Runaway Muse

Thanks for tagging @waywardted! ❤️

What's your blog title from?

Runaway Muse was the name of my Star Trek: Voyager fanfic website aaaaages ago. So I guess you can call it an attempt at branding? Maybe? The website is long gone, but the tumblr remains.

2. What movie have you watched most recently? What did you think of it?

The other day I watched Prince of Tides again, because I love to torture myself and Barbra Streisand in a skirt and heels is my weakness. I love that movie so much. The score is amazing and there are so many beautiful shots.

3. what are you looking forward to right now?

Summer break in a few weeks and a trip to Canada with a few amazing ladies.

4. if you could do anything at all today, what would it be?

First of all, I'd love to sleep some more. Then I'd like to sit in a nice cafe somewhere and write. Sadly, though, there's a day of herding feral kids (can't call it teaching at this point in the school year), and grading ahead of me.

5. What's your drink of choice? (Coffee/tea order, alcohol of choice, pop, etc)

I cannot human unless I have my coffee in the morning (black, like Captain Janeway). I rarely drink sodas, but when I do it's mostly diet coke. And lately I've had a craving for homemade iced tea. As for alcohol, I love a gin and tonic or a glass of wine (mainly red, but I like white or rose, too). As a German, I also love a nice, cold beer, of course.

6. What's your hair routine like? Anything special?

I brush it (if I can be bothered). That's it. My hair is super strait and not terribly thick, so any attempts at styling I make are rather pointless and don't last long, so I just twist it up to have it out of the way.

7. what's your favourite way to travel? Is there a mode of travel you haven't done that you want to experience?

Trains are great (if they're not too crowded and arrive more or less on time). You get to see where you're going, and it almost always gets me in the mood to write. Back when I still had my student ticket, I used to hop on a train and go somewhere and back just to write.

8. favourite month of the year and why?

May, I think. Everything is green, it's getting warmer, but it's not yet too hot.

9. favourite time of day and why?

I used to love late nights, because that was the time my brain truly woke up and I could write without the distractions of people around me. However, as I have to get up at the crack of dawn now, I no longer have the luxury of staying up late.

10. do you play or follow any sports? & elaborate on that?

I used to do horseback riding (not competitively, though), and I like to swim. Other than that, I'm not a very athletic person. Like, not at all. I still like to watch dressage competitions occasionally, and I love to watch football. Sadly, the having to get up early and living in the wrong timezone issue is not very helpful there.

11. what kind of music is stuck in your head a lot lately?

My brain doesn't really do that unless it's something very, very annoying.

12. dishes or laundry?

Is neither an option? I HATE housework. In winter, I'd say laundry, cause I can just stuff it into the dryer, but I can't justify using it when it's warm enough to line-dry, and hanging laundry suuuuuuucks!

13. what's something you learned recently?

A lot, probably, but I cannot think of a single thing right now.

14. if you could give a TED talk on anything, what would you talk about?

I would talk about why the collective nightmare of Major Crime's last season was complete and utter bullshit and how it undermined the show's legacy of being supposedly feminist and why its creator needs to be visited by the ghosts of all those disappointed Major Crimes fans for eternity.

15. What's a piece of advice you find yourself giving a lot?

Think before you speak, maybe?

16. what's a piece of advice you would give to yourself five years ago?

Not sure about 5 years ago me, but young me should probably have had more self-confidence and taken the time to figure out who she is.

17. do you believe in luck and superstition? Do you carry any lucky items or follow any lucky rules?

I don't. Doesn't mean that I'll risk jinxing something or that I won't knock on wood, though.

18. Are you musical? Play any instruments or sing? Would you ever perform for an audience?

I like to sing, but I would never torture people by doing it in public. At some point I tried to teach myself how to play the guitar, but since I wasn't immediately perfect at it, I gave up. (story of my life)

19. Write, type, or speak?

Type. I like to think about stuff properly.

20. what do you wish someone would ask you?

“Can I give you 100,000 American dollars, no strings attached?” I'll shamelessly steal this from @waywardted, cause it's the perfect answer.