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seriously, I AM researching thrill...
Maybe my last THRILL posting appeared a bit like SPAM. Just to allay
any questions - I'm a researcher at the Royal College of Art, England. I've got an arts grant to research this subject of thrill, and develop ideas for how thrill could be engineered. Who wants to visit my web site anyway! Here's the interview as you'd have found it. I invite anyone connected with canoeing or kayaking to be interviewed about your most thrilling encounters. Feel free to complete the interview publicly in the user goup (please send a copy to me via email), or do the whole thing privately in an email. Thanks, in anticipation. Brendan Walker +44 (0)20 7590 4573 ++++++++++++ THE INTERVIEW STARTS HERE +++++++++++++++ Hello, Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. Answer as many questions as you can (the more the better) then email your interview to me at interview@chromo11[dot]com. If there's anything else you want to say just add a note at the bottom of the email. You're obviously sat at your computer, so we'll make a start... ABOUT YOU ========== Just to get the record straight, could please tell me your name, age, sex and where you were born (I'll only publish your surname and birthplace unless otherwise instructed) name: age: sex: birthplace: YOUR BACKGROUND ================== 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A 2.Q Which of your thrilling experiences has frightened you the most? 2.A 3.Q What's the smallest or slightest thing to have thrilled you? 3.A 4.Q Tell me why you're not a sensible person. 4.A 5.Q What were you doing the last time you were really bored? 5.A 6.Q What's the most uninhibited thing you've ever done? 6.A 7.Q What things have you considered doing for thrill, but were too concerned about the risks? 7.A 8.Q I always dreamt about becoming a paramedic, speeding in an ambulance and saving lives; what about you? 8.A YOUR THRILL ============ To answer these next 15 questions, you should think about a particular time you were thrilled. 9.Q Describe this thrill in a nutshell, in one sentence. (there's time to expand later) 9.A the setting... ---------------- 10.Q Where and when did it take place? 10.A 11.Q Tell me a bit about yourself around this time. 11.A preparation... ------------------ 12.Q How did the moment arise? Was it planned? 12.A your feelings... -------------------- 13.Q List the sequence of events leading up to your thrill, and how you felt at each stage. The smallest detail could be important (this is your chance to expand). 13.A 14.Q At the exact moment of thrill, how did your mind and body feel? 14.A 15.Q What thoughts were going through your head? 15.A 16.Q What did you do immediately afterwards? 16.A the risks... ------------- 17.Q What were the most likely things that could have put you off going through with it? 17.A other people... -------------------- 18.Q How were other people important to your thrill? 18.A 19.Q What do you imagine other people were thinking throughout your thrilling episode? 19.A 20.Q Some people probably don't understand how such a thing can thrill you; explain it to them. 20.A equipment... ----------------- 21.Q Why were certain objects or equipment important to your thrill? 21.A repeat performance... ----------------------------- 22.Q If you've done something like this before, how does the last time compare to the first time you did it? 22.A 23.Q If you did it again, what things would you add or change to make it even better? 23.A finally... ----------- Thanks for doing the interview. I'll let you know when it's on the chromo11.com website. Is there anything you want to add? |
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On 10/18/2003 3:46 AM, BW wrote:
snip 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A Well, I was about 8 years old and I was in a hammock with the girl from down the street. Margie was her name. She was a little older than I, maybe 10. Anyway, as the hammock slowly stopped swinging she turned and kissed me. It was thrilling, seriously. S |
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wrote on 10/18/03 8:49 AM: On 10/18/2003 3:46 AM, BW wrote: snip 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A Well, I was about 8 years old and I was in a hammock with the girl from down the street. Margie was her name. She was a little older than I, maybe 10. Anyway, as the hammock slowly stopped swinging she turned and kissed me. It was thrilling, seriously. S Ahhh, yes... I remember that thrill. But mine wasn't in a hammock it was in a shed. And her name wasn't Margie, it was Karen. And, after the kiss, it FELT like the shed was swinging. |
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seriously, I AM researching thrill...
"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... (BW) writes: Maybe my last THRILL posting appeared a bit like SPAM. Just to allay any questions - I'm a researcher at the Royal College of Art, England. I've got an arts grant to research this subject of thrill, and develop ideas for how thrill could be engineered. No doubt, but we hear this a lot...not every day of the week, but whenever someone decides they want to write a book or a paper or a whatever about why and how humans "seek thrills" -- a phrase that researchers and media types are much more prone to use than participants; except for the name of the boat, I don't think I've ever heard an actual whitewater boater speak of "thrillseeking" to describe what wwe do -- they come to the so-called "adventure sports" newsgroups and ask us to be part of their survey. And my answer is: why would I want to? You're free to write whatever you want, but I really don't like seeing my sport sound-bit through the voice of people who haven't been there. Your questions tell me you've already got your mind made up. "Tell me why you're not a sensible person"? What is up with THAT? Your questions are bizarre; I can't tell exactly what it is you're angling at, but I would bet my house that true understanding isn't it. If it were, you'd know that whitewater boating isn't a fun-park ride. It isn't just "thrills"; it has real risks, and the consequences don't always happen to someone else. Think about that the next time you ask a group of whitewater boaters for their "most thrilling experience". Now, now Mary, you're being pretty hard on the guy. Here, I went ahead and answered his questionnai ABOUT YOU ========== Just to get the record straight, could please tell me your name, age, sex and where you were born (I'll only publish your surname and birthplace unless otherwise instructed) name: riverman age: 45 sex: M birthplace: In the backseat of a greyhound bus, rolling down highway 59. Just kidding man. It was a VW. YOUR BACKGROUND ================== 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A I was about 2, and climbed up the railings of my crib, and fell out on my butt (no, not my head, dude!) 2.Q Which of your thrilling experiences has frightened you the most? 2.A The time I spent a night hanging on a 3/8 inch rope on a cliff because a big storm blew in and I did not have the time or strength to complete the 5.12b climb I had started that afternoon. That was pretty cool, but I was really wet and hungry. 3.Q What's the smallest or slightest thing to have thrilled you? 3.A This cute girl I did not know grabbed my ass in a crowded bar once. I still haven't gotten over it. 4.Q Tell me why you're not a sensible person. 4.A I suppose its because I march to the beat of a different drummer. 5.Q What were you doing the last time you were really bored? 5.A Not as long as you think. Like one question ago... 6.Q What's the most uninhibited thing you've ever done? 6.A Hmmm, one time I showed up for a final exam wearing only a jock strap and nylons. But that was on a dare, so it probably didn't count. However, the dare was to show up wearing a *dress*, jockstrap and nylons, so maybe it does. 7.Q What things have you considered doing for thrill, but were too concerned about the risks? 7.A Are you joking?? ANYTHING is worth the risk! The more risk, the more fun!! I mean it, man, you gotta try it. 8.Q I always dreamt about becoming a paramedic, speeding in an ambulance and saving lives; what about you? 8.A Dreamt?? I am a paramedic, but I don't work in no stinking AMBULANCE! I work high-angle mountaineering rescues, where I rappel out of helio-chopters to save yellowbellied flatlanders when they lose their nerve on Everest above Camp 4. Or pulling wimpy Grand Canyon boaters out of trivial situations where they get skeered of their shadows because the big bad whitewater is gonna get them, boo hoo. YOUR THRILL ============ To answer these next 15 questions, you should think about a particular time you were thrilled. 9.Q Describe this thrill in a nutshell, in one sentence. (there's time to expand later) 9.A I went over Lava Falls on a log, to replicate the journey down the Canyon of some guy before John Wesley Powell. I forget his name, but that guy had BALLS! the setting... ---------------- 10.Q Where and when did it take place? 10.A Lava Falls. You do know where Lava Falls is, right? 11.Q Tell me a bit about yourself around this time. 11.A Umm, you mean now, or when I did the log run? preparation... ------------------ 12.Q How did the moment arise? Was it planned? 12.A Well, yeah, sort of. I was rowing a raft full of passengers on this 16 day trip, and just as we were setting up to run Lava, I saw this big old log just about to get pulled out of that big eddy on the right, just below the scouting rock...you know the one? Anyway, I didn't realize it at the time, but I guess I had always kinda wanted to run Lava on a log, so I jumped on it, told my passengers to follow me through, and went for it. It was, like, totally rad! your feelings... -------------------- 13.Q List the sequence of events leading up to your thrill, and how you felt at each stage. The smallest detail could be important (this is your chance to expand). 13.A Well, I was thinking about how cool running Lava always is, and how it was a shame that I didn't have any mushrooms like last time, and how cute this chick was who was sitting right in front of me, you know, and how it would be so cool to just give her the greatest ride through Lava of her life. Like maybe we could surf the ledge hole, or catch an ender out of the V-wave, or maybe just do a full-on splat against the Black Rock. Then I thought, no riverman, you can't do that ****, this is a commercial trip, and these guys would be skeered. So I was starting to feel a little depressed, because you know, it takes a long time and a lot of effort to get ABC, you know? And like we say, once you are below Lava, if you really want to run it again, since your last run was so boring because you had to protect the clients and stuff, its easier to derig your whole raft and carry it on your head through the sawgrass and past the spring and the lava field than it is to paddle all the way to take out and get another permit and come all the way back down the river again. Then I saw this log floating just next to me, and I figured, hey riverman, if you really want to do this thing, its like, now or never. So I did. 14.Q At the exact moment of thrill, how did your mind and body feel? 14.A Well, I was a bit hungover, and my hands hurt from climbing the cliff above Grapevine the week before. And I think I still had some water in my lungs from swimming Sock. But mostly, I wasn't really feeling anything. 15.Q What thoughts were going through your head? 15.A Isn't this what the last two questions just asked? Anyway, mostly I was thinking that if I jumped and missed the log, it'd be pretty ugly. 16.Q What did you do immediately afterwards? 16.A After I ran Lava, you mean? Well, I swam like a maniac to catch my raft before it pinned on the left wall at Little Lava, dude! That was really close, too; and that cute chick who was crying didn't help anything. the risks... ------------- 17.Q What were the most likely things that could have put you off going through with it? 17.A Put off? What do you mean? Like if there wasn't a log or something? other people... -------------------- 18.Q How were other people important to your thrill? 18.A Other people? You mean, like the clients? Oh, they weren't so important. It was cool telling the other guides about it over dinner, through. They were into it, for sure. 19.Q What do you imagine other people were thinking throughout your thrilling episode? 19.A Jeeze, what a stupid question, dude! You gotta axe them that, not me. I guess they were just too focused on whether or not I'd make it to the log before I got swept into the diagonal. They were cheering and yelling stuff and stuff. 20.Q Some people probably don't understand how such a thing can thrill you; explain it to them. 20.A You're kidding, right? They really wouldn't understand? I guess the best way to explain it is to take them on a climb or something. They'd have the best time of their life, man. I'd take really good care of them, and show them a really good time, man. equipment... ----------------- 21.Q Why were certain objects or equipment important to your thrill? 21.A Umm, you mean like the first aid kit, or something? Its because I always keep a big doobie in there in case I'm ever stranded with broken legs or something and I know I'm gonna die down there, I can smoke a big one and go out with a smile on my face, man. repeat performance... ----------------------------- 22.Q If you've done something like this before, how does the last time compare to the first time you did it? 22.A I never did anything like that before. But the closest was when I swam Cataract Canyon with just an innertube, but that wasn't the same. 23.Q If you did it again, what things would you add or change to make it even better? 23.A I'd remember to bring the mushrooms, man :-) finally... ----------- Thanks for doing the interview. I'll let you know when it's on the chromo11.com website. Is there anything you want to add? No. Whoops, I just did. Oops, there I did it again. |
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4.Q Tell me why you're not a sensible person. 4A. Because I'm continually fascinated by stupid surveys. -- David Kiewit www.patent-faq.com (1) 727 866 0669 5901 Third Street South St. Petersburg FL US 33705 |
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:49:26 +0100, "riverman"
wrote: 23.Q If you did it again, what things would you add or change to make it even better? 23.A I'd remember to bring the mushrooms, man :-) finally... ----------- Thanks for doing the interview. I'll let you know when it's on the chromo11.com website. Is there anything you want to add? No. Whoops, I just did. Oops, there I did it again. Thank you, riverman, for giving one of the best responses to this dim guy. -- rbc: vixen Fairly harmless Hit reply to email. Though I'm very slow to respond. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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seriously, I AM researching thrill...
I'm terribly sorry, but I do not know the meaning of the word "thrill".
Is this the sound mud ducks make when copulating? BW wrote: Maybe my last THRILL posting appeared a bit like SPAM. Just to allay any questions - I'm a researcher at the Royal College of Art, England. I've got an arts grant to research this subject of thrill, and develop ideas for how thrill could be engineered. Who wants to visit my web site anyway! Here's the interview as you'd have found it. I invite anyone connected with canoeing or kayaking to be interviewed about your most thrilling encounters. Feel free to complete the interview publicly in the user goup (please send a copy to me via email), or do the whole thing privately in an email. Thanks, in anticipation. Brendan Walker +44 (0)20 7590 4573 ++++++++++++ THE INTERVIEW STARTS HERE +++++++++++++++ Hello, Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. Answer as many questions as you can (the more the better) then email your interview to me at interview@chromo11[dot]com. If there's anything else you want to say just add a note at the bottom of the email. You're obviously sat at your computer, so we'll make a start... ABOUT YOU ========== Just to get the record straight, could please tell me your name, age, sex and where you were born (I'll only publish your surname and birthplace unless otherwise instructed) name: age: sex: birthplace: YOUR BACKGROUND ================== 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A 2.Q Which of your thrilling experiences has frightened you the most? 2.A 3.Q What's the smallest or slightest thing to have thrilled you? 3.A 4.Q Tell me why you're not a sensible person. 4.A 5.Q What were you doing the last time you were really bored? 5.A 6.Q What's the most uninhibited thing you've ever done? 6.A 7.Q What things have you considered doing for thrill, but were too concerned about the risks? 7.A 8.Q I always dreamt about becoming a paramedic, speeding in an ambulance and saving lives; what about you? 8.A YOUR THRILL ============ To answer these next 15 questions, you should think about a particular time you were thrilled. 9.Q Describe this thrill in a nutshell, in one sentence. (there's time to expand later) 9.A the setting... ---------------- 10.Q Where and when did it take place? 10.A 11.Q Tell me a bit about yourself around this time. 11.A preparation... ------------------ 12.Q How did the moment arise? Was it planned? 12.A your feelings... -------------------- 13.Q List the sequence of events leading up to your thrill, and how you felt at each stage. The smallest detail could be important (this is your chance to expand). 13.A 14.Q At the exact moment of thrill, how did your mind and body feel? 14.A 15.Q What thoughts were going through your head? 15.A 16.Q What did you do immediately afterwards? 16.A the risks... ------------- 17.Q What were the most likely things that could have put you off going through with it? 17.A other people... -------------------- 18.Q How were other people important to your thrill? 18.A 19.Q What do you imagine other people were thinking throughout your thrilling episode? 19.A 20.Q Some people probably don't understand how such a thing can thrill you; explain it to them. 20.A equipment... ----------------- 21.Q Why were certain objects or equipment important to your thrill? 21.A repeat performance... ----------------------------- 22.Q If you've done something like this before, how does the last time compare to the first time you did it? 22.A 23.Q If you did it again, what things would you add or change to make it even better? 23.A finally... ----------- Thanks for doing the interview. I'll let you know when it's on the chromo11.com website. Is there anything you want to add? |
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"riverman" writes:
[snip] YOUR BACKGROUND ================== 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A I was about 2, and climbed up the railings of my crib, and fell out on my butt (no, not my head, dude!) YOU DID THIS TOO???!??? This is one of my favorite early childhood memories: the day I decided to break out of the big house and climbed out of my crib. I didn't fall, but it was still pretty huge for me. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, Other days you're the bug. |
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[snip] YOUR BACKGROUND ================== 1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled. 1.A I was about 2, and climbed up the railings of my crib, and fell out on my butt (no, not my head, dude!) YOU DID THIS TOO???!??? This is one of my favorite early childhood memories: the day I decided to break out of the big house and climbed out of my crib. I didn't fall, but it was still pretty huge for me. I never escaped from my crib. But I discovered that if I got on my hands and knees and bashed my head against the headboard, I could *move* the crib around. So I took it on a little tour of my bedroom. Probably explains a few things about the way my brain currently seems to work, sometimes :-) |
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