MI Interview with Anime Daisuki

[MinnaCaroline]

I asked and Anime Daisuki said he wouldn't mind being interviewed... so I'd like to kick off the next session of interviews with him!! Woohooo! Thank you so much Anime Daisuki!!

1) How did you choose your name for Nation States?
2) Where is your favorite place to visit?
3) If you could have just one wish what would it be?
4) Do you like where you live currently and would you ever want to move away from there?

[Anime Daisuki]

Thanks for the invitation. I'm happy to be interviewed

1) How did you choose your name for Nation States?
I have two main nations. Silentvoice which I use in the region Anime, and Anime Daisuki where I use here. Both are connected to anime. Silentvoice is a nickname I've been using since 2000 when I was still fansubbing (translating) anime. Anime Daisuki is a newer nation, created when I first joined 10KI.

2) Where is your favorite place to visit?
I like to go to quiet places. A library, a church or a buddhist temple, places for reflection where I can hear myself think.

3) If you could have just one wish what would it be?
My family be happy and be blessed with good health.

4) Do you like where you live currently and would you ever want to move away from there?
I currently live in San Francisco and plan to move once I get another year of work experience. As Mark Twain once said, the coldest winter he ever experienced was summer in SF (!) I only found that out when I moved here. I rather be in NY where (atleast) the summers are warm.

[Girlsandboys]

more questions for anime.
are you an architect?
have you ever been to a place called 'the ramp' in sf?
what's your favorite sf neighborhood?

[Anime Daisuki]

5) are you an architect?
Yes but not quite. I have an architectural degree but I'm working as a city planner right now, doing land use planning, zoning, and mundane stuff like that. In anycase, professional accreditation is very complicated. I am only recognized as an architect in Commonwealth countries. The U.S. have a whole different system where they only recognize American trained architects, for good reason too, since it is just about the only country in the world that uses the imperial (inches and feet) system,,, and just about the only country that build homes using timber (wood). All over the world, we use bricks and measure in metres. -_-

6) have you ever been to a place called 'the ramp' in sf?
Yep but it was at night so I didn't really get a good look around.

7) what's your favorite sf neighborhood?
Do you mean SF proper? I like the area around Cow Hollow alot.

-AD

[Girlsandboys]

8.) Have you ever walked across the Golden Gate Bridge? There used to be a visitor's parking place at the Presidio end where one could enter through a hole in the fence and walk across and down the hills to Skull's beach-very beautiful but sometimes naked folks lurk there..
9.) How about the Buffalo in GG Park? Ever visited them?
10.) What are your hobbies outside of Anime and NS?

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

What is the most memorable/stupid/funny/dangerous/or otherwise exceptional thing you've ever done?

Dream job?

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

If you could remove 1 thing from our planet what would it be?

[Anime Daisuki]

8) Have you ever walked across the Golden Gate Bridge? There used to be a visitor's parking place at the Presidio end where one could enter through a hole in the fence and walk across and down the hills to Skull's beach-very beautiful but sometimes naked folks lurk there..
Umm no... I haven't even crossed it I think. Not having a car and a reason to go "north" doesn't help... The closest I've been to the Golden Gate is under it, on a boat... And thanks for the advice about the naked folks *sweatdrops* xD

9) How about the Buffalo in GG Park? Ever visited them?
Nope havent been there too... maybe you can bring me one day lol...

10) What are your hobbies outside of Anime and NS?
I used to play chess competitively but stopped after I moved to the US. As for current hobbies... I guess cooking is one, since it helps me to relax after a day at work. I can't say I'm good at it, but its something. ;D

11) What is the most memorable/stupid/funny/dangerous/or otherwise exceptional thing you've ever done?
Well, I did some pretty stupid stuff for an ex, but I'm not getting into that . Most dangerous thing, probably getting my mom's car rear-ended by a bus. I could have died in that accident but escaped unscratched (this was when I was around 17, just got my driving license)

12) Dream job?
Owning a manga(japanese comics) shop, or an architecture book store.

13) What did you want to be when you were a kid?
When I was a kid I wanted to be a civil engineer. Somehow when I grew up, I studied architecture... BIG MISTAKE. Because although I enjoyed the project management part of the job, I hated design. If I've followed my original ambition I think my life would've turned out very different.

14) If you could remove 1 thing from our planet what would it be?
Great question. I've never thought about that.,,, maybe, all weapons of mass destruction.
=/

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

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