Tue, 26 Sep 1995 21:36:35 -0700
Name:
A: Eric Forste
Email:
A: http://www.c2.org/~arkuat
Would you prefer your email be linked, unlinked, or anonymous?
A: linked, I guess. Is this a good idea?
How do you FEEL about food? Why do you eat?
A: Food is fundamental to my animal nature, plus it's a nifty esthetic experience. I eat to pay tribute to my genes, and sometimes to pay tribute to a fine culinary artiste.
What is your biggest flaw?
A: smugness
3 favorite authors
A: It changes all the time. Right now: Neal Stephenson, Pamela Dean, Vernor Vinge.
What are the hallmarks of success in life?
A: happiness, and evidence of making progress in doing whatever it is that one decides one wants to do.
What is your biggest mental fuck-up?
A: Dishonesty. But I've gotten a *lot* better.
What is your favorite animal?
A: My kitty-kat
Describe it.
A: Black, affectionate, sharp, hairy, big-eyed.
How long do you usually know a girl before you kiss her?
A: Usually? A month or two or three or four, I guess.
Jump her?
A: As above.
Dump her?
A: Never, if possible.
How old were you when you first kissed?
A: 15
Had sex
A: 15
Smoked Pot?
A: don't remember. My mom smoked pot.
Do you use recreational drugs?
A: Yes
What?
A: alcohol, sometimes nicotine, psychedelics
When?
A: It varies all over the place. Monthly?
Still?
A: Yes
Have you ever been married/lived with someone?
A: Cohabitated
Who worked?
A: both
Who cooked?
A: both
Who cleaned?
A: both
Do you know how to cook?
A: Yes
Do you like to cook?
A: Yes
What are the things you cook best?
A: Fish, because most people don't know how to cook it *just* right, and I do.
Have you ever used any of the following (which?): gel hairspray mousse cologne deoderant conditioner zitcream aftershave
A: deodorant, occasionally. The other things I've used too few times to mention.
What was the most crazy thing you ever did as an adolescent?
A: Lied to my girlfriend's parents when she ran away from home.
as a college student?
A: Got my self involved as a primary cause in an unintended pregnancy.
as a working stiff?
A: Jumped off a balcony that I thought was a porch after I'd had a bit too much to drink.
If you were a fruit or a vegetable, what would you be?
A: butternut squash
If I were, what would I be?
A: sweet potato
If you were at a party, and across the room you saw a very handsome man and your girlfriend chatting quite animatedly, what would you do?
A: Find out what they were talking about, and try to join in if it was interesting.
Do you think there is life after death?
A: No
On other planets?
A: Yes
Are you psychic?
A: No
Do you think you have any sort of understanding of what it would be like to completely insane?
A: Yes
Why?
A: Because I've thought about hard from time to time because of the assorted crazy people I've known, and sometimes I've thought I've had the faintest glimmering of it. But I really wanted to say "maybe".
Were you ever in the armed forces?
A: No
Did you ever kiss a girl who had big, hairsprayed bangs?
A: No
What was the most important scientific achievement in the last 50 years?
A: Figuring out how neural networks do their thang.
What is the biggest problem...
...all women have?
A: The social implications of pregnancy and childbearing.
...all men have?
A: Homophobia, which has bad effects on queers and straights both.
...with our society?
A: Implicit acceptance of the idea that you need to have folks with guns to set rules or else things just won't work. (Sure, I dispute this idea, what the hell...)
Which do you prefer:
A: Animals
Why?
A: Cause they're more interactive.
If you won $1 million, what would be the very first thing you would buy?
A: a fat Swiss bank account
The second?
A: a house
The last?
A: NO SUCH THING
Who has been the greatest influence in your life?
A: hard to say, too many people
How do people describe you?
A: Too smart for his own good, smug, a slob, but okay on the sense of humor side.
How do you describe yourself?
A: Earnest about becoming an even better person than I am now.
Do you subscribe to any magazines/newspapers?
A: Yes
Which?
A: Extropy, Cryonics
What are your favorite shoes?
A: HiTec Sierra Lites
Additional Comments
A: I just had to participate in this because it was so charming, but hey, if you want to have a date with me, that would be very fabulous as well.