lolTrek

“Trouble with Tribbles” done in lolcat format. (It’s a series of still images.) The “commercials” are great.

http://granades.com/2007/05/02/loltrek/

quizzie meme thingie

Gotten from Tim:

1. In five words or less, describe what you do for a living. (Don’t be cute.)

If I can’t be cute, I don’t think I can answer this. I’m always cute. Don’t put stupid restrictions on stupid quiz questions.

2. If you were worth $40 billion and had already bought and donated everything you wanted to, would you spend $40 million on a beautiful Van Gogh painting?

Probably not — there’s too many better things I can think of to do with that much money. Like buying a gated community and offering a house to each of my friends. (I think that was Anthony’s idea before it was mine, but it’s still a good one.)

But really, since the question says I’ve already bought everything I would have wanted to, then I wouldn’t exactly refuse to buy a Van Gogh painting, it’s just not anywhere near the top of my list.

3. Would you spend $40 million on a 200-foot yacht?

Again, probably not. But it’s not like I’m seriously considering these questions.

4. How many times have you been engaged to be married?

Once. (Though I liked sacwentie’s answer: “Well, I thought bunches. But then it turned out that just because you have sex, doesn’t mean you’re engaged. They’re not going to cream the milk and make butter if they have a goat, you know.”)

5. Did you have a steady boyfriend or girlfriend in high school?

If you mean like straight through for all of it, then no. But for parts of it, yeah.

THREE MARX BROTHERS-THEMED QUESTIONS:

6. Have you ever had a day at the races?

Nope.

7. Have you ever had a night at the opera?

Nope. Been to lots of plays and musicals, but never an opera.

8. Have you ever eaten duck soup?

I don’t know. I’ve probably had soup with duck in it at some point.

9. If you accomplish something major that you’re proud of, and nobody gives you any credit for it, does that bother you?

Sure it bothers me. As Tim said, I love being told how great I am. Unless it was something sneaky I don’t want anyone to know about, in which case no, it doesn’t bother me not to get credit for it.

10. Of all the things that your “dream house” will have (which your current place of residence does not), what are the three most important?

A *bathtub.* We only have a shower stall in our apt, and I miss baths.

A private front porch.

I think I’d enjoy hardwood floors. Sean says they get too cold in winter, so this one is very changeable.

As you can tell, I don’t really dream big. Maybe a hot tub or a pool would have been more appropriate to the question. Ooh, or if I can really “dream”, I want a teleporter. And, um, a magically filling fridge, but only if I can contol what it gets filled with.

11. Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met? (“Met” = at least exchanged two words with face-to-face, preferably shook hands with)

Margot Kidder. She was much more attractive in person than I think they made her look on Smallville.

12. Have you ever seen a U.S. President in person? (You didn’t have to meet him)

Yep, shook hands with Clinton. He was taller than I expected.

13. If you go to a favorite restaurant, do you always order the same dish or do you mix it up a bit?

Depends. I generally have a few favorites I rotate between, unless I’ve found something I just love. (Chicken Tikka Masala, eh Dan?)

14. When was the last time either of your parents saw you naked?

Uh, not in a long while. Since I was a kid I’d guess. (What a fucked up question to ask.)

15. What town did you grow up in? What was the best thing about it? The worst thing?

I grew up in Morgantown, WV. Small town, but a college town. Both of those things are the best and the worst things about it.

16. What town do you live in now? What was the best thing about it? The worst thing?

Morgantown, WV. See above.

17. When you Google your name, in quotes, how many results do you get?

16,400. It’s funny, the entire first page of them is not me. By contrast, when I google my maiden name the entire first page *is* me. Go figure.

18. What’s your astrological sign, and do you think your personality is typical of that sign’s supposed traits?

Pisces, and yes, though some fit better at certain times in my life than at others.

19. What household items do you have more of than you need?

We live in a small apt, so there’s not really room for a bunch of extra “household items.” I have to mirror the jist of Tim’s question: Do books count?

20. Name something you ate all the time as a kid that you wouldn’t touch now.

I’m not sure there’s anything I ate as a kid I wouldn’t touch now–I was a picky eater, more so than I am now. There’s things I ate as a kid that I don’t eat now, like sandwiches made of single condiments, but it’s not like I wouldn’t touch them.