Ethics and movies and likes, oh my!
You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They
all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your
friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
The mind-freeing question today is the wordiest yet, so it doesn't fit into the subject field. It's easy to answer, though. Of course I would stand up for a close friend of mine, who was being unfairly criticised. In fact, I've done it now and then. If the criticism was fair, I would probably still defend my friend, but it wouldn't be quite so easy. This question is posed in a classical "leading the witness" form. Still, it's good to think about where your loyalties actually lie. How would you answer this and the other "50 questions to free your mind"? I have a hard time reading any question without trying to answer it in my mind, at least. So far, I haven't had any need for the "writing block" questions on LJ, but I may want to answer one sooner or later.
I went on a shopping spree today. Not much of a spree, really, since I only went to one store, but I came out with 7 movies:). It's all right, they were on sale. I bought the Mummy trilogy and the newest seasons of Agatha Christie's Poirot, which include The clocks, Three-act tragedy, Halloween party and Murder on the Orient Express. I have seen them all, except for the third Mummy movie, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and I understood that it wasn't a big hit with the critics. Oh, well...
Some of my hobbies and interests surprise people who know me.
I'm sure some of you have the same experience, people saying "I can't believe you're into that". I don't usually go for action movies, and I only like very few horror movies,One of the most embarrassing ones that I liked was The Haunting, and I mean the new version, with Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. I haven't seen the original, much older version, which probably accounts for my liking this newer film. I should explain: I don't like slasher movies, and although The Haunting has some gory bits, it's most of all a ghost story, where the horror is created through music, atmosphere and the back-story, not through violence and screaming. I also like the Zorro movies, and the Indiana Jones movies. I haven't seen the last one, but I think I can assume that it doesn't measure up to the others,
Another of my surprising interests is perhaps that I enjoy drinking songs. Being a teetotaller, I got some weird looks to begin with at uni, but I took part in most of the "beer nights" (basically, the people in my student organisation went out for a pint or two and talked), drinking ginger ale, lemonade or tea. And at formal parties, when it's customary to have drinking songs, I was always singing, chose some of the songs and was eager to learn new ones. I've learned some lovely new ones these past few months. They are often easy tunes, and the oldest are of course traditional melodies with no known composer.
I have so many movies to choose from tonight, that I don't know what to do. Maybe I'll just read something instead. It won't be long before it's Monday again, and by then, I have to choose a book that rocked my world to share with you. Besides, I have a feeling it's going to be one of those weekends again: no time for anything else but socialising. I have a pair of complicated mittens to knit, and by the look of the weather, I may not need them by the time they are finished. Let's see how it goes. See you tomorrow!
all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your
friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
The mind-freeing question today is the wordiest yet, so it doesn't fit into the subject field. It's easy to answer, though. Of course I would stand up for a close friend of mine, who was being unfairly criticised. In fact, I've done it now and then. If the criticism was fair, I would probably still defend my friend, but it wouldn't be quite so easy. This question is posed in a classical "leading the witness" form. Still, it's good to think about where your loyalties actually lie. How would you answer this and the other "50 questions to free your mind"? I have a hard time reading any question without trying to answer it in my mind, at least. So far, I haven't had any need for the "writing block" questions on LJ, but I may want to answer one sooner or later.
I went on a shopping spree today. Not much of a spree, really, since I only went to one store, but I came out with 7 movies:). It's all right, they were on sale. I bought the Mummy trilogy and the newest seasons of Agatha Christie's Poirot, which include The clocks, Three-act tragedy, Halloween party and Murder on the Orient Express. I have seen them all, except for the third Mummy movie, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and I understood that it wasn't a big hit with the critics. Oh, well...
Some of my hobbies and interests surprise people who know me.
I'm sure some of you have the same experience, people saying "I can't believe you're into that". I don't usually go for action movies, and I only like very few horror movies,One of the most embarrassing ones that I liked was The Haunting, and I mean the new version, with Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. I haven't seen the original, much older version, which probably accounts for my liking this newer film. I should explain: I don't like slasher movies, and although The Haunting has some gory bits, it's most of all a ghost story, where the horror is created through music, atmosphere and the back-story, not through violence and screaming. I also like the Zorro movies, and the Indiana Jones movies. I haven't seen the last one, but I think I can assume that it doesn't measure up to the others,
Another of my surprising interests is perhaps that I enjoy drinking songs. Being a teetotaller, I got some weird looks to begin with at uni, but I took part in most of the "beer nights" (basically, the people in my student organisation went out for a pint or two and talked), drinking ginger ale, lemonade or tea. And at formal parties, when it's customary to have drinking songs, I was always singing, chose some of the songs and was eager to learn new ones. I've learned some lovely new ones these past few months. They are often easy tunes, and the oldest are of course traditional melodies with no known composer.
I have so many movies to choose from tonight, that I don't know what to do. Maybe I'll just read something instead. It won't be long before it's Monday again, and by then, I have to choose a book that rocked my world to share with you. Besides, I have a feeling it's going to be one of those weekends again: no time for anything else but socialising. I have a pair of complicated mittens to knit, and by the look of the weather, I may not need them by the time they are finished. Let's see how it goes. See you tomorrow!