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[nny]

'cos bravecows did it, and it looked fun.

Ask me a question about anything--fandom, real life, music, vegetables, etc--and I will answer you and then ask YOU a question. The whole process could be repeated if anyone wants to keep it up. If this works, by the end we could know each other so well we're sick of each other and have to quit one another for a while.


In other news, have CV, have printed CV, am buggering off to town this afternoon to attack various and sundry with the awesomeness that is myself. Wish me luck!

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[villainny.livejournal.com]

In what sense what now? I'm a little lost.

I don't... any conceit which is visible makes me feel that the writer is missing the point. So any book about which I can answer which is the 'better' course of fiction, as you put it, has failed as a story. I read to get lost in it. It is the ultimate in escapism. If I can hear the author's voice it jolts me out of that; I'll never be a one for postmodernism, I suspect. That said, probably much of my resentment hinges on my lack of education in it. I do resent things that I don't understand, and that's very small of me and therefore I don't particularly want to admit it. But there ya go. Another reason why I'd like to do at least an A-level in English Literature.

The character I'd most like to speak to is Aziraphael. That's because he's far more intelligent than me, and has a far greater breadth of intelligence, but he wouldn't make me feel stupid. I suspect he'd get enthusiastic and pull out books for me to read, but in return he would ask that I be involved and actually put effort into the conversation. He wouldn't be talking merely to hear himself talk, because the Aziraphael I play is genuinely interested in these strange mortal types.

I love intelligent discussion, but I frequently allow myself to be completely sidelined. I will watch but not participate for fear of looking stupid. As a result, I don't end up expanding on my ideas or bouncing them off other people, which means I'm far less well-rounded than I'd like to be.

*sighs*

What's your most long-held ambition?

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

It... depends on the book. <-- In what sense does it depend on the book what themes you enjoy? (that took some internet archeology, damnit)

I think it's ... fairly normal to resent things one doesn't understand, actually. I spent a good hour over Christmas sitting under a brazier trying to demonstrate with dialogues what falls under the incredibly broad umbrella of postmodernism to a friend, and all we really got out of it was an amusing battlecry for drinking binges ("Ought we clash register every night, do you think?" / "I think we should be postmodern every night."). Er, meaning that I don't think I have an entirely solid grasp on it either, but I've discovered a liking for texts that come under that heading, d'you see? Blarg. Rambling, sorry.

That sounds like the Aziraphael in my head. Or rather, like my mental image of angels in general. A really good teacher, then?

I love discussing ideas. My main frustration is that I know I am an appalling communicator, which makes actually getting the ideas across difficult. (Oh, in this vein - have added you to my messanger lists - I hope you don't mind?)

Either Being God or Being a Boy, I think, since in my wisdom I've not yet totally given up on either. They may not be entirely practical ambitions, but they are certainly lifelong ones. ;)

Where would you most like to live, given certainty of income and an assumed social circle would be available wherever you went?