Ask The Next Person Anything

[p2u_]

Q:  What is more attractive to you, beauty or truth?

A. When the truth is really ugly, I'd rather hear (or see) a lie sometimes. How nice, though, when beauty and truth can be combined in something like... art, a beloved one, etc.

Q. The best day in your life up to now?

Paul

[piano_vs_science]

when i came to Australia
it was on my 7th birthday

Q: are you good at drawing or science or both or none of them?

[black_keys]

A:I am very Good at science but not at drawing  .

Q:what's your father job ?

[essynia]

A: He's a retired 05 FA-18 fighter pilot in the USMC.

Q: if you could be any mythological creature, what would you be and why?

[m1469]

I'd be my mythological pianist creature-self, so I could play the piano in a legendary sorta way.

Q:  Your most memorable sound from growing up?

[ahinton]

I'd be my mythological pianist creature-self, so I could play the piano in a legendary sorta way.

Q:  Your most memorable sound from growing up?

A: Chopin's F minor Ballade played (I think) by John Ogdon.

Q: Is this thread ever likely to end?

Best,

Alistair

[black_keys]

A:probably no.

Q:witch pokemon do you like :p

[49410enrique]

a;



q; do you scrunch/smush or fold/roll your toilet paper?

[littletune]

a: fold/roll

q: do you ever wish you could change some things about how you look?

[m1469]

a:  Not on a fundamental level, anymore, though in high school I thought I was supposed to want that (like I thought I was supposed to want blonde hair instead of red, for one example).  These days, there are aspects that I feel I would like to have change, but it's deeper than just about how I look, it's more about what that means.  For example, I really don't enjoy being out of shape, or carrying around extra weight, and that's because I feel it's there because of a deeper reason that I am uncomfortable with.  Since I know there's a deeper reason, a deeper discomfort, and since my body itself is actually uncomfortable being overweight, I don't feel inclined to just accept it as though "that's just the way I look so I will accept it like that."  No, I as a person inside of myself am not out of shape and overweight, I am beautiful, intelligently governed, strong, and agile, and I like myself like that.  I feel it's only right for my outer appearance and life to reflect who I am inside (and this is the theme of my life in many ways, for years now).

q:  If you could possess one magic ability (assuming you don't already have one which a movie might be featuring), what would it be?

[roseamelia]

A: Making myself play piano without any mistakes!

Q: How often do you take a shower?

[austinarg]

A: Everyday, sometimes two times in a single day.

Q: What is your favourite sport?

[49410enrique]

A: Everyday, sometimes two times in a single day.

Q: What is your favourite sport?

a-participate-olympic weightlifting, to watch-track and field.

q-grab the first book you see. turn to page 6. what is the last word on the page?

[perprocrastinate]

A: Libertarianism.

Q: How often do you literally facepalm yourself?

[m1469]

A:  It actually depends on how you mean.  If it's like a "d'oh" ... never.  If it's because I'm feeling something really deep and it just happens as an instinct, maybe about twice a year, I'm not sure.

Q:  One experience where the actuality of it very closely matched your expectations of it before the fact?

[49410enrique]

a-ridiculous workout i was silly enough to attempt called 'filthy fifty' i knew in the moments before it began what a bad bad bad idea that was....i.e i was about to step into a world of hurt and mental anguish
50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders

*i do not do the stupid jumping pullups, i do them old school. makes it much more painful and effective.
i'll just use this to benchmark everyone once in a while, i think it's crazy to try this silly thing more than 3 or four times per year, that might even be too much

q-when was the last time you heard or smelled somone fart in public?

[m1469]

A:  Well, if you basically just mean from somebody else in a situation where people normally think to refrain, then probably last week or so from one of my little students.  Those crazies.  If you mean as I am out and about, I have no idea!

Q:  Would you ever try Casu marzu (maggot cheese)?  HIIIIIiiiii Gordon Ramsey   *waves*

[littletune]

A: Ohhhhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Never!!!!!  first it's really really disgusting! second it's cruel to eat someone (or something  ) alive!!!! I mean I don't really know if the maggots have all that much nerves and brains to feel pain but they have to have something! and I mean it's possible I ate some maggots in my life, cause they can be in food and you don't always notice right away  but I would never eat them on purpose!!!!!!!     

Q: Can you put your leg behind your head?  (like over your head and then behind it)

[perprocrastinate]

A: If I tried, my legs would snap.

Q: Have you ever gotten into a bar fight?

[ted]

A: No, which is hardly surprising, as I haven't been in a bar for forty-three years.

Q: Do you find an iPad physically harder or easier to use than a desktop ?

[zezhyrule]

A: Depends on what I'm using it for. For general web browsing, I'd say easier I guess. It also depends on the position I'm in and... There are many variables. It could go either way, but probably say easier since iPads are more portable (of course)


Q: What's your favorite piece of classical music that you've discovered in the past few months?

[black_keys]

A:I don't know if its considered "classical" but its EL POLO fom Iberia suite by Isaac Albeniz.

Q:do you have that kind of friends that LOVE pop music and hate the piano for no reason ?

[49410enrique]

a-no. but i have friends that don't like good music for stupid reasons and like bad music for even dumber ones.

q-is this a good solution to no pockets?
no problem

[ajspiano]

A: It doesn't concern me if she wants to do it, but its it pretty stupid - unless she is just trying to draw attention to that particular part of her anatomy.. actually no, its still stupid.

Q: What constitutes a dangerous dog? - not legally, but for you personally.

[austinarg]

A: A dog with a dangerous owner.

Q: Do you like horror movies?

[j_menz]

A: A dog with a dangerous owner.

Q: Do you like horror movies?

A: Schlock horror grindhouse is a weakness of mine. 

Q: What's the most boring book you've read (and finished)?

[m1469]

haha ... I can't remember!  I absolutely DO NOT read boring things, I especially don't finish them, and I absolutely don't remember their titles!

Q:  If you HAD to eat an insect of your choice (sorry Littletune), and it HAD to be alive and at least the size of a horsefly, what would it be?

[piano_vs_science]

A: a cricket. they're the most edible ones i can think of...

Q: why do people regret quitting piano lessons as a kid when they grow up?

[p2u_]

Q: why do people regret quitting piano lessons as a kid when they grow up?

A: Because in retrospect, bad or unpleasant experience seems to have been not so bad or unpleasant after all; people just tend to deny what they went through. That's how our memory works.

Q: One piano book you would take with you to a desert island (there happens to be a piano there).

Paul

[ajspiano]

The jazz piano book - mark Levine

...and I'd make every attemp to sneak a real book along with it..

Q: favorite comedian?

[roseamelia]

A: Max well smart ( it's a tv show)

Q:Do you like reading books?

[m1469]

What I like is an interaction with a person's deeper voice, through writing.  So, fundamentally, I don't just enjoy reading books, I want to feel a living person and experience a living concept on the other side of or in the middle of what I am reading.  I want an insight into a different realm and/or to feel a resonance with ideas that help to highlight my own beliefs more clearly.  In that case, it really depends on the author and their ability to be and communicate with a clear voice and one which speaks to me personally, and then for the concepts to come to life for me.

Q:  How often do you visit art exhibits?

[pianowolfi]

A: They're one and the same

Q: How do you deal with bureaucracy without getting mad and desperate?

[furtwaengler]

A: I improvise

Q: What color is up?

[m1469]

Red, and purple is down, and yellow and orange are on the sides (with glints of silvers and pinks).  Green and Blue are in the middle (with glints of golds and silvers).


Q:  Do you like campfires?

[furtwaengler]

I do.

Where is my other sock?

[jollisg]

On your other foot!

Q: Have you ever been in sweden?

[chopin1993]

No, but I want to!

What was the last concert you visited?

[jollisg]

A concert where Leif Ove Andsnes played two Beethoven piano concertos.. That was great

Q: What do you see when you look to your left?

[pianoisthebest23]

An empty chair....


Did you have a good day today?

[jollisg]

Kind of! I have been super inspired today (even though I've only slept for a maximum of 2h/night for the past 2 months). My day would have been complete if i studied to my physics test, that I'm having tomorrow...

Q: What do you think about Mac computers (or Apples products in general)?

[williampiano]

A: I think macs are great computers and I prefer them over Windows.

Q: What areas of science do you find the most interesting?

[davidjosepha]

A: Chemistry, cause I feel crazy cool mixing things together in lab, and I love the theory and numbers behind it

Q: What's your favorite piece of music that isn't "classical" (not just the Classical era, art music in general)?

[piano_vs_science]

A: moves like jagger
Q: What things, other than gravity bends the fabric of space-time?

[emrysmerlin]

A: A more-than-4-dimensional superstring simulation.

Q: Movie or book?

[jollisg]

A: Book, if I have the time.

Q: Do you like tomatoes? 

[davidjosepha]

A: Book, if I have the time.

Q: Do you like tomatoes? 

A: No. I tolerate them on sandwiches and burgers, but I would never choose to eat them.

Q: Burger King or McDonald's?

[patrickd]

A: McDonald's

Q: Favorite beverage?

[scherzo123]

Answer: Dr.Pepper

Question: How many hours of piano do you practice a day?

[davidjosepha]

Answer: Dr.Pepper

Question: How many hours of piano do you practice a day?

As little as 0 and as many as 6. I'd say close to 3 on average.

Same question