14 questions
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alias_sqbrFrom anghraine. Consider yourself tagged if you want to be!
1- Were you named after anyone?
Yep! Sean is a portmanteau of my original first and middle names. My first name was that of my mother's mother's mother's mother, a Jewish refugee and my grandma's beloved grandma. My middle name was that of my dad's mother, who died when I was young. I like that they, and my parents' choices in naming me, are still honoured by my new name.
2- What is your dream job?
That is a very complicated question! The reason I have no job right now is my various disabilities, and I've never had a job not be interfered with by mental and/or physical illness, including intense anxiety at the very concept of having a paid job. And I really enjoyed something unique about every job I have done, while I was able to do it. So a couple of possibilities:
A job I am capable of doing right now, whether or not it pays well, as long as I have enough money to live: My current situation! I make computer games and art as a hobby, netting me like $100 a year at best, and Cam pays the bills.
A job I am capable of doing right now that pays a full time wage: I guess...I inherit a fortune from someone random? I don't think I'd actually like my creations becoming a thousand times more popular, that's a lot of pressure! Maybe if I got a one-time million dollar grant from some charity for the work I've already done, or sold the rights to something??
I still have Work Anxiety but become and remain physically healthy: Teaching people science or maths in a group setting where I don't have to do any planning beyond maybe learning a script. My two favourite jobs I have ever done were a vibrant drop in centre for people who needed help with undergraduate maths subjects, and doing humourous edutainment science shows for children in a museum. The latter was more physically exhausting than I have ever had the energy for, so if we're just talking pre-cfs me rather than Magically Healthy me then the maths drop in centre. But in either case the work conditions would be markedly less "shitty casual job filled by interchangeable uni students who can be fired at any time".
I am still physically disabled but don't have Work Anxiety: technical writer. I did this a couple of hours a week a few years ago and it was pretty cool and paid well, but I had so much anxiety I developed a whole new permanent chronic illness and had to quit.
I don't have ANY physical or mental health problems: Unimaginable utopia. Who even knows. Uni maths lecturer? World president ushering in an era of peace and prosperity who does children's science shows on the side??
I also really enjoyed working in an office as a public servant, and I feel like there's some version of me where that's the ideal, though hopefully the work itself would be a little less dull. Maybe technical writing!
But definitely not Artist/Creative Writer etc. That is a hobby I sometimes get paid for, and I like it that way.
3- Do you have children?
Nope. I was determined not to have them as a kid, then Cam and I got VERY CLUCKY and were vaguely planning it before I got sick in my mid twenties, and now we're both glad we didn't, even asides from me being ill. I adore children in small doses, but don't want that much work and responsibility!
4- What's your eye color?
Muddy green on the inside, brown on the outside. I think it reads as hazel from a distance.
5- What's the first thing you notice about people?
...I have no idea. I'm going to think about it!
6- Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Maybe >.> (yes)
7- Do you prefer scary movies or happy endings?
This is a false dichotomy! Many scary movies have happy endings, and many stories without happy endings are not scary! That said, I like happy endings and do not generally like scary movies, though I do enjoy horror under the right circumstances.
8- Do you have any special talents?
I am good at abstract mathematics and abstract logic. Not as much as before I got sick but still better than the average person. This does NOT mean you should trust my answers when it comes to arithmetic.
9- Where were you born?
Th world's most popular birthzone, UTC+8! Specifically: Perth, Western Australia
10- What are your hobbies?
Fanfic, fanart, programming and game making, occasional random things like sewing. Writing reviews and guides to things, I guess?
11- Do you have any pets?
Two cats, Bing and Darcy, both of whom are adorably sleeping on/near me right now because it is Cold.
12- What sports do you play/have you played?
Ahhaaaahahahahaaaahaha.
Um. Not counting Remedial Swimming, which I hated with a passion... I was on my primary school's lower-ranked netball team because they'd take literally anyone, and was very bad at it and kept forgetting my zone. I actually kinda liked hockey, but the rest of the house kicked me off, because they preferred to play with four people on the team than put up with how bad I was at it. Sport has never been my strong point.
13- How tall are you?
161cm/5'3" which is pretty short for an Australian, even an afab one.
14- Favorite subject in school?
Physics! I was planning on becoming a physicist until I hit uni and realised Real Physics involves a lot more fudging and kludges than the simple equations we'd learned in highschool, and I shifted my affections to the pure elegance of abstract algebra.
anghraine. Consider yourself tagged if you want to be!1- Were you named after anyone?
Yep! Sean is a portmanteau of my original first and middle names. My first name was that of my mother's mother's mother's mother, a Jewish refugee and my grandma's beloved grandma. My middle name was that of my dad's mother, who died when I was young. I like that they, and my parents' choices in naming me, are still honoured by my new name.
2- What is your dream job?
That is a very complicated question! The reason I have no job right now is my various disabilities, and I've never had a job not be interfered with by mental and/or physical illness, including intense anxiety at the very concept of having a paid job. And I really enjoyed something unique about every job I have done, while I was able to do it. So a couple of possibilities:
A job I am capable of doing right now, whether or not it pays well, as long as I have enough money to live: My current situation! I make computer games and art as a hobby, netting me like $100 a year at best, and Cam pays the bills.
A job I am capable of doing right now that pays a full time wage: I guess...I inherit a fortune from someone random? I don't think I'd actually like my creations becoming a thousand times more popular, that's a lot of pressure! Maybe if I got a one-time million dollar grant from some charity for the work I've already done, or sold the rights to something??
I still have Work Anxiety but become and remain physically healthy: Teaching people science or maths in a group setting where I don't have to do any planning beyond maybe learning a script. My two favourite jobs I have ever done were a vibrant drop in centre for people who needed help with undergraduate maths subjects, and doing humourous edutainment science shows for children in a museum. The latter was more physically exhausting than I have ever had the energy for, so if we're just talking pre-cfs me rather than Magically Healthy me then the maths drop in centre. But in either case the work conditions would be markedly less "shitty casual job filled by interchangeable uni students who can be fired at any time".
I am still physically disabled but don't have Work Anxiety: technical writer. I did this a couple of hours a week a few years ago and it was pretty cool and paid well, but I had so much anxiety I developed a whole new permanent chronic illness and had to quit.
I don't have ANY physical or mental health problems: Unimaginable utopia. Who even knows. Uni maths lecturer? World president ushering in an era of peace and prosperity who does children's science shows on the side??
I also really enjoyed working in an office as a public servant, and I feel like there's some version of me where that's the ideal, though hopefully the work itself would be a little less dull. Maybe technical writing!
But definitely not Artist/Creative Writer etc. That is a hobby I sometimes get paid for, and I like it that way.
3- Do you have children?
Nope. I was determined not to have them as a kid, then Cam and I got VERY CLUCKY and were vaguely planning it before I got sick in my mid twenties, and now we're both glad we didn't, even asides from me being ill. I adore children in small doses, but don't want that much work and responsibility!
4- What's your eye color?
Muddy green on the inside, brown on the outside. I think it reads as hazel from a distance.
5- What's the first thing you notice about people?
...I have no idea. I'm going to think about it!
6- Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Maybe >.> (yes)
7- Do you prefer scary movies or happy endings?
This is a false dichotomy! Many scary movies have happy endings, and many stories without happy endings are not scary! That said, I like happy endings and do not generally like scary movies, though I do enjoy horror under the right circumstances.
8- Do you have any special talents?
I am good at abstract mathematics and abstract logic. Not as much as before I got sick but still better than the average person. This does NOT mean you should trust my answers when it comes to arithmetic.
9- Where were you born?
Th world's most popular birthzone, UTC+8! Specifically: Perth, Western Australia
10- What are your hobbies?
Fanfic, fanart, programming and game making, occasional random things like sewing. Writing reviews and guides to things, I guess?
11- Do you have any pets?
Two cats, Bing and Darcy, both of whom are adorably sleeping on/near me right now because it is Cold.
12- What sports do you play/have you played?
Ahhaaaahahahahaaaahaha.
Um. Not counting Remedial Swimming, which I hated with a passion... I was on my primary school's lower-ranked netball team because they'd take literally anyone, and was very bad at it and kept forgetting my zone. I actually kinda liked hockey, but the rest of the house kicked me off, because they preferred to play with four people on the team than put up with how bad I was at it. Sport has never been my strong point.
13- How tall are you?
161cm/5'3" which is pretty short for an Australian, even an afab one.
14- Favorite subject in school?
Physics! I was planning on becoming a physicist until I hit uni and realised Real Physics involves a lot more fudging and kludges than the simple equations we'd learned in highschool, and I shifted my affections to the pure elegance of abstract algebra.
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Date: 2023-07-11 02:41 am (UTC)And apparently more average than it feels like! Maybe I just know a lot of tall people.
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Date: 2023-07-11 02:42 am (UTC)An excellent height!
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Date: 2023-07-07 04:52 pm (UTC)A birthzone??
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Date: 2023-07-11 02:40 am (UTC)Look, when you come from a tiny city noone cares about, you take your notability where you can find it, even if that involves making up a word.
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Date: 2023-07-08 01:48 am (UTC)Algebra ♥
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Date: 2023-07-11 02:39 am (UTC)Yeah I checked after posting and went oh that's right, I'm average?? I don't FEEL average around afab people my own age I meet in person, but that's not a representative sample.