5 Question Meme – mahdi

Questions from :

1. Were you at all surprised when I told you I was in love with a woman?
2. Do you like living so far from your family?
3. Fabulous new technology lets you actually “become” Typhon/Equinox — basically, fully realistic virtual reality in which you could play the character. Because I want to remove the “no, I’d be addicted” response, it’s 100% not physically or emotionally addictive (at least, not in the sense that addictive drugs are). Would you use it, would you play Equinox or Typhon, and how long would you allow yourself to put up with others there before becoming a villain PC? Would you still staff?
4. You’re offered the chance to actually have demonstrable, controllable paranormal abilities. Would you say yes?
5. What is your most-treasured possession?

1. Were you at all surprised when I told you I was in love with a wom
   an?
   Not really — I’d always known of your fence-sitting proclivities. 🙂 I suppose I was too busy being happy for you than worrying about which team you were playing on at the moment. It’s so rare that I have friends that find love that they’re sure of and that I believe will last (so I’m judgmental, sue me), that I just sit back and say ‘love happens.’

2. Do you like living so far from your family?
   Yes. More than I ever thought I would. I bawled when they left me at college for the first time, but I realize that I wasn’t upset at just the thought of them being gone, but because college was more THEIR idea than mine. I think it bothered me that even from that distance, they were allowed to run my life, or rather I *allowed* them to do so. But then college is also where I discovered the me that is Brian, and started to develop my own self. That didn’t fit in with my parents’ plans though, and the money stopped coming.. serves them right that I had to move back in with them.
   When the chance to move to DC came, I jumped on it, I was definitely ready to be on my own by that time. And a few months later they moved to SC. The physical distance between us made our relationship mature and evolve, I think. It hit my parents that I didn’t “have” to come home if I didn’t want to, and I was no longer just a short drive away. They started treating me like an adult, finally.
   I don’t really mention my brother, since I don’t really have a relationship with him, I’m really only in contact with him on either of our birthdays, or when I see him at the holidays. As much as I miss Atlanta sometimes, I don’t believe I would want to live there now, as it would be “too” close to my brother.

3. Fabulous new technology lets you actually “become” Typhon/Equinox—basically, fully realistic virtual reality in which you could play the character. Because I want to remove the “no, I’d be addicted” response, it’s 100% not physically or emotionally addictive (at least, not in the sense that addictive drugs are). Would you use it, would you play Equinox or Typhon, and how long would you allow yourself to put up with others there before becoming a villain PC? Would you still staff?
   I absolutely would play, at the very least hoping that it could deal with the “rules” and just let people play. Lately when I need to relax, I still depend on the computer for a good amount of the time, I kill things wildly in Diablo 2, or I listen to internet radio or I go in There and play in virtual world for a while. I’d love to keep RPGs as a part of my life, but there’s just one problem, PEOPLE. And I have no tolerance for people that won’t allow themselves to have fun. I have a lot of gaming gripes (as you well know), but most of them break down to “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” type arguments.
   I enjoyed both of the characters I created, though I think I like Equinox a little better since he’s got a bit of anti-hero to him (and a cooler outfit). And I like playing a hero, though that’s mainly because the kind of villain that one should play to be effective in the settings that we set up (non 4-color) was always seen as “too harsh” for the environment.
   Staff? No. Never again. It turns the hobby into work. If I were with a small TT group, I’d be happy to volunteer time, food, what-have-ya, but for virtual (pun intended) strangers? It’s just not worth my time and stress. Still, lemme know when/if they get that VR thing running. 🙂

4. You’re offered the chance to actually have demonstrable, controllable paranormal abilities. Would you say yes?
   So long as they won’t kill me in a year? HELL YES. Some of my friends already think I have them. 😛 Then again, I must remember the saying, “A shmuck with superpowers… is still a shmuck.” I would hope that the powers have some beneficial use, not something “silly” or Mystery Men’ish.

5. What is your most-treasured possession?
   Wow. I don’t really know. I suppose it would be my media library. Those cds, dvds and especially books can tell someone more about me than anything I own could, I’ve never thrown away books, my parents still have the books from my childhood. I’ve replaced computers, cars, furniture, clothes, but that library has never diminished, only grown.