First meme in a while - tagged by super_pan

[fpb]

You're supposed to ask me a question about each of the following categories, and I'm supposed to answer them. Then you're supposed to post the meme on your own lj. Supposedly you're not supposed to worry about being too personal or embarrassing me, but if you want to worry about it, that's fine with me!

1. Friends.
2. Sex.
3. Music.
4. Drugs.
5. Love.
6. LiveJournal.

Comments

[leia-naberrie.livejournal.com]

1. If you've ever had a friend betray you, do you think back and conclude that that person was never really a friend?

2. Have you ever regretted a sexual experience?

3. What instrument do you play very well?

4. If the doctor gives you a choice, which would you prefer - pills or needles?

5. Is it false if it doesn't hurt?

6. Does anyone in your family (parents, kids, sibs I mean) read your lj?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

1) Unfortunately, I have plenty of evidence that the opposite is the case. The worst betrayal I ever suffered was from a person who used to look at my drawings and get all the subtleties and all the jokes - and then, from one moment to the next, she seemed to go insane. And then there is that person who went around LJ telling everyone she knew that I was a racist, for no reason I can imagine. She had been a good and close friend for a while, though our politics differed - and I cannot bring myself to believe that politics alone would lead a person not only to betray another but to lie about them and do her best to poison their relationships with third persons.

2) Yes. Also the lack of one.

3) Er, I can sing fairly decently... does that count?

4) Pills, every time.

5) It's not love unless it turns your life and every one of your assumptions upside down. It's not love if it's nice and reasonable and reassuring.

6) I would like them to, but they either have no time or don't read English.

I will, of course, be facetious.

[patchworkmind.livejournal.com]

If you one day wandered home to find friends of yours having sex while taking drugs and listening to very loud music, would you still love them, and would you write about it in your LJ?

Re: I will, of course, be facetious.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

You are crazy. Well, question one, it depends, and, question two, it would take a very very very good reason not to.

Re: I will, of course, be facetious.

[patchworkmind.livejournal.com]

You are crazy.

Yes. I get that a lot.

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

1. Friends.
What is the most you’ve ever forgiven a friend?
2. Sex.
What is it that men want from a women?
3. Music.
Does the sound of a novice playing for fun make you smile as much as the music of a professional who is good enough to earn money?
4. Drugs.
How does Britain keep prescription drug costs under control with all the new ones coming on the market? Or is that a political question?
5. Love.
How do you mostly express affection – doing favors for people, giving gifts, touching, talking, hanging out together, remembering things?
6. LiveJournal.
Which “real person” blogs should everyone read more?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

1) Just about anything. In the case of Dee, long ago at college, I was willing to forgive the blackest treachery, but it never happened.
2) I would say that bad men want ego reinforcement in various ways. Better men tend to find their pleasure in giving it to her. Sex is not, in my view, a zero-sum game. But my experience is not extensive. You probably know nore in this area than I do.
3) It depends. Anyone can make a pleasant sound if they have music within them, but only a skilled professional is always capable of reaching a level where you know you could not follow.
4) There is a state board called NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) that evaluates new medicines as they become available, testing their effectiveness and their value for money. For instance, they would not be willing to authorize for general use a medicine that only prolongs life a little, and costs a lot. But of course every such decision involves a political battle.
5) All of the above. Doing favours for people used to be a particular favourite of mine when I was in love. Debbie learned to watch her mouth, because mention of, say, a record by an artist she liked and did not have tended to result in said record being in her mailbox the following day.
6) Heavens, I don't know. Some people whom I have a high regard for tend to hide their real personalities for fear of controversy. And some people who are absolutely marvellous and adorable - such as kikei, avus, privatemaladict, or tashmania, already have plenty of appreciative friends. On the whole, I would say that people tend to find their natural level of friendship and popularity.

[guarani]

What's the most bizarre thing you did/witnessed in each of those topics?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

1. Friends.
Most of my friends are strange and wonderful - from privatemaladict, who has the looks of a Golden Age Hollywood movie star and still insists on being a doctor, to kikei, to becomethesea, to... Well, you get it.
2. Sex.
You don't want to know.
3. Music.
The success of Kylie Minogue. Now explain that. She's not even attractive!
4. Drugs.
On a couple of occasions, I have been the only person unstoned and unsmoking in a room full of potheads.
5. Love.
Clare. WTF was that all about? (Clare was a butch lesbian.)
6. LiveJournal.
popehead, atallvlad, and a few others.