These questions were written by Florianschild.

1) What is the oldest thing you own?

Good question. I have a couple of books printed in the 1890s, my grandfather's diploma from 1907, my grandmother's pre-1912 pocket watch. I suppose a tiny chip of meteorite that a couple of astronomer friends once gave me is truly the oldest thing I own.

2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?

Definitely not my childhood home -- my parents built that between their wedding and my birth. In my 20s I moved an *average* of once per year. At one point I rented a sad little one-room apartment that was an extension onto the back of a 200-year-old farmhouse. I have no idea when the addition was built, but it was in bad shape. A couple of apartments I shared in Massachusetts probably dated to the early 1900s. One of my college dorms was built in 1923 and was one of the first Sheraton hotels.

3) What is the oldest book you've read?

Maybe Plato's Republic? In terms of authorship, that is. I own a couple of small books that were printed in the 1890s.

4) What is the oldest electronic device that you still use?

Hmm ... the boy toy has done a pretty good job of purging old technology around here. Excluding purely "electrical" things like lamps and the refrigerator, my oldest working electronic gizmo is probably the Sony clock radio, which I purchased in 1994.

5) What is the oldest work of art/architecture that you've seen?

Stuff at the British Museum like the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian mummies. Also a King Tut exhibit that once visited the Museum of Science in Boston while on tour.

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From thefridayfive. Wow, it's been a long while....

1. What plans did you have for this summer?
After much waffling, I said, "Yes! I'm going to Pennsic!"

2. Have you accomplished them or is it still a work in progress?
Given that Pennsic hasn't started yet ... I'm making my preparations.

3. What would make this summer much better for you?
A sufficient amount of money in my bank account.

4. When did you go back to school from summer break when you were a kid?
Always the Wednesday after Labor Day.

5. Is anyone else as shocked as I am that July and most of the summer is nearly over?
Uhhhh ... it's not nearly over for ME!!

Supposedly there is a meme now going around on LJ:



Hey, I'm all for the few remaining LJ users (well, "few" comparatively speaking) finding each other.

The first time I tried to comment on the original post, it got marked as "spam," probably because I included a link to the SCA. I took it out and then the comment posted. Anyway, here are my answers the way I originally wrote them.

Intro
1.) Name (What you want to be called): Patty or Patricia (either is fine)
2.) Timezone: U.S. Eastern
3.) Languages: English
4.) Hobbies: The Society for Creative Anachronism is my great hobby, interest and passion. It's the overarching framework for a lot of my other activities. That said, I'd list my current hobbies as reading, fiber arts (especially knitting), English country dancing, and playing music (percussion and recorder) for English country dancing.
5.) Interests: Lithuanian history, heraldry, astronomy, history of science.
5 1/2.) Fandoms: I lean more to Star Trek than Star Wars. Also: Big Bang Theory, Harry Potter, and a whole lotta bands and TV series that don't exist anymore.
6.) Passions: Progressive politics, Unitarian Universalism
7.) Guilty pleasure music/song/band: Various '80s and alternative stuff
8.) Level of activity on LJ: (i.e., frequent updater, lurker, just a commenter, etc.) I post about 9 to 15 times a month, depending on mood.
9.) DNW: far-right conservatives, tea partiers, homophobic racists and sexists
10.) Words to live by: If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?

Body
1.) Do you have faith in the next generation? Why? My friends' kids are awesome. I hope certain people in the older generation don't ruin our world before they inherit it.
2.) What makes you laugh? The humor posts on the "Single Dad Laughing" blog
3.) What exotic pet would you like to have? I don't think people should have exotic pets.
4.) What is the next planned event you're looking to in your life? A professional conference in October
5.) What was your favorite food when you were a child? Potato pancakes and sour cream
6.) What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year? Early evening/no preference/September
7.) What do you want to be when you grow up? Employed
8.) What is something you learned in the last week? Power-boat racing used to be a popular sport on the Chesapeake Bay.
9.) If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose? Hermione Granger
10.) Who/what is your spirit animal? Don't really have one.

Conclusion
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I find it inspiring that Weird Al Yankovic is having the best year of his career at age 55! I find this song of his hilarious because I am such a grammar nerd:

Your results:
You are An Expendable Character (Redshirt)

An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 80% Spock 62% Data 62% Mr. Scott 60% Chekov 60% Jean-Luc Picard 60% Beverly Crusher 60% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 55% Uhura 55% Geordi LaForge 50% Will Riker 50% Deanna Troi 50% James T. Kirk (Captain) 35% Worf 30% Mr. Sulu 15%

Since your accomplishments are seldom noticed, and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable. That doesn't mean your job isn't important but if you were in Star Trek you would be killed off in the first episode you appeared in.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test

Just because I haven't done one of these things in a long, long, long time.