Week 17 Questionnaire
1. Are you going to the midnight opening showing of Snakes on a Plane this week?
2. What 3 items would you want if you were trapped on a plane with deadly terrorist snakes?
3. Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” movie, starring Nicolas Cage. Is it too soon?
4. Will you see it?
5. You get an invitation to an event that specifies no gifts. Would you bring a gift anyways, or not?
6. Have you ever put a message in bottle?
7. If you decided to write one today, what would it say?
8. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. When do you go?
9. What do you order at Starbucks? (or you local coffee shop)
10. What shouldn’t people call your home state or town?
August 14th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
1. Are you going to the midnight opening showing of Snakes on a Plane this week?
You’d have to ask my wife…
2. What 3 items would you want if you were trapped on a plane with deadly terrorist snakes?
Snake Repellant Bat Spray! (Look at the bottom of this page, if you’re too young to remember this classic moment.).
After that took care of the snakes, I’d want a root beer, and maybe a book to enjoy the rest of the flight with.
3. Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” movie, starring Nicolas Cage. Is it too soon?
Not really. We need to remember that 3,000 people dying is bad, but in the scope of things, it’s pretty small. How many people died in tsunamis, earthquakes, mudslides, etc… since then? Or heck, in the middle east fighting now?
4. Will you see it?
Nope.
5. You get an invitation to an event that specifies no gifts. Would you bring a gift anyways, or not?
Probably not… Unless it was like the Calvin and Hobbes about Suzie’s birthday. (paraphrasing from memory of 16 years ago or something):
Hobbes: We should give her a can of tunafish!
Calvin: Why would she want that?!?!
Hobbes: Maybe she wouldn’t, and we could take it back, maybe borrow some bread and mayo….
6. Have you ever put a message in bottle?
I don’t think I have….
7. If you decided to write one today, what would it say?
“If you get this, please send help, I have discovered the ancient city of atlantis, but am stranded here. The city is amazing, and filled with treasure and amazing technologies. I found it at the intersection of….”
8. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. When do you go?
Probably feudal Japan.
9. What do you order at Starbucks? (or you local coffee shop)
Grande Soy Chai, which always gets called out again as a Hot Grande Tazo Chai Tea Latte with Soy Milk. Which just seems way too complex.
10. What shouldn’t people call your home state or town?
August 14th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
1. Are you going to the midnight opening showing of Snakes on a Plane this week?
No. The badness of it scares me. :p Blog about it. I will live vicariously.
2. What 3 items would you want if you were trapped on a plane with deadly terrorist snakes?
M-dog. She’d capture the snakes and make them beg for mercy. A venom-proof outfit, and snake poison.
3. Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” movie, starring Nicolas Cage. Is it too soon?
As long as there are survivors, it’s “too soon”. Raw nerves and all.
4. Will you see it?
Nah. being less than 70 blocks north during the actual event sort of killed it’s amusement factor for me.
5. You get an invitation to an event that specifies no gifts. Would you bring a gift anyways, or not?
If it specifies “no gifts” nah. If it doesn’t specify “gifts” or “no gifts”, maybe.
6. Have you ever put a message in bottle?
Constantly as a kid. I was convinced that the town I grew up in was a desert island, and I used to drop bottles with messages into the 10 mile river. Not that they went very far.
7. If you decided to write one today, what would it say?
“Breathe deep, seek peace.” Or I’d advertise my blog.
8. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. When do you go?
Long long ago. Or I’d go back in time to some of my times of teenage desperation, and convey some wisdom to save myself some pain.
9. What do you order at Starbucks? (or you local coffee shop)
Currently a small iced coffee, half decaf half regular. (if I’m at Starbucks) or if I’m at my neighborhood haunt, I usually order iced green tea or the new creation “Iced green tea latte” which is un.freaking.believable.
10. What shouldn’t people call your home state or town?
Taxachusetts. There are plenty of states that have more taxes. :p I live in one now.
August 15th, 2006 at 5:13 am
1. Are you going to the midnight opening showing of Snakes on a Plane this week?
A: Alas, my plane doesn’t land until midnight so unless it’s showing at Manchester airport, I’ll probably have to wait.
2. What 3 items would you want if you were trapped on a plane with deadly terrorist snakes?
a. leather coveralls
b. a flutophone so I could make them dance
c. the Bat-anti snake spray, Robin!
3. Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” movie, starring Nicolas Cage. Is it too soon?
A: No…from the previews it seems more a human interest story of man’s struggle against incredible odds. That’s appropriate anytime.
4. Will you see it?
A: Probably not until it’s on an airplane.
5. You get an invitation to an event that specifies no gifts. Would you bring a gift anyways, or not?
A: Probably not…but maybe a humorous card or some such.
6. Have you ever put a message in bottle?
A: No.
7. If you decided to write one today, what would it say?
A: “For amazing artwork and the best greeting cards ever, visit http://www.emmasart.com”
8. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. When do you go?
A: You mean Rufus, the late 70’s funk band fronted by Chaka Khan? I’d go anywhere (I mean anytime) with them!….otherwise, I’d go back to some longshot sports event (like the Mets winning the World Series in 1969) and bet $10,000 on 500-1 odds.
9. What do you order at Starbucks? (or you local coffee shop)
A: Venti triple soy latte.
10. What shouldn’t people call your home state or town?
A: The employment capital of the world (Central PA)
August 15th, 2006 at 9:45 am
I find it scary that Devon and I both came up with the Adam West Batman “solution” to the snake problem…Way too much bad 60’s TV for both of us I guess…
“With all due modesty Commissioner…if we can’t do it….Heaven knows, who can?”…
August 15th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Week 17 Questionnaire
1. Are you going to the midnight opening showing of Snakes on a Plane this week?
No because a) I can’t stay up that late anymore b) I’ll be waiting for your dad to come home and c) too sckeered
2. What 3 items would you want if you were trapped on a plane with deadly terrorist snakes?
a) first class seating, just because; b) fine champagne – might as well go down with the best; and c) a tribe of mongooses
3. Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” movie, starring Nicolas Cage. Is it too soon?
Oh I don’t know, it just isn’t something I’d pay to see.
4. Will you see it?
Not if I have to pay for it.
5. You get an invitation to an event that specifies no gifts. Would you bring a gift anyways, or not?
Yes. They never really mean that, and I’d want to show my appreciation for whatever work was done to entertain or feed me. And I don’t want to run the risk of being considered cheap. There’s always some small thoughtful thing you can give to the host or their kids or charity or whatnot.
6. Have you ever put a message in bottle?
I think so, when I was a kid.
7. If you decided to write one today, what would it say?
“My son wouldn’t return this, will you?”
8. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. When do you go?
Back to when my dad was still living, so I could give him one last hug and tell him all about his wonderful grandkids
9. What do you order at Starbucks? (or you local coffee shop)
A double or triple espresso
10. What shouldn’t people call your home state or town?
Chesterfield – a dry town