Interview w/Gerbil

What's up Gerbil! Let's get this started:

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

Heh, totally didn't see this thread. My bad.

Anyway....hm, I dunno. My real name's Harlan, I live in Ohio, and I'm 17. I like Power Rangers (obviously), big fan of cartoons and anime in general. I LOVE comics, so much I'd like to write them some day. I study comparative religion in my spare time, and I'm currently schooling to become a teacher.

That should be enough for now.

Yeah. That's interesting how you're schooling to be a teacher, but at the same time, you want to write comics. Very cool.

What sort of cartoons do you enjoy watching?

Mostly action, but I don't hate comedy. My favorite cartoon is Gargoyles, so that'll probably give you an idea of what I like to go for.

Currently, though, I'm mostly watching Spectacular Spider-Man, Transformers Animated, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.

Right on. I've seen quite a bit of Gargoyles, that show is very dark and mysterious (in a good way). I mostly watch it in the summer, lol. I enjoy Spectacular SS also... good stuff.

Of all the ??? years you've watched Power Rangers, how would you compare Saban era to Disney era?

Clearly different styles, and Disney can't be properly compared because of the radically different styles of its two main showrunners (Sloan and Kalish).

So I'll refrain from giving this a proper answer because I don't feel like going really deep with it.

Most respected. Here's a series of questions:

Favorite color, drink, food, sport (if any), music?

Relationship: Single or Dating?

Color: Grey. Ambiguity, I feel, is extremely beautiful.

Drink: Water. All I drink is water and cranberry juice, and I treat cranberry juice like fine wine, so I drink it rarely. I don't drink soda or anything...I'd prefer with the natural life source that is water.

Food: Chicken patty sandwich with two slices of cheese.

Sport: Curling. Because it's the only sport that's entertaining to watch.

Music: Rock n' roll, but I like a little bit of everything.

Relationship: I be datin' a fella, yes.

Nice. You're like me, I like the natural stuff also. You might as call me a fish, lol. If you don't mind, I'm gonna get a little more deep now:

What made you want to start dating guys? (just say no comment and we'll go to the next).

Personal questions are cool with me, so ask anything you want. I'm an open book.

And, I dunno, it's nothing really all that amazing. Most boys get to that age and start liking girls. I just started liking guys instead. Not much to talk about, really. Lol

Interesting.

IF you were into girls, which famous celebrity would you date?

Sarah Silverman. Her comedy's amazing, and she's actually a fairly pretty lady. I like the way her mind works, really: we share the same sense of humor and she seems like she'd be a blast.

Nice.

So, what unusual things have you ever done, seen, said, etc.?

Hmmm...

My manner of speaking tends to be unusual, and at school I tend to be sarcastic almost 90% of the time. People find that unusual, so I'll go with that.

Oh, well, there's was also this one time I lost a DDR match to a transexual. That was both unusual and awesome.

Lol. DDR?

Next: Do you work? If yes, what do you do? If no, what would you like to do?

At the moment, no. But honestly, I'd go with anything that got me decent money. It's not like I necessarily have to make a career out of myself at my age.

True. Here's another personal question:

Do you practice religious belief?

You could say so. I study theology and comparative religion as a hobby. I consider myself a theosophist. I could explain that for you, if you're not familiar.

Please do.

Theosophy is...

# First — To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
# Second — To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science.
# Third — To investigate the unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.

While my study in science can be a tad lacking at times (I suck it at xD), that's the basics of how I roll. There's also not much dogma within theosophy, it's basically discovering things for yourself and what feels right to you.

EDIT: Here's my favorite theosophical symbol....

Interesting.

If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why?

Hm, there are so many places, it's hard to choose. I've been to Mexico, so maybe another foreign country. Somewhere in Europe, I think. Perhaps France or Ireland. I dunno, there are so many places to choose.

Just as well, I'd like to visit a convention like Gen Con. ESPECIALLY Gen Con, since I love table top games but rarely get to play them.

Sounds cool.

Hm, I kinda ran out of question now, lol. Got any for me?

Why is the sky?

(If you figure out what show this is from, you'll be the first)

The Sky Show? Lol. I don't know.