Writer's Block: 1-6
I'm not entirely sure when the "writer's block" thing started on the front page, but I arrowed back as far as it would let me and copied all the questions, so I'll start from there. It reminds me of the "question of the day", so of course I'm intrigued.
1) What is one of the nicest things you've ever done for another person?
It seems to me that it would be hard to talk about this sort of topic without sound pretentious. I'd rather say what was the nicest thing done for me, but I'll give it a shot anyway. When I was living in Eau Claire, Mark and Wolf were trying to save every cent and put it towards keeping the radio station alive. So I did everything I could to help them; I bought them food, drove Wolf places (his Xterra got repo'd), and helped out constantly at the station. I'd say that year was probably my greatest "time of giving" - and I can't speak for them but I'd hope that they thought it was a nice thing to do.
2) If you could rename yourself in real life, what would you choose, and why?
I think most everyone knows my automatic answer to this question. Tatem Lanes. No particular reason other than I like how it sounds. If I changed just my first name, nowadays I'd probably change it to Rayne, which is my Faire name. I like how it has the hard constanant, followed by a smooth flow of vowels...instead of the hard "CH" in the middle like my name has now. It sounds serene to me.
3) What are you afraid of?
This is an interesting question that I have been pondering lately. Personally, I feel there is a difference between being afraid of something, and having a fear of something. To me, being afraid is synonymous to having a strong dislike. I dislike heights. I dislike spiders. If I take my angle of being afraid, I could list off many things - though I don't feel they are really applicable to what the question is trying to ask. In my opinion, to actually fear something is an entirely different level. You get that butterflies in the stomach feeling, your heart races, you get the chills, your mind races, and things become confusing and incomprehensible. I think that the only thing I truly fear is not that abnormal than what most people would say they fear. Death. When I think about my mind, my thoughts, my everything just disappearing to who knows where, I get the aforementioned symptoms - therefore I tend to think about it as little as possible.
4) If you won $100 this afternoon, what would you do with it?
This question could change on a daily basis. Today, I would save it for tomorrow and put it towards a nice cloak for my ren faire garb. Yesterday it was probably "buy a kickass tent and fill up my gas tank", and tomorrow it may not be towards a cloak or even anything ren faire related. Who knows. In all honesty, $100 isn't that much to me anymore - it would only buy half a really nice cloak...and I think I would look quite rediculous walking around in half a cloak.
5) What was your most memorable vacation, and why?
Probably going to Cancun with my aunt. It was my first "grown-up" trip, just me and her, sipping margaritas on the beach for a week. Can't beat that.
6) What is one food that you refuse to try? Why?
Not really a food, but it's the first thing that comes to mind that I would straight out REFUSE to try: Jaggermeister. I've never had it, and I've heard it tastes like black licorice which I dislike - and therefore don't see the point in trying it.
1) What is one of the nicest things you've ever done for another person?
It seems to me that it would be hard to talk about this sort of topic without sound pretentious. I'd rather say what was the nicest thing done for me, but I'll give it a shot anyway. When I was living in Eau Claire, Mark and Wolf were trying to save every cent and put it towards keeping the radio station alive. So I did everything I could to help them; I bought them food, drove Wolf places (his Xterra got repo'd), and helped out constantly at the station. I'd say that year was probably my greatest "time of giving" - and I can't speak for them but I'd hope that they thought it was a nice thing to do.
2) If you could rename yourself in real life, what would you choose, and why?
I think most everyone knows my automatic answer to this question. Tatem Lanes. No particular reason other than I like how it sounds. If I changed just my first name, nowadays I'd probably change it to Rayne, which is my Faire name. I like how it has the hard constanant, followed by a smooth flow of vowels...instead of the hard "CH" in the middle like my name has now. It sounds serene to me.
3) What are you afraid of?
This is an interesting question that I have been pondering lately. Personally, I feel there is a difference between being afraid of something, and having a fear of something. To me, being afraid is synonymous to having a strong dislike. I dislike heights. I dislike spiders. If I take my angle of being afraid, I could list off many things - though I don't feel they are really applicable to what the question is trying to ask. In my opinion, to actually fear something is an entirely different level. You get that butterflies in the stomach feeling, your heart races, you get the chills, your mind races, and things become confusing and incomprehensible. I think that the only thing I truly fear is not that abnormal than what most people would say they fear. Death. When I think about my mind, my thoughts, my everything just disappearing to who knows where, I get the aforementioned symptoms - therefore I tend to think about it as little as possible.
4) If you won $100 this afternoon, what would you do with it?
This question could change on a daily basis. Today, I would save it for tomorrow and put it towards a nice cloak for my ren faire garb. Yesterday it was probably "buy a kickass tent and fill up my gas tank", and tomorrow it may not be towards a cloak or even anything ren faire related. Who knows. In all honesty, $100 isn't that much to me anymore - it would only buy half a really nice cloak...and I think I would look quite rediculous walking around in half a cloak.
5) What was your most memorable vacation, and why?
Probably going to Cancun with my aunt. It was my first "grown-up" trip, just me and her, sipping margaritas on the beach for a week. Can't beat that.
6) What is one food that you refuse to try? Why?
Not really a food, but it's the first thing that comes to mind that I would straight out REFUSE to try: Jaggermeister. I've never had it, and I've heard it tastes like black licorice which I dislike - and therefore don't see the point in trying it.