Another "friends" meme

[stoutfellow]

I borrowed this one from kd5mdk. A lot of you know me from the Bujold list; I've been on that list for quite a few years, and though I don't talk about myself a lot (I think), I've said a fair bit from time to time. On lj, I've been rather more open than that. But, just in case anybody's curious, I thought I'd post this.

I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. I promise, I will not make fun of you, or say who asked what.
I then invite you to do the same. Remember, seriously basic stupid questions, don't be embarrassed, you would be really shocked what I don't know about you. So, ummmm.. what do you want to know?

If you want to post anonymously, that's all right too!

Comments

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

What was I like in high school? Hmm... I thought of myself as a nice guy, and had some popularity - enough to be elected "Commissioner of Finance" my senior year - but, looking back, I think I was kind of a snot.

I was raised in a nondescript military Protestantism; starting in my teens I began arcing Rome-ward, with a several-year stop as an Episcopalian. Yes, I believe in Purgatory, of a sort; if you've read C. S. Lewis's comments on the subject, my picture closely resembles his.

As for the last question... I think I'll take that to private e-mail.

Nosy? Moi?

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

See why it's never good to give my curiosity free rein? (g) It removes entirely the fetters of good taste and sensibility! (g)

Okay, let's hear a good story about when you were a snot, hmmmm, Dad? Please? Just one story, huh? (scoots chair closer)

Your religious pedigree sounds somewhat like mine, minus the Roman Arch. Baptized and raised Episcopalian until I was 10, then confirmed Methodist. Stayed Methodist until early 20s, except for the Fulbright year in Germany when I lived in a Catholic dorm and went to mass twice a week. Joined the UCC Congregational church and stayed for over 10 years, switching to the Lutheran church when our boys were in a Lutheran school.

Now, for the first time in my life, we haven't attended services for @ 2 years, partly because I am too chicken to tell our old church that they *are* now old. I just came to a point where the ultraconservative viewpoints held by our pastor became unacceptable to me and I got tired of having to explain to the youngest just which of the propounded views we didn't believe. When the health crises have finally passed, I'll probably go back to the UCC Congregational church, although frankly, all the denominations have so much in common, I'm comfortable in most. I just really love the minister in that church, and he is a friend of the family.

As for the last, entirely personal, nosy, and obnoxious question...oh, goody! I'll look forward to the email. In my own defense...it would have been a *reallly* awful question if we weren't already friends offlist! Okay. *More* awful. (g) I've always said my tombstone should read, "She was a 'curious' woman."

Re: Nosy? Moi?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

let's hear a good story about when you were a snot, hmmmm, Dad?

I really don't think there are any. There's just the common adolescent combination of arrogance, self-pity, and insensitivity.

Don't know what to ask...

[meerkat1.livejournal.com]

Right now my life is so stressed... that I can't think of any creative questions. So can I have a rain-check on this meme?

But I did want to note... that I am getting to know you so much better here on LJ than I did on the List... and that is wonderful... cause you are a pretty nifty person.

And the Great Divorce really affected my life and view of a version of Purgatory too. I would love to reread it *with* somebody sometime. You know... chapter by chapter and discuss it along the way.

Let me know if your interested.

Re: Don't know what to ask...

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

can I have a rain-check on this meme?

Sure; consider it open-ended. (And feel free to insert your question as a comment to any future post; this one's just the invitation.)

Let me know if your interested.

Sometime, yes. I can't just now, but maybe in a month or two.