filmnoir

Yeah, I know I'm a little late, but here is a meme borrowed from stefanie_bean regarding banned books from libraries (last week was a national week commemorating this). Hmm....I have read quite a bit.

( Banned Books Meme )

Could this be 3-D Warhol? heh


And like writing, one should show rather than tell betimes in relationships.

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Here's a meme borrowed from sevenjades and max_ambiguity

RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs. No tags.

( My Answers )

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I was tagged by irisira03

Write a journal entry for this meme with six random facts about yourself. Then, pick six of your friends list and tag them - no tagbacks. These rules should be included in your entry.

1. I once worked as a seismicgrapher for the Shell Oil Company. I was talked into it by a friend who was doing the same thing. I only lasted one day. For one thing, I met up with a crew well before sunrise, the other guys being a slight step above criminal, and rode two hours into the swamps of Montmerency County (NE, lower peninsula MI) where we proceeded to trapse through bog and woods until dark that evening. My job was initially to pack into drilled holes charges of explosive with a wood stick then after some large guy with a remote detonator blew up the charge--often raising large clumps of ground to treetops--I would have to go after them and pick up the wires that were not incinerated. It is as close to a hellish job as I ever want to come close to again.

2. I realized more so this weekend my Mom can be embarassing when she doesn't shut up sometimes.

3. The second day I had moved to Detroit to attend college I walked over to Trumbull Avenue which borders the WSU campus and walked down to Tiger Stadium when it was still open to see my first major league ballgame. The Tigers played the Red Sox and a guy named Fielder hit one out of the stadium onto Chrysler Freeway (I-75). Still, it took 10 innings for the Tigers to win; I still have the ticket stub. I have wideangle pictures from inside and outside that I may scan and post here sometime.

4. I thought about N. the other day, the first woman I truly was in love with. This was tempered with regret for being so immature then as to screw everything up. I don't know why I brought that up, it's something I normally don't like to talk about.

5. I used to have a beard when I was in college. It was fairly big and often unkempt; scary looking too, yeesh. I'm glad it's gone, it always made me have a nervous tic about it, always fidgeting with it with one hand, esp the chin. If you seen anyone with a beard who does this, dear readers, that's really what it is.

6. I like a clean household with not too many things taking up space just because it's possible.

I tag ...
flaquita
lulurenegade
stefanie_bean
trouble_brewing
my_daroga
viana_qoh

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Borrowed from my_daroga and stefanie_bean that is also based on the BBC's Big Read List, here is a meme of what I own and/or have read from their list (in BOLD).

( Film's Book List )

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Here is an interesting meme from lulurenegade :)

( Blue Booked Test )

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Here is a meme that asks you to fill in the first ideas that pop into your head in response to each respective question. Then repost 5 various questions in your journal to see what responses come from your friends.

1. When a woman becomes President of the United States, these three things should also happen:

2. Will David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson be forever typecast as Mulder and Scully and thus relegated to theatre work for the rest of their acting careers?

3. Do you think ipod and satellite music will usurp airwave radio?

4. Does the phrase "12 mini-dates lasting 6 minutes each" seem like a commodification of relationships/dating?

5. Should movies begin telling stories again instead of displaying effects gadgetry (Norman Jewison, Irving Thalberg Award acceptance speech, 1999 Oscars)?

My response=1st comment

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Borrowed from l_aurens

Please leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me-- it can only be one word long. Then copy and paste this in your journal so that I may leave a word about you.

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From lethebasii and misfitina

This gives a sense of where you all are located. Cool, huh? :)

ETA: please leave something in the comments to let me know who you are. :)


Put Your Visitors on a Map!

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A meme from arthippy

Once you are tagged you MUST write a blog about 5 weird habits/things about you, as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names.

1. I sometimes eat Pop Tarts after pool league nights, whatever time it is, usually late.

2. I do pick up pennies I find lying on the ground. All pennies end up in an old coffee can that holds when full ~$30.

3. Lately, before watching the featured title, I've been watching all of the DVD extras when there are some. I always hated to do that before but now I do it all the time. I can't explain why or when the shift occurred.

4. I've thought about starting correspondance (email or regular mail) with someone who lives far off but prolly still in this country.

5. I think I mentioned this before, my tendency still to sleep on my bed leaving room for someone else. Keeping the other part filled has been the real challenge.

Okay, I tag: l_aurens, viana_qoh, libwitch, trouble_brewing and adams_eve

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Here is a detailed meme borrowed from trouble_brewing

( Friday Meme )

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