Writer's Block questions for the rest of us

[marydell]

LJ's writer's block questions so rarely seem to apply to my life, or the lives of many of my f-list, today's "involved with a co-worker" one notwithstanding.*  This got me thinking about what sort of questions would be more in line with the kind of things I ruminate about.

• Hypomania: useful, or annoying?
• Why did you abandon the career plans you made in your early 20s?
• Which is more convenient to live near: a bar, a library, a farmer's market, or a hospital?
• Describe the last time you met or hung out with Neil Gaiman.
• How many chronic illnesses do you have, and how do treatments for each one interfere with treatments for the others?
• Which is more inconvenient, PTSD or GAD?
• If you go to the mall with your family and/or household, how many people will stare at one or all of you?
• What are your thoughts on the new Heinlein biography? If you did not receive an ARC, why not?
• How much do you hate Wonder Woman's new origin story?

Etc.

*Mike was my co-worker, back when we started dating

Comments

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

1- Useful.
2- Caitlin.
3- Library.
4- *g* Ask me in person.
5- None.
6- GAD.
7- Most, if not all of them.
8- NA
9- Lots and lots.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Now these are pertinent questions, even if I can't answer half of them. :-)

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

HA

I love these

[tesla-aldrich.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

may i steal one of these and post it in my lj?

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Please do!

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

HILARIOUS. I love these questions so much.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I figured you'd relate...

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

Library, definitely. No, wait, farmer's market. No, library. Let me think a minute. Can I take out heirloom tomatoes with my library card?

I've managed to avoid finding out about Wonder Woman's new origin story. Do I even want to know?

[marydell.livejournal.com]

I am hopeful that the current story will involve "fixing the timeline" so that at the end things will go back to normal. Anyway in the new origin story, she is not raised among the Amazons. Grr.

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

What, do they send a rocket to Man's World before Thera explodes?

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Almost exactly that. (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/06/29/new-wonder-woman-costume/)

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have an opinion now. I'm not sure it's printable, though.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

I believe I share your unprintable opinion!

[trinker.livejournal.com]

You are brilliant and wonderful.

None of these are questions I care to answer, but i can see the common thread going through my flist, and that makes me happy.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Hypomania: no idea what that is

I abandoned my career idea because I was burned out from running my own daycare for 8 years.

I would love to live next to a farmer's market!

Neil Gaiman and I hung out last year when I read Neverwhere.

I have no chronic illnesses, no weird treatments.

I don't know what GAD is, but I think PTSD would suck.

We get stared at in the mall a lot when we go as a family, mostly because of hair because I have almost waist length copper red hair and my step daughter has white blond ringlets. People comment on out hair everywhere. Now that I have baby and he's so tiny, people stare and comment on him.

No opinions on the Heinlein biography.

Didn't realize Wonder Woman had a new origin story, but new slants on things often don't work.

:D

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

A farmer's market!

And I have a library, bar, and hospital all nearby too, so.

[vcmw]

1) Do not have, can't evaluate.
2) Crazy desire to own my own home, incompatible with career as part time librarian when I am primary breadwinner for household.
3) Library. Always.
4) Never.
5) Nothing I'm being treated for. Doesn't mean nothing I could be treated for, I assume.
6) Is GAD generalized anxiety disorder? If so, then I'd say it depends on intensity and (situational scope?) of GAD vs. frequency of triggers for PTSD, maybe. Along with recovery time questions?
7) No one usually stares at us. We have seeming normalcy. Except for the actually looking fond of each other part.
8) Talking about Heinlein in public is sure to be bad for either a) my blood pressure, or b) someone else's blood pressure. I don't receive ARCs anymore now that I don't work in bookstore or library.
9) With a burning fiery passion because George Perez forever. But I hate the invisible jet for the same reasons. Winged flying shoes, darn it, and powers given by gods. More satisfying than a tiny invisible plane.

Excellent questions. :)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

1) Annoying.
2) Because they weren't my career plans, they were my parents'. Unfortunately, I still haven't figured mine out.
3) I've actually lived near all of these! The library or farmer's market.
4) Boscone a few years ago. I sat on the aisle and was brushed by the hem of his leather jacket. He reminded me of a rock-star (figuratively) ex of mine. Both have begun to believe their own press rather too much.
5) Two, and fortunately they don't currently since one is being treated by therapy rather than medication.
6) I think GAD, although this might be my being self-deprecating because PTSD is the one I've been diagnosed with.
7) Fortunately, pretty much no one. That's one thing I like about where I live.
8) Whatever, Papa H. I'm trying to get my hands on the Twain autobiography.
9) I had not heard of this VILE BEFOULING TRAVESTY until this moment. And honestly, I was always less worried about WW, who is invulnerable, than mortal heroines in high heels and tarty outfits.