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THE MEME INTERVIEWS PART 405: WORDS THAT NEVER WERE TRUE
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zen_kitty a response to this meme:
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
These are the words she gave me.
1. Writer
Well, obviously. I write for a living (journalism) and I’ve been writing fiction since I was at least 14. My first serious attempt (not counting my horrid attempt to draw comic-book versions of Jaws and The Hardy Boys Mysteries) was a novelization of Galactica 1980 that I abandoned after a page. Two years later, in high school I wrote a whole series of short stories involving an alternate dream world. In parallel to that, I also wrote a hell of a lot of porn. Both were godawful wish-fulfillment fantasies. But there was no going back. And it was really good practice. Especially the porn stories.
2. Sardonic
I am a cynical bastard, yes, and I can’t help but mock the world we currently live in. Which isn’t to say that everything is funny – but I do try to find humor in the madness around us when I can. Otherwise, I suppose it’d be just too grim to deal with.
3. Intelligent
Maybe. I don’t feel that way about 65% of the time. But I do think a lot about things and try to get beyond the simplified version of events that the media presents us.
4. Sensual
Eh? Well, yes. Especially after a few coffees. Not that it’s ever done me much good – a classic case of reach exceeding grasp, you might say – but what can I say? We’ve only got so much time on this rock before we go and I don’t see any point in denying ourselves the earthly pleasures available to us while we’re here. Which probably explains all the sex in my fiction-writing.
5. Bibliophile
True, but with the following modifications:
One: I collect books, but only in the sense that I buy rather than borrow, keep what I like and sell the rest. I don’t go after rare books unless by “rare” you mean “out of print but available in used bookshops for a couple of dollars”.
Two: I do like to keep my books in the best possible shape, and have been known to pass on used paperbacks that were a little ratty-looking. But I’ll make exceptions for things I really really want to read and know I’ll probably never find a copy of that particular book again (Norman Spinrad’s Little Heroes comes to mind).
And there you have it. If you want words from me, feel free to ask, but unless I know you reasonably well, I may not be able to give you much to work with. But I’ll try.
The word is the word,
This is dF
zen_kitty a response to this meme:Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
These are the words she gave me.
1. Writer
Well, obviously. I write for a living (journalism) and I’ve been writing fiction since I was at least 14. My first serious attempt (not counting my horrid attempt to draw comic-book versions of Jaws and The Hardy Boys Mysteries) was a novelization of Galactica 1980 that I abandoned after a page. Two years later, in high school I wrote a whole series of short stories involving an alternate dream world. In parallel to that, I also wrote a hell of a lot of porn. Both were godawful wish-fulfillment fantasies. But there was no going back. And it was really good practice. Especially the porn stories.
2. Sardonic
I am a cynical bastard, yes, and I can’t help but mock the world we currently live in. Which isn’t to say that everything is funny – but I do try to find humor in the madness around us when I can. Otherwise, I suppose it’d be just too grim to deal with.
3. Intelligent
Maybe. I don’t feel that way about 65% of the time. But I do think a lot about things and try to get beyond the simplified version of events that the media presents us.
4. Sensual
Eh? Well, yes. Especially after a few coffees. Not that it’s ever done me much good – a classic case of reach exceeding grasp, you might say – but what can I say? We’ve only got so much time on this rock before we go and I don’t see any point in denying ourselves the earthly pleasures available to us while we’re here. Which probably explains all the sex in my fiction-writing.
5. Bibliophile
True, but with the following modifications:
One: I collect books, but only in the sense that I buy rather than borrow, keep what I like and sell the rest. I don’t go after rare books unless by “rare” you mean “out of print but available in used bookshops for a couple of dollars”.
Two: I do like to keep my books in the best possible shape, and have been known to pass on used paperbacks that were a little ratty-looking. But I’ll make exceptions for things I really really want to read and know I’ll probably never find a copy of that particular book again (Norman Spinrad’s Little Heroes comes to mind).
And there you have it. If you want words from me, feel free to ask, but unless I know you reasonably well, I may not be able to give you much to work with. But I’ll try.
The word is the word,
This is dF
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Words, motherfucker!
Words!
-- JF
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COMICS
SATAN
BLUES
SOFTWARE
APOCALYPSE
Make me proud.
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Nah, those are perfect!
-- JF
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