Dirty Dozen

[deeplyunhip]

[Poll #1286410]

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[scytheandroses.livejournal.com]

Three things...

A) DUDE. Death in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. XD YES.

ALSO THE ICEMAN. WHICH IS TO SAY THEODORE HICKMAN. FUCK. YES.


B) Pshht, Quantum of Solace, yo.


C) Probably cynical with less of the total-cynical than I once believed to be the case. Total cynic? Naw, naw. If that was the case, I'd likely've just given it all in a while ago. There's always that tricky bit of final hope. Oh, silly.

[whydavid.livejournal.com]

Ooh, your first "select" menu :) (do you know what I do for a living btw? I build FORMS. With radio buttons and select menus and text fields just like your polls. DREAM JOB.)

I really want to see What Just Happened. I hope it's playing where I live. In Oregon.

[haremstress.livejournal.com]

1. I re-read portions of novels all the time, but I rarely re-read the whole thing from start to finish.

2. Surely everyone loves Grover!

3. Cynicism/Idealism... toootally depends on the situation. But in lieu of painful death, I guess you could say I'm idealistic in theory but cynical in practice.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Death: I'm also fond of the one in Tanith Lee's Tale of the Flat Earth.

Don't know Sesame Street - we had good stuff on TV when I was a Kid, not that puppet crap.

I'm a cynical idealist.

[ender839.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely QoS.

[haremstress.livejournal.com]

Oh, I also feel the need to add: I really, really hate false modesty and self-deprecation. True humility is a rare find indeed.

[ender839.livejournal.com]

I thought The Road got bumped to next year. Something about it sucking, just like the book. *shrugs*

[plasticactus.livejournal.com]

I have read The Odyssey, The Canterbury Tales, and Gulliver's Travels AT LEAST 10 times.

Also, believe it or not I've never seen Sesame Street. My mom always felt that the muppets on the show talked poorly and would therefor teach children to talk poorly (IE Cookie Monster referring to himself as "me" constantly). Nevertheless, I heart Kermit from the Muppet show/movies.

I am so excited for Doubt that I have dreams about it. Wonderful dreams where Meryl Streep runs around accusing me of doing all sorts of horrible things, but I don't mind because I am happy to talk to a celebrity.

[scytheandroses.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh the icon. XD

[ender839.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, I really enjoy whipping that one out every now and again.

...

That sounded better in my head, I swear.

[scytheandroses.livejournal.com]

>.>

I'm suuuuuuuuuure it did. Absolutely sure.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

There's always that tricky bit of final hope. Oh, silly.

Aww, how very Loras of you to say so. :P

And sorry for excluding Quantum of Solace - I saw it on the list of upcoming movies, didn't know WTF it was, and thus, left it off the poll. Now that I realize it was fucking James Bond...yeah, I feel pretty stupid. Lol.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Ohh, sounds like you've got a wonderful job for yourself, I'm jealous!

How are you enjoying the new state?

[your-downfall.livejournal.com]

DEATH from Discworld is my absolute most favourite DEATH ever. I LOVE HOW HE ALWAYS TALKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

I hate false modesty, too, with a passion. Of course, I don't think True Humility necessarily *exists* at all. And that is part of why I picked "cynic" with no hesitation. :P

Grover was awesome. I am pretty sure Ernie was my main man as a kid (or, at least, I have a lot of pictures of myself with some Ernie doll/plushie/thing), but Grover was up there. Telly Monster, too, though I can't remember anything he ever did. I just remember the name.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Hey man, don't judge stuff you haven't seen! If you don't know Sesame Street, how do you know it's crap? Oh, that's right, you don't. :)

Cynical idealist? I'm pretty sure you actually chose the "death" option. :P

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Oh, really?

Okay, yeah, quick Google search results in "The Road (2009)". Ah well. Barely anyone wants to see it, either way.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

I should really re-read Gulliver's Travels sometime soon, as I've only read it once. Maybe when I'm done with my ASOIAF re-read.

I do believe it, as you've already told me. :)

Lol, nice. I really hope it lives up to your expectations...

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about the series, but all-caps just reminds me of the character OWEN MEANY, WHO WAS AWESOME. SO I WILL ASSUME THAT DISCWORLD'S DEATH IS EQUALLY FANTASTIC. PERHAPS SOMEDAY I WILL READ IT!

[hamsterwoman]

And rides a pale horse called Binky. And likes cats.

Seriously, deeplyunhip, you need to read some Discworld. Best modern satire there is!

[hamsterwoman]

I also hate false modesty (which is why I get nervous when people tell me I come across as humble (in RL! I don't think anyone's ever accused me of it on zlj :P), because if I do, I'm pretty sure that would constitute fasle modesty.

But I do think true humility (maybe not with the caps, but definitely different from the false variety) exists, and when I've encountered it in really talented people, it's often very, very refreshing, especially when it's in a setting where you would normally expect some massive egos, like among academic luminaries or high-level executives.

Note: Milton icon used ironically. Er, mostly.

[ender839.livejournal.com]

My favorite Death book is Mort. I highly recommend it. :)

[hamsterwoman]

XD!

[kukuweaq.livejournal.com]

Oh, so I guess no one gets to see JCVD or Quantum of Solace, nice, real nice.


And my favorite things on the SS were those monsters with the horns that came out of their head and they had bicycle horns for noses and were incredibly annoying just going around and honking their noses so the horns would make noise and they couldn't talk and just communicated with the honking and everyone hated them. I loved those things.


And the best Personification of death is Pyramid Head

[cloud-wolf.livejournal.com]

The Odyssey? I've read that one a lot too. But it ties with the Iliad. Because I loooove Achilles.

[cloud-wolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's soooo awesome. You're missing out. Neil Gaiman would totally agree with me.

[cloud-wolf.livejournal.com]

I loathe Elmo. He just annoys the crap out of me. He ain't got nothing on Count von Count

[whydavid.livejournal.com]

Haha it's like I work at Dunder Mifflin...I could be building Facebook aps or Flash games or optimizing YouTube, instead...I build FORMS for people to APPLY to stuff, it's so unglamorous and perfect. Kind of like living in Oregon :)

[hamsterwoman]

Also, I'm curious (and nosy!), what book(s) have you read 50+ times?

[guad.livejournal.com]

1) I can reread a book I like for an infinite number of times. I don't even know how often I've read some books.

2) If I can't decide I often ask the waiters because they can recommend if some of the food is particulary good this day (recommendation of the day).

[misstopia.livejournal.com]

Odyssey is a lot more readable for me, Iliad is dense. Good story of course but dense, Odyssey is just fun.

[misstopia.livejournal.com]

Grover was the one I identified with. Kermit was my beloved but Grover, that was ME.

Esp. Super Grover.

[cloud-wolf.livejournal.com]

True. And it has Telemachos in addition to Odysseus. Their father-son story was one of the first I read and really loved.

But. The gods have a more prominent role in the Iliad and I like reading about Achilles and his hubris and great love. Achilles/Patroclus OTP 4eva <3

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

it had to be crap or I'd have seen it :p

I can chose quote-death-quote anytime, especially if quote-death-quote means I get back cybernetized and kick much ass.

[ender839.livejournal.com]

The one I know I've read 50+ times is Ender's Game. It's been my favorite book since seventh grade and has been the only book I've read in multiple countries (England, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Switzerland, US, Canada). It travels with me everywhere I go overnight, and I may well have read it over 100 times. I just don't remember at this point - it's been half a lifetime! :)

[plasticactus.livejournal.com]

The Road did not get bumped. It still has a limited release November 14th. Or at least two of my prime movie sources claim as much.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Yeah, his manner of speech is rather irritating. >.>

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Gah, hamsterwoman - I just start on your damn Amber series and here you are with even more tempting literary demands! One day I'll get to it.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Those monsters were appropriately named "Honkers". :)

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

when I've encountered it in really talented people, it's often very, very refreshing

I'd assume that it's more like...these people are so talented, that they're talented at everything. Including acting like they're actually humble people when they're not. :P

As for you and how you come off on LJ, I think you're a great example of why I don't think humility/modesty is important or good. You come off very confidently but you also come off as really nice and you obviously have high opinions of other people besides yourself. So, yeah. Just sayin'. Maybe IRL, people confuse niceness with humility? Or something?

[hamsterwoman]

I was wondering if it was Ender's Game :) I've re-read it a couple of times, too (which, for me, is a lot -- I typically don't reread books). And, hm, I wonder if Ender's Shadow counts as semi-re-reading it, too... :P

[hamsterwoman]

Including acting like they're actually humble people when they're not. :P

Hmmm... it's actually harder for me to believe that somebody can convincingly pull off false humility like that than to believe in the existence of true humility, if that makes sense... Because at least some people seem to be consistently humble, even with close friends, where there really isn't any benefit to be derived from coming across as such.

I do find it difficult to understand *how* talented people can be humble, because that's a tendency that's pretty foreign to me :P

Maybe IRL, people confuse niceness with humility? Or something?

I think that's partly it, because, let's face it, a lot of the arrogant folks, especially if it's something they're vocal about, *are* jerks, and this engenders a tendency to assume that all non-humble people are jerks and anyone who is not a jerk must therefore be humble. But I think partly at least what it is is that LJ tends to bring out the self-centeredness in people, and the introspection -- not a bad thing, but sort of intrinsic to the medium, since an LJ is at least partly a personal journal.

My opinion of myself is no different, in LJ or in real life, but I sure do talk about myself a whole lot more on LJ, and so my lack of humility is a lot more evident. While in RL, I tend to avoid "bragging", because I feel it is gauche, and thus people interpret that as humility. Whereas, no, I really do think I'm awesome, I just feel it's tiresome and poor tone to keep telling people how awesome I am. Except in my LJ :)

And thank you for the compliments, of course :)

[hamsterwoman]

I'm sorry... :P Well, the Amber books should be a quick read (hopefully! if you enjoy them, which you hopefully will!) and then the Discworld books are, too. But, OK, I will stop foisting book series on you :)

Are you liking Amber so far? (It took me a little bit to get into it when I first read the series, but I definitely though it was worth it by the time I got to about the middle of book 1.)

[your-downfall.livejournal.com]

MORT was the first Discworld novel I read, and it's about DEATH taking an apprentice... too, too funny. They're quick reads, too.

[kukuweaq.livejournal.com]

That makes complete sense.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

I'm only up to page 100 or so, so I don't really know enough about everything to be *into* it, but the fact that I don't know much of anything is also working to keep my interest in its own way. ;)

[sra33.livejournal.com]

You needed to make the "what do you do at a restaurant" thing a ticky box answer, because I'd do most of that stuff. XD

[ladynyks.livejournal.com]

I'd order a contract killing with maimings and torture for Big Bird if Muppets took such on. And this when only saw a couple of episodes in adult years in the UK.