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f4f3 ([personal profile] f4f3) wrote2008-04-21 07:47 pm

Because I haven't memed for a while

Plus, work is really tiring me out....

1. Are people inherently good or inherently evil?

Good. And that's pretty much a fundamental belief for me.

2. Last thing you regretted eating/drinking?

That last piece of lemon crunch cake. It was lovely, but....

3. What was the name of your first pet?

Peter the budgie

4. What was the street you grew up on?

Born on Maryhill Road, but  moved to Chapel Street until I was seven - does that count?

5. “Poltergiest”….funny movie or scary movie?

A science fiction movie gone wrong.

6. What superstition have you recovered from?

Catholicism.

7. Team player or leader?

Team leader?

8. If there was one myth/story that were actually true, which one do you wish it could be?

The Princess Bride.

9. When you were 10, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A lawyer. Blame Matt Murdock.

10. “Top Chef” or ”Hell’s Kitchen”?

Never seen "Top Chef" but I like Gordon Ramsay, even though he's become a bit of a wimp since he left Glasgow.

11. What was the last play you attended?

"Translations" by Brian Freil at The Citizens. Fabby.

12. Gas, charcoal or briquets?

Charcoal, and I hope the summer is up to it this year.

13. If money were no object, name one place on Earth you’d like to spend a week?

San Francisco

14. Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, or Jet Li?

Jackie Chan.

15. What is the opposite of love?

Indifference

16. How do you take your popcorn?

Half and half salt and sweet - salt, then sweet.

17. We all know our parents didn’t have favorites – but do you think maybe one of yours did?

I think I benefited from first-born syndrome.

18. Do you most enjoy hanging in a crowd that is younger, older, or about the same age as yourself?

Not sure - mostly younger right now.

19. Has a poem ever made you laugh?

hell yes.

20. One person, whom you don’t expect to see again, that you’d like 10 minutes with?

It would depend what we did for the ten minutes.

21. Bubble bath, bath bomb, or bath oil?

All of the above!!!

22. You’re on a desert island – name 5 books to keep you company (please, nothing practical).

Like I've never thought of it before...

Lord of the Rings

The Everyman Chandler, Volume One

Orwell's Collected Essays

The Code of the Woosters, P. G. Wodehouse

The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny

23. Describe your perfect breakfast?

Champagne, salmon, scrambled eggs, a warm duvet.

24. Your perfect accessory?

iPhone

25. It’s New Year’s Eve, what do you have in your hand?

A glass of single cask Talisker.

[identity profile] anthrokeight.livejournal.com 2008-04-21 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
14- Stephen Chow! Heard him give a CLASSIC interview on Fresh Air, where he brought a translator along. And used her once. Because he wanted to double check on the use of a word like hegemony, or some such.

Kung Fu Hustle plus Sexy English Language Sexiness!

Breakfast- needs. coffee.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2008-04-22 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
I enjoyed Kung Fu Hastle - and I'm doing my best to keep coffee out of the breakfast food groups: Broken Orange Pekoe will do me nicely.