The Interview Meme

[sestree]

Rules

1. Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I'll reply and give you five questions to answer.
3. You'll update your LJ with the five questions answered. (I will put all questions back in this post so's to keep from cluttering up friends' pages.)
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed. And it just keeps going, and going, and going (hopefully!)

Questions from mpodles

1. Where do you want to see your life in 5 and then 10 years from now? Realistically! No, winning the lottery or anything. 5 years: I'd like to be in a job/position that is more of a challenge mentally, home life would be the same except I hope by then my oldest has left the nest and that pyllgrum has NOT LOL 10 years: I'd like to be comfortable in a stable position (hopefully the one I had for 5 years LOL) and same as before on family. I hope my mother is still around but I doubt it. Though she drives me bonkers I still love her.

2. Do you have a good relationship with your family? If not, what happened (if not too personal) or what could make it better? I have a great relationship with pyllgrum (husband) and kids, Mom, well somewhat. The sad thing is that's pretty much all my family. My father and I have never been close and I've finally come to peace with that. At least I know what state he currently resides in - that's more than I usually get :)

3. Who is one person that you regret parting company with and why (friend or lover)? My cousin Debbie. We really haven't as much parted company as grew apart...and then I moved LOL.

4. What is your most favorite thing to do? Be outside listening to music. That's what I love best about the Renaissance Festivals

5. What are you best at?ouch that's a hard one. What I am truly best at is organizing a percussion section so that all the major pieces are covered by the fewest people, no one misses a cue, and all the instruments are accounted for. I can still do it in my sleep and it paid for college. I just haven't picked it up since I moved to MD.

Questions from fireyirishangel

1. Who are the people that have most impacted your life, and made you who you are today? Let's see: my first piano teacher Janey Hudson, my symphony director Gary Gackstatter, a college professor Larry Swaim. All 3 of these people showed me a path I didn't know I could take and offered to catch me if I stumbled on the path.

2. What's your favorite way to spend a Friday night? Laying on the sofa with a glass of red wine watching TV with my honey.

3. What are your five guilty pleasures? Dark Chocolate, Red Wine, afternoon naps, Italian food, romance novels.

4. If you could only travel on one continent for the rest of your life, which continent would you choose? What do you want to see? Europe. I've never been and I would want to see all of it LOL. Mostly Vienna (go Mozart !!), Ireland and Scotland (the scenery and rolling hills I"ve only read of), and Greece (the temples).

5. What bad habits do you have? What are some of your strengths? Bad habits: well I can be a procrastinator, I also have a fondness for foods not good for me LOL. Hey at least I quit smoking. Strengths: I adapt anywhere, I rarely ever judge anyone, and I have the ability to see all sides of a situation. That's really a curse but it's served me well over the years.

Comments

Thanks for the questions!

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

1. What do you like best about Las Vegas?
It's a pure entertainment town. There's a wealth of places to just wander around and see, but it's not based around the beach like most "resort" places are. It's like sensory overload going there, and I thoroughly enjoy being overloaded *chuckle* It also helps that a dear friend lives there, so traveling to LV means that I get to see her at the same time.

2. If you had unlimited wealth but only 5 charities to give to which ones would they be?
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (http://www.komen.org); The Living Classrooms Foundation (http://www.livingclassrooms.org); Alzheimer's Foundation of America (http://www.alzfdn.org/); Best Friends Animal Society (http://www.bestfriends.org/); Greenpeace International (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/)

3. Dog person, cat person, bird person, or other person?
Dogs, cats and bunnies! I currently have my second pet rabbit, named GusGus. I long for a Maine Coon and a Corgi, but both will have to wait until I'm in a home as opposed to an apartment.

4. What is your worst fear?
My worst fear is losing my loved ones. Just the thought of facing the passing of my mother or father is enough to send me into hysterical crying fits.

5. If you could live anywhere in the United States where would it be?
At this point, I think I'd probably move to South Carolina. A little further south is good, but not so far away that seeing my family is a difficult thing to do. Honestly, as much as I hate living in Maryland, I don't know how far away I can bring myself to go. Everything and everyone that matters to me is here.