Game: Ask the Person Below You

I don't really socialize much so I really don't have many occasions of interacting with people who are not close friends. But when I have to, I prefer just a head nod or just hello, or hi.

Same question

I usually mumble, "what's up," then shuffle off with both hands in deep in my pockets while kicking a pebble.

What was your favourite movie of the last 3 years?

Guardians of the Galaxy

Did you miss me?

In a proportionate way.

What was the easiest year of your post 21 adult life? (Obviously I prefer easy opposed to difficult/challenging,hmm)

That's a toughie. I'd say 22. Still in school, going out thursday - sunday. No real worries.


Are you going to see the new Star Wars movie in the theater when it comes out?

Most likely not

What new movie are you most looking forward to seeing?

maybe the new james bond movie, and for sure the last installment of the hunger games...

would you go to the theater by yourself to see a movie?

I dream of it. (My goal is to skip out of work for an afternoon and go to the movies)

Do you buy lottery tickets?

No I don't

Would you eat at a nice/fancy restaurant alone?

if you do papayahed, I wont tell and you can borrow my false nose and mustache.

that question sounds familiar muse, I think we have visited it before.

though I like alone time, i don't think id get into that. a solitary walk in the woods though yes.

when you read a book that's a part of a series, and you really like the book, do you feel compelled to find/get the next book in the series, or can you sort of take it as it comes?

LOL usually I will fill compelled to buy the next book, but then it will end up sitting on my shelf for months before I get around to actually reading it.

If you are reading a series in which the books could be read as stand alone would you still read them chronologically or just any random order?

If I was sure I was going to read the whole series, I'd probably read them in chronological order (unless availability was an issue). Most likely I'd try one that is especially well regarded first. But I don't really read series too often.

What is the last series of books you have read and what did you think of it?

just a handful of days ago I finished the last book in the twilight series, breaking dawn, and over the past handful of months, ive seen the movies too.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and though there is nothing necessarily outstanding in the writing itself, I think the author did a great job in the story line. ive mentioned this elsewhere, the tension she creates by the mixing of the characters in her new world, was absolutely wonderful. and the resolutions are very well thought out.

the series is so much more than a romance and it deals with timeless issues I think so many of us find attractive in literature. ive become a fan.

theres a scene right at the very end of the first movie that has become one of my all time favorite movie scenes.

you know an interesting aspect of your question muse---i like the james fenimore cooper leatherstocking books, and the order of publication of the books is different than the chronologies of the stories themselves.

in one of the more recent books you've read and really enjoyed, what was the driving force for the main characters' actions?

Self-examination, or self-recrimination, or self-destruction, take your pick. The book I'm thinking of is Steppenwolf and the character Harry Haller, the protagonist. It is a story of a man out of time, in that he is the product of an older world, one that is swiftly passing out of being, and being replaced by a wholly strange (to him) and repugnant new one. In addition, Haller is nearing the end of his life, and worn out by a lifetime of his own internal struggles, and a great loss. The story can be seen as epitaph, suicide note, and, as was author Hermann Hesse's wont, an inward journey to revelation and self-discovery. This is a book to put at the top of anyone's reading list.

When the Oculus Rift comes out next year, which will appear first: software enabling you to take a complete virtual journey through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, standing in front of some of the world's greatest paintings, sculptures and tapestries as if you were physically there, or Disney's Virtual Hannah Montana Experience?

tyrion, "Steppenwolf" was recently the answer to a final jeopardy question and the answer was such that it was clear the book was very praiseworthy. I have the book, maybe when I finish the one im on now (ender's game), i'll give it a shot. i like what you've described.

as I cant really see parents buying it for their 14 yr old girls, im going to have to go with more adult and redeeming, so sure, the metropolitan museum of art. although im leaning towards something, whatever it is, more dynamic and interactive.

I imagine though, if the marketers are smart, the initial product will come with a package that's pretty broad and inclusive.

what old band/artist do you wish were still creating music today?