When I realized #2 was Making me Anxious, I Had to do it.

[jamesq]

Leave your name and:

1. I'll respond with something random about you.
   
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
   
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you.
   
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
   
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
   
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
   
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
   
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your own profile.

Comments

[jamesq]

1. Your kitty LH icons are the best.
2. Attend enough Castle Rouge council meetings to see if it's something you'd like to get deeper into.
3. Black.
4. You try to be cheerful, even when you're having a bad day.
5. Passing you stuff to put away when garething, hadriel and your ex moved into Dalhousie.
6. Prairie Dog.
7. What's it like picking up and moving away from (almost) everyone you know?

[jamesq]

Prairie dogs are both curious and communal.

[zera82.livejournal.com]

*Waves too* Zera here :3

[jamesq]

1. I was surprised to find out you had a daughter. Also sad that she's no longer around.
   
2. Show up at Ladies night with your archery gear and practice at least once a month.
   
3. Grey.
   
4. You're uncomplicated. You seem to be someone who simply wants to enjoy the little pleasures of life.
   
5. Probably one of the early fish shoots.
   
6. Mouse.
   
7. Where do you want to be in one year?

[zera82.livejournal.com]

1) Yeah a lot of people were surprised by that
2) If you think me just being able to show up sans gear on Fridays is bad, I work 3rd shift on Wednesdays just as much.
3) Why Grey? My SCA last name? My eyes? Or just the fact I've been in a funk lately too?
4) *Giggles* Yeah I do try but I guess there's more to me than people think, even if I've been hanging out with you guys for several years now.
5) Those were fun
6) I can understand that. Quiet, somewhat timid, and non confrontational, though I'm working at that
7) Good question, the last couple of months have been tough and unstable. I'm hoping whatever happens between now and then makes me a lot happier than I am now.

[sagaciouslu.livejournal.com]

Heh. 'Cuz I can...

[jamesq]

1. You're a true Epicurean.
   
2. Write more philosophical musings in LJ.
   
3. Silver.
   
4. You're a wonderful combination of trashy and elitist. You can go straight from the opera to the strip bar and get along with the patrons of either. A sort of 21st century renaissance man.
   
5. Discovering, in the CAC parking lot that you, me and Roo were all INTPs.
   
6. Tommy Brock. Just being specific.
   
7. How do you cope with the polyamourous lifestyle?

[sagaciouslu.livejournal.com]

6. I don't know who Tommy Brock is. I guess I'm gonna hafta google...

7. Brendan had an amusing Q&A a while back: Q:"What do you call the unpopular half of a polyamorous couple?" A:"The guy." The reality is that Allison is teh hawt, and infinitely desirable. While I accept that, it is marginally depressing. So, I guess the short answer is I don't know; it's something that I'm still puzzling my way through...

[conejita-diabla.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, I've thought much the same about you on numerous occasions. You are much loved and desired, although you may have trouble recognising it...

[sagaciouslu.livejournal.com]

Heh. Googled. Beatrix Potter.... Heh.

[jamesq]

1. You put up with way more of my newfy-baiting then I ever thought possible.
   
2. Walk more.
   
3. Red. Must be something to do with the hair.
   
4. You have a "take no prisoners" attitude that I admire and envy.
   
5. Threatening you and G with an early morning super-soaker attack when I first learned you were sharing a bed. And getting instant death threats back, thus showing you're quick enough for this crowd.
   
6. Orangutan - specifically, The Librarian.
   
7. What personality trait that you share with your mother and father are you most glad that you have? To clarify, I mean a trait from each parent, not one that all three of you share.

[hislittlekitty.livejournal.com]

hey!

[jamesq]

1. I really enjoyed our trip to Vancouver together, even if it was stinking hot.
   
2. Try a radically different hair cut. I think you'd look spectacular with this for example.
   
3. Purple.
   
4. I love the child-like enthusiasm you have for all things Halloween-ie. You put so much effort into and I'm glad that it's starting to pay off. Especially since the pay-off isn't your goal.
   
5. Seeing you at one of wild_wanderer's New Year's Eve parties. We didn't actually speak, but I thought you were a hottie. I was a little alarmed that you seemed to get younger the nearer you got. Like I was checking out a teen or something. I was happy to find out later that you weren't a kid.
   
6. I want to say kitten or ferret, but honestly you're more like a monkey. I think maybe it's the cuddling, it reminds me of social grooming behavior. That came out sounding more clinical then I intended.
   
7. You've always been very cautious, to the point of near-phobia about new experiences. Have you always been like that or was there some event that triggered it?

[hislittlekitty.livejournal.com]

You *have got* to be kidding me about the hairstyle.. right? I think it looks like she lost a fight with a weedwacker, personally.

[jamesq]

It was just an example. There are many different hairstyles you can try that are neither this one or your current one.

[thebrucie.livejournal.com]

This is my name....

[jamesq]

1. I wish I still had my "The Gareth And Bruce Show" tape.
   
2. Make a CCON podcast, if only as a proof-of-concept that it can be done, and done right.
   
3. Singapore Sunset Saffron.
   
4. Your self-esteem and willpower are far greater then mine will ever be.
   
5. Probably not the very first memory, but the time I realized I'd "made the cut" was when you invited me to see Outrageous Fortune with mfiles and JF. I remember wandering around 317 with you waiting for him to get off work. It was one of the first things we did together that had nothing to do with the Holt.
   
6. The Noble Canadian Beaver.
   
7. I value our friendship. Realizing that I'm not the easiest guy in the world to get along with, I wonder what you're getting out of it.

[thebrucie.livejournal.com]

1. Heh. I'll see if I can find it in the archives. It needs to be digitized.

2. I'm concerned about music copyright issues, but maybe well have to switch to an all talk format.

3. So, yellow?

4. I just want to point out that you've had the will to drop a small child's worth of weight, over come years of adolescent hardship, a fractured family life, the death of both your parents, been strong enough to admit to yourself you needed theraputic help, been strong enough to get that help and actively work on being a better person to yourself and everyone around you. You've crafted your own circle of devoted friends, after being shunning by old ones. If I had to go through what you've gone through, I'd be a gibbering mess. I've had it easy.

6. I like that!

7. Easy access to your credit cards.

[oblivions.livejournal.com]

... gets in line.

[jamesq]

1. We are going to RPG superheroes even if it's the last thing I do.
   
2. Dance at an event.
   
3. This shade of green.
   
4. I like that our personalities mesh as well as they do. I'd probably have to smoother you to death with a pillow if we were actually dating. Barring that, I think we'll be life long friends. As proof of the mesh, you probably understand what I mean.
   
5. We were at a fight practice I think, and the topic of sushi came up. I invited you out to have some, which I probably wouldn't have done except I realized you were out of my league, which put you in the "not a potential mate" category and therefore safe to talk to.
   
   As I recall, the sushi not-a-date was fairly entertaining.
   
6. Henery Hawk.
   
7. The pub is a better venue for answering this then online, but the question is: What exactly happened with you and the Vikings?

[(Anonymous)]

1. You're on, and it just may kill us.
2. dance, you say? *ponders thoughtfully*
3. Strange, I like it too. ;P
4. I totally get it. *smirk* I'd probably smoother me too.
5. Bang on, and I quite enjoyed out sushi.
6. Awesome!
7. Over pint, my friend I'll tell you a story that was just bad writing from the start.

[oblivions.livejournal.com]

by me of course.

Waiting with anticipation

[wild-wanderer.livejournal.com]

:)

Re: Waiting with anticipation

[jamesq]

1. I love your parties, I'm glad you're doing at least one more.
   
2. Spend 15 minutes cleaning every work day when you get home before you do anything else. Do this for six weeks.
   
   For an added bonus, take a before and after photo and compare them.
   
3. Disposable-beer-glass-red, because that's what I drank Fawder Yid's out of first.
   
4. I admire you're ability to negotiate, even if it is a bit of a cliche. The simple fact is, I always feel like I'm being rude if I try to talk down a price. It's not rude of course, but I can't help but feel that way and I'm always a little worried that I've been ripped off. That you can do treat a purely business transaction correctly amazes me in exactly the same way that professional jugglers impress me.
   
5. You teasing hadriel when you were dating, and her getting more and more annoyed.
   
6. Camel. Hard working, a survivor, sometimes stubborn. and known for hanging out with Egyptians. Just don't spit.
   
7. What's it like having a huge cock?

Thank you I need the smile

[wild-wanderer.livejournal.com]

2) I shall start this shortly (within the month)
4) Believe it or not I have trouble with it at times as well. And can't do it if it involves a friend. Unless we both are having fun with it. Most of the time its fun though.
5) Hadriel is a gem to have been able to put up with my shenanigans and the man who captures her heart again will be a lucky man
6) This one is a perfect description of me almost like one person once described me as an Uzi filled with Jelly Beans And the Don't spit made me laugh
7) I usually don't think about it except when with a new lady. You do get some interesting reactions when buying condoms occasionaly and the occasional comment from people who hear you have a large size and don't believe it. I've never had any other size so I don't know what to compare it against.

[snooness2]

Me too?

[jamesq]

1. "Mice!"
   
2. Try one of the SCA martial arts.
   
3. Royal blue.
   
4. You're the only one from that crowd who didn't try to ostracize me. You were always willing to include me in things. I really appreciated that.
   
5. You giggling hysterically in your folks basement over something funny. Head-smashed-in Bunny Jump probably.
   
6. Dolphin.
   
7. As far as the SCA is concerned, are you a lifer?
   

[(Anonymous)]

2) I have. I started as a heavy but my wrists didn't hold out; so I switched to rapier and did that for 2?-3? years - basically all the time I was active in Cold Lake I was a rapier fighter. I really sucked at rapier but it was fun. Then I got into combat archery - that lasted for 3 years until there was a rule change that required I invest in a new helm. I didn't have the money at that time so I put it aside and never picked it back up.

4) I don't believe that anyone is so right or wrong that they deserve to be ostracized.... ever. Besides I don't think there is anyone on either side of that particular argument who is right, and it's all rather stupid. As long as the parties involved don't care if I occasionally tell them to stuff it when they are ranting I'm all good with all of them. :)

5) Head smashed in bunny jump still makes me giggle.

7) Well if 1988-2008 (OMG it's been a bit longer then I thought) isn't a lifer I'm not sure what is. Keep in mind I take breaks from the SCA to go to school.

[snooness2]

Yes that was me DOh!

[evilscientist.livejournal.com]

Ping!

[jamesq]

1. "I'm a fiddler crab! Why don't you shoot me? It's fiddler crab season!"
   
2. I'm not sure what I could challenge you with that you haven't already done. I've got it! Get good and drunk once, just to see what it's like.
   
3. I'll always think of you as Air-Force Blue, even if you're in the Navy now.
   
4. I could see you daily, or not speak to you for years, but whenever we meet I know it will be with an easy familiarity that will always be friendly and comforting. You have known me the longest of all my friends.
   
5. You inviting me to play SFB at your house back when we were still at Bishop Carroll HS.
   
6. Given you had one as a familiar, and like Paddington, you're smarter then me, I'm going to go with Border Collie.
   
7. What are you going to do with all your free time when you retire from the military?

[evilscientist.livejournal.com]

1. I still chuckle when I think of this... :)

2. That could be tricky.. Mrs. Evil has tried and, as with most medication/drugs alcohol just knocks me out so I'm usually sleeping before I feel any other effects. Sadly this means I'm unlikely to know what it's like to be really drunk. On the other hand it makes me a cheap date..

3. All I want to know is where the Navy whites were when I was young and single?

7. Sleep... then finish degree... then hobbies!!!

[conejita-diabla.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Couldn't stay out forever, I guess. Well, I could have, but...

(Moved this to the right place...)

[jamesq]

1. Did you know you have two laughs? I really like the second, rarer one.
   
2. Relax. Spend a day doing nothing in particular. Soak in the tub, read a book, watch some old movies. Whatever.
   
   (Then GBTW you slacker)
   
3. The colour your hair was (it was actually two shades) when we first met. I'd name the two colours but I'm a boy and we only know the names of colours that are in the basic crayon box.
   
4. As Badger says, you are teh hawt. More importantly, you're ferociously intelligent, which makes you exciting to be around.
   
5. Wondering who the hot nerdy chick that I was sharing a hot tub with was.
   
6. Sparrowhawk. Basically bird like, but not a bird that should be caged, or treated lightly.
   
7. When are you going to pursue theatrical endeavors again?

[conejita-diabla.livejournal.com]

1. Hmmm....I know I don't laugh exactly the same way every time, but I don't know the differences exactly. Or what the rare one would be, or what triggers it... Interesting.

3. *tries to remember* Good god, trying to remember my hair colours in the past is hard!

5. lol...was that particular summer bbq before the non-trad where we were hanging out? Do I have them backwards?

7. When the right opportunity presents itself. I'm also a little gun shy after what happened last time (which may have more to do with my going off the path than Estrella did, despite the timing).

[jamesq]

But you were awesome during Nine. I'd have thought it was a good experience. Oh well, I guess I have the outsider's view.

[conejita-diabla.livejournal.com]

It was more what I put myself through emotionally to perform that role, and what it did to me afterwards. One of these days I'll learn how to actually *act*, instead of just mentally raping myself for performance value.

[jamesq]

Olivier did say it was easier.

[mallt.livejournal.com]

says the man who called thebrucie "Singapore Sunset Saffron"!

& no... this isn't me joining in... ;p

[jamesq]

"Singapore Sunset Saffron" is an inside joke with me and Bruce. It's a pedantic way of saying "Yellow".

[garething.livejournal.com]

Me me me!

[jamesq]

1. "Do you see that bunny there?" (Doesn't it look sweet)
   "Bash it on the head now." (Because it is made of MEAT)
   
2. Get your black belt.
   
3. Safety Orange.
   
4. You're the most centered person I know. Seriously, you're like the dictionary definition for "zen".
   
5. Probably not the first memory, but certainly the first moment we bonded. Conversion 5, when we decided to thump Kirk for opening our hotel room up to a bunch of non-SF strangers he met in a bar.
   
6. Panda. Bald Eagle. It has a nobility and stoicism that I associate with you. Plus there's the physical resemblance.
   
7. I don't think I've ever seen you angry. What was the last thing that got you mad enough to chew nails?

[devoidofthought.livejournal.com]

When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

[jamesq]

As long as they're not ass pennies.

[jamesq]

1. A bunch of us were talking upstairs at the range. You turned to join the line and shoot and one of the boys looked at you, turned to the rest of us and mouthed "fucking hot!"
   
2. Redouble your efforts to become a field tech.
   
3. Violet.
   
4. You're very enthusiastic about your nerdiness.
   
5. Our first date, when you decided to end it all by diving in front of a moving train.
   
6. Ferret.
   
7. What do you want your life to be like in five years?