feren — What one possession (hubby excluded, as he’s inherently obvious) would you take with you to the basement, if you knew a tornado were going to level your home and leave nothing salvageable?

That’s actually a pretty tough question. I realized a few months back that while it’s nice to have stuff, it isn’t the stuff that’s important in life – it’s the people. Family and friends. Losing your stuff is unpleasant and inconvenient, but in the grand scheme of things it’s a surmountable obstacle. That having been said, I would take something that would be of most help in rebuilding assuming we lost everything, and that would probably be my laptop, since it has stuff like insurance policy numbers, contact info for friends, etc. on it.

camstone — If I was on a train traveling 60 mph east from DC to Chicago, and you were on a train traveling west from Chicago to DC at 60mph… then how much would my registration be for me at MFF?

Leaving out the fact that the trains would be on a very long trip (I also somehow think that they don’t have transatlantic and transpacific railways just yet), this is actually an easy question to answer: $100, because you’re buying a sponsorship, of course! 🙂

street22 — what is the black market value of a kidney, or a spleen….I’m trying to afford college here. On that note, do you happen to have a spare liver?

Well, let’s see – not sure about the black market, but on the Internet market kidney seem to run about $5.50 per pound and spleen would appear to be $10.86. I seem to be using my liver right now (and you don’t want mine anyway), but you can always pick one up for about $5.99 per pound. (Besides, one should always keep one’s organs about them should they become necessary for other reasons)

snapcat — If you had to choose between 20 pounds of foam and 20 pounds of gravel, which would you choose and what would you do with it?

Well, given that we hauled around about that much foam for about three years with the intention of eventually making a fursuit head out of it (I think it got thrown away in the last move, though) I’d say it’s been proven that twenty pounds of gravel would be more useful 🙂 Maybe for some landscaping, maybe to keep in the trunk of the car to provide traction when needed….

kestral — How did you and Takaza meet? 🙂

Well, we first met back in 1998, at Duckon. I attended the Spirituality panel that Takaza was hosting. It was a great panel, and I found a lot that interested me, but we were both in “con-mode” – he was busy helping Robert King with the Furry Track, and I was dazzled by being at my first convention ever – and we really only briefly exchanged pleasantries. I met him again at a Christmas gathering later that year hosted by wyldekyttin and crim_ferret and that was when the sparks flew. After an amusing few months of is-he-interested? (on both our parts), we finally went out on a date on February 26, 1999 (we went and saw Payback – how’s that for a messed-up date movie?) and we’ve been together ever since.

datahawk — Do you remember the first time we met? 🙂

I believe it was at a Western Suburbs Dinner in 1998 – I thought it might have been at the at the (now closed) KC Masterpiece, but maybe it was at Buca di Beppo’s. I seem to recall one of your first questions to me was whether I was gay or straight 🙂

kehf — If you could have any job, what would it be?

Another tough question. For all that I’ve blown many years of my life in getting a masters in Chemical Engineering, I can honestly say it’s not my ideal job. I enjoy cooking a lot, but the long hours and low pay associated with being a professional cook aren’t attractive. I enjoy setting up events and entertaining, so possibly a party planning/catering gig would be a lot of fun. Ask me again in a year and I expect my answer will be totally different 🙂

Well, that’s round one. I’m open to more questions – ask away!