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nandamai, and so I suppose I *should* abide by the rules...
1. What's your first memory of Disneyland?
I have a pretty vivid memory of a trip when I was either 3 or 4. We had out-of-town relatives and went, which is usually when we'd go as a family when I was a kid. I specifically remember a few things - 1) getting hugged by Mickey Mouse. 2) asking to go on the Alice in Wonderland ride since it looked like the most wonderful thing in the world. However, my dad said he didn't want to waste any tickets. We didn't go on any kiddie rides that day. 3) Hearing people talk about Adventure Thru Inner Space and OMG, it SHRANK people!!!! I ran to the other side of the flower bed outside and my mom had to pick me up and carry me on. I spent most of it with my head buried in her shoulder. Afterwards, my dad told my aunt that her neck looked longer after we all got unshrinked. I remember staring at her with a WTFFF? Of course, to a 3 or 4 year old, it was more just W???
Hmm. I have rather traumatic first memories of Disneyland.
2. If you had to spend a year living somewhere else and money was not a problem, where would you go and why?
If money was no object, I wouldn't spend a whole year anywhere. I'd try and see as much of the planet as possible. If I liked a place, I'd probably camp out for a week. Maybe two.
3. What is it you love about Rose just as Rose? Outside of the pairing, I mean.
Well, the first impression she made on me pretty much held throughout the show. Visual aids! First few seconds of the first episode I saw:
So often everyone on TV has perfect hair, perfect makeup, perfect body, perfect clothes - it's all so sanitized. So when I saw this opening scene where this person looks like crap and drags herself out of bed in a sloppy bedroom that didn't look like it was out of a display window, my instant reaction was, "This is different. *Good* different." There's an honesty to her character, and like I said above, it's something that held throughout the show. She's very open, often wearing her heart on her sleeve. (Most likely deliberate in her creation to contrast the Doctor's closed-off-mystery-man-ness.) I loved that she cared about things instead of just being a gobsmacked bystander, which often caused her to leap into danger, making herself secondary. Another - she wasn't afraid to stand up to the Doctor in spite of him being this powerful being. Also - she may not be a genius, but she has a ton of common sense. But even with all those things, she never came off as St. Rose to me. They allowed her to be a barely adult at times, where she'd do some really head-smacking things when it came to her personal life. So, basically, she seemed very real while surrounded by the surreal.
4. If you could bring back one cancelled show (from any year) which would you choose?
I'm *really* tempted to say Farscape because that was just so much sci-fi glee right there. Just utterly awesome. But I'd be afraid that it would start to burn out like so many other shows have done, so maybe it's better that one's left alone. Okay, this is a very weird choice - VR.5. Trippy little pre-The Matrix show that got canceled on a cliffhanger. Not that I was writing VR.5 fic, but dammit, I wanna see what happened!
5. When and how did you first figure out you could make people laugh?
I had to think about this for a while, but I think I've thought of the time. When I was a kid, I'd write plays for my brother and my friends to perform for my parents and their friends. It was probably around 4th or 5th grade and I wrote one involving my friend and her dad's supposed worst nightmare when it came to her getting engaged/married. He was/is very much this meat-and-potatoes man who likes to hunt and fish. I wrote that she brought home a vegetarian who was more interested in swapping banana bread recipes with her mom than talking about fishing with her dad. (I played the dad.) All the parents were crying they were laughing so hard.
Getting off on a tangent - since I was thinking about it, I think I love making people laugh way more than getting any kind of congratulations or applause. I did a lot of performing arts in high school and college - singing and drama - and don't get me wrong, kudos are great. But if you can make someone laugh, and you're laughing as well, it stops being Performer and Observer. There's a connection there where you can laugh together. And so I love hearing "this part made me laugh" when I write, because odds are I was laughing when I wrote it.
nandamai, and so I suppose I *should* abide by the rules...- 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! If I already know you well, expect the questions may be a little more intimate.
3. Please update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Please include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, ask them five questions.
1. What's your first memory of Disneyland?
I have a pretty vivid memory of a trip when I was either 3 or 4. We had out-of-town relatives and went, which is usually when we'd go as a family when I was a kid. I specifically remember a few things - 1) getting hugged by Mickey Mouse. 2) asking to go on the Alice in Wonderland ride since it looked like the most wonderful thing in the world. However, my dad said he didn't want to waste any tickets. We didn't go on any kiddie rides that day. 3) Hearing people talk about Adventure Thru Inner Space and OMG, it SHRANK people!!!! I ran to the other side of the flower bed outside and my mom had to pick me up and carry me on. I spent most of it with my head buried in her shoulder. Afterwards, my dad told my aunt that her neck looked longer after we all got unshrinked. I remember staring at her with a WTFFF? Of course, to a 3 or 4 year old, it was more just W???
Hmm. I have rather traumatic first memories of Disneyland.
2. If you had to spend a year living somewhere else and money was not a problem, where would you go and why?
If money was no object, I wouldn't spend a whole year anywhere. I'd try and see as much of the planet as possible. If I liked a place, I'd probably camp out for a week. Maybe two.
3. What is it you love about Rose just as Rose? Outside of the pairing, I mean.
Well, the first impression she made on me pretty much held throughout the show. Visual aids! First few seconds of the first episode I saw:
So often everyone on TV has perfect hair, perfect makeup, perfect body, perfect clothes - it's all so sanitized. So when I saw this opening scene where this person looks like crap and drags herself out of bed in a sloppy bedroom that didn't look like it was out of a display window, my instant reaction was, "This is different. *Good* different." There's an honesty to her character, and like I said above, it's something that held throughout the show. She's very open, often wearing her heart on her sleeve. (Most likely deliberate in her creation to contrast the Doctor's closed-off-mystery-man-ness.) I loved that she cared about things instead of just being a gobsmacked bystander, which often caused her to leap into danger, making herself secondary. Another - she wasn't afraid to stand up to the Doctor in spite of him being this powerful being. Also - she may not be a genius, but she has a ton of common sense. But even with all those things, she never came off as St. Rose to me. They allowed her to be a barely adult at times, where she'd do some really head-smacking things when it came to her personal life. So, basically, she seemed very real while surrounded by the surreal.
4. If you could bring back one cancelled show (from any year) which would you choose?
I'm *really* tempted to say Farscape because that was just so much sci-fi glee right there. Just utterly awesome. But I'd be afraid that it would start to burn out like so many other shows have done, so maybe it's better that one's left alone. Okay, this is a very weird choice - VR.5. Trippy little pre-The Matrix show that got canceled on a cliffhanger. Not that I was writing VR.5 fic, but dammit, I wanna see what happened!
5. When and how did you first figure out you could make people laugh?
I had to think about this for a while, but I think I've thought of the time. When I was a kid, I'd write plays for my brother and my friends to perform for my parents and their friends. It was probably around 4th or 5th grade and I wrote one involving my friend and her dad's supposed worst nightmare when it came to her getting engaged/married. He was/is very much this meat-and-potatoes man who likes to hunt and fish. I wrote that she brought home a vegetarian who was more interested in swapping banana bread recipes with her mom than talking about fishing with her dad. (I played the dad.) All the parents were crying they were laughing so hard.
Getting off on a tangent - since I was thinking about it, I think I love making people laugh way more than getting any kind of congratulations or applause. I did a lot of performing arts in high school and college - singing and drama - and don't get me wrong, kudos are great. But if you can make someone laugh, and you're laughing as well, it stops being Performer and Observer. There's a connection there where you can laugh together. And so I love hearing "this part made me laugh" when I write, because odds are I was laughing when I wrote it.