First: Do you or have you ever read books about the Olympics? About sports in general? Fictional ones? Or non-fiction? Or both?
I do not recall reading anything about the Olympics or sports in general in fiction or non-fiction.
Second: Do you consider yourself a sports fan?
No. This is probably the reason for the answer in the first part. I usually do not go out of my way to read something in a subject that I do not care about or have any interest in. (I also have not seen or read about the current Olympics. At all.)
Addendum: I apologize for sounding so abrupt, but I've been really stuck in lab lately. Generally, I work 50 to 60 hrs a week (this week, it's more like 70), at least and lately, I am feeling very paranoid after overhearing a post-doc complaining about grad students working even less than flaky undergrads.
Are there any particular worlds in books where you’d like to live? Or where you certainly would NOT want to live? What about authors? If you were a character, who would you trust to write your life?
As I told someone yesterday, it's hard to articulate what to like. It's much easier to say what to dislike. I definitely do not want to live in a world where there's violence going on all the time. This means YOU, epic fantasy novels with constant warring. I also do not trust any authors who are into torturing their characters.
Onesome: Leggo'-- of that! Okay, is there something (sure, food works!) that shows up from time to time that you'd really like to have and someone else usually makes a grab for it? I'm thinking Christmas is coming and maybe those 'special' cookies need to be planned for...
Good food always disappears before I get a crack at it.
Twosome: my-- how time flies: Back to School sales are already over and I'm seeing Thanksgiving stuff in the stores! Whaddayathink: are you ready for Summertime to be over and done with?
I haven't seen Thanksgiving stuff, but then again, I haven't done much shopping lately. And no, I'm not really ready for summer to end, but what can you do?
Threesome: Eggos-- and the like: do you have a frozen food you keep around just because you actually like the darned thing?
Frozen food is easy to cook when I get home feeling really tired. I like fresh food better, though.
I'm not a sports enthusiast either and also do not follow the Olympics (and I often feel like the only person on the planet who does not, because in my experience, most others who aren't into sports still love the Olympics).
I'm in lab because I want to be there, not because someone is cracking the whip. I enjoy my work, but whenever someone implies that I'm a slacker, I have the urge to work harder. Although if someone tells me to my face that I don't work enough, I'm going to tell them that they should work on adding more hours to the day.
Aside from the clam chowder, I really dislike Campbells.
