What's the origin of your name?

My name comes from the Greek Christophoros which means "bearing Christ".

Legend says that Saint Christopher decided to serve the greatest king of them all. He went to a king who was thought of as greatest but left his service when he learned he feared the devil. He found some guy who claimed he was the devil and served him but then left his service when he saw him fear the cross. Then he tried to find Christ but only found a hermit who told him to serve Christ by helping people cross a river where most people perished. Saint Christopher was a strong man so he agreed.

One day a child asking him to be carried over, so he did. The problem was that the child weighted as much as lead when he picked it up and crossing the river was no easy task. When they reached the shore, he told the child that he was put in great danger as even the whole world could not be so heavy. The child replied saying that he had not only the weight of the world on his shoulders but Him who made it and introduced himself as His son, Jesus Christ.

Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travellers and I have the icon with him whenever I go for a long journey. Though I find it ironic he is sometimes represented as having the head of a dog.

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If you could instantly become fluent in another language, which language would you pick?

This is actually a really hard question now that I'm thinking about it...

My plan is to learn French next but I'm tempted to learn Spanish seeing as how many Spanish-speakers we have at work now...

on the other hand, I don't feel particularly fluent in German just yet...

I think my brain is about to explode from indecision -_-'

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You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

I'd keep the button for later. There were people who I would make explode some time ago but nowadays there aren't any... I'm sure they will resurface at some point -_-'

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What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?

This is actually a very had question due to the principle that the moment I say what the question is that I would lie to, it would be asked of me and I either have the choice of ignoring it or answering thus making people know what my true answer would be. Unless I use the reverse psychology tactic which could backfire anyway! Not to mention, even just giving out the question would give people an idea of what the embarrassing answer would be.

Having said that, I had a problem coming up with one. I'm usually an open person I guess... if asked about things. I don't like going around and saying absolutely everything about me because I don't see a point in it. I finally came up with one sort of question that I would pretty much never directly answer: anything about my friends.

Oh sure, I talk about what people tell me... but in relation to myself and I never use names unless it's okay between all involved. I like keeping secrets and the reputation I garner from not being a blabber mouth allows me to be as curious and nosy as I like ^^

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Why do men like breasts?

It is a fascination that has eluded me for many years.

I've been told that breasts are what makes a woman feel sexy. So I suppose the sight of big boobs makes a man think of the woman as a potential sexual partner. There's probably some hormone levels being raised there too.

On the other hand I've been also told that it's something in our ancient ancestry that makes breasts seem similar to butt cheeks, thus calling to our primitive instincts to mate. This one I find a bit of a stretch.

Or maybe it's because media portray big breasted women as beautiful thus if you're going out with one other males see it as you being a lucky bastard. Envy ensues, it's a nice feeling to be the object of envy too...

I'm still looking for a good answer to this question -_-'

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When was the last time you received flowers?

I don't think I ever gotten any flowers from anyone...

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Do you have any scars on your body? If so, how did you get them?

I have two scars on each side of my forehead that I got after my doggie jumped on me and bit it off, I would have lost an eye if not for my dad being close enough to hear my screams. I lost a lot of blood that day and remember losing consciousness twice before we reached the hospital.

My other scar is on my stomach, got it from Luna.

I also had a really nice one running down from my knee that my favourite puppy gave me but it healed after a few weeks.

My last one is under the middle finger of my right hand, I got it while I was sparring with my sister. She had this chain with stars and I hit her on the hip, she weaved away in such a way that my hand caught the stars and I split myself open.

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What is your quest?

to find the Holy Grail

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If you could be a star athlete in any sport, which sport would you pick?

I'm not a big fan of sports but I do love running. Even though in my current condition I am really bad at it... so it's time to go off and start some training!

Do you secretly divide by zero?

only when I want to reach infinity!

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What's that novel of yours? What genre, what length? I demand details!

It's a novel about a guy who cheated Death once and is now called by Death to guide the ghosts of people who died in an accident due to a mistake in the underworld bureaucracy. They have unfinished business that needs to be taken care of so Fate doesn't fall apart from a butterfly effect.

The story focuses on how this guy (Jack) is teaching the ghosts their powers, the various approaches to life represented by the five deceased and his girlfriend (Rachael) dealing with keeping his body hidden for the time he returns.

As far as genre goes I'd call it horror but I expect it to lean more towards comedy with some romance added in.

The length will be as long as it will need. For now it's 4 pages, 2 of which I need to throw out and write again. It goes slow because most my writing, reading and thinking goes to university rather than creative writing.

But now that I'm taking creative writing classes again, this may very well change...

Do you expect the Spanish Inquisition?

Yes... I am no one!

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What was your favorite TV show as a child?

Apparently it was He-Man and the Masters of the Universe... My mom tells me I loved that show and was running around with a sword all day long...

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Why does the world end in 2012?

We will know when the time comes... until then live life to your fullest as the clock is ticking...

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What are your New Year resolutions for 2010?

I need to think a bit about this but here they are:

1 - Get a Degree
2 - Start Drawing
3 - Make Progress on Novel Writing (4% done)
4 - Take up the Habit of going for a weekly run
5 - Have Less To Read books (160)
6 - Have Less Currently Reading books (14)
7 - Blog more
8 - Try not to Lose Weight
9 - Try to Make Myself Available
10 - Start Smoking

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What were your New Year resolutions for 2009, and did you adhere to them?

Fortunately, I have written them down!

1. Be More of a Jerk

It went well... I think I managed to be less of a pushover, even though I'm still quite nice towards people. I still try not to let my concern about other people's feelings to stop me from being myself around strangers I should not care about.

2. Cease activity on the Polish side of the internet

Success! I stopped going to sites I really didn't like the community of. Keeping up with news, even when it's in a language I should read more of is never worth the stress.

3. Get a BA

Fail... This was a really bad year and I'm glad I still have a chance to get a proper education...

4. Learn some prayers

Fail... same reason as above...

5. Read More

While my mood throughout the year was bad enough I couldn't engage my mind into anything, I think I managed to read a bit more than last year...

6. Send some story to some magazines

I started doing the research, looking for magazines to send my story to... but then everything went downhill and I abandoned this too...

7. Start Jogging

As you might have guessed by now, this too is a Fail. After the shit hit the fan... eh...

8. Write Stuff

I tried... but found that my mind just isn't in anything other than despair over how things have become. So I focused on getting out of the mess instead.

Yep... I'm lame...

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How much sugar does awesomesauce contain?

After many hours of gruesome contemplation I have reached the conclusion that the true amount of sugar in AWESOMESAUCE if known to the mortal mind, will make said mind explode, leaving the brain an empty shell of its past glory...

thus only the not so intelligent people are capable of knowing the Truth!

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Why does this eye keep staring at me?

Weil wenn du lange in das Internet blickst, blickt das Internet auch in dich hinein.

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What's up with Krishna and cows?

my knowledge of Hindu mythology is rather limited... but a quick internet search tells me Krishna was a cow-herder in youth...

I think there's something there...

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Why do women have nipples?

so that babies can drink their milk and grow healthy and smart

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