damerell

Did I mention that I'm likely to be crap at supplying questions in return? Well, I am. I might do them all in one batch some evening.

1. So where did the fascination with anime start?

Oxford.

Less pedantically, I suppose it was late '95 or early '96, since I was dating Eleanor at the time. Chris Joseph showed us _Bubblegum Crisis_, and I was hooked after about five minutes.

2. Does a shy and exotic creature lurk beneath the autocratic exterior?

Not as far as I know.

3. How *are* you and Weds these days? Long time no wossname.

Pretty good - vaguely broke, but only because we spend all our money on geek toys. We're certainly still pretty firmly stuck together.

4. If you could talk to yourself as a child, would you recommend the
career you have now?

Well, I was pretty keen on computers from about age 13 or so, so I wouldn't take much persuading - but, sure. It pays well and I enjoy it - a lot of people have to pick one or the other.

5. Describe the one best example you have ever encountered of the
futility of modern life.

I don't in general think of modern life as futile, certainly compared to the short lives and subsistence existence endured by the vast majority of humanity - both historically and outside the West.

I suppose the farce of democracy is pretty frustrating - we send one bit to the Government every 5 years, and then they do the same thing anyway.