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I've been interviewed!

03:36, 28 April 2007 .. Link

Well, this has been a little while coming, I can only blame work, and the poxy housebuying (which is sort of moving forward, and then back, and then maybe a little bit forward, and then three steps back - you get the idea).

Eclectablog kindly sent me some questions a few days ago, so here is my attempt at answering them:

1. Your creative use of expletives is legendary. Do you swear as colorfully in "real life"?
Legendary... I like that. *basks in the glory of the word "legendary"* *cough* Sorry, where was I? Oh, yes, swearing, legendary...
No, I don't, actually, I swear a bit, but nowhere near like I do on this blog. And not as inventively - I just say "fuck" occasionally, really. I am, in general, much more creative in writing than in speech. Unless I'm really drunk. Apparently I told a guy from Iceland that Icelandic language was like "Norwegian for paedophiles" when I was ratarsed. That's fairly rude, and the kind of thing I would normally only write. So I guess the blog me is the same, in many ways, as the blind drunk me. But it's not about shyness really, more about not finding it particularly productive to go around offending people with my sense of humour all the time (on the net they can just choose not to read, you see).

The Icelandic bloke found it funny, by the way, so that was lucky...

2. You keep a very low profile on your blog (no picture or information in your profile, e.g.) Why do you keep your personal details so private?
Hehe. Why not? It says my age, and my occupation - that's something. No, there are a couple of reasons, really, one is that I do not want to be "googlable" to this blog on my real name, as I do freelance translation for a living and most of my new clients would be likely to Google me before contacting me or upon me contacting them, to try and establish that I'm genuine, that I'm being honest about my qualifications etc. I don't really think this blog gives the best impression of me in a professional capacity. Unless they're after a translator of swearwords. I'd be brilliant at that, I reckon.

I also joined a forum once, without being particularly careful about covering my tracks (although not offering any info up either), and people from there started phoning me up and emailing me uninvited, no big deal, but made me realise how easily done that is. So, just trying to keep my job, as it were.

The lack of picture is just that it's not very "me" to be plastering pictures of myself up everywhere - I might put one in the blog if there was a particular reason to. I think. But then again, maybe not.

3. What countries have you visited and which was your favorite.

I'm dividing this one into categories, as I found it hard to make sense of comparisons any other way.

I have lived in Norway (1975-1996), England (1996-2002, 2004-present)), China (2002-2004).
Out of the three, England is my favourite, because it's where I feel at home.

I have visited
Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, Greece (Corfu), Cyprus (greek side), Malta, Spain, Germany, France, Holland, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Guatemala, Ecuador.

These visits range from a weekend trip to months travelling around, so it's not all that comparable. My favourite was Ecuador, both because I met hubby there, and because I loved the place (maybe because I spent three months there, lying in hammocks and getting pissed...). I find I usually judge places more on the merit of people I meet there than the country itself (could explain my preference for England, hehe).

4. What music is in heavy rotation on your cd player these days?
What's a CD player? You have hit upon something strange here - I rarely listen to music. I can't while I work, as the translation generally uses up all available space in my brain. When I'm not working, I tend to read (can't stand music while I read), watch films or TV, or be out of the house. So, none. I think it's about three years since I bought music in any shape or form. I used to go out dancing to some fairly hard, funky techno back in the day, but would never listen to that at home. I think the last CD I bought was a Massive Attack one.

5. Have you ever met any fellow bloggers? Who and what tasty tidbits can you tell us about them that nobody else knows?
No. None. I've never met a single one of them, but I'm sure I will one day - it's not like the UK is huge or anything. And I do tend to travel abroad occasionally, so maybe even fellow bloggers from foreign shores. But, I've only been blogging here since September, don't forget - give me time!
So, no dirt on anybody, I'm afraid. Sorry.

OK, that was that. In a twist on the original meme, if you feel any questions were missed out, feel free to ask them, and I will try to answer them. If anybody wants me to interview them, let me know, I'll do it (if I must).

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