Ask me some questions, I'll tell you no lies

[morgan_dhu]

Potentially interesting sort of "getting to know you much, much better" meme-thing going around, for anyone who might be interested in asking me anything:

1. Reply to this post with five questions you want to ask me. They can be serious or foolish. I don't care! Get personal if you want.
2. I'll reply to your questions on this journal or in a comment.
3. Do the same thing with your journal so I can ask you pointless questions.

Warning: it's mid-Olympics, and I'm on vacation, so I'm spending most of my time glued to the Great Eye, and therefore I might not respond very quickly.

Comments

[victoriacatlady.livejournal.com]

I need to think about five personal questions, but while I'm thinking, please tell me: is there any way of knowing just when a particular sport will be on CBC? I wanted to watch the gymnastics today, and ended up leaving the TV on for five hours waiting for it to come one, checking it frequently. Okay, part of that time was spent talking on the phone, but still, I didn't want to watch rowing and baseball and all the other crap.

[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

Not really. The problem is that they have been airing a lot of things more-or-less live during the day (and overnight on TSN), but they've identified a few things as "prime time", and instead of showing those live, they've been packaging them during the evening slot. Generally, they've been airing gymnastics during the last one or two hours of their "prime time coverage" - it airs from 6-11pm here, not sure if it's the same in your time zone.

Sorry I can't help more than that.

[victoriacatlady.livejournal.com]

It is the same in my time zone. I suppose I can just watch the last couple of hours and hope I get something I want to see. I don't follow any of it religiously, anyway; I'm just looking for something pretty to watch. Thanks, anyway.

[victoriacatlady.livejournal.com]

1. How would you describe the character of G'Kar? (Not you or me when we're being him, but G'Kar himself?)

2. How would you describe the character of Londo?

3. What is the one thing about your partner that you like the most?

4. Do you feel that you're suffering at all from the lack of a cat or other furry critter?

5. Now that you live on the ground floor, are you able to get out for walks at all? (Sub-question: if not, do you think you will be able to when the weather is cooler?)

Take your time, and friends-protect this whole entry if you need to.

[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I was planning on asking you the first two questions you asked me, but you got there first, which is why I haven't asked you any questions. ;-)

My answers:
1. G'Kar is a character that grows through the series, and that makes a description a little more difficult. When he arrives at Babylon 5, he is angry, mistrustful, deceitful, sometimes crude, often arrogant, and consumed with hatred of the Centari. But he has the capacity to learn and grow, through it takes some terrible and tragic lessons. Ultimately he becomes about as fully realised as any sentient being can be - he learns compassion, patience, wisdom while retaining the vitality and joy in life that was visible from the beginning. He has learned to be responsible for himself and his decisions, and how to do the right thing even when it is difficult.

2. Londo is also a character that experiences much change, and evenutla growth, but the tragedy of Londo is that he learns wisdom too late for it to be of any use to him or his people. We first see him as loud, obnoxious, arrogant, decadent, deceitful, avaricious, ambitious, selfish and overfond of the pleasures of the flesh. For him, the ends justify the means, and the ends he seeks are power for himself and for his people. Over time he learns something about being truthful and compassionate. Unfortunately, by the time he discovers that power is not a worthy pursuit, he is caught in the machinations of the Shadows and has no chance to redeem himself or save his people.

3. That's an impossible question to answer, unless I evade it by saying that what I like the most about him is... him.

4. Not really. Although it's true that I've lived with cats almost all of my life, in a way there doesn't seem to be a place for a cat in my life right now. Physically, I wouldn't be able to care for one, and I would not want to put all of the responsibility for that on my partner. In terms of companionship, my partner does everything a cat does, only better. ;-)

5. Unfortunately, my mobility has taken a serious decline, so that even though the weather has been nice and going out for walks would otherwise be possible, I just can't do it. The specialist treating my leg injury prescribed three months of heavy-duty antibiotics for me in February, and unfortunately, antibiotics can seriously aggravate enivronmental sensitivities in some people. Worse, one of the drugs, Cipro, has a rare side-effect of causing inflammation and weakening of connective tissue such as tendons and the like - and of course, I developed it. After only one month on the antibiotics, I had to stop because I had reached the point where my joints were so inflamed and my tendons were so sore that I literally could barely move. Even though I've been off them now since March, my mobility has not returned to what it was before I started taking them, and the limited amount of exercise I am able to do is having no effct in terms of strengthening anything. I can get around the house with my partner's assistance, and that's about it.