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Because Band Wagons Are Fun...

Ask me a question, any question, any question at all, about myself, my life, personal, superficial, inappropriate, whatever, and I'll answer it the best I can.

(Not that I'm actually expecting to get any, but...)

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OK. Is that really you in the photo, and who is the mascot on your jersey?

Yes, that's really me. ::G:: My hair is longer now, though. These were the first time that I actually had school pictures turn out well.

The mascot is the Industry CI guy. Our school's is a sabre, and he adorns (most) of our jerseys, as well as school clothing.

what is your favourite place and why?

*lindalee*

Hmm...

We have a cabin up at Waskesiu. It's in a national park, surrounded by boreal forest. There's a townsite and everything, lots of stores, and many many people, but it somehow always seems peaceful.

I love the boreal forest. There's something calm about it, something ancient.

What is the most incredible thing you have ever done?

::Scratches head::

Well, I've had quite a few amazing experiences, but they've all affected me in different ways. Quite a few of them people would probably just shake their heads at, or wonder exactly why this was meaningful to me. A lot of the things that stick with me are kind of like snapshots. I store memory in snippets.

Probably at this moment, the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me was the Junior Team Canada workshops. I still am having a hard time conveying exactly what it was like.

Of course, getting up the courage to post my first piece of fic was pretty heady, too. Especially when I actually got a piece of feedback. ::G::

Why do you underestimate yourself so much? And what do you think will make you get over that in the future? (I ask in part because I know I often do it too and am wondering what your reasons/thoughts on it are.)

Hmm. I'd say that I only underestimate and run myself down when I deserve it, but I've noticed that I tend to get fwapped when I say that...

But I don't think that I really do. Underestimate myself, that is. People just take it easy on me for some reason. My parents have always impressed on me that I almost always look like I'm showing off when I just do thing, maybe, so I could just be trying to compensate.

On the other hand... I'm a lazy little thing, I know. I'm a procrastinator. I rarely put my entire ass into anything, so my finished products are rarely... Well... Great.

You, on the other hand... Yes, you do run yourself down too much. You just have to realize what an awesome person you are, and just how good you are at things. Listen to us when we tell you this. ::G::

Uh... Did that make any sense at all?

Ok, how's this: If there was one thing that happened to you that you could undo, redo, or otherwise alter or just experience again, what would it be, why that event, and if you want to change something about it, what would you want changed, why, and what different outcome are you hoping for?

If you'd change something, assume that you can't "magically" alter people or events (so no "I would make my sister not be defective" or "I would make the cork not get wet"), but that you can influence events in a normal fashion ("I wouldn't have covered for my sister when she..." or "I would move the reeds before the AP had a chance to knock over the reed water"). Assume that you can only make an educated guess as to what happens if you change something, but assume that events would continue in a more or less logical fashion ("I phone in a warning about the WTC and get arrested as a suspected terrorist").

For the sake of argument (and sticking with the spirit of "Ask me a question...") assume that the scope is limited to events that you've experienced personally, but that you can change something (for example, a decision) in order to experience a different event instead. ("When I had to choose between A and B, I originally chose A. I'd choose B instead.")

While preventing tragedies and/or saving victims from natural disasters, murder, accidental death, etc are noble endeavors, I'm placing that firmly out of bounds for my question unless you were already involved with it. I guess that last one is the "assume that you can't stop tragedy unless you're there" clause, with the addendum of "assume that nobody will believe you if you attempt to communicate, or even insinuate, that something Bad is going to happen unless you were already in a believable position to communicate such a thing." For example, little three year old me couldn't have called my cousin in order to prevent the accidental drowning of his son. At 23, though, I might have been reasonably able to convince a friend that she shouldn't walk home alone late at night.

And just to emphasize the point, you could choose not to change anything at all and instead just re-live the moment.

Looking back, this reads more like a writing challenge than anything else. Hope it's not too picky/weird for you.

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