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fridayfiver and altfriday5:
***
1. What's the last thing you broke?
I broke the casing of an electric motor to get at the wires.
2. What's the most expensive thing you've broken?
We banged up the roof of my Dad's camper in a parking garage, but it wasn't my fault.
3. Do you consider yourself clumsy or graceful?
Clumsy.
4. How much money do you have in your wallet right now?
Without looking? About $60.
5. Someone asks for change while you're walking down the street -- what do you do?
I don't. I used to give people tokens that a local organization used to sell for a dollar, that they could take there and trade it in for a meal. They stopped doing that for some reason.
***
1. Where were you last night?
Home.
2. Did you speak with anyone?
No. That kind of got me in trouble.
3. What were you wearing?
Everything but pants.
4. What did you eat or drink?
I made pork chops with stuffing, and green beans. Water to drink. Same detail at lunch today.
5. Can anyone verify your whereabouts from midnight to 5am?
Yep.
***
1. How much TV do you watch?
Very little.
2. What type of show is your favorite?
Comedy.
3. Which talk show host do you hate?
Nancy Grace. Larry King. Maury Povich. Oh, there are so many and I hate them all....
4. Are you looking forward to any new season premieres?
No.
5. Which show is your guilty pleasure?
Hilarious House of Frightenstein!
***
1. When is the last time you dressed inappropriately for a situation?
Every damn day, at the office.
2. How many friends do you have?
A finite number, let me tell you.
3. Are you running on time today?
Not really.
4. Do you use bleach on your laundry?
Yes.
5. What are your thoughts on guns?
They have their uses. People who have them should know how to use them properly. Only cops and soldiers should have handguns. Ummm....
***
1. When I'm angry, I ____ (get curt and quiet)
2. The first time I ____ I also ____
3. I was born in ____ (Newfoundland)
4. My favorite ____ (hand) is ____ (my left)
5 I laughed so hard when ____ (we were sitting in the hall and Tommy Hartai made a face) that _____ (I went into hysterics and almost passed out)
***
1. Who do you live with?
Lianne
2. Do you like who you live with or do you want change?
It's fine.
3. Describe the ideal roommate:
quiet, with benefits
4. How much sleep did you get last night?
7 hours or so.
5. Where would you love to play hide-and-seek?
Gasworks.
***
1. Do you work hard or do you take the easy way out?
If I'm interested in it, I will work very hard on it.
2. How's your day going?
My back is sore.
3. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
1 or 2. I have mostly boots.
4. Do you consider yourself cool?
Hell, no.
5. What's the last song you listened to?
The Cramps, "Route 66"
***
1. When is the last time your phone rang in the middle of the night?
Can't remember, I was asleep. No one's ever there, anyway.
2. Who makes you yell?
Aki.
3. What do you do for fun?
Lots of things.
4. What hours do you work/go to school?
8:30 to 4:30
5. Who is number one in your life?
Aki.
***
1. Do you smoke?
Nope, never have.
2. Are you more likely to be caught humming, whistling or singing to yourself?
Humming, I guess.
3. Have you ever been to New Orleans?
No.
4. When was the last time you saw the sun rise?
Long time ago.
5. Can you swim?
Not really, it's more like directed floating.
***
1. What don't you understand?
Differential calculus.
2. Name someone in your life with blue eyes:
My sister
3. When is a lie not really a lie?
When it's a half-truth.
4. When is the last time you got really dirty?
Black Rock City.
5. Are you a lefty or a righty?
Lefty.
***Alt Friday Fives:
***
It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, during which they draw attention to the issue of books being challenged or banned.
1. The list of the top 100 challenged or banned books from 1990 - 2000 is here: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm (or, for a less youth-oriented list, go here: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/).
Which of these books have you read?
I've read quite a few of them, but they are mostly kid's books. The link to the less-youth-oriented list doesn't go anywhere.
2. Which of those books, if any, had a strong effect on you -- either positive or negative? How did they affect you?
None, really. I really don't understand why everyone makes so much of a fuss about Catcher in the Rye; it's awful.
3. Have you ever been personally affected by or involved in a challenge or a ban of a book? If yes, tell us a bit about it.
No.
4. Have you ever read a book that you felt should have been banned? If yes, why?
No. But the "Anarchist Cookbook" one of the works in the list above, has so much dangerous misinformation in it that it should be called "false news".
5. How do you feel about the banning of books? Is it an important issue to you?
No book should be banned. Regardless and not ever. Yes, it is an important issue to me.
***
1. What was the last sudden change in your life?
I have lots of sudden changes but not many unexpected ones. I guess the last one is decompressing after Burning Man.
2. What is the most remarkable sudden change you've ever had to deal with (either most sudden or biggest change)?
Getting run over by a car.
3. How well do you typically deal with sudden change? Why?
Not well. I don't like unplanned changes.
4. How often are you the source of sudden changes in others' lives?
Not often. Biggest such was getting divorced, obviously.
5. What sudden change would you like to have in your life right now, if any? Why?
I would like to have Aki back here permanently. It's obvious why.
***
1. How much time do you spend keeping up with the news? Why?
Less than an hour every day.
2. What are your main sources for information about current events?
Online news - usually cbc.ca and the daily press clippings we get at work.
3. Which current news story has you the most angry or upset? Why?
http://ltmurnau.livejournal.com/121783.html It's not nice to see a republic I respected for its theoretical underpinnings get so thoroughly flushed down the toilet, with its own people vying with one another to pull the chain.
4. Which current news story has you the most happy or excited? Why?
None. Well, there's the 2006 Microgame Design Contest, which did not garner any headlines but has me excited.
5. If you could change one thing about the way news is gathered and disseminated, what would it be?
TV news would have some drastic changes made to it, too numerous to mention here (and I'm getting bored with this meme exercise).
***
1. Which gender do you generally present yourself as (man, woman, androgynous, etc.)?
Man.
2. Have you ever deliberately done "drag" (i.e., presented yourself as a gender you do not identify as)? If yes, how often? Why? How did it make you feel and act differently?
No. But I did dress up as Zippy the Pinhead for a Halloween party once.
3. Do you get mistaken for another gender "remotely" (i.e., in letters, email, or on the phone)? How often? Why or why not?
No.
4. Do you get mistaken for another gender in person? How often? Why or why not?
No.
5. If you could take one aspect of another gender's presentation (dress, makeup, hair, etc.) and instantly make it widely socially accpetable for your gender, what would it be?
I wish kilts would be more acceptable for men.
***
1. How often do you (1) eat out, (2) cook for yourself or (3) otherwise forage for food?
Eat out once or twice a week, which is too often. I do all the cooking at home.
2. What's your favourite restaurant and why?
Wah Lai Yuen - love them dead animals hanging in the window. But Sampan has the best BBQ duck in the city.
3. What's your favourite food to prepare for yourself?
Just about anything involving chicken.
4. What one food gives you the strongest emotional reaction? Why?
Can't think of one. Chocolate and sugary things make me really squirrelly, if that's what you mean.
5. If you were stuck on a desert island for the rest of your life, what would you do with the coconuts?
Lots of things, just like Yosemite Sam in that Bugs Bunny cartoon.
***
1. Do you like summer in general? Why or why not?
Yes. It's warm, dry and the days are long.
2. Are you liking this summer (or, for those of you in the southern hemisphere, did you like this past summer)? Why or why not?
This one was pretty good, despite some emotional angst and back problems.
3. What were summers like for you as a child? Did you enjoy them?
I loved summer when I was a kid, growing up at the edge of a small town in the Ottawa Valley.
4. Which summer was your favourite? Which summer was your least favourite? Why?
Favourite summer: 1989, first and most agonizing love. Worst summer: 1984, I was on academic probation, and had a dickhead course officer who fired me from a horribly gruelling training course a week before it finished, to fill a quota.
5. Have you had summer jobs? Which were your favourite and least favourite? Why?
Best summer jobs were Army jobs. Least favourite was the time I worked in a greenhouse. Boring and I had no idea what I was doing.
***
1. What makes you feel as if where you live is your "home", rather than just somewhere to stay?
Having my stuff around, in places where I can find it.
2. How "homey" does your current abode feel to you?
Not much, for the above reason.
3. What would your dream home be like?
Like my present house, but bigger and with a basement and better wiring.
4. What would your nightmare home be like?
I've lived there.
5. Of all the places you have lived in your life, where did you feel most "at home"?
Where I live now - been there nine years.
1. How well do you understand your country*'s electoral system? Give us a quick summary of how it works.
I understand it well. Won't summarize as most of my readers are Canadian.
2. What, if anything, do you not like about your country's electoral system? If you were in charge of reforming it, what would you change?
- Elected Senate, with some proper powers
- Proportional Representation of some kind
- I would like to see an awful lot more people coming out to vote, but I can't change that.
3. What, if anything, do you like about your country's electoral system??
We seem to have inherited some of the worst bits of the British system, and are loth to change them.
4. Some countries use fixed dates for elections (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-term_election), and some allow them to be called as needed, within certain limits. Which do you think is the better system? Why?
There's a case to be made for both. Fixed election dates are good, but I want to keep the idea of a non-confidence vote.
5. Some countries use proportional representation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation) and some use majoritarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majoritarianism) (or some combination thereof). Which do you think is the better system? Why?
Proportional representation (though there are many ways to implement that).
fridayfiver and altfriday5:***
1. What's the last thing you broke?
I broke the casing of an electric motor to get at the wires.
2. What's the most expensive thing you've broken?
We banged up the roof of my Dad's camper in a parking garage, but it wasn't my fault.
3. Do you consider yourself clumsy or graceful?
Clumsy.
4. How much money do you have in your wallet right now?
Without looking? About $60.
5. Someone asks for change while you're walking down the street -- what do you do?
I don't. I used to give people tokens that a local organization used to sell for a dollar, that they could take there and trade it in for a meal. They stopped doing that for some reason.
***
1. Where were you last night?
Home.
2. Did you speak with anyone?
No. That kind of got me in trouble.
3. What were you wearing?
Everything but pants.
4. What did you eat or drink?
I made pork chops with stuffing, and green beans. Water to drink. Same detail at lunch today.
5. Can anyone verify your whereabouts from midnight to 5am?
Yep.
***
1. How much TV do you watch?
Very little.
2. What type of show is your favorite?
Comedy.
3. Which talk show host do you hate?
Nancy Grace. Larry King. Maury Povich. Oh, there are so many and I hate them all....
4. Are you looking forward to any new season premieres?
No.
5. Which show is your guilty pleasure?
Hilarious House of Frightenstein!
***
1. When is the last time you dressed inappropriately for a situation?
Every damn day, at the office.
2. How many friends do you have?
A finite number, let me tell you.
3. Are you running on time today?
Not really.
4. Do you use bleach on your laundry?
Yes.
5. What are your thoughts on guns?
They have their uses. People who have them should know how to use them properly. Only cops and soldiers should have handguns. Ummm....
***
1. When I'm angry, I ____ (get curt and quiet)
2. The first time I ____ I also ____
3. I was born in ____ (Newfoundland)
4. My favorite ____ (hand) is ____ (my left)
5 I laughed so hard when ____ (we were sitting in the hall and Tommy Hartai made a face) that _____ (I went into hysterics and almost passed out)
***
1. Who do you live with?
Lianne
2. Do you like who you live with or do you want change?
It's fine.
3. Describe the ideal roommate:
quiet, with benefits
4. How much sleep did you get last night?
7 hours or so.
5. Where would you love to play hide-and-seek?
Gasworks.
***
1. Do you work hard or do you take the easy way out?
If I'm interested in it, I will work very hard on it.
2. How's your day going?
My back is sore.
3. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
1 or 2. I have mostly boots.
4. Do you consider yourself cool?
Hell, no.
5. What's the last song you listened to?
The Cramps, "Route 66"
***
1. When is the last time your phone rang in the middle of the night?
Can't remember, I was asleep. No one's ever there, anyway.
2. Who makes you yell?
Aki.
3. What do you do for fun?
Lots of things.
4. What hours do you work/go to school?
8:30 to 4:30
5. Who is number one in your life?
Aki.
***
1. Do you smoke?
Nope, never have.
2. Are you more likely to be caught humming, whistling or singing to yourself?
Humming, I guess.
3. Have you ever been to New Orleans?
No.
4. When was the last time you saw the sun rise?
Long time ago.
5. Can you swim?
Not really, it's more like directed floating.
***
1. What don't you understand?
Differential calculus.
2. Name someone in your life with blue eyes:
My sister
3. When is a lie not really a lie?
When it's a half-truth.
4. When is the last time you got really dirty?
Black Rock City.
5. Are you a lefty or a righty?
Lefty.
***Alt Friday Fives:
***
It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, during which they draw attention to the issue of books being challenged or banned.
1. The list of the top 100 challenged or banned books from 1990 - 2000 is here: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm (or, for a less youth-oriented list, go here: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/).
Which of these books have you read?
I've read quite a few of them, but they are mostly kid's books. The link to the less-youth-oriented list doesn't go anywhere.
2. Which of those books, if any, had a strong effect on you -- either positive or negative? How did they affect you?
None, really. I really don't understand why everyone makes so much of a fuss about Catcher in the Rye; it's awful.
3. Have you ever been personally affected by or involved in a challenge or a ban of a book? If yes, tell us a bit about it.
No.
4. Have you ever read a book that you felt should have been banned? If yes, why?
No. But the "Anarchist Cookbook" one of the works in the list above, has so much dangerous misinformation in it that it should be called "false news".
5. How do you feel about the banning of books? Is it an important issue to you?
No book should be banned. Regardless and not ever. Yes, it is an important issue to me.
***
1. What was the last sudden change in your life?
I have lots of sudden changes but not many unexpected ones. I guess the last one is decompressing after Burning Man.
2. What is the most remarkable sudden change you've ever had to deal with (either most sudden or biggest change)?
Getting run over by a car.
3. How well do you typically deal with sudden change? Why?
Not well. I don't like unplanned changes.
4. How often are you the source of sudden changes in others' lives?
Not often. Biggest such was getting divorced, obviously.
5. What sudden change would you like to have in your life right now, if any? Why?
I would like to have Aki back here permanently. It's obvious why.
***
1. How much time do you spend keeping up with the news? Why?
Less than an hour every day.
2. What are your main sources for information about current events?
Online news - usually cbc.ca and the daily press clippings we get at work.
3. Which current news story has you the most angry or upset? Why?
http://ltmurnau.livejournal.com/121783.html It's not nice to see a republic I respected for its theoretical underpinnings get so thoroughly flushed down the toilet, with its own people vying with one another to pull the chain.
4. Which current news story has you the most happy or excited? Why?
None. Well, there's the 2006 Microgame Design Contest, which did not garner any headlines but has me excited.
5. If you could change one thing about the way news is gathered and disseminated, what would it be?
TV news would have some drastic changes made to it, too numerous to mention here (and I'm getting bored with this meme exercise).
***
1. Which gender do you generally present yourself as (man, woman, androgynous, etc.)?
Man.
2. Have you ever deliberately done "drag" (i.e., presented yourself as a gender you do not identify as)? If yes, how often? Why? How did it make you feel and act differently?
No. But I did dress up as Zippy the Pinhead for a Halloween party once.
3. Do you get mistaken for another gender "remotely" (i.e., in letters, email, or on the phone)? How often? Why or why not?
No.
4. Do you get mistaken for another gender in person? How often? Why or why not?
No.
5. If you could take one aspect of another gender's presentation (dress, makeup, hair, etc.) and instantly make it widely socially accpetable for your gender, what would it be?
I wish kilts would be more acceptable for men.
***
1. How often do you (1) eat out, (2) cook for yourself or (3) otherwise forage for food?
Eat out once or twice a week, which is too often. I do all the cooking at home.
2. What's your favourite restaurant and why?
Wah Lai Yuen - love them dead animals hanging in the window. But Sampan has the best BBQ duck in the city.
3. What's your favourite food to prepare for yourself?
Just about anything involving chicken.
4. What one food gives you the strongest emotional reaction? Why?
Can't think of one. Chocolate and sugary things make me really squirrelly, if that's what you mean.
5. If you were stuck on a desert island for the rest of your life, what would you do with the coconuts?
Lots of things, just like Yosemite Sam in that Bugs Bunny cartoon.
***
1. Do you like summer in general? Why or why not?
Yes. It's warm, dry and the days are long.
2. Are you liking this summer (or, for those of you in the southern hemisphere, did you like this past summer)? Why or why not?
This one was pretty good, despite some emotional angst and back problems.
3. What were summers like for you as a child? Did you enjoy them?
I loved summer when I was a kid, growing up at the edge of a small town in the Ottawa Valley.
4. Which summer was your favourite? Which summer was your least favourite? Why?
Favourite summer: 1989, first and most agonizing love. Worst summer: 1984, I was on academic probation, and had a dickhead course officer who fired me from a horribly gruelling training course a week before it finished, to fill a quota.
5. Have you had summer jobs? Which were your favourite and least favourite? Why?
Best summer jobs were Army jobs. Least favourite was the time I worked in a greenhouse. Boring and I had no idea what I was doing.
***
1. What makes you feel as if where you live is your "home", rather than just somewhere to stay?
Having my stuff around, in places where I can find it.
2. How "homey" does your current abode feel to you?
Not much, for the above reason.
3. What would your dream home be like?
Like my present house, but bigger and with a basement and better wiring.
4. What would your nightmare home be like?
I've lived there.
5. Of all the places you have lived in your life, where did you feel most "at home"?
Where I live now - been there nine years.
1. How well do you understand your country*'s electoral system? Give us a quick summary of how it works.
I understand it well. Won't summarize as most of my readers are Canadian.
2. What, if anything, do you not like about your country's electoral system? If you were in charge of reforming it, what would you change?
- Elected Senate, with some proper powers
- Proportional Representation of some kind
- I would like to see an awful lot more people coming out to vote, but I can't change that.
3. What, if anything, do you like about your country's electoral system??
We seem to have inherited some of the worst bits of the British system, and are loth to change them.
4. Some countries use fixed dates for elections (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-term_election), and some allow them to be called as needed, within certain limits. Which do you think is the better system? Why?
There's a case to be made for both. Fixed election dates are good, but I want to keep the idea of a non-confidence vote.
5. Some countries use proportional representation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation) and some use majoritarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majoritarianism) (or some combination thereof). Which do you think is the better system? Why?
Proportional representation (though there are many ways to implement that).
