12 posts tagged “qotd”
What's the infamous story people tell about you?
Submitted by Cherney.
Memorial Day, 2005, a day which shall forever live in infamy...
I won''t go into details, but it involved kegs, karaoke, good friends, redheads, a girl named Pepper, a 1.5 L bottle of jaeger, EMTs, friends hiding me from said EMTs, professions of love, girls in a hub tub, and some drunk dialing. Yeah, that was one hell of a night.
If you could have three wishes from a genie, what would they be?
Submitted by tatteredhalo.
Three is a bit overkill. I'd only make one wish for myself, then probably set the genie free. Of course it would be a huge wish. Something along the lines of being able to manipulate all space/time :).
How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.
Well, I take my coffee black, unless it's cheap work-coffee, then I have it black with two teaspoons of sugar, or if it's Turkish coffee, then it just has to be sweetened and spiced and boiled thrice. And for cafe au lait I do like some milk and sugar, but for a French press give me but grinds and hot water. Then there's tea. Oh, I could go on here. Oolong needs honey, something mellow, black sage or tupelo while gunpowder green needs orange blossom honey and black spiced tea, how about some rum and wildflower honey? Assams take sugar, preferably rock, and white teas? Well, they're sweet enough.
What are your superstitions?
Submitted by lazywong.
I'm not generally a superstitious person, but I do carry two gold coins on me whenever I'm out and about, just in case the boat man ever needs to collect his toll.
What are the things in life that you're truly passionate about?
Submitted by Jess.
Aside from the overtly obvious (wine, photography, writing, food) I would say I'm most passionate in defense of my beliefs. I know that sounds very typical, but while I may wax poetic about Mouton-Rothschild or Haut-Brion, I certainly wouldn't die for a bottle (okay, maybe a Jeroboam of Mouton '45 is an exception to this...) but I would die in defense of my liberties, and the liberties of others. I don't know why I've always been so passionate about fighting the good fight. It's not something I readily admit about myself to most people I know. But, when I lose myself in accounts of the Spanish Civil War, in the letters of soldiers fighting in World War II, and so forth, I can't help but think that if I had lived then, I'd have willingly gone to the fight.
Sometimes, when I'm watching the BBC, seeing all the atrocities all over the world, I get the urge to just pack up and go and pick up my rifle to defend the people who suffer in pointless conflicts. One of these days I will go. It feels right.
If you came with a warning label, what would it say?
Submitted by chris.
Danger: Chris has has been known to corrupt those around him. Chris spreads hedonism, debauchery, and general licentuousness. If you are neo-conservative, fascist, or a religious extremist you should avoid Chris at all costs, as cardiac arrest and or immediate death are known side-effects of such encounters.
What character in a book can you connect with or relate to the most?
Submitted by Eating A Book.
Satan, of Paradise Lost fame. He is prideful, stubborn, spiteful, eloquent, somewhat dashing, manipulative and unabashedly destructive. I'd like to say I was more like Porthos of Three Muskateer fame--you know, that happy playful lush--but when I firmly analyze my character, I am far more Milton's Satan. Perhaps a blend of the two. I tend to keep those characteristics I share with Milton's Satan in check, but sometimes...
What would the title of your autobiography be?
Submitted by princesskasren.
Confessions of a Social Chameleon.
I have that gift to beable to blend into most social groups and strate seamlessly, shifting my language and mannerisms without effort. Sometimes I think I lose grasp of who I am in the tangle of it all--sometimes I wonder if I have my own distinct personality, instead of the collection of personalities I have readily availible for work, school, etc.. etc... I play pauper and aristocrat alike with equal proficiency, but am neither. And I do it all the time.
Yeah, I've thought about that title often when contemplating an autobiography.
If you could write a book about anything, what would it be about?
I'm currently writing several books, all in different stages of development. One is a series of short stories about the darker and more decadent side of South Florida (so far I've finished several of the stories--my favorite is a first person narrative from a sociopath. I did take a few cards from Nabokov to write it), Another is my attempt at the great 21st century american novel. It has the most progress, and follows a nameless protagonist through both an emotional journey in the retelling of his life and his interactions with others, and a physical journey through a country that he comes to see as thinly veneered. I sometimes doubt I'll ever finish either of them, since I rarely work on them anymore (for reasons of time) and my very odd writing habits.
Who's your favorite movie villain?
Sure, my choice isn't very original. Sure, I could have gone for another consummate villain, like Keyser Soze, Major Strausser, Belloq, Ian Mckellan's Richard III, or any number of Peter Lorre's creapy characters, but (and I know some people will argue this) none of them have the screen presence of the man in black. The first Star Wars movie I saw was Empire Strikes Back, so when I met Darth Vader, I met him at his underling-choking worst. What other villain (besides perhaps Milton's Satan) is at once so archetypal of evil, but also human. There is something in Vader's confrontation with Luke at the end of ESB that brings out his humanity, that desire of fathers for their sons to follow them. It's eerie, yes, but brilliant. It carries that shocking knowledge that Darth Vader is a human, not a machine.
Besides, Samuel L. Jackson may be one bad mofo, but Vader is the original king of BMFs.
