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stealthpup with the 100-items meme.
1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that you have in common with me.
3. Whatever you don't bold, replace with things about you.
01. I like all pasta, but prefer it with cream sauces.
02. I admire passion.
03. I dig computers.
04. Cello music hits me at the visceral level, much like violin music affected The Creature in Young Frankenstein
05. I hate cleaning the litterbox
06. my politics tend toward left of center
07. I like where I live
08. I worry about pain far more than about death.
09. I love facial hair
10. I wish our society (myself included) were less materialistic.
11. I like shopping online when I know eactly what I want to get.
12. I like living by myself.
13. I prefer creamy salad dressing to oil and vinegar.
14. I only own a television so I can watch videos.
15. I would like to be in better shape.
16. My worst subject in school was physical education.
17. I love cats.
18. One of the best ways I know to unwind is to play piano.
19. I bought most of my t-shirts at Value Village.
20. I hate junk mail.
21. One of my dreams is to explore the Amazon.
22. As a teenager I got my thrills out of looking at underwear ads.
23. I like most music except rap and heavy metal.
24. I like to drink every once in a while.
25. I am more of a sweet tooth than a chocoholic.
26. I love cooking and baking.
27. I love hearing new kinds of (good) music.
28. My favourite composer is Sibelius.
29. I am a LiveJournal regular.
30. I am a colorist.
31. I buy one pair of jeans and make them last a year.
32. One of my dreams is to get a novel published.
33. Muscular arms and shoulders turn me on.
34. Seeing an orchestra perform live is one of the most moving experiences I know.
35. I am skeptical.
36. I think libel is one of the worst things you can do.
37. I think rape is even worse, though.
38. I want to go on a cruise.
39. I prefer a sexual partner who is taller than me.
40. I'm different.
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing. Still, I'll like almost anything just because the person took the time to pick it out.
42. I'm more impressed when people are generous with their time than with their money.
43. I am good at drawing.
44. I know a little German.
45. I also suck at playing basketball.
46. I would like to read more books than I can afford to buy.
47. I wish I had some land on which to grow most of my own food.
48. I like meat. Meat good. Yay.
49. Sometimes cats are smarter than people.
50. I always say hello to cats or dogs I meet on the street.
51. I can be a slob
52. My memory sucks.
53. I am insecure about A LOT of things.
54. I am very irritable when I'm tired.
55. I've never tried eating cous cous with my hands.
56. I usually don't react emotionally to things until later.
57. I once wanted to be a priest. (more precisely, a pastor.)
58. I am a reasonably good cook.
59. I can be impatient.
60. I love dogs and cats.
61. I remember perhaps one dream in 50.
62. I have difficulty looking others in the eye during conversation.
63. I am a gay man.
64. I find driving stressful and would rather be a passenger.
65. I have often been told I'm a great kisser.
66. I have one living grandmother.
67. I hate being too hot. And too cold. But I can tolerate some excessive heat.
68. I hate having to put up with idiots.
69. I love sharp cheese.
70. I am fond of threesomes.
71. My favorite hot drink is coffee.
72. If WWF and similar types of wrestling, as well as the Jerry Springer Show, disappeared from the television landscape, I would have greater faith and hope in the quality of the human spirit.
73. I haven't been to the east coast yet this year. The last time was 1990.
74. I love to travel.
75. Sometimes I wish I had better gaydar.
76. I'm barely in touch with anyone I went to primary school with.
77. I am moody.
78. I wish I could be more blunt and forthright with people when I think they're wrong.
79. I like going to the cinema.
80. I love being inside when it's raining heavily.
81. I would like a job working in a greenhouse.
82. I am easily annoyed by complainers.
83. I own many houseplants.
84. I like to be spoiled once in a while.
85. I'm an introvert
86. I love open fires.
87. Music, more than anything else, can sometimes move me to tears.
88. I would like to go back to school.
89. There is probably something else I should be doing rather than this.
90. I wonder if I should take up the clarinet again.
91. I often have difficulty expressing myself, and say "Um" a lot.
92. I can be pretty quiet ... until I know you.
93. I like performing but I'm terrified of having to improvise.
94. I am unsure of our planet's future.
95. I enjoy sex very much.
96. I dread boredom.
97. I would like to win the lottery so I could devote my time to writing and making art without anxiety.
98. I'm happiest living in the moment when I don't have to worry about the future.
99. I love World Music.
100. I rarely get six hours of sleep in a night.
stealthpup with the 100-items meme.1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that you have in common with me.
3. Whatever you don't bold, replace with things about you.
01. I like all pasta, but prefer it with cream sauces.
02. I admire passion.
03. I dig computers.
04. Cello music hits me at the visceral level, much like violin music affected The Creature in Young Frankenstein
05. I hate cleaning the litterbox
06. my politics tend toward left of center
07. I like where I live
08. I worry about pain far more than about death.
09. I love facial hair
10. I wish our society (myself included) were less materialistic.
11. I like shopping online when I know eactly what I want to get.
12. I like living by myself.
13. I prefer creamy salad dressing to oil and vinegar.
14. I only own a television so I can watch videos.
15. I would like to be in better shape.
16. My worst subject in school was physical education.
17. I love cats.
18. One of the best ways I know to unwind is to play piano.
19. I bought most of my t-shirts at Value Village.
20. I hate junk mail.
21. One of my dreams is to explore the Amazon.
22. As a teenager I got my thrills out of looking at underwear ads.
23. I like most music except rap and heavy metal.
24. I like to drink every once in a while.
25. I am more of a sweet tooth than a chocoholic.
26. I love cooking and baking.
27. I love hearing new kinds of (good) music.
28. My favourite composer is Sibelius.
29. I am a LiveJournal regular.
30. I am a colorist.
31. I buy one pair of jeans and make them last a year.
32. One of my dreams is to get a novel published.
33. Muscular arms and shoulders turn me on.
34. Seeing an orchestra perform live is one of the most moving experiences I know.
35. I am skeptical.
36. I think libel is one of the worst things you can do.
37. I think rape is even worse, though.
38. I want to go on a cruise.
39. I prefer a sexual partner who is taller than me.
40. I'm different.
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing. Still, I'll like almost anything just because the person took the time to pick it out.
42. I'm more impressed when people are generous with their time than with their money.
43. I am good at drawing.
44. I know a little German.
45. I also suck at playing basketball.
46. I would like to read more books than I can afford to buy.
47. I wish I had some land on which to grow most of my own food.
48. I like meat. Meat good. Yay.
49. Sometimes cats are smarter than people.
50. I always say hello to cats or dogs I meet on the street.
51. I can be a slob
52. My memory sucks.
53. I am insecure about A LOT of things.
54. I am very irritable when I'm tired.
55. I've never tried eating cous cous with my hands.
56. I usually don't react emotionally to things until later.
57. I once wanted to be a priest. (more precisely, a pastor.)
58. I am a reasonably good cook.
59. I can be impatient.
60. I love dogs and cats.
61. I remember perhaps one dream in 50.
62. I have difficulty looking others in the eye during conversation.
63. I am a gay man.
64. I find driving stressful and would rather be a passenger.
65. I have often been told I'm a great kisser.
66. I have one living grandmother.
67. I hate being too hot. And too cold. But I can tolerate some excessive heat.
68. I hate having to put up with idiots.
69. I love sharp cheese.
70. I am fond of threesomes.
71. My favorite hot drink is coffee.
72. If WWF and similar types of wrestling, as well as the Jerry Springer Show, disappeared from the television landscape, I would have greater faith and hope in the quality of the human spirit.
73. I haven't been to the east coast yet this year. The last time was 1990.
74. I love to travel.
75. Sometimes I wish I had better gaydar.
76. I'm barely in touch with anyone I went to primary school with.
77. I am moody.
78. I wish I could be more blunt and forthright with people when I think they're wrong.
79. I like going to the cinema.
80. I love being inside when it's raining heavily.
81. I would like a job working in a greenhouse.
82. I am easily annoyed by complainers.
83. I own many houseplants.
84. I like to be spoiled once in a while.
85. I'm an introvert
86. I love open fires.
87. Music, more than anything else, can sometimes move me to tears.
88. I would like to go back to school.
89. There is probably something else I should be doing rather than this.
90. I wonder if I should take up the clarinet again.
91. I often have difficulty expressing myself, and say "Um" a lot.
92. I can be pretty quiet ... until I know you.
93. I like performing but I'm terrified of having to improvise.
94. I am unsure of our planet's future.
95. I enjoy sex very much.
96. I dread boredom.
97. I would like to win the lottery so I could devote my time to writing and making art without anxiety.
98. I'm happiest living in the moment when I don't have to worry about the future.
99. I love World Music.
100. I rarely get six hours of sleep in a night.
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Date: 2003-12-21 12:22 am (UTC)Okay, I can't let this one go by. Please note that I am in agreement about Jerry Springer.
However, I must insist on a retraction regarding Sports Entertainment. Or at least an amendment.
Do you feel similarly about professional sports such as football and baseball and basketball? Because that is where I would have greater faith and hope in the quality of the human spirit, if those sports, and some others, went away. No Sports Entertainment figure is paid the millions of dollars football and basketball players are. Some of them make a lot of money, but that much. And the unfathomable amount of endorsement income professional athletes make does not compare to Sports Entertainers, who just do not have the same opportunities because they are not "real athletes".
...Which of course is not true. Sports Entertainers work their asses off to be in shape, practice their moves, and have to be actual actors as well. The falls and hits are not fake, they're real. Yeah, the ring is designed to lessen impact and make it appear more dangerous than it is. That's part of the act. Those men and women take their lives into their own and each other's hands, more so than many other athletes, three and four times a week. All it takes is a bad fall or a wrongly placed kick to be paralyzed for life or debilitated for months or years.
So why do it? Ask a professional athlete why they do what they do, and the answer will generally be, "I love the game." Ask a Sports Entertainer why, the answer will be "I love the fans." And they do. For a couple of hours, they make millions of people forget about why they hate their jobs or how they won't be able to afford braces for their fourth child or when they will be out of debt. These same people are well aware they're watching a fiction. Ever been to a WWE event? It is amazing. Everyone is there for the same reason - to have a good time. No one is there to watch the opposing team get trounced so s/he can win $50 in a bet or feel like part of some grand community of local sports fans. Sports Entertainment fans are quite aware of the absurdity of it all. That's what makes it so much fun. Whereas, at a football game, it's all so serious! "Win, dammit, win!" "You idiot, Helen Keller could have caught that pass!" "No, NO, NO!!! What the f*ck are you doing??" "LOOOO-SER!!!" (And it's even worse if the team is actually winning!) What's absurd, again? Everyone booing the Undertaker because he's the "heel" tonight? Hey, Good v. Evil is a classic theme. Who wouldn't want to picture their crapola boss getting pummeled in the ring by the "face" (good guy)?
Fans of Sports Entertainment are able to suspend their disbelief as a child would, be self-conscious of their silliness, and have a sense of humor about it all. That says a lot about the quality of the human spirit.
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Date: 2003-12-21 06:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-21 08:34 am (UTC)I know, it was just a silly survey.
I don't watch TV
There's something I wish I could say. (I did peak at your Interests and found Queer as Folk and Star Trek, so you must watch a little TV.) Each year there is a crop of shows I watch - usually by videotaping and watching later without commercials. When a series ends, I swear to myself I won't start watching anything new, until I am finally free of TV's death-grip. Of course, some new show comes on that I get addicted to, and I haven't been able to get that monkey off my back.
But as I detest sensationalism and violence
I find boxing completely detestable for this very reason. Nor can I think of a better way to describe what W. is doing in the Middle East than "sensationalism and violence".
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Date: 2003-12-21 09:05 am (UTC)no subject
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