"i ate some bugs / i ate some grass / i used my hand / to wipe my tears"

[a_leprechaun]

50 BOOKS
21)) A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin
22)) The Jerk With the Cell Phone, Barbara Pachter and Susan Magee
23)) Dave Barry's Greatest Hits

I would've liked to get to 25 by the end of June. I dunno how much reading I'll be getting done in July and August (Japan-time). Of course, there's always the flight there and back...

*points to subject line* Saw Nacho Libre yesterday. The most objective review I can give is that if you like Napolean Dynomite, you'll like it (and vice versa). Same brand of dead-pan comedy. Non-objectively, I thought it was lots of fun. ^__^

So. I'm in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Hangin' out with John's fambly. His sister is way into soccar, so I'm getting pretty informed about the World Cup. We're watching the the USA/Ghana game right now... It's 1-2, Ghana. BOO.

A Ghanese (or however you'd say it) guy just fell down.....
Wow, he looks really hurt. o_O

Well anyway, the game's only just started the second half, so America has time to pull ahead. USA! USA! :P

Today we're going to a town called Frankenmooth. It's supposed has a lot of cool stuff there, though I think their main attraction is to sound like the name of a moose monster with a lisp.

Memeage from lassarina. Comment and say so if you want me to answer for you:

1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you (answers in a comment, or email to e-mark@northwestern.edu if you want privacy)
8. Repost this if you fancy.

WARNING: Response time may vary and may possibly take a day or two.

Comments

Exciting research opportunity!

[adampb.livejournal.com]

Requesting meme. I have my reasons. (takes out pad and paper, scribbles notes, hides them from everybody)




Of course, there's always the flight there and back...

Minus ten points for missing potential "There and Back Again" reference. Most disappointing. (clucks tongue)

Re: Exciting research opportunity!

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

1. You're the only person I've met who's obsessed with Ghostbusters (hurray for unique fandoms).
2. I might challenge you to write something opposite to your usual stuff... Maybe a horror piece.
3. Black. The icon you used may have swayed me; I'm not sure.
4. You actually have the motivation to get things done in your chosen field.
5. Tremere Prom my freshman year, chatting about Coach Z.
6. A bear, for your general physicality and your hugs.
7. Which do you like more, writing or directing?

Re: Exciting research opportunity!

[adampb.livejournal.com]

(7) Writing. In part 'cause I'm better at it, in my own opinion. (Though I'm getting to enjoy directing more and more as I get better at it.) For me it comes down to a simple choice: if God decreed I must either never write again, or never direct again, I'd protect my pen and ditch the megaphone.


As for (2), as you know to an extent I'm trying to do different things. But it's also true that there are many degrees of "different", and I certainly have not written any horror. Worth thinking about.
For curiousity/clarification, how would YOU define my "usual stuff" -- I know I have a clear opinion of what the Typical Bertocci Script is and isn't, but your mileage may vary...

Re: Exciting research opportunity!

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

I would say a run-of-the-mill Bertocci script is one with a lot of introspection. If there's romance, it's kind of subdued (instead of passionate, "OMG LUV" kind of romance). Usually with a hopeful ending.

[lassarina]

Me please!

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

1. You probably have more gaming knowledge than I ever will have.
2. Well, since I've done it and you haven't... Skydiving! Heheheheh.
3. Green... it was the first one to come to mind. I think it can be both mellow and energetic, like you.
4. You have one of the most interesting ways of talking as anyone I know.
5. The farthest back I can remember is you wearing a pink wig and short skirt XD Yay Brujah!
6. A chipmunk. I'm not sure why; maybe it's your bounciness.
7. Do you have any techniques for getting as much writing done as you do?

[lassarina]

*laughs* Oh my, if you think I write a lot, you should see edenbound. I'm much better at ideas than I am at carrying through, sadly. But one of my usual tricks is music. Music tends to inspire me and to keep me going. Also, I have a wonderful beta in celeloriel, who reads over stuff and tells me additional things she wants to see.

Mostly, though, it's just grim determination :D (We never did do our weekly writing meetings. We should totally do that when you get back from Japan!)

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

Mm, beta. I oughta get me one-a those.

And yes! Writing meetings ^__^ We should. There's a chance I'll be getting a laptop for Japan, so that would make it easier.

[lassarina]

That would be totally sweet.

I'll offer to beta for any fandoms I know :)

[intorporeal.livejournal.com]

Me too! I don't think we know each other very well, which really will just make it more interesting =)

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

1. You're one of the only people I know with a goatee. Possibly the only one.
2. Ever done martial arts? Cause they are cool. You should do them.
3. Red... I'm not sure, but I think you've got this red hoodie thing you tie around your waist. Or else I'm crazy.
4. You're a laid-back, chill kinda guy.
5. I don't remember the first time I ever saw/met you, but I do recall the random times John & I kept running into you around Evanston :P
6. An otter. I swear I thought of this before I realized there was one in your icon, but maybe I was being effected subliminally. Still. Otter.
7. How long have you had that goatee, anyway?

[intorporeal.livejournal.com]

The critter in my icon is actually a ferret, not an otter. Otters are cool too though. I've had it for... I dunno, a little over a year, I think.

[herod-the-nut.livejournal.com]

I want one too!

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[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

1. Sometimes you take in a breath like you're about to say something, but don't say anything. You may recall I'd get rather confused at this in the past :P
2. ...write a web-comic? :D
3. Off-white, like many of your t-shirts.
4. Eyes. Smile. Laugh. Kisses.
5. You crouching in the Parkes hall in your Mikey costume, scratching behind your ear.
6. Panda. Not quite as lazy, but just as cuddly.
7. What do you like so much about Stephen King? (forgive me if we've had this conversation before. shifty eyes.)

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

Also: woojie powers!!

(beep.)

[herod-the-nut.livejournal.com]

Woooooooojie!!!!

As for the Stephen King part, the first one of his books that I read was the third part of the Dark Tower series, which is one of his best things he's done. I really liked it and started reading some of his other stuff (starting with the really well-known stuff: It, The Shining, etc.). After a while, I started catching onto all of the little interconnected things he drops in. At some point I decided that I was going to read everything he wrote, mostly as some kind of absurd geek badge.

Also, I like the way he writes.

[scytheandroses.livejournal.com]

You were in Michigan? XD Ah, fun for you.

Frankenmuth = Scary Christmas store of doom. That is all.

P.S. W00t-w00t for the Martin book. :D

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

YES. Of DOOM. And it's not just a Christmas store, it's a CHRISTmas store. Yet it is full of Santa. *eyeroll* I'm not sure which is sadder, the statement or the contradiction.

It was fun to walk through half a football field's worth of ornaments, tho. :D Made me feel all holiday-y.