Interview meme from Agatha S. - comment and I will interview you (if I can think of questions

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1. What is the most beautiful place in the world you've visited?
Venice. Beyond comparison, expectation, or belief. And then there is Villa d'Este in Tivoli.
2. Which magical object, spell or potion from the Harry Potter books do you wish existed in real life?
Goodness! The Time-Turner, probably.
3. Which languages that you don't know yet would you most like to learn?
Pahlavi, Persian, Hebrew, Aramaic, Accadian, ancient Egyptian. And among those I know a little, I would greatly like to improve my Classical Greek, Icelandic, Sanskrit, Old English, Welsh, and Old Irish. And why not a few Slavonic languages while I'm at it?
4. What would be more difficult for you to bear: living on a deserted island, or living in a permanently crowded place?
Desert island, unless it had cable and internet. I have always lived in big cities - Milan, Rome, London. I did my National Service in a small Italian town, L'Aquila, and nearly went crazy.
5. Which character traits do you see as most important in a friend?
I am not quite sure, because I am not sure why people become friends - why you choose one person out of dozens of people with excellent qualities to confide in and support and help and argue with and share experiences with. But once you are a friend, the most important virtue without any doubt is loyalty.

Comments

[tashmania.livejournal.com]

This seems interesting... interview me, please?

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

You speak Icelandic? How did you learn it?
And while I'm not surprised about the loyalty rating, I'm a little curious. You wrote a while ago about the difference between loyalty to institutions in ancient Rome and personal loyalty. I see that you have a heavy share of both kinds, and I'm wondering if you ever were in a situation that tested that loyalty? (Where a dysfunctional person you cared for was hurting an institution, or the other way around.) If there was, how did you work it out?

[curia-regis.livejournal.com]

Interview me?

I would honestly choose the desert island. It sounds lovely right about now.

[agatha-s.livejournal.com]

Interview me -- I feel like doing this again.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, pick me! I was here first!

[bufo-viridis.livejournal.com]

You will ask me questions and then I should repost them at my own L_J, did I get it right? Why not, not bad for the first entry, I'm curious what will you think about to ask.

And now for something completely different: running in circles - why do I keep finding the same people, like my betas or other good fanfic authors? Do they all know each other or do I hang on with such intelligent community? Two hops from your L_J and I'm back at the people I know... Is this the same for you? (delete the part if it's too OT)

[becomethesea.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with your Time-Turner answer. There are a lot of (little) things I wish I had done differently...not to mention, going back in time to have more time to finish things like papers, etc. :)