The Cat's Questionses
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izmeinaYessss. After much procrastination, the Izzie finally posts her answers to the Cat's Inquisition. Well - some of them anyway
By the way, Izzie is not posting this as one of those contagious memes - being a creature who takes a whole week to answer just one lot of questionses, seems pointless to go begging for any more
1. What 5 books had influenced you most of all in your life?
Well. For a bookworm like Izzie, that's like asking a centipede which legs it moves first when crawling. Not quite pleading the fifth amendment on this one but rather will turn it into another post as it's a bit of struggle getting down to a dozen. Five seems downright impossible
2. If you had all the necessary skills and opportunities to make a movie, what would it be about, and who would you take for the cast?
Oh this one is dead easy because it's already been done. With the itsiest teeniest weeniest bit of tweeking - replacing the actor playing Rene with Alan Rickman in his Severus Snape incarnation. Otherwise, Izzie can think of no significant improvements.
A wicked twisted story with a rather black sense of humour and a most droolworthy leading actor - what more could an insane iconoclastic serpent desire? Seen it at least seven times and each time there's something new to notice
3. Why the bad guys are more interesting than the good ones?
The love of power is infinitely more interesting than the power of love. Will save this one too for a rainy day along with those books.
4. If you could be any Pagan god/dess from any pantheon, who would you prefer to be and why?
Such wicked questionses. As an 8 year old flobberworm, the Izzie was obsessed with the Greek pantheon - our first introduction to a whole bunch of brilliant old stories. Athena was the one that most intrigued the Izzie - wise and anything but wimpish - everything that the Izzie wasn't. But Medusa was the name that the class nasties thought was more suitable - not least because of all that curly hair.
Kali was also another contender when having cranky days. The inner wild beast too often kept on a leash
Many many years later, Eris with her basket of apples also sounds like fun and most certainly appeals to Izzie's dark side
Of course - by far the best portfolio belongs to Tehuti - but his usual nasty name sounds like he's got one hell of a lisp. No self respecting serpent would ever want an awful name like that. While being a part time ibis is cool - the baboon incarnations are a bit below our dignity.
Being some sort of serpent being would be fun but the local varieties - the Wagyl etc just swan about in the rivers all day and don't seem to do much at all. But then consulting the Oracle of The Gods found the perfect match for Izzie. When you can have Medusa, Cerberos, the Hydra and all sorts of other horrors in your menagerie - then why not be the mother of all monsters and the mermaid from hell?
Hard to believe that she shares her name with such cute and cuddly creatures as the local ant eaters. Being soft and cuddly on the inside and sharp and pointy on the outside and curling up into a ball and hiding at the first sign of trouble is a familiar strategy for Izzie
5. If there were a disease named after you, what would it be?
Izmania - a variety of insanity that involves believing that one is possessed by serpents
Oh and "Revenge is mine" says the serpent
Our questions to the Cat
1 What 10 books have most influenced you? (Izzie is a sneak and a thief)
2 If you had an unlimited budget to make a computer game, what would it be and would Bill Gates be in it?
3 Who is the baddest guy ever ever and why is he worthy of this title?
4 What are the five character traits that annoy you the most
5 If there were a computer virus named after you, what would it do?
By the way, Izzie is not posting this as one of those contagious memes - being a creature who takes a whole week to answer just one lot of questionses, seems pointless to go begging for any more
1. What 5 books had influenced you most of all in your life?
Well. For a bookworm like Izzie, that's like asking a centipede which legs it moves first when crawling. Not quite pleading the fifth amendment on this one but rather will turn it into another post as it's a bit of struggle getting down to a dozen. Five seems downright impossible
2. If you had all the necessary skills and opportunities to make a movie, what would it be about, and who would you take for the cast?
Oh this one is dead easy because it's already been done. With the itsiest teeniest weeniest bit of tweeking - replacing the actor playing Rene with Alan Rickman in his Severus Snape incarnation. Otherwise, Izzie can think of no significant improvements.
A wicked twisted story with a rather black sense of humour and a most droolworthy leading actor - what more could an insane iconoclastic serpent desire? Seen it at least seven times and each time there's something new to notice
3. Why the bad guys are more interesting than the good ones?
The love of power is infinitely more interesting than the power of love. Will save this one too for a rainy day along with those books.
4. If you could be any Pagan god/dess from any pantheon, who would you prefer to be and why?
Such wicked questionses. As an 8 year old flobberworm, the Izzie was obsessed with the Greek pantheon - our first introduction to a whole bunch of brilliant old stories. Athena was the one that most intrigued the Izzie - wise and anything but wimpish - everything that the Izzie wasn't. But Medusa was the name that the class nasties thought was more suitable - not least because of all that curly hair.
Kali was also another contender when having cranky days. The inner wild beast too often kept on a leash
Many many years later, Eris with her basket of apples also sounds like fun and most certainly appeals to Izzie's dark side
Of course - by far the best portfolio belongs to Tehuti - but his usual nasty name sounds like he's got one hell of a lisp. No self respecting serpent would ever want an awful name like that. While being a part time ibis is cool - the baboon incarnations are a bit below our dignity.
Being some sort of serpent being would be fun but the local varieties - the Wagyl etc just swan about in the rivers all day and don't seem to do much at all. But then consulting the Oracle of The Gods found the perfect match for Izzie. When you can have Medusa, Cerberos, the Hydra and all sorts of other horrors in your menagerie - then why not be the mother of all monsters and the mermaid from hell?
Hard to believe that she shares her name with such cute and cuddly creatures as the local ant eaters. Being soft and cuddly on the inside and sharp and pointy on the outside and curling up into a ball and hiding at the first sign of trouble is a familiar strategy for Izzie
5. If there were a disease named after you, what would it be?
Izmania - a variety of insanity that involves believing that one is possessed by serpents
Oh and "Revenge is mine" says the serpent
Our questions to the Cat
1 What 10 books have most influenced you? (Izzie is a sneak and a thief)
2 If you had an unlimited budget to make a computer game, what would it be and would Bill Gates be in it?
3 Who is the baddest guy ever ever and why is he worthy of this title?
4 What are the five character traits that annoy you the most
5 If there were a computer virus named after you, what would it do?
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Date: 2008-06-21 05:53 pm (UTC)Will take some time to answer yours, too! can answer only the 2nd one right away ;)
Offtopic: once you were wondering about the numbering in Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher, it's actually pretty simple - octal system (the numbering of chapters starts with 1) (got curious when I was reading about Hildegunst searching for the house numbers)
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Date: 2008-06-23 10:44 am (UTC)Lazy lazy Izzie.
Sorry about being such a snail with the questionses. Been a bit busy moon watching and stuff lately. And being inspired and in the presence of the Preciousss is not a common occurence
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Date: 2008-06-23 11:17 am (UTC)No problem - moon watching is essential! I'm taking my time with it, too... being again obsessed with productivity and fitness (positive influence :P)