I was tagged, voluntarily, with a meme from Dariush. I'm not going to ask for volunteers, I'm just going to tag. Screw it, it's 2006 and we've no time for volunteers.
So, to Sully, and to Heather, I say thee: Get Creatin'!
And now, here comes the meme in the forehead:
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you.
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
8. I'll pick a song that reminds me of you.
Now, for Sully:
1. I never heard if you used my recipe.
2. Go one week without using your wife's given name.
3. Yellow-Orange, like the Sun that you don't get enough of.
4. I think your candor is inspiring. It's brave.
5. Reading your post about Writer Golf Club Leans.
6. You remind me of a condor, as you are above a lot of stuff, and you're hard-edged.
7. What is the best memory you have from college?
8. Captain Jack by Billy Joel (sorta via Dariush).
And now for Heather:
1. Your blog layout is perfect, not too mainstream, yet very accessible.
2. Buy a book of poetry, read it, and blog about it.
3. Lime, like the kiwi sherbet I had at Ichiriki today.
4. You are sweet and supportive and upbeat. I dig that about you.
5. My first memory of you is very hazy, but it had something to do with Magazine Man's daughter, The Brownie. You said something about respecting her or something.
6. You remind me of a lemur. They seem like the perfect animal to invite to a party.
7. If you went back to college, what's your major?
8. Girls Room by Liz Phair, 'cause of your attitude.
The Gift
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[Christmas, 1965 or thereabout]
The boy was very young; perhaps 7 or 8 years old. He loved everything about
Christmas - the lights, the music, Santa ...
10 months ago
12 Comments:
Oooh, cool! I want to respond to everything!
1. I'm glad you like my blog layout :) I designed it myself, which is why it's taking me so long to switch from Blogger to WordPress...have to keep the style while adding in all the new functionality. Somehow!
2. Ewwww, poetry. Did you read that post I made once where I said I didn't like it? Or did I say that when I posted that poem for Cheeto? (I'm self-contradictory!) But hmm, I guess I'll give it a shot. Do you have any suggestions? I wouldn't know where to begin.
I do love Lord Byron...
3. Interesting color choice!
4. Awww, thank you! It would be pretty easy for me to be bitter and depressive, I guess, but that's no way to live your life.
5. This may have happened, but I don't remember it.
6. I see how it is. You only love me for my big, bushy tail.
But seriously...you think I would be good at a party? Hmm, it really depends on what kind. In large social gatherings, I am usually the one sitting in the corner wishing I wasn't there. I've become a lot more sociable than I used to be, but it's still hard for me to deal with bigger groups. In smaller parties, of course, I have a lot of fun--I love going bowling and playing board games and going out to eat and such. Spending time with close friends is great :)
7. I don't think I would want to get another undergraduate degree...I have two of them (English and Linguistics), and I think I've had my fill of "core curriculum" for awhile. You never know what might happen in the future, though. I've always had an interest in architecture, and getting a degree in something related to Japan would also be awesome.
If I ever go back for a Masters or PhD, I'd kind of like to continue my studies in linguistics, because it's so fascinating. However, I'm not sure I will ever do linguistics as a career. Right now I seem to be excelling at web content management. It may be that the ways you have to think when doing web content management are the same as the ways you have to think when doing certain types of linguistics, but I'm not sure. And I know I like managing web content.
8. 'Tude! Well, I haven't heard that song, but I looked up the lyrics. Hmm, the speaker in that song seems snarky. I don't really like it when people criticize other peoples' appearance all the time. However! Since I haven't heard the actual music, I will reserve judgment on whether or not this song fits :)
Heather,
Poetry seemed like something that might be healing on some level. Let me further the challange: I dare you to read a volume of E. E. Cummings and blog about it.
As for the song Girls Room, it's written from the perspective of high school, so of course it's a little focused on appearance, but it's said from a caring point of view. She speaks of all her friends with love. And they're all names that start with a T.
Stu:
I'm honored to be tagged. I'm new to this "meme" stuff - I'm hopelessly outdated. Do I now have to tag someone, also?
In any case, replies:
1 - I have not yet used your recipe. When I do, I'll certainly tell you.
2 - Do you mean at home? Or do you mean that I shouldn't use the term "MY WIFE" in my blog? I suspect you mean the former, so I'll do it - starting today.
Remind me next week and I'll at least tell you about it. If it leads to anything truly funny, I'll blog it.
3 - I once ordered softball uniforms in colors close to these for a team I was manager of and I thought they were unique and cool. I was the only guy who liked them.
I get TOO MUCH sun, Stu. I come from northern stock; the lands of ice and snow. We come equipped with skins that do not get brown and pretty, but only turn red and painful when our meager supplies of melanin are screwed with.
Actually, I had an extremely serious sunburn (2nd degree burns over about 90% of my body) when I was a young teen. Ever since then, I've never worn shorts outside and I always use block.
4 & 6 - So I'm a condor with candor?
7 - I never went to college, my friend. Actually, I went to Harvard and Columbia, but those are just the names of stops on the T (Boston's public transit system.)
8 - My favorite Billy Joel song. However, does this mean you think I stay home and masturbate? I refuse to dignify such truth with a reply!
Sully,
I'm surprised you're not a college-man. You are well-spoken and sensible, so I just assumed.
as for the Wife challenge, I want to take it a step further. Not only can you not say her name, but any substitute (like sweetie or honey) can only be used once.
As for the Billy Joel, I knew it! You seem like a Captain Jack guy. And you definitely seem like a Piano Man guy, as that album has the despondent stuff as well as the sweet stuff. A seminal work.
Oooooh. The "substitute may only be used once" rule is much tougher. OK, I'll give it a shot. And I'll do tomorrow's blog about this (I was already full for today.)
As for being well-spoken, that was my upbringing. Not a lot of college folk in my family, but they all had a respect for language and well-told tales.
...is e.e. cummings the one who writes all over the damn page and doesn't make any sense? If "healing" for you means "infuriating", then yes, it would be!
I'll try it, though :>
Here's a great example of the gentle genius of Cummings:
who knows if the moon's
As a bit of trivia, he wanted his name capitalized; he didn't like the way fans and critics alike referred to him in the lower case. I'm a huge fan (although I'm trying to eat less)...
...I think I'm too pragmatic to enjoy a poem like that. I hope you won't mind if my post ends up being snarky. ^^;;
Hey, the challange wasn't to enjoy it, just to read it. Snark away!
Stu:
What with life's many vagaries (and vagrancies) I truly meant to blog concerning this, but got caught up in other adventures along the way.
It will happen, but not until next week. Humble apologies from your humble tagee.
THIS was where i should have left that comment. do me, do me! :c)
Greets to the webmaster of this wonderful site. Keep working. Thank you.
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