Question meme, round three

[mrissa]

scottjames demonstrates his continued existence by asking:

1. What have you learned today?

That I should keep a better eye on when I bought andouille, uff da. (I found this out the good way, by noticing the date on it.) Also that our local library doesn't have very many hockey books -- where am I, Alabama? What is this?

2. What did you learn yesterday?

That the difference between "I opened my mouth and my mother's words came out" and "my mother opened her mouth and my words came out" is not that large. Also that a lot of Westerners are really bad at writing about Chinese mythology/folk religion, but that if the muddled Western thing I was reading is correct, there is a Chinese goddess known as "Birth-Registry Goddess."

3. How's your p's and grand-p's?

Oh, fine, thanks. The grands are coming up for a visit a week from today, and they and the folks have all sorts of ideas for fun things to be done on that visit (some with my vertiginous self and some without). The folks I will see tomorrow.

4. What's up?

Sneakiness. Sneakiness is up. The stock market is down, but sneakiness is up.

My patience with people who cannot pronounce "nuclear": not up.

5. When I get back around to fiction, what should I read next (and why)? [I'm currently reading Guinness: The 250-Year Quest for the Perfect Pint and various cooking magazines, by way of explanation.]

Well, if you're reading about Guinness now, you should ease back into fiction with Tim Powers's The Drawing of the Dark, if you haven't before. (If you have, we can iterate this question until we come upon a recommendation you haven't read.)

Comments

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

...Birth-Registry Goddess

I bet they work at Target, or maybe Linens N Things.

I have not read The Drawing of the Dark but will dutifully add it to my list.

demonstrating continued existence

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

[feel free to stop playing, should you so choose]

6. How much cash do you have in your wallet, and how does this compare to how much you usually have?

7. Does the Libertarian Party get significantly more than the crazy vote? Did it ever?

8. Is voting over-rated, under-rated, appropriate-rated, or other (explain in comments)?

9. How important is spelling (as a school subject)?

10. What's an under-rated benefit of living in the future?

Also, if you wanted to ask me questions, I might answer them (by way of demonstrating continued existence). I like these memes, 'cause it gives me a topic on which to post.

Re: demonstrating continued existence

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I am deliberately avoiding writing a lot of political commentary right now, because the arguments and fussing that ensue are just not worth my still-limited computer time.

But I have $23 to my name, and I'm definitely pro-spelling/usage, albeit handled creatively. The number of people who talk about balling their eyes out is overwhelmingly convincing to me that usage neeeeeeeds to be taught.

1. What beverages do you usually keep in your fridge?
2. What song lyrics in your personal music collection would you least like to have to explain to a curious grade-school-age kid? (This question was sparked by the realization that wanting to have a kid means that there will ideally be someone in my life to whom I have to explain "Longview." Crap.)
3. If you were trying to convince someone who was moving to Chicago that your neighborhood was a good place to live, what would you tell them about it?
4. Hidden songs/unlisted tracks on CDs: threat or menace?
5. Did your book about Guinness talk about the Guinness family's sad and somewhat involuntary connection to British fascism? And how Goebbels could not consistently spell "Guinness" even if it would have saved his shriveled horrible little soul? If not, why do you suppose not?