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Have you ever gone country line dancing?
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Have you ever gone country line dancing?
Nope. I would rather people think me unable to dance than prove it for them.
Do you play guitar?
i don't play any musical instrument, though i have a wooden recorder i learned the scales on, and hot cross buns too. i really should pick it back up.
(from some posts a bit ago---i remember being especially attracted to agnes, david Copperfield's second wife, and a little bit of caroline and Shirley from charlotte bronte's Shirley)
what are three of your favorite scenes from movies you've enjoyed?
The housing project raid in Dawn of the Dead
The spider-god comes for Karin in Through a Glass Darkly
Rick puts Ilsa on the plane in Casablanca. *sniff sniff* We'll always have Paris!
Is Ilsa even a name? Isn't it just Lisa with dyslexia?
Who was the best minor character in Casablanca?
Sam, of course.
Do you have a good egg salad recipe?
even when I used to eat eggs, I didn't eat egg salad. one of the small handful of fairly common foods/food mixes I don't like. the egg and mayonnaise mix, or egg and salad dressing mix was a bad one for me.
I think maybe id want some curry and paprika though...smiles.
if you have seen the movie avatar, what's your favorite scene in the movie?
When Papa Smurf and Lazy Smurf ate all the sarsaparilla?
Okay, sorry. Same question.
ah I cannot be the only one to have seen avatar am I?
When all the blue men in the group started to beat the drums really hard?
In your opinion, who was the worst American president in your lifetime?
ive only seen the movie once---am not remembering that part. maybe I can hunt it up.
I like the scene where neytiri figures out to rescue jakes human body and they both say to the other, "I see you" and then at the very end, when jake gives up his human form so his avatar can exist without it, and he and neytiri can be together.
I was too young to pay a lot of attention to jimmy carter, but from what ive read, he was pretty bad---and interestingly enough, often compared/contrasted in that regard, to Obama, who hands down gets my vote for worst president.
should the united states have boycotted the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow? (I know someone personally who didn't get to go).
No. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan turned out to be a good thing.
What Dostoyevsky novel would make the best Broadway show?
I think The Idiot could be a good Broadway production.
Have you ever judged a book by its cover?
No. A book's cover has no impact on my choice to buy it or my opinion of the book one I've read it. Still, I like book covers as a kind of art form, and always like seeing them on ebooks. But even then, I don't choose to read because of the cover.
Have you ever been on a flight in which the oxygen masks descended?
flying always scares me, and sometimes it scares the bejeebers out of me! no oxygen masks but one flight I was on was bucking, and rolling and yawing really badly. I was sooooo glad when we landed.
have you ever parachuted?
No. My dad was a paratrooper based out of Fort Bragg, NC during two tours of duty in Vietnam. I was born on base...
Do you get vertigo in high buildings?
I do a little looking over balconies and what not.
Do you suffer from claustrophobia?
Not as a rule, although I had it once really badly walking through Hezzekiah's tunnel, a narrow (and narrowing) passage cut in the bedrock beneath Jerusalem (featuring rising water as the walls draw closer). So maybe It's just a question of circumstance.
Have you ever felt panic or nausea from being in a large crowd?
not panic or nausea, and not even discomfort, but im always acutely aware of that im in a large crowd (the few times I am) and what that might mean for my individuality and my ethics.
there's a song by country artist eric church, called springsteen. one of the lines is: "Funny how a melody sounds like a memory, Like the soundtrack to a July Saturday night, Springsteen"
(im thinking of it because im listening to springsteen right now)
I understand the message of the lyrics is that some songs take us back to a particular place in time. for eric church (at least in the song), it was springsteen music that did it.
I hope bunches of people answer this one:
do you have some songs in your life that jog your memory, and take you back to special places, or to special people?
Yes I do. To give one example off the top of my head the song Schism by Tool reminds me of a very good friend. He was the one that first introduced me to the band and that was the first song I heard by them and Tool instantly became a favorite band.
What book had the most impact on you?
The Bible. Fictional book-- Any of the Original Sherlock Holmes Collections by Doyle
Who is your favorite American author?
That is a tough one but I am going to have to go with Poe above all others.
What is your faveorite childhood movie?
Yes, but songs don't do it nearly as well as smells do.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
Dark Muse my favourite childhood movie is probably Toy Story or Cinderella.
How many books do you own?
Hard to say. I have about 150 to go trade at the used bookstore, and the house is filled with filled bookcases.
What is one book you'd love to have if you could afford it?
ive got ~4300 books. years ago I got the idea to keep an excel file in case anything happened to them, the file would be helpful for replacement purposes. also, it helps when im out used book shopping and I don't remember if I have this or that particular book. its also fun to share with friends.
agreed on smells. even though this isn't an example, but interestingly enough, the public library in the city I grew up in (still nearby) has a distinct smell unlike any other library ive been in. I recently told one of the staff you could blindfold me and drop me in the middle of the place and id know where I was.
I don't think I had a favorite childhood movie...but I do remember liking everything we went to the theaters to see.
give a little bit by supertramp takes me right back to a pizza place that was a popular high school hangout, and also reminds me of two old friends from those days who I am going to get to see this summer (soon!) when they are home for their reunion. im actually fetching one at the airport a couple hours away in the wee hours of the morning and really looking forward to it. there are a handful of other songs too.
I tend not to think of books as collectible that way. so I don't have my mind on a first edition huck finn by mark twain, a signed copy of anything by hemingway or anything like that. but I do know I like the instances on pawn stars when someone brings in a book to sell, and rick calls in Rebecca, the book expert (who I have a crush on!) and she talks about the book and its value.
what's your favorite thing about forrest gump (the movie or the character)?
Haha I just looked up Rebecca Romney on your recommendation, what a cutie.
I like that everything turns out alright for Lt Dan.
If you were to open a restaurant what sort of food would you want to serve? Would it be upscale, pub food, Mexican... etc?
Chinese, specializing in dumplings.
Which literary or cinematic villain do you feel the most sympathy for?
Mordred, it's not his fault he's a hunchbacked incest baby whose dad tried to drown him when he was born. "Traitor to king Arthur" my ***.
Same question.
Maybe Rogojin from The Idiot. He can't help it that he's the devil.
Who is the least appealing hero/main character in literature? (Anti-heroes are off limits).
I like Rogozhin too, is he the devil? I thought he was just obsessively in love, I should reread The Idiot.
And hmm, let's see... Dante the pilgrim certainly seems like a bit of an *******, Emma Bovary is usually disliked and I dislike her myself, I don't care for Emma Woodhouse either, Arkady Dolgurokov is sort of lame if we're talking Dostoyevsky and Arkady from Father's and Sons doesn't do much if he is the main character...
Okay, Emma Bovary is my least favourite.
Would you go to a Star Trek convention in costume?
Yes, he plays the devil to Myshkin's Christ, and they end up in the sack together, beside the corpse (or sacrifice?) of the disciple they both vied for. Great book.
If I ever decided to go to a Star Trek convention (just for a lark), I'm sure I would want to wear a costume/disguise.
Assuming you did the same, what character would you choose?
I honestly have never seen Star Trek, but the Klingon officer I suppose.
How come you don't like Star Wars? (okay so I'm asking the person above me)
On an artistic level, it helped to move films and culture from the substantive to the "iconic" (something I call Warholism). I see this as a hugely negative trend in my lifetime, which is likely to be rejected (with the rest of Postmodernism) by the coming generation. Aside from that, I found them all a little superficial. I only saw the first three, though, and didn't hate any of them.
Why do you like them? (Question open to all).
Good music and character design (Darth Vader/Stormtroopers) and I saw A New Hope in theatres when I was seven or something and it blew my mind. I still think they are good movies beyond just nostalgic appeal too. Not the prequel trilogy though, it's horrible, honestly horrible.
How much do you like gossiping about people you know?
I agree about the music but not the character development. Still, to each his own.
I like gossiping with someone I trust. Otherwise it seems tawdry and I avoid it.
Do you care whether you have a funeral service?
I don't care much, but I would like to have one.
And I meant character costumes and things like Vader being an asthmatic voiced by James Earl Jones, I agree that the development is pretty trite, though I like Luke.
If you really liked someone and you were gently rebuffed how many times would you (not obnoxiously) try again before giving up entirely?
Try once more, but wait about six months. You have to make her think she was right to say no, and to be moved by what a steadfast guy you are to have handled it so well. Just don't get too easily a friend in the meantime. You still dig her that way, and she needs to see it. Then if she doesn't break down after six months, have nothing to do with her at all, forever, or until she begs. That's how it works.
Would you start attending a church service because you thought it was a good way to meet people interested in serious romantic relationships?
I'm not interested in serious relationships, but I attended a church talent show my coworker was involved in because he invited me and was a very nice guy, and I was shocked at how many pretty girls were in attendance. I wanted to join a discipleship when i was in Victoria to learn more about Christianity in a social setting too so yeh, the cute religious girls are a bonus.
And she's on hold for a few years now at least, until I get back there and 'run into' her by 'accident'.
Do you think that in most relationships one person doesn't particularly care, while the other cares quite a lot (about their being together)?
I wouldn't say "most" relationships are like that but than it is probably more common than one would like to think.
Would you stay with someone you weren't really into anymore because you didn't want to have to deal with breaking up with them?
I would stay with her until someone better came along, or if I really disliked being with her I would just end it and deal with the breakup.
What temperature do you like your room to be at when you sleep and how do you control temperature with blankets/clothing to achieve a perfect temperature (as in, lots of clothing lots of blankets, lots of clothing no blankets, lots of blankets no clothing, etc)?
I like it to be very cold when I sleep so I keep my bedroom window open and sometimes turn on my fan depending on how warm it is outside.
What be your ideal place to go for your honeymoon?