Interview a GS Member: CellarDweller

[CellarDweller]

What is your favorite candy?

Sour Patch Kids! I could eat them every day!

Would you ever consider dating someone who told you if they were HIV positive after the first date, after the third date? After 2 months of solid dating?

I dated someone who was HIV positive in 2006. We didn't have sex, but not because of his status. I'm someone who takes things slow with all my relationships, and we decided we weren't compatible after dating for a while, before it got to that level. We did kiss/make out and I wasn't worried.

What kind of phone do you have?

I currently have a Blackberry Bold.

What do you believe is your role in life? (healer, protector, inventor, leader, inspirer? Etc)

I seem to be a protector/comforter. I find that I often will put my own feelings/emotions aside to help someone else first.

Perfect example: In my prior post, I mentioned losing my friend Jackie. I am a moderator of a website that is for fans of Brokeback Mountain. Heath Ledger (who played Ennis Del Mar) died on January 22, 2008. Jackie died on January 23rd. I found that I was putting my mourning for Jackie off until I was able to help the members of the board deal with the loss of Heath Ledger. What made it even more difficult is that Jackie was a member of that forum, so I was getting emails, private messages, and phone calls from people who were mourning Jackie as well as Heath.

I ended up not getting emotional over Jackie until a trip to Oxford in June of 2008, where a memorial for Jackie was held.