The Syndicate

Usually between 10:30 and 11:00

What time do you get up?

Usually 6, 6:30 AM.

Have you ever ridden a horse?

Yes.

Have you ever ridden any animal other than a horse?

Yes- elephant and camel. And I've ridden in a tank.

What was your worst vacation?

A Carnival cruise.

If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Right now? My kitchen, to get another beer. But I'd like to go to Great Britain to meet some of the people I know from Prog Archives.

If you could be king or queen of any state, which would you pick?

As an anarcho-communist I'd rather not there be any states, but if I had to pick I'd be the queen of Poland.

Do you think you could live a happy life without electricity?

Definitely not.

What is your favorite color?

Turquoise.

Do you have a lucky number?

Yes.

Do you like green olives?

Yes, yum

Do you take after one of your parents more strongly than the other?

Yes.

What was your favorite age?

27, I met my husband that year.

Do you feel your biggest achievements are ahead or you, or behind you?

Behind

How old do you want to live to?

92. I don't want my mind to go first.

How did you get your first name? (You don't have to say what it is if you don't wanna)

Mongoose wrote:92. I don't want my mind to go first.

How did you get your first name? (You don't have to say what it is if you don't wanna)

As far as I can remember, I was just born with it.

What is, objectively, the best religion?

Buddhism?

Why does everyone on this site have a Lost-related moniker?

Because we are all enlightened. Or the island made us do it. It depends on the day.

Do you love lost?

Mmm, I like Lost. I watched it religously and never missed an ep but it never became what I hoped it would be.

Breakfast dinner - is that acceptable?

Of course.

What did you want it to become?

Less flashbacks. I found them pretty boring and not as good for on-island character development as I would have liked. I would have liked to see a little more ingenuity and innovations as far as settling the island. I thought The Others bogged down the storyline too much and it made it seem like they were on an isolated community in a remote place instead of on an island. I felt the Smoke Monster was misused, and the ending was guessed by EW back in its freshman season. I liked how some of the arcs in later seasons were hinted at by previous seasons, but I think there could have been more of this.

If you get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, do you wash your hands?

Um. I suppose I'll just say yes and let you all wonder if I'm lying or not.

Are you happy with your current line of work?

Yes, I'm unemployed.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

financially stable.

Are you taking classes?

I am not and having for credit since I graduated law school in 2007, but I am always taking CLEs and free courses on Coursera. I'm taking one on volcanoes right now.

What's your favorite chain restaurant? I am quite partial to California Pizza Kitchen and Boston's Pizza (not to be confused with Boston Market).

Mongoose wrote:I am not and having for credit since I graduated law school in 2007, but I am always taking CLEs and free courses on Coursera. I'm taking one on volcanoes right now.

What's your favorite chain restaurant? I am quite partial to California Pizza Kitchen and Boston's Pizza (not to be confused with Boston Market).

I think I'll go with Outback Steakhouse (I also like Bertucci's). There may be a better one, but I can't think of one right now...

Where do you do your grocery shopping?

Publix of course, with forays to fresh Market and whole Foods.

What is your favorite dinner that you make or your signature dish?

juliets wrote:Publix of course, with forays to fresh Market and whole Foods.

What is your favorite dinner that you make or your signature dish?

I'm not a very good cook but I make a meatloaf that the whole family loves and I also make American chop suey.

What do you drink with dinner?

I usually drink iced green tea or sparkling water or still water. I might also have another iced tea if we have some good rooibos or white tea.

My answer is that same as Juliets for where I grocery shop. I also supplement with trips to the Greek market and farmers market since we kill produce.


(in a husky, creepy voice) What's your favorite scary movie?

Of all time, I have to go with the original Nightmare on Elm street. that movie scared the crap out of me, and the thought of not being able to sleep to escape the fear is still nerve wracking. I love horror movies though, I could name a million but this was my first true SCARE so gotta go with the classic.

Whats you favorite romantic comedy (was there ever a good one???)?

This is definitely not my pet genre, but I did rather like Love, Actually. I also liked Definitely, Maybe. I guess I like rom coms with two words and a comma between them.

What's your favorite space film?

Solaris (the Tarkovsky one, obviously.)

What's your favourite western?

Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

What's your favorite French film?

The Mother and the Whore

What's your favourite German film?

Run Lola Run

Do you like Math?

No. We are not friends. I'm not bad at it though; I guess you can't be bad at math if you took Calc.

What's your favorite Scandinavian film? (there are so many good ones!)

Körkarlen

What's your favourite Asian film?

Raise the Red Lantern

What's your overall favorite foreign film?

oh good lord. Let's see. The White Ribbon? or maybe City of Lost Children. White? The Edukators is a favorite. And I adored Goodbye Lenin. I also loved Micmacs. Fritz Lang's M? I'll go with Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

What's your favorite silent film?

Sunrise.

What's your favourite horror film?

Still Nightmare on Elm Street.

How often do you guys watch films?!?!

Kate wrote:Still Nightmare on Elm Street.

How often do you guys watch films?!?!

Three or four times a week, I'd say.

How often do you go to the cinema?

I watch about 2 movies a day on work days. We don't really watch TV.

I used to go to the cinema a lot more but the library pays squat. I go every two months when I give blood (they give us free tickets).

How often do you see plays?

Just about never.

What is your favorite city?

Rome!

What is your favorite non-Mafia website?

I used to go to the cinema two or three times a week but then they moved it and then I moved and now I'm barely within the walking distance of it.

Turku, Finland.

Youtube.

What's your favourite country?

Italy

Where have you been that you don't ever want to go back?

Ft Lauderdale, Florida

How many nations have you visited?

five, I think

Do you like the beach?

I don't love it. I like it a lot near sunset.

Do you like the mountains?