Always fun...
Today we ripped off a blogger named regular player, Kwizgiver, from her blog What If This Is As Good As It Gets? She doesn't say where she got it--but it was probably stolen from somewhere cool. Tracing back the thefts of those that we steal from could take a while. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!
26.) If you had to order from a kid's menu, what would you get?
I would get salad.
27.) Do you speak any other languages?
some French, and a lot more Spanish - three years high school. And, oddly, I can almost understand Swedish.lol
28.) Do you use Twitter?
a little bit
29.) Do you go onto YouTube?
a lot
30.) Do you play Angry Birds?
What is that?
31.) Do you like theme parties?
Halloween? Yes. Are there any other ones?
32.) Do you like current cartoons?
Newspaper ones? Yes.
33.) Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Yes. We traveled to see our two older daughters after a long time, and we all cried.
34.) Who would you like to see in concert?
Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, Pepé or Angel Romero. Eric Idle? hehehe!
35.) Can you swim well?
I swim very well.
36.) Ever won a contest?
I won a first at inter-mural tennis tournament one year.
37.) Ever won a giveaway?
Got some Janis Joplin concert tickets one year.
38.) Do you get a full 8 hours of sleep every night?
no way has that happened unless I was totally drugged (IV) at a hospital.
39.) What tea do you like?
Red tea, green tea, lemon ginger and Earl and Lady Grey.
40.) What mixed drink do you like?
I like two, and will risk drinking them on a birthday sometimes. They are Cadillac Margaritas, and Gin and Tonics.
41.) Do you shop at Walmart?
I would occasionally shop there, but now I will not ever shop there again because of what is happening in Bangladeshi garment factories, something which Walmart has denied all knowledge of or connection to.
42.) Do you shop at Target?
Sometimes; Good gad, I hope they don't own The Gap because I'll have to stop shopping at Target, too!
43.) What do you order at your local coffee shop?
Don't order fresh, but we buy fair trade teas and coffees there sometimes and pick up grounds for our composters.
44.) Do you drink bottled or tap water?
I can't drink tap water. You can filter out some of the stuff they put in ours.
45.) Do you like homemade meals?
I like them better than anything else.
46.) Do you like homemade baked goods?
I prefer them and usually never eat stuff unless we have made it.
47.) Do you shop online?
More marketing.. sigh
48.) Name 3 stores online stores you would like to shop at:
decline
49.) What holiday don't you like?
I'm not fond of Mother's Day. Is that a real holiday?
50.) What do you eat more when you're sick?
I like to eat a lot more plain ramen noodles, cooked in water, then put into chicken broth with grated carrots.
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Sunday Matinee: "Stranger Than Fiction", is the film I'd like to attempt to tell you enough about to entice you to want to see it and not to spoil it for you.
In it, Emma Thompson plays a brilliant novelist - suffering from writer's cramp - who is trying to to kill off her leading character, which is something she always does! She developed writer's block from not being able to decide just how she should "do him in". The film is about what happens when she learns the truth of her "fiction" writing, and he learns that he's not exactly real. When her actual character tracks her down to ask her why he must die, this starts all sorts of odd, moral questions going around her head.
Ms. Thompson is always a joy to watch as she fleshes out a character, and makes it live. Just watching facial expressions mirror her inner conflict is entertaining enough. The supporting cast is equal to the task except a slightly wooden performance by Queen Latifa, but that can be forgiven. After all she's been sent by the publishing House as a sort of enforcer, to Break though the writer's cramp, using whatever it takes to do it..
Do you all Remember Queen Latifa as the woman warden in "Chicago"? In this film she has that sort of presence but not anywhere near the sinister electricity! She's Powerful, but not even slightly wicked. What an actress!
Maggie Gyllenhaal does a warm and believable job in making Crick want to live. Heck, she'd make any man want to live. Lots of praise for Ms. Gyllenhaal's portrayal of the love interest in this one.
Dustin Hoffman is in the role of a somewhat nutty professor, who helps the main character, Harold Crick who is played brilliantly by Will Farrell, the man about to die. The professor realizes that Crick my be a character in a play and tries to get Crick to accept what ever may happen. The literacy professor, Hoffman, tried to make Crick, Farrell , understand that he must play his part bravely and with courage as the book will be a "masterpiece".
Today we ripped off a blogger named regular player, Kwizgiver, from her blog What If This Is As Good As It Gets? She doesn't say where she got it--but it was probably stolen from somewhere cool. Tracing back the thefts of those that we steal from could take a while. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!
26.) If you had to order from a kid's menu, what would you get?
I would get salad.
27.) Do you speak any other languages?
some French, and a lot more Spanish - three years high school. And, oddly, I can almost understand Swedish.lol
28.) Do you use Twitter?
a little bit
29.) Do you go onto YouTube?
a lot
30.) Do you play Angry Birds?
What is that?
31.) Do you like theme parties?
Halloween? Yes. Are there any other ones?
32.) Do you like current cartoons?
Newspaper ones? Yes.
33.) Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Yes. We traveled to see our two older daughters after a long time, and we all cried.
34.) Who would you like to see in concert?
Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, Pepé or Angel Romero. Eric Idle? hehehe!
35.) Can you swim well?
I swim very well.
36.) Ever won a contest?
I won a first at inter-mural tennis tournament one year.
37.) Ever won a giveaway?
Got some Janis Joplin concert tickets one year.
38.) Do you get a full 8 hours of sleep every night?
no way has that happened unless I was totally drugged (IV) at a hospital.
39.) What tea do you like?
Red tea, green tea, lemon ginger and Earl and Lady Grey.
40.) What mixed drink do you like?
I like two, and will risk drinking them on a birthday sometimes. They are Cadillac Margaritas, and Gin and Tonics.
41.) Do you shop at Walmart?
I would occasionally shop there, but now I will not ever shop there again because of what is happening in Bangladeshi garment factories, something which Walmart has denied all knowledge of or connection to.
42.) Do you shop at Target?
Sometimes; Good gad, I hope they don't own The Gap because I'll have to stop shopping at Target, too!
43.) What do you order at your local coffee shop?
Don't order fresh, but we buy fair trade teas and coffees there sometimes and pick up grounds for our composters.
44.) Do you drink bottled or tap water?
I can't drink tap water. You can filter out some of the stuff they put in ours.
45.) Do you like homemade meals?
I like them better than anything else.
46.) Do you like homemade baked goods?
I prefer them and usually never eat stuff unless we have made it.
47.) Do you shop online?
More marketing.. sigh
48.) Name 3 stores online stores you would like to shop at:
decline
49.) What holiday don't you like?
I'm not fond of Mother's Day. Is that a real holiday?
50.) What do you eat more when you're sick?
I like to eat a lot more plain ramen noodles, cooked in water, then put into chicken broth with grated carrots.
-------------------------------------------
Sunday Matinee: "Stranger Than Fiction", is the film I'd like to attempt to tell you enough about to entice you to want to see it and not to spoil it for you.
In it, Emma Thompson plays a brilliant novelist - suffering from writer's cramp - who is trying to to kill off her leading character, which is something she always does! She developed writer's block from not being able to decide just how she should "do him in". The film is about what happens when she learns the truth of her "fiction" writing, and he learns that he's not exactly real. When her actual character tracks her down to ask her why he must die, this starts all sorts of odd, moral questions going around her head.
Ms. Thompson is always a joy to watch as she fleshes out a character, and makes it live. Just watching facial expressions mirror her inner conflict is entertaining enough. The supporting cast is equal to the task except a slightly wooden performance by Queen Latifa, but that can be forgiven. After all she's been sent by the publishing House as a sort of enforcer, to Break though the writer's cramp, using whatever it takes to do it..
Do you all Remember Queen Latifa as the woman warden in "Chicago"? In this film she has that sort of presence but not anywhere near the sinister electricity! She's Powerful, but not even slightly wicked. What an actress!
Maggie Gyllenhaal does a warm and believable job in making Crick want to live. Heck, she'd make any man want to live. Lots of praise for Ms. Gyllenhaal's portrayal of the love interest in this one.
Dustin Hoffman is in the role of a somewhat nutty professor, who helps the main character, Harold Crick who is played brilliantly by Will Farrell, the man about to die. The professor realizes that Crick my be a character in a play and tries to get Crick to accept what ever may happen. The literacy professor, Hoffman, tried to make Crick, Farrell , understand that he must play his part bravely and with courage as the book will be a "masterpiece".
Great answers to Stealing. And I really enjoyed Stranger Than Fiction.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your nice comments. Have you seen the others? They are all such a crack up.
ReplyDeleteAlso, that movie is going to be on my buy list, and soon. It's an amazing film.
Shame on me for not looking into where those Bangladesh clothes were supposed to go! Thank you for being my conscience.
ReplyDeleteNo problem. It's not something that is getting much national press, so we just don't know about it. You know how it is... *sighs* Thanks for reading!
DeleteI just wanted to say thank you for your comment on my page. And you have given me something to think about with Gracie. I was told by my vet friend that every time she has seizures, a bit of her brain dies. BUT the phenobarbital will cause her liver damage. I am at a cross roads as to do I let her get sicker by A. or B. and I just want her around as long as possible. I actually cry when I think about it because my dogs are my life, and to think about purposefully causing her harm in either way... it breaks me. I don't want her to have brain damage, but I don't want to cause harm to her liver.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to comment. I will revisit this again. Thank you.
Hi Auntiem, thanks for the visit and the comments. I sent you a reply by email but since it came from here you may not have seen it. I will check at your blog to see how things are going for Gracie. I know how hard it is to make these decisions because, at my age, I've made them so often. It never is easy. Hugs!
DeleteRamen noodle is the best food for sick people, but mine with a lot of chilli
ReplyDeleteNice answers :)
Thank you Fina sofiana. As to Ramen, I don't think I could eat it caliente, but then I'm a big chicken when it comes to sizzling hot stuff. :-)
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