Ask me your questions, Bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.

[jackofallgeeks]

(Yoinked from jasmydae)

You get to ask me any one question--no matter how crazy, inappropriate, etc.--and I promise to answer it truthfully. So, go for it!
(You can ask multiple questions; I will answer truthfully, but only *have* to answer the first one :-p)

Comments

[tiel.livejournal.com]

What is the absolute best advice that you've ever been given?

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

I don't remember a lot of the advice I've been given. Some of the best I can only relate vaguely, and I'm sure I couldn't choose an 'absolute best' from them.

I recall my dad once telling me about confidence, and how it's really just an act when the rubber hits the road. You can be uncertain and unsure, but if you make it seem as though you have confidence then... -shrugs- That's all there is to it, I guess. He once said something about how leadership wasn't much more than giving others confidence by presenting it yourself.

My cousin related to me a quote once that went something like "Make it as personal as you can. Believe me, you can't imagine a feeling everyone hasn't had. Make it personal, tell the truth, and then write 'Burn this' on it."

And I have to say I'm a fan of a certain Latin proverb that goes "when there is no wind, row."

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Quite a few, actually, but to give you an actual answer, we'll say Sarah; I have a bit of a crush on her. She's been gone from LJ for most of the last while, though, and I don't know if this should concern me or not; it could just be that she's out living life in Reality.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. I think not: I refer to my Canadian friend.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I can't really say. There was this one time that a friend of mine made me Cosplay as Setsuna from Angel Sanctuary for an Anime Con, but I almost want to say that there has to have been something more embarrassing than that.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

(Ha ha, I noticed!)

This is a freebee, mostly because it's not the first one you answered, but also got a pretty simple answer: I'm a virgin. Even if you'd like to define 'sexual moment' as not being sex specifically but, say, kissing or what not, I think we're still looking on the order of months to a year.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Uhm... boxer shorts? I don't think I generally buy embarrassing things at stores.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Would you, if circumstances permitted, marry our mutual friend Sara?

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

"If circumstances permitted" is a rather vague phase to use. Even at that, it's not a simple question to answer. I don't know. I like her daughter and, for my part, I like her name (though I really hate the diminutive Sara's given her). I like her family; her dad's a cool guy, her mom's always been a generally-nice lady, and her sisters are alright (which here means I've always kind of liked Amanda and though I've never known Katrina much I've also never not-liked her). And Sara's a nice girl.

Trouble is, there's a lot more to it than that. I think Sara and I agree on how children should be raised, which is encouraging if I stop to think about it because it seems rather few ladies I encounter agree with me on those points. And I think that like me she wants to be a good Catholic. But I can't really say how I would feel about her, or Us, "if circumstances permitted." I don't know if there would be that spark of chemistry which... I don't know. It seems like an important key, and I'm not so sure I'm shallow for saying so. I'm not sure, either, that I'm the man she thinks I am, but I can't say how much that would matter.

In the end, I really can't say. What I can say is that I want the best for her, I want her to be happy and healthy and fulfilled; but I don't have much place in that as things stand, and I'm not sure I ever could.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

You're not shallow for saying so, believe me.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-smiles- Aye. I've had first- and second-hand experience which tells me so.
Still... there's a part of me that wishes that weren't an issue. And that part pouts when things like that come up.

Heathens

[xenu.livejournal.com]

Where did the people go after they died who died before Christ was born?

I'm not mocking you. I'm curious as to what you think.

Re: Heathens

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

I'm certain I don't know. I imagine there are a great number of useful theories, though. Maybe they were punished under the old covenant, though I imagine that would suck for them. Maybe they went to 'limbo,' though I doubt it, as I'm fairly sure what I refer to when i say 'limbo' is that state of being for holy innocents, like stillborn babies and such. Maybe, being as God exists outside of time and Christ's sacrifice is an Eternal act, it doesn't much matter that they died before Christ temporally speaking, and they get the same deal as any of us -- though, I imagine there would need to be a few alterations made, as they couldn't have the knowledge we have.

I'm not generally in the business of saying who is and is not getting into heaven; and if you read carefully, neither is the Catholic Church, strictly speaking. I imagine there could be some teaching of the church on this point, but I've never bothered to seek it.