Meme?
Here are the rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions of a very personal nature.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them 5 questions.
Here are the questions kinderfresser asked me:
1. In LARP, do you have a tendency to let the lives of your characters have an influence on your own personal life? Or rather: is it easy or tempting to let that happen?
Answer: it's really tempting because, as I see it, because you are playing a character, it's easy to let pieces of you slip into the character. I have seen it before where players (especially players who have had a single character for several years) tend to start picking up behavior from their character or vice versa (they let their own personal behavior slip into the character). Even if you're playing a character different from you, I think a part of you always slips into him/her.
Nevertheless, personal feelings can get in the way of RP, and while most people avoid it, I think subconsciously it's hard for people to consider the fact that the person before them isn't the person they have certain feelings or attitudes about. Out-of-character drama thus is something that should be avoided with other players. However, that's not always possible.
Anyway . . . /end-rant
2. Could you ever seriously date a deaf person? Do you think it would work? Why or why not?
I think I could date a deaf person, though it would be probably strained by the fact that music is so important to me. I would have to be very careful about any preconceived ideas I had about deaf people and would have to be careful not to become something of a wet nurse to the person, because it might be disrespectful. I think it could work with a lot of patience but it would be a lot of work but if the person is really worth it . . . I would really try. However, if I had to be bare bones honest, I don't see it brightly, if only because I just don't think that highly of myself.
3. What about a blind person?
I have had a very close friendship with a blind person a long time ago and I would have to say I would. And it would work out, I think, if only for the fact that I do have a "I must help you" sort of personality . . . to be honest, I'd be more assured of a person's feelings if they couldn't see me physically. That their initial attraction to me was purely based on some spark in a conversation or something is really flattering, moreso than any compliment I could get for my "looks." It's just a sticking point with me, to know a person really cares about me, likes me as a person. Because I'm a little insecure about that, I'll be honest.
4. Since starting to live on your own, what is one thing you can't imagine life without?
I hate to say it, but the internet. It's my main form of communication (aside from the phone) and I really need it for bills/banking/etc . . . things I need to just keep my life organized. It's just too convenient. However, other than the bills/livejournal/myspace/youtube/email, I don't use the internet that much.
Other than that . . . cigarettes. Unfortunately. I smoke to calm myself down a lot with a lot of what I've had to deal with in the past months. And money. But that's given. I hate the fact that I'm so reliant on money. But I like the fact that no one can say I'm leeching off of them.
5. What is one of your irrational fears?
To be seen as worthless. I don't know, one of the biggest things for me nowadays is to prove my honor, as a person. I hate to say it but I'm petrified that I have lost just about everything I have ever held dear, aside from a few friendships that I have not lost thankfully. Family, loved ones, they've asked me to leave them permanently out of my life and it's the most crushing thing I've ever had to deal with in a long time. So, now, a lot of my life is about living by my code of honor. It's a little weird and sounds a little archaic but it's the only way I know to go about all of this without getting bitter . . . because I don't think I'm worthless at all.
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions of a very personal nature.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them 5 questions.
Here are the questions kinderfresser asked me:
1. In LARP, do you have a tendency to let the lives of your characters have an influence on your own personal life? Or rather: is it easy or tempting to let that happen?
Answer: it's really tempting because, as I see it, because you are playing a character, it's easy to let pieces of you slip into the character. I have seen it before where players (especially players who have had a single character for several years) tend to start picking up behavior from their character or vice versa (they let their own personal behavior slip into the character). Even if you're playing a character different from you, I think a part of you always slips into him/her.
Nevertheless, personal feelings can get in the way of RP, and while most people avoid it, I think subconsciously it's hard for people to consider the fact that the person before them isn't the person they have certain feelings or attitudes about. Out-of-character drama thus is something that should be avoided with other players. However, that's not always possible.
Anyway . . . /end-rant
2. Could you ever seriously date a deaf person? Do you think it would work? Why or why not?
I think I could date a deaf person, though it would be probably strained by the fact that music is so important to me. I would have to be very careful about any preconceived ideas I had about deaf people and would have to be careful not to become something of a wet nurse to the person, because it might be disrespectful. I think it could work with a lot of patience but it would be a lot of work but if the person is really worth it . . . I would really try. However, if I had to be bare bones honest, I don't see it brightly, if only because I just don't think that highly of myself.
3. What about a blind person?
I have had a very close friendship with a blind person a long time ago and I would have to say I would. And it would work out, I think, if only for the fact that I do have a "I must help you" sort of personality . . . to be honest, I'd be more assured of a person's feelings if they couldn't see me physically. That their initial attraction to me was purely based on some spark in a conversation or something is really flattering, moreso than any compliment I could get for my "looks." It's just a sticking point with me, to know a person really cares about me, likes me as a person. Because I'm a little insecure about that, I'll be honest.
4. Since starting to live on your own, what is one thing you can't imagine life without?
I hate to say it, but the internet. It's my main form of communication (aside from the phone) and I really need it for bills/banking/etc . . . things I need to just keep my life organized. It's just too convenient. However, other than the bills/livejournal/myspace/youtube/email, I don't use the internet that much.
Other than that . . . cigarettes. Unfortunately. I smoke to calm myself down a lot with a lot of what I've had to deal with in the past months. And money. But that's given. I hate the fact that I'm so reliant on money. But I like the fact that no one can say I'm leeching off of them.
5. What is one of your irrational fears?
To be seen as worthless. I don't know, one of the biggest things for me nowadays is to prove my honor, as a person. I hate to say it but I'm petrified that I have lost just about everything I have ever held dear, aside from a few friendships that I have not lost thankfully. Family, loved ones, they've asked me to leave them permanently out of my life and it's the most crushing thing I've ever had to deal with in a long time. So, now, a lot of my life is about living by my code of honor. It's a little weird and sounds a little archaic but it's the only way I know to go about all of this without getting bitter . . . because I don't think I'm worthless at all.