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kellan_the_tabby) wrote2008-06-29 12:38 pm
kellan_the_tabby) wrote2008-06-29 12:38 pm
Interviewed!
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cellio; as required by the rules, ask for questions and I shall grant them you.
1. What's the significance of your default userpic?
I've identified with wolves for a long, long time. I joke these days that I was raised by the dog, but I'm slowly realizing that it's less a joke than I originally intended -- I seem to speak 'dog' like a native. This unnerved people, sometimes.
But...oh well. I decided a while ago that I wanted a wolf as a userpic and spent a while finding the right one -- she looked about right. Schwink, crop, and there we are.&g
2. Other than "more available time", what change could most enhance your enjoyment of the SCA?
...I don't know, honestly. I find myself, despite my fierce love for my local group, drifting slowly away. It's not anything about the SCA, at least not to my perception; it's me that's changed. As such, I don't know what would talk me into playing more.
That said, I find myself merchanting. And with more success at events, so far, than at mundane things. This may (or may not) turn the tide; we shall see.
So I suppose if anything your answer is 'people buying lots of my stuff'.
3. How did you get into making soaps, salves, etc?
Potpourri, oddly enough. I bought some, determined it smelled like artificial horribleness, and decided to make my own. With some help fromladypeyton; I learned how to make my own. And then she sold me this lovely, awful book: Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal. It has recipes for a million zillion things. I tried a few, and they worked. A few more. They were lovely. Relaxing. Pampering.
I'd never gotten much pampering before. I found out that when it's made out of the real thing and not fragrance oils (many of which I've since determined make me sneeze), I like it a lot more.
Eventually, I ran out of room for storage, money for materials, and friends to give the stuff to. So I started selling it.
I've also developed an interest in herbal medicine -- a lack of insurance will do that. So far I haven't found an herbal remedy for asthma though it's not for lack of trying. I don't feel comfortable selling remedies for anything very serious but simple things like a calming tea or a spray that'll keep off bugs seem pretty safe -- and if I help a few people out in the process, that makes me pretty happy.
The rest, as they say, is history.
4. What's your ideal date like?
I haven't been on a date in so long...
I dunno. I want to say something like hiking, but I'm so out of shape I wouldn't be impressing anyone at all if I tried it. I do enjoy it, though so as long as someone was willing to put up with me walking slowly and wheezing a lot...
Dinner-and-a-movie just doesn't appeal to me as a date thing. The conversation's always stilted over dinner and you can't really talk much during the movie (though I tend to talk more than I should).
I see a date as a chance to get to know someone. So, really, a gaming session, or a hangout at a friend's place talking until all hours, or a hike (assuming I don't wheeze to death); those are all pretty good ways to get to know someone. Or perhaps working on something together, weeding the garden or washing dishes after a feast.
An unusual perspective, I suppose. And not much chance for conventional romance. But if I'm washing dishes alone and someone comes over, gives me _that_ kind of smile, and offers to take half of the pile to the sink next to me? I think that's pretty romantic.
5. The genie in the bottle will grant you one superpower. What'll it be?
Waffling between 'flight' (a long-time dream of mine), teleportation (I'd get to visit people and places), and healing (self-explanatory I hope!).
The healing would burn me out, fairly immediately. I wouldn't be able to hold back and if it took anything out of me at all, I'd be out of energy pretty much immediately. So despite it being my dream, probably not a good idea.
Flight gets you shot at these days.
I guess it's teleportation...
Thank you! That was fun. :)
cellio; as required by the rules, ask for questions and I shall grant them you.1. What's the significance of your default userpic?
I've identified with wolves for a long, long time. I joke these days that I was raised by the dog, but I'm slowly realizing that it's less a joke than I originally intended -- I seem to speak 'dog' like a native. This unnerved people, sometimes.
But...oh well. I decided a while ago that I wanted a wolf as a userpic and spent a while finding the right one -- she looked about right. Schwink, crop, and there we are.&g
2. Other than "more available time", what change could most enhance your enjoyment of the SCA?
...I don't know, honestly. I find myself, despite my fierce love for my local group, drifting slowly away. It's not anything about the SCA, at least not to my perception; it's me that's changed. As such, I don't know what would talk me into playing more.
That said, I find myself merchanting. And with more success at events, so far, than at mundane things. This may (or may not) turn the tide; we shall see.
So I suppose if anything your answer is 'people buying lots of my stuff'.
3. How did you get into making soaps, salves, etc?
Potpourri, oddly enough. I bought some, determined it smelled like artificial horribleness, and decided to make my own. With some help from
ladypeyton; I learned how to make my own. And then she sold me this lovely, awful book: Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal. It has recipes for a million zillion things. I tried a few, and they worked. A few more. They were lovely. Relaxing. Pampering.I'd never gotten much pampering before. I found out that when it's made out of the real thing and not fragrance oils (many of which I've since determined make me sneeze), I like it a lot more.
Eventually, I ran out of room for storage, money for materials, and friends to give the stuff to. So I started selling it.
I've also developed an interest in herbal medicine -- a lack of insurance will do that. So far I haven't found an herbal remedy for asthma though it's not for lack of trying. I don't feel comfortable selling remedies for anything very serious but simple things like a calming tea or a spray that'll keep off bugs seem pretty safe -- and if I help a few people out in the process, that makes me pretty happy.
The rest, as they say, is history.
4. What's your ideal date like?
I haven't been on a date in so long...
I dunno. I want to say something like hiking, but I'm so out of shape I wouldn't be impressing anyone at all if I tried it. I do enjoy it, though so as long as someone was willing to put up with me walking slowly and wheezing a lot...
Dinner-and-a-movie just doesn't appeal to me as a date thing. The conversation's always stilted over dinner and you can't really talk much during the movie (though I tend to talk more than I should).
I see a date as a chance to get to know someone. So, really, a gaming session, or a hangout at a friend's place talking until all hours, or a hike (assuming I don't wheeze to death); those are all pretty good ways to get to know someone. Or perhaps working on something together, weeding the garden or washing dishes after a feast.
An unusual perspective, I suppose. And not much chance for conventional romance. But if I'm washing dishes alone and someone comes over, gives me _that_ kind of smile, and offers to take half of the pile to the sink next to me? I think that's pretty romantic.
5. The genie in the bottle will grant you one superpower. What'll it be?
Waffling between 'flight' (a long-time dream of mine), teleportation (I'd get to visit people and places), and healing (self-explanatory I hope!).
The healing would burn me out, fairly immediately. I wouldn't be able to hold back and if it took anything out of me at all, I'd be out of energy pretty much immediately. So despite it being my dream, probably not a good idea.
Flight gets you shot at these days.
I guess it's teleportation...
Thank you! That was fun. :)
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It really does depend on so many factors. As what you're trying to get changes, you may find ways that the SCA *can* provide you with some of it. Or you might not.
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