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11 Questions Meme

I was tagged by startrekmania. (Oh God, I've never been before and I'm all flustered about it.) It's a question game! Here are the rules: Answer the questions. Write 11 new questions. Tag 11 people. Let them know they’ve been tagged and…GO!

1. STAR TREK???

I'll take one in every color. *expectantly folds hands together* I’m a new Trekkie, just sat down to my first TOS episode earlier this year in fact, but I've fallen hard and I'm so far gone. Like, picking out my Starfleet uniform pajamas gone. I intend to see all of it, though, in order of publication.

2. Pick your favorite character from your favorite book, movie, or TV series and explain why! No, it does not have to be Star Trek.

Mm, well. Choosing absolute favorites isn't exactly my thing - no one and nothing ever occupies those spaces for long, alone at least. It's a temporary position, we'll put it that way. But! For Star Trek, it's always been Spock. AOS, TOS, every possible iteration; all his imperfections, his irrationalities, his mistakes, and the other sides of those coins. I just flat-out love him.

3. What stereotype would you stereotype yourself as?

Hm. If we go all TVTropes here, The Quiet One? Either that, or Defrosting Ice Queen with a generous shot of Hates Small Talk.

4. What is/was your favorite/best subject in school?

Thankfully I'm well and truly out of it now, but it was English. I was one of those insufferable advanced track underachievers it came naturally to. I had just enough raw talent to maintain and even sometimes surpass the expected level of performance in my classes without much effort - sat through a few awkward heart-to hearts with teachers who thought that with further application I could have a future as an author, in fact - but I was honestly never more miserable than when I was writing. And that still holds true. So it was my best, yes, but never my favorite.

5. What’s your dream job?

This is unimpressive. But anything that totals around thirty hours a week, is done solitarily, requires constant physical exertion, and is never taken home after hours suits me. Extra points for low stakes and midnight shifts. You know, office cleaning, overnight retail ... I'm not ambitious, and I don't dream above what I consider my desserts.

6. How has your blog transformed from when you first created it?

When I first joined up just over a year ago I had no intention of running a blog of my own - my account was strictly a way to keep tabs on the artists, writers, and other fandom creatives whose work I wanted to follow. Even so, I was terribly self-conscious about everything tumblr at first;  I didn't even click like on all of the posts I genuinely liked for fear of drawing attention to myself. It took a few months for me to brave interacting with other users (my first foray into that venture was my entry for the I'm the Real Project), and a few more to start posting anything of my own. I'm still not what you would call an active poster, but now there's at least a bit to see on my page. Check out my art tag, if you want?

7. Android, iPhone, oldPhone, WindowsPhone, BlackBeret (Blackberry), or other?

iPhone. My S.O. received one as a gift from his father, and before you could say "hailing frequencies open" I had it nestled between an off-brand screen protector and a Spock-themed hard case, bursting with bookmarks and notes on fic reccs. It's more of a portable slash fiction library than a communication device, really, as far as I'm concerned.

8. xBox, PlayStation, PC, Wii, or other?

xBox, PlayStation, and PC! I've got a first-gen box and a 360, as well as a PS1 and 2. Besides that, I've got a NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, GameBoy, GBA, DS, DSiXL, 2DS, Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast. I ... might have a bit of a habit.

9. What career would you have in Starfleet and why?

I'd be stunned more than anyone if I managed to snag a berth in Starfleet of all places, but knowing me it'd have to be something maintainence-related; haven't got the education or experience for anything else. I'd be the one scrubbing down the corridors, polishing the bulkheads, sanitizing the replicators. Unglamorous, maybe - but I don't live my life at work.

10. More specifically, what would you love to do in Starfleet and why?

I'm kinda delighted that there's a distinction made between what you'd actually do and what you'd love to, haha - refreshing. Call me crazy, but if I could choose I think I'd be proud to don a redshirt and do my level best to protect and serve my fellow crewmen phaser in hand, even if it would very likely mean my death. I've always been a crack shot, oddly enough, and I've got a decent danger sense. Call it intuition? Frankly, having the opportunity to bend any skill I have to service other than my willingness to singlemindedly work where other people just won't for once (if you can call that a skill) ... would be interesting.

11. What’s your biggest fear?

This questionnaire doesn't pussyfoot around, does it? *shuffles feet* I'll come out and say it, though; the thing I'm most afraid of is losing my significant other to death. It terrifies me so much to think about that I can barely bring myself to type it out - we've been together eight years and understand each other so well, leaving even the love aside - that I can't help but believe I'll never find anything to rival it again. I'd unironically call the man my t'hy'la ... so, um. Yeah. I'll play myself out.

Oh, but my questions!

1. List your top three vices. 2. Now, your top three virtues. 3. Any personal quirks you're fond of? 4. What was the last thing you were really surprised by? 5. Lay out your favorite outfit, and tell us why it's your favorite. 6. And your favorite meal? Take us all around the plate. (Bonus: give recipes.) 7. What was the first thing you can remember being a fan of, i.e. your first fandom? 8. Is there anything you've always wanted, but would be embarrassed to actually own? 9. Can you recite anything from memory, like a poem, or a passage from a script or book? 10. Would you rather be caught in a lie, or realize that someone's been dishonest with you? 11. If you had to choose between a new television adaption, movie, or novelization of your favorite story, which would you go with?

As for my tags, because I'd love to see their answers, I'll go with: sionid, sunderlorn, wiggleofjudas, needlesslycryptic, trashhqueen, and maketreknotwar. Hope you don't mind, tag-ees!

But I confess I don't actually have enough tumblr acquaintances to completely fulfill the last bit of this meme. So if you're seeing this and would like to make a go of it, consider yourself tagged by me!

[whimsicalentropy]

Tagged [star trek intensifies]

tagged by startrekmania

1. STAR TREK??? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

2. Pick your favorite character from your favorite book, movie, or tv series and explain why! No it does not have to be Star Trek.  Janeway, because badass. Or the Emergency Medical Hologram -- I relate to him a lot, as somewhat human but never quite really. Or Q, because hilarious. ArtiFICIAL LIFEFORMS. DATAAAAAA

3. What stereotype would you stereotype yourself as? I CANNOT BE STEREOTYPED -- I AM THE ALPHA TYPE. I DO NOT FIT IN A BOX. idk tho mostly because i have so many self-contradictory personality characteristics i literally cannot fit into a box.

4. What is/was your favorite/best subject in school? Chemistry and psychology are my faves. Writing, microeconomics, and music are my best, but I have an obvious advantage in music. [Being a professional pianist -- well, ya]

5. What’s your dream job? piano playing scientist in a comedy duo

6. How has your blog transformed from when you first created it? notably fewer memes, more fandom, more comedy

7. Android, iPhone, oldPhone, WindowsPhone, BlackBeret(Blackberry), or other? ANDROID ANDROID ANDROID ANDROID ANDROID ANDROID ANDROID

8. xBox, PlayStation, PC, Wii, or other? PC. Because I have no video gaming consoles. But Star Trek Online is on PC. This is more than good enough for me.

9. What career would you be in Starfleet and why? SCIENCE. BECAUSE SCIENCE.

10. More specifically what would you love to do in Starfleet and why? I might end up in medical. Like bioengineering/nanoengineering. Or psychology. Psychology of aliens. Or diplomacy. I'm amazing at settling conflict. I'd do astrometrics but I'm too much of a wuss to go off on a starship. Planetary bases/starbases are the place for me.

11. What’s your biggest fear? Outliving people I actually like. Which does not include any family/relatives.

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STAR TREK QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO THEM

1. Favorite starship class? 

2. Favorite alien species? [Why?]

3. Least favorite alien species? 

4. Favorite planet?

5. Do you play Star Trek Online? [If not, why don't you? :P]

6. Favorite Trek series?

7. Who was the best captain? [Why?]

8. What would you probably end up doing in Starfleet and why? [Assume you're passing, at least. You're too awesome. Don't put yourself down for this question.]

9. Favorite episode/story arc?

10. What is one thing you wish happened in Star Trek that didn't?