Eh, 'sbeen a while...
I feel like putting off my Film 2 homework, and I always like supporting locally grown memes, so I figger I might as well fill out Aaron's survey. Here goes!
Yourself:
Today's Date: 1/20/05
Name: Oscar
Most Annoying Nickname: Hmm... Oscar the Grouch haunted me for a long time, but I stopped caring around 6th grade.
Month of birth: October (which I very nearly typed "Osctober")
Nearest Major City: S'pose that'd be Boston...
If you were to travel 30 miles north, what would you find?: Christ, I dunno... I'm terrible with guessing distances. New Hampshire, I suppose. Or maybe ocean.
Current Footware Situation: Bare as a jaybird.
Colour of shirt: Light blue, with the Residents' "Official Product!" logo
Colour of last car you rode in: Green
Favourite hot beverage: Cocoa
What do you consider to be casual clothing?: Whatever I grab first.
Semi-Formal?: I don't do formal in any measure, except ironically.
Your skillz:
Can you tie a necktie?: That'd be a definite no.
Do you have ninja skills?: I could prolly remember something from the karate I took in third through sixth grade, though stealth isn't really my bag...
Can you bake a cake?: As in, physically put a finished cake in the oven, bake it, then take it out? Uh, still probably not.
Do you play an instrument or sing?: Yeah-- I sing, and play keyboards, theremin, and autoharp.
One skill you think everyone should have: Exhalation.
Your favourite skill: Pushing things just too far.
Can you start a fire without matches?: Yeah-- Use a lighter!
Do you understand radio astronomy?: Hell, I don't even know what that is.
Quirks:
Which shoe do you put on first?: Right, I think.
Do you sing while driving? Dance?: I definitely sing; I only dance to the extent of banging the steering wheel when appropriate.
Pet Phrase: Oooooo-kay. (Not in a sarcastic way, so much as a blindly accepting way)
Do you carry around foriegn currency for no reason?: Surprisingly, no.
Do you occasionally spell words the british way (honor-honour, color- colour)?: Not really.
Can you wiggle your eyebrows, your ears, or roll your tongue?: Yes, no, and yes.
Last:
Album Bought: Tie between Transformer by Lou Reed and a random LP from the "Misc. Weirdness" bin at Mystery Train.
Major Highway Driven on: Route 2.
Song listened to: "How to Play Your Internal Organs Overnight" - Stereolab
person who talked to you: Probably my roommate.
Song Danced to: Not sure.
Movie Seen: In the theater? Ramones: End of the Century
DVD watched:A Bucket of Blood
country visited: Umm... USA?
Song you sang: Probably "Psycho"
thing that frustrated you: Not being sure whether I was turning the radiator up or down
Favourite:
Ice Cream: Phish Food
Morning Beverage: Mountain Dew (oh, like coffee's any better!)
Season: Fall
Temperature: I don't really notice temperatures unless they're extreme. So I'll say anywhere from 25 to 80.
First Five Songs on your favourite Mix Tape, CD, or playlist:
1. "Pinky & the Brain" theme song
2. "She Said" - Hasil Adkins
3. "Substitute" - Sex Pistols
4. "Hackney Carriage" - generic 50s stock music
5. "Warehouse Prayer" - Bruce McCulloch
Time of day: Midnight
Search Engine: Google
Class in school: Semester just started, so I dunno yet
Band: Frank Zappa, Devo, The Residents
Beatle: Maybe John, but I think I'm basing that on the National Lampoon's parody of him (which is essentially "John" screaming profanities about how he's better than the others)
Movie: This is Spinal Tap, Plan 9 from Outer Space
Color: Neon green
Kind of Food: Chicken McNuggets
Choose One!:
mud, snow, leaves, or sand: Snow
moon, mars, underwater, or volcano: Underwater
Black and White, Colour, or Sepia: Sepia
Digital, or Analog: Analog
Electric, or Acoustic: Electric
Ginsberg, or Kerouac: (Beat authors for those not in the know): Kerouac, though Burroughs is my favorite beat.
Live free, or die: I think I'll say die, for contraryness' sake
Cambridge, or Boston: I should really say Boston, but Cambridge has the better record stores.
Ontario, Quebec, or Manitoba: Quebec. Never been to any of them, but I dig the "surly Quebecois" stereotype.
Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont: New Hampshire
The End
Yourself:
Today's Date: 1/20/05
Name: Oscar
Most Annoying Nickname: Hmm... Oscar the Grouch haunted me for a long time, but I stopped caring around 6th grade.
Month of birth: October (which I very nearly typed "Osctober")
Nearest Major City: S'pose that'd be Boston...
If you were to travel 30 miles north, what would you find?: Christ, I dunno... I'm terrible with guessing distances. New Hampshire, I suppose. Or maybe ocean.
Current Footware Situation: Bare as a jaybird.
Colour of shirt: Light blue, with the Residents' "Official Product!" logo
Colour of last car you rode in: Green
Favourite hot beverage: Cocoa
What do you consider to be casual clothing?: Whatever I grab first.
Semi-Formal?: I don't do formal in any measure, except ironically.
Your skillz:
Can you tie a necktie?: That'd be a definite no.
Do you have ninja skills?: I could prolly remember something from the karate I took in third through sixth grade, though stealth isn't really my bag...
Can you bake a cake?: As in, physically put a finished cake in the oven, bake it, then take it out? Uh, still probably not.
Do you play an instrument or sing?: Yeah-- I sing, and play keyboards, theremin, and autoharp.
One skill you think everyone should have: Exhalation.
Your favourite skill: Pushing things just too far.
Can you start a fire without matches?: Yeah-- Use a lighter!
Do you understand radio astronomy?: Hell, I don't even know what that is.
Quirks:
Which shoe do you put on first?: Right, I think.
Do you sing while driving? Dance?: I definitely sing; I only dance to the extent of banging the steering wheel when appropriate.
Pet Phrase: Oooooo-kay. (Not in a sarcastic way, so much as a blindly accepting way)
Do you carry around foriegn currency for no reason?: Surprisingly, no.
Do you occasionally spell words the british way (honor-honour, color- colour)?: Not really.
Can you wiggle your eyebrows, your ears, or roll your tongue?: Yes, no, and yes.
Last:
Album Bought: Tie between Transformer by Lou Reed and a random LP from the "Misc. Weirdness" bin at Mystery Train.
Major Highway Driven on: Route 2.
Song listened to: "How to Play Your Internal Organs Overnight" - Stereolab
person who talked to you: Probably my roommate.
Song Danced to: Not sure.
Movie Seen: In the theater? Ramones: End of the Century
DVD watched:A Bucket of Blood
country visited: Umm... USA?
Song you sang: Probably "Psycho"
thing that frustrated you: Not being sure whether I was turning the radiator up or down
Favourite:
Ice Cream: Phish Food
Morning Beverage: Mountain Dew (oh, like coffee's any better!)
Season: Fall
Temperature: I don't really notice temperatures unless they're extreme. So I'll say anywhere from 25 to 80.
First Five Songs on your favourite Mix Tape, CD, or playlist:
1. "Pinky & the Brain" theme song
2. "She Said" - Hasil Adkins
3. "Substitute" - Sex Pistols
4. "Hackney Carriage" - generic 50s stock music
5. "Warehouse Prayer" - Bruce McCulloch
Time of day: Midnight
Search Engine: Google
Class in school: Semester just started, so I dunno yet
Band: Frank Zappa, Devo, The Residents
Beatle: Maybe John, but I think I'm basing that on the National Lampoon's parody of him (which is essentially "John" screaming profanities about how he's better than the others)
Movie: This is Spinal Tap, Plan 9 from Outer Space
Color: Neon green
Kind of Food: Chicken McNuggets
Choose One!:
mud, snow, leaves, or sand: Snow
moon, mars, underwater, or volcano: Underwater
Black and White, Colour, or Sepia: Sepia
Digital, or Analog: Analog
Electric, or Acoustic: Electric
Ginsberg, or Kerouac: (Beat authors for those not in the know): Kerouac, though Burroughs is my favorite beat.
Live free, or die: I think I'll say die, for contraryness' sake
Cambridge, or Boston: I should really say Boston, but Cambridge has the better record stores.
Ontario, Quebec, or Manitoba: Quebec. Never been to any of them, but I dig the "surly Quebecois" stereotype.
Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont: New Hampshire
The End