1. Detail a plot/adventure that you'd like to take an active role in.I would like to have one of my dreams be something that I can directly affect. Usually, they're just indicators of things to come and I report them to Roni and sometimes we look into it and sometimes it's just passed along through the right channels. But I'd like to have a dream, or one of my feelings, that just happens at a time where I can do a direct action right then. Like catching a puppy before he gets hit by a bus, even. It doesn't have to be big.
2. How good a student are/were you? What is/was your favorite and least favorite subject? Anything that had memorization I was good at, because I have a good memory for things I've read. I loved math, with numbers and patterns. I was homeschooled though, so there wasn't a lot of pressure really. I guess what I didn't like most was philosophy and religion - that stuff has stayed with me and kinda haunts me sometimes, remembering what's happened to other people in similar situations in a variety of religious faiths. I think that's why I don't go to church or pray or anything- I'm trying to avoid being nailed to a tree.
3. Where do you work? How do you feel about your job? If you don't work, what do you do for money? I work as a bus boy at the Steak House. It's very menial work that doesn't require a lot of thought. I feel like maybe I should do more, but I can barely handle all the people contact at this job- I can't imagine having to do it in something that had pressure and deadlines and all that. Most of my stuff is paid for by the OSI - the apartment and all my bills and everything, but it's nice to just have a little bit of money to do extra things with. Besides, I think they want me to be there to keep an eye on the place in an innocuous way.
4. What genre of books do you like to read?I like cheesy romance novels, but I skip the sex scenes. I just like to see the patterns of how two characters interact with each other in a semi predictable pattern. Meet / attraction / conflict / separate / reunite / misunderstanding / resolution seems to be a popular formula. The source of conflict is variable - sometimes it is external, or sometimes insular to the relationship itself, or sometimes a combination thereof. In the end though, they're always together having overcome the perils of the genre, usually married and frequently expecting a child. I think people who read them find some comfort in the familiarity of pattern, and also in the assurance that the cycle of life continues in the end. Maybe that's why I like them too.
5. What's your favorite snackfood?Muffins from the Espresso Pump, dunked into a cup of hot cocoa. The blueberry ones are best, but I like chocolate and chocolate chip too. Bran is right out.
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