Writing, Reading and Listening
What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?
Whilst he has lots of flaws, I mean lots, big ones too; The boyfriend has always allowed me to fully be myself and supported me on whatever hare-brained scheme I come up with.
Love him for that, but we can’t be too complimentary, so let’s remember the flaws.
If you could relive one day from your past, which day would it be and why?
Any good day with my mum, I miss her always.
What’s the last movie that made you cry?
100 years since the titanic.
My friends wanted to go on a night out, I wanted to watch the anniversary screening of the titanic at the cinema.
We compromised, sneak in bottles of lemonade laced with vodka at the cinema and that will be our pre drinks.
A combination of vodka and Jack and Rose and I was crying like a baby.
We had a fun night out after I cleaned up my make up though.
To be honest, I probably have cried at a film more recently than that, I just can’t remember. I assume it will have had a dog dying in it.
If you could erase one event from history, what would it be?
My PhD was in engineering but had a highly mathematical bent, namely nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
What is the butterfly effect? The mathematical term is chaos and the lorenz equations are simple equations representing chaos.
I wouldn’t erase anything for fear of the chaos that could ensue.
Full disclosure: I discovered this book watching an interview with Zendaya where she said it was her favourite book.i was curious so I reserved it at my council library.
Side note: I am trying to use the council library more, I was actually quite surprised how busy it was when I went to pick it up but I think we should support stuff like this more.
I mean, yikes. I am not qualified to give any review of this book.
To read it, is truly an experience.
If you don’t know anything about this book, I urge you to read it blind like I did. The story of a man trying to deal with who he is and bein terrified of it.
I also like Hella, trying to understand her role as a woman.
Very sad, very thought-provoking.
Some of the prose is a little flowery for my taste, but who am I to judge?
I bought myself (quite cheaply from ebay) a thermal typewriter.
I like getting away from the screen and being able to physically see how the parts of my story will fit.
I also love a gadget and it is dead fun to tinker around with. Woop woop.
What’s a conspiracy theory you actually find believable?
In the 90s there was a toy called the furby.
I had a green one and a father Christmas themed one and I loved them. Until I couldn’t get them to shut up and they had to be in the car over night.
But anyway, the conspiracy theory that they had secret cameras and microphones and they were listening to us is one I have always found amusing. Upon some research, apparently they were banned from offices at the pentagon.
Ok, its been a hot minute.
Longer than a hot minute, try a few months.
But, inspiration has struck.
I have read back through the old writing and decided whilst its not brilliant I still like the basic premise.
I have workshopped a few of the characters, given them backstories and got more into the fictional world I have created.
A bit of time off has let the juices flow. Yay.
How do you deal with uncertainty?
Uncertainty in Maths is to estimate error.
When I was doing my phd, I purposefully did not consider uncertainty. Much to the chagrin of many academics who would ask me this question constantly at conferences. This wasn’t me being difficult it just wasn’t the most interesting part of my research.
So in my phd, I would have said, ‘I don’t’.
But in life, I’d probably say ‘not well’ it causes me all kinds of anxiety.
What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?
When I realised I was genuinely pleased with the gardening gloves and plant food I had been given for my birthday.
Sarah Hargreaves 