9 posts tagged “qotd”
How have people mispronounced your name? How is it supposed to sound?
Submitted by Lorie.
Ahahaa. I get all sorts of things. For Christiane [kris-tee-aahn] I get Kristy-ann, Kris-teen, and Krist-shun.
For Xiane... oh man. It's zye-aahn or zye-ann but I've heard Cheyenne, Ex-ee-ann, and Zeen. Oh, and Zain.
Not the easiest names to say, but that's how I like it. :D
In which fictional world/universe/land/city would you most like to live?
Submitted by glenn is the new chuck.
Without a doubt, the city of Newford, as imagined in the stories of Charles DeLint.
From a listing about Newford on the Internet Book List:
"The city itself has a soul, as a street busker timidly discovers, one night in a park.. She has to go though, her people have forgotten her, left her to decay. But he remembers.. Desert spirits might keep you company, cadging a smoke or playing the flute as you try to puzzle out the tangled threads of your life. ..There are some Roads that require guarding -even if it's only a part time job for a punk rocker.. And sometimes, if one dreams too strong, for too long, one might discover that one's dreams have a life of their own. ..And who's to say that it's less real than the waking one?"
Alternatively, Bordertown seems like a fine and interesting place to spend some time.
Have you ever secretly unwrapped a gift before the big day?
Submitted by Red Pen.
Good lord, no. I LOVE LOVE LOVE surprises, and I'll be as patient as can be to get the surprise.
When I was 5 or 6, I snuck into the closet where the presents were kept. Not only did I discover how horrible it was to not get the surprise on Xmoose day... I also discovered that Santa = Mom.
Now I keep the faith and let the magic happen. :)
What's your middle name? Is there a story or history behind it?
Lyne. A common middle name taken to a weird place, spelling-wise. The story behind that is kinda funny - it was *supposed* to be "Lynne" but due to a typo on my birth certificate, I got a slightly more distinctive appearance for the oft-ignored middle name.
When I had my name changed on all my important stuff after getting married, everyone here tried to push me to take my old last name as my new middle name - I guess that's what you do, here in the South. However, Christiane Knight White does not have the same ring as Christiane L. White-Knight... so I kept Lyne.
And that was much more than you ever needed to know about that.
What magazines do you subscribe to, and why?
You're going to laugh.
Martha Stewart Living, Body + Soul [and now the Sisters song is stuck in my head], Organic Gardening, Real Simple, and Nutrition Watch. Mom subscribed me to the last one of those.
So I like being organized and healthy. Sue me. :D
I will probably be adding a subscription to Everyday Food and possibly Dazzling Delightful Delicious as well. Maybe. I buy them every month anyway, right? I also occasionally buy Vegetarian Times at the grocery store.
If you had a band, what would you call yourselves?
Question submitted by Zoot.
Well, I *had* a band. We were The Violet Dawning and stopped performing in 2003ish. We were pretty amateur but we had fun.
The band name I like to use as my "sample band name" is always and forever Spectres With Sphincters. It just rolls off the tongue... so to speak. O_o
What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it?
I have two that I use primarily. The one for most people who call is a lovely call from one of my favourite bands: "THIS IS DEVO! ANSWER YOUR PHONE!"
The one for Rob is the Katamari Damacy main themesong, because that game means a lot to us, and it is cuuuute to hear as a ring.
Yeah, woo. All the important topics covered here.
Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other regional words that set you apart?
Question submitted by Gladys.
Soda. Or, specifically, Coke. Not that I drink anything but water and coffee these days.
A regional thing I've noticed since moving to NC? "Fish Camp" - a big building that seems to serve only fish and pasty side dishes? I haven't brought myself to go to one yet [though there is one locally that features a wall-sized mural of the Last Supper, how comforting is that?], because I think I might be betraying my good ol' Bawlmer genes by eating fish that wasn't done up Chesapeake Bay stylee.
Question in response to this question: what do you locally call the summertime concotion of shaved or crushed ice and flavouring? Where I'm from, we call it a Snowball.
What's one thing that you hope to do or accomplish before the end of this year?
Get in shape. Really, truly respect and care for this body that houses my mind and soul - because I'm potentially halfway through my life, too - and here I am, unhappy with my health and fitness, and possibly limiting the number of years that I have to absorb life and all it has to offer. Besides, having a husband that is so much younger than I... I want as much time with him as I can glean, and I don't want to be ancient when he's still vital. I'm terrified of that. I want to live, I want to be happy, I want to feel good when I look at myself.
Answers are never easy with me, are they!
