The Interests of Others (meme)

[ltmurnau]

Gotted from papajoemambo, who obliged.

The Rules:

Comment on this post. I'll choose seven interests from your profile and you'll explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.

Go!

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[emperorkefka.livejournal.com]

Berlin - Probably one of the cities that I find the most interesting, even though I only spent three days there. I really like the mix of east vs west (and how it is not always easy to differentiate the two).

Dark City - Probably my second favourite moving, following Blade Runner. I really like the film noir mixed with sci-fi. I seem to have lost my DVD unfortunately, although I think I may have lent it to Christine.

Localization - The act of making software support multiple locales, including languages. I find this challenging and fun.

Meat Distributors - An almost completely unknown industrial rock group from Seattle that released four songs to mp3.com and then vanished completely. I still have those four songs and I love them all!

Philip K. Dick - I first heard of him through my watching of Blade Runner, and I picked up a couple books of his on a whim (and I have lent them to Christine also). They were Ubik, The Penultimate Truth, and Lies, Inc. I really liked them all, and I have trouble reading Gibson since getting into Dick.

Romania - I spent two weeks there in the summer of 2003. One week in Bucureşti and one week in Braşov. I loved it there! I think the language sounds really neat too. It was also where I found the only Fanta I really like: Fanta Shokata. It is made from elderberries.

World War I - I find myself interested in the Austro-Hungarian empire, and WWI marks the end of it. I also find the method of warfare interesting, and the culture that came out of it. Also the circumstances that led up to it.