A Old Quiz from a Friend

[pameladlloyd]

via jillykat's post:

acquired from Quietspaces

IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you (or however many you can be bothered filling in!) I don't care if we've never talked, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!

If you feel like answering, even if you're not on my Friends list, I'd be delighted, but only if you want to.

Oh, and I've added one more question. ;>

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favourite Movie:
5. Favourite Song or Album:
6. Favourite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favourite memory of us?
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?
29. The Lady, or the Tiger?

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

So when I scroll down to quietspaces' entry, do I get to see your answers?

Here are some random answers

2. 44
17. yes, definitely, when/if we happen to be together in the same place; I'd enjoy that
15. both--I love skirts but wear trousers more often
16. alcohol--an only recently acquired taste, but now quite fond.

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Actually, my answers are here (http://jillykat.livejournal.com/4222.html) on jillycat's journal. I know her in the non-virtual world, so I posted there, even though it looks as if she hasn't been online in a long time.

Of course, I could answer the person-specific questions for you, either here, or on your journal, whichever you'd prefer.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I like Loreena McKennitt a whole lot too. Your story about the sock salesman is amazing! How can such a thing be?! Was he joking--why did he want a baby? (Not to cast aspersions on you as a baby, mind you--I'm sure as babies go, you were well worth having, it's just... a baby-craving traveling salesman is new to me. And a trade of socks?! The world is full of strangeness!

The personal questions always make me shy--I assume general goodwill on the part of the people I get to know on LJ but beyond that... well, I trust we'll get to know each other better, gradually, and then we'll be able to talk about stuff like spending last days together... actually, even though I know it's a pure hypothetical, that one always seems like bad luck...

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Your story about the sock salesman is amazing! How can such a thing be?! Was he joking--why did he want a baby? (Not to cast aspersions on you as a baby, mind you--I'm sure as babies go, you were well worth having, it's just... a baby-craving traveling salesman is new to me. And a trade of socks?! The world is full of strangeness!

The world is full of strangeness, sometimes more than we realize. So far as I know, the story is true. If it had been only my father who spoke of it, I would think it just another of his jokes, but with my mother confirming it, I have always taken it as truth. (Did you read my profile? It gets even stranger, as when they moved to Florida and started shopping for a house, they were offered one in exchange for me.) Perhaps there was a shortage of girl babies in 1958? I do not know, nor do I really believe it had much to do with any special qualities I had, as I'm pretty sure that one tiny baby in her parents' arms is very much like any other to the people they meet, despite any claims to the contrary by my parents.

The idea of a sock salesman has always been both amusing and bemusing. I imagine he was rather like a Fuller brush salesman, going from door to door with his wares, trying to convince reluctant housewives that his product was better than any she could find in the department stores. On the other hand, I have an as-yet unfinished short story that is a far darker take on this, and probably the most surreal of my writing.

As for last days, that was rather an odd question, wasn't it? I seem to be unusual in being willing to answer the entire set, but have no desire to press anyone to answer something they would rather not.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Now I've read your profile :-)

Wow, the two offers . . . makes you wonder what the third offer would have been. I certainly understand this as a root of inspiration--I can see the story now. First the rather desperate salesman, with nothing to offer but socks, and then the offer of a house. At that point the parents, who in the story would have to be more greedy and conniving than your real parents were, would decide, unlike the in the goose-and-golden egg story, that they had a good thing going, and they'd wait expectantly to see what the third offer would be. At this point, of course, you'd be on your way to maturity, and when no good offers materialized, they'd end up trading you in to yet another wandering salesman type, and that would be when your true adventures began!

But I'd be interested in your own story version even more, the surreal short story. I hope you finish and publish it.

You were creative in how you answered the questions--as was lnhammer. I smiled at some of his answers! Especially his answer to "am I a good person?"

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Wow, the two offers . . . makes you wonder what the third offer would have been.

It's funny, I never really wondered about a third offer, even though when I wrote the bio I hinted at such a possibility.

I certainly understand this as a root of inspiration--I can see the story now. First the rather desperate salesman, with nothing to offer but socks, and then the offer of a house. At that point the parents, who in the story would have to be more greedy and conniving than your real parents were, would decide, unlike the in the goose-and-golden egg story, that they had a good thing going, and they'd wait expectantly to see what the third offer would be. At this point, of course, you'd be on your way to maturity, and when no good offers materialized, they'd end up trading you in to yet another wandering salesman type, and that would be when your true adventures began!

LOL! That sounds like a fun story, too. I love seeing how different writers' minds work, when given the same basic material.

It's funny, the story just sat there, part of my history, percolating quietly away in the back of brain, until one day I was driving down the road and telling my son this really bizarre story about the girl the sock salesman did buy. She wasn't me, but rather someone I might have been, had my parents been desperate enough. It also presumes that a fairly bizarre blending of magic and technology are at work in the world.

Dang it! I've really been trying to focus on two other stories at the moment. I really don't want to split my attention between three of them, especially because the voice in each is completely different.

You were creative in how you answered the questions--as was lnhammer. I smiled at some of his answers! Especially his answer to "am I a good person?"

Thank you. Although I don't see my answers as all that creative. Larry's were fun. And he really does seem taller in person. *g*