Let me talk about YOU

[sealwhiskers]

This thing has been around LJ for some time and pops up now and again. I figure I'd defiantly do it once more in the (supposedly) twilight years of LJ. It's been years since I did anything like it, and it's been 3-4 years since I wrote about my lj buddies, so this can be a sort of appetizer to doing that

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[chocolatebark]

I remember something like this going around a few years back--was pretty fun at the time!

[sealwhiskers]

1. You were one of those peeps who were around for a long time, friend of friends, funny, self depreciating etc. I just liked your style and then you commented in a post of mine on horror flicks so I just went ahead and friended you.

2. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The old BBC mini series with Alec Guinness. You are good with subtle appreciation of quality tv and film from all kinds of eras.

3. You wear a hat sometimes and you're a teacher who writes a novel.

4. You commented in a common friend's journal and two things stood out. You had one of the best usernames ever, and you used the word "fillums" for films.

5. I don't know why, but you remind me a little of Giles in Buffy.

6. Who's your favorite lady character/archetype in film/lit/graphic lit/art?

7. I have two, the one with the body snatched Southerland and the one with the bear sticking out his tongue.

[chocolatebark]

I don't remember the horror film post! Interesting! uh..............Question 6. Favorite character/archetype--that's...a really tricky question actually, pretty wide-ranging. I have extremely soft spots for Granny Weatherwax and Crazy Jane, though--for nostalgic/growing up reasons, if I could cheat I would say Sigourney Weaver (not any of her characters, just Sigourney Weaver)

I guess in more general sense of archetypes, can't go wrong with the woman who lives in the woods.

[sealwhiskers]

Of course I can! (I may just be a bit less accurate than I'd been with more time, so you'll have to pardon me that)

1. You commented and you seemed really nice, plus, icons with kittens, hello!

2. Lain! We discussed the series and recently you posted a pic of you where your hairstyle gave me a Lain vibe!

3. You have an uber-cute daughter that looks a lot like you!

4. We discussed teaching and healthcare, Canada vs. the US.

5. The girl in Spirited Away. I have no clue why, maybe you remind me a little of how I envisioned her to be when she grew up.

6. What do you miss most from your old country. (except healthcare, which I know we've covered)

7. Staring green-eyed kitten!

[sealwhiskers]

I cannot tell you enough how true this is:

I miss my friends more than my family. For family, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's so well put I could have it framed.

[blue_mangos]

me please, this looks fun! Although you're going to have trouble with the icon one as I am generally too lazy to change my icon even though I have others.

[sealwhiskers]

1. You just seemed like a really decent and smart human being in an environment where everybody and their hamster were flexing and sniffing each others asses.

2. Amanda Palmer's "No Surprises". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAk93YZgTts

3. You used to run track and be good at sports! (heck, maybe you still are..)

4. Some exchange of mutual respect between Canadians and Swedes in country cliche hour over at T_P. There were a lot of similarities in the analysis!

5. Jules Paxton in Bend it like Beckham. Not sure why, but there it is!

6. What do you like to read? some favorite books of yours!

7. The one with you in the hat and the one with the Mark Twain quote!

[blue_mangos]

No, I don't run anymore but I miss it. I got hit by a SUV in 2001 and my body just won't allow me to do that anymore.

Books! I read just about anything I can get my hands on but I prefer fiction to non-fiction. My favourites have been The Book of Negroes, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Say You're One of Them and in classics The Awakening by Kate Chopin. And my favourite book of all time is Little Women. I reread it once a year or two.

[sealwhiskers]

Two ppl have recommended the Henrietta Lacks book by now, maybe I should look into that...

[sealwhiskers]

1. You were completely un-irritating in a place with many irritating people.

2. The Decemberists' "Calamity Song". Don't ask why, because I have no good answer, except it's a really good song and I thought of you.

3. Your wife saved you, but you were a good guy even before that.

4. You said something very decent about women and gender equality when shit was flying around that was pretty dismal.

5. Leonard from The Big Bang Theory.

6. You're a combo of honest and diplomatic, which is rather rare, how did you develop those skills?

7. You have many that I like; you and your daughter, the Sicilian laughing, Pretty Spock, non-merry Whorf and facepalm with Picard.

[seamusd]

About the only thing I miss about FB are those little endorphin rushes one gets from responses.

[sealwhiskers]

1. Gods, it was a long time ago, right? You are a great poet and gave great critiques, which I'm sure played into it.

2. Neil Young - Comes a Time.

3. You're a fun person to hang out with. Smart and educated in a laid back way.

4. Your vote on my poems and in real life, hanging out at that Greek place in Chicago.

5. Jeff Lebowski of course! Duh!

6. You used to play music, why did you stop? (or maybe you didn't...)

7. Dude! It's sooo Lebowski!

[seamusd]

Actually, in mid-2009, I picked up my guitar again for the first time in years and have been playing a lot since. I stopped playing in my early 20s for several reasons. First, I've always been interested in many subjects, and as I got older, I found other things more interesting, such as photography and chess. Also, I was never very good at music, but in my teens, I wanted to be in a band with my friends. When I realized I'd never get rich playing music (for sheer lack of talent!), I got bored and stopped. But since I've been playing again, I've been enjoying it a great deal, probably because I don't take it so seriously anymore.

[seamusd]

By the way, I'm going to have to learn that song again. I love Neil Young and like to play several of his songs already: Tell Me Why, After the Gold Rush, Thrasher, Heart of Gold.