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arthur_sc_king
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wobblerlorri1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
And now
...arthur_sc_king's queries:
1. What do you like most about living in the South?
That's a toughie -- I've never lived anywhere else, so it's hard to say. I love so many things about the South. And "the South" encompasses such a large geographic area, you can't really pick one thing. I could say I love the seasons, but then there are parts of the South where they don't really have seasons. I could say the people, but people are pretty much interchangeable everywhere. I could say the mountains, but then there are parts of the South that are flat, and I love those too. The food is great, but so is the food in other areas.
I suppose I like living in the South, because the alternative (being dead in the South) isn't really all that great.
2. What do you like least about living in the South?
It's not something about living in the South, it's the attitude and perceptions people outside the South have about us. Contrary to popular belief, we aren't all stupid rednecks who chew their words. I don't think any other part of the US is as maligned as the South -- once someone hears a Southern accent, they immediately think you're a stupid, inbred, incestuous racist with cultural attitudes from the 1830's.
Non-Southerners keep telling us that the Civil War as fought 150 years ago, and we lost, so get over it. We will, as soon as the Yankees quit treating us like a newly conquered country whose people must be subjugated by ridicule...
3. Next to horses, what is your favourite animal, and why?
Cats. They aren't sycophants -- cats are their own people, they have a sense of self and dignity, and they choose to like you or not. There's not a lot you can do to affect that decision, either.
I like hanging out with a furry creature who has a mind. I think it's the closest we'll ever get to actually interacting with an alien intelligence.
4. What did you find attractive about your gay ex (before he became the ex, obviously)?
He and I just clicked. We were two halves of one whole -- I hate to use the term, but we were truly soulmates. He was also (to me) handsome as could be, kind, loving, fun to be around, and my god, was he good in bed!! He and I could have deep conversations about philosophical stuff, then turn around and be goofy.
I believe in reincarnation, and I hope we get a chance to do it again, but maybe this time get it right regarding bodies and orientation... we've done it before.
5. What's the story behind the diagnosis of The Cyst That Ate Atlanta? (You might have told this back in a.t., but if you did I've forgotten.)
Okay, let me think...
Back in 1998, I noticed that my waistbands and shirts were a bit tighter than usual. "Oh well," I thought, "I'm just getting fatter." But then it began to ache, and it just grew and grew. One evening I noticed my gut was pressing uncomfortably into the steering wheel, and I already had the seat back as far as it could go. Add in periodic constipation, needing to crap but only able to squeeze out thin ribbons, aches, pain during sex, being tired a lot, and I figured there was something amiss.
So I called the surgeon who did the hysterectomy, but discovered he had died in a plane crash not long before. So I asked for a referral to another gynodoc. They poked and prodded around, and sent me to an oncologist. She did CAT scans, MRI's, and all kinds of other things I don't remember, and it was determined that I had a huge ovarian cyst.
I had a large cyst on one ovary when I had the hysto, and the surgeon had drained it. Apparently my ovary did not appreciate that, and so it refilled the cyst then decided to keep going. Ended up with that gigantic thing they finally took out. It turned out to just be a benign epidermoid cyst, filled with fluid and some greasy hair.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
And now
...
arthur_sc_king's queries:1. What do you like most about living in the South?
That's a toughie -- I've never lived anywhere else, so it's hard to say. I love so many things about the South. And "the South" encompasses such a large geographic area, you can't really pick one thing. I could say I love the seasons, but then there are parts of the South where they don't really have seasons. I could say the people, but people are pretty much interchangeable everywhere. I could say the mountains, but then there are parts of the South that are flat, and I love those too. The food is great, but so is the food in other areas.
I suppose I like living in the South, because the alternative (being dead in the South) isn't really all that great.
2. What do you like least about living in the South?
It's not something about living in the South, it's the attitude and perceptions people outside the South have about us. Contrary to popular belief, we aren't all stupid rednecks who chew their words. I don't think any other part of the US is as maligned as the South -- once someone hears a Southern accent, they immediately think you're a stupid, inbred, incestuous racist with cultural attitudes from the 1830's.
Non-Southerners keep telling us that the Civil War as fought 150 years ago, and we lost, so get over it. We will, as soon as the Yankees quit treating us like a newly conquered country whose people must be subjugated by ridicule...
3. Next to horses, what is your favourite animal, and why?
Cats. They aren't sycophants -- cats are their own people, they have a sense of self and dignity, and they choose to like you or not. There's not a lot you can do to affect that decision, either.
I like hanging out with a furry creature who has a mind. I think it's the closest we'll ever get to actually interacting with an alien intelligence.
4. What did you find attractive about your gay ex (before he became the ex, obviously)?
He and I just clicked. We were two halves of one whole -- I hate to use the term, but we were truly soulmates. He was also (to me) handsome as could be, kind, loving, fun to be around, and my god, was he good in bed!! He and I could have deep conversations about philosophical stuff, then turn around and be goofy.
I believe in reincarnation, and I hope we get a chance to do it again, but maybe this time get it right regarding bodies and orientation... we've done it before.
5. What's the story behind the diagnosis of The Cyst That Ate Atlanta? (You might have told this back in a.t., but if you did I've forgotten.)
Okay, let me think...
Back in 1998, I noticed that my waistbands and shirts were a bit tighter than usual. "Oh well," I thought, "I'm just getting fatter." But then it began to ache, and it just grew and grew. One evening I noticed my gut was pressing uncomfortably into the steering wheel, and I already had the seat back as far as it could go. Add in periodic constipation, needing to crap but only able to squeeze out thin ribbons, aches, pain during sex, being tired a lot, and I figured there was something amiss.
So I called the surgeon who did the hysterectomy, but discovered he had died in a plane crash not long before. So I asked for a referral to another gynodoc. They poked and prodded around, and sent me to an oncologist. She did CAT scans, MRI's, and all kinds of other things I don't remember, and it was determined that I had a huge ovarian cyst.
I had a large cyst on one ovary when I had the hysto, and the surgeon had drained it. Apparently my ovary did not appreciate that, and so it refilled the cyst then decided to keep going. Ended up with that gigantic thing they finally took out. It turned out to just be a benign epidermoid cyst, filled with fluid and some greasy hair.
