10 posts tagged “qotd”

What was your first car?

A 1984 V6 Camaro.  It was this light metallic blue with all sorts of scratches in the paint.  It made the best vroom though and I named it Boomer.  It also took me three months to develop enough finess while driving it to not bottom out on the speedbumps in my high school parking lot.

Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever seen one?

I do believe in ghosts.  I could tell some trite stories about my old dormitory, or I could skip right to the screamers in the apartment building I used to live in, or the one I saw in my room at Old Faithful in the middle of the night, or the old family stories that have been verified by three different people.

What most excites you about the way you're living your life right now?

That I have a direction.  I have this big goal in mind and it'll be easy to achieve (moving) and that once that is completed I have an entirely new start.  I'm excited for that.

What's holding you back from your dream job?
Submitted by Question of the Day.

An unwillingness to commit to seclusion.  My dream job is a park interpreter for a national park.  Doing that means living on site far, far away from most civilization.  I'd like to live in a bigger city for awhile and I'd like to move around much more before I let the parks have me.

What have you lost that you wish you still had?
Submitted by gunderson bee.

Half of my original set of the Chronicles of Narnia.  I'm missing two or three of them and the set I got to replace them has that irritating "Now a feature film!" thing on them.  Also, my old ones weren't so fancy, and the pages didn't have the annoying glossy super thick thing going on that I dislike.  Also, bad glare if I'm reading under a lamp at night.

What's the one thing you're most neurotic about?

Taking a shower every single morning.  I could have taken a shower at night six hours before waking up and will still feel like I need another. 

If you could go back and change one thing you've done in your life, what would it be?
Submitted by Devinoid

 

When I didn't throw a bigger fit about Mom dating so soon after Dad died.  I knew was a bad idea but didn't say anything.  I wish I had.  Now look where she is, divorced and without her retirement.

If you had one month to live, what five things would you do?
Suggested by Acerebel.

1) Go to Spring Mysteries no matter what.

2) Go back to Yellowstone.

3) Go to Hawaii and see the volcanos/pay respects to Pele.

4) Tell my family I'm Pagan.

5) Skydive. (last just in case something goes wrong)

How did you create your username for VOX? What influenced your decision?
Submitted by Strive2Be.

Pahoehoe, pronounced Pah-hoy-hoy, is a low energy variety of lava that can be found most notably all over the Hawaiian islands.  When I was in high school and taking my first earth science class the teacher had such a great way of presenting the volcano section it stuck with me.

Mr. Koltz: Today we're going to learn about two Hawaiian types of lava that are fun to say: A'a and pahoehoe!

Student:  Say that again!

Mr. Koltz:  Pahoehoe!

And a username was born.

What's the biggest leap of faith you've ever had to take?

When I decided to change my religion.  I was raised born again Christian and about four months ago redeclared as Pagan.  It was something that I struggled with for about two years, because I just didn't believe what I had been raised with.  I tried, good god did I try, but you can only pretend for so long before it just drags you down.  It's been the biggest declaration of ' I believe in myself and my choices', because according to the theology I was raised with, I've made the conscious choice to turn my back on God and go to hell.  Thing is, I can't really believe that the faith I carry now that helps me believe I'm a good person and gives me purpose in life is going to curse me with eternal damnation.  I also can't believe that any loving creator would actually want all of its loved creations to be unhappy because of a cultural constraint, so here I am.