Question meme
Dec. 4th, 2007 05:51 pmFrom ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
prolix_allie
Here's how it works, if anyone else wants to play.
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. What was your first fandom and what sucked you into it? i.e., What made you take it to that next level, as opposed to just watching the show like regular folk?
My first fandom was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I remember catching a Season 2 episode -- "Go Fish" -- and just saw the part where Angelus tries to take out Cameron, who Buffy was trying to protect. I had no idea what was going on, but started to watch... I think they showed older episodes that summer, too, because everything was in reruns... the show just started to suck me in. I was in high school at that time, and I played around on the internet before -- chatting with people, doing stuff for school, but never considered the concept of fandom at all. I think I did a search about Buffy and found slayerfanfic.com, and was thus introduced to fanfic.
It was bizarre -- other people as interested in the show as I was. I thought it was just me being bored during the summer, thinking of possibilities of what was going to happen to Buffy.... but other people came up with stories and ideas all on their own, too. I was both a little weirded out and kind of amazed that there were people who thought about the show like I did. I've always been a voracious reader, and even more a voracious re-reader... I love rereading my favorite books. To read stories set in a world that I thought about so much was just kind of an easy and addictive way to spend my time...
But why Buffy? Mainly because I was so impressed by the writing and the acting... I fell in love with Buffy the character; her wit, her intelligence, her compassion... the way she kicked ass. It was just kind of amazing to see such a vibrant female character on television. I don't really remember being that into the whole hour long drama thing before, but Buffy appealed to me like no other show. And the rest of the cast, the way they all interacted, the way the stories played out... it was never boring.
Phew that was long!
2. Stealing this one - what do you like best about the city where you live? You don't have to name the actual city/town/bat-cave if you don't want.
Let's see... I love my city mainly because it's a city with a town feel. I'm actually more than ready to live elsewhere right now, since I've been here a couple years since graduating, and hopefully I'll get better soon and figure things out.... but my city has enough options and entertainment to appeal but there's still the kindness and southern small town feel. Basically you don't feel lost, but you don't feel like everyone's watching, either. It's a great place to grow up. There's also a really excellent arts community.
3.What do you like best about your job/what you study? If you don't want to talk about your real-life job, tell me your ideal job,
Ummm.. hmm. This is a hard one, since I'm currently trying to apply to grad school/find a new job... and y'know, figure out what I want.
But basically, I love learning about cultural studies, which means that I'm particularly interested by seeing how gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and class are represented in everyday media, from advertisements to television, and how they shape the worlds we live in and how we see people. The most innocuous statement or commercial or image can be shown to mean a lot more. I hate it when people dismiss popular culture as "fluff" and just entertainment; in reality, it's popular for a reason, and I like to investigate those reasons.
And preachiness there ends.
4. If you could travel to any historical period, in disguise if necessary (so you could pretend to be a man in order to do more) what would it be? Why?
Oh man... that's hard. Most likely the late 60s, early 70s, so I can be there for all the social activism. I think it'd be amazing to see how everything changes, and be part of the Civil Rights movement as well as the Women's Rights movement. Or I'd choose the 1920s, which was also a great time of change... see the suffragettes in action.
5. What book have you read over and over? (Or movie/story/episode...)
Oh jeez. Umm, I love rereading as I said, because I get something new out of it each time. When I was little, my favorite book was "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott... and then eventually I loved "Pride and Prejudice" as well. So those are the two I've probably reread the most over the years. I think I was just drawn to Jo March and Elizabeth Bennet for being these adventurous and witty and intelligent women, who dreamt for more than what their circumstances dictated. And they both grew up in families of sisters, like me, and the March family was as imaginative as mine, and the Bennet family seemed almost as crazy as mine. Heh.
prolix_allieHere's how it works, if anyone else wants to play.
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. What was your first fandom and what sucked you into it? i.e., What made you take it to that next level, as opposed to just watching the show like regular folk?
My first fandom was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I remember catching a Season 2 episode -- "Go Fish" -- and just saw the part where Angelus tries to take out Cameron, who Buffy was trying to protect. I had no idea what was going on, but started to watch... I think they showed older episodes that summer, too, because everything was in reruns... the show just started to suck me in. I was in high school at that time, and I played around on the internet before -- chatting with people, doing stuff for school, but never considered the concept of fandom at all. I think I did a search about Buffy and found slayerfanfic.com, and was thus introduced to fanfic.
It was bizarre -- other people as interested in the show as I was. I thought it was just me being bored during the summer, thinking of possibilities of what was going to happen to Buffy.... but other people came up with stories and ideas all on their own, too. I was both a little weirded out and kind of amazed that there were people who thought about the show like I did. I've always been a voracious reader, and even more a voracious re-reader... I love rereading my favorite books. To read stories set in a world that I thought about so much was just kind of an easy and addictive way to spend my time...
But why Buffy? Mainly because I was so impressed by the writing and the acting... I fell in love with Buffy the character; her wit, her intelligence, her compassion... the way she kicked ass. It was just kind of amazing to see such a vibrant female character on television. I don't really remember being that into the whole hour long drama thing before, but Buffy appealed to me like no other show. And the rest of the cast, the way they all interacted, the way the stories played out... it was never boring.
Phew that was long!
2. Stealing this one - what do you like best about the city where you live? You don't have to name the actual city/town/bat-cave if you don't want.
Let's see... I love my city mainly because it's a city with a town feel. I'm actually more than ready to live elsewhere right now, since I've been here a couple years since graduating, and hopefully I'll get better soon and figure things out.... but my city has enough options and entertainment to appeal but there's still the kindness and southern small town feel. Basically you don't feel lost, but you don't feel like everyone's watching, either. It's a great place to grow up. There's also a really excellent arts community.
3.What do you like best about your job/what you study? If you don't want to talk about your real-life job, tell me your ideal job,
Ummm.. hmm. This is a hard one, since I'm currently trying to apply to grad school/find a new job... and y'know, figure out what I want.
But basically, I love learning about cultural studies, which means that I'm particularly interested by seeing how gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and class are represented in everyday media, from advertisements to television, and how they shape the worlds we live in and how we see people. The most innocuous statement or commercial or image can be shown to mean a lot more. I hate it when people dismiss popular culture as "fluff" and just entertainment; in reality, it's popular for a reason, and I like to investigate those reasons.
And preachiness there ends.
4. If you could travel to any historical period, in disguise if necessary (so you could pretend to be a man in order to do more) what would it be? Why?
Oh man... that's hard. Most likely the late 60s, early 70s, so I can be there for all the social activism. I think it'd be amazing to see how everything changes, and be part of the Civil Rights movement as well as the Women's Rights movement. Or I'd choose the 1920s, which was also a great time of change... see the suffragettes in action.
5. What book have you read over and over? (Or movie/story/episode...)
Oh jeez. Umm, I love rereading as I said, because I get something new out of it each time. When I was little, my favorite book was "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott... and then eventually I loved "Pride and Prejudice" as well. So those are the two I've probably reread the most over the years. I think I was just drawn to Jo March and Elizabeth Bennet for being these adventurous and witty and intelligent women, who dreamt for more than what their circumstances dictated. And they both grew up in families of sisters, like me, and the March family was as imaginative as mine, and the Bennet family seemed almost as crazy as mine. Heh.
