9 posts tagged “qotd”

What is your favorite ring tone?
Submitted by rach. 

My favorite ring tone is the one I'm using right now - the opening 30 seconds or so from the Charlatans (UK) tune "Weirdo".  It has an awesome build up effect from organs to a beat to guitars that gradually grabs more attention, and sounds a bit like James Bond.

My second favorite has been covered by Joi Ito.

If you could watch any movie on the big screen right at this moment, what would it be?

Can I pick a trilogy?  What am I saying - this is my blog, sure I can.

I pick the entire Indiana Jones trilogy.  Man, I'd love to see that whole thing, back to back, in a really nice venue.  And by really nice, I mean one of those theaters with tables and beer and food, and a big screen, and a nice sound system.

What are your personal memories of September 11th?

Car accident on the way to work, morning of.  Startling, but not very damaging, triple rear-end at a light as the plane strikes were announced.  Turning back around, 3/4 of the way to work, everyone sent home.  Sitting at home somewhat shaken from everything, hearing from my cousin in the Air Force stationed in Japan.  Messaging with LiveJournal friends, all scared.  Walking from my apartment to downtown Ann Arbor, to get a drink amongst others, and watch the TV - something I never do.  No contrails in the sky.  Eerily quiet.

Today?  I'm done being scared, and I'm pissed and defiant.  The terrorists are pathetic.  Our government is pathetic.  More dead and wounded now than hurt and killed in the towers.  Less safe than ever before.  Hated too.  Fuckers, all of them.  I'd rather we'd showered the world with as many dollar bills as we've spent on bombs.  Drained the swamps.  Mended the wounds.  Fed the hungry.  Become beloved in the world.  Too late for that now?

What is your favorite way to relieve stress?

Sometimes, I punch inanimate objects that I can't possibly damage.  I used to punch things I could damage - which was satisfying - but then I had all this damaged stuff.  On the other hand, punching things I can't damage mostly just damages me.  I've never punched people or animals.  Well, at least not in anger and not very hard and definitely not in the face.  Lately, I squish things, like little stress balls.  Of course, if I've been punching things, it's a little painful to squish things.  I also take a lot of deep breaths and do meditative things.  Video games are sometimes good, but sometimes just piss me off more.  I've been known to drink a bit while under stress, but I'm trying to not do that so much anymore.  The other thing I've been trying to do is just avoid stress in the first place, but that's not always practical.

What song or lyrics are stuck in your head at the moment?  What album is it from?
Submitted by Lox Ly. 

"Sister" by She Wants Revenge has been stuck in my head all day, mostly for the main guitar riff.  Although, the lyrics are pretty twisted.

What's your favorite way to keep in touch? Phone, snail mail, email, text message, Vox, _____ ?

I'm best with IM and email, with some lurking in IRC.  I've been picking up text messaging over the last few years, but otherwise I'm no good on the phone.  My wife and my mom are pretty much the only people who hear from me on the talky-talky part of my cell phone, and even that's a bit rare.

What was the last wedding you went to?  Were you in the wedding?

The last wedding to which I went was my own, this past June 9th.  And, of course, I was in it and deliriously happy to be there.  At this point, though, my lovely bride and I are waiting for the video to arrive once the videographer has finished her editing - because neither of us remembers much at all of the event itself.  We have photos, but the whole night sped past in an unbelievable blur.

How well do you know your next-door neighbors?

I don't know them at all, having just moved a month ago.  But then again, I've never known my neighbors very well, anywhere I've lived since college.  I knew our neighbors about a block away at the last place, but then they were already friends who helped us find the place to begin with.  I was very good friends with all the surrounding neighbors in my college dorm.  Of course, we all used to keep our doors open then, and we played euchre and Magic the Gathering in the hallways then.

What's your morning beverage of choice?  Coffee, tea, juice?  Homemade or store-bought?

Coffee, of course.  That's the boring answer for a guy who's got a blog at decafbad.com.  I make a pot at home most mornings, drink at least 2 cups.  Then, it's off to work at Yahoo!, where the coffee is free.  So, here I bounce between plain house coffee and triple-lattes.

Yes, my entire adrenaline system is completely shot.

Vox needs more memes.  And cowbell.