Meme Questions

Courtesy of yurusumaji.

♫ How did you end up in the business of politics?

At a very young age (about 5 years old) I was quite taken with the spectacle of a political convention on television, and as I grew up I became actively interested in the nuts and bolts of politics.  I studied two degrees worth of it at university, and maintained an involvement and interest in it even though my interest in having a career as a politician waned.  In the UK I kept up my interest in it (fueled by my latent Anglophilia) and wound up working in party HQ in the 2005 election campaign.  When I came to Australia I got myself involved in a few campaigns which led to a job in Canberra, again working in party HQ.  When I became a citizen I was eligible to change jobs, and moved up to work in the leader's office.  And that's the story.

♫ What were you like as a young child?

Very quick to withdraw into my own little world.  Stubborn.  Energetic.  An information sponge.  In many ways much like I am now.

( Cut for photos of a young Luckycanuck )

♫ Did something specific prompt your manic exercising?

Nothing specific.  I was always interested in being physically active.  I played cricket for years until I decided I was rubbish at it and took up rugby instead.  I started going to the gym seriously when I came to Oz.  Now I get uncomfortable when I don't get enough exercise.

And while we're on the subject...

TW: Run nearly 2km to the gym.  100 leg presses, 100 openers, 100 closers, 100 kickbacks, 100 calf extensions, row 400m then 10 burpees - 5 rounds, then run home from the gym.

♫ Do you participate in regular summertime recreational activities such as camping, hiking, etc?

Regular activities in the summer?  Not really.  It's the rugby off season so I probably spend more time at the gym, and I get to the beach as often as I can when I'm in Sydney.

♫ Do you have life goals left to accomplish and if so, what are they?

Hmmmm.  Once upon a time my life goal was to become Prime Minister of Canada (and in my late teens I was actively working out how to make that happen.)  I have had it as a goal to get married and settle down, to find my way into a world beating career, to move to England, to move to Australia, and to get a doctorate in history.  Some of these I have accomplished, and some I have not.  To be honest, I'm not sure what my life goals are right now.  Of the things on my list that I haven't accomplished, I'm not sure how many of them I would still want or whether they still mean the same thing to me.