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Here it is! A perfect procrastination tool. The Soup or Survey. A rotating 5+ question survey updated weekly (on Thursdays). When it is your week, create a list of five or more questions for diner patrons to answer at their leisure and then sit back and watch the answers roll in... Then, nominate next week's Celebrity Surveyor.
mostly complete list of questions asked
1. Do you drink eight or more glasses of water a day?
2. Do you own a flashlight?
3. What is your favorite cereal to eat dry?
4. Make a prediction regarding the future of Britney Spears.
5. What are you doing for Thanksgiving?
I nominate baggins for next week.
1. sometimes.2. yes, several. two in my car, one in my toolbox and a maglight i can never find.
3. life cereal or frosted mini-wheats.
4. i think her boobs will eventually start to sag and everyone will be so happy to know that they really are real.
5. taking a roadtrip to mexico or san francisco.
1. Probably. I drink a lot of water.2. Yes, I do. I have one in my car, and a few spread out throughout my personal belongings. The one in the car actually has batteries with power.
3. Quite possibly Jewel Crunchy Granola Raisin Bran. It's great and lightly sweetend with little granola thingies in it.
4. I think she will eventually run for public office.
5. Going home and being with my family. alh is going to So. MN to be with her dad's side.
- No.
- Yes, a minimag and I keep it in my backpack.
- I don't really eat dry cereal anymore, but if memory serves Frosted Flakes is barely disgusting.
- Plastic surgery, gene therapy, and botox as soon as she shows signs of aging.
- Leeching off my parents.
1. More often than not, water is good2.Yes, a 3 C Maglight, a 4C Maglight, a minimaglight, and several others
3. Honeycombs, they are yummy dry, but not that great in milk, odd.
4. Dwindling popularity and many attempts, through taking her clothes off, to regain it.
5. Dinner with mom, dinner with step-mom, dinner with Meagan's family, ah the joys of being married with divorced families.
1. Definitely. Usually a lot more, esp. if I work out. 2. A few, but the batteries neevr work. 3. Cap'N Crunch 4. I just ate lunch and even thinking about Britney makes me sick. 5. Going to WI to meet Hernando's mom side of the family--the Puerto Rican contingent.
1. Usually / Sometimes
2. Yes, several, scattered around the house.
3. none.
4. who?
5. Thanksgiving's at my place with my sis & her beau, my beau, our friends D'Alice, and one other couple.
1. Do you drink eight or more glasses of water a day? i'm drinking water right now, actually. i don't think i make it to 8 a day, normally.2. Do you own a flashlight? I'm sure there are several in my house. I don't think I've purchased any of them.
3. What is your favorite cereal to eat dry? Golden Grahams. or Cheerios if I happen to be sharing them with a small child.
4. Make a prediction regarding the future of Britney Spears. She will get a bigger role in a bigger movie soon. And she will become a slightly more legitimate 'crossover' star. then, she will get hit by a bus, and be horirbly scarred for life, but will donate whatever celebrity she has left to working with other survivors of bus-related accidents, and become Hollywood's Mother Theresa.
5. What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Eating Turkey and chillin with my family, like every year. perhaps we can get everyone together for a late night poker game, and have a good excuse to jet early on Turkey Day.
I nominate baggins for next week. -- done. you might have to remind me. that is as simple as posting in this entree on thursday morning.
1. Depends on the size of the "glass". I certainly finish a litre or so at work each day in the summer (hot) and winter (dry). Probably less in the other seasons.2. In England we call a flashlight a "torch" (I don't know which of those sounds more daft). I am pleased to say yes as the gales last night took out the (flaky) power in our building and left me scrambling for illumination (although static sparks were pretty good). A big old Maglight, a big lantern for the car and a small torch/flashlight with no batteries in it (used to be my earthquake light back in S.F.).
3. Not done that in ages. I think Captain Crunch was passable. I have Shredded Wheat every morning and they are pretty much intolerable without milk.
4. pedro's endorsements will catapult her to head of the CIA. By that time the CIA the agency will be largely historic as it will have been supplanted by the new government WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU body. She will also become a spokesperson for PineSol.
5. I know nothing of this "Thanksgiving" of which you speak.
1) Yes - when pregnant I drank about 14 glasses a day, and now that I'm nursing I drink more than that even. I'm always thirsty.2) Several.
3) Dry cereal favorite? Frosted shredded wheats, or granola. OOH no, Cracklin Oat Bran. That's damn expensive and I only get it on rare occasions. It's like eating oatmeal cookies. Only healthier.
4) After several plastic surgeries, we will finally come to see that she is simply Michael Jackson's clone. In disguise.
5) Probably nothing, sadly. We usually do a big thing for thanksgiving at my parents housem 20 - 30 people, my mom and I cooking for two days (Jay and the kids and I would have flown in early). But with Julia being a preemie, no airplanes, no leaving the house all winter, and nobody with a cold or who has been exposed to one in the past 4 days. So we'll probably have dinner here at home - maybe watch a movie, put the girls to bed, and relax.
1. some days, i guess2. sort of, i have an old bike headlight that i use as a flashlight
3. cheerios
4. #4 is not a question
5. going to michigan for a little over a week for a few days of work and then a few days of eating
1. When I'm at work, I drink way more than 8 glasses/day. I single-handedly polish off one of those big 5-gallon Hinckley bottles every week. On the weekends, not so much.2. Yes, one in my house & two in my car.
3. Kashi Heart to Heart or Cinna-Raisin Crunch. I realize as I write this that I am truly getting old... I started buying Kashi for the protein & fiber content. Gotta keep things rollin'.
4. Britney will almost certainly go into the porn industry, and will be an eagerly-anticipated guest star at the Admiral for a few weeks each Spring.
5. My brother & his wife -- it's so weird to say that -- are making a pilgrimage to the motherland from Fargo, so I'll be hanging out with them as much as possible. I talked to him for about an hour tonight, and I really miss him.
baggins gets to add a new survey tomorrow!
i have been counting the days to thursday, actually.
1. no - I guess I should, but I have a small bladder (which you might know if you've ever been on a road trip with me)
2. several - various sizes of mag-lites, headlamps, lanterns, etc.
3. granola - it's crunchy and a little sweet and even better if it has raisins
4. porn - that's the next logical step right? it's either that or daytime tv
5. cooking - year 5 of the eklund thanksgiving extravaganza will take place in our cozy (read: unbearably small kitchen) apartment with my mom and sister. which reminds me, i need to order a turkey.
1. I try and usually succeed 2. yes, one in the car and two in the apartment (only one of which has working batteries at the moment) 3. Lucky Charms....yum 4. abducted by aliens 5. honestly don't know yet... probably eating with my folks, but whenever I ask them what their plans are they are disheartenly vague
A funny thing happened related to a survey yesterday. There was one of those tele-people calling me yesterday, and though I believe Im very courteous and selfless at times, yada yada. I was about to hang up, but she had me at hello. For some reason i didn't, and long story short, I get to be mailed free packs of cigarettes and do questionnaires on them. That Rocks.
1. Yes. (cup = 8oz) Yes.
2. yes.
3. corn pops
4. Well, maybe if they're mile-long stilts they can.
5. Going to family #1's house to gorge and take leftovers, Going to family #2's house to gorge and take leftovers. Sleeping afterwards
1. no, coffee. 2. yes, left drawar in kitchen counter 3. none, cereal has began giving me the creeps in the past 2 years. 4. flesh eating virus in the vagina 5. eating, sleeping, repeat.
go go go!
ok, here goes:1. Do you, or have you ever smoked cigarettes? (you should quit. i should quit.)
2. If you could transport yourself to any place and time to see one concert, which one would it be and when would it be?
3. Do you have pets?
4. What's your favorite video game EVER?
5. If you won $10 million tomorrow, what would you do with it?
1. Yes, but I never inhaled (thanks Clinton) no really I just smoked Dunhills and good tasting cigarettes because I couldn't smoke a pipe or cigar in restaurants.2. Tough question, probably Woodstock, I mean come on it was a lot of really good bands.
3. My mom has my cat because the wife is allergic, ah Marilyn, the biggest bitch cat on the planet.
4. I have to pick ONE?!?! Welcome will back me up on this one, Super Metroid.
5. Invest it, and retire, and give lots of it to my church, probably travel the world as a missionary and not have to worry about fundraising, that'd be sweet.
Great questions Wags, I like this entree!
1. I smoked from 1/2 pack to 3 packs a day from the age of 17 to the age of 21. I quit cold turkey (9 years ago). I still have nightmares sometimes that I'm smoking.
2. That's hard. I can't say. I think I've seen most of the concerts I've wanted to.
3. I have 3 cats: Gar, Soren, and Orange. My roommate also has a cat, Theo.
4. GALAGA. duh.
5. I'd invest it, and maybe think about buying a house.
1. on occasion, but never regularly. 2. never been much of a concert-goer, but I used to go see the bosstones play for less than 100 people. I'd like to go back to that. 3. My roommate has a black lab, but I don't think I've been living there long enough to claim her as my own. 4. Mike Tyson's Punchout 5. Invest about half, donate the rest. Maybe get a building named after me at NP.
- I almost did once.
- Dunno, probably just see Flogging Molly again.
- No.
- Probably Star Control II
- With that much money I could... dare I say it? RULE THE WORLD!
1. Nope.
2. Tom waits, Paris May 2000. I missed the show by a week and kick myself often for it. But really any Waits show would do.
3. No. But there are a steady stream of dogs in and out of my house and some of my friends may qualify as pets.
4. None. I don't like them.
5. Invest in land and a few stocks. Give a majority away to friends and deserving folks.
i nominate BigJ for next week's questions...
1. on occasion, but these days only when i drink.2. i would have liked to see jimi hendrix in concert.
3. my parents stole my cat, but my friend luke exhibits most of the qualities of a loyal dog.
4. frogger or pitfall for atari
5. maybe buy a house, a lot of jeans, a cello and lots of vinyl. i'd get my parents a place out here and learn to surf while visiting spain. do i have to pay taxes on the money?
- no
- i'd go back to 1993 to see nirvana's mtv unplugged show. i have heard more stories about being completely moved by the performance at that show than any other.
- no
- i sure did play smb3 a lot
- i'd use it as the principle in an annuity. with a 10 million dollar principle, i could probably negotiate a decent percentage rate, for sake of simplicity, let's say 5%. that's $500,000 per year of payback. i'd continue to do what i'm doing now until i got the first payment. then i would quit my job, get medical insurance, a full physical examination, a regular doctor, and take care of any problems that are discovered. likewise with a dentist. i would set aside a little bit more than what i currently make in a year now and basically live the way i do now but without work. i'd go to school full time to finish my master's degree. in the time i would have otherwise spent working for money, i'd work on giving away the rest of the $500,000 dollars i'd get every year from the annuity. i'd start funding scholarships and grants at depaul. i'd buy christmas gifts every year for the dcfs kids. i would visit some of the places i worked with the appalachia service project and try to funnel some money into local development in those areas, probably small business loans and such to help people get ideas off the ground. right now that just doesn't happen in places like eolia, kentucky. i'd help cover lobbying and courtroom expenses for the electronic frontier foundation. i'd fund a free software developer or two so that they could work full time on that and not worry about a day job. i'd spend more time hiking, biking, climbing, and canoeing around the globe with my brother. i spent 17 years living and growing up with him and now i hardly ever see him.
- Yes, though I'm thinking about quitting again.
- Johnny Cash at Folsum Prison
- No, but I'd like to have a couple dogs when I get a house.
- Quake 3
- Buy some land on a lake somewhere, build a house, build a shop, start a business.
1. Tried them twice (occasions separated by ten years): nausea the first time and headache the second. I'll stick with beer.2. Hmmm.. Beethoven's premiere of his 9th (don't know where or when that was). Best repeat would probably be the Susan Tedeschi/Ben Harper double bill I saw at the Flint Center (Dec 1999).
3. No. I have to wait for my sister's cat when I visit her.
4. Watching elise play galaga (duh). Otherwise old Doom or classic Tetris.
5. Just carry on pretty much as now.
1) Yes. I smoked from age 17 - 21 as well, lots and lots sometimes, very infrequently other times. I've been happier since I quit.2) Hrm. I would've loved to see Jeff Buckley perform in a very small setting, before he was known at all.
3) 3 cockatiels - Jax who is 4 years old, Jaz who is 3, and Solyx who is 2. Also one new parkaeet who we inherited today, Purdy. I don't know how old she is.
4) Zelda, Ocarina of Time or Tetris (any tetris)
5) Donate a whole bunch of it to various charities, pay off my house and buy a 4 door car to replace Jay's 2 door. The rest I would put into college funds for the girls, and then invest for retirement.
1. Never smoked, never will. My grandpa, who recently was called home, did and lost his voicebox. A more eloquent wordless object lesson will never be had. 2. Bob Dylan, Royal Albert Hall 1966, and Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 1972 3. Not currently, but my wife's two cats, Frankie the Psycho Cat, and Johnny the Shameless Attention Whore, and Annie the Neurotic Labrador, may soon join us. 4. The original Tomb Raider caused me much insomnia. 5. Give half to the U.S. government, give half of remainder to church, invest the rest.
1. Yes. 14-now, though very infrequenly now (though I curse the evil day I ever started).2. Pearl Jam, Red Rocks, CO, 1997 (or 1996?). My dad bought me a ticket and I elected to stay longer with my grandma in Oregon on a visit. Mostly I regret the chance to bond with my dad over our mutual favorite band. He took my sister, who didn't love them like I did, but the time with my grandma was worth it.
3. Two cats. Oscar, a gorgeous orange tabby, and he's the devil in disguise. Oh, yes he is, the devil in disguise. Josie, a sweet and beautiful (and much abused by Oscar) silky little black cat with an adorable white dickey.
4. I guess Mario II, because I played and enjoyed it last weekend, and don't play many video games. Ask Hernando to answer that one for me.
5. I'd donate a quarter of it to charity (cancer research for one--too many people I love have died from it). It sounds awful to not donate more, but my family really needs that money. I'd buy my dad a nice house and car (he always has beaters), set Sarah up best I could, and spend the rest on a decent little abode for myself. Security is very important to me.
1. Yes
2. Id say Woodstock too...especially during Santana's _Soul Sacrifice_...especially, like, right where Bill Graham was chillin next to that amp/(speaker?) forgot. repeat would be phish, rosemont (allstate), 10/31/95. Boy oh boy.
3. Apartment doesnt allow. Will get dogs and probably a pet rat when we move out
4. Impossible question. I refuse to think about this
5. Invest in such a way as to never have to work again.
4. Mappy or the original sit-down arcade Star Wars or SMB1 (arcade, not nintendo)
1. I tried to start smoking a couple times in high school, but never got into it. I've probably smoked the equivalent of one full pack in my life. One thing I know for sure now is that another cigarette will never pass these pretty pink lips... watching someone die of lung cancer was the worst thing I've ever seen. I hope that doesn't sound preachy. 2. I am a dork, and I'm OK with that. I really want to see Barenaked Ladies in concert, and I don't care when or where. 3. Yes! Dolly the Wonder Hamster is my constant companion. She actually has her own web site & advice column, which you can see here 4. Not really into them, but my friend Mike says I'm a natural at Halo. I just shoot absolutely everything I see; if that makes me a natural, then so be it. 5. Donate a good chunk to charity (I love the idea of having a building named after me), buy myself a house, purchase some condos in rapidly-gentrifying areas & rent them out until I can double my investment by selling them, give some to my family, take a month-long vacation, go back to school for something that I'm actually INTERESTED in, and invest the rest.
1. Do you, or have you ever smoked cigarettes? (you should quit. i should quit.)
i did for awhile, but then i quit. which is good.
2. If you could transport yourself to any place and time to see one concert, which one would it be and when would it be?
wow, really? well, the first one that came to mind was the conspiracy of hope show where the police handed the instuments to U2 during invisible sun and they finished the song. i'm preatty sure that was the police's last real show.
but, alaric brought up a good one, i never got to see johnny, which bugs me. i heard he played the cubby bear once. that would have been rad.
3. Do you have pets?
no
4. What's your favorite video game EVER?
probably super mario kart, with james bond a close second. i'll still kick you ass lukas!!!!!! proximity minds!!!!
5. If you won $10 million tomorrow, what would you do with it?
well, let see....
spend alot more time recording the record, pay lanois a butt load to produce it and mix it.
buy a bunch of gear for me and the guys
buy a house in evanston or something
buy a 66' mustang 289 and a saturn vue for jen
set my folk up with a big vacation, as well as the in-laws
donate a bunch to alot of great charities
buy some lake front property and build my dream cabin/summer home, with a barn/studio
go to new zealand with my friends and tour middle earth
thats probably good for now
i let you know more when i get the money!
i just thought of three other shows!! oh, well.
1. Do you, or have you ever smoked cigarettes? (you should quit. i should quit.)
I do, and I should quit. I've smoked since I was 13.
2. If you could transport yourself to any place and time to see one concert, which one would it be and when would it be?
tough one. probably any of Led Zeppelin's late 60's/early 70's shows. Knebworth or the Forum. I'd really like to have sat in the corner of the room when Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant all jammed together for the first time, and knew at once that they had to form a band...
3. Do you have pets?
not anymore. we had a dog a few years back. and my sister had a guinea pig and a goldfish. but no longer. it doesn't bother me really, i wouldn't pay enough attention to it. but, J@ckie has a really cool little black Scotty dog named Henry. Henry loves me.
4. What's your favorite video game EVER?
tough one. i could play Halo for hours, i gotta give props to SMB2, Mike Tyson's Punchout, R.C. ProAm, and Metal Gear... However, until i play THPS:Underground, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 would have to be my all-time favorite, if for no other reason than it being the only game i've ever played from 10pm-2pm straight. it's a good thing i don't own that game.
5. If you won $10 million tomorrow, what would you do with it?
good question. i'd probably invest $9 million. then, i'd throw $505350 towards paying off the diner's entire tall stack of debt. with the $494650 left over, half would go to my church (leaving $247325). first, I'd take j@ckie on a real nice date, dinner in Paris, perhaps? I'd pay for my schoolin. buy a new car, and a new car for my sisters and my parents. i'd put a downpayment on a house somewhere out here in the burbs. I'd continue to do the things i do now, but not have to worry about cash all the time, or finding a job (ugh!!). I would have $24K in a separate poker bankroll, which would only be used for poker, and would grow steadily from my poker winnings. I'd also probably travel a bit more and buy a few instruments (keyboard, digital multitrack recorder, new guitars, acoustic bass, maybe a drum set to learn on...) I'd also fly in the whole diner and buy dinner at Cafe Victoria's, and then out to a show or something (TMLMTBGB, perhaps?) I'd probably throw a bit Redvinegar's way so they could max out their studio time if they needed it. I'd build a darkroom in my new house, and start to build a Recording Studio.
I would live on the interest from the intial investment, then. And continue to pursue my schoolin and then figure out what i want to do to contribute to this world, and start pursuing that. half of the interest on the investment every year would go straight to my church. the other half would go to support whatever endeavors i was pursuing. every year, all the profits from my poker playing that year would be set aside for helping my friends in need.eventually, it would be fun to buy an entire city block and rent all the apartments out to artists for cheap cheap cheap (read: rent=cost of maintenance and taxes).
1. A few times. 2. Very difficult. Hendrix played Sgt Pepper's on a Sunday night after hearing the album the day it came out on Friday or Saturday. That would have been cool to see. Maybe the Police on their first American tour. Maybe the Cure for Disintegration. Once when I saw Plant and Page they had the old Cure guitar player and played a song off of that album and it was something else to hear Plant sing it. 3. Tink the Red Factor Canary. 4. Spy Hunter. 5. Deposit 1 million into an account for a year to decide what to do with it and give the other 9 million to various friends and family.
1. nope
2. Honestly, I am not much of a concert-goer. I've enjoyed the ones that I've gone to, but for the most part am content to listen to the music via a recording. Lame, maybe, but it works for me.
3. I have three cats. Marie is a grey and brown striped tabby who is very silky and delicate. I call her the queen because she is obstinate, finicky, forceful, and hates almost everyone. Then there's Darla who is white with black spots ala dairy cow. She is the clumsiest cat I have ever seen, but, though she is shy, she is friendly to most everyone (though she has a phobia about having her paws touched...sounds funny, but they are so white and cute that almost everyone who's met her has tried to touch her paws on at least one occasion). And, Megan is a humongous orange striped tabby. She is fairly friendly and free-spirited. She hides from strangers and is slow to make friends. However, she will sometimes purr just because I happen to be sitting in the same room as her, which certainly makes my day.
4. I am not a video-game player. I have vague recollections that I might once have been good at Duckhunt, but I couldn't even pass the first level of the first Mario Brothers... No practice played a factor as video game systems were outlawed in my house but also (and probably mostly) because I just have lousey hand-eye coordination.
5. Give to God and to Cesear. Pay off debt: mine, my parents', my brothers', and the Tall Stack (good idea baggins). Then, take what's left and buy/build myself a nice cozy retreat somewhere in the mountains. I would work, but not like I do now. I would do the things that I enjoy. I would write. I would travel. I would produce the artistic endeavors of my friends and possibly attempt some artistic endeavors of my own. And, I would optimistically try to make the world a better place.
Ok, I'm slow, so I'm going to answer blvd's first.1. Occaisionally. 2. Yes, a big maglite, but it's in WI and not doing me much good out here. 3. Frosted mini wheats. I really don't like them with milk--they get too mushy. 4. Don't care, but it disturbs me that when my 7-yr-old nephew makes a mistake he starts singing "oops I did it again." 5. The original plan was to bake pumpkin pies and celebrate at the Dongs' house (friends from church,) but yesterday my pastor's wife told me to come crash their Thanksgiving after I'm done at the party I was officially invited to. Can one "crash" a Thanksgiving party if the hostess has invited you?
ok, here goes:1. Nope.
2. Gary Numan, The Touring Principle Tour, 1980 - Providence Civic Center. Or Failure at the Grand Rapid's Intersection, 1997.
3. Nope.
4. Pac-Man hands down. Double Dragon is a close second.
5. I would take a week off from work and stay at my parent's house to discuss all the possibilities. If it's a sufficient amount of money...I would do the following. 1) Give to parents and brother. 2) Do all sorts of charity work. 3) Put aside college money for my son. 4) Build a Mies Van Der Rohe-inspired one story, flat-roofed glass house on a secluded coast in Rhode Island. 5) buy a Lime Green 1974 Volkswagen Beetle. 6) Get a part-time job at Hollywood Video.
Thursday is Thanksgiving, and I will be without internet access until Monday. So, would you rather wait until Monday for my questions, or have someone who has weekend internet access pick this weeks questions for Thursday? I'll leave it up to the majority.
1. smokes? yes. in college, socially in bands, started again moving to DC, quit again a while ago but still lapse now and again. It get the jones at a bar, at practice, or the worst after playing a show at a bar.2. concert? This is a tough question. I spent a lot of time considering this driving home from our show on friday night and I have a grand plan to put together a longish list of concerts I would have loved to be at. But since I can only pick one i would say the Grateful Dead at Red Rocks 7-8-78. Err well actaully, maybe any dead from the spring of 69, or the show at RFK with the allmans, or......
3. pets? Yep. The lovely and talented dakota. She's a five-year old alaskan malamute who is the sweetest sled/lap dog around (and everyone thinks she's a wolf). She's got an independent streak and a mean temper towards other female dogs. But there's nothing she loves more than having her belly rubbed Well maybe she likes tuna moer than that, but belly rubs come a close second.
4. video-game? SNACK-ATTACK!!! I spent many many hours on the old Apple ][+ playing this game. Ahhh good times.
5. 10mil? Put it all away and start a foundation that would handle gifts and donations from the interest. I figure one million would be enough for us to live on for a long long time if we used it right so I would put the rest into this foundation that would invest it and create a long term endowment for projects and causes etc.
1.) yes, but not anymore
2.) In like 1996 i had tickets to a Radiohead/Spiritualized show that I had to miss. It was very sad. It was after Lazer Guided Melodies and before Ok Computer. 3.) My pet is a fine pooch (Brown Lab) named Leia. She's very loyal and affectionate. She's 3.5, but still has quite a bit of puppy energy, especially when people come to visit. she also likes to watch football on TV. Seriously. A lot of people say animals can't distinguish images on the TV, but Leia will run right up to the TV if there is a dog on TV. It's funny. Anywho, she will sit for hours and watch football if it is on. 4.) The Legend of Zelda (especially the first play through of it). That was pure magic. 5.) With my 10000K I would pay off the house, my families houses, etc. I'd try to put the money to work to support some ministries and allow me to be a kickboxer for a living. I've never really kicked anything though. Is it difficult? Actually, I would probably keep my job. I am a dork.
i don't think it would hurt if you posted your questions early. it's better than waiting til monday.
I can be dumb sometimes, I'll post my questions tomorrow. Now all I need are 5 questions...
I need to change my previous answer to question #4: I can't believe I forgot Tunnels of Doom and Hunt the Wumpus!!
1. Do you, or have you ever smoked cigarettes? (you should quit. i should quit.) I do smoke, and have since I was 14. I've been through 5 brands of cigarettes, i started on reds. now i sometimes smoke Ultra Lights.2. If you could transport yourself to any place and time to see one concert, which one would it be and when would it be? Shit....guns n' roses with metallica....or maybe a bad company show, in some shitty small venue. before they got all huge, really any rockin' 70's band before they got all huge. Zepplin, Bad Company, Lynard Skynard.
3. Do you have pets? I have a black cat named Spooky. and I hate her.
4. What's your favorite video game EVER? Shit...I really love Tekken. I have this awesome memories of a summer when I stilled lived on Foster Ave. and we had a party, but all my sister and I did was play fucking tekken. it was great.
5. If you won $10 million tomorrow, what would you do with it? Eat, pay for school...shit, buy a school. An entire school of my own thought. I don't know...set up an awesome college fund for mny new niece. Buy a house....fuck...there will be more.
guns n' roses with metallica - that would have been super cool. wish i'd thought of it.
1. Driving from New York to L.A. you have only one cd to listen to, what would it be?2. What is your favorite kind of cheese? (if you don't like cheese what's your favorite cracker?)
3. What is your favorite board game?
4. On average, how much time do you spend on the internet a day?
5. If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?
Extra Credit: Would you like to see a movie about George Wendt eating beans?
1. wow, kudos BigJ! what a question. well, an easy answer would be to make a cd of a bunch of stuff but, i guessing BigJ was meaning one album. i'm not sure i could do it. but, how about ok computer or something that has it all some slower songs as well as some that kick to keep me up and motivated to keep driving, maybe pearl jam's yield. ya i'll go with yield.
2. normally i would say pepper jack but, lately it's been dill havarti.
3. i really like crainum
4. too much, but, yet not enough.
5. somekind of recording studio dude that also does some freelance album design.
1. Ummm... uhrm... a compiation of some kind. Maybe the soundtrack to Sliding Doors. Or to Moulin Rouge, which is something I could sing along with. Yes, being able to sing along with it would be important.2. Mmmm. Cheese. Cheddar if it is good and sharp, otherwise a nice well-aged swiss is good.
3. Lately it would have to be Spinergy. Or Beyond Balderdash - those two rotate.
4. About 2 hours total? It's hard to say because I never 'sit down' to do it for any length of time. For example, while posting my last post, I took about 1 hour, as I had to feed Julia, then put Anna down for a nap. So it's really hard to say. IE and my email are both open for about 10 hours a day, but maybe 2 of which (1 during nap and 1 before bed) I'm sitting down.
5. Exactly what I am doing, a stay at home mom. But when I do go back to work I want to teach creative writing at Mason. Or if you're talking strictly fantasy, I'd like to dissappear into the wilds, anywhere really, and be a naturist.
George Wendt eating beans... well, it would depend on the kind. Lima beans, no. Baked... perhaps.
good questions!1. Driving from New York to L.A. you have only one cd to listen to, what would it be?
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won.
2. What is your favorite kind of cheese? (if you don't like cheese what's your favorite cracker?)
Muenster, Mozzarella, Pepper Jack
3. What is your favorite board game?
Settlers of Catan, Risk, or Axis and Allies
4. On average, how much time do you spend on the internet a day?
many many hours. probably an average of 5 a day.
5. If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?
Rock Star/Poker Pro
Extra Credit: Would you like to see a movie about George Wendt eating beans?
if you make it, i will watch it.
1. Driving from New York to L.A. you have only one cd to listen to, what would it be? Bad Company Greatest Hits2. What is your favorite kind of cheese? (if you don't like cheese what's your favorite cracker?) Swiss
3. What is your favorite board game? Scrabble
4. On average, how much time do you spend on the internet a day? 5 hours...(sheesh that seems liek a lot, but I work on a comp. so i have a good excuse)
5. If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? Cinematographer, but I would need to be blessed with talent first.
Extra Credit: Would you like to see a movie about George Wendt eating beans? I don't know who he is. So, sure.
- it would have to be an album that i could listen to over and over without skipping any songs. i can only think of four albums that i have that meet this criteria (there are probably many that i don't have and therefore have no experience with). in no particular order: u2's the joshua tree, redvinegar's meanwhile, the empire records soundtrack, and vivaldi's concertos 1-7 (the first four are probably better known as "the four seasons").
- mild cheddar
- settlers of catan
- i don't keep track. technically, i suppose i'm one of those people that's "always online". i leave things like web browsers and irc clients running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. i open and close my mail client each time i check my email, but that can easily be 100-200 times per day.
- i'd work for nasa in robotics.
1. Outkast, _Stankonia_. But if cd means whole album, then Id guess the Live Phish from 10/31/95, because it's a set, and it's more than 3 hours long, so it would be easier to listen to...but then again, Woodstock was an "album" and that's ALOT longer, so maybe that...and 3 different surveys come together in one answer
2. Muenster
3. Risk
4. average, about 30 minutes a day. Usually equals twice a week for 2 hours at a time. This does not include online time at work to print sales reports and all incoming forced-to-read emails and documents through our personal website...i dont consider that even being online, because its a repetitive trap forced upon us.
5. Same as Emily, also needing the blessed talent.
e.c. Props, BigJ. Only if it were animated with the tiny toons as major pro or antagonists
As for the extra credit question, I think I'd have to look over the script first.
- I think I'd go with Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly.
- Pepper Jack
- Probably Risk
- I don't like to think about that.
- I dunno, maybe a writer?
1. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage, especially if there's other people in the car2. Port wine is the only kind of cheese
3. Monopoly
4. Thanks to work, around eight
5. Cabin boy
Extra Credit: if someone else rented it, sure
1. I can't pick one; Dylan Royal Albert Hall 1966 Bootleg Sessions or Led Zeppelin; Physical Graffiti2. Vermont or NY Sharp White Cheddar
3. Go, Stratego, or Monopoly
4. 3 to 4 hours, if you count NT Greek related tasks.
5. I like my proposed career just fine, thanks.
XC: I can see George Wendt in anything, anytime, thanks.
- Probably Daniel Lanois. For The Beauty Of Wynona. Or possibly Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys While The Ages Roll On. Or maybe Jason Harrod and Brian Funck's NPU Bootleg.
- Sharp Colby.
- Settlers of Catan.
- Oh man... probably 10 or so on average, if not more.
- Executive Independently Wealthy Artist W.F. & P. (With Fanbase and Privacy)
XC: Sure!
1. Cave In - Antenna, or Failure - Fantastic Planet 2. Mozzarella 3. Monopoly 4. 6 hours per day 5. Movie Poster Designer - or - Acrobat PilotEC: only if Danny Elfman did the score.
1. i think either bob dylan highway 61 or mermaid avenue vol. 12. provolone and brie
3. boggle or trivial pursuit
4. i try to average about an hour and a half while i have no job.
5. actor and club dj
george wendt: oh sure. it would probably be most watchable if jean-pierre jeunet made that movie.
1. Lately I've been loving on Outkast "The Love Below." So either that or the soundtrack to "O Brother Where Art Thou," just for the sing-along value.2. Mozzarella or colby, unless we're talking about BLTs, in which case munster
3. Oooh, hard one. Probably Cranium or Beyond Balderdash or Taboo. I LOVE board games and am in a couple of groups that meet on occasion just to play. I'm more than happy to organize something similar for Diners, if y'all are interested.
4. At home, maybe an hour. But at work, I'm pretty much constantly logged on.
5. I have no idea. Really, none. At all.
Extra Credit: sure.
1. Lately I've been loving on Outkast "The Love Below." So either that or the soundtrack to "O Brother Where Art Thou," just for the sing-along value.2. Mozzarella or colby, unless we're talking about BLTs, in which case munster
3. Oooh, hard one. Probably Cranium or Beyond Balderdash or Taboo. I LOVE board games and am in a couple of groups that meet on occasion just to play. I'm more than happy to organize something similar for Diners, if y'all are interested.
4. At home, maybe an hour. But at work, I'm pretty much constantly logged on.
5. I have no idea. Really, none. At all.
Extra Credit: sure.
1. Indigo Girls- 1000 Curfews
2. Vermont Extra Sharp White Cheddar
3. Scrabble or Trivial Pursuit
4. Maybe three on workdays and maybe 1/2 - 1 hour on weekends
5. Poet
Extra- Maybe
fook: live phish 10/31/95 would be a great choice. that's one i hope they someday release on dvd because the light show during the third set was amazing.pedro (or phil, or someone): I want a copy of the npu harrod/funck bootleg. i'll even discs and postage if anyone can make me a copy of that gem.
one - Big Bad Love soundtrack.
two - parmesan
three - I don't like board games, maybe trivial pursuit?
four - 8-10 hours... but it's my job.
five - photographer for alpinist magazine.
1. NY->LA CD? This is a tough one (kind of like the concert question from the previous survey). I've got it down to three and then i would roll a die or seomthing at the last minute. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, truly beautiful work of art, no the best road trippin music, but i could listen to it over and over. Soulhat - Outdebox, a great album I can listen to over and over. Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach, two words: mountain jam. Thinking about this more in the contect of a road trip and I'd have to say that Miles would probably lose out in favor of the more road-trip friendly music.2. Cheese? Any and all and the stinkier the better. I love the soft french cheeses and the raw milk swiss cheeses like emmenthaler and gruyere and pungent goat cheeses etc. But since I have to pick a favorite cheese I would say a nice ripe blue cheese.
3. board game? Chess. Anyone want to play correspondence or on yahoo?
4. internet? way too much. I was good this weekend and was only one for at most an hour-a-day. Usually it's a lot at work and several hours at home. And usually and I'm bored out of my mind. I keep thinking that if I look hard enough the internet will be cool again...
5. job? rockstar! Except being a rockstar really isn't a "job" it's more of a lifestyle. real job: master chef or tenured college professor. (I feel like that scene in High Fidelity where he lists his dream jobs and then realizes that they are attainable.)
EC: Huh? I don't get it...
1. I would definitely go for Paul Simon's Graceland, it's the only album I can listen to over and over like that.2. Black Diamond Aged Cheddar, that stuff is very yummy.
3. A tie between Trivial Pursuit and Cosmic Wimpout.
4. Probably about 2 hours a day, but having it at work helps a lot.
5. A job that involves studying animals all over the world, maybe a travelling professor for the Au Sable Biology school, going to different places around the world to teach.
Extra Credit: This is from the survery in Tiny Toons, for those who didn't recognize it, which seems to be most other than Fook. They ask a series of survey questions, do you like movies? Do you like George Wendt? Would you like to see a movie with George Wendt? Do you like beans? Would you like to se a movie with George Wendt about beans? Would you like to se a movie with George Wendt while eating beans? and on and on and on, very funny.
And for the next set of questions I nominate Dex.
I think it's actually from Animaniacs.
I apologize
Isn't it new survey day?
and I thought it was from animaniacs, but then fook said tiny toons and I suddenly wasn't sure.I haven't seen a message from dex in a while. Should I pick someone else?
How about this, if dex doesn't pop up with questions for today then it's pedro's turn and he can put them on tonight or something.
Hehehe. I did get the message I just thought it was FRIDAY I was supposed to do the questions.Lemme think after Anna's bedtime, around 8:30 EST.
1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done?2) What foods are your comfort foods?
3) What's your number once vice?
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad?
5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack?
) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done? everything i do. jesus. i don't know, really there are a million things, stoeln money, cheated on homework and boyfriend. you name it, i've done it2) What foods are your comfort foods? Munchies, pie....
3) What's your number once vice? smoking, no boys, no smoking, no boys...this coudl go on all night.
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad? Drunk smoker in search of same.
5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack? Lots of good music to walk to. Queen "Another One Bites the Dust", AC/DC "Cold Hearted Man", ZZ Top "...shit i dont' remember the name to it...
1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done?
I secretly recorded a telephone conversation many years ago. Though actually I don't know if this qualifies as "dishonest" it is the first thing that came to mind.2) What foods are your comfort foods?
Mountain Dew and cranbery sauce, not together though.3) What's your number once vice?
I don't think I have any vices anymore. I used to have caffeine as a vice, but I had to give it up because I didn't like what it did to my nerves.4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad?
Established left brain seeks right brain for balance.5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack?
Pachelbel's Canon (it suits me, and it's my favorite piece of music) One More Hour (from _Ragtime_, for the depressing years) You Spin Me Round Like a Record (quintessential 80s song represents an extremely turbulent decade)
1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done? -i used to shoplift in high school (as well as various other froms of theft). one time, a dealer in a poker game made a mistake and pushed me the pot when another guy showed a better hand than me but wasn't paying attention, and i said nothing about it. i used to lie to my parents a lot in high school, but i have pretty much told them everything i lied about by now.2) What foods are your comfort foods? sandwiches, i guess. or pizza.
3) What's your number once vice? smoking.
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad? Beren seeks Luthien Tinuviel
5) your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack? Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Dead Flag Blues Led Zeppelin - Ramble On Stevie Wonder - Superstition Sunny Day Real Estate - 48 Vann Morrison - Moondance
1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done? I used to work at a movie theatre, alone in the box office. Children's tickets were $2 less than adult tickets, so sometimes I'd ring up adults as children (the tickets looked the same physically) and pocket the $2. I firmly believe that my current $$ situation is a direct result of me being so naughty ten years ago.2) What foods are your comfort foods? Ben & Jerry's, country fried steak, blueberry pancakes
3) What's your number once vice? I had to look this word up... my "evil or wicked action, habit or characteristic" is probably over-indulgence, usually in the form of shopping or chowing down. And #2 is I use the "F" word too much.
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad? "Diva seeks nonsmoker over 6'2" who is willing to kiss the ground I walk on, then administer a foot rub."
5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack? "Good Woman" by Cat Power, "Send Me On My Way" by Rusted Root, and "Shameless" by Ani Difranco
1. dont want to know
2. dont really have any
3. Smoking
4. Warggle took my answer
5. The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round
- I'm really not sure... I'm a pretty honest person. THe thing that comes to mind is that when I was a kid (maybe 3rd, 4th grade), I begged for a keyboard. I drooled over the big rolands, but I would have been happy with a Casio with cool sounds and stuff. I started to save my money in relative earnest for the $200 or so I needed (at that time, it would have been a LONG time in coming). My parents decided that they would buy me a keyboard for Christmas, probably spending at least double on their Christmas budget for me on that one present... at least. We did not get big gifts, like Nintendos, and stuff like that for Chrsistmas. Anyway, they talked to my piano teacher, who convinced them that it would be best for me as a piano player to have a keyboard with fullsize keys. This of course is a lot more expensive than one with the smaller keys... and you have to trade things off if you get one with bigger keys (or spend a lot more money). My parents got me a keyboard with 4 octaves and fullsize keys... but it only had 5 instruments (piano, clarinet, oboe, organ, and vibraphone) and like 4 beats (rock, slow rock, waltz, march). I might be forgetting one or two... but they were all pretty... lame. I was really, really disappointed, but of course, my parents had paid a lot of money for the keyboard, sacrificing to get me something I really wanted... but I would have almost rather played a real piano than the keyboard. Anyway, I knew how big of a deal it was that they got it for me, so I did my best to be excited about it, and I did play it, but not the way I would have if it had cool instruments, or drum pads, or cool beats. My cousin Sheri had one of those, which I ended up borrowing and playing more. Anyway, I felt terrible, but I felt like I had to act excited.
So that's not really so "dishonest" per se, but I felt really bad about the whole thing. I'm not really a deceptive person.
- Hmm, pizza for sure. Ice cream.
- My number one vice is probably procrastination. I have vices that are more interesting, but procrastination affects me and those around me more seriously and on a more day to day basis much more than any of the more interesting vices do.
- Introspective Moderate Christian Male Artist/Geek type seeks compatible gal. No particular qualifications necessary. Apply within.
- Hmm... Peter Gabriel's Us, Chris Whitley -- Dirt Floor, RS and the Clinch Mt. Boys "While the Ages Roll On", Appalachian Spring, Quiet City (both Aaron Copland), and the Daniel Lanois studio discography.
- I've arranged for that to only be disclosed in a tell-all memoir after my death.
- Cranberry sauce (preferably still shaped like the can)
- Sleep.
- SM seeks SHC for RHL, LWOTB, and STROOLTIH. No fatties.
- This is excluding the heartwarming cinematic score:
- Flat Duo Jets - Lonely Guy
- Flogging Molly - If I Ever Leave This World Alive
- REM - Shiny, Happy People
- Dynamite Hack - Anyway
- Harvey Danger - The Same as Being in Love
- They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Dag nabit I forgot to put a title on this beast and of COURSE I lost all my answers!1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done?
Sold a carton of cigs to Renee for the price of a pack to dodge security cameras at the store I worked at in college.
2) What foods are your comfort foods?
Chocolate, cheese. Anything rich.
3) What's your number once vice?
I really honestly don't have one anymore. I used to eat for comfort, but I kicked that and I kicked smoking and I don't drink. I do procrastinate, but even that I don't do often anymore. Maybe chatting on the net.
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad?
Strong willed writer woman, lightly scented of warm milk and baby bath, seeks mate with an ear/a shoulder/strong arms and a strong stomach. Must not shirk diaper duty and should be willing to sing at all hours of the night, if needed.
5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack?
Nightswimming, REM
Desire, U2
Sexuality, Billy Bragg
Sometimes Salvation, Black Crowes
Jane of the Waking Universe, Guided by Voices
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, Sinatra
California Skies, BB & Wilco
1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done? - Dishonest? Probably making fake IDs in college. I've done worse things, but I can't really say they were dishonest, just bad.2) What foods are your comfort foods? Does gin count as a food?
3) What's your number once vice? Skiing, climbing, chemicals... take your pick.
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad? Nerd with adventure addiction seeks girl to play in the woods with. Full set of teeth and expierence with the criminally insane a bonus. Send picture of gear.
5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack?
"God was drunk when he made me" - Jim White
"Tangeled up in blue" - Bob Dylan
"Even the losers" - Tom Petty
"They're coming to take me away" - Lard
"Minimum wage" - They Might be Giants
My definite. absolute, worst vice is not being able to go to bed when I should... I give in to the temptation of staying up too late almost every time, even though I am past the age where I can get 4 hours of sleep and still get through a work day.
i've had some real early daysthese past two, and even though i made myself go to bed earlier, i still didn't get nearly enough sleep. basically, i was at church this morning for longer than i've slept in the past two days.either way, i am really tired. i'm about to kick it right now.
1) What's the most dishonest thing you've ever done?
Lied to my friend stating I had almost all of the Transformers. Also, peered over some dudes shoulder in the Music class for answers. Hey, I didn't feel like studying.
2) What foods are your comfort foods?
Oreos and Milk, Deep Dish Pizza
3) What's your number once vice?
Research
4) How would you describe yourself in a personals ad?
6-2, 167 pound male, loves reading, sports, traveling. Seeks woman that does not mind boredom.
5) If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack?
Helmet - Wilma's Rainbow
Gary Numan - Cars
Weezer - The Good Life
Cave In - Innuendo and Out the Other
Call Florence Pow - Speed G Tappin' Master
Pedro.
1) Lied to my boss about not knowing where the big dent on the back/top of the van came from. This was two years ago, when I was working at the boarding school...I feel horrible about this- I actually told her the day that I hint that stupid tree branch that I hit the stupid tree branch, but she didn't write it down cause she was busy that day or something. So, when she approached me a couple of months later to ask me if one of my staff members or I knew how the top of the bus got deformed I panicked and lied... (I am probably going to hell...)
2) Hmmm. Most foods bring me comfort, but probably potato chips/french fries are the worst/BEST!
3) Pride
4) Warrior Princess sort of waiting for figment of imagination to enter fantasyland (white charger not required) but really too busy slaying dragons... In other words, don't bother.
5) Hard question... What's on the radio right now? Probably, that peppy "Walkin' on Sunshine" song, "What a Wonderful World," the Alex and the Chipmunk version of "Arthur's Theme," some lay-me-on-a-piano, 40s torch song, Cat Steven's "Moonshadow," and the Muppets'"Movin Right Along."
:<
1) Lied to my parents.2) Lil' Smokies, Baclava, Brie (not all at once)
3) Sleeping in (and staying up late)
4) Bass player seeks cute drummer to help hold down the groove.
5) gathering storm - gybe, big backyard - soulhat, american band - grand funk rr, mountain jam - abb, sugar magnolia - dead, ramble on - zep, weird science - oingo boingo, amazing grace - victor wooten solo, blue water - seeds, new orleans fantasy - rahsaan roland kirk, agent 6950 - babe the blue ox, building steam with a grain of salt - dj shadow, coming down the mountain - janes addiction, work song - cannonball adderly
does Karna still play drums? i mean, actively? just wondering...
baggins, not really. They are in our bedroom stacked in the corner along with all the other gear. She still wants to play, but has no time, and nowhere to practice.
- If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
- If, by your voluntary but possibly painful death, you could cause this to be, would you agree to it?
- What is your favorite thing about yourself?
- What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
- If you could improve your least favorite thing to "not bothersome" status, but in the process you necessarily lost your favorite thing about yourself, would you take the trade?
Extra credit: Read this comic. Yes? No? Explain. Or don't.
1. The world would be fair. "Good" people would live long / healthy / prosperous lives, bad people would not.2. No. That wouldn't be fair.
3. If nothing else, I almost always have good intentions. I also strive to be authentic and honest in everything.
4. I am selfish and lack both tact and self-control.
5. No way.
EC: hee.
Extra Credit:No, that would be perjury.
- People should be less selfish
- No, I'm far too selfish
- I'm relaxed
- Have trouble getting to know people
- Naw
1) People would have a deep, fundamental respect - for each other, for life in general, for property, civil liberties. I think this would end almost all conflicts.2) Easily yes. I'd do anything to make the world a better place for my girls.
3) I'm slow to anger, quick to forgive. No grudges.
4) Fear - the fear of snakes, of electricity, of failure, etc. I'd kill my paranoia basically.
5) No way man.
EC: I think that'd just be irritating.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
What Dex said -- apply enough empathy to everyone on the planet that people couldn't help but respect others.If, by your voluntary but possibly painful death, you could cause this to be, would you agree to it?
Yes, if it would make the condition permanent.What is your favorite thing about yourself?
My empathic nature.What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
My occasional inability to avoid drama. This is why I try to avoid loud and aggressive persons, like the Desiderate says.If you could improve your least favorite thing to "not bothersome" status, but in the process you necessarily lost your favorite thing about yourself, would you take the trade?
Absolutely not. It's easier to work around than to fix, anyway.EC:
I'm afraid I just don't get it. I mean, it would be pretty cool to talk about your awesomeness in an official capacity, but ultimately the other character is right -- it isn't cool to talk about how cool you are.
- i'd make life fair.
- yes.
- i'm always learning.
- i remember a lot of useless crap and sometimes it annoys people and sometimes i get mad when other people can't remember things.
- no.
but t-rex, don't you know that utahraptor is having your baby?
1. no car alarms.2. yes yes yes.
3. i'm always right.
4. i think i'm always right.
5. hmm. interesting quandry here.
it took me a while to figure out what the answer to #5 on dex's list. i have it now.
- when i was about 8 my brother and i had this plastic box that was for legos or construx or something and we filled it up with all kinds of really nasty gross stuff (i don't remember what the point was, or if there even was one). it got worse as it sat there, rotting. then one day this other younger kid was over, and he opened it and got it all over himself. my brother and i both claimed ignorance and the kid took all the heat.
- mac and cheese, scrambled eggs, tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, and vanilla ice cream
- nostalgia. it's something most people would probably never even know. i indulge in it privately.
- man seeking woman. constrained by ad space, please call for more information
- innocence mission - bright as yellow, filter - take a picture, the barenaked ladies - the old apartment, coldplay - yellow, the folk implosion - free to go, the smashing pumpkins - rhinoceros, underworld - cowgirl, primitive radio gods - standing outside a broken phone booth with change in my hand, pearl jam - release[1]
[1] for a long time, i thought the second and third verses of "release" started with "oh, dear dad", not "oh, dear diane". people who know me will know why this is significant.
actually, i just looked around at a bunch of transcriptions of the song lyrics and they all had it as "oh, dear dad". maybe i just saw somebody's odd transcription a couple of years ago..... weird.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? That would be unisex restrooms, Stan...and world peace
If, by your voluntary but possibly painful death, you could cause this to be, would you agree to it? probably not for the unisex restrooms, but I still think it's a good idea
What is your favorite thing about yourself? Hmmm...maybe my determination
What is your least favorite thing about yourself? my pinkie toenails are spilt
If you could improve your least favorite thing to "not bothersome" status, but in the process you necessarily lost your favorite thing about yourself, would you take the trade? Nope.
I don't enjoy the dinosaurs so much.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?People wouldn't have the capacity to kill each other...
If, by your voluntary but possibly painful death, you could cause this to be, would you agree to it?
possibly. i'd have to think about it. probably not. i'm more of a misanthropic humanist. i like a lot of individual people, but people as a whole really suck. i don't need to die to do anybody any favors. maybe that's why i'm me and not Jesus...
What is your favorite thing about yourself?
I care.
What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
the times i don't care...
If you could improve your least favorite thing to "not bothersome" status, but in the process you necessarily lost your favorite thing about yourself, would you take the trade?
i don't think that could work. and no, i wouldn't anyway...
1. I would that everyone in the world would have a fulfilled relationship with God.2. I think I would, although I really don't like pain.
3. My creativity.
4. My temper / ease of frustration.
5. No, I wouldn't.
EX: I don't think it would be cool to testify to your awesomeness at a murder trial. It tries too hard.
I nominate
OCTALfor this week.
Extra Credit: Would you like the calamari or the squid?
- Do you dream in black and white, or color?
- If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say?
- Where would you most like to visit?
- Can you roll your tongue?
- Do you believe in free will?
1. Color. 2. I would call myself when I was trying to decide where to go to school and tell myself to trust God, and go with what my heart was really telling me deep down, and that everything would work out fine, so quit worrying about it. 3. Right now? New Zealand. 4. Yes. 5. Yes.EX: True.
Do you dream in black and white, or color?
Color. Definitely color. As a kid I dreamed in exaggerated color, like in cartoons.
If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say?
I'd call mid-afternoon about halfway through my freshman year of high school, on the day my past self saw a swastika painted on his locker. I would warn him that more of that kind of thing was coming, but that everything would be okay eventually, and to survive in the meantime however possible.
Where would you most like to visit?
Ireland.
Can you roll your tongue?
No. But Anna probably can.
Do you believe in free will?
Most definitely. Either we have true free will, or we can't see into our destined future -- which would give us the illusion of free will. Either way works out pretty much the same.
Extra Credit: Would you like the calamari or the squid?
Extra tentacles please.
- Do you dream in black and white, or color?
i haved dreamed in both (not simultaneously).- If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say?
may 4th, 1996, 0800 EST. "keep your wits and don't screw this up."- Where would you most like to visit?
home- Can you roll your tongue?
yes- Do you believe in free will?
undecidedif by "squid" you mean just that... squid, and by "calamari" you mean "fried squid", then i'll take the calamari.
1. color 2. stop caring what other people think of you. take some risks. 3. I'm with Pedro. After seeing ROTK, I can't imagine a cooler place than New Zealand. 4. yes 5. is this a trick question?
Do you dream in black and white, or color? Vividly in color. I can also count, read and eat in my dreams, which some people can't do. I also remember at least four dreams a night.If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say? I'd call myself when I was 9. I'd tell myself to tell my parents and not just take it, that they'd still love me and that it would stop.
Where would you most like to visit? Ireland.
Can you roll your tongue? You bet. I can tie a cherry stem too.
Do you believe in free will? Yes.
Extra Credit: Would you like the calamari or the squid? I'm allergic to both.
Do you dream in black and white, or color?
as far as i know, B&W. but i don't really recall one way or the other.
If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say?
i don't know. i think one of the most valuable things i have learned in the last few years is patience. i am still learning how to apply patience in a lot of areas in my life, but it is so valuable to me when patience pays off. i personally believe that i have learned a lot of that from playing poker. so, instead of calling myself when i was like 16 and saying 'be patient!' i would take all my poker books and mail them to my 16yr old self with a note explaining the game and how much i would thank myself in the future for learning some of this stuff. i feel like that's not a good answer, but whatever.
Where would you most like to visit?
NZ sounds fun. I'd like to secretly visit Fort Knox, and then secretly leave with a shitload of gold. THEN I'd like to visit Vegas, for real.
Can you roll your tongue?
only in one direction.
Do you believe in free will?
yes
EC: I'll have the platter, actually.
1) I don't know. I don't remember either way. This question has always bothered me because it makes me doubt my own mind...Do I dream in color? If I do, why don't I remember the colors? Why don't they stick our in my mind. Or, if I don't dream in color, why don't I? Am I not a creative, color-loving person. Lots of inner angst here....
2) I'd call before my junior year at North Park and tell myself not to rush, that it really would be okay to take a fifth year... I think I would have enjoyed that.
3) Alaska, India, Austria, New Zealand, Graceland...You name the destination- I'm game.
4)Yes
5)Sure thing...As much free will is possible with an omnipresent omniscent God in heaven...
Extra- Is their cocktail sauce?
- Do you dream in black and white, or color? I don't really dream... the very few I remember seemed to be in color.- If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when? Spring of '96 and say "fuck school... go have fun and figure out what you really want first."
- Where would you most like to visit? Iceland.
- Can you roll your tongue? yes.
- Do you believe in free will? no... making #2 quite silly.
ex. whatever.
1. Color.2. Exactly what smax said. I wasted the first 2.5 years at NP (academically at least) and by the time I wised up, it was a little late to start over somewhere else if I wanted $$ help from the Wargden.
3. Europe. Anywhere.
4. No sir. Although everyone in my family can.
5. Indeed I do.
Extra Credit: I like the round part (the tentatcles?) but NOT the part that looks like a spider. And I drench that stuff in lemon juice. Mmmm!!
My answers:Extra Credit: This is also an Animaniacs reference. Other questions were the snail or the escargot, and the red sauce or the marinara.
- I think I've had one dream in black and white, the rest color. I asked this because a few years back Siskel and Ebert were having a special on black and white movies, and Ebert said that black and white was inherently better because that's what we dream in. My theory is that he dreams in black and white because he saw so many black and white movies as a kid.
- I'd call about mid-junior year in HS. The specifics of what I'd say would just confuse you, but let's just say it involves what I've come to consider a missed opportunity with a girl. And, as long as I'm on the phone with my past self, I'd suggest that I get a job and learn capoeira earlier.
- Not entirely sure. I'd love to tramp around Europe sometime, but I think I'd rather do that in the spring or fall than in the winter.
- Yes.
- No I don't, but I'm being forced to say I do.
For the next survey, I nominate JT, since his response to the dreams question fits with my theory.
1. Do you dream in black and white, or color? total color, all the time.2. If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say? don't fucking do it.
3. Where would you most like to visit? ireland and albania.
4. Can you roll your tongue? Uh, yeah, I mean what kind of tard can't...ha, just kidding.
5. Do you believe in free will? I think so, let me go ask....
Extra Credit: Would you like the calamari or the squid? no they are fucking chewy meat. I hate chewy meat.
EC: No.
- Mostly mono, I think.
- This would probably be a waste of time. I'm not a very good taker of advice. Not since the microscope incident.
- Nowhere really jumps out. Whereever I go, I like to just hang out and blend in.
- I'm not sure what constitues rolling one's tongue.
- The question of free will is not one with which I concern myself.
- Have you ever been belittled for your religious beliefs? If yes, how did you recover?
- (a) Do you consider your childhood to have been happy? (b) Do you consider yourself happy as an adult? Elaborate as comfort allows.
- Who knows the most about you? What percentage of your essential persona do you think this person know about you?
- What one media work of any form (literature, song, movie, TV show, anything) do you think most reflects you?
- Are you easily offended by "politically incorrect" humor, such as in South Park?
Extra Credit: What is the other reason that this headline is funny?
Extra Credit: I am disqualified from answering this.
- Yes, off and on, throughout my entire life. I recover by realizing that comments are made in ignorance. In high school I recovered by realizing that it was personal, that my religion had nothing to do with it. For obvious reasons, that understanding was a mixed blessing.
- My childhood was miserable, not because of my family life, which was good, but because of my school life. I had few friends and even fewer people who understood me. I am extremely content now, but that took a long time and a lot of work.
- My wife knows the most about me. But even she only knows about 95% of my essential personality, history and secrets.
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I had independently come up with a lot of the theories suggested by his novel and was pleasantly surprised to see them in print.
- I am not at all easily offended. In fact I can't really think of any humor that offends me, as long as it's actually humor and not insults disguised as humor.
Have you ever been belittled for your religious beliefs? If yes, how did you recover?1) No, actually. Or if I have been, I've been pretty oblivious to it. I mean, people have tried to 'convert' me (like in the NICU) but i dind't feel belittled.
2a) No. I too had a pretty good family life, though my dad had a quick temper he wasn't generally a violent man. But I had some problems being abused by neighbors for two years. I wouldn't have survived if we hadn't moved to Lake Nebagamon. Of course, in high school I was picked on pretty much constantly about my weight, but it was almost a welcome change after my earlier childhood. Sometimes I think I kept my weight higher just so people WOULDN'T abuse me again.
2b) Happiest person I know. I could think of very very few ways my life could be better.
3) Jay. About 90%
4) Tough one. "Let it Be" I think. I feel like I am a comforting person, and the song is the ultimate in comfort. It's peaceful, and gentle. I feel peaceful, and gentle. I've had a darkest hour, and there's been a light for me to see by.
5) Ah hell no.
EC - I'm not participating either as we've discussed this at home!
The pun is obvious, but what isn't obvious is that it came from a conservative website that was probably completely oblivious to the obvious joke.Gotta go finish cooking with grandma.
1. In the summers when I was in elementary school, my mom had daily Bible clubs at our house that I was supposed to invite my neighborhood friends to. This might have been a nice idea if there were more than about 3 kids in the neighborhood. One of my "friends" from school was kind of a bully, and she'd always make snide comments about my Bible clubs. I remember thinking she was a real stinker and being slighly embarassed, but not being too distraught about it.2(a). Not particularly happy, but not what I'd call traumatic. I got picked on a bit in school, but my relationships with my family & teachers were very good, and I had friends from church & lots of cousins to play with. I don't think I have many scars. 2(b). Not particularly. I'm all kinds of torn up right now about what I want to do with my life... I know I don't like what I do now. I teeter between about four completely different paths on any given day, and all of them involve significant, scary changes.
3. Several people know everything about certain aspects of my life, but I don't think anyone sees more than about 80% of the entire picture. Ku$tu$ch tends to surprise me with things about myself that I didn't know anyone had figured out, and I tell my friend Mike a lot. Unfortunatly, the Ass Clown knew me better than anyone for a couple years, which was one of the hardest parts about leaving.
4. This is a ridiculously hard question... I hate to admit it, but I really identify with several of the characters on "Sex and the City." And my family can be very "Everybody Loves Raymond"-ish.
5. As long as it's meant to be funny / poke gentle fun at people and not cruel or truly malicious, bring it on.
Extra Credit: Beavers have big teeth & fur. Trojans are horses, and they also have big teeth & fur.
1. Do you dream in black and white, or color?
Color mostly....I think.
2. If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say?
Where do I start? Don't say that. Control yourself. Run harder. Don't worry. Have the VCR ready. Smarten up.
3. Where would you most like to visit?
North Pole...or Easter Island.
4. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes
5. Do you believe in free will?
Yes...just ask the band Rush
1. Have you ever been belittled for your religious beliefs? If yes, how did you recover?
Never
2.(a) Do you consider your childhood to have been happy?
Yes, for the most part. There are many regrets on my behalf...but I think my parents did a bang up job 98% of the time.
b) Do you consider yourself happy as an adult? Elaborate as comfort allows.
I am a very very happy adult. I've enjoyed being an adult much more than being a teenager. I know I will look upon these past couple of years with great envy. I do miss the carefree attitude of days gone by, but I have more freedom to do the things I want to do these days...which is unbelievably exciting.
3. Who knows the most about you?
My girlfriend and my parents.
What percentage of your essential persona do you think this person know about you?
Parents: 95%
Girlfriend: 93%
4. What one media work of any form (literature, song, movie, TV show, anything) do you think most reflects you?
This will take me months to answer...their are so many songs that hit too close to home.
5. Are you easily offended by "politically incorrect" humor, such as in South Park?
Nope...still not a fan of South Park however
1) Not that I know of, meaing not blatantly, but occassionally I was not included in some activities or discussions because my friends thought I was "too good" to participate. (That too good could go either as a compliment or an insult, I guess...)
2a) I would never have called my childhood unhappy and I don't consider it so now, but it was a different/difficult childhood. My mom was always in the hospital and we were always moving from place to place for my dad's job, and I was very often alone. Thank goodness that I enjoyed books so much and had a terrific imagination.
2b) Sometimes. I don't know what I want from life, so I don't know whether what I've got is what I want... I have a sinking suspicion that it's not which leads to a feeling of discontent in almost all circumstances. To quote Elizabeth Bennett, "the more I see of the world the more I am dissatisfied with it." But, ah, I think and feel to much- over analysis has done me in... HOWEVER- I am not unhappy. Not miserable. I find great joys everyday, and perhaps they are stronger because they are mixed...
3) I guess my parents. Maybe 70%.
4) Well, I won't claim the book as a whole, but I'll claim the character of Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice since I already quoted her in so nicely.
5) No. It's not the "politically incorrect" humor that bothers me. The kind that gets me is all the let's go for the lowest common denominator type of humor, usually involving bodily functions of some sort.
first up: pedro's questions (which is why I've taken so long because they were hard to answer)1. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? tough question. After much thought I have decided to take the easy route and go with ending hunger.
2. If, by your voluntary but possibly painful death, you could cause this to be, would you agree to it? I'll say yes now, but I'm not sure how willing I would be when the red-hot poker is approaching.
3. What is your favorite thing about yourself? I've never really thought about this and it makes me feel like I'm in a job interview all nevrous and sweaty trying to figure out what my good qualities are without sounding pretentious. But I think my favorite thing about me is my general talent. I'm not incredible at any one thing but I've got the knack for picking up new things quickly and I enjoy that.
4. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? My general apathy combined with a mostly hidden selfishness
5. If you could improve your least favorite thing to "not bothersome" status, but in the process you necessarily lost your favorite thing about yourself, would you take the trade? no.
next up: octal's questions1. Do you dream in black and white, or color? I remember when I read Sureley You'er Joking Mr. Feynman trying to figure out if my dreams were in color of b&w but I never took the effort to record my dreams and really keep track. I think I dream in color, but I can't be certain. I've had some really vivid dreams that felt so real but the images fade so fast I can't recall the details a few minutes after I wake up.
2. If you could make a phone call to give advice to your past self, when would you call and what would you say? study harder (not that I would have listened)
3. Where would you most like to visit? Like others, NZ is looking like a pretty nice place to visit but if got to choose one place to visit i would go with Baffin Island. So remote and so fascinating.
4. Can you roll your tongue? As in roll my rrr's? no. As in roll it up like straw? yes.
5. Do you believe in free will? yes.
finishing up with JT's questions (I'm starting to lose steam here):1. Have you ever been belittled for your religious beliefs? I don't think I've been personally singled out but I have felt belittlement in general at times (like not directed at me personally, but toward all people who hold religious beliefs and/or christians in general). Often coming from self-righteous scientifics who decry religion as madness. In the same way though, I've felt the sting from self-righteous religious types who would belittle science as fradulent and would question my faith as a result of my belief in the accuracy of science. By and large though, I've been pretty fortunate to know many likeminded and tolerant people.
2. (a) Do you consider your childhood to have been happy? (b) Do you consider yourself happy as an adult? Man, this is like therapy. Yes, my childhood was very happy. I had loving parents a sister I got along with (mostly) great neighbors. There were rough spots. Most of my waking hours outside of school were spent at the gym so most of firends were gymnastics friends and that was great but I didn't have lots of friends at school. Kind of nerdy I guess. Junior high was rough and I took a lot of abuse but I still think I was generally happy. Even when school sucked I still had a few really close friends from church and gymnastics. I was really insecure, and still am deep down, but at least now I feel more comfartable in my own skin. As an adult which I think I'll demarcate as my 18th birthday I've had ups and downs. Major rough spot my freshamn year of college when my parents felw into chicago the week before parents weekend to tell us they were getting separated which just meant they didn't want to tell us right away they were getting divorced. that kind of whacked me upside the head and it took a few years to recover. but meeting my true love and finally marrying her helped and i spent a few happy years in chicago. I used to think that my happiness would derive from where i lived or what I did. I alwyas used to think that I would be happier if I lived in the mountains and got to ski 50 days a year and hike 20 14ers every summer. But I'm not so sure that living that lifestyle really would be the key to my happiness. Even here, where I dislike my job and have few friends I still have a hard time saying that I'm not happy. Certainly I have lonely days and weeks but I've got the perfect woman and wonderful dog and that usually makes up for the shortcomings. The one link that I think is missing is better fellowship with other Christians. I like playing at frontline, but I have yet to really connect with more than two or three people very well and we haven't been able to find people to join a small group with. For months we've been talking about trying some other churches in the area that we've heard about and know people at but I guess that goes back to my apathy in myself that I don't like so much. I think another missing link to a more well-rounded happiness might be a lack of knowledge of what to do with my life. There is a wonderful quote in The Wind up Bird Chronicles that descibes exactly how I feel about this so I'll try to find it when I get home. Anyway, I think that portion is fairly small in it's contribution to my overall happiness but it would help I think. So the short answer would be: mostly. (you did say elaborate)
3. Who knows the most about you? What percentage of your essential persona do you think this person know about you? Definitely Karna and percentage wise probably 90%. WHy not 100%? I dunno I guess I feel like I always can learn something new about my wife so I figure she can always learn something new about me as we grow together, you know?
4. What one media work of any form do you think most reflects you? Well Linda M. used to say I was Lazlo from Real Genius and then there's always the easy compaison to the the movie Lucas; I wasn't that nerdy. I would say The Big Lebowski or Max Fischer from Rushmore but I'm not near lazy enough to be The Dude and I'm not neurotic enough to be Max. So, becauase there's a resemblance and because it makes me smile to think of watching it at Berw and View, I'll just say Tony from Dazed and Confused. But for the record, I've never had any Abe Lincoln dreams.
5. Are you easily offended by "politically incorrect" humor, such as in South Park? rarely
Tony from Dazed and Confused - great answer.
Warggle for the next survey.Extra Credit answer: the story was written by a man named Peters.
1. If you could look into a crystal ball and learn the specifics of when & how you are going to die, would you? Even if there was no way to change it?2. Do you think animals have souls?
3. What are you most afraid of? (Strange phobias welcomed.)
4. Why do / don't you believe in God?
5. Do you consider yourself to be trusting of other people? In whom do you trust most?
EC: What's the last thing that made you laugh until your stomach hurt? Here's mine.
- If you could look into a crystal ball and learn the specifics of when & how you are going to die, would you? Even if there was no way to change it?
i don't need a crystal ball. i'm going to die of cancer, sometime in the next ten to twenty years.- Do you think animals have souls?
i've never really had a good grasp on what actually constitutes a soul, either by classical definition or by my own formulation, and for that matter never really decided whether i think such a thing exists[1]. however, i think that to the extent people have souls, so do animals.- What are you most afraid of?
my own irrationality- Why do / don't you believe in God?
"Our fathers were our models for God. If our fathers fail us, what does that tell you about God?" --Tyler Durden in Fight Club- Do you consider yourself to be trusting of other people? In whom do you trust most?
there are people in the world to whom i would trust my property, my life, my heart, and my soul[1], but not very many of them. my parents, my brother, pedro, tara, matt.EC:
push button, receive bacon (take a close look at the iconographic instructions next time.)[1] current outlook: yes, there is such a thing.
i guess i never answered JT's survey
- Have you ever been belittled for your religious beliefs?
no, but i have been belittled for religious beliefs that people have mistakenly thought were mine.
- Do you consider your childhood to have been happy?
ignorance is bliss. and so it was.- Do you consider yourself happy as an adult?
i am happy to be an adult. i am happy that i am taken seriously and can now take myself seriously. i am happy that i can manage my own life and doing ok at it. i am happy to have adults as peers. i am happy that i can look back at the childhood and understand how it made me, and in some ways how i still need making.- Who knows the most about you? What percentage of your essential persona do you think this person know about you?
i know the most about me, but that's not very interesting. i'd say i probably know myself at about 97 or 98%, though, and maybe that's interesting. my mother made me who i am and has insights that knock me flat on my ass... probably 96%.- What one media work of any form do you think most reflects you?
my diary- Are you easily offended by "politically incorrect" humor, such as in South Park?it's often distasteful, but if it's ever offensive, it's usually intellectually so.
1. If you could look into a crystal ball and learn the specifics of when & how you are going to die, would you? Even if there was no way to change it?
No.
2. Do you think animals have souls?
I don't know.
3. What are you most afraid of? (Strange phobias welcomed.)
Disfigurement or maiming by cute cuddly woodland creatures gone bad
4. Why do / don't you believe in God?
I believe in God because I believe (1) that the balance of nature and the universe is too perfect to be accidental, (2) that all the good that still exists in the people of this world must come from an external source, and (3) that I have experienced peace, joy, and love beyond anything that I deserve...Thank God!
5. Do you consider yourself to be trusting of other people? In whom do you trust most?
Not really... I trust some of you.
1. If you could look into a crystal ball and learn the specifics of when & how you are going to die, would you? Even if there was no way to change it?
no. never.2. Do you think animals have souls?
People are animals... I think some dogs and cats have more beautiful souls than some people.3. What are you most afraid of? (Strange phobias welcomed.)
Any loss of freedom. I may not use my life to it's fullest, but the idea of being restricted in say prison seems like a fate worse than death to me.4. Why do / don't you believe in God?
I don't really see it as an option. In my opinion the idea of there not being some kind of God is so silly it's not worth thinking about. What kind of God is another story.5. Do you consider yourself to be trusting of other people? In whom do you trust most?
Yes, I trust them to betray me, let me down, generally screw me and sometimes be wonderful. I have a high level of trust, but a low level of expectations. Who? I'm not particularly close to anyone these days where trust is an issue. Mostly think of trust with old friends and family.
Cinnamongirl... if you're up for it, my dear.Oh, and here are the answers to my own survey:
1. No, I think I want to be surprised. 2. I don't know. I think they certainly have personalities, or at least I've had pets that do. 3. Falling on stairs and knocking my teeth out. 4. I don't know if I believe in God at all. I'd like to think that there's some ultimate purpose behind my existance, but I don't know. There's lots that just doesn't make sense to me, starting with the very basic question of why God would have made a world in the first place. For entertainment value? Ehhhh... 5. In the past, I've trusted people too much, then gotten burned. Financially, emotionally, physically, you name it. I sti
