Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Since Everybody Else Is...

As Roman, Steve, Janet, Etc, have all done it, and I don't feel life thinking enough to write my planned review of the Johnny Cash album I just got, or the nifty beer I had the other day as I had intended, I might as well give flippant answers to easy questions. Here goes

Name three names you go by
1) Mark
2) Jess
3) Marcus

Name three screen names you've had
1) Marcus
2) SmartMoose (from my on-line gaming days)
3) MeatShield (from my gaming days, when I was playing shitty)

Name three things you like about yourself
1) My eyes. Colour though, not vision, my vision is abysmal.
2) Sense of Humour. It's the only sane way to deal with life.
3) Quasi-Encylopedic Memory. It comes in handy on occasion.

Name three things you don't like about yourself
1) Utter lack of direction
2) Extreme laziness and apathy. See 1)
3) My penchant for correcting the factual and logical errors of others, especially my mother.

Name three parts of your heritage
1) Scots
2) Old School French Canadian
3) Alberta Redneck
2 is a principal cause of 3, as strange as that may sound.

Name three things that scare you
1) Rodents.
2) Never returning to University
3) Dying before I complete The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Name three of your everyday essentials
1) Steve's Blog
2) Zantac
3) Tea

Name three things you are wearing right now
1) Blue zipper hoodie (or bunny hug, for anyone Saskatchemaphoners)
2) trucker hat
3) Five days of facial hair.
I could fit in at any truck-stop in North America right now. Maybe I should shave.

Name three of your favorite bands or artists
1) The Beatles
2) Johnny Cash
3) The Flaming Lips

Name three of your favorite songs at this moment
1) Neutroniks - k-os, Joyful Rebellion
2) The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash, American 3
3) 3rd Planet - Modest Mouse, The Moon and Antarctica
Checking my playlist, apparently CDDB can't spell "Antarctica". Two C's people.

Name three new things you want to do in the next 12 months
1) Try out for Jeopardy
2) Own a Mac
3) Go to Las Vegas

Name three things you want in a relationship (love is a given)
1) Tolerance of a multitude of quirks.
2) Lightheartedness.
3) Distinct Identities for both parties. None of this Bennifer nonsense.

Name two truths and one lie
1) I am a direct descendant of Robert The Bruce.
2) Natalie Portman is the greates and most beautiful actress of our generation.
3) I'm not wearing any pants.

Name three things about the opposite sex that attract you
1) A great smile, and frequent use thereof.
2) A non-judgmental sense of humour.
3) I don't know, whatever the French call it, you know what I mean.

Name three things you just can't do
1) Concede and argument to my father.
2) Run for pleasure.
3) Stop reading a book.

Name three of your hobbies
1) Listening to the work of those with actual musical talent.
2) Singing badly out of tune with 1).
3) Planning my future Prime Ministerial Campaign. Jess 2018!!

Name three things that you want really badly right now
1) To move back to Edmonton.
2) A better video card.
3) A date.

Name three careers you're considering
1) Academia
2) Law/Politics type stuff
3) Military Officer/Commercial Pilot

Name three places you want to go on vacation to
1) The United Kingdom for an extended period of time.
2) As many Commonwealth nations as possible.
3) The High Arctic.

Name three potential kids' names
1) Emily
2) Francois Xavier
3) Hamish

Name three things you want to do before you die
1) Urinate in all four Oceans
2) Own a Mac.
3) Make a tangible difference to someone, at some point.

Name three people who have to take this quiz now or die painfully
That would mean that otherwise there is no reason for anyone to read this quiz, and further that no one cares, and further depressing implications which I intend to ignore, in order to pursue a blissful state of mind.

Monday, December 13, 2004

KBBL is gonna give you somethin' stupid!!!

So at coffee-break tonight, one of my co-workers, who's about my mothers age, out of the blue told me "You should be on Radio"

My immediate comment was "Gee, Thanks, I know I'm not and Adonis, but Ouch lady".

Before I could spit that out, she cut me off with "Or TV. I was just thinking that you had a perfect voice for radio and public announcements".

Pride still intact, I spent the rest of the night pondering becoming a Morning Shock Jock, or CKUA DJ. I could totally sound pretentious enough for public radio :)

Song in my head at the moment : OMC - How Bizzare
'twas on the radio on the way home. Hadn't heard it in years. What have they done since then?