Interview meme

[icepixie]

Five questions from foursweatervests:

1. Who got you into Northern Exposure in the first place, and how?

I don't think there was a who. I have an extremely dim memory of watching a few episodes with my dad when I was maybe twelve (this would've been about a year after the last season ended), just because we were both in the living room and he was flipping through channels, but I'm not absolutely certain I didn't just see commercials for the reruns while we were watching something else and have embroidered the memory since then.

I got into it for real when I was in my junior or senior year of high school, around 2001. Reruns aired every weekday morning while I was at school, so I would tape them and watch them after I got home. I honestly don't remember why I started doing that; it must have been a conscious decision, because they were never on at a time when I would've just been flipping through channels and have run across it, but I have no idea why I decided to start watching. It's like the universe was guiding me to my Platonic Show. Which is rather fitting, really.

*pause* Okay, I just went through the archives of a mailing list I posted to around that time (Farscape-Shippers, OMG!), and though I can't tell for sure, it looks like I might have gotten into Moonlighting reruns first (because I wanted to see for myself what the "Moonlighting curse" was, since so many people in wider Farscape fandom were invoking it to campaign against resolving John & Aeryn's UST), and from there, because I freaking loved Moonlighting, went looking for similar shows, leading me to NX. Maybe? I dunno. Mostly I just can't believe this was all more than ten years ago...

2. If you were forced to cultivate a garden with only one type of flower, what would it be?

Heh. I don't actually garden, I just take pictures, so I'd pick something that requires little to no maintenance. Like a cactus. Or rocks.

3. Describe your dream job! You must use words such as "fantabulous" and "bric-a-brac".

Goer-On of Fantabulous Adventures and Explorer of Fabtastic Places. Said adventures and explorations would include wonderous new lands, animals, and people to photograph and bric-a-brac to trade for. At the same time, they would always include indoor plumbing.

4. Favorite children's book/series?

Huh. It's been a really long time since I read a children's book. Maybe Trumpet of the Swan?

5. Under what circumstances would you willingly shave your head?

Money. Minimum price of $5,000.


Comment and I'll give you five more.

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In other news, have a music rec: Sort Of (Instrumental) - Ingrid Michaelson.

I heard it in a Google Chrome advertisement about a week ago (argh, Google commercials should not make me want to weep!), and immediately bought the track. I've had the one with lyrics for a while, but the instrumental is much better. "368 plays in my iTunes since last Thursday" kind of better.

Comments

[forsweatervests.livejournal.com]

Hee, awesome! That is a truly excellent dream job. And I've actually been interested in Moonlighting for a while, but I'm not willing to drop the cash on the DVDs. Maybe someday, when I miraculously find it free on the internet.

[icepixie]

Moonlighting is so good! Well, until season four. Then it's bad. But not for the reason the "Moonlighting curse" people say." Definitely worth checking out, though. It's popular enough that a library would probably have the DVDs.

(I remember sometime last summer you said you wanted to look into NX. Did you ever get the chance?)

[forsweatervests.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I'm in Spain, but there's probably a library or two in the country that has Moonlighting. And now that I have my library card - and let me tell you how long that took - I bet I could even take it out!

(I did not. I spent most of last year teaching and grading and lesson planning and wishing I could read a book, or watch a half-hour of television. The only show I managed to keep up with was Archer, and probably only because it has so short a season. So I guess that's on my library list, too!)

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

368 plays?! For real!? WOW I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS. I mean, even my favorite songs for years and years don't have that many plays, or even close.

I will definitely have to check that song out when I get home, because that is dedication! I am seriously impressed!

[icepixie]

Heh. Um, thanks? It's actually only sort of unusual for me, because I tend to stick a song on repeat and spend hours wandering around online and writing with it just playing in the background until I get sick of it several days later. Looking at my Top Plays list, I have three in the 300+ range, 13 at 200+, and 78 at 100+. Most of them I got within the last two years.

This one is an excellent song, though! :D

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

At the same time, they would always include indoor plumbing.

Man, you and me both! In all seriousness, every dream of mine includes indoor plumbing. Kind of explicitly. Me and not peeing in a shrubbery are like this.

[icepixie]

Not peeing in shrubbery is a definite plus to any dream!

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I'd pick something that requires little to no maintenance. Like a cactus. Or rocks.

I'd choose the rocks, just to be on the safe side. My brother had a collection of cacti, who all withered and died. It was like the anti-green thumb.

[icepixie]

:(

Houseplant-wise, I managed to keep a violet and a mini palm tree alive for two years before handing both off to my mom when I moved back home. I just don't like actually gardening, in the outdoors and all.