Los Angeles CA, The sky is usually always a lovely murky brown and it is usually hot, and I don't give with the LA crowd, not that I really jive with any crowd.
What is one of your favorite scents?
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Los Angeles CA, The sky is usually always a lovely murky brown and it is usually hot, and I don't give with the LA crowd, not that I really jive with any crowd.
What is one of your favorite scents?
oh gee dark muse---almost too many to name and there are so many good ones!
but an interesting component to some of mine is the relationship to memories (which is an answer to a trivial pursuit question actually!)
wd-40 often reminds me of working on bikes in an outdoor shop, with new friends while listening to music. strawberry suave and agree shampoo (hard to find) reminds me of high school athletic days. cut grass, football double sessions. wrestling mats and workout sweat smell pretty much the same everywhere and bring lots of memories even as you build new ones.
and oh, old used books!
papayahed, you can find the abbott and Costello mustard bit on youtube really easily...I suspect they did it more than once but the one that's in my mind is from one of their movies.
what are 2-3 of your favorite scenes from all of harry potter?
The Scene: Snape’s mastery of his classroom is epitomised by his contemptuously drawling instruction to “turn to page three hundred and ninety four.” It doesn’t look much written down, but somehow Alan Rickman manages to make it sound like a threat…
Charity Burbage
The Scene: Voldemort’s cruelty is ruthlessly demonstrated by his torture and eventual murder of Hogwarts teacher Charity Burbage at Malfoy Manor. As if to make things worse, her former colleague Snape watches on impassively…
I obtained help with my choices above.
What is your favourite non-fiction book?
Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, And The Campaign Of 1912
Your favorite Marvel Superhero?
tony since you mention him, I thought snape (ultimately) was a great character in the stories and one of my favorite scenes is at the very end when harry tells his young son that he is named after one of the bravest men he ever knew, referring to snape.
and I also love, from the last movie, when harry tells ron and Hermione he has to go to the forest to meet voldemort and they all know he's going to be killed---and Hermione cries and says "i'll go with you!"
oh marvel superhero---that's a toughie. I read the comics and watched the cartoons as a kid but so much of the sentiments towards them are shaped by the current movies and each of them has so many neat qualities.
a strong affinity towards iron man---love the humor and incredible intelligence and the go it alone attitude.
but I have to put the nod for thor and captain America for their ability to lead and foster loyal allegiance. don't know if I could pick between them.
favorite DC superhero?
tony since you mention him, I thought snape (ultimately) was a great character in the stories and one of my favorite scenes is at the very end when harry tells his young son that he is named after one of the bravest men he ever knew, referring to snape.
and I also love, from the last movie, when harry tells ron and Hermione he has to go to the forest to meet voldemort and they all know he's going to be killed---and Hermione cries and says "i'll go with you!"
oh marvel superhero---that's a toughie. I read the comics and watched the cartoons as a kid but so much of the sentiments towards them are shaped by the current movies and each of them has so many neat qualities.
a strong affinity towards iron man---love the humor and incredible intelligence and the go it alone attitude.
but I have to put the nod for thor and captain America for their ability to lead and foster loyal allegiance. don't know if I could pick between them.
favorite DC superhero?
%&#^& double posting curse!
Shazam.
Favourite film not of your native language?
The Seventh Seal
Favorite genre of music?
Classic Rock (but I like many genres)
Same question
boy that's a toughie!
I love classic rock, but im a huge fan of the melancholy celtic music too. I love today's country music---the country sound and sentiments mixed with pop/rock (heard the new song by reba yet?). I also love the alternative rock type stuff (am listening to oasis right now). sooooooooo much good stuff!
what country would you like to visit that you haven't yet and what would you like to do when you are there?
England. Take the Jack the Ripper tour.
What State would you like to visit that you have not and why here in the USA?
Montana, because it looks pretty.
What did you have for breakfast?
Chocolate coconut milk porridge with banana and cocoa chocolate almond butter.
What are you looking forward to?
papayahed, ive been to Montana (although just the little southwest corner of it outside of Yellowstone) and it is indeed pretty.
ever see the hunt for red October? there's a neat scene in it about Montana.
I had toast and tea, and that's what I have probably 99 times out of a 100. and weekends are specialty tea treats and today I had earl grey.
im looking forward to the nap im just about to take, an old friend coming into town soon to spend a few weeks, and for the story/action in the book im reading (the girl with the dragon tattoo) to pick it up a little bit!
what's the best thing about finishing a book?
Writing a review! It's what I do. I am often sent free books or e-books for just that purpose. Got two books and a e-book done this week. Raven's Reviews www.ravendarkendale.com
What is the best think about buying a book?
Reading the first page and knowing you're going to like it.
What is the last book you finished?
The Rum Diary
What was the last movie you saw?
Hitchcock's Rope (1948)
Same question.
The Gallows
What is your favorite mode of transportation?
My two feet.
What's your second favorite mode of transportation?
trains.
What question do you dislike the most when asked?
I really don't like it when people ask how are you because it is a pointless disingenuous question. You are not going to really tell them how you are and they don't really want to know. Also I don't like it when you are sitting in some public setting and someone asks "Can I sit there?" Of course you cannot actually stop them even if you said no they could still sit there.
Same question
Hot enough for ya?
(nope, I wish it were one-twenty, then I'd really be peachy)
What aroma or odor triggers your best or worst memory?
The smell of salty sea air reminds me of the Cayman Islands...wait a second...
What is your typical greeting for people who are not close friends?
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?