Peer pressure

[dr_whom]

Yes, I finally succumbed. Don't be disappointed if I never write anything interesting here, though; it's just for the friends list.

However, as a reward for anyone who notices that this is here, I'll try to do that meme where you comment and I reply by telling you (1) whatever randomly comes to mind about you, (4) something which doesn't make sense to many people other than you and me, (5) my first clear memory of you, and (7) something I wonder about you, as well as what (2) song, (3) flavor, and (6) vowel I associate with you. Well, I'll try, anyhow.

Yeah.

—AJD, finally back in Philadelphia

(Update: I suppose I've stopped doing this by now.)

Comments

[dr_whom]

1. Well, as you know already, you remind me very much of my friend Richard's sister. I suggested to their mother that she should invite you to one of her musicale soirées—one of the reasons that you remind me of her is that I suspect you would have a splendid time at one of those. Did you ever hear from her?
2. Something like "No One is Alone", I think.
3. Are counterfactual, hypothetical, or alternative-universe flavors allowed? Because my answer for this really wants to be "tea, if I liked tea". (Which is the first time my answer for this question has agreed with anyone's result on that survey.)
4. It's generally advisable to put the face of organizational legitimacy on things that are accomplished by back-room wheeling-dealing, wouldn't you say?
5. Hm. Hanging out in the CLR one time at the very beginning of your freshman year. You had just gotten into Mizmor Shir but were thinking about joining the Noteables instead.
6. [ɒ], basically (should look like an upside-down script-type a), but slightly less tightly rounded than that symbol might imply: a low back vowel of moderate roundedness. A nice friendly sort of vowel.
7. What made you decide to run for co-chair, the first time? And were you surprised when you won?

[ophblekuwufu.livejournal.com]

1. I did not, sadly.

7a. A murky complex of reasons, probably. Mostly, I think, desire to be of service to an organization I loved. I used to spend a lot of time doubting that I actually had much to contribute to HRSFA, and I hoped that dedication might make up the difference somehow. I don't deny traces of motivations that I tend to denounce as the "wrong" reasons to run for co-chair-- niggling desire for validation and greatness and so-forth.
7b. I was shocked. I'd thought I had some shot at being elected second, but I wasn't at all expecting to be elected first.