Thursday, August 19, 2010

What was your favorite year?

1985 was a good year for movies, but I like to think in terms of my life, the best is yet to come. Here's hoping I haven't experienced my favorite year yet.

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Cats or Dogs?

When married, I reluctantly became a dog person for the sake of my wife, but I currently do not own any pets nor do I wish to do so. I have allergies that pet dander sets off. If I must be one or the other, I dislike dogs less than I do cats, but that's a slim matter of degrees.

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Do you believe in ghosts?

No, but that's a cheap answer. I no longer believe in anything. I have come to the conclusion based on experiential and anecdotal evidence that "belief" and "faith" are dangers of The Human Condition and am experimenting with a lifestyle that doesn't involve belief or faith. There's no proof to the concept of souls, or an afterlife, or anything supernatural or paranormal, which rules out ghosts as even remotely possible.

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Do you consider yourself a good dancer?

Not in the least.

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What music are you listening to today?

Listened @JedWhedon and @TSFMusic past couple weeks and am seriously considering buying their latest albums soon as I get some disposable income. Woke up this morn w/Men At Work in my head. Haven't listened to much music today. Was mostly watching tv shows on @Hulu. Come to think of it, I did karaoke to a couple Billy Joel songs in the privacy of my home (no audience) and watched a YouTube video of XTC's "Dear God" a few hours ago.

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Whiskey with a beer chaser or straight up?

I'll just take the beer. Not a whiskey man. Prefer fruit vodka drinks if I'm going to do hard liquor, but I generally don't mix beer & spirits. If I start w/vodka I don't then chase it down w/beer. That'd just make me sick.

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If you were a Star Trek [or Star Wars] character, which one would it be?

I would be a new character, loosely based on myself, in that particular universe. I couldn't play Jabba The Hut or Wil Riker, but I could imagine someone like me in those fantastical settings. Contemplations beyond that would lead to unpopular fanfic. Look up "Mary Sue" for more enlightenment on that idea.

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what is the riskiest decision you ever made in your life?

Not committing suicide some twenty years ago. It's still far riskier to live than it would have been to give up so easily.

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He dropped 3 stones on my stomach. One settled into the hollow of belly button. They were rubies, dark, uncut, valuable. "To help you along the way" he said. I've never sold them. What's the most precious thing given to you? By whom? Do you still have it?

The most precious thing I can recall as a gift was when my dad bought me my first computer. I no longer have it, but he did so at some cost back then, and the education I got from having it in my possession has since served me well.

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Does your significant other wear a perfume/scent of some sort? What is it called, if you know? Do you like it? if not, what would you prefer?

I'm happily divorced, and don't have a significant other currently. I prefer a woman who smells like she has bathed recently. Aside from that, I'm not particular. I don't memorize scents. In fact I have allergies so some strong perfumes on a lady of interest might backfire if she used such things to attract me like I was a bee or something.

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I saw a gorgeous engagement ring. It was 3 square cut diamonds, mounted in a platinum band. Truly expensive, but beautiful &I really wanted it. My girlfriend said I should buy it towear on my right hand.What do you think about me buying it? Would you?

IMNSHO any encouragement of the use of diamonds for sale or trade perpetuates the blood money practices that involve a lot of precious jewels. Perhaps one can single out a particular diamond and say that one has nothing to do w/such practices, but its the principle of the thing. People die senselessly over the greed & vanity of diamond currency. I do not recommend ever participating in the diamond trade, but to each his/her own.

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