but private gun ownership isn't legal where I live, aka, EVERYONE I KNOW IS EVIL
.intro post
(or, as close to one as you're going to get)
more here, and a profile post over here.
You can find out a whole lot about what I'm like from these. :D
These are the books I like to read. (also, Harry Dresden).
I do think you know everything you need to know about the persona behind this journal via the profile, and, well, even this.
thesoulwithin asked me in that five-question meme:
Question: #1 all-time favorite song. If you can't pick, a song that's a good pick-me-up (may be rock, pop, rap- whatever floats your boat).
To really answer, I need to make a mix tape, but here's some of the songs I love:
Lollipop, Mika. (God, it is so, so, so happy). But my real feel-good song for this guy is still Grace Kelly. I listened to it a lot when I first started lawyer work, it was always my audio pick-me-up.
Blind, Lifehouse. I love this song in so many scary fundamental ways. Also it fits a lot of my favourite pairings.
Clocks, Coldplay - Has anyone not fallen in love within the first few seconds of this song? It's pure magic.
songs which are like my favourite songs
On Fire, Switchfoot. This is one of the songs I connect with on a deep and personal level, and I adore it so much. Another Switchfoot song I love is Meant to Live.
Falling for the First Time, Barenaked Ladies. It says so much about what I believe is real and true about life.
Stolen, Dashboard Confessional. I think this song? Captures so very perfectly the feeling of first falling in love.
Vindicated, Dashboard Confessional: Because these guys ALSO did this AMAZING song, which I love for ENTIRELY different reasons.
Lullaby for a Stormy Night, Vienna Teng: I hate the rain, so much. But it does make the beautiful world that I live in. And I think on a deeper level, this song is also about how sadness and grief has a place in life, in the world; and it makes the world all the more beautiful.
I've always wanted to ask this question since seeing it on makeste's 5 Questions Meme, and I liked it, so:
tell me:
What would your position be in the mafia?
My instantaneous answer?
"Frustrated defence counsel.
Wondering, Why the hell did you get caught?!
And why the hell was I landed with you?!"
So I give you what purports to be an Italian proverb:
A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor.
... I can see where they're coming from, actually.
Pretty much the only cartoon lawyer spoof I've ever liked and not wanted to hurl into the nearest wall was, oddly enough, Harvey Birdman (judge if ye wish, but there is this one episode, about copyright infringement, that involves accurate spoken Japanese, and Peanut announcing, "Every time we conclude a deal, WE BLOW SOMETHING UP." I was doing intellectual property law when I first saw it, and I loved it on sight.
Also, Harvey Birdman? Had mafia lawyers. Check out the opening sequence for The Dabba Don, which parodies the Flintstones, criminal prosection/defense, and the Sopranos.
Basically, Harvey Birdman is a legal-world parody of existing cartoon characters (they put Yogi Bear on trial, there is nothing sacred to them), and the The Dabba Don has Fred Flintstone facing charges for being named a mob boss.
What I liked? The scene where they reworked actual Flintstones cartoon footage as video evidence proving conclusively that Fred Flintstone is totally mafia. And when the prosecution begins the case with the following speech:
"Meet... the Flintstones. They're the mobbish Stone-Age family. From the villa of Bedrock. They're a page right out of Godfather 3!
When we try Fred Flintstone, he's gonna do some time.
Oh yes! A lot of JAA-IIIILLLL Time."
(or, as close to one as you're going to get)
more here, and a profile post over here.
You can find out a whole lot about what I'm like from these. :D
These are the books I like to read. (also, Harry Dresden).
I do think you know everything you need to know about the persona behind this journal via the profile, and, well, even this.
thesoulwithin asked me in that five-question meme:
Question: #1 all-time favorite song. If you can't pick, a song that's a good pick-me-up (may be rock, pop, rap- whatever floats your boat).
To really answer, I need to make a mix tape, but here's some of the songs I love:
Lollipop, Mika. (God, it is so, so, so happy). But my real feel-good song for this guy is still Grace Kelly. I listened to it a lot when I first started lawyer work, it was always my audio pick-me-up.
Blind, Lifehouse. I love this song in so many scary fundamental ways. Also it fits a lot of my favourite pairings.
Clocks, Coldplay - Has anyone not fallen in love within the first few seconds of this song? It's pure magic.
songs which are like my favourite songs
On Fire, Switchfoot. This is one of the songs I connect with on a deep and personal level, and I adore it so much. Another Switchfoot song I love is Meant to Live.
Falling for the First Time, Barenaked Ladies. It says so much about what I believe is real and true about life.
Stolen, Dashboard Confessional. I think this song? Captures so very perfectly the feeling of first falling in love.
Vindicated, Dashboard Confessional: Because these guys ALSO did this AMAZING song, which I love for ENTIRELY different reasons.
Lullaby for a Stormy Night, Vienna Teng: I hate the rain, so much. But it does make the beautiful world that I live in. And I think on a deeper level, this song is also about how sadness and grief has a place in life, in the world; and it makes the world all the more beautiful.
I've always wanted to ask this question since seeing it on makeste's 5 Questions Meme, and I liked it, so:
tell me:
What would your position be in the mafia?
My instantaneous answer?
"Frustrated defence counsel.
Wondering, Why the hell did you get caught?!
And why the hell was I landed with you?!"
So I give you what purports to be an Italian proverb:
A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor.
... I can see where they're coming from, actually.
Pretty much the only cartoon lawyer spoof I've ever liked and not wanted to hurl into the nearest wall was, oddly enough, Harvey Birdman (judge if ye wish, but there is this one episode, about copyright infringement, that involves accurate spoken Japanese, and Peanut announcing, "Every time we conclude a deal, WE BLOW SOMETHING UP." I was doing intellectual property law when I first saw it, and I loved it on sight.
Also, Harvey Birdman? Had mafia lawyers. Check out the opening sequence for The Dabba Don, which parodies the Flintstones, criminal prosection/defense, and the Sopranos.
Basically, Harvey Birdman is a legal-world parody of existing cartoon characters (they put Yogi Bear on trial, there is nothing sacred to them), and the The Dabba Don has Fred Flintstone facing charges for being named a mob boss.
What I liked? The scene where they reworked actual Flintstones cartoon footage as video evidence proving conclusively that Fred Flintstone is totally mafia. And when the prosecution begins the case with the following speech:
"Meet... the Flintstones. They're the mobbish Stone-Age family. From the villa of Bedrock. They're a page right out of Godfather 3!
When we try Fred Flintstone, he's gonna do some time.
Oh yes! A lot of JAA-IIIILLLL Time."