Luna del'Corvo

LJ's Writer's block: What's the weirdest question you've ever been asked?"

"Is it true you sacrifice goats?"

No lie, seriously. In high school somehow people got the idea I was some kind of devil worshipper. (Honestly, one little game of assassin, and people jump to all kinds of conclusions!) It was amusing at first, but it got old fast. So eventually some little bimbo (you know, poofy, floofy, squealing type) caught me on a rather bad day, so I glared at her and snarled "Only when I can't find a VIRGIN!!" She literally did a 'Home Alone' and ran away as fast as her pooky little pink sneakers would carry her. That may have been my first, genuine, audible, leave-a-red-mark facepalm. Sure, it's funny now, but the principal was not amused (though he totally understood my frustration...). On the upside, they left me alone after that....

[Error: unknown template qotd]Given the vastness of the universe, and the sheer unlikeliness of our existence on this small, insignificant speck of rock out on the universal hinterlands, I think it is both improbable and arrogant to assume we are the only living beings out here. However, I also think we require a vastly more open perspective on what 'life' is. The chances that other life forms would be anything we might recognize as such are almost as slim as there being no other life at all.

That said, no, I don't think we have established with any certainty that we have yet found evidence of such life, either here visiting or elsewhere. I admit there are things we don't know how to explain, but I (personally) am leery of drawing conclusions; we just don't know. I'd rather say I don't know that claim I do (based on cultural perceptions & biases) and be proven wrong, or worse, let my claims blind me to clues that might point to a different answer.

So, yes I believe it is likely there is other life out there, but no, I don't believe in UFOs per se, because I do rely on empirical proof.