Since writing about G1 Transformers and reading extensive ff I feel like I know them a whole lot better now - and there have been more than a few surprises. I realized my previous questionnaire was inaccurate and I really couldn't stand it sitting there all inaccurate - so I have made it more truly reflective - as much as an act of self indulgence as anything else. I'd like to thank Nightwind for inventing this questionnaire. I'm sure a lot of people have already done this. Whether anyone reads it or not, it's fun to do and it makes you think about yourself. THANK YOU!!
FULL NAME (optional): Carrie
NICKNAME: Caz
BIRTHDATE: Over 21 (quite a lot over 21 actually)
BIRTHPLACE: Newbury UK
YOUR EYE COLOR: Hazel
YOUR HAIR COLOR: Used to be dark but these days its blonde with blue streaks
CURRENT HOMETOWN: Kununurra Western Australia (its in the tropical north - blink twice and you might miss it very hot - today it's 43 degrees)
SPOUSE/KIDS: Not the former - gave up on that - kept ending up with people too much like some of my favourite transformers (or the ones they get involved with) and it did my head in. Big kids x 2 who are still hanging around, and lots of their friends
SO! HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE ASYLUM?: Officially 5 months now. It's been a steep learning curve.
PETS: Cats x 3. Three ginger streamline Siamesy shaped exotic looking creatures. In personality they resemble Jazz, Mirage and Frenzy and I often feel like throttling the last two
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: Trance, Gothic Rock
DO YOU HAVE A SONG THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOUR THEME SONG? IF YES, NAME IT: wracked my brains but can't think of one
FAVORITE COLOR: Indigo/blue
FAVORITE FOOD: Since going there this year - Japanese wins hands down
FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Still can't see what people see in ice cream. It's cold, fattening, sickly sweet... so cold you can't really taste anything. The wafer cone things are all right but only because the wafer tastes nice. Oh well, each to their own, it makes a heck of a lot of people happy ...
FAVORITE SOFT DRINK: Soda water, lemon squash, lemon lime and bitters, red bull
FAVORITE MOVIE (You lose originality points if you say TF:TM...
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Couldn't choose between Interview with the Vampire, the Crow, Aliens, the Sixth Sense and Lord of the Rings. I'd add Con Air, Top Gun, Rambo,
Trainspotting, Suburban Mayhem, Dangerous Liaisons, The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover, the Cat Returns and the Grudge (schizophrenic selection, I know
- all top favourites for different reasons)
FAVORITE BOOK: Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities"
FAVORITE TV SHOW: I assume this also excludes TF series's - in which case several - too hard to choose - Shameless, Fawlty Towers, Sopranos, Get Smart, Monkey magic, Star Trek Voyager and Queer as Folk. And Six Feet Under.
DO YOU DRIVE A CAR? IF SO, WHAT KIND?: A 4 wheel drive hefty sort of a thing (need this up here)
WHAT KIND OF CAR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRIVE?: I'd like something a great deal hotter - a V8 - like a Ford XR8 or Holden Menaro - but I can't really justify running 2 cars, one an expensive toy
YOU WIN A FREE VACATION TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WHERE WOULD YOU GO?: Antarctica or Siberia, That hasn't changed. Especially in the sweltering conditions right now.
FAVORITE ANIMAL, LIVING OR EXTINCT: Cat, cat, cat - all varieties, including the Big Ones.
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT PROFESSION?: Not easy to answer - I work with remote communities in the desert. A lot of it's finding out what's going on out there and letting the Australian Government know. I also do strategic planning and broker solutions to problems. It's not as glamorous as it sounds, but it's interesting.
YOUR HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Big into horseriding - but don't do much of it here *sob* as it's too hot. I love travelling overseas and going to new places. Do a lot of walking when I do that and also make extremely amateurish documentaries. I also spend some time tramping around in the bush doing the same thing here. Lately doing a lot of writing and reading. I used to have a pilot's licence - I do a lot of flying around in little planes for work and I still love flying so I suppose you could almost call this a hobby.
NAME THE THREE LOUDEST VOICES IN YOUR HEAD: Hard one, cos there's lots and they are different from time to time. The loudest one recently has been "when the hell are you going to get that fanfic to a sufficient state of readiness to get it out there **despair**. Another would have to be "I don't want to go to work today because it means being in the office and I don't like the office and I'd rather just stay home and write". Then there's "what the hell are those cats up to now?" - a constant recurring theme.
YOUR GREATEST FEAR: Loss of one of my kids.
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[ TRANSFORMERS STUFF ]
FAVORITE TRANSFORMER CHARACTER(S): Starscream, Skywarp, Mirage, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, Moonracer.
YOUR MOST HATED TF CHARACTER (Not including any human characters): Seaspray, Powerglide and Thrust.
WHAT TF IS CLOSEST TO YOU IN PERSONALITY?: Hard one. Used to be Starscream, I think, as I had a shocking temper and got into power struggles all the time. These days I think I'm more like Mirage.
THE FACTION THAT YOU MOST FAVOR, ANY SERIES: It's hard to favor any - they all have their different points of view. As a human, though, it would be kind of counterproductive to not favor the Autobots in any series!
WHICH GENRE DO YOU LIKE MOST - TOYS, CARTOONS, OR COMICS?: Cartoons.
FAVORITE TOY LINE: G1.
FAVORITE TOY(S), ANY LINE: Masterpiece Starscream, and all my G1 Autobot replicas (Prowl/Jazz/Mirage/Sideswipe/Sunstreaker/Bluestreak/Bumblebee) which *hurray* I got in Japan recently - they're fabulous.
IF MONEY/AVAILABILITY WAS NOT AN ISSUE, WHAT TOY DO YOU NOT HAVE BUT WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET?: I'd have human sized G1 statues all over the place - that would be great!
FAVORITE CARTOON SERIES: G1 and Armada.
FAVORITE EPISODE(S), ANY SERIES: G1: So many! More tham Meets the Eye, Countdown to Extinction, Traitor, Microbots, Autobeserk, Insecticon Syndrome, Autobot Run, The Search for Alpha Trion, Starscream's Brigade and A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court, Starscream's Ghost; Armada: Regeneration, Rescue and Cramp (sad but beautiful).
FAVORITE COMIC SERIES: Not a great comic fan but I quite like IDW "Infiltration" et al series.
FAVORITE COMIC ISSUE(S), ANY SERIES: Don't have one.
THE JAPANESE CARTOONS - GOOD OR BAD?: Mmmmm ... all right I suppose. Ones I've seen lack the characterisation of G1.
THE CLASSIC TF MOVIE - LOVE IT OR HATE IT?: it's great I loved it. Looking forward to next one.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED CARTOON SERIES - YES OR NO? Haven't really got into it. Still immersing myself in G1. Don't have the capacity for additional data evaluation necessary for an attempt at getting into this as well - I'm afraid that my brain would explode
TRANSFORMERS FOREVER?: And ever and ever and ever ...
