Broccoli would be better if it were made of meat and slathered with BBQ sauce

[vovat]

bethje and I watched Trainspotting last night. She'd seen it before, but I hadn't. I'm not sure what I thought of it, because it wasn't much like any other movie I've seen. I will say that Scottish accents seem to be custom-made for being pissed off. I guess Belle and Sebastian prove that you can use that accent without sounding that way, though. {g} Oh, also, isn't the age of consent in the United Kingdom 16 or something? So just how young was that underage girl supposed to be?

On a mailing list I'm on, someone posted links to two reviews of a pre-release screening of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. I always find it a little odd when someone complains that people who haven't read the books won't get the movies, I guess because I expect pretty much everyone who's watching the movies to have read the books. I'm sure there are exceptions, like when a non-book-reader is dragged to the movie by someone who IS a book fan, or (as in the case of the people who posted these reviews) if they don't actually know what they're seeing ahead of time. I don't think reading a book should always be a prerequisite to seeing a film based on it. Hell, I've seen two movies in the past week that are based on books I haven't read and probably never will read. Harry Potter kind of strikes me a special case, but maybe that's just because most people I know have either read the books before seeing the movies, or else are uninterested in the whole thing and haven't done either. I guess my point is that I don't think a movie that assumes knowledge of the book is a bad thing, although maybe it should be advertised as such.

Have I already talked about how ridiculous it is when people make a huge deal out of borders and immigration? I mean, aren't all these borders pretty arbitrarily defined in the first place? I'm certainly not saying that anyone should be allowed into any country at any time, but I have to wonder about people thinking more restrictions on immigration and border crossing would result in a significant reduction in terrorist activity. Yes, if someone is actually trying to bring bombs across a national border, or has a known criminal record, that's one thing. But don't most terrorists (and other criminals, for that matter) manage to perpetrate their horrific actions by NOT arousing suspicion? I have a disturbing feeling that a lot of the people who want tighter restrictions on immigration actually want what amounts to racial profiling.

Finally, I saw this in rockinlibrarian's journal, and I might as well go ahead and try it, even though I'm sure I won't be able to come up with answers for many of them (and that's assuming anyone will even reply).

1. Reply with your name and I will write something about you.
2. I will then tell what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. If you were a fruit you'd be...
4. I will say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I will tell you my first memory of you.
6. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. Put this in your journal.

Comments

w00t

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

I love things like these :)

Ren

Re: w00t

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. I think you might be the youngest person on my friends list, although I'm not totally sure.
2. Some of the stuff from Here Come the ABCs
3. Oh, I don't know. Some kind of apple? I really don't have any reason for that choice, though.
4. I can't think of anything.
5. Well, I remember seeing your posts to the tmbg community.
6. A sheep, because you always take these memes from me. {g}
7. How did you first get into TMBG?

Re: w00t

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

Re: 6 - It's true. I'm just a sad, sad meme whore. Can't get enough. Kinda like heroin.

and Re: 7 - My aunt gave me Flood when I was young and impressionable in the second grade, before she moved to Texas. I used to listen to it over and over again, and make little hand motions to go along with We Want A Rock (which was my favorite song for the longest time). It was awesome because my friends liked the Tiny Toons videos, and I was all "Pshaw. I know that song." And I bought DAS and No! and The Spine when they came out (because i really had no clue the band had done anything else. the last band my aunt had gotten me into was trout fishing in america, and they're fairly novelty-esque), and it wasn't until I saw them do Experimental Film on Conan that I realized there were two Johns and they were good lookin'.

Re: w00t

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Heh, they used to (and maybe still do) play Trout Fishing in America a lot on the kids' show on WXPN. That was actually the first place I heard "Birdhouse In Your Soul," the first TMBG song I really liked. I think I'd heard "Particle Man" and "Istanbul" before that, but they didn't really thrill me.

[bethje.livejournal.com]

That's stupid. {g}

Beth

[vovat.livejournal.com]

You know what? YOU'RE stupid! :P

1. You're the best girlfriend I could ever hope to find.
2. It's Not My Birthday. Also anything by Neko Case.
3. A mango
4. You want a Godzeela?
5. I vaguely remember your posting something to the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup introducing yourself and saying what music you liked. A more distinct memory is of when we talked on the off-topic list about the various products Nabisco made.
6. A snake (okay, maybe just the word, but I can't come up with anything better)
7. I still have to wonder what it is you see in me, but I'm glad you do see whatever it is.

[bethje.livejournal.com]

Re: #4

:D

[skylark-king.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'm game. Good luck.

Dave

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Okay, but I don't know you very well, so a lot of these answers aren't going to be all that well thought out.

1. You're a fellow XTC fan, and that's cool.
2. Rook
3. Um, maybe an orange or a lemon. {g}
4. I'm honestly not sure this is possible for me to do for anyone but bethje.
5. Seeing your Nonsuch-based icons on the thedisappointed community
6. A skylark :P
7. I guess I'll go with a question similar to the one I asked obsessical, and ask how you got into XTC.

[majellen.livejournal.com]

Sure! If you want a challenge, try me!
(seeing that you don't even know me, this could be a REAL challenge.)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, I COULD just give random answers, or ones based on your username, but it might be a little easier if you'd tell me a little bit about yourself.

[majellen.livejournal.com]

Here's a hint. Read the bio/journal of Limejellogirl.

What do you want to know?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. It looks like you were at IUP at the same time I was.
2. I think I'll have to abstain from this one, unfortunately. Unless you just want me to assign you a song at random.
3. A lime
4. N/A
5. Your replying to this post. {g} (Okay, I actually think I've seen your replies on rockinlibrarian's journal, but that's not as funny.)
6. I don't know. I suck at this question.
7. When did you start reading my journal?

[majellen.livejournal.com]

1. Really? That's cool.
2. LOL - what WOULD you pick for me randomly?
7. About 2 weeks ago. I think I saw you in rockinlibrarian's journal and thought you were amusing. :)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. Yeah, Amy and I were in the same class.
2. Well, going by your screen name, I might go with "Generals And Majors," by XTC.
7. That's cool.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

5. Your replying to this post.

This reminds me of a friend of mine who does this thing where she'll, like, see you sitting there eating a banana and will say "Remember that time when you were sitting there eating a banana?" Anyway....

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Hah hah, I really like the title, yet again. I keep trying to get my carnivorous husband to eat more vegetables, it doesn't work.

Note on paragraph two: I was one of the first people to get into Harry Potter, and then when it suddenly became huge I was slightly annoyed because suddenly it was the "in" thing, and people who don't even like fantasy were reading it and then were like "I don't get it"; so the fact that even after that there were people going to the movies who hadn't even read the books just completely boggles my mind... but anyway.

Note on paragraph three: and people forget that a lot of terrorists are CITIZENS of the country in which they terrorize, too. Like the Oklahoma City bombing guy, for one. And the KKK, and stuff like that. Anyway.

Note on the last paragraph: If I could do it for you, you can do it for me! Hah then! :D

[bethje.livejournal.com]

Heyy, I love Harry Potter, and I don't wish to read any other fantasy books ever. Abarat doesn't count.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Why doesn't it?

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm impressed that you know Abarat, horray! I still have yet to get a hold of the sequel, which is odd considering the first one ENDED SO FRUSTRATINGLY ABRUPTLY. But anyhow, cool...!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I still haven't read Abarat. I probably should at some point. There are actually several of Beth's books I want to read, but I guess I'll concentrate on Harry Potter and Oz for the time being.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

The title was actually something I saw on a billboard yesterday. I don't agree with it, though. While I wouldn't go so far as to say I LIKE broccoli, it's tolerable. And I don't care for barbecue sauce. I like grilled meat, but making it into barbecue ruins it. And I probably don't eat enough vegetables, either.

I guess I was somewhat of a bandwagon-jumper in terms of the Harry Potter thing, but I probably would have liked the books anyway. I've always been into fantasy and such. The first book didn't blow me away, but I thought the series has really grown into something great. I like the fact that more of the wizarding world is fleshed out with each book.

And as for the meme:

1. You're really the only person I know from school whom I've had any communication with in the recent past.
2. That medley at the end of Abbey Road
3. I have no idea. Um, a star fruit? I really have no reason for that choice, nor have I ever eaten one. Maybe I just think it's a cool name. {g}
4. I really can't think of anything.
5. I remember seeing you in the halls a few times early on, but I can't actually remember when we first talked or anything.
6. I think this one might be even harder than the fruit for me. A rabbit or something, maybe?
7. What made you decide to go to library school?

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

2. :D
7. 'Twas always my favorite place in the world, the library. I remember in 9th grade we had to take this class called "World of Work" where we thought about our future careers and whatnot and I looked up Librarian in a career book and found out it required a Masters Degree and I said then "Whoa, MORE school?! No way!" But then I got to college (for English because I really didn't know what I wanted to do besides work with books) and discovered that was way cooler than high school so I wouldn't mind grad school after all, PLUS I did my community service hours at the Indiana Free Library and decided THAT was an atmosphere I could stand working in for the rest of my life, so then....