I am a leaf on the wind
Obligatory Questions
01. Name: Odette
02. Age: 18
03. Gender: female
04. Location: Earth
05. Likes: ballet, Bharatnatyam (Indian classical dance), playing music (violin, cello, recorder, flute…), reading, writing (fiction), musical theatre, foreign languages, wan ton mee
06. Dislikes: chocolate, stress, busy work
07. Hobbies and/or Talents: dance, reading, writing, music
08. Strengths: I can write something that actually is pretty bad, but that people, for some reason, think has genuine content; I’m smart academically-I’m good in school
09. Weaknesses: I'm sarcastic a lot, and unless someone knows that about me, he or she tends to think I'm bizarre; I’m also pretty shy
Favourite
01. Colour: red, purple
02. Movies: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Les Choristes, Last of the Mohicans, Gettysburg, The Princess Bride, probably others, but I can never remember what movies I’ve watched
03. Books: there’s too many to list, but I’ll give it a try… Young Wizards series by Diane Duane, Animorphs by K. A. Applegate, His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, Sold by Patricia McKormick, Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, the Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot, Tamora Pierce’s books, Viviane Vande Velde’s books, Shiva’s Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples, On the Beach by Nevil Shute, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
04. Music: classical music, Beethoven, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Beauty and the Beast, Jane Eyre, Journey to the West: The Musical, Aida (the musical, though the opera’s pretty good, too), The Scarlet Pimpernel, probably any other musical you can throw at me, classic rock
This or That
01. Leader or follower? I’d rather be a follower, but I tend to get stuck as a leader
02. Brains or brawn? brains
03. Fight or run? fight
04. Psychological warfare, or a good ol' fashioned ass-kickin'? psychological warfare
05. Dreamer or realist? a realist who likes to dream, if that makes sense
06. Win at all costs, or honour until the end? honor
07. Paper or plastic? plastic, because the supermarket by me is going to discontinue plastic, and I use the bags for everything
Random
01. How to do react to stressful situations? I get stressed out. Then I try to fix/deal with what’s making me stressed.
02. Who is your least favourite person in the universe, fictional or not? Honestly, I’m having a really hard time coming up with someone. Even the baddest bad guy I know (the Lone Power from the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane) I find very interesting. Maybe Hitler?
03. The eternal question. You find a wallet full of money, credit cards, etc. What do you do with it? A lot depends on where I found it. If it’s in a public place, like the mall, I’d take it to whoever’s in charge. Same goes with my college campus. If it’s randomly in the middle of the road, I’d probably try to pass the burden of dealing with it to whoever I happened to be with.
04. How well do you take an insult? Pretty well, I think. I will get annoyed/hurt by an insult, but I don’t tend to tell the person. And then usually I forget about it pretty quickly.
05. Pick a weapon. my intellect, or if I really need a physical weapon, a bow
06. You're sending a capsule into space, to educate any alien races who might find it on human culture. Remember, you have to impress them, or else they'll think we're stupid and blow us up. What do you put in the capsule? Music. Yes, it’s been done, so that’s not really original, but I think music is a wonderful way to communicate with aliens, especially considering the language barrier.