Answers 10

[jbsegal]

that was fun, let's do it again!
(This is (I presume) the same anonymous questioner as last time)

• - how sexual a being are you? (1-10, where 1 is "what is this sex you speak of?" and 10 is "bring it on bay-bee!" if your scale goes to 11, feel free to say so.)
  
  Mentally, it varies between... 3-9? Depression took a toll for a while, I've been able to tune it out at times when it's not been available, but then there was the 'breasts!' posts of a couple of years ago. In general, I think of myself around a 7.
  Physically, I've been running below my youthful peak for a couple of years now. This kinda distresses me.
  (AKA: The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weaker than I think it should be.)
  
  
• - if you were on a cross-country flight (call it 4+ hours), what music would you bring or prefer to be listening to?
  
  Hm. It probably varies depending on what mood I'm in when I'm packing. These days, I've been prone to making a random mix cd (burning 700MB of iTunes Party Shuffle picks, or similar) for trips.
  
  That said, I'm listening to a lot of Quarkspace recently, and I always LOVE (The) Oyster( )band.
  
  
• - tell me about something you consistently forget or don't understand at the crucial moment of needing it.
  
  I'll forget nearly anything unless I've worked myself in to a routine of NOT forgetting this particular thing. I've packed multi-part lunches and left them behind; I've put out books for trips and then had then right where I put them when I get back, and so on.
  
  Things I don't understand? That's much harder. There are many, but which ones I ... forget to understand? ... I'm not so sure.
  
  
• - would you ever consider taking up a physically-demanding hobby? (think, rock-climbing, silks, taiko drumming)
  
  I've certainly considered it. I tried silks and liked it, but I needed a great deal more base strength before it would be practical or as fun as it should be.
  I keep thinking of doing taiko... Need to figure out times/availability.
  ... I need more physical demands in my life, really. Luckily, bike season's almost here, to get a bit more of it in. (Yeah, yeah, dilletante, I know.)
  
  
• - are you seduceable? what qualities in other people make you want to seduce them?
  
  Me? Hell yeah. Quite possibly too easily - at least historically.
  Others? It's an attitude thing, mostly. Unfortunately, I think it would take much much more introspection to really figure out WHAT the attitude is, though. There IS a physical component, too, but the attitude (or maybe it's a range of them... Hm.) is vital.
  
  

Comments

[luckylefty.livejournal.com]

What is meant by "silks" in this context?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Arial Silks, the circus skill. http://www.fireflydance.com/ brought it in to the local community where a vast number of people got in to it. If you read through my friends list, you'll probably find... at least 10 people posting about it from time to time.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

(I have always loved silk acts in circuses. Ted gave me a weekend of classes for my birthday 17 months ago. It was fun, but I don't have the strength...

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Aerial, that is.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Square dancing is physically demanding. :P

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

Compared to sitting still, maybe. Not so much compared to many other dance forms.

You and jbsegal should both take up change ringing, which is not necessarily physically demanding, but can be sometimes.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

When I locate some free time, I would be interested to try ringing. I could use some arm-strength -- since I stopped dressing actors, and carrying Elizabethan costumes around, my arms have gotten noticeably floppier.

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

Ringing doesn't necessarily take much arm strength. You could learn (eventually)to ring a bell 20 times your size without added muscle mass. A lot of it is technique. But there are supposedly health benefits to be had from waving one's arms up and down. I was told that orchestra conductors live to be quite old, for example.