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Old 02-02-2011, 09:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Goodness. Maybe I should have got some of the first questions out of the way earlier.

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*evilgrinkisses*


who is your most favorite hp charrie?

what is your favorite color? *so knows this*

who is your most favorite person on the site?

paper or plastic?

broccoli or culiflower?

green beans or peas?

apples or oranges?
Hehehe.

Let's see...
My favourite character has to be Hermione. Strong-willed, smart, independent-minded, sceptical... Yep. I also have a soft spot for Cho.

Not much into "favourite" colours, but purple's cool.

Duh. You are. *smooches*

Paper! Protect the planet, people!

Broccoli, I think. Tastes good.

I like both, really, but if I had to choose, I'd go for peas green beans... Green beans!

Can't go wrong with an apple!

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*thinks of something* errrm, what is your most favourite movie? Like one that you just love to see over and over and have the dialogues and scenes memorized because no matter how many times you watch it, you still like it.

Yeah...that was sure a silly question.
Hehe. 's my hijita!

My favourite favourite movie is The Big Lebowski, which I can watch over and over again without getting bored. There are a few others that I really like, and a friend of mine and I were able to quote entire parts of movies to each other. We'd do dialogue and whatnot to keep ourselves amused.

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I'm just curious as a fellow vegetarian, what made you decide to become a vegetarian? :'D
Ethical reasons, really. Meat tastes good, but not good enough, y'know? I think what made it click in my mind was Peter Singer's book Practical Ethics.

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whats your MIDDLE name?? *stares*
*stares back*

I'd rather not say. It's embarrassing.
I will tell this, though - I have two middle names!

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana View Post
Phil!!!!

- How did you come up with your username, and why the exclamation mark?
- What's your favorite planet other then Earth, and why?
- What's one science-related fact you can share with me that you don't think I already know (and preferably something I can understand )?
Anna B!

Let's see. I was listening to a song about Antarctica when I was registering, and since I couldn't think of anything better, that just became my name! I'm not quite sure why I added the exclamation mark. Maybe just to make it stand out.

Who said Earth was my favourite planet? Erm... Not that interested in planets, really, but Saturn is beautiful. (And while not a planet as such, its moon Enceladus is an amazing place.) But I also like Mercury. I'm not sure why - it's probably not the planet itself that fascinates me, but how close it is to the Sun. I can only imagine what the sky must look like...

How about something medical? Here is the abstract of a paper coming out of the New England Center for Headache.

SPOILER!!:
Headache disorders are common in children and adolescents. Even young male Wizards are disabled by them. In this article we review Harry Potter's headaches as described in the biographical series by JK Rowling. Moreover, we attempt to classify them. Regrettably we are not privy to the Wizard system of classifying headache disorders and are therefore limited to the Muggle method, the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition (ICHD-II). Harry's headaches are recurrent. Although conforming to a basic stereotype, and constant in location, throughout the 6 years of his adolescence so far described they have shown a tendency to progression. Later descriptions include a range of accompanying symptoms. Despite some quite unusual features, they meet all but one of the ICHD-II criteria for migraine, so allowing the diagnosis of 1.6 Probable migraine.


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What do you think makes HP so awesome?
Ooh. That's a tough question... I think it's because the world is so complete and believable. Sure, there's magic and all that, but it doesn't appear overdone, and apart from all that people still have to deal with problems we're all familiar with. It's also a very obvious appeal for tolerance, something very commendable in my opinion.

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What is sinology?
Hehe. I was waiting for a question like that.
Sinology is the study of China, Chinese language, culture, and history.

That's what I study! I learn modern and classical Chinese, I have classes on history, geography, politics, and lots more like that.
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