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Sheepage! Question Meme
I am taking a break from mind-numbing lecture review. There are eight days until the final, and after tomorrow night I will be about two lectures behind on reading and review. But some of this is really basic, so I can focus on the parts that are blatant and cruel memorization, more difficult material, or new to me. If I never hear another lecture about a restriction enzyme ever again, I'd be really okay with that. And apparently I have finally absorbed the fundamental rules of Hardy-effin'-Weinberg equilibrium. Application is still going to be an adventure, but that's why I put in a leave request for next Monday.
In the meantime, meme from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
twistedchick:
Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is futile." or "Resistance is useful."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions
1. You have been given unlimited travel money and a year away from any responsibilities. Where will you go? What will you do? (It can only be used for travel expenses.)
The time would be even better than the money, because the first thing I'd do is visit everyone I haven't seen in a while. So I would visit Ann Arbor, MI; Santa Barbara and Irvine, CA; Austin, TX; Chicago; Blacksburg, VA; and then I'd start on the "places to go before I die" / "seven big continents" list. Back to San Francisco; Montreal, Canada; the Big Island of Hawaii and the observatories on Mauna Kea; Japan; Australia; India - I think India would be overwhelming, really amazing if it didn't kill me; Dubai; Antarctica/McMurdo (with associated HELP PENGUIN TRAUMA HELP messages) come to mind quickly. Hit Macchu Piccu, maybe? And Africa. Oh! I could go to the World Cup playoffs! (South America, June 11th - July 11th.) Do I get to bring people with? I would make![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tessfawcett drag me around Eastern Europe.
I think I could fill a year with travel. I'd be pretty tired at the end, though.
2. What author from the past (any era, any past) would you like to meet?
I have already met some of my childhood and teen heroes, either in person or through his or her internet presence, so that's tough! I think it would be interesting to meet Alice Sheldon, or Rosemary Kirstein (okay, I'd mostly pump Kirstein for details about the next Steerswoman book, and general series spoilers). Sheldon lived a really diverse life, and I'd be curious to meet her at different points in her life.
3. What, if any, is your favorite curse word?
Fuck. With a little creativity, it has infinite applicability in infinite situations.
4. What music that you especially like do you think I should listen to?
If you haven't listened to Dar Williams, I'd check out her album Mortal City. I think "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis Of A Co-Ed" is hilarious. I also like the final song, "Mortal City", even though I don't think it's very good. It speaks to me on an emotional level, if that makes any sense.
5. What does your ideal dream car look like?
Four wheels, goes voom? It's more about the sound: fantastic speakers, well-tuned engine. In good weather, a convertible, and in bad weather, a roomy sedan with sunroof and moonroof suitable for throwing boxes in the back and driving to better weather. Something like a Honda Civic or a Mazda 3: engine block appropriate for its size, handles highway speeds and city parking, economical in the sense that I can buy it and drive it into the ground with lots of maintenance and few crises. If I have a choice, I want a car which is neither white (dirt), black (heat and night driving), gray (fog), red (insurance) or beige (bo-ring). Bright blue would be good, but color is not a deal-breaker. Except for maybe red. The sunroof may be a deal-breaker: I am that sort of over-privileged snot. If I can't have a sunroof, I will take the bus in the dark, cold winter nights until I can make it happen.
So apparently I am answering meme questions instead of finishing my lecture review. Really, can there be a few hours more in the day? Just a couple? Please?
In the meantime, meme from
twistedchick: Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is futile." or "Resistance is useful."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions
1. You have been given unlimited travel money and a year away from any responsibilities. Where will you go? What will you do? (It can only be used for travel expenses.)
The time would be even better than the money, because the first thing I'd do is visit everyone I haven't seen in a while. So I would visit Ann Arbor, MI; Santa Barbara and Irvine, CA; Austin, TX; Chicago; Blacksburg, VA; and then I'd start on the "places to go before I die" / "seven big continents" list. Back to San Francisco; Montreal, Canada; the Big Island of Hawaii and the observatories on Mauna Kea; Japan; Australia; India - I think India would be overwhelming, really amazing if it didn't kill me; Dubai; Antarctica/McMurdo (with associated HELP PENGUIN TRAUMA HELP messages) come to mind quickly. Hit Macchu Piccu, maybe? And Africa. Oh! I could go to the World Cup playoffs! (South America, June 11th - July 11th.) Do I get to bring people with? I would make
tessfawcett drag me around Eastern Europe. I think I could fill a year with travel. I'd be pretty tired at the end, though.
2. What author from the past (any era, any past) would you like to meet?
I have already met some of my childhood and teen heroes, either in person or through his or her internet presence, so that's tough! I think it would be interesting to meet Alice Sheldon, or Rosemary Kirstein (okay, I'd mostly pump Kirstein for details about the next Steerswoman book, and general series spoilers). Sheldon lived a really diverse life, and I'd be curious to meet her at different points in her life.
3. What, if any, is your favorite curse word?
Fuck. With a little creativity, it has infinite applicability in infinite situations.
4. What music that you especially like do you think I should listen to?
If you haven't listened to Dar Williams, I'd check out her album Mortal City. I think "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis Of A Co-Ed" is hilarious. I also like the final song, "Mortal City", even though I don't think it's very good. It speaks to me on an emotional level, if that makes any sense.
5. What does your ideal dream car look like?
Four wheels, goes voom? It's more about the sound: fantastic speakers, well-tuned engine. In good weather, a convertible, and in bad weather, a roomy sedan with sunroof and moonroof suitable for throwing boxes in the back and driving to better weather. Something like a Honda Civic or a Mazda 3: engine block appropriate for its size, handles highway speeds and city parking, economical in the sense that I can buy it and drive it into the ground with lots of maintenance and few crises. If I have a choice, I want a car which is neither white (dirt), black (heat and night driving), gray (fog), red (insurance) or beige (bo-ring). Bright blue would be good, but color is not a deal-breaker. Except for maybe red. The sunroof may be a deal-breaker: I am that sort of over-privileged snot. If I can't have a sunroof, I will take the bus in the dark, cold winter nights until I can make it happen.
So apparently I am answering meme questions instead of finishing my lecture review. Really, can there be a few hours more in the day? Just a couple? Please?