Interview Meme from alynch
If you want to be interviewed, ask in the comments and I'll give you five questions to post in your LJ.
1) You've chosen Computer Science for a field. Name one other field you've always been interested in, but didn't pursue, and why.
Up until senior year in high school I thought I was going into Music. I learned the saxaphone in 3rd grade and was a natural at it. Music came to me as easy as speaking english. I played in the jazz band in high school, and even won 'Director's Award' my senior year. However, I had studied music a lot...and I guess there was just this feeling that I accomplished everything I wanted to. I could do it and everybody thought I was great. I win. I didn't want to be lectured by music professors on how bad I am, that would make me miserable, and by high school I rarely even practiced anymore. I had completed the amatuer stage and was proud of myself, but knew I'd be miserable trying to be a pro.
On the other hand, computers were a wide open world in which I knew little, but everything I knew excited me. When I played saxaphone I did it for the people listening, but the passion had faded for myself. When I program it's for my own enjoyment.
2) How do we fix this country? 20 words or less. ;-)
Have faith in freedom, protect those who can't protect themselves. Acknowledge we're responsible not only for ourselves but the world.
3) What was it like growing up in Maine?
You learn to be tough, and you learn to be careful.
In the winter, everyone's as cold as you, so don't bitch about it. If you do, you're bitching to people who see you everyday, and it's very hard to get away from them. You all suffer together, and you can see everyone's suffering. There's too few people to get lost in the crowd, for good or ill.
I think my ability to take hard emotional and physical hits derives from Maine, but also my difficulty expressing myself. You envy the sturdy white pine, it manages to be green no matter how cold it is, whereas other trees don't bother.
4) Favorite kind of beer?
Saranac Black Forest. I love dark beers, and I love 'earthy' beers, ones where you can smell the yeast.
5) You've found someone else's wallet on the street with $100 in mixed bills in it, and ID. They live right around the corner from where you found it. Do you return it completely intact, or take a small "finders fee"?
Completely intact. I feel I'd actually gain more that way.
1) You've chosen Computer Science for a field. Name one other field you've always been interested in, but didn't pursue, and why.
Up until senior year in high school I thought I was going into Music. I learned the saxaphone in 3rd grade and was a natural at it. Music came to me as easy as speaking english. I played in the jazz band in high school, and even won 'Director's Award' my senior year. However, I had studied music a lot...and I guess there was just this feeling that I accomplished everything I wanted to. I could do it and everybody thought I was great. I win. I didn't want to be lectured by music professors on how bad I am, that would make me miserable, and by high school I rarely even practiced anymore. I had completed the amatuer stage and was proud of myself, but knew I'd be miserable trying to be a pro.
On the other hand, computers were a wide open world in which I knew little, but everything I knew excited me. When I played saxaphone I did it for the people listening, but the passion had faded for myself. When I program it's for my own enjoyment.
2) How do we fix this country? 20 words or less. ;-)
Have faith in freedom, protect those who can't protect themselves. Acknowledge we're responsible not only for ourselves but the world.
3) What was it like growing up in Maine?
You learn to be tough, and you learn to be careful.
In the winter, everyone's as cold as you, so don't bitch about it. If you do, you're bitching to people who see you everyday, and it's very hard to get away from them. You all suffer together, and you can see everyone's suffering. There's too few people to get lost in the crowd, for good or ill.
I think my ability to take hard emotional and physical hits derives from Maine, but also my difficulty expressing myself. You envy the sturdy white pine, it manages to be green no matter how cold it is, whereas other trees don't bother.
4) Favorite kind of beer?
Saranac Black Forest. I love dark beers, and I love 'earthy' beers, ones where you can smell the yeast.
5) You've found someone else's wallet on the street with $100 in mixed bills in it, and ID. They live right around the corner from where you found it. Do you return it completely intact, or take a small "finders fee"?
Completely intact. I feel I'd actually gain more that way.