Freakin' Chain Letter Memes
I'm gonna be a good sport and perpetuate the blog meme that Mike tagged me with. He got tagged by George. And so on and so on. These are less annoying than chain emails because they don't promise stupendous things if you perpetuate the chain letter and terrible things if you break the chain. They're just there. So here goes....
1. Name a book that you want to share so much that you keep giving away copies: It's rare that I loan out a book. It's not that I won't, I just wait for people to look through my book shelf and ask, "May I borrow this?" I don't force books on people and I don't usually talk about what I read with my friends. Occasionally, Matt and I will talk about a book we've read, but it's rare. I don't know why. My book reviews here and on Amazon are my way of talking about the books I read. If I started going round telling people, "You've got to read this book," they'd think I snapped.
Now that I've got that out of the way, the book I'd recommend that people read would be Cosmos by Carl Sagan. That book (not to mention the PBS TV show) changed the way that I look at everything.
2. Name a piece of music that changed the way you listen to music: Without a doubt, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. My father used to play that album (among others) every summer weekend we camped out in our pop up trailer on Fire Island with friends and their campers. It is the standard by which all music I listen to is compared. Although my taste in music has changed over the years, this album remains my all time favorite.
3. Name a film you can watch again and again without fatigue. That's tough. There are alot of films which could qualify. Monty Python's Quest For The Holy Grail comes to mind. The Matrix is a recent up and comer as is The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition). I could even say Blade Runner. The original Star Wars trilogy would definitely qualify. I can't pick one.
4. Name a performer for whom you suspend of all disbelief. Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery. Terrific actors. I had the priviledge of seeing Patric Stewart perform the one man show of Dickens' "Christmas Carol" on Broadway. He gave an absolutely mesmerizing performance.
5. Name a work of art you'd like to live with. I'd be happy with anything by Louis Tiffany, but I'd prefer one of his landscape windows like "Landscape With Hollyhocks", "Waterfall", "Field of Lilies", "The Tree of Life." His lamps are excellent too. Hieronymous Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" would be nice for my office. I already live with a couple Dali prints: "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate A Second Before Awakening" and "Penultimate Station". "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus" and "Swans Reflecting Elephants" would be nice to have too. "Persistence of Memory" is still great but everyone expects that.
6. Name a work of fiction which has penetrated your real life. Well, there was "Earthrise" by William Dietz which was so bad that I said, "I can write better than this guy!" and wrote my first novel. Of course I'm still trying to find an agent who'll even read a sample chapter but whatever. Then I read "Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson and realized that I have so far to go. But if you're looking for a more philosophical answer, Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles", which I read when I was ten or so, made me realize that not all of mankind's possible futures are bright.
7. Name a punch line that always makes you laugh. Just about anything from Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.
King Arthur: [after Arthur's cut off both of the Black Knight's arms] Look, you stupid Bastard. You've got no arms left.
Black Knight: Yes I have.
King Arthur: *Look*!
Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound. [the Black Knight continues to threaten Arthur despite getting both his arms and one of his legs cut off]
Black Knight: Right, I'll do you for that!
King Arthur: You'll what?
Black Knight: Come here!
King Arthur: What are you gonna do, bleed on me?
Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better.
Galahad at the Castle Anthrax:
Dingo: You must spank her well, and after you are done with her, you may deal with her as you like... and then... spank me.
All: And me. And me too. And me.
Dingo: Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking.
Dingo: And after the spanking, the oral sex.
Galahad: Well, I could stay a bit longer...
"Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who...."
Bring Out Yer Dead!
Ni!!!
Man, that movie is just chock full of quotes. Thankfully, IMDb has alot of them up there so all I have to do is copy and paste.
Ok, so here's the part where I tag others to carry on the meme. I pick Mort, Ed from Westchester (because the Islanders beat the Rangers again), and Jim Nubel. Jim, you can leave your picks here in the Comments section. Of course all of you can ignore me. I won't mind. However, you'll have to answer to Mike and George.
Ni!!!
\_/
DED
1. Name a book that you want to share so much that you keep giving away copies: It's rare that I loan out a book. It's not that I won't, I just wait for people to look through my book shelf and ask, "May I borrow this?" I don't force books on people and I don't usually talk about what I read with my friends. Occasionally, Matt and I will talk about a book we've read, but it's rare. I don't know why. My book reviews here and on Amazon are my way of talking about the books I read. If I started going round telling people, "You've got to read this book," they'd think I snapped.
Now that I've got that out of the way, the book I'd recommend that people read would be Cosmos by Carl Sagan. That book (not to mention the PBS TV show) changed the way that I look at everything.
2. Name a piece of music that changed the way you listen to music: Without a doubt, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. My father used to play that album (among others) every summer weekend we camped out in our pop up trailer on Fire Island with friends and their campers. It is the standard by which all music I listen to is compared. Although my taste in music has changed over the years, this album remains my all time favorite.
3. Name a film you can watch again and again without fatigue. That's tough. There are alot of films which could qualify. Monty Python's Quest For The Holy Grail comes to mind. The Matrix is a recent up and comer as is The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition). I could even say Blade Runner. The original Star Wars trilogy would definitely qualify. I can't pick one.
4. Name a performer for whom you suspend of all disbelief. Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery. Terrific actors. I had the priviledge of seeing Patric Stewart perform the one man show of Dickens' "Christmas Carol" on Broadway. He gave an absolutely mesmerizing performance.
5. Name a work of art you'd like to live with. I'd be happy with anything by Louis Tiffany, but I'd prefer one of his landscape windows like "Landscape With Hollyhocks", "Waterfall", "Field of Lilies", "The Tree of Life." His lamps are excellent too. Hieronymous Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" would be nice for my office. I already live with a couple Dali prints: "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate A Second Before Awakening" and "Penultimate Station". "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus" and "Swans Reflecting Elephants" would be nice to have too. "Persistence of Memory" is still great but everyone expects that.
6. Name a work of fiction which has penetrated your real life. Well, there was "Earthrise" by William Dietz which was so bad that I said, "I can write better than this guy!" and wrote my first novel. Of course I'm still trying to find an agent who'll even read a sample chapter but whatever. Then I read "Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson and realized that I have so far to go. But if you're looking for a more philosophical answer, Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles", which I read when I was ten or so, made me realize that not all of mankind's possible futures are bright.
7. Name a punch line that always makes you laugh. Just about anything from Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.
King Arthur: [after Arthur's cut off both of the Black Knight's arms] Look, you stupid Bastard. You've got no arms left.
Black Knight: Yes I have.
King Arthur: *Look*!
Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound. [the Black Knight continues to threaten Arthur despite getting both his arms and one of his legs cut off]
Black Knight: Right, I'll do you for that!
King Arthur: You'll what?
Black Knight: Come here!
King Arthur: What are you gonna do, bleed on me?
Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better.
Galahad at the Castle Anthrax:
Dingo: You must spank her well, and after you are done with her, you may deal with her as you like... and then... spank me.
All: And me. And me too. And me.
Dingo: Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking.
Dingo: And after the spanking, the oral sex.
Galahad: Well, I could stay a bit longer...
"Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who...."
Bring Out Yer Dead!
Ni!!!
Man, that movie is just chock full of quotes. Thankfully, IMDb has alot of them up there so all I have to do is copy and paste.
Ok, so here's the part where I tag others to carry on the meme. I pick Mort, Ed from Westchester (because the Islanders beat the Rangers again), and Jim Nubel. Jim, you can leave your picks here in the Comments section. Of course all of you can ignore me. I won't mind. However, you'll have to answer to Mike and George.
Ni!!!
\_/
DED
posted by DED at 7:51 PM
13 Comments:
Well, there ya' go. Nice run of quotations from Python, which is always fun.
Darn you. Darn you straight to heck.
I'm not quite sure I'm worldly enough to answer.
I deserve that Ed. Sorry.
But you can do it. It took me a couple hours. Take some time to think it through. The Jets are done. The Mets are hibernating. The Islanders are off tonight (I think).
I don't think one needs to be "worldly". If "Dogs Playing Poker" or "Velvet Elvis" is your thing, then put that down. If "Kid Rock" rocks your music world then put that down too, though I hope he doesn't. ;)
Darn you. Darn you straight to heck.
Ditto. Now I have become that which I despise. I'll give it a shot, but it'll take awhile. Being at the bottom of the pineapple upside down cake of doom is no fun. To whom am I going to pass along this onus? Alas.
Be afraid, very afraid. Gena Davis - The Fly
ded - I joke of course about the darning.
I plan to have some fun with it.
I know Ed. If you were serious, I'd say that you steal some MSG goon chants and yell some variation of "Potvin sucks" at me.
Mort, may I suggest Weas? And there's that flyingmonkey that buzzes by your site too.
English is my second language this morning....
If you were serious, I'd say that you steal some MSG goon chants...
should say....
If you were serious, I'd expect you to steal some MSG goon chants....
but even that sounds botched.
Like it or not, those two are definitely on my list. Bwahaha!!!
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Tune in tomorrow, I should have it by then.
Looking forward to it.
Here you go
Thanks for playing--sorry for being the grandfather to your tagging.
No problem, George. I got through it ok. :)
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