INTERVIEW
1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
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 same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

the questions, asked by the lovely ellydragon:

1. On Firefly, if you had to bunk up with one character on a trip from Persephone to the outer rings, who would it be, and why? (This can either be a character on the show, or someone you would like to take on the show with you.)
Kaylee, definitely. she’s charming and funny, obviously smart. possibly too smart for everyone else on the ship. it might be fun to travel with mal or jayne, except that they’re too taciturn. simon’s too proper, river too nuts. not really interested in a gossip fest with inara though. well, book and zoe might be fun too. or wash. but, i’m going to stick with kaylee. she’s too cool.

2. If you weren’t a computer programming mastermind, what would you be? No skill barriers apply, this is magic-question-land.
no real question here: a french teacher. i’m not sure what level, middle school or high school. if i worked in a high school, i’d want to also coach swimming — because i could totally do a better job than senior year fuck-you coach beiersdorf, who — yeah — i still have not forgiven for blowing me and jean-marie off (way to blow four years of fond memories, jerk.). i would be the cool coach who listens to her swimmers, even the ones who want to do unpopular events like the 500 free and 100 fly even though they’re not hot prom queen material, instead of the shithead who only supports the two or three girls who are going to qualify for state. ooooh, niqui’s bitter!

3. What is your favorite thing about the internet? Any permutations of the interweb apply.
my favorite thing has to be the in-jokes. the technology itself doesn’t really entertain me anymore, but the jokes among those of us who work in the tech field do. like, the moderation of asr (versus dilbert). or the fact that i actually took a “cupholder” call once, circa 1996.

4. Do you fancy yourself living anywhere else but Shitown (Or however it’s spelled)? You seem to like it an awful lot.
permanently? well, there are a lot of fine places to live that i’ve never travelled to. but i do like it an awful lot. it’s a great town. i would not, i don’t think, enjoy living outside of a major urban area (what’s the qualifier for “major,” you ask? how about we set the bar low, at i can always get home via public transit, no matter what time of day, without waiting longer than an hour for my ride.), which limits me somewhat. and given chicago’s current transit woes, i may have to refine that definition in the future.

i will say that a couple of years ago i set myself the goal of being able to retire to the UK if i want, and i would dearly love the opportunity to live and work abroad for a few years. so, we’ll say that my second choice — no offense intended, of course — would be a major city in england or scotland. funnily enough, since you used the word “fancy.” :-)

5. If your kitties were people, what do they think they would talk about that you do when nobody is watching? (This can be the second thing they’d talk about if the first isn’t something you want to share.)
“why the fuck does she insist on shoving me off her lap while she’s eating? it’s not like she isn’t going to give me the leftovers.” “i know. she is such a bitch sometimes. and what’s with the catnip on the top of the fridge? she’s such a control freak.”