posted February 15, 2009 10:01 AM         

I thought it would be interesting to see your responses to the Barnard Pivot compiled 10 questions that James Lipton asks at the end of each Inside the Actors Studio

this was designed to learn much about a person with a one word answer

I would suggest you paste this in WORD, or another programme before reading others answers.

posted February 15, 2009 10:55 AM         

1. What is your favorite word?
wonder

2. What is your least favorite word?
chore

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Music (melody and words)

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
loud disharmonious noises

5. What sound or noise do you love?
the noise of wind or rain outside the window in a dark night

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
cars and vacuum-cleaner
(as a kid I would always go into hiding, when my mum started the vacuum cleaner; actually I sometimes do so even now. lol I am very sensitive to noises; they even affect my wellbeing, and I also have a serious antipathy towards house-work. )

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Bullsh!t!

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Writer or actress

9. What profession would you not like to do?
construction worker

posted February 15, 2009 12:02 PM         

I couldn't confine some of these to one word.....
And can we see your answers??

1. What is your favorite word?
**Love**
What else would you expect from Sun/Venus in Libra??

2. What is your least favorite word?
**hunger**
“Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon
Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room
Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page
And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the laughter and the rage
And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the questions of the age”
~ Jackson Browne

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
**Music**
Same as DD and probably Node (great minds think alike ;-))

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
**Power**
The use of personal power, intimidation, money or anything else that oppresses/suppresses/coerces others

5. What sound or noise do you love?
A tie --
**singing**
**moaning**
(The sound of a lover loving your loving )

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
**electronics**
The invasive screeches of our electronic gadgets going awry
The obnoxious ringtones and alarms of cellphones

7. What is your favorite curse word?
**Oh FFS!!**

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Another tie --
**jewelry design**
**web design**

9. What profession would you not like to do?
**healthcare**

posted February 15, 2009 01:13 PM         

your answers to question 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 resonate with me strongly.

posted February 15, 2009 03:53 PM         

1. What is your favorite word?

Troubadour

2. What is your least favorite word?

Faggot

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Intensity

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Ignorance

5. What sound or noise do you love?

Jeremy Irons' voice

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

Crickets chirping

7. What is your favorite curse word?

C*ntf*cker

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Psychologist

9. What profession would you not like to do?

Any occupation involving working with your hands; Mechanic, Construction worker, Electrician, etc.

posted February 15, 2009 05:04 PM         

quote:

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I think I might fall in love with the voice before I actually fall in love with the person. (Or well, maybe not falling in love, but feel an attraction)

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posted February 15, 2009 07:20 PM         

Often you learn as much from others answers as your own

George Carlin, Lenny Bruce...people who have said there is no such thing as a bad word, only distorted definition, or poor context. It says allot how we view words. How we define them, how they define us. Like an ink blot.

Here are mine for the moment, being of the female persuasion everything could change on the quarter hour.

1. What is your favorite word? pleasure
2. What is your least favorite word? impossible
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? music
4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? fighting
5. What sound or noise do you love? belly-laugh
6. What sound or noise do you hate? scream
7. What is your favorite curse word? sh/it
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? astrologer
9. What profession would you not like to do? mortician
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?..

posted February 15, 2009 08:01 PM         

moxy

2. What is your least favorite word?

Currently? Fiddlesticks (it's annoying to hear from a current co-worker)

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Beauty

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Loudness

5. What sound or noise do you love?

Water

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

Bass traveling through walls, particularly when I'm trying to sleep

7. What is your favorite curse word?

Probably f*ck

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Artist

9. What profession would you not like to do?

Accountant

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

"This gate is closed. Just walk down there about a mile, and you should see the entrance on the right." As I turn to start walking, he says, "I'm just kidding. Come here."

posted February 16, 2009 11:39 AM         

2. What is your least favorite word? hate.

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
meeting exciting, original people. being able to connect to someone without the awkwardness that usually happens when connecting with others. people i can feel comfortable with, and have deep conversations.

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
people who cant think outside the box. people i cant share laughter with....selfishness...pessimism.

5. What sound or noise do you love? ocean waves, with rain.

6. What sound or noise do you hate? construction sounds.

7. What is your favorite curse word? sh-t.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
news reporter.

9. What profession would you not like to do?
construction worker...outdoor jobs..etc

posted February 16, 2009 01:15 PM         

There’s one for each person, depends on how they say it, the one mr bm says I'm not repeating on a public forum

2. What is your least favorite word?

Drizzle ~ a TV cook favourite ~ just effing pour it like anyone else

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Getting to the truth as I feel it

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Interruption (when I am in the depths of concentration)

5. What sound or noise do you love?

The dawn chorus ~ the kind you hear in the middle of summer in the English countryside

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

Hungry babies crying ~ I have spent time in hospitals where they had to wait for a nurse with a bottle, no breast handy ~ it made mine tingle though, the sound cut right through me ~ biological programming there

7. What is your favorite curse word?

there's nothing like a good eff

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Researcher, writer, very nearly the same though, oh, historian? undertaker?

9. What profession would you not like to do?

Sales.

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

posted February 18, 2009 01:43 AM         

magic

2. What is your least favorite word?

c***

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

feeling

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

restriction

5. What sound or noise do you love?

silence

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

pan pipes

7. What is your favorite curse word?

f***

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

songwriter

9. What profession would you not like to do?

truck driver

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

posted February 18, 2009 07:26 AM         

1. What is your favorite word? Dénouement (when it's said right)

2. What is your least favorite word? Coagulate

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Love

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Stupidity

5. What sound or noise do you love? Breath (of someone I love)

6. What sound or noise do you hate? Abrupt, loud noises

7. What is your favorite curse word? C*ck stain

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Singer

9. What profession would you not like to do? Telemarketer

posted February 18, 2009 09:20 AM         

2. What is your least favorite word? Slither

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Humour

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Pretentiousness

5. What sound or noise do you love? Mr Pisces' voice.

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Malicious laughter

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Tw@t

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
4-man bobsleigh - the one at the back that has to run and leap on at the last second

9. What profession would you not like to do?
RSPCA inspector (animal cruelty inspector)

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?