Posting in 2023
Your favorite virtue
- The ability to think on your feet.
The quality that you most admire in a man
- Trustworthiness.
The quality that you most admire in a woman
- Patience.
What you appreciate the most in your friends
- The fact that they still stay with me, inspite of everything. Maybe a dozen or so people who don't really realise they're the reason I amn't a villain.
Your main fault
- I leap before I look. I lack forethought. The fact that I keep going anyway, inspite of knowing this. I've paid the price.
Your favourite occupation
- Martial Artist. It's peaceful.
Your dream of happiness
- Helping a student find their feet and find themselves and grow to accept themselves - especially if they're having a difficult transition. Doing more interesting things, while having people around me to share it with and feel human with. Maybe being able to share a bed with my partner for real....
Your idea of misery
- Life alone. Having nothing to do but wait.
If not yourself, what you should like to be
- I should've been an engineer.
Where you would like to live
- I've always loved the canyons of Mars. Noctis will always be beautiful - especially after terraforming - but I'll hold a special place in my heart for the early morning Carbon Dioxide mists.
Your favorite authors
A little Jim Butcher, a little Stephen King. I've read books by John Scalzi. I tend more to read books, rather than authors - if at all.
Your favorite composers
Roger Water's The Wall is something I've always treated as a warning, about the dangers of being closed off. I saw it live right before I boosted to space, sitting on a stadium roof.
Otherwise, I normally like music with energy.
Your favorite artists
Whoever it was that added a plaque with his name on it underneath a standard fire extinguisher hanging off the wall of the museum of modern art. I like that sense of humour.
Your favorite fictional heroes
Montgomery Scott. Why I went to college to study Mechatronics. And Shinji Ikari, for showing the strength of the decent.
Your heroes in real life
- My first instructor, Max Armblessed. He died ten years ago. He helped define a lot of who I came to be.
What you hate most of all
- Politics. Comstockery (I love the word though). I hate the people who made me hate them.
Historical figures that you despise the most
- There're some figures I hate that only became historical because of me. A few are still out there. Those who've appointed themselves 'morality police'.
How you wish to die
- I wish to avoid answering this question for as long as possible. But, I think I know how I'll die.
Your present state of mind
- Frustrated. Feeling like I'm always ten years too late to the party. Fandoms. Fenspace....
Faults for which you have the most toleration
- The ones expressed by the woman looming over my shoulder while I write this.
Note: Jet is partly lying in one or two cases, or skirting truths.
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Ford
Your favorite virtue
- Being able to come through and stick by your word
The quality that you most admire in a man
- Respect.
The quality that you most admire in a woman
- Honest to her own ideals.
What you appreciate the most in your friends
- They know when to tell me I'm wrong. And I try to do the same.
Your main fault
- I was impulsive as a teenager. I tended to think that the law didn't apply to me because I wasn't doing anything 'wrong'. I bend the rules too much.
Your favorite occupation
- Bounty Hunting. It's exciting. And it does some good.
Your dream of happiness
- A fast car, an open road, a full tank of gas and someone to share it with.
Your idea of misery
- Working two jobs to meet the mortgage payments on a house. I try and avoid debt
If not yourself, what you should like to be
- I might've been happy with the Crystal Millennium, but I arrived before they did.
Where you would like to live
- It's hard to beat the allure of the open roads of California/Navada/New Mexico.
Your favorite authors
I think the last book I read was by Dan Brown. Hah! I enjoyed Eric Flint's 1632 stuff.
Your favorite composers
I'm almost ashamed to admit I have a soft spot for Jazz and R&B. Something between Aretha Franklin, Jake and Elwood (I'll be killed for saying that) and Ornette Coleman
Your favorite artists
Jack Kirby
Your favorite fictional heroes
I've always liked the Man with no Name.
Your heroes in real life
- My Aunt Irene. Who taught me there was an alternative to the college - office - house - debt life my mom saw as the ideal outcome of a successful life. She taught me to be true to myself and stand by my lifestyle.
What you hate most of all
- Feeling like I owe someone something - that they own a part of me. The people who see me as nothing more than another personality template, or coslifer of a well known character.
Historical figures that you despise the most
- Giuliani count as historical, or is he too recent? The people who drafted the Dangerous Substances bill of 2007 after the mutation incident, then rammed it through Congress just to get that dick into the White House.
How you wish to die
- I don't want to die alone, with nothing to do to save myself but watch an oxygen guage ticking down to nothing and hope. I would like to go in someone's arms, with a smile on my face.
Your present state of mind
- Excited. I have a chance to do something I love, and make a lot of money doing it, I just need to reach for it now.
Faults for which you have the most toleration
- I've learned to tolerate a certain level of arrogance. It comes with the territory. I was never one of the real fan-people, especially in the early days.
Left unsaid, is that Ford's Aunt Irene ran a gun store, owned a Mustang GT500, and kept her store afloat when certain laws were passed by working with a tour company to bring Japanese gun-enthusiasts over to get some experience shooting. She may not be based on Rally Vincent, but Ford Sierra and Rally Vincent may be based on the same person. There has to be a reason she switched from being blonde and half-British, to half-indian and well-tanned between Riding Bean and GSC. Could Mr. Sonoda have been inspired?
Ford went to orbit not because Space!, but because it was a better alternative than getting pulled over by the Chicago PD, having her car searched for handwavium, spending ten years in prison - at a minimum - and the rest of her life a convicted felon.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Your favorite virtue
- The ability to think on your feet.
The quality that you most admire in a man
- Trustworthiness.
The quality that you most admire in a woman
- Patience.
What you appreciate the most in your friends
- The fact that they still stay with me, inspite of everything. Maybe a dozen or so people who don't really realise they're the reason I amn't a villain.
Your main fault
- I leap before I look. I lack forethought. The fact that I keep going anyway, inspite of knowing this. I've paid the price.
Your favourite occupation
- Martial Artist. It's peaceful.
Your dream of happiness
- Helping a student find their feet and find themselves and grow to accept themselves - especially if they're having a difficult transition. Doing more interesting things, while having people around me to share it with and feel human with. Maybe being able to share a bed with my partner for real....
Your idea of misery
- Life alone. Having nothing to do but wait.
If not yourself, what you should like to be
- I should've been an engineer.
Where you would like to live
- I've always loved the canyons of Mars. Noctis will always be beautiful - especially after terraforming - but I'll hold a special place in my heart for the early morning Carbon Dioxide mists.
Your favorite authors
A little Jim Butcher, a little Stephen King. I've read books by John Scalzi. I tend more to read books, rather than authors - if at all.
Your favorite composers
Roger Water's The Wall is something I've always treated as a warning, about the dangers of being closed off. I saw it live right before I boosted to space, sitting on a stadium roof.
Otherwise, I normally like music with energy.
Your favorite artists
Whoever it was that added a plaque with his name on it underneath a standard fire extinguisher hanging off the wall of the museum of modern art. I like that sense of humour.
Your favorite fictional heroes
Montgomery Scott. Why I went to college to study Mechatronics. And Shinji Ikari, for showing the strength of the decent.
Your heroes in real life
- My first instructor, Max Armblessed. He died ten years ago. He helped define a lot of who I came to be.
What you hate most of all
- Politics. Comstockery (I love the word though). I hate the people who made me hate them.
Historical figures that you despise the most
- There're some figures I hate that only became historical because of me. A few are still out there. Those who've appointed themselves 'morality police'.
How you wish to die
- I wish to avoid answering this question for as long as possible. But, I think I know how I'll die.
Your present state of mind
- Frustrated. Feeling like I'm always ten years too late to the party. Fandoms. Fenspace....
Faults for which you have the most toleration
- The ones expressed by the woman looming over my shoulder while I write this.
Note: Jet is partly lying in one or two cases, or skirting truths.
-------
Ford
Your favorite virtue
- Being able to come through and stick by your word
The quality that you most admire in a man
- Respect.
The quality that you most admire in a woman
- Honest to her own ideals.
What you appreciate the most in your friends
- They know when to tell me I'm wrong. And I try to do the same.
Your main fault
- I was impulsive as a teenager. I tended to think that the law didn't apply to me because I wasn't doing anything 'wrong'. I bend the rules too much.
Your favorite occupation
- Bounty Hunting. It's exciting. And it does some good.
Your dream of happiness
- A fast car, an open road, a full tank of gas and someone to share it with.
Your idea of misery
- Working two jobs to meet the mortgage payments on a house. I try and avoid debt
If not yourself, what you should like to be
- I might've been happy with the Crystal Millennium, but I arrived before they did.
Where you would like to live
- It's hard to beat the allure of the open roads of California/Navada/New Mexico.
Your favorite authors
I think the last book I read was by Dan Brown. Hah! I enjoyed Eric Flint's 1632 stuff.
Your favorite composers
I'm almost ashamed to admit I have a soft spot for Jazz and R&B. Something between Aretha Franklin, Jake and Elwood (I'll be killed for saying that) and Ornette Coleman
Your favorite artists
Jack Kirby
Your favorite fictional heroes
I've always liked the Man with no Name.
Your heroes in real life
- My Aunt Irene. Who taught me there was an alternative to the college - office - house - debt life my mom saw as the ideal outcome of a successful life. She taught me to be true to myself and stand by my lifestyle.
What you hate most of all
- Feeling like I owe someone something - that they own a part of me. The people who see me as nothing more than another personality template, or coslifer of a well known character.
Historical figures that you despise the most
- Giuliani count as historical, or is he too recent? The people who drafted the Dangerous Substances bill of 2007 after the mutation incident, then rammed it through Congress just to get that dick into the White House.
How you wish to die
- I don't want to die alone, with nothing to do to save myself but watch an oxygen guage ticking down to nothing and hope. I would like to go in someone's arms, with a smile on my face.
Your present state of mind
- Excited. I have a chance to do something I love, and make a lot of money doing it, I just need to reach for it now.
Faults for which you have the most toleration
- I've learned to tolerate a certain level of arrogance. It comes with the territory. I was never one of the real fan-people, especially in the early days.
Left unsaid, is that Ford's Aunt Irene ran a gun store, owned a Mustang GT500, and kept her store afloat when certain laws were passed by working with a tour company to bring Japanese gun-enthusiasts over to get some experience shooting. She may not be based on Rally Vincent, but Ford Sierra and Rally Vincent may be based on the same person. There has to be a reason she switched from being blonde and half-British, to half-indian and well-tanned between Riding Bean and GSC. Could Mr. Sonoda have been inspired?
Ford went to orbit not because Space!, but because it was a better alternative than getting pulled over by the Chicago PD, having her car searched for handwavium, spending ten years in prison - at a minimum - and the rest of her life a convicted felon.
________________________________
--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?