interest meme

[kaylarudbek]

gacked from kayshapero
# Scan my interest list and pick out the one that seems the most odd to you.

# I’ll explain it.

# Then you post this in your journal so other people can ask you about your interests.

New desk at work, and the back is improving...

Comments

response to meme

[fpb.livejournal.com]

"association of hp lawyers". In general, I would like to know why you made so many efforts and sacrifices to become a lawyer. It is not a widely respected profession (apart from the fact that it is *&%$£@+$$!!!!! keeping you from writing, which I resent intensely - you are one of the five or so best writers on FA, and much missed), so what drew you to it? I hope this does not sound insulting: I really am curious.

[girliewhirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll bite (alhough I never got around to doing an interest list, so I guese the meme dies here...)

"periodic table of elements"?

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Chemistry study (along with reading a lot of Isaac Asimov in my younger days). At one point, I had to memorize it for an inorganic chemistry class...it makes me "the chemist" at my firm.

[girliewhirl.livejournal.com]

ah. I guess we'll get to the table next year when Miss Thing gets to chemistry. THis year is biology.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Vorkosigan? *scratches head*

How are you liking California so far??:)

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Vorkosigan as in the family of Miles, Aral, Cordelia, & Mark in Lois McMaster Bujold's series, and the HP/Barrayar crossovers by hedda62.

California is nice, although I keep on having to look at the calendar every single day to remind myself of what month it is, never mind the day.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

haha about California. So you recommend Lois McMaster Bujold's fiction? I've heard of her (mostly via LJ) but haven't read any of her writing yet.

[toraks.livejournal.com]

"icebiking"? What exactly is that? I can sort of parse out the meaning, but really have no idea!

Something you do? :-D

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Something my husband used to do before we moved out of the frozen North :) Some people who ride bicycles simply will not quit riding in the winter, even when there is snow and ice on the ground. minastir had a set of mountain bike tires with metal studs on the treads so that he could ride year-round, and subscribed to an incebiking group on usenet to boot. There are also groups up LMB's way that rig out their bikes with skis, etc and then go biking across frozen lakes. Then, of course, for the true challenge, there is the Iditaride (like the Iditarod, only by bike instead of by dogsled...)

I personally haven't done much winter riding, as my eyes tend to water very badly in cold weather when I'm riding a bike. I suspect part of the appeal is Man's Fight Against the Elements.

[toraks.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's pretty neat. I didn't know people did that!

How you'd rig a bike with skis and ride it, I can't quite picture, though!

Grok most of your interests, but..

[labellerose.livejournal.com]

"hearing loss" puzzles me..

Re: Grok most of your interests, but..

[kaylarudbek.livejournal.com]

Prevalent in both the in-laws and in my own family, although it starts rather later in my own family.

Re: Grok most of your interests, but..

[labellerose.livejournal.com]

Ahh.