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Showing posts with label talking about myself. Show all posts
Showing posts with label talking about myself. Show all posts
6/10/2012
4/15/2012
2/14/2012
Getting to know me, I guess
So I was tagged in one of the tag chains (thanks, Shauna), and I figured I could answer some personal-ish questions about myself on my mostly pop culture blog.*
1. What was the weirdest/worst date you've ever been on?
When I was at BYU, one of the guys in our ward was getting a massive group of people together and lining them up on blind dates. I agreed to the occasion because I was bored/interested/looking for normal guys. Turns out, there was really no rhyme or reason to to the lining up, and my date was a master's student in computer science (in BYU land, this probably meant that he was around 25, or 5-6 years older than me at the time), and incredibly boring. I hate to brag, but I'm pretty good with people despite my introverted nature. I'm especially good with socially awkward people. However, this guy was giving me nothing. Pop culture references? Nothing. Making fun of an advertisement? Nothing. Simple getting to know you questions? Monosyllabic answers.
Luckily, the bulk of the date involved watching student films, so talking was discouraged anyway.
Unluckily, the another couple in our group was all "WOULDN'T IT BE SO MUCH FUN TO FIND TREATS AND SOMETHING FOR HALLOWEEN FOR ANOTHER GROUP?" Despite the painful enthusiasm, I was excited by the prospect of sugar. We searched Macey's with an "e" and found Dixie Cups and a cheap CD that looked like it was burned on a home computer promising terrible spooky music. These were obviously my choice since nothing can beat the wooden spoon experience and nothing is funnier than things that aren't actually scary. My date just kind of agreed to everything, while following me around the store. I think he almost cracked a smile, but I'm pretty sure his face was just getting tired of being a blank slate. When we regrouped with another couple, I was so glad for people that responded to my jokes but mostly for laughing at the terrible CD because it was an awesome find.
Moral of the story: orange and vanilla Dixie Cups are delicious.
1. What was the weirdest/worst date you've ever been on?
When I was at BYU, one of the guys in our ward was getting a massive group of people together and lining them up on blind dates. I agreed to the occasion because I was bored/interested/looking for normal guys. Turns out, there was really no rhyme or reason to to the lining up, and my date was a master's student in computer science (in BYU land, this probably meant that he was around 25, or 5-6 years older than me at the time), and incredibly boring. I hate to brag, but I'm pretty good with people despite my introverted nature. I'm especially good with socially awkward people. However, this guy was giving me nothing. Pop culture references? Nothing. Making fun of an advertisement? Nothing. Simple getting to know you questions? Monosyllabic answers.
Luckily, the bulk of the date involved watching student films, so talking was discouraged anyway.
Unluckily, the another couple in our group was all "WOULDN'T IT BE SO MUCH FUN TO FIND TREATS AND SOMETHING FOR HALLOWEEN FOR ANOTHER GROUP?" Despite the painful enthusiasm, I was excited by the prospect of sugar. We searched Macey's with an "e" and found Dixie Cups and a cheap CD that looked like it was burned on a home computer promising terrible spooky music. These were obviously my choice since nothing can beat the wooden spoon experience and nothing is funnier than things that aren't actually scary. My date just kind of agreed to everything, while following me around the store. I think he almost cracked a smile, but I'm pretty sure his face was just getting tired of being a blank slate. When we regrouped with another couple, I was so glad for people that responded to my jokes but mostly for laughing at the terrible CD because it was an awesome find.
Moral of the story: orange and vanilla Dixie Cups are delicious.
2. Who was your celebrity crush in high school?
Do we only have to pick one?
Milo Ventimiglia as Jess in Gilmore Girls. Clearly the best of Rory's boyfriends in that he was hot and literate and not super controlling
Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn on Alias. Obsessed with this show and this character. I should really rewatch the series even though only seasons 1-3 are worth it.
Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe in Anne of Green Gables. I just love his Canadian "I'm sooorry."
Clark Gable as anything. Great tough guy, but surprisingly funny.
Hugh Dancy as Daniel Deronda. Rewatched this miniseries several times.
Harrison Ford as anything except that one cop in Hollywood Homicide. This seems self-explanatory. He's a crush for all ages.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Bend it Like Beckham. We both have busted knees--we were meant to be together!
Do we only have to pick one?
Milo Ventimiglia as Jess in Gilmore Girls. Clearly the best of Rory's boyfriends in that he was hot and literate and not super controlling
Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn on Alias. Obsessed with this show and this character. I should really rewatch the series even though only seasons 1-3 are worth it.
Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe in Anne of Green Gables. I just love his Canadian "I'm sooorry."
Clark Gable as anything. Great tough guy, but surprisingly funny.
Hugh Dancy as Daniel Deronda. Rewatched this miniseries several times.
Harrison Ford as anything except that one cop in Hollywood Homicide. This seems self-explanatory. He's a crush for all ages.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Bend it Like Beckham. We both have busted knees--we were meant to be together!
3. What was your dream job when you were in elementary school?
I don't remember having a dream job. I've always been terribly indecisive even in my dream world.
I don't remember having a dream job. I've always been terribly indecisive even in my dream world.
4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
I haven't been to too many places in the world, but I'd have to say somewhere close to a coast where it was warm, but not too hot. Or England or something.
I haven't been to too many places in the world, but I'd have to say somewhere close to a coast where it was warm, but not too hot. Or England or something.
5. What is your biggest pet peeve?
Salesmanship. I don't care if you're selling shoes, a job, or religion, sales tactics are many times discompassionate and result in buyer's remorse. This is why I'm not in business.
Salesmanship. I don't care if you're selling shoes, a job, or religion, sales tactics are many times discompassionate and result in buyer's remorse. This is why I'm not in business.
6. How do you deal with conflict in your life?
Running away, thinking about the problem way too much, talking to select friends about it, and eventually doing something productive about it.
Running away, thinking about the problem way too much, talking to select friends about it, and eventually doing something productive about it.
7. Do you journal outside of blogging?
No, especially right now when each entry would be, "Woke up late. Stepped outside for 2 minutes. Watched TV. Read stuff on the internet." Cannot wait to be employed.
No, especially right now when each entry would be, "Woke up late. Stepped outside for 2 minutes. Watched TV. Read stuff on the internet." Cannot wait to be employed.
8. What is the weirdest advice you'd ever gotten from your parents?
I still don't know if my mom was kidding about these:
"It's better to look good than to feel good."
"Boys don't make passes at girls in eye glasses."
I still don't know if my mom was kidding about these:
"It's better to look good than to feel good."
"Boys don't make passes at girls in eye glasses."
9. What 3 items would you want with you on a deserted island?
A knife, a really long book, and Sayid from LOST.
A knife, a really long book, and Sayid from LOST.
10. Where do you go to "get away from it all"?
I love going for walks, especially if the destination is a park with a body of water nearby. Sometimes I listen to music, other times I just let myself think.
I love going for walks, especially if the destination is a park with a body of water nearby. Sometimes I listen to music, other times I just let myself think.
11. In stressful times, what do you do to find peace?
Watch even more TV/movies. Being stressed usually makes it hard for me to sleep, and I'm usually too inside my head to stop thinking about problems while reading, so my only respite is watching something to distract my brain. This usually ends in me weeping at whatever I'm watching and thinking about how stressed I am some more. I may need another solution.
*I also reserve the right to not come up with questions and tag people. You're welcome.
Watch even more TV/movies. Being stressed usually makes it hard for me to sleep, and I'm usually too inside my head to stop thinking about problems while reading, so my only respite is watching something to distract my brain. This usually ends in me weeping at whatever I'm watching and thinking about how stressed I am some more. I may need another solution.
*I also reserve the right to not come up with questions and tag people. You're welcome.
8/07/2010
3/25/2010
In case you were wondering
I've been in SoCal for the last week visiting my friend Shauna, and subsequently being adopted into her circle of friends. But fear not, faithful reader. I took some ridiculously touristy pictures in LA that I will share with you:
This is me awkwardly standing in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
A kind of blurry picture of Clark "So Manly in a Mustache" Gable's square.
A pretty great picture of William "Beautifully Sarcastic and also has a Mustache" Powell's square.
Shauna and RDJ. 'nuff said.
Me with another old school actor square, the lovely and deep-voiced Gregory Peck's.
Shauna's hands are the same size as Bing Crosby's. Wowza!
And...
I took this picture of gargantuan Jim Morrison at Venice Beach. You're welcome.
12/12/2009
Watch I'm watching while studying
Finals week is a week where I do a lot of pretending to study. I stop hanging out with people, confine myself to the library or my house, take out my notes, and realize the silence is killing me and I'm just falling asleep. And then I pretend that having something mindless on in the background will help me concentrate/give me something to entertaining to look at and not fall asleep. Who know if this works, but at least I've got my notes out and am absorbing something, even if it's just greater pop culture knowledge*.
Anyway, taking advantage of a locally owned video store's 5 for $5 deal, these are the movies I've rented to watch while studying this weekend/week:
- Mumford (1999)--I remember liking it when I first saw it.
- The Sound of Music (1965)--Musical numbers are the only time you need to pay attention. And whenever Christopher Plummer is on the screen.
- The Godfather Part III (1990)--I'm going to have to see it eventually.
- Hot Fuzz (2007)--To see if I love this movie as much as I remember loving it.
- High Fidelity (2000)--To round out the top 5 ways I'm distracting myself.
*You don't even have to go to grad school for that.
10/11/2009
Let's talk about how I view scary movies
I'm possibly the worst person to take to a horror movie. My opinion is usually that they're not actually scary, and/or they're just gross. Last night I viewed Paranormal Activity. It had some good scare moments, but for the most part, I was just mildly curious as to what would happen next. I say this having viewed it in a fairly full theater full of people whispering and screaming. This pretty much killed any real fearful mood for me, since I was hyperaware of other people's reactions to a work of fiction. In all honesty, I have to be alone, in absolute silence, with the lights off, and at night for the mood of a scary movie to work on me.
In fact, I usually just watch horror movies to laugh at them. Even better if it's an intentional horror-comedy: it has all the weird horror elements and violence, but I don't have to feel like I'm reacting to it the wrong way. I can laugh and not be scared all I want.
Last night, I kept trying to think of things that really wigged me out. I concluded the worst I've been freaked out by watching something was about 6 months ago, coming home from class and sitting down to watch some PBS. I came in a few minutes into some documentary about some cool religious congregation that turned into a commune that advocated equal rights and loving each other. That congregation eventually moved to Jonestown. Coming in with no context, I didn't know the end of the Peoples Temple until the end of the documentary, and I was chilled. For whatever reason, I had never heard of Jonestown and the events that happened there. I had no idea, and I it was terrifying.
Moral of the story: Give me a real life horror, and I will be so scared, even as my roommates walk in and out of the room and the lights are on. Give me some fictitious story of unexplained phenomenon, and I will most likely just laugh in your face.
And for those interested, you can find Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple trailer here and the full thing here. You'll need a hug afterward.
In fact, I usually just watch horror movies to laugh at them. Even better if it's an intentional horror-comedy: it has all the weird horror elements and violence, but I don't have to feel like I'm reacting to it the wrong way. I can laugh and not be scared all I want.
Last night, I kept trying to think of things that really wigged me out. I concluded the worst I've been freaked out by watching something was about 6 months ago, coming home from class and sitting down to watch some PBS. I came in a few minutes into some documentary about some cool religious congregation that turned into a commune that advocated equal rights and loving each other. That congregation eventually moved to Jonestown. Coming in with no context, I didn't know the end of the Peoples Temple until the end of the documentary, and I was chilled. For whatever reason, I had never heard of Jonestown and the events that happened there. I had no idea, and I it was terrifying.
Moral of the story: Give me a real life horror, and I will be so scared, even as my roommates walk in and out of the room and the lights are on. Give me some fictitious story of unexplained phenomenon, and I will most likely just laugh in your face.
And for those interested, you can find Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple trailer here and the full thing here. You'll need a hug afterward.
5/18/2008
Grad School
So I still have until February to actual apply to grad schools, but I'm exploring where I want to go. So far I think I want to apply to University of Washington and Western Washington since Washington is awesome and I can claim residency there. I'll probably apply to BYU since it will be cheap, but I also don't want to be in Provo longer than I have to. Other options that look cool:
-University of Tennessee in Knoxville only because I think Tennessee seems like a pretty cool state with some neat stuff in it. Also, Dollywood.
-University of Colorado in Boulder. Colorado seems pretty chill and it seems like there's civilization there.
Anyway, there are programs for Speech-Language Pathology all over, so I just need to narrow down where I want to go. Any suggestions? Cool states I should check out?
-University of Tennessee in Knoxville only because I think Tennessee seems like a pretty cool state with some neat stuff in it. Also, Dollywood.
-University of Colorado in Boulder. Colorado seems pretty chill and it seems like there's civilization there.
Anyway, there are programs for Speech-Language Pathology all over, so I just need to narrow down where I want to go. Any suggestions? Cool states I should check out?
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