The Questions Meme

[dr_barstow]

1. Leave me a comment saying, 'Interview me'.
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Comments

[ki2k]

... I'm sorry, Bonnie, but I've also realized - is your father still living? Mmm. I think I feel much the same way about academia.

... Bonanza? Michael Landon? You realize this is bribery material, don't you?

That sounds like a very nice way to spend an afternoon.

[dr_barstow]

Yes. He and my mother still live in the San Fransisco area.

*laughs* I suppose it is. I'll just have to claim that I was young and didn't know any better.

[ki2k]

Do they know what you've been up to? They must worry terribly about you.

That only goes so far. Can you hear the gears turning?

[dr_barstow]

Sometimes I pick and choose what I tell them. I tend to downplay things so that they don't worry about me.

I don't plan to run for office so I'm not too worried.

[ki2k]

A sensible precaution. I wonder if they know anyway, though. Parents seem to have a strange sixth sense.

*snorts* Try to spoil my fun, will you?

[dr_barstow]

I assume that they know I don't tell them everything. There isn't a whole lot I keep from them -- I just leave out some of the details. And I think you're right about the sixth sense. I wonder if that gets handed out in the hospital with every newborn.

*smiles playfully* You might want to be nice to me since Dante is asking what you were like as a young AI . . .

((OOC -- I hear the gears turning but I can't quite make out what they're saying. Did Kitt have some snarky remark that he's not saying?))

[ki2k]

Probably. I would suppose that most parents know that sort of thing. ... *carefully* Do they know about me...? *chuckles* I'm sure it does, along with the instruction manual.

Mmmph. I saw. I'm not entirely sure about the 'confidence' part. That seems to have become somewhat battered of late. And I was never 'particular' about things, Bonnie. I simply liked to have some things the way I wanted them.

[OOC - Oh, I'm sure he's got something he wants to say or do, and maybe one of these days he'll let me in on it, too! ;) ]

[dr_barstow]

Of course they know about you. I don't think they understand though. My dad probably does, but I know my mother doesn't. She'd have to meet you and even then, I'm not sure it would sink in.

Kitt, by confidence, I guess I meant more of your steady-state. Everyone has their confidence battered sometimes and I wish there was something I could do to help.

I simply liked to have some things the way I wanted them.
*rolls eyes and laughs*
Like I said, particular.

[OOC -- He's a troublesome little pup, isn't he?]

[ki2k]

I'm sorry. You just don't talk about them much, I wasn't sure. What did your parents do, career-wise? And do you think I might ever be able to meet them? We have to test your hypothesis somehow.

Oh. I see. Mmm. I would have to say that this past year hasn't done much for the steady-state then, either. Everything's been too unstable. Too up in the air. There isn't anything to really be relied upon anymore, it seems. Just be there?

*long-suffering sigh*

If you insist. Your words, not mine.

[OOC - Always! :) Though more so lately than... mmm. No. Just 'always'. :)]

[dr_barstow]

*thoughtfully puzzled*

I assumed you knew, but I guess not. My dad worked for Wilton -- he flew the corporate jet which basically meant that he was Wilton's personal pilot. My mom was a teacher. They both retired a few years ago.

I'm sure they'd love to meet you if you ever happen to be in the San Francisco area. It would be an interesting hypothesis to test -- especially since my mom is a little bit technophobic.

It does seem like a lot of things that looked like they were permanent kind of fell apart this year, huh? *sighs*

*grins* I think you've mellowed a bit with age though.

[[OOC -- *grins* I'm sure he doesn't see it that way.]]

[ki2k]

... No. I had no idea. *surprised* He was? Did he continue to fly the jet after Mr. Knight died, for Mr. Miles, or did he take a different position? He must have known about me then - I only wish I'd known about him. What did your mother teach?

... Perhaps. San Francisco is a bit too close to home, in too many ways. *smile in voice* It would be fun, though I wouldn't want to cause your mother undue stress.

*sighs sadly also* Indeed, Bonnie. Indeed.

Mmmph. No doubt that's not for the better.

[OOC - *snorts* Of course not. More likely, *I'm* the problem. ;) And if he did know about Bonnie's parents, forgive him, he has a dumb mun. ;P]

[dr_barstow]

No, Dad left after Wilton died. He went to work for a company that chartered small jets. *laughs* He flew a lot of celebrities to Carribean Islands. But yes, he knew about you before I did -- back when you were just an idea. But why do you wish you'd known about him?

My mom taught English. And as long as you don't ask her to actually do something on a computer, she's okay.

What's wrong with mellowing with age? I think most people do it.

[OOC -- No, there's no reason that he would necessarily have known about her dad, but him being Wilton's pilot is from the novels. I'm pulling the stuff about her mom out of thin air at the moment. It's funny because I've had to work out certain details about her family for stories and such, and I have a feel for how she gets along with them, but I've not thought down to the details of their jobs. ;-) I'm going to have to write all this down somewhere so I can remember what I said. *g*]

[ki2k]

Oh. It's rather ironic, isn't it? He went from dealing with people who preferred to remain anonymous to those whose lives are based on their fame. *pauses* I would have liked to have spoken with him about you. And about Mr. Knight.

*chuckles* That's frightening, considering your career, Bonnie.

Mmmm. Maybe it's a sign my circuits are degrading.

[OOC - *facepalms* Shows how long it's been since I've read the novels. :) *g* Ha! I'll try not to let you forget. You should bring them in sometime! :) And yes, I'm responding as CSI allows. ;)]

[dr_barstow]

I suppose you're right. I hadn't really thought about it though. I just always thought it was ironic that a pilot had a daughter who's terrified of flying.

*surprised*

About me? What do you mean?

But I think Devon knew Wilton better than my father. They were close. My father was an employee.

*a bit sadly* It is, isn't it.

But I think she'd like you, Kitt. Because she could just tell you what she wanted done and you'd figure it out for her.

*grins* I don't think so.

[OOC -- I keep going back for info. There's quite a bit at the end of the first and the beginning of the second that sort of explains a lot about Wilton, Devon, and the Foundation. I suppose I could bring them in. I've never really thought about it before.

You and me both. *grins* The dog thing was soooo evil. I should have looked at the time and known they hadn't found him.]]

[ki2k]

*laughs* That too, of course.

*hesitates* I was just thinking that it would have been interesting to talk to him about you, get a parents' perspective on you.

... I've never really been close to Mr. Miles. I'm not entirely sure that he's convinced I'm not... *trails off*

I'm sorry, Bonnie. I didn't mean to make you sad. *chuckles at that* And I would be happy to do so.

That's too bad. That means that I really may be mellowing.

[OOC - Ahhhhh. *nods* I have them, I need to actually look at them again. :) Hee! I'm evil. I strike again!

*nods and laughs* Yep. I KNOW!!! :( Jerkwad. *nods* Me too! I was sure of it, and then BOOM! Mmmph!]

[dr_barstow]

I certainly wasn't going to be following in his footsteps.

*a little hesitantly* Why?

*sadly* You used to call him by his first name . . .

*shrugs* You didn't. It's nothing.

She just doesn't like trying to figure out how to operate computers.

*laughs* It happens to the best of us.

[OOC -- Mine are well worn. *grins* You strike again? You lost me.

Soooooo mean. But the bit about the doctor doing an autopsy was hilarious though.]