Whacharon about, Amat?
Using someone's catch-phrase in a joke about their being dead is fun. "Watchu talkin' 'bout", can't do a lot with.
What an answer. And may I ask, how did you rise from the ashes?
Just make sure you have the basics settled ahead of time; that you'll be earning enough to live there, that you'll be secure and content enough at the job, that you can handle other expenses that might come your way and so on. But the bigger question, about what I wanted to do and how to get there was something different. When you know what your calling is, how to get there becomes pretty clear. It's knowing your calling that's hard, and to be honest, I don't think there's one solid way to find it. If you're lucky, you will. I guess the best bet is to be honest with yourself about what you really love to do, and if you don't know, explore and find out.
Give to us how good you are at Touhou from 1 to Sapz :3
I'm ... really not very good at them. I usually die somewhere towards the end of Stage 4 on Normal, although lately I've been making headway into Stage 5 of UFO and SA. I can get all the way to Kanako before dying. IN is the only one I've 1cc'd.
Favorite video game series?
Imperishable Night, definitely. I love the cast, the story, the artwork, the music, the danmaku (love fighting Reimu), all of it. Oh, series. Yeah, Touhou.
Do you go to any conventions? I was trying to get into E3 last year through various means, but I couldn't :I
I went to Otakon in 2009, had a great time. I hope to come this year.
And lastly, what would you prefer, vanilla, or mint?
If you mean ice cream, vanilla. If you mean toothpaste, mint.
Last questions for a while, sorry. I used to love the concept of Formspring- like, people answering questions and stuff, because it interested me- until I opened one and recieved questions like "why are you fat."
I'm fat on the inside.
What are the mistakes of the past you feel we most need to avoid, as a society?
The same ones we keep making over and over, more or less - war, economic disparity, oppression and so forth. On a more manageable scale, I think it'd be nice just to see the media have a memory that goes back farther than ten years. I think that would help avoid a ton of mistakes. For example, when Reagan had his SDI project, and it was utterly ridiculed by the time he left office, but then Bush Jr introduces the exact same idea only under a different name, and pundits started debating the feasibility of it. Again. Who was there to remind them of SDI, really?
And, um, I feel strange not asking relationship-related questions. Hm. What advice would you give to people who are just starting out on their married life? As in, what to worry about, what pitfalls to avoid from the start, things like that?
I can't say I'm the best person to ask, really, but I will say that my wife and I at least had an amicable separation. It just didn't work, that's all. But we're friends. So I guess I can at least advise first of all living with the person for at least a year or more before even considering marriage. There's all kinds of things you don't notice about someone until you live with them. How you make it work from there, well, I honestly don't know. I guess that's an entirely personal thing that you and your spouse develop together, over time.
What's the best season to visit Iceland to take good photos?
Summer. Everything's lush and green in the country, but in the capital you're still only an hour away from the nearest glacier. Plus it's light all the time, so no outdoor night-time issues.
How hard was it to emigrate to the European Union? You described this once before, but that post has eluded me.
Well, Iceland isn't in the EU, but it does abide EU immigration law. Essentially, anyone in the EU can live in any EU country. To get in, though, you need to have a job waiting for you - one where it can be demonstrated that no national can do or wants to do the job. Once you've got that, you'll next need to have an address. Friends come into play with that. You may also need to demonstrate that you have a certain amount of money in your bank account. If your papers are in order and your background check is clean, you get a temporary work and residence permit. And once you get approved the first time, it's usually easy to renew, unless you do something stupid like get arrested or quit your job. Yes, that's right - your work permit is for one employer. It's not a free pass to work where you want, when you want. That's citizens only. You can usually vote locally after a few years, but not in national elections until citizenship, either. So most immigrants are either temporary workers making enough cash to bring back home, or people hoping to be citizens.
Well, everyone has their hard times and moments. When you find yourself in tough times, what are the kind of things you think of or do in order to try and lessen how stressful such things are?
Go for a walk and talk to myself, play games, watch movies, play guitar, read, chat with youse guise, write, think about everything I have to be grateful for.
Did you ever expect this thread to be so popular?
Nope. I nearly expected a lock in page 1.
Also, what is your favorite anime (assuming you watch much of it. If not, replace that with whatever you'd like)?
Ah god my favorite anime?? I have no idea what's at the very top of the list, but my faves include Eve no Jikan, Season 1 of Haruhi, Haibane Renmei, Trapeze, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru ... yeah, no idea what's number one.
Man, I totally wanted to make a thread like this. "Ask Fake Old Man Jana." 
Any tidbits of wisdom for those of us that may already be feeling weary at a young age?
Yeah so, is it normal if you feel old when you're only 20?
How about when you're fifteen, cause I feel old now
God damn, but this. Feels like I've already lived a thousand years.
This is going to sound nuts, but you'll actually feel more alert, active and "young" eventually. I wish I had a scientific explanation for this, but I've been through it and I've seen the same thing with my peers. Being young is exhausting, I think. It's a lot of stress and a lot of hard work. When you get settled, professionally and financially, things are actually less stressful, and now you have more internal energy. That's my half-assed theory anyway.
Also, when/how did you figure out that you wanted to write for a living? What other things did you try that didn't work out for you (if anything)?
I've been writing short stories since I was at least seven years old and, I don't know. I've never considered another profession. Almost every job I've had has been to pay the bills while I write. I was involved in politics, and that was enjoyable, but that is one soul-crushingly depressing job, especially if you happen to have strong but unpopular convictions. So yeah, writing's just always been it, as far as I'm concerned.
What in your opinion makes something (like books, movies, anime, games etc) 'good'?
That's pretty broad, so to answer broadly, I think any form of art is "good" that accomplishes what it's trying to do, or what the creator wants it to do. If it can do this both effectively and creatively, then yeah. Generally speaking.
