Meme Monday

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18 and find line 4.

cigarette and still another, until the Kraut across the way,

[That’s from A Very Long Engagement]

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, what do you find?

Empty air

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

The Big Love premiere last night. Yawn.

4. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

Ah. My iTunes. On Shuffle. Glory. I am now participating in the technological revolution.

Last 10 songs on the shuffle were:

Peacherine Rag – Scott Joplin
Go Away – Lorrie Morgan
Forgiveness – Patty Griffin
City of Blinding Lights – U2
Let Love Rule – Lenny Kravitz
You Can’t Hurry Love – Stray Cats
Lucky – Radiohead
Hercules Unchained – Pat McCurdy
World of Two – Cake
About a Girl – Nirvana
One Day I’ll Fly Away – Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge soundtrack)

5. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

Uhm – walking. Whatever. I was outside. Dumb question.

6. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?

I looked deep within my soul.

7. What are you wearing?

Brown skirt with little beaded embroidered flowers on it. A camisole-y top of a deep plum color. A brown jacket.

8. Did you dream last night?

Yeah.

9. When did you last laugh?

Last night, watching Dave Chappelle’s HBO comedy special. I was howling.

10. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

A huge map of Ireland (an old map – it has sea monsters on the side of the map, stuff like that). Also my shadow box thing I bought at a flea market. I put all my knick knacks in there. Also the painting my mom did of maple-syrup buckets on the side of a tree. Also my two framed things from Trinity College in Dublin: the 1916 Proclamation and a page from the Book of Kells. Also the photograph by Sam Shaw of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. Oh, and also a world map above my desk.

11. Seen anything weird lately?

I tried on a top yesterday that looked really good on the hanger and looked absolutely heinous on me. That was pretty weird.

12. What do you think of this quiz?

Not too wacky about it, to be honest with you.

13. What is the last film you saw?

Hustle and Flow. I need to talk about Terrence Howard. I’ll get to it someday.

14. If you turned a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?

A house. A car. A DVD player.

15. Tell me something about you that I don’t know.

I am very freckled – and apparently the freckles on my left cheek look like the constellation for Libra. Or so I’ve been told.

16. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt and politics, what would you do?

Are we talking magical powers here? Like wave a magic wand? I’d make my friend Beth’s MS disappear.

17. Do you like to Dance?

Yeah.

18. George Bush.

He seems a little dehydrated these days. Drink 8 glasses of water a day, dude. Very important.

19. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

Moira.

20. Imagine your first child is a boy, what would you call him?

I like Ciarán.

21. Would you ever consider living abroad?

In a heartbeat.

22. What would you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?

“Yes. There are aliens living on other planets. You’ve always wanted to know, and I am now confirming it.”

23. 4 people who must also do this theme in their journal.

I just don’t do that. Sorry.

From Beth

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26 Responses to Meme Monday

  1. Wutzizname says:

    OH MY GAWD Big Love sucked.

    I saw it, and started having flashbacks to my Summer of 98 where I had to work on a title in Salt Lake City (which reminds me, find ‘Outburst’ in a software store, and buy it it’s prolly like $8 by now.)

    For a month.

    Utah scares me.

  2. red says:

    I remember you telling me that story about the other black guy crossing the street just to talk to you? hahahaha Like: Oh my God! There’s another black person!! I must go talk to him!!

  3. red says:

    And yeah – I just thought it was BORING. How you could make that subject matter boring I don’t know – but that show managed to do it.

    The best part was out on the compound – with that fanTASTIC actress who played his mother – she’s been around forever, and she’s always good. I thought that part was good – but – the rest of it was just a big YAWN.

  4. Bryan says:

    I don’t think I’m going to do the whole quiz, but as for questions, 19 and 20:

    19. Imagine your first child is a boy, what would you call her?

    Ludmilla

    20. Imagine your first child is a boy, what would you call him?

    Aloysius Xavier

    (Just kidding, I’m not that cruel.)

  5. red says:

    Ludmilla – hahahahaha I am imagining her growing up to be an opera star. Wearing a horned Viking helmet.

  6. Hank says:

    Ludmilla?

    Sure hope Julia Roberts doesn’t hear that one.

  7. red says:

    I think I’m the only one on the planet who thinks Hazel and Phineas are both adorable names!!

    Better than Apple. Better than Moon Unit. hahahaha

  8. Cullen says:

    Don’t think I’ll be doing this one either, but I love question #1:

    adopted in the interests

    From the “anti-” entry in the Associated Press Stylebook, 2004 edition.

  9. Ann Marie says:

    This weekend, my 9-year old niece Molly told me what she was going to name her children:
    (I’m not sure of spellings here)
    1. Geoffrey
    2. Geofferina
    (she’s a little obsessed about giraffes)
    3. Tifwaska (I spelled it how she said it)
    4. There was another one, but I couldn’t get past Tifwaska
    We asked her if she thought her kids might get a little teased (esp. poor Geofferina and Tifwaska). Her answer: “Yea, but that’s the hilarious part. If they don’t like it, they can just move away.”
    She also informed me that she was a comedian and a little rambuctious. And then spelled rambuctious for me. :-)

  10. Bryan says:

    “Ludmilla” is actually a tribute to my linguistics professor in graduate school who whenever she was illustrating some point about syntax theory would create a sentence in which the names Ludmilla and Poindexter occurred as either subject or direct object. About halfway through the semester, someone finally asked, “Whatever happened to John and Mary?”

  11. red says:

    Ann – hahahahaha Tifwaska

    How old is Molly now??

  12. Lisa says:

    Alex told me this weekend that he wanted to name his first son Xavier and his second son Brian.

    I said I thought that would give poor Brian a complex.

  13. red says:

    hahahahahaha Yeah, really!!

  14. Bryan says:

    Actually, I think Brian would have been grateful that he had been spared Xavier’s suffering. :)

    Which is pretty much how I feel about what some of my friends actually have been naming their children. I think, “Oh, man, I’m sure glad my parents didn’t give me a name like that.”

  15. Lisa says:

    Hahaahaha! We were watching the A-10 Championship at the time he made the pronouncement, however, so “Xavier” may have been in response to their win.

    Otherwise, it would’ve be Brian, younger brother of St. Joseph.

  16. Bryan says:

    You mean the Biblical St. Joseph? I didn’t know he had a named younger brother? And here all this time I thought I had been named after a Pagan Irish king.

  17. tracey says:

    Terence Howard!!! Oh, MAN!! I’ve been meaning to talk about him, too. Talking about him is a must.
    What about that SCENE — without giving too much away — with the necklace and what she says to him and EVERYTHING?

    I just loved that moment. SO much.

  18. red says:

    tracey – unbelievable. That whole scene was just unbelievable – I literally gasped out loud at the resolution of the scene – you know, when he bursts back into the house?? I so did not see that coming – and … man. It was so so real. There’s so much to discuss – I mean, the fact that he did Crash and that part in the same year … I mean, what?? He’s an awwwwwwwwesome actor. I’ve had my eye on that guy since his tiny part in Holland’s Opus.

  19. Stevie says:

    “Living abroad” – oh YEAH! The coolest thing about being an ESL instructor is that in a year, I qualify to teach in one of the 60+ countries the company serves. Every day I scan the list of international want-ads and dreammmmmm – Italy, Serbia, Argentina, China, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Portugal, Belgium – sigh. Gives me hope for the future (and a good reason not to purchase any house plants).

    How about it, Sheila – join me in _____________?

  20. red says:

    Stevie – I cannot expect you to join me in Iran – so let’s say …. Ireland? France? Italy? China??

  21. Stevie says:

    I’m sure Iran would be amazing, but Italy might be more relaxing. I have a feeling, though, that anywhere in the world with YOU would be a blast!

  22. red says:

    I also could wear a tank top in Italy without fear of religious retribution. Ahhhhhhh …

    Stevie – I’ve been loving your posts about teaching, by the way. I think it’s so great what you’re doing!!

  23. tracey says:

    And, you know, I really LIKED the way he did “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.” Hated it at the Oscars, though. It just had so much more meaning IN CONTEXT, which is why I think people were scratching their heads about the song at the Oscars. His vocals, HER vocals. I just loved it.

  24. Just1Beth says:

    #16- Awww… you are so sweet. But like I said, I am still in denial. Ran 3 miles in 29.59min (tried like hell to do it in under 30 minutes) and then went and lifted weights. It is “National MS Awareness Week” and it is making me stick my head even further in the sand… hey! What’s that kid eating with chopsticks doin’??

  25. Stevie says:

    Thanks, Sheila! I even consulted Beth the other day because I remembered she’s a second grade teacher and I’m going to be instructing a 7-year-old.

    Beth gave me great ideas. (Thanks Beth!)

    ANOTHER great moment in blogfriend rondelay. :)

  26. red says:

    Stevie – I absolutely LOVE that. Beth is such a go-to kind of person – I’m so glad you reached out to her. I’m all choked up about it!

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