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THE MEME INTERVIEWS, PART 410
Jun. 1st, 2010 10:16 amBy order of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kukla_red , a meme supposedly designed for the over-30 crowd.
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
I’m pretty indifferent about them. They’re a fact of life, so I deal with them.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
No idea. The bridal unit and I don't really do romantic dinners in the traditional sense. We're just not that corny.
3. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Having sex with Salma Hayek and Dita Von Teese at the same time. Or is that too obvious?
4. How many colleges did you attend?
Three. I washed out of the first one after one trimester.
5. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
It was on top of the pile.
6. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
They’re the product of a corrupt financial system that allows a small group of people to manipulate prices for short term gains.
7. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Oh God not again.
8. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
If I could only ... zzzzzzz
9. Do you miss being a child?
Not even a little.
10. What errand/chore do you despise?
Anything finance-related.
11. Get up early or sleep in?
I find myself waking up before the alarm these days. Given the option, though, I was born for the graveyard shift.
12. Have you found real love yet?
Real enough.
13. Favorite lunch meat
I likes me a nice salami.
14. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
We don’t have Wal-mart in Hong Kong. If I go in one in the states, it’s for cheap clothes that fit me (for I am wider than the average HK male and it’s hard to find clothes my size – not impossible, but let’s just say I can’t walk into any old store and find something that fits).
15. Beach or lake?
Urban sprawl or desert, thx.
16. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
It’s a legal convenience disguised as emotional commitment and in some cases supertitious significance. That doesn’t make it bad or insincere. But it’s also not necessary for a lasting monogamous relationship either.
17. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?
Neither.
18.What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
I wouldn’t. I’d make a fool of myself or they’d turn out to be a rotten person and either way I’d leave disillusioned. But as it’ll never happen anyway – and since I’m fantasizing, I can also pretend I’d actually be pretty cool about it – then Kylie Minogue. She seems nice.
19. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
Yep. Hit a deer at 50mph on a two-lane blacktop and vaulted a ditch at 2am. We both lost. I’m lucky that (1) I didn’t flip the car, (2) the deer attacked me 300 meters from a truck stop, and (3) my roommate who’d gone on ahead of me had stopped at said truck stop for a microwave burrito. As you do.
20. Ever use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
Only if one of it’s intended purposes is as a door stop.
21. Ring tone?
At the moment it’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult. That said, I keep it in silent mode a lot of the time.
22. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
I’m not sure. Is the Mojave Desert strange?
23. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
The Winchester Mystery House!
24. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
I’m happy with the bridal unit, so career.
25. How old are you?
44.
26. Do you have a go-to person?
I don’t understand the question.
27. Are you where you want to be in life?
Not yet. But I’ve come farther than I ever thought I would.
28. Growing up, what were your favorite cartoons?
Looney Tunes. With special emphasis on the Road Runner.
29. What about you do you think has changed the most?
I’m a lot calmer. And I’m a strawberry blonde, of course.
30. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life?
Only compared to primary and middle school. Let’s put it this way: there’s a reason I’ve never gone to a single class reunion in the 27 years since I graduated.
31. Are there times you still feel like a kid?
Every damn day.
32. Did you ever own troll dolls?
No.
33. Did you have a pager?
No. By the time I could afford personal communications, I was in Hong Kong where pagers were on the way out.
34. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager?
Rivergate Mall. My OWN personal hangout was either my treehouse (with me guitar) or my bedroom with the stereo playing Black Sabbath, Rush and Queen at full volume.
35. Were you the type of kid you would want your children to hang out with?
Not applicable.
I’m an adult now,
This is dF
kukla_red , a meme supposedly designed for the over-30 crowd. 1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
I’m pretty indifferent about them. They’re a fact of life, so I deal with them.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
No idea. The bridal unit and I don't really do romantic dinners in the traditional sense. We're just not that corny.
3. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Having sex with Salma Hayek and Dita Von Teese at the same time. Or is that too obvious?
4. How many colleges did you attend?
Three. I washed out of the first one after one trimester.
5. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
It was on top of the pile.
6. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
They’re the product of a corrupt financial system that allows a small group of people to manipulate prices for short term gains.
7. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Oh God not again.
8. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
If I could only ... zzzzzzz
9. Do you miss being a child?
Not even a little.
10. What errand/chore do you despise?
Anything finance-related.
11. Get up early or sleep in?
I find myself waking up before the alarm these days. Given the option, though, I was born for the graveyard shift.
12. Have you found real love yet?
Real enough.
13. Favorite lunch meat
I likes me a nice salami.
14. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
We don’t have Wal-mart in Hong Kong. If I go in one in the states, it’s for cheap clothes that fit me (for I am wider than the average HK male and it’s hard to find clothes my size – not impossible, but let’s just say I can’t walk into any old store and find something that fits).
15. Beach or lake?
Urban sprawl or desert, thx.
16. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
It’s a legal convenience disguised as emotional commitment and in some cases supertitious significance. That doesn’t make it bad or insincere. But it’s also not necessary for a lasting monogamous relationship either.
17. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?
Neither.
18.What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
I wouldn’t. I’d make a fool of myself or they’d turn out to be a rotten person and either way I’d leave disillusioned. But as it’ll never happen anyway – and since I’m fantasizing, I can also pretend I’d actually be pretty cool about it – then Kylie Minogue. She seems nice.
19. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
Yep. Hit a deer at 50mph on a two-lane blacktop and vaulted a ditch at 2am. We both lost. I’m lucky that (1) I didn’t flip the car, (2) the deer attacked me 300 meters from a truck stop, and (3) my roommate who’d gone on ahead of me had stopped at said truck stop for a microwave burrito. As you do.
20. Ever use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
Only if one of it’s intended purposes is as a door stop.
21. Ring tone?
At the moment it’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult. That said, I keep it in silent mode a lot of the time.
22. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
I’m not sure. Is the Mojave Desert strange?
23. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
The Winchester Mystery House!
24. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
I’m happy with the bridal unit, so career.
25. How old are you?
44.
26. Do you have a go-to person?
I don’t understand the question.
27. Are you where you want to be in life?
Not yet. But I’ve come farther than I ever thought I would.
28. Growing up, what were your favorite cartoons?
Looney Tunes. With special emphasis on the Road Runner.
29. What about you do you think has changed the most?
I’m a lot calmer. And I’m a strawberry blonde, of course.
30. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life?
Only compared to primary and middle school. Let’s put it this way: there’s a reason I’ve never gone to a single class reunion in the 27 years since I graduated.
31. Are there times you still feel like a kid?
Every damn day.
32. Did you ever own troll dolls?
No.
33. Did you have a pager?
No. By the time I could afford personal communications, I was in Hong Kong where pagers were on the way out.
34. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager?
Rivergate Mall. My OWN personal hangout was either my treehouse (with me guitar) or my bedroom with the stereo playing Black Sabbath, Rush and Queen at full volume.
35. Were you the type of kid you would want your children to hang out with?
Not applicable.
I’m an adult now,
This is dF
TIME-TRAVELING APOCALYPSE VAMPIRES
Jun. 1st, 2010 08:22 pmI watch movies. I post opinions. Hurrah.
The Book Of Eli
Post-apocalypse fable from the Hughes Brothers with Denzel Washington as a lone drifter making his way across post-WWIII America in possession of a book being sought by Gary Oldman as the ruthless leader of a shantytown of survivors.
It’s probably tempting to compare this film to The Road (which I haven’t seen yet), and the unmistakably religious tone of the movie might put off both Christians and atheists. But apart from a few plot holes and a little extra cheese (and an apparent disregard for science), I found the story to be all right and thought-provoking – which you don’t usually get with post-apocalyptic films. The characters are somewhat underwritten, but Washington and Oldman make the most out of what they have, and no one ever said it wasn’t fun watching Oldman play a psychotic villain. Flawed, but engaging, though if yr idea of a post-apocalyse film is Mad Max, you may be disappointed.
Daybreakers
Vampire sci-fi flick that builds on the mathematical problem of the vampire concept in which people who get bitten become vampires: sooner or later, yr going to run out of humans. Pharmaceutical company Bromley Marks is working on a synthetic blood substitute to solve the blood shortage, but handsome vampire hematologist Ethan Hawke stumbles upon an actual cure for vampirism.
It’s a promising set-up, but the execution is pretty uneven, with writer/directors The Spierig Brothers trying to blend pub science (vampirism as a virus-like disease) with science-defying cheesy supernatural effects. (For example, why would a vampire virus eliminate yr reflection from a mirror, much less cause you to explode in flames when staked through the heart?) Consequently the “cure” isn’t that convincing, either. Which is too bad because overall, it’s an okay film, but with so many lost opportunities, I can’t rate it that highly, either.
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
Well, look, it’s based on a video game. And you can tell – the hero has to jump across lots of rooftops and chasms to get from point A to point B and acquires a magic time-traveling dagger along the way. Watching it, I get the feeling the Disney suits who green-lighted this thought, “Sure, movies based on video games traditionally suck, but hey, we make movies based on park rides, so we can do this.”
Anyway, the cliches are pretty thick, the action impossible to follow half the time, and I almost fell asleep twice. Alfred Molina as the comic relief is good fun, but apart from that I got almost nothing out of this.
If I could turn back time,
This is dF
The Book Of Eli
Post-apocalypse fable from the Hughes Brothers with Denzel Washington as a lone drifter making his way across post-WWIII America in possession of a book being sought by Gary Oldman as the ruthless leader of a shantytown of survivors.
It’s probably tempting to compare this film to The Road (which I haven’t seen yet), and the unmistakably religious tone of the movie might put off both Christians and atheists. But apart from a few plot holes and a little extra cheese (and an apparent disregard for science), I found the story to be all right and thought-provoking – which you don’t usually get with post-apocalyptic films. The characters are somewhat underwritten, but Washington and Oldman make the most out of what they have, and no one ever said it wasn’t fun watching Oldman play a psychotic villain. Flawed, but engaging, though if yr idea of a post-apocalyse film is Mad Max, you may be disappointed.
Daybreakers
Vampire sci-fi flick that builds on the mathematical problem of the vampire concept in which people who get bitten become vampires: sooner or later, yr going to run out of humans. Pharmaceutical company Bromley Marks is working on a synthetic blood substitute to solve the blood shortage, but handsome vampire hematologist Ethan Hawke stumbles upon an actual cure for vampirism.
It’s a promising set-up, but the execution is pretty uneven, with writer/directors The Spierig Brothers trying to blend pub science (vampirism as a virus-like disease) with science-defying cheesy supernatural effects. (For example, why would a vampire virus eliminate yr reflection from a mirror, much less cause you to explode in flames when staked through the heart?) Consequently the “cure” isn’t that convincing, either. Which is too bad because overall, it’s an okay film, but with so many lost opportunities, I can’t rate it that highly, either.
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
Well, look, it’s based on a video game. And you can tell – the hero has to jump across lots of rooftops and chasms to get from point A to point B and acquires a magic time-traveling dagger along the way. Watching it, I get the feeling the Disney suits who green-lighted this thought, “Sure, movies based on video games traditionally suck, but hey, we make movies based on park rides, so we can do this.”
Anyway, the cliches are pretty thick, the action impossible to follow half the time, and I almost fell asleep twice. Alfred Molina as the comic relief is good fun, but apart from that I got almost nothing out of this.
If I could turn back time,
This is dF
