Clouds drifting by

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

By me? I used some feathers to play with Daisy. She had fun. :oD

15. If not now, then when?

Soon!

(Let's hope it's something good!)

Stargate SG1. It's been years since I've watched it and I'd forgotten how good it can be. (Especially in the Daniel h/c department.)

So far Daniel has had his wife kidnapped, seen his wife as host to a Goa'uld, got beaten up by Jack, been turned into a Neanderthal, been presumed dead (he wasn't dead), fallen for a Goddess, been shot by Alt!Teal'c, been shot by Jaffa and almost died, almost got blown up, almost got killed in prison, relived his parents' deaths, became addicted to using a sarcophagus...

...and I'm not even a third of the way through season 2.

Was it canon or fanon that called him Dead Again Daniel?

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

Hmmm, if I knew it'd have no effect on my life at all?

I'd never go to my hospital appointments. I'd save myself the stress and aggravation of spending 4 hours (waiting for patient transport, travelling, waiting to be seen, waiting for patient transport, and travelling home again) just to spend 10 minutes seeing a specialist.

I go in case there's been a development in treatment, and in case I need those specialists to tell the benefits system that I'm still this disabled.

9. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

Well...I can understand why Flat-Earthers believe the Earth is flat.

Let me make it clear, before your eyeballs pop from their sockets, I don't agree with them at all. The Earth is round like a ball, not round like a plate (as I think Terry Pratchett said).

But how do I (or you) know? Because people have told us so. I don't know anyone who's circum-navigated the globe or been up in space and given the Earth's backside a quick ogle. But lots of people say so, so it must be true. Right?

Um, no. People spread misinformation all the time: Vaccines are bad; Shakespeare didn't write his own plays; Trump isn't breaking any laws at all. You get the idea.

I believe the Earth is round (like a ball) because of the huge difference in timezones. I think if the Earth was flat, much more of us would have the same sunrise and sunset times.

So, I believe the Earth is round (like a ball) but I can understand mistrusting information you can't actually verify.

7. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

If I have enough energy, I ask.

6. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

Writing. I could still type using the actual keyboard then (instead of using the mouse to type on an onscreen keyboard as I do now). Now I type about 10 words a minute so it takes me forever to write a story. My typing wasn't super fast 5 years ago as I was typing with one finger on my left hand and most of my fingers on my right, but it was quicker than this.

4. What gets you excited about life?

Right now, I'm struggling to find anything exciting. I'm feeling very down.

3. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

"Don't sweat over the small stuff." It's very good advice.

2. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

Oh, loads of people, usually to my detriment. Awesome writers who I can't hope to equal; prolific writers I can't match; competent people who outdo me; brainy people who out-think me. The list goes on.