The Interview Meme
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scarlettina
1) What are your most and least favorite single malt scotches and why?
mmm. The favorites list is ever-evolving and favors 20+ year old Islays. My standard what-I-drink is Macallan 12-year, because it balances bite and smoke without being too aggressive or expensive. My least favorite... Glenfiddich. Not sure why, just never took to it. The thing about single malt is that, like good wine, it's not something to you drink to get drunk. It's about taste, and thinking about the taste, and enjoying the taste, and taking your time with it. Single malts are like people. They change as you get to know them.
2) What was your favorite extracurricular activity in high school and why?
Cutting class. No, it's true, it's sad. I didn't enjoy much about high school. There was stage crew, which was fun until rabid high school interpersonal politics took over and it Wasn't Fun. And I enjoyed fencing team a great deal, considering the minimal talent I had. But other than that...
3) What was the first science fiction novel you ever read and is the author someone you got to know later in life? If so, what's that relationship been like for you?
Um. Hrm. *thinking back* The first SF novel I ever intentionally read (rather than a school assignement) was James Blish's Cities in Flight and I almost didn't come back to the genre after that (I was too young to be reading it effectively). The next SF book I read was Hal Clement's YA-friendly Needle I did get the chance to meet Hal/Harry before he died, and it was always a quiet joy speaking with him. Told him once that it was that book that brought me back to genre, and he blushed. Delightful man. Sorely missed.
4) Filet mignon, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus: you pick the wine and tell us why.
Asparagus is tough -- I'm told it messes with the taste of the wine in unpleasant ways (I don't eat the things myself.. keep thinking we're going to discover one day we've accidentally been consuming alien emissaries...).
Okay, so knowing that there is no one perfect wine/food pairing, only what you like, I'd say:
Well, it would depend on my mood, actually. There are so many good red wines that could go with that. I'm sort of stuck on Australian shiraz right now (if price is no object, Penfold's Grange. cabernet/shiraz blend. Ooo mama). But if I were looking for something with a bit of pepper to stand up to a strong sauce, I'd say a zinfandel. A Turley or a Seghesio Old Vine, maybe. And there's nothing against New World cabernet sauvignons, either.
And why? Good question. The thing to remember is that not only does each varietal (cab sauv, pinot noir, zinfandel, merlot, etc) have different characteristics, but each wine-maker brings a different style to the varietal. And when you get a blend, double and triply so. I jsut generally enjoy zins, cabs and shiraz more than, say, pinot noir or merlots. And I prefer a complex, up-front, fruit-forward wine (aka New World Style) in those wines for steaks.
Althoughmy decision can change in an instant as I'm standing in front of the cellar making my choice. *grin*
5) Why meerkats? Long story short: I made the mistake of holding up a stuffed meerkat in an FAO Shwartz one holiday season and saying "what do you think, separated at birth?" By the time the howls of laughter died down, the nickname had stuck.
How this meme works:
1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
scarlettina1) What are your most and least favorite single malt scotches and why?
mmm. The favorites list is ever-evolving and favors 20+ year old Islays. My standard what-I-drink is Macallan 12-year, because it balances bite and smoke without being too aggressive or expensive. My least favorite... Glenfiddich. Not sure why, just never took to it. The thing about single malt is that, like good wine, it's not something to you drink to get drunk. It's about taste, and thinking about the taste, and enjoying the taste, and taking your time with it. Single malts are like people. They change as you get to know them.
2) What was your favorite extracurricular activity in high school and why?
Cutting class. No, it's true, it's sad. I didn't enjoy much about high school. There was stage crew, which was fun until rabid high school interpersonal politics took over and it Wasn't Fun. And I enjoyed fencing team a great deal, considering the minimal talent I had. But other than that...
3) What was the first science fiction novel you ever read and is the author someone you got to know later in life? If so, what's that relationship been like for you?
Um. Hrm. *thinking back* The first SF novel I ever intentionally read (rather than a school assignement) was James Blish's Cities in Flight and I almost didn't come back to the genre after that (I was too young to be reading it effectively). The next SF book I read was Hal Clement's YA-friendly Needle I did get the chance to meet Hal/Harry before he died, and it was always a quiet joy speaking with him. Told him once that it was that book that brought me back to genre, and he blushed. Delightful man. Sorely missed.
4) Filet mignon, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus: you pick the wine and tell us why.
Asparagus is tough -- I'm told it messes with the taste of the wine in unpleasant ways (I don't eat the things myself.. keep thinking we're going to discover one day we've accidentally been consuming alien emissaries...).
Okay, so knowing that there is no one perfect wine/food pairing, only what you like, I'd say:
Well, it would depend on my mood, actually. There are so many good red wines that could go with that. I'm sort of stuck on Australian shiraz right now (if price is no object, Penfold's Grange. cabernet/shiraz blend. Ooo mama). But if I were looking for something with a bit of pepper to stand up to a strong sauce, I'd say a zinfandel. A Turley or a Seghesio Old Vine, maybe. And there's nothing against New World cabernet sauvignons, either.
And why? Good question. The thing to remember is that not only does each varietal (cab sauv, pinot noir, zinfandel, merlot, etc) have different characteristics, but each wine-maker brings a different style to the varietal. And when you get a blend, double and triply so. I jsut generally enjoy zins, cabs and shiraz more than, say, pinot noir or merlots. And I prefer a complex, up-front, fruit-forward wine (aka New World Style) in those wines for steaks.
Althoughmy decision can change in an instant as I'm standing in front of the cellar making my choice. *grin*
5) Why meerkats? Long story short: I made the mistake of holding up a stuffed meerkat in an FAO Shwartz one holiday season and saying "what do you think, separated at birth?" By the time the howls of laughter died down, the nickname had stuck.
How this meme works:
1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
