The Peoples Interview: williamthebloody*EDIT*

Helli there. And it’s time, once again for another Peoples Interview with yours truely, in which I answer all the questions you left for me.

Quick note: the first 5 questions were left for the year end Q&A thing I did and, seeing as how they weren’t about 2007 and I said I would answer them here, I will do. First up is Karma Girl:

Who’s your closest friend? Tell me about them.

That would probably be Lewis, a friend of mine back home. Yes, he is the one mentioned here. I’ve known him about 11 years now and he’s the type of friend where we may not speak to each other for ages, but when we do speak again we just pick right up where we left off.

But there is someone I’ve started speaking to in the past week or so who I’ve become closer to than anyone I’ve met in the past few years.

Are you a hat person?

Yes. (See later.)

What’s your favourite sex position?

Don’t actually really have one, if I’m perfectly honest.

Do you have a good poker face?

Hell no. I have a crap poker face.

Next up is Ken Fitlike who wins the award for strangest question:

can you keep a good poker face while in your favourite sex position wearing a hat?

Can’t say I’ve ever really tried that one.

Now to the questions left specifically for this entry. Starting with the most asked question:

what’s the first geekiest shirt you own?

That would be my Joss Whedon one. (Course, if we were talking about tops in general, that one would be second to my ST:TNG Season 3 command uniform top.)

Then there were some questions from pierced poet

if you had to be a cartoon character for a day who would it be?

I dunno. Probably Stewie Griffin, just cos he’s evil.

Capital punishment – yay or nay?

Definate nay on that one. I don’t believe in taking lives for any reason (euthanasia excepted).

favourite firefly episode?

Probably Out Of Gas. Tim Minear is a genius to keep that many timelines straight in his head at the same time. That Fox wanted it re-edited into chronological order (when the was it is set out is part of what makes it so good) shows what complete and total idiots they were at the time.

She was quickly followed by findingsunshine

*If you were to be made Prime Minister, what would be the first thing you’d change?

Honestly? I’d solve all the moaning about petrol prices by banning all non essential vehicles from the roads.

*When you die, what do you want written on your tombstone?

Well, I want to be cremated (got a thing about being buried alive) so it’s kind of a moot point. Besides, I don’t actually know.

*What do you want to be best known for?

Being a good friend and a semi decent writer.

*What genre should Joss Whedon tackle next? Or do you think he’s just so brilliant at the sci-fi drama-type genre that he should just keep doing that?

I don’t so much think that it’s that he’s so good at genre stuff, it’s just that he can do so much with it that he should stick to that. Though he has written a short ballet (seriously) and co-written a horror film so I’ll wait and see what they are like.

*What book SHOULD be written but isn’t?

The Big Book Of Procrastination Ideas.

*Which TV/movie character do you most relate to and why?

Again, I’m not too sure about that one. Probably Willow in the first three seasons of Buffy, cos everyone turned to her for advice.

*Please do a show and tell of your favourite possession.

I’m doing a few of my favourite possessions:

The aforementioned Joss Whedon T shirt. Anyone who has been reading this diary for a while should know what a huge fan of his I am.

L – R: Scotland cricket top, AFC top, Scotland rugby top. I’m not embarassed of being Scottish nor am I afraid to show my support for my team.

My backwards clock. I’ve had this for about 10 years. I like it cos it’s unusual (it’s the only backwards clock I’ve ever seen with the numbers in mirror writing as well). It’s also fun to see people trying to get the hang of using it.

My whiteboard. Just cos it’s good for jogging my (admittedly terrible) memory. On it at the moment is the dates/times of the classes I’m doind this summer and the letter about a book i need to buy for one, protected by my hockey player.

Not this book specifically, (although it is a damn good book for a random charity shop find) but my books in general. I’d go stark raving mad if I had absolutely nothing to read.

Taken with my mobile phone, this is my camera. It is a digital camera, video camera with sound, MP3 player, e-book reader, dictaphone, webcam and has 20 built in games. Beside it is the memory card which transforms it from 64meg of wimpyness to 2gig of awesomness.

My ashtray, baccy tin full of filters, baccy, papers, rolling machine and lighter. I am an unrepentant smoker.

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My biohazard necklace. I’ve had to replace the clasp god alone knows how many times but I love it.

My baseball cap. Whenever I am outside, i always wear a hat. The badges say (L – R) I do what the voices tell me and Beam me up Scotty. But I’m always looking out for more.

My collection of movie tickets. Some of these go back years.

My trusty laptop (also my entertainment centre). The wallpaper is the DRADIS display from BSG.

My framed picture of Amy. The pic cost me nothing, the frame £1. The precious stuff in life doesn’t have to be expensive to buy, just priceless to you. Still wish I had a better pic though.

Next we have shesolovely:

Any place you would really like going to travel?

America (more on that later).

Anywhere you’d want to move?

Phoenix sounds good right about now.

Are you close to your family?

Closer to my mum than anyone else really. But, yeah, I am.

Then it was Kaly with a couple:

If I visited, could I buy you drinks instead of that guy?

Yeah, by all means. I rarely say no to free booze.

If you had the resources to plan a trip of any length to anywhere, what would your “dream” trip be and why? What would you see, what would you do, whom would you meet, what would your expectations be, would you travel with anyone in particular, would you write about it? Are you a good traveler who is at home in many different situations, or are you an Ugly Whatever? Would you prepare by learning languages? Would you stay in hotels? Hostels? Camp out? Couch surf? What would really work for you, enliven you, make you feel alive?

Go for it!

Probably tour the States. I’d go to Aberdeen, Seattle (just so I can say I had been to somewhere else named Aberdeen), DC, a quick trip to canada to see the Flames play, Edgar Allen Poe’s grave on his (and my) birthday hopeing to see the Poe Toaster, Florida and Phoenix. (If you think there’s something important I’ve missed out, let me know.) I’d see everything is possibly could, do whatever I could, meet whoever i happen to meet (and some people from here) and would have no expectations whatsoever. I would travel alone and write about it in here. I’m a not bad traveller as I approach travelling with the same ‘roll with the punches’ attitude I take to most of my life. As it’s America I’m talking about, I wouldn’t need to learn any languages (at least I don’t think I would). I would stay in B&B’s (guesthouses) for most of the trip, though if anyone did feel like offering me a couch to crash on #I certainly wouldn’t say no :¬p. I think that would really work for me.

Just the one question from isaidcallmebetty (incidentally, as I can call you Betty, feel free to call me Al :¬p):

“Spike what are you doing in 5 words or less?”

Out for a walk… bitch.

And someone else who only wanted to ask one question was dear_gretrudeperkins:

What first inspired you to write?

Not sure really. The first time I can remember writing something creative was at college back home, when I wrote this. I’ve always had an active imagination, I’ve been told that I’m a good writer and I enjoy doing it.

And another one question person, in the form of scottish freya:

you’ve been asked to do a plot outline for a new buffy season, what’s your recurring theme ?

I’d probably do Buffy 7.5, bridging between the end of Season 7 and the Season 8 comic books. It would be about the difficulty in organising the new slayers into the cells in the comics, difficulty accepting and fitting into new roles and would feature at least one rogue slayer (cos they’re always fun).

And finishing up with the two that started off this entry (though they’re not getting another link). First up, it’s Karmie!

Do you think fresh, innovative music is done with? Have we done all we can, or is there more potential in the human race?

I dunno. The main thing nowadays is to take stuff that’s been done before and make it seem fresh. An example of this (IMHO) is the Arctic Monkeys. The same goes for books, TV, films, etc.

How do you like your eggs?

Over easy.

You’re directing a movie – who’s your dream cast? We need a male and female love interest, and two good sidekicks, either gender. GO!

Really depends what kind of film it is. But here we go: male lead: James McAvoy. Female lead: Ellen Page. Male sidekick: Chiwetel Ejiofor. Female sidekick: Eliza Dushku.

LOLcats – yay or nay?

Yay! particularly when it lead to Lol Trek!. *EDIT* Oh, and The LOLcky Horror Picture Show

And finally, Ken Fitlike:

Are you enjoying Euro 2008? …and why do English football journos always mockingly dismiss Spain as ‘perenniel under-achievers’? (pot / kettle) Have these people no self-awareness…? [Ken Fitlike]

I’ve only actually seen the one match, but that was the amazing Holland – Italy game. The sad fact is that Spain, for all the talented players they’ve produced over the years are perennial under-achievers (and this year looks to be no different, I really can’t see anyone stopping Holland). It’s not that they don’t have any self awareness. What you’ve to remember is that, Euro 2008 aside, the reason that England apparently fail to qualify for/win tournaments is due to dodgy refereeing (which we have a legitimate complaint about this time)/the dreaded penalty shootout/opposition players winding up England players/the artificial surface they’re playing on. Y’see, if all the refs and the other teams did what they were supposed to, no-one would ever beable to stop England.

Course, the reality is that the England squad are either massively overrated (Beckham), made of glass (Owen), to tempramental (Rooney) or actually quite talented (Gerrard).

And with that I’m out. Still taking suggestions for a new name for these entries, and I’ll answer your questions again in another 100 entries time.

Will

*EDIT*

Not often I’ll do this, but here are some late questions from someone special (but seriously folks, after this, no more till the next time I open up the floor, k?)

So, sonme questions from Lady Gemma:

If you had to pick a romantic place to take someone special, where would it be?

Probably for a walk along Aberdeen beach or the banks of the river Dee (not many romantic places in Boro I’m afraid).

Would you move to another country to be with that one special person?

Yeah, if it felt absolutely right. Otherwise I could end up stranded in a foreign country with no friends.

What is the most daring thing you have ever done?

Probably, not actually moving to Boro in the first place, but staying here after finishing uni rather than moving back home.

How do you know when you are in love?

Dunno, really. It’s a variety of things that I can’t quite put into words.

Will