Yes, folks - it's the meme that never dies. Probably because it's fun and interesting! Instructions, as per usual, are thus:
Leave a comment and I’ll respond with 5 questions so I can get to know you better. Update your own journal with the questions, giving your answers. Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions.This time 'round, the lovely
sunny_bexster has asked me some Q's.
1. First pairing you shipped and why?Well, it rather depends. I always say that I shipped Mulder/Scully before I knew what 'shipping' was, but now that I think about it, I shipped Lister/Kochanski long before that. Gods, how I shipped Lister/Kochanski! Still do. :)
After I knew what shipping was - my first official OTP, as it were - was Data/Tasha Yar from TNG. I like all of these because they are unutterably romantic; they clearly love one another so strongly, though the love might appear to be one-sided. There's also a measure of starcrossedness to each pairing. I like strong emotions and complications - epic love, if you will. I've coined the phrase 'dramantic'.
2. Which English word makes you giggle the most.It's not about the words themselves; it's all about context. Any word can make you giggle if you say it right, at the right time. And that's the trick of writing.
3. How did you meet your husband?At a science fiction convention. Which sounds really geeky, but, well. I - funnily enough - was only going because they were supposed to show Red Dwarf. In those days (1997), we were still mostly slaves to television. It's hard to imagine now, but unless you could find some obscure mail order shop, you couldn't get your hands on episodes of shows that didn't air in the country you lived in. I hadn't seen RD since the early nineties, and I was craving it. Anyway, I volunteered to work there, and
cobos was a senior volunteer. I thought he was a sweet guy, but way to old for me - he had to be in his late twenties. Turns out he was 20 to my 19. :p Five days later, having met every single day during and after the con, we were a couple.
4. Have you ever walked out a film?I... I just can't. I have a problem doing certain things that I feel are just rude or improper, and this is one of them. I almost walked out of
The Happening, because the basic premise of the film is something that terrifies me (I had no idea, going in), but I kept thinking it would get better. Needless to say, it didn't. :p
5. What's the next thing you're likely to buy to treat yourself.I bought some
killer sandals the other day. I will probably buy BTE or some other DVD-set soon-ish, because I like to keep stuff on in the background when I'm translating at home. Which I will be. *sigh*