gonzai: (Seriously?)

Not exactly what I was expecting...

<a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/7141/"><img src="http://stat.rumandmonkey.com/tests/1/4/7141/30285.jpg" title="You're Gwaine!" alt="You're Gwaine!" border="0" /></a><br />You're Gwaine!<br /><a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/7141/">Take What character from "Merlin" are you? today!</a><br /><small>Created with <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/">Rum and Monkey</a>'s <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/">Personality Test Generator</a>.</small></p><div>Freedom is very important to you, you hate to feel trapped by anything. 

You are very intelligent but sometimes you can be lazy and not achieve your full potential.

You trust your instincts and you can usually tell within minutes of meeting someone whether they are someone you can trust.

Sometimes people complain that you are too flippant, but that is just because they don't understand that you like to protect yourself by not revealing quite how much you care.</div>

<a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/7141/"><img src="http://stat.rumandmonkey.com/tests/1/4/7141/30285.jpg" title="You're Gwaine!" alt="You're Gwaine!" border="0" /></a><br />You're Gwaine!<br /><a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/7141/">Take What character from "Merlin" are you? today!</a><br /><small>Created with <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/">Rum and Monkey</a>'s <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/">Personality Test Generator</a>.</small></p><div>Freedom is very important to you, you hate to feel trapped by anything. 

You are very intelligent but sometimes you can be lazy and not achieve your full potential.

You trust your instincts and you can usually tell within minutes of meeting someone whether they are someone you can trust.

Sometimes people complain that you are too flippant, but that is just because they don't understand that you like to protect yourself by not revealing quite how much you care.</div>

Meme Time

Jan. 30th, 2012 08:40 pm
gonzai: (Tired)

I'm running a test to see who's reading my posts. So, if you read this, leave me a one-word comment about your day that starts with the third letter of your LJ USERNAME. Only one word please. Then repost so I can leave a word for you. Don't just post a word and not copy - that's not as much fun!

Narcoleptic. I slept the last couple days, but I feel like I haven't slept a wink.
gonzai: (Crews)
Well, it's more both you know you're from and you've got more years in the cart than on the horse. At 40, I'm too young for many of these! Also, it's more Baltimore-specific than a Maryland thing, but Maryland is so weird/diverse Baltimore is really the only was you can do it. Italicized the ones that are true, and if some are true and some aren't I un-italicized the ones I didn't know.

You know you're from Maryland when :

  • You rode on street cars.
  • You remember the Bay Belle cruise that took you to Betterton and Tolchester beaches before the Bay Bridge was built.
  • You watched on TV the shows Duckpins for Dollars, The Collegians, and Pinbusters.
  • You also watched the Buddy Deane Show and Romper Room and Stu Kerr as Professor Cool.
  • You know how to pronounce 'Towson.' (I LIVE there, fer cryin' out loud!)
  • You remember what the Inner Harbor looked like before it was the Inner Harbor.
  • You remember when White Marsh was just a marsh!
  • You ate at Pollack Johnnie's, Bel-Loc Diner, Little Tavern, Gino's, and Read's.
  • You remember Friendship Airport.
  • You remember driving over the old Kent Narrows Draw-Bridge that snarled weekend traffic coming home from the Ocean.
  • You love the Domino Sugar sign you can see across the harbor and the Bromo Seltzer Tower.
  • You remember the rotating restaurant on top of the Holiday Inn on Light Street.
  • You know Annapolis and Hopkins are national treasures, and you get a kick out of hearing them named in movies or TV.
  • You know B&O is not body odor.
  • You remember the wonderful spicy downtown smell of McCormick's.
  • Every kitchen has a can of Old Bay and King Syrup.
  • You refer to your state as 'Murilyn.'
  • You and your Mom shopped at Braeger Gutman's, Hutzler's, Stewart's, The May Company, Epstein's, Woolworth's . .
  • Shopping on The Avenue meant Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown.
  • You know where 'Downey Ocean' is.
  • You remember the Civic Center, Gwynn Oak Park, and Carlin's Park.
  • You know Pam Shriver is from Maryland.
  • You know how to eat steamed crabs, but also know how to tell the males from the females.
  • You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name.
  • M R Ducks makes perfect sense.
  • You have fond memories of Memorial Stadium.
  • You still root for the Orioles even when they aren't doing well.
  • Everybody knows what a 'zink' and 'payment' are.
  • When anywhere else, you can only laugh when you see signs saying 'Maryland Crab Cakes!'
  • You say 'Blare Road' for Bel Air Road
  • You remember Jerry Turner and Al Sanders.
  • You remember Oprah and Richard Sher together in the mornings on Ch-13.
  • Vince Bagli was 'the ' sports announcer on TV.
  • You remember Mayor Schaeffer swimming with the seals at the National Aquarium.
  • You swore Frank Perdue. Kinda looked like one of his tender chickens.
  • You know which bridge they're talking about when someone says, 'The bridge traffic is backed up.'
  • You revere the names of Johnny U, Brooks, Frank, Boog and Cal!


Movie Meme

Jul. 19th, 2010 10:57 am
gonzai: (Kermit)
Snurched from [livejournal.com profile] daytonward by way of [livejournal.com profile] tiggerallyn , a movie meme. Using Wikipedia, post a list of all the movies released in the year you turned 12. If you've seen it (regardless of when you saw it), put it in italics. If you own it in some form, put it in bold.

My year is 1981.
My List )
So I haven't really seen all that many of them, at least that I remember; and I own a whopping two of them. Albeit, 'American Werewolf' is arguably my alltime fave film. What's most interesting to me is that of the films, I saw...I disliked most of them, so much so that I never saw them again. Many of them outright upset me. Besides the two I own, I think 'History of the World' is the only other one I watched again. Not a glowing recommendation for that year's films. 
gonzai: (Checking In)
CROSS OFF THE STUFF YOU'VE DONE

Graduated High School.
Kissed someone.
Smoked cigarettes
Got so drunk you passed out.
Rode every ride at an amusement park.
Collected something really stupid.
Gone to a rock concert.
Helped someone.
Gone fishing.
Watched four movies in one night.
Gone long periods of time with out sleep.
Lied to someone.
Snorted cocaine
Failed a class.
Smoked weed - exactly once.
Dealt drugs.
Taken a college level course
Been in a car accident.
Been in a tornado.
Done hard drugs.
Watched someone die.
Been to a funeral.
Burned yourself.
Ran a marathon.
Your parents got divorced.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Spent over $200 in one day.
Flown on a plane.
Cheated on someone.
Been cheated on.
Written a 10 page letter.
Gone skiing
Been sailing.
Cut yourself.
Had a best friend.
Lost someone you loved.
Shoplifted something.
Been to jail.
Dangerously close to being in jail.
Had detention.
Skipped school.
Got in trouble for something you didn’t do. .
Stolen books from the library.
Gone to a different country.
Dropped out of school.
Been in a mental hospital.
Watched the “Harry Potter” movies.
Had an online diary.
Fired a gun.
Gambled in a casino.
Had a yard sale.
Had a lemonade stand.
Actually made money at the lemonade stand.
Been in a school play.
Been fired from a job.
Taken a lie detector test.
Swam with dolphins.
Gone to sea world.
Voted for someone on a reality TV show.
Written poetry
Read more than 20 books a year.
Gone to Europe.
Loved someone you couldn’t have.
Wondered about your sexuality.
Used a coloring book over age 12.
Had surgery.
Had stitches.
Taken a taxi.
Seen the Washington Monument.
Overdosed
Had more than 5 IM’s/online conversations going at once.
Had a drug or alcohol problem.
Been in a fist fight.
Suffered any form of abuse.
Had a hamster.
Petted a wild animal.
Used a credit card.
Gone surfing in California. went swimming in La Jolla. Does that count?
Did “spirit day” at school.
Dyed your hair
Got a tattoo.
Had something pierced. the ears
Got straight A’s.
Been on the Honor Roll.
Known someone with HIV or AIDS
Taken pictures with a webcam.
Started a fire.
Gotten caught having a party while parents were gone away.

gonzai: (Checking In)
Yep, I been bad.

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to

day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love

day 15 - a song that describes you
Maybe not me so much as the relationship I had with another person at the time, but Crowded House's 'Mean to Me'.

day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
I can't think of any songs that I actually hate, that I didn't hate from the git-go. Except maybe that noise by King Crimson I heard last night. I'm more likely to get tired of/sick of a song than actually grow to hate it.

day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
Because of my choice of station, something I've been hearing a lot in recent weeks is Mose Allison's 'My Brain'. Good one. I like hearing it.

day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
Just because I haven't heard it in ages and for some reason I want to - John Prine's 'Hello In There'. Only heard it on the radio once.

day 19 - a song from your favorite album
This is an easy one. My far-and-away fave album is Springsteen's 'Born To Run', so we'll go with my fave song from it. 'Jungleland.'

Coming soon...

day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

gonzai: (Logan)
day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event

day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep

day 11 - a song from your favorite band
I guess the favorite band would be the Jayhawks, at least for the moment. First song that springs to mind is 'What Led Me To This Town',  a little piece of melancholy sweetness and harmony.

day 12 - a song from a band you hate
Anything by Black-Eyed Peas.

day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes', from the 'Watership Down' movie. All sappy and sad, but once having seen the movie, I can't say no to the song.

day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
Outkast's 'Hey Ya'. OK. I 'fess up. I do like that one.

Coming soon...

day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year
gonzai: (Default)
day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
My brother's wedding song was Genesis' 'Follow You Follow Me'. As you might imagine, the song reminds me of the reception, every time, without fail.

day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
Oh, this is a sorry case. Back when the Barenaked Ladies' first released 'One Week' (and after I finally figured out it wasn't the commercial for Tysons Corner Mall), a local radio station held a contest to see who could correctly recite all the words. So I learned them. Whole darn thing. And then had to stay late and work and couldn't go to the contest. Nuts.

day 09 - a song that you can dance to
Calling Bryce...In the years I spent working at Roots Cafe, we had Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun play the cafe at least once a year. Bill's encore song was a very elongated version of Commander Cody's 'Hot Rod Lincoln' (a song on which Kirchen had played the guitar part). Bill's solo would consist of bits and pieces of the styles of other artists. 20 to 30 other artists. Sometimes sound effects as well. My buddy Bryce and I always danced to this mish mash. Half the challenge was changing tempo and style as often as Bill did. We were always exhausted at the end!




day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
The Alan Parsons' Project's 'Time'. If you can't relax to the point of sleep listening to that, you can't fall asleep.


Coming soon...

day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year
gonzai: (Tired)
day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad

day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone


day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere

In college, I worked at the radio station and in the course of such, discovered the wonders of Kate Bush. For whatever reason, hearing 'Wuthering Heights' now puts me in my dorm room, supposedly studying but mostly just listening to Kate.


Coming soon...

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

gonzai: (McGeek)
Found myself missing Castle last night, and ruminating on a comment [livejournal.com profile] terri_osborne made about Castle being 'dessert'. Then I got it into my head to lay out my current television viewing habits in the form of a dinner menu. Yes really. And then I thought it might be usable as a meme. So if anyone would like to use this meme, have at it :)

Pre-meal beverage: college football
Water: Damages
Bread: Law & Order, Cold Case, Bones
Soup: Real Time With Bill Maher
Salad: CBS Sunday Morning, Sarah Jane Adventures, Merlin
With Dinner beverage: NFL football
Appetizers: NCIS:LA, Justified, Warehouse 13, V, Burn Notice, Flash Forward, Being Human
Vegetables: Luther, Wallander, Treme, Masterpiece Theatre
Potato: NCIS, The Good Wife, The Closer, Ashes to Ashes, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Spooks
Main Course: Supernatural, Lost, Doctor Who, Dexter, In Plain Sight
Dessert: Castle, White Collar, Leverage, Royal Pains
After Dinner Drink: ice hockey
gonzai: (Kermit)
day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy

day 04 - a song that makes you sad

day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

Heh. Fortunately I am no longer associated with this person (although, 20+ years later, I still remember her phone number...) But Voice of the Beehive's 'I Say Nothing' always reminds me of my 'best friend' in my late teens. She ran her life off the rails rather emphatically; I like to think that being friends with me might have delayed that crash a couple years, and considering she imploded after I left for college, that seems a possibility. But she was the type to drag everyone else into hell with her, so I'm glad I got off the carousel in time.

Coming soon...
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

gonzai: (Checking In)

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song

day 03 - a song that makes you happy

day 04 - a song that makes you sad

Right back to 'Imagine'. Guaranteed to make me sad, contemplative, etc. If you want a song not previously mentioned...Neil Young's 'Philadelphia' reduced me to a bawling wreck before I ever saw the movie.

Coming soon...

day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year
gonzai: (Logan)
Snurched from [livejournal.com profile] autumnyte by way of [livejournal.com profile] sidewinder , a 30 day meme. Let's see how long I can keep up with it. (And with regard to Balticon, I know I won't be able to keep up then so I'll play catch up after.)

day 01 - your favorite song

Easy one. John Lennon's 'Imagine'. Makes me cry, makes me dream, makes me wish for a better world to live in, makes me stop whatever I'm doing and just listen.


Coming soon...

day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year
gonzai: (Default)
Snurched from [livejournal.com profile] terri_osborne :



gonzai: (Default)


gonzai: (Default)
Snurched from [livejournal.com profile] kukla_red , who deleted question 7. I don't know what it was.

Questions, questions )

Yup. Meme.

Dec. 10th, 2009 09:56 am
gonzai: (Logan)
If I had a warning label, what would it say?

Fire away!

Meme Time

Oct. 29th, 2009 11:35 am
gonzai: (Owen)
from [livejournal.com profile] neadods :

• Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions (I'll also answer more, if asked)

1) Desert Island, one book or author. It is...? - Harper Lee, 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. It's perfect.

2) Book you most wish you'd written. - See #1.

3) Book you most wish you'd written because unlike the idiot who did, you'd get it right. - Huh. While I can think of a lot of books that ran off the rails at some point, I can't think of any where the idea was THAT good that I could improve on it.

4) The favorite of your fandoms.  - Changes on a daily (sometimes minute to minute) basis. In terms of durability, probably The Lord of the Rings. I was into that at age 7 and still am, although there was a 20+ year gap involved. Making me run around and squee this week? Dexter. And so many in between...

5) What got you into making plaques? - I like wood burning, but there's only so much of it you can do for yourself. So I started making them for other people, and it took off from there. Gotta finish a bunch of critter plaques tonight.

Meme Time

Oct. 8th, 2009 12:14 pm
gonzai: (Kermit)
From [personal profile] kukla_red , it's meme time.

post your answers here (if you'd like) and then copy and paste it in your journal (if you'd like).  No pressure.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favorite and least favorite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
gonzai: (Crews)
But I'm not sure about the description of me. Definitely one of my fave Beatles songs, though.



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