It's the question meme coming around again on the guitar :-}

[randysmith]

ruthling gave this to me a very long time ago, and I've
been lame (and, if I'm being fair, out of town). But here are the
questions and the answers. If you'd like me to ask you some
questions, tag me and I'll try to come up with something :-} (I may be
a little slow; life's full right now).


1. why don't you post more often?
2. tell me about something cool and new you've discovered (but not the
restaurant psongster just posted about)
3. If you could choose, would you prefer to never be sad or never be
disgusted again?
4. if you opened a restaurant, what would it serve?
5. planes, trains or automobiles?




1. why don't you post more often?

I think this is a combination of two things. The first is that I
don't want to bore the people reading my journal, so I try to keep my
posts to some reasonable combination of rare and (IMO) interesting.
I've thought about setting up an opt-in filter for "details about my
day-to-day life" so that if people really cared they could read the
boring stuff, but that seems excessive. The second is that I don't
want to setup expectations I can't meet. I could imagine diving in
and doing a flood of posting (presumably some of it interesting :-}),
but I know that my energy level for that sort of stuff ... well, it
varies. And I figure that doing the occasional post about something I
find neat sets the right expectations.

Not that this format is supposed to be about me asking questions, but
if I did post more, what subjects would you most enjoy it being about?

2. tell me about something cool and new you've discovered (but not the restaurant psongster just posted about)

Chuckle. The first thing that comes to mind is
http://www.denimexpress.com/, a site where you can order blue jeans
(of the usual different colors :-}) over the net. I hate shopping, I
know what specific jeans work for me (Lee's 34x34 regular), and this
seems like the answer to my prayers. Around pants purchases at least
:-}. Note that I haven't tried them out yet; this came across my LJ
friends list a while ago.

But I'd love to offer you something more interesting :-}. Well, you
may already know this, and you *might* not consider it new, but it was
new to me: The reservoir in the east section of the fells, which I've
only visited illegally before (i.e. sneaking through holes in a fence)
but always thought was way beautiful, appears to have been
restructured so that the boundary you can't cross is about five feet
away from the water. And it's still way beautiful. Recommended if
you haven't know about that (blue trail in from Fellsway east (I'm
*pretty* sure), turn right on the reservoir access road, and go through
the open gate in the old fence. The signage and fencing near the
reservoir itself sure makes it look like it's legal.

3. If you could choose, would you prefer to never be sad or never be disgusted again?

Never sad (which I think is separate from having been sad a lot
recently; I don't mind being disgusted that much, but too much sad is
painful).

But having said that, I'm not sure I'd take either if they were
offered to me. They both seem like really big psyche changes, and I'd
be worried about what else I was warping and giving up in exchange for
never being sad again. And there are times when sadness is ok/good.
Bittersweet, but good. How could I ask to never mourn again? If
something I care about deeply dies, I want to be able to mourn it.

4. if you opened a restaurant, what would it serve?

Heee. My first thought was really good, simple deserts, with somewhat
bigger portions than Finale. But on second thought, I've got something
better :-}. I think what I'd really like is a restaurant that served hot
snacks. Things like pork buns, or spinach and cheese croissants (done
right--yuck are those Au Bon Pain ones disgusting if you let them cool
down before you eat them), or various little snack bits I've gotten
from middle eastern places. Something for you to eat when you want
something hot, and your hungry, but you don't want a real meal;
there's just a small hole in your stomach that wants to be filled. Of
course, based on the lack of that kind of stuff being sold, my market
might just be me, but maybe I'd buy them enough to make up for it :-}.

5. planes, trains or automobiles?

Arrggh. I'm writing this on a plane, so that's out (I've done way too
much travel the past three months). I'm sick of driving, too, though
that's not so bad. So trains, but with more leg room, and maybe a
desk to work on and something to put your feet up with. And some
level of grouping (like a six person room) to make it easier to meet
people :-}.

Comments

[psongster.livejournal.com]

And some level of grouping (like a six person room) to make it easier to meet people :-}.

Ah, you mean a European train, with compartments. :-)

[cme]

And some level of grouping (like a six person room) to make it easier to meet people :-}.

Eeeek, an extrovert! <flees>

:)

[randysmith]

The lady sees fit to joke with me!! :-}

I'm actually an introvert who likes people. It's a problem--I keep wanting to meet people, but not being able to deal well with the contexts in which that can occur (to say nothing of being drained by actually doing it). Thus the small railway car idea :-}.

[jostajam.livejournal.com]

When dajt and I took at train tour of Southern Germany, we had a first class rail pass. The compartments were very nice, but the passengers kept asking us if we weren't supposed to be in the second class section. We met lots of rude Germans who assumed backpacks and blue jeans meant we were poor students.

[kuruzansuz.livejournal.com]

go ahead. ask me questions. :) IT may take me a while to respond, but I will respond.

As for posting ... it is your journal. post if you want. don't if you don't want to. Daily portions of your life. insights. let it be what it will be. I would love to read more about what you do and think about in your everyday life. It is what would keep us connected. :) If you post too much or on topics I can't wrap my brain around, I'll skim. When something pulls me in, I'll focus. :) If you do a filter of everyday stuff ... include me! :) If you have a filter on say cars ... you don't have to include me. ;)

[randysmith]

My apologies for not getting back you yet; my life these past few days has been Not Good. I appreciate the suggestions, and I may well try to upgrade my posts; you aren't the only person who might appreciate it (although I'm probably being presumptuous, since you're the only person who commented :-}).

But: Thinking of you, appreciate the suggestions, and will pull together questions for you in the next few days. Be well ...

[kuruzansuz.livejournal.com]

I didn't think your post was about looking for responses of support or rejection. So most people problably didn't think to respond. I felt moved to respond. I often do when someone talks about tailoring their LJ for someone else. Perhaps this is because I struggle with things of such in with my own LJ. For the most part, I like LJ because it allows for me to keep in touch with those who aren't in my everyday life. Little snippets about what they are doing makes it seem like they are passing through my living room (or bedroom which is where my computer is most of the time). It's the little things that bring us closer together. :)