Interview meme from Wellinghall
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king_pellinor1. How did you get into Morris Dancing?
LadyofAstolat told me to :-)
We'd gradually slid into listening to folk music (Jim Lloyd on Radio 2 helped enormously) in the last couple of years at Oxford. When we got married and moved to the Island, she mentioned that she'd always wanted to be a morris man but couldn't (for obvious reasons) so I should be one. I pointed out the ladies' side, and we agreed that we'd both give it a go. As the ladies practiced on Wednesdays and the men on Thursdays, naturally I went along first to report so she could go the next week.
I think it fits me very well. You get to dress up, drink beer, act in a silly way and do something traditional, all at the same time :-D
2. And LARPing?
I had two bites at this. In Oxford it was from knowing LouiseDennis and Firin, and thinking it sounded fun. Unfortunately I was doing so many other bits and bobs that I never really gave it the attention I should have (in hindsight I should have dropped the OTC in favour of LARPng and other proper societies), and gradually stopped after a year or so. I then spent several years on the Island saying I should give it a go again, then finally got my act together and got in touch again. It was partly an excuse to make some armour :-)
3. How did you become a tax adviser?
I had no particular ambitions, so I signed up with a load of recruitment agencies. One of them said there was a job going as a tax advisor, but was unclear on the details. I went along to the interview anyway and thought it sounded interesting (if rather vague), and as they were prepared to offer me a job I bowed to the firm's apparent belief that I might be some good at it.
Until that point I'd been training as a management accountant (I even passed my stage one CIMA), on the basis that I'm reasonably good at numbers and CIMA seemed to be a nice well-rounded qualification - good for management, accountancy, or anything in business really.
4. Which is your favourite RPG, and why?
Ars Magica, I think, though my experience of playing it has been fairly limited and the campaign wasn't really run the way I would have liked it to be. There are bits I'd house-rule, and as with most RPGs there are too many expansions over-complicating things, but the core rules and setting are great.
5. Ignoring minor quibbles like (a lack of) modern medicine, if you could live in any period, when would that be?
Too many variables for a meaningful answer. If I could have the knowledge I have now, Classical Greece might be fun except that I'd probably end up like Socrates. Ditto Rome, the Renaissance, early 19th century, etc etc etc. If I can't keep current knowledge, then a) it's not me we're talking about, and b) I'd enjoy anywhere I happen to be, not knowing any better.
LadyofAstolat told me to :-)
We'd gradually slid into listening to folk music (Jim Lloyd on Radio 2 helped enormously) in the last couple of years at Oxford. When we got married and moved to the Island, she mentioned that she'd always wanted to be a morris man but couldn't (for obvious reasons) so I should be one. I pointed out the ladies' side, and we agreed that we'd both give it a go. As the ladies practiced on Wednesdays and the men on Thursdays, naturally I went along first to report so she could go the next week.
I think it fits me very well. You get to dress up, drink beer, act in a silly way and do something traditional, all at the same time :-D
2. And LARPing?
I had two bites at this. In Oxford it was from knowing LouiseDennis and Firin, and thinking it sounded fun. Unfortunately I was doing so many other bits and bobs that I never really gave it the attention I should have (in hindsight I should have dropped the OTC in favour of LARPng and other proper societies), and gradually stopped after a year or so. I then spent several years on the Island saying I should give it a go again, then finally got my act together and got in touch again. It was partly an excuse to make some armour :-)
3. How did you become a tax adviser?
I had no particular ambitions, so I signed up with a load of recruitment agencies. One of them said there was a job going as a tax advisor, but was unclear on the details. I went along to the interview anyway and thought it sounded interesting (if rather vague), and as they were prepared to offer me a job I bowed to the firm's apparent belief that I might be some good at it.
Until that point I'd been training as a management accountant (I even passed my stage one CIMA), on the basis that I'm reasonably good at numbers and CIMA seemed to be a nice well-rounded qualification - good for management, accountancy, or anything in business really.
4. Which is your favourite RPG, and why?
Ars Magica, I think, though my experience of playing it has been fairly limited and the campaign wasn't really run the way I would have liked it to be. There are bits I'd house-rule, and as with most RPGs there are too many expansions over-complicating things, but the core rules and setting are great.
5. Ignoring minor quibbles like (a lack of) modern medicine, if you could live in any period, when would that be?
Too many variables for a meaningful answer. If I could have the knowledge I have now, Classical Greece might be fun except that I'd probably end up like Socrates. Ditto Rome, the Renaissance, early 19th century, etc etc etc. If I can't keep current knowledge, then a) it's not me we're talking about, and b) I'd enjoy anywhere I happen to be, not knowing any better.
