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Hah, I worked through my backlog of comments! I bet you noticed xD. Sheesh, I hadn't realized it were so many!
I found that I haven't answered the 5 questions yet that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beandelphiki gave me a while back! So, I'm doing that now.
1. Any fandom, including fiction and RPF (if you read any): what's the most bizarre pairing you've ever read? Written? Read and enjoyed, and wished it was canon?
Hmmm. Do imaginary WIPs count? Because I totally have a Judas/Jesus kink. That's a wonderful pairing. Not really bizarre, but a little controversial ;). And yes, I've come up with quite a few plot ideas for that pairing.
Then, there'stripperfunster's Voldie/Giant Squid drawing. THAT is awesome.
2. How far back do your current career ambitions go, i.e. do you remember what made you want to be a screenwriter?
Well. Actually, they don't go back very far. Because the idea of doing anything like this never even crossed my mind. My whole family - not only parents, but just about EVERYONE - has chosen an academic career and has ended up in public service. I always loved reading scripts, and I loved coming up with ideas for movies or TV shows, but it never crossed my mind that I could actually turn that into a profession until I realized about half a year ago that I don't want to stay in med school. It was a bit of a light bulb moment xD.
3. How did you learn English? What method/resource helped the most? Oh, and was it harder to learn to listen to/speak it, or read/write it?
How did I learn English. Hm. Well, first of all, I never blindly memorized vocab. That's the wrongest of all wrong ways to go about learning a language. I guess I got my basics in advanced English - by which I mean actually being able to communicate in English as opposed to simply forming grammatically correct sentences - by reading (almost) all of Stephen King's novels in the original over the course of about two years. The translations of his novels are worse than terrible, and as soon as I understood enough English to fumble my way through the originals, I never touched a German King novel again.
Well, and then there was my student exchange to Canada, and then there was fandom xD. I guess I learned English - and am still learning it - by continually using it. Every day. I probably talk more in English than in German, because I talk a LOT here on LJ and don't really get into many discussions in RL.
I don't really know which one was harder. Probably learning to speak and to understand it. Because I read English all the time, but before I started downloading English TV shows, I didn't really hear it a whole lot. It's hard to figure out how to pronounce certain words if you've never heard them. Also, getting rid of the worst of the German accent took a while. As far as understanding goes, I'm pretty good at it by now, but I used to be at a complete loss when there were TV characters that didn't speak standard American English. Only quite recently, watching Doctor Who introduced me to all sorts of British accents, and it was very exciting :D.
4. You've invented a new alcoholic drink. What does it taste like, and what do you call it?
Hmmm. It probably tastes a lot like Long Island Iced Tea (with a minty note, though), and it's called... "K9's Sunday Breakfast" ;).
5. You are granted the power to change one thing about yourself. BUT it cannot be physical, and it can't be something that would universally be seen as negative (e.g. a nasty temper, alcoholism, etc.). What trait, if any, would you change?
My urge to always say what I think. I find it terribly, terribly hard not to say exactly what I think, even in situations in which it'll get me into trouble or will hurt people. I'd like to change that - with the effect of me being able to choose whether to say what I think or maybe to just keep my mouth shut for a change.
In other news,neery convinced me to join her in a not-so-na-nowrimo attempt. I've promised to try to either write 1000 words of fic or edit 30 seconds of vid each day from now till the end of the month. Watch me fail in the first couple of days xD. Well, I actually managed to vid 38 seconds today, but I don't really like the result. Sigh.
There was more stuff I wanted to talk about. Right. I'm reading Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys at the moment, and it's highly fascinating. It's a bit like I'd imagine an acid trip to be like. I highly recommend it. (The book. Not the trip. Even though I wouldn't be opposed to trying that, either.)
For some reason I ended up watching Queen (live at Wembley '86) clips on YouTube today, and I went all mopey and emo about the tragic story of Freddie Mercury. It's so tragic, I'm amazed it's true. I watched the Who Wants To Live Forever clip, and boggled at the prophetic statement he makes before he sings the song. He was diagnosed in '87, so he didn't know he was sick when he said that.
I bet this is old news for all of you. I MISSED IT AGAIN. Anyway. Queen wins. And The Show Must Go On is the most tragic, painful song ever.
If you're feeling all emo now, go watch this. Or watch the first 1 minute 20 seconds of it, anyway. It completely cracked me up. What is it that's so funny about spoons?
ETA: OMG CUTENESS ATTACK!
I found that I haven't answered the 5 questions yet that
beandelphiki gave me a while back! So, I'm doing that now.1. Any fandom, including fiction and RPF (if you read any): what's the most bizarre pairing you've ever read? Written? Read and enjoyed, and wished it was canon?
Hmmm. Do imaginary WIPs count? Because I totally have a Judas/Jesus kink. That's a wonderful pairing. Not really bizarre, but a little controversial ;). And yes, I've come up with quite a few plot ideas for that pairing.
Then, there's
tripperfunster's Voldie/Giant Squid drawing. THAT is awesome.2. How far back do your current career ambitions go, i.e. do you remember what made you want to be a screenwriter?
Well. Actually, they don't go back very far. Because the idea of doing anything like this never even crossed my mind. My whole family - not only parents, but just about EVERYONE - has chosen an academic career and has ended up in public service. I always loved reading scripts, and I loved coming up with ideas for movies or TV shows, but it never crossed my mind that I could actually turn that into a profession until I realized about half a year ago that I don't want to stay in med school. It was a bit of a light bulb moment xD.
3. How did you learn English? What method/resource helped the most? Oh, and was it harder to learn to listen to/speak it, or read/write it?
How did I learn English. Hm. Well, first of all, I never blindly memorized vocab. That's the wrongest of all wrong ways to go about learning a language. I guess I got my basics in advanced English - by which I mean actually being able to communicate in English as opposed to simply forming grammatically correct sentences - by reading (almost) all of Stephen King's novels in the original over the course of about two years. The translations of his novels are worse than terrible, and as soon as I understood enough English to fumble my way through the originals, I never touched a German King novel again.
Well, and then there was my student exchange to Canada, and then there was fandom xD. I guess I learned English - and am still learning it - by continually using it. Every day. I probably talk more in English than in German, because I talk a LOT here on LJ and don't really get into many discussions in RL.
I don't really know which one was harder. Probably learning to speak and to understand it. Because I read English all the time, but before I started downloading English TV shows, I didn't really hear it a whole lot. It's hard to figure out how to pronounce certain words if you've never heard them. Also, getting rid of the worst of the German accent took a while. As far as understanding goes, I'm pretty good at it by now, but I used to be at a complete loss when there were TV characters that didn't speak standard American English. Only quite recently, watching Doctor Who introduced me to all sorts of British accents, and it was very exciting :D.
4. You've invented a new alcoholic drink. What does it taste like, and what do you call it?
Hmmm. It probably tastes a lot like Long Island Iced Tea (with a minty note, though), and it's called... "K9's Sunday Breakfast" ;).
5. You are granted the power to change one thing about yourself. BUT it cannot be physical, and it can't be something that would universally be seen as negative (e.g. a nasty temper, alcoholism, etc.). What trait, if any, would you change?
My urge to always say what I think. I find it terribly, terribly hard not to say exactly what I think, even in situations in which it'll get me into trouble or will hurt people. I'd like to change that - with the effect of me being able to choose whether to say what I think or maybe to just keep my mouth shut for a change.
In other news,
neery convinced me to join her in a not-so-na-nowrimo attempt. I've promised to try to either write 1000 words of fic or edit 30 seconds of vid each day from now till the end of the month. Watch me fail in the first couple of days xD. Well, I actually managed to vid 38 seconds today, but I don't really like the result. Sigh.There was more stuff I wanted to talk about. Right. I'm reading Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys at the moment, and it's highly fascinating. It's a bit like I'd imagine an acid trip to be like. I highly recommend it. (The book. Not the trip. Even though I wouldn't be opposed to trying that, either.)
For some reason I ended up watching Queen (live at Wembley '86) clips on YouTube today, and I went all mopey and emo about the tragic story of Freddie Mercury. It's so tragic, I'm amazed it's true. I watched the Who Wants To Live Forever clip, and boggled at the prophetic statement he makes before he sings the song. He was diagnosed in '87, so he didn't know he was sick when he said that.
I bet this is old news for all of you. I MISSED IT AGAIN. Anyway. Queen wins. And The Show Must Go On is the most tragic, painful song ever.
If you're feeling all emo now, go watch this. Or watch the first 1 minute 20 seconds of it, anyway. It completely cracked me up. What is it that's so funny about spoons?
ETA: OMG CUTENESS ATTACK!
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And I loved to read in wich way you learned english. It sounds a bit familiar to me.
I could write a lot of more but, well ... you know. I just do short comments.
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Even my mom likes them, and she usually only likes Bach and Procol Harum xD.
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Thank you for the detailed answer on the language question. That makes sense (starting with King, that is) - I took one German class in high school, and I remember I got more out of trying to read the little comic series scattered through the textbook (which our teacher just ignored) than I did from the grammar exercises and stuff.
...Of course, I've basically forgotten it all by now. If I ever attempt to learn German again, I'll make note to avoid German translations of King. LOL.
Also, you came here to Canukistan? Where were you?
5 - That's a good one. Hmm. (I don't know if I could even answer my OWN question here. I'm still thinking on it.)
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Actually, you probably should avoid translations of most novels. For some reason, only dead authors get good German translations, and sometimes even they don't.
Where were you?
In '03, I spent two weeks in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and two in Smiths Falls, Ontario, near Ottawa. Omg, Nova Scotia is lovely! Fucking freezing, but very lovely (I was there in May, and it only didn't snow because there was no precipitation). Ontario is nice, too, but it lacks in the sea department. While I was there I went to the Sratford Shakespeare festival near Toronto! That was awesome.
And you don't know how lucky you guys are to have Tim Horton's. I can STILL taste that iced cappuccino.