming your hats?
About two years, I think. A couple friends of mine name everything, so it caught on with me too. At first the only named hat was "Richie", because I have a cowboy hat that looks just like Richie's "Wanted Dead or Alive" hat. I think the second one was "Jon" because it looked like a green version of his "Only Lonely" hat.
And now I'm up to a Jon, Bon, Jovi, Richie, Sambora, Tico, and David. The David hat only mildly resembles anything he's ever worn, and the Tico hat isn't anything like anything I've ever seen him wear, but I didn't want them to feel left out.
4) What is one place on Earth no one could drag you to unless your life depended on it [and even then you'd be think, "Oh, fuck, if I have to."]?
The Middle East. Which is kind of sad, because I'm interested in the cultural/historical aspects, but I'd be too scared of terrible happenings. Plus I hate being too hot, so that doesn't help.
5)Do you have any talents you [or others] consider weird?
Hm, I don't think so. I'm very good at being random, but backing it up. Although I don't know if that's a talent, or just my brain working oddly. I have a hard enough time coming up with my talents as it is, without trying to then go through and pick out the weird ones. But yeah, I have a very good ability to say things that make people go "what the fuck?" and then explain it so they understand it, and then pop right up with another "what the fuck?" statement.
Which, incidentally, is why I like the little clips of Japanese game shows that pop up on youtube and other stuff over here from time to time (my favorite is a girl who has to ice herself down and then get in very hot water, and they cut the clip so I have no idea why she was doing it or what she won. Bon Jovi were there for no reason I can figure out). They're just big "what the fuck?" moments.
If you haven't had me ask you questions yet, just ask, and I'll come up with (recycle) some.
1)Why your screen name?
Lessee...
AIM is BigDaddyPompous, which is (Daddy Warbucks + Sergeant Pompous) * Pimpness
Hector Rashbaum is Tico's real (deliciously nerdy) first name and David's real (deliciously Jewish) last name
and right now on MSN I'm "Some People Call Me The Space Cowboy" because my icon is Cowboy!Tico and I couldn't think of anything better (I refused to go with Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy :D)
2)One person, dead or alive you could spend 1 week with?
Oh hm.
Alive, David. Initial reasoning = omg a week of sex, but really I'd just like to get a handle on what makes him tick. Plus I'd give my left tit to watch him play piano when he isn't on stage and trying to Rock Out
Dead would be my grandfather. He had some amazing, amazing stories. I'd spend the week with a camera or tape recorder or the mic on my computer or SOMETHING and just tap all that wisdom and life experience he had.
And if I had to choose one of the two, it would be the grandfather.
3)Create the ultimate significant other for yourself from celebrity bits and pieces. Include a couple personality traits.
Hey, this looks familiar :D
Physical: Jon's hair circa 1995, Tico's arms/lips/voice/upper body, David's face (except for the lips), Phil's ass, Nikki Sixx's legs.
ETA: DAVID'S HANDS. Oh my God I forgot David's hands. Shame on me, shame shame shame.
Personality: David's intelligence/friendliness/humor, Nicko's Nicko-ness. And, uh, probably some of Tico's restraint, because otherwise I'd get talked/bounced to death. Oh, and Jon's thing for way-too-tight pants because it would go well with the legs and ass I selected.
4)1985 or 1995?
85, most definitely. Right on the cusp of the boom period for my favorite genre(hair metal, whooo), one giant fucking party? Sign me right up. I would kill to be the age I am now in 1985 in LA.
5)You've been told you have 3 days to live. What do you do?
Sell everything I own (we'll just assume I could sell it instantly) and go somewhere and get crazy. Don't care where. I'd say goodbye to everyone I love, go somewhere and pretend I never HEARD the word "regret".
Bella's Questions
1) Paper or plastic?
Plastic, because I can reuse 'em as trash bags in my room. Plus paper bags don't always have handles, and I buy a lot at once, so definitely plastic. Sorry, environment.
2) Which shoe/boot/piece of footwear do you put on first? Take off last?
I get wild and crazy with my footwear rituals. In summer I only wear sandals, so I just put on whichever one is closest to the foot it belongs to. With boots and sneakers I tend to do left foot first, but that depends a lot on which one I pick up first. I'm not sure which one I take off last, I just kick them off ASAP because I HATE shoes.
3) Rich and sad or poor and happy?
Rich and sad, oddly enough. I've done poor and happy, I've done poor and sad. And nothing brings me more temporary joy than seeing something incredible on eBay and being able to afford it. Materialistic and shallow, I am. But worst comes to worst I could give away all my money and be poor and happy again.
4) What do you see yourself doing in 20 years?
Ooh, this is a good one. I recently changed my life dream. In 20 years, I see myself having graduated college with a degree in graphic design, completed graduate work in journalism, worked 5 or 6 years at a premier music magazine (long enough to get a reputation, build up some contacts, get my foot in the door) and when the 20 year mark rolls around I will be sitting pretty as the best and most famous/respected/rich music magazine editor in the history of time.
5) What's your biggst, all time pet peeve?
Lack of respect. For anything - other people, other's property, the English language, anything. Disrespect drives me BANANAS.
ETA: Heather's Questions
1. What makes a great rock show? What about it really gets your blood moving?
My experience with rock shows is fairly limited, I've been to way more country shows. But the two I've been two are Bon Jovi and Motley Crue...Bon Jovi were way better. Not just because I like Bon Jovi so much more (although that did play a role, because I knew all the songs they were likely to sing - and, uh, all the ones they weren't likely to sing, and every song they've recorded ever - so I could sing right along), but because their show felt much more spontaneous.
Jon plays off the audience so well, and you get this feeling that it could go anywhere. Nothing hugely special happened at the show I went to, but some after me got some neat live rarities so I feel like that "we might play anything vibe was justified. Motley felt kind of stiff, very set in their particular routine.
So I guess the main thing would be spontaneity. And audience interaction, when you feel like the band's really in tune with the people they're there to entertain.
2. What embarassing thing would your parents tell us about you?
I used to cry all the freaking time. Not when I was a little little kid - when I was 11 or 12 it was considered a huge thing for me to go a full day without crying about something.
3. What would your 12-year-old self think of you today?
She'd be proud of me for still listening to Backstreet Boys :)
I think she'd be happy with me. Back then I used to love to write, so she'd be thrilled I'd started again. I think she'd be a little confused as to why I'm at JWU studying graphics instead of a way more prestigious school studying film, because at that point being involved in movies was still very much my dream.
She'd be happy to see how much better I am at being social, how I've learned to tone down the obsessiveness, how it doesn't bother me anymore if every now and then I have lunch/dinner/whatever alone.
4. Please tell us about a book or movie that makes you think.
Hm, this is hard. Lately I've preferred my entertainment fairly mindless.
Phantom of the Opera gets me thinking, specifically the Gerard Butler/Emmy Rossum/Patrick Wilson one. I've never read the book (plan to, haven't yet) and the musical doesn't spark me so much because Michael Crawford is much more coldly evil and I feel less sorry for him. But the incarnation with Gerard gets me into a very contemplative mood, mostly about the nature of people and what is evil and what is just misunderstood and where's that line and how do you know when you've crossed it?
I really need to check out the book.
5. Pick a country, any country, to emigrate to for a year. What country did you pick and why? Given the opportunity would you make the move?
Spain. I love the Hell out of the culture and the language, and I'd love to just dive right into that for a year. (And in Spain, Tico does interviews in Spanish. Tico speaking Spanish = I might as well die right then).
Given the opportunity, I definitely would. I fully intend to take advantage of a study abroad program if the school offers one in Spain, and if they don't I'm still gonna try my damndest to make it one day. Even if the only word that stuck with me after three years of Spanish classes is "donde".
ETA: Rick's Questions
1) What is one belief you stand by, no matter what? Or, at the very least, one belief you've stood by for as long as you can remember.
"You don't hit girls" is a irritatingly sexist attitude. I hate that implication that girls can't handle getting punched as well as guys can. And what really bugs me is that no one else seems to see the problem with it, even when I explain it. It's socially okaying that "girls are weak" and it's never cool to make a stereotype not just ok, but so ingrained in people that having a problem with it is considered odd.
2) If given the chance [and if you were suddenly physically capable of doing it], would you like to live underwater?
I don't think so. Maybe in kind of shallow water, but deeper water has all sorts of creepy-looking things and I just couldn't handle that.
If it was like The Little Mermaid, though, definitely.
3) Since when have you been naming your hats?
About two years, I think. A couple friends of mine name everything, so it caught on with me too. At first the only named hat was "Richie", because I have a cowboy hat that looks just like Richie's "Wanted Dead or Alive" hat. I think the second one was "Jon" because it looked like a green version of his "Only Lonely" hat.
And now I'm up to a Jon, Bon, Jovi, Richie, Sambora, Tico, and David. The David hat only mildly resembles anything he's ever worn, and the Tico hat isn't anything like anything I've ever seen him wear, but I didn't want them to feel left out.
4) What is one place on Earth no one could drag you to unless your life depended on it [and even then you'd be think, "Oh, fuck, if I have to."]?
The Middle East. Which is kind of sad, because I'm interested in the cultural/historical aspects, but I'd be too scared of terrible happenings. Plus I hate being too hot, so that doesn't help.
5)Do you have any talents you [or others] consider weird?
Hm, I don't think so. I'm very good at being random, but backing it up. Although I don't know if that's a talent, or just my brain working oddly. I have a hard enough time coming up with my talents as it is, without trying to then go through and pick out the weird ones. But yeah, I have a very good ability to say things that make people go "what the fuck?" and then explain it so they understand it, and then pop right up with another "what the fuck?" statement.
Which, incidentally, is why I like the little clips of Japanese game shows that pop up on youtube and other stuff over here from time to time (my favorite is a girl who has to ice herself down and then get in very hot water, and they cut the clip so I have no idea why she was doing it or what she won. Bon Jovi were there for no reason I can figure out). They're just big "what the fuck?" moments.
If you haven't had me ask you questions yet, just ask, and I'll come up with (recycle) some.
no subject
Date: 2006-05-09 04:00 am (UTC)Amen to that.
I really need to check out the book.
I shouldn't say this about a book... but it's not really worth it. However, that's just my opinion.
...and if they don't I'm still gonna try my damndest to make it one day.
There are student travel sites that allow students from any school to travel abroad. You'd just have to work it out with your school, as far as equivalent courses at your home Uni go. But most study abroad programmes understand this, and offer courses that fit within most Unis' required courses [or AA].