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Name: Sophia Jirafe/sophia_helix
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Age: 27
Location: California
Occupation: Ex-student




All About You

1. Describe your ideal house/home. Please go into as much detail as possible, and be sure to include your ideal geographical location in the description!.

Right now the place I wish I could live the most would be Marin County -- it's tucked in the redwoods, is close to the ocean, but also has San Francisco within easy striking distance. I'd love the kind of house that goes with that locale as well, modern but timeless, with redwood siding and lots of light and very clean lines inside but warmth too. Also with little cosy pockets around the place, like a little office with a window seat and cute vintage prints and shabby chic textiles and quirky '50s furniture. I like being close to "civilization" (especially a big city with lots of culture and beautiful architecture like San Francisco) without living in a traditional suburban or urban neighborhood. Let's just say that my favorite parts of SF and NYC are their famous parks.

2. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.

Sharks -- big, scary, brainless, and will chomp you from below. The last part is especially important, since I'm terrified of deep water (even the 12' end of a pool) because you don't know what's underneath you.

Having to really put myself out there and sell myself. A job interview is my worst nightmare.

Zombies. Used to be vampires, but there's, you know, garlic and getting in your own house and stakes and crosses and holy water and all that. But zombies never stop! There are so many of them! They're hard to kill. Shaun of the Dead is the only zombie movie I can watch and even that gets a little too creepy at the end. Being trapped and knowing it's only a matter of time until this inexorable tide of monsters breaks in and eats you... ::shudder::

3. What is your favorite aspect of your physical appearance and why?

When it behaves, I like my curly hair very much. Also I feel like my face has nice, regular, sort of classical features.

4. If you could change one thing about your physical appearance, what would you change and why?

Beyond the obvious "weight" (screw you, western patriarchy), I wish I had more striking coloring. My eyes are hazel and my hair is just plain brown, and I'd love to have brighter colored eyes and darker or lighter hair.

5. Imagine you’re given the classic opportunity: a genie granting you three wishes. What would you wish for? Wishing for more wishes is not permitted!

The obvious financial wish: just enough money to buy the house above and travel and go out to dinner and the movies and buy books and nice clothes and and fancy yarn. I like my low-key life, and only wish I could afford the little luxuries without having to, you know, work for a living.

Except, perversely, I would love a job writing for a good sitcom (Arrested Development, Office, 30 Rock, etc.) Since they're hard to come by, a genie would be required, I think.

Athletic skills in a very intense area like gymnastics or figure skating. I'd love to do a backflip on a beam or pull out a triple axel -- something about that bodily freedom and power really appeals to me.

6. In your life so far, what accomplishment are you the most proud of? You can list more than one if you have trouble deciding. ;)

I just got out of a grueling three years of post-undergrad school and even though I don't think I'm going to work in the field (!!!) just getting out with acceptable grades and not quitting is something I will always be proud of.

7. Which of the following is most important to you: Love, Money, Knowledge, Family, Friendship, Adventure, or Pleasure? Which is the least important to you?

It's really kind of a combination of several, but I think I'll go with Friendship, even though it's mixed with love. Friends are extremely important to me, and my husband and I have a strong emotional bond that's less romantic love and just more of an automatic partnership. I don't need romance and big declarations, but to be around people I care about and who care about me.

Adventure is probably the least-important to me -- although I don't mind having it, I don't actively seek it out.

8. What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values?

I just spent forever trying to find this one quote that I swear is by W.E.B. DuBois and is about there being no point to hiding your light under a bushel just to make other people feel less insecure, and that the whole world benefits if everyone does their very best and lets their light shine through. (If anyone has any idea what this quote actually is, please let me know!) I can't always live by it, but it really speaks to me.

9. How do you manage your money? On that note, how important is money/financial security to you?

Terribly. It just seems to slip away on all those little luxuries. Like I said, I just want to be able to do or buy things that I like, not buy designer clothes or a Miami beach house.

10. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?

I write fanfic (mostly in The Office fandom, though I've been in a million others), and read it too. I'm a very avid knitter and love playing with beautiful yarn, making beautiful things, and having a skill I've practiced and learned. I watch a lot of indie and comedy movies and TV shows like Buffy and Farscape, read very widely, and love hiking, the cold northern California beaches, and taking in "culture" things when I'm in the mood for them like dance or art or theater (not mainstream musicals like Wicked, though). I also play Lord of the Rings Online, which is an MMO like World of Warcraft but appeals to me much more because the storyline is strong, the graphics are beautiful, and the people tend to be older, nicer, politer, and just more fun.


11. Name (and elaborate on) your top three BEST and top three WORST qualities (personality-related, not physical).

Of the good: I know everyone thinks they've got a good sense of humor, but I really do feel like I'm funny and amuse people both in conversation and writing. I'm insightful and good at talking through things with people (psych major, decided grad school was too much of a pain and that the world had enough MFTs). I really do mean well all the time and want other people to be happy (maybe at my own expense).

Of the bad: Procrastination/hibernation from things I don't want to deal with. Sometimes I talk too fast and too much about myself and don't let other people get in a word edgewise. Sometimes I don't take responsibility for things I probably should and get too defensive.






A Song of Ice and Fire Related

1.Which is your favorite book of the series so far? What about your least favorite?
I'm a total dork and choose Storm of Swords because I love the stuff with Brienne and Jaime, plus the big battle scenes and Tyrion being awesome. But I tend to view the series as a whole since I read all four books over a short period of time in summer of 2006. Least favorite was probably Feast for Crows just because I miss a lot of perspectives.

2.Who are your favorite three characters in the series?
Brienne, Tyrion, annnnd maybe Sam.

3.Who are your least favorite three characters in the series?

I understand a lot of the things that Cersei faces as a powerful woman in a patriarchal society, but I still don't like her or her choices. Arya used to be cool and now is just sort of boring and tough. And I am not a fan of either Clegane brother.

4.#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far?
Tyrion killing his father. Totally unexpected and hardcore.

5. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end?
Queen Dany. Amen.

Also, Jaime/Brienne, the Stark children reunited and living quietly in the North and getting over some of the awful scars they must have, Tyrion as the Hand, and, weirdly, Cersei being released and able to find some peace, maybe as the head of the Lannister family in Lannisport. I don't like her, but I also don't like how she's been pushed into this really evil character because she isn't allowed the things she wants, like political power. (I know, why do I want a happy ending for a character I don't like? I'm an underdog-supporter, I guess.)

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