Random Questions Game

#551

I wanted to be on a soap opera.

Do you plan to stay in your current profession until you retire?

#552

No, but I'm prepared for it if it comes to that.

Best flavor of ice cream?

#553

Chocolate.

What do you put on your bagel?

#554

Plain cream cheese.

What's the highest amount of money you've found on the ground?

#555

$20 in Orlando after the Bloc Party show. Sweet.

What book are you currently reading? (I'd know this if any of you were on GoodReads!) Since you asked I am reading Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her.

#556

I am currently reading:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
A Game of Thrones
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (Just finished The Illearth War)

What book have you read that you really think there should be a movie of, but there isn't?

#557

A year ago I would have said Ender's Game since that was in development hell for the better part of a decade. Today I would say Popco by Scarlett Thomas. It's character-driven narrative and does not rely on bells and whistles to make the story flow. It's my favorite book.

I'd also say: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shytengart. Also The Dinner by Koch, which appeals to fans of Gone Girl. And also Great House, which is like the movie The Red Violin but with a cool desk as the inanimate character. I'm surprised Spielberg hasn't already optioned it.

And of course Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. I'd love to see Patty on the big screen. This book will change your life. The Corrections was supposed to be a series on HBO, but it passed on it and it nearly broke my heart.

What book do you believe has been needlessly made into a movie already? And you can't cop out and say Twilight.

#558

Thinner by Stephen king. A lot of his stuff is more believable and scary in the brain than it is on screen.

What is your favorite sport team?

#559

I went to UF so I guess the Gators? The last sports team I was really zealous about was in the Dream Team Era when the Chicago Bulls were Three-Peat, so I guess Da Bulls. I also love the US Women's Gymnastics Team.

What's your favorite portable food?

#560

Some sort of bread product, probably a bagel.

How do you take your coffee?

#561

Black.

What's your favourite kind of tea?

#562

Yerba Mate

What is on your floor right now that shouldn't be?

#563

A poopy diaper.

What is something you wish was on your floor right now?

#564

A receipt showing my law loans as being paid in full! That's a boring answer so I will say the entire Criterion boxed collection.

What is your favorite cinema/movie theatre??

#565

All the non-commercial cinemas here have been shut down. There's an auditorium where film clubs occasionally show films, so I guess that would have to be my favourite.

As a side note, it kind of sucks that everything is going digital. What's the point in going to cinema when you can't even hear the sound of the projector?

Do you prefer seeing films in the cinema or at home?

#566

At home. It's cheaper, I can pause and rewind, piss breaks, I can drink beer, the popcorn isn't $7 a bag, and there aren't youth being loud and running amok.

Okay, well that last one isn't exactly true, but you get the picture.

Have you ever been in a theatrical performance, and if so, what?

#567

I have! I was Ado Annie in Oklahoma and Anita in Westside Story and Lady Macbeth in the Scottish play.

Have you ever been an extra on a film/TV set?

#568

I was in the audience for the taping of a local talk show, that's about it. My brother-in-law was an extra in Waterboy.

What's your favorite classical piece and why?

#569

(I've been in the audience of a game show once.)

ninja'd. Shostakovich 7th symphony -- because it's grand without being pretentious.

Have you ever been on the radio?

#570

Speaking, no, I have not, but my music has been on many different radio stations worldwide (I was on a Portuguese radio station recently- my song came on right before Pink Floyd).

Have you ever had anything published in print?

#571

I've had two short prose pieces published in an anthology.

Do you enjoy art exhibitions?

#572

I do. I've even been to a couple of art auctions.

Do you like candles?

#573

I do.

Do you like kerosene lamps?

#574

I do. It was how my grandma heated her house and I stayed with her often as a child.

What item holds the most sentimental value for you?

#575

I have an 18-inch Art Deco statue in my living room that my dad bought when I was a little kid.

What's your favorite sandwich?

#576

A cheeseburger.

What's your best quality?

#577

Well I didn't know the answer so I asked my five year old son, jack. He said, "hugging me!" So I'll go with that.

What's your vice?

#578

I drink too much.

What's your favorite cocktail?

#579

A Greyhound - it's vodka and grapefruit juice.

What's your favorite varietal of wine (if you like it)?

#580

Malbec, I LOVE a good malbec

Do you eat or drink artificial sweeteners?

#581

No, not really. We have the Monkfruit sweetener at home. And I have some Stevia varieties, but I guess those would be natural sweeteners.

What kind of cake do you like to have on your birthday?

#582

Chocolate! I also love a greyhound

What size shoe do you wear?

#583

7!

Do you have a lucky charm, totem or article clothing that you wear to big events?

#584

No.

Do you like wearing hats?

#585

No

What is your favorite animal?

#586

Tortoise

Do you like eggs Benedict?

#587

I do! I get the Florentine option that comes with spinach and it has tomato slices instead of Canadian bacon or ham. We have a Greek version here that has a more lemony version of Hollondaise.

What's your favorite sauce that ends in 'aise? E.G. Mayo, Bernaise, Hollondaise, etc.

#588

Aren't those the only three? Hollandaise, especially over salmon and rice.

So you eat eggs?

#589

Yeah, I'm ovo-lacto veg. I'm not a very militant person and I rely on eggs to get me some good iron, I eat eggs but I didn't for most of my life. The reason I didn't eat eggs for most of my life is I saw Paul Newman eat 50 eggs in Cool Hand Luke back when I was 8 or 9. That Easter I decided to also eat 50 eggs since my aunt had Easter eggs coming out of her ears. I went on her side deck and me and male cousin decided to give it a go. I made it to 7 and barfed all over the deck.

About 10 years passed, and I decided I might give eggs a go. My cholesterol is really low, so I figured I could handle them. Then fast forward to my college years at UF, and some weird engineering students were in the caf we me one day and deviled eggs were out out where you could grab as many as you wanted. These boys ate like 24 eggs and then barfed in front of everyone. So I didn't eat eggs.

10 more years passed and I decided I needed to add the highly versatile egg back to my diet, but this time it went through without incident.

What is your favorite Paul Newman fan?

#590

EBWOP: Favorite Paul Newman film (not fan)

#591

Mongoose wrote:Yeah, I'm ovo-lacto veg. I'm not a very militant person and I rely on eggs to get me some good iron, I eat eggs but I didn't for most of my life. The reason I didn't eat eggs for most of my life is I saw Paul Newman eat 50 eggs in Cool Hand Luke back when I was 8 or 9. That Easter I decided to also eat 50 eggs since my aunt had Easter eggs coming out of her ears. I went on her side deck and me and male cousin decided to give it a go. I made it to 7 and barfed all over the deck.

About 10 years passed, and I decided I might give eggs a go. My cholesterol is really low, so I figured I could handle them. Then fast forward to my college years at UF, and some weird engineering students were in the caf we me one day and deviled eggs were out out where you could grab as many as you wanted. These boys ate like 24 eggs and then barfed in front of everyone. So I didn't eat eggs.

10 more years passed and I decided I needed to add the highly versatile egg back to my diet, but this time it went through without incident.

What is your favorite Paul Newman fan?

On a dare in college I ate 40 prunes in an hour (only got to 38.5, but they counted it as a win). I did not throw up...butt...

I did not go to class the next day.

My favorite Paul Newman film is Cars.

Do you like prunes?

#592

Prunes are alright.

Do you like raisins?

#593

Raisins are okay.

Do you like caraway seed?

#594

I don't think so.

Do you hate spiders?

#595

Hate? Nah, but I don't prefer their company.

Do you hate SUVs?

#596

One SUV and one minivan...

Do you have a pool?

#597

No.

Do you have a deck?

#598

Yes

Do you have a basement?

#599

No.

Do you have an attic?

#600

Yes

How big is your yard?