I Interviewed phinjay

[welshgirl15.livejournal.com]

Getting to know phinjay

Nickname: Phin
Team: Gothic



Favourite Sig. Tag.:


PERSONAL LIFE

Describe yourself in 5 words
Procrastinator, loyal, cynical, historian, nonconfrontational.

What do you do in your personal life? (Hobbies, job, family, education etc.)
I like to take pictures and make things. I have a zazzle store (here)



What is your earliest childhood memory?
I'm the youngest and only girl in my family, so when I was four I told my mom that I needed to learn to read, because everyone else in the family knew how to read.



As a child, what did you want to be/do when you grew up?
I always thought I'd go into journalism, but history planted a seed and blossomed.

What do you now dream of doing in the future?
Creating an arts district for my county

LJ, GRAPHICS AND FANDOMS

What do you mostly do on LJ? (graphics, challenges, participating in fandoms, personal journal etc.)
Mostly read fanfic or original fic, sometimes I participate in graphics challenges.

[[Check out her graphic comm: digitalcrayon]]

How long have you been into graphics?
Almost 25 years

How did you get into making graphics?
I designed my 9th birthday party invitation and had it professionally printed.

What was your first fandom?
The Muppets. My brothers, cousins, and I all had Muppet names.



What are your favourite communities here on LJ and why?
I don't have any favorite communities, I have favorite filters that I've set up. I always check my newsletter filter and my fandom filter after I check my default friends filter.

TOP 5s

Colours:
1) Chelsea Gray

2) Glidden's Tropical Lagoon (Blue)

3) Brown

4) Green

5) Black


Celebrities:
1) Guy Fieri

2) Anne Burrell

3) Neil Patrick Harris

4) Katherine Moennig

5) Simon Baker


Musicians/Songs by Musicians:
[Note: I asked for her favourite songs by the artists as well. Sorry, I couldn't find official videos for a lot of them]
1) Rob Thomas (Check out Dizzy, written by Rob Thomas, performed with Tabitha's Secret)

2) Matchbox Twenty (Check out Hang)

3) Rascal Flatts (Check out Everyday)

4) The Dixie Chicks (Check out Amazing Grace) [Sorry, I couldn't find a better version]

5) Train (This one was hard, I'd have to say Words or This Ain't Goodbye or Calling All Angels. I just thought of another Train song I love, so I'm gonna stop)

Note: This Train graphic was also used in my interview with visions_of_sky

Fandoms:
1) Leverage

2) Glee

3) White Collar

4) NCIS

5) Luther


Characters:
1) Rose, Dogfight

2) Bobby Hill, King of the Hill

3) Hardison, Leverage

4) Raj, The Big Bang Theory

5) Kelly, Misfits


Ships:
1) Parker/Hardison, Leverage

2) Marshall/Lily, How I Met Your Mother

3) Puck/Lauren, Glee

4) Dan/Blair, Gossip Girl

5) Eddie/Rose, Dogfight


Quotes:
1) "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" - Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

2) "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away." - Anon

3) "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt
It was late when I made this... Sorry for the mistake in the main quote, let me know if you want a corrected version

4) "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

5) "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson


Types of Graphics:
1) Wallpapers
2) Digital Scrapbooking Elements
3) Postcards
4) Digital Cutting Files (I have a Silhouette SD)
5) Notecards