The Association
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unclemilo:
1. Old Video Games... and I mean 80's stuff (like Bubble Bobble... which I played all the damn time).
I'm not totally sure when all of the games I enjoyed as a kid were released, especially the ones I just rented, but I guess a good rule of thumb is that Super Mario Bros. 3 came out in 1990 (in the United States, that is; it had already been out for a while in Japan). But anyway, before Nintendo became the biggest thing on the planet, most of the video game experience I had was on my family's Texas Instruments computer. TI initially released a combination of original games (like the space shooter PARSEC and the role-playing game Tunnels of Doom) and others that were largely rip-offs of arcade titles (TI Invaders and Munch Man being the most significant examples on that front). Eventually, Atari started porting their titles to the TI, which is how I first played games like Jungle Hunt and Shamus. I was never all that good at most of these games, but I still enjoyed playing them. It seems like that's kind of the way with old games, in that even if you're not that good, you can still have fun and not miss out on much. While I greatly appreciate the added variety and more advanced plots of recent games, they seem to be infinitely more frustrating when you get stuck. Or maybe that's just a result of my growing older. I don't know. My family got the NES much later than most other kids of my generation did, but I was enthralled by it. I still love the Mario and Zelda series, even though I could hardly get anywhere in them myself. Since you specifically mentioned Bubble Bobble, I'll say that it felt more like one of the earlier games that you didn't have to be particularly good at to have fun with (which is basically what I said in review last night, I guess).
2. Music.
I tend to be someone who has strong opinions on music. That's not to say that there aren't plenty of songs I like casually, but when I get into a particular artist or band, I REALLY get into them (not literally). And I like music, even if it's NOT good, to be in the forefront. I've never been the kind of person who thought much of background music, because for me it's impossible NOT to listen to it. Which is why I'd rather work to no music than to bad music, a contrary opinion to those of some of my previous co-workers.
3. And more specifically... XTC
I usually consider them my second favorite band, after They Might Be Giants. I love the variety to their music, the general Britishness of it all (yeah, I guess I'm one of those Yanks who has a mild case of anglophilia), and the poetic style and clever wordplay to the lyrics. They're sort of the first band whose songs really resonated with me. I mean, as great as TMBG's lyrics are, it wasn't as often that I found a lot of meaning in them.
4. Being Married.
bethje and I were already in a committed relationship before getting married, so it hasn't changed all that much in our day-to-day lives. I now have health insurance, and her mom let me live at her house, so some things have definitely improved. But I've never really understood the couples who are together for years, and then everything goes to shit once they get married (or, alternatively, everything gets better when they're married, but I don't hear about that as often). I am glad to be married, but I don't think things would be too different if we'd just stayed together without telling the state.
5. Mythology.
I guess you could consider mythology my main passion in life, in that most of my other interests can be connected to it. Sure, I probably write more about Oz than about straight-up classical mythology, but the Oz books have their own mythology of a sort, and plenty of influence from the classics. Much of my interest comes down to how engaging and often just plain bizarre the stories are, but there's more to it than that. I've never been a religious person, but the idea of supernatural forces having their own personalities has a certain appeal to me. I think a lot of the idea of divine personalities has been sucked out of modern religion, with so many people talking about God and Jesus, but not really caring how the Bible characterizes them so much as whether everyone is following arbitrary and repressive rules, some of which aren't even IN the Bible. And I think there are a lot more similarities between ancient pagan religions and modern belief systems than many people would care to admit, both good (parables about the human condition) and bad (people insisting on following ancient rules and ceremonies without being concerned about the reasons behind them).
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unclemilo:1. Old Video Games... and I mean 80's stuff (like Bubble Bobble... which I played all the damn time).
I'm not totally sure when all of the games I enjoyed as a kid were released, especially the ones I just rented, but I guess a good rule of thumb is that Super Mario Bros. 3 came out in 1990 (in the United States, that is; it had already been out for a while in Japan). But anyway, before Nintendo became the biggest thing on the planet, most of the video game experience I had was on my family's Texas Instruments computer. TI initially released a combination of original games (like the space shooter PARSEC and the role-playing game Tunnels of Doom) and others that were largely rip-offs of arcade titles (TI Invaders and Munch Man being the most significant examples on that front). Eventually, Atari started porting their titles to the TI, which is how I first played games like Jungle Hunt and Shamus. I was never all that good at most of these games, but I still enjoyed playing them. It seems like that's kind of the way with old games, in that even if you're not that good, you can still have fun and not miss out on much. While I greatly appreciate the added variety and more advanced plots of recent games, they seem to be infinitely more frustrating when you get stuck. Or maybe that's just a result of my growing older. I don't know. My family got the NES much later than most other kids of my generation did, but I was enthralled by it. I still love the Mario and Zelda series, even though I could hardly get anywhere in them myself. Since you specifically mentioned Bubble Bobble, I'll say that it felt more like one of the earlier games that you didn't have to be particularly good at to have fun with (which is basically what I said in review last night, I guess).
2. Music.
I tend to be someone who has strong opinions on music. That's not to say that there aren't plenty of songs I like casually, but when I get into a particular artist or band, I REALLY get into them (not literally). And I like music, even if it's NOT good, to be in the forefront. I've never been the kind of person who thought much of background music, because for me it's impossible NOT to listen to it. Which is why I'd rather work to no music than to bad music, a contrary opinion to those of some of my previous co-workers.
3. And more specifically... XTC
I usually consider them my second favorite band, after They Might Be Giants. I love the variety to their music, the general Britishness of it all (yeah, I guess I'm one of those Yanks who has a mild case of anglophilia), and the poetic style and clever wordplay to the lyrics. They're sort of the first band whose songs really resonated with me. I mean, as great as TMBG's lyrics are, it wasn't as often that I found a lot of meaning in them.
4. Being Married.
bethje and I were already in a committed relationship before getting married, so it hasn't changed all that much in our day-to-day lives. I now have health insurance, and her mom let me live at her house, so some things have definitely improved. But I've never really understood the couples who are together for years, and then everything goes to shit once they get married (or, alternatively, everything gets better when they're married, but I don't hear about that as often). I am glad to be married, but I don't think things would be too different if we'd just stayed together without telling the state.5. Mythology.
I guess you could consider mythology my main passion in life, in that most of my other interests can be connected to it. Sure, I probably write more about Oz than about straight-up classical mythology, but the Oz books have their own mythology of a sort, and plenty of influence from the classics. Much of my interest comes down to how engaging and often just plain bizarre the stories are, but there's more to it than that. I've never been a religious person, but the idea of supernatural forces having their own personalities has a certain appeal to me. I think a lot of the idea of divine personalities has been sucked out of modern religion, with so many people talking about God and Jesus, but not really caring how the Bible characterizes them so much as whether everyone is following arbitrary and repressive rules, some of which aren't even IN the Bible. And I think there are a lot more similarities between ancient pagan religions and modern belief systems than many people would care to admit, both good (parables about the human condition) and bad (people insisting on following ancient rules and ceremonies without being concerned about the reasons behind them).
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Date: 2009-02-20 03:05 am (UTC)I know we haven't known each other long, but I'll take the chance. Hit me. [With the meme, that is.]
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Date: 2009-02-20 04:51 pm (UTC)1. Reincarnation
2. Stupid people on dating sites
3. Paganism
4. John R. Neill
5. Tori Amos