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My response to the meme questions from lilmizpiggy88
--EDIT--
OOOOKAY, sorry this took so long, but here we go. This is what happens when I only intermittently write while I'm working on a paper at the same time :P
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◇ I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
◇ Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
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Jenny's questions:
1. If you were to direct a movie, what would the movie be about and what would you name it?
2. A TV is falling out of a 22nd story window and an old lady is right beneath it. How would you go about saving the lady without knocking her to the ground potentially causing a fatal fall?
3. What would you consider the three most important values?
4. If you could customize a car any way you want, what special features would it have? 'Bumblebee' is not an adequate answer.
5. I'm out of ideas. Tell me something totally random.
My answers:
1. Alright Lunchbox, I love you guys to death and you're the best friends a man can ask for. I don't know where I'd be today without you guys, but if I were to direct a movie, it would probably involve and include pirates, ninjas, and zombies. All things that various ones of you have tried to get me away from, I apologize. I just love those three topics too much to let go. Forgive me? hahah. Maybe all at the same time, or maybe they're all one and the same. It will inevitably suck. Here's my take on it: A bunch of scientists at a secret shoreline laboratory protected by ninjas are working on a biological weapon that they know will create zombies. Pirates attack the lab at night and destroy the containment facilities, releasing the zombie-forming virus into the air and upon humanity as a whole (Oh the humanity!). The rest of the movie turns into a zombie-kill comedy fest a la Zombieland packed with high seas action, martial arts, drama, hilarity, and I'll even sprinkle in some romance and eye candy for the ladies--all with a good story, of course. Gotta attract a big audience with a movie this stupid, but I couldn't live with myself if my own movie's story didn't draw me into the theater. Don't come in expecting a 3D format. It hurts my eyes and the bridge of my nose :(
2. Twenty-two stories eh? Easy. I'll grab a long steel table and lean it into the wall at a cozy angle and just yell "DUCK!" I support the table, TV smashes into it, my body and soul might buckle a little, but she stands up and gets out of that mess unscathed. And Iron Man Victor Tran has saved the day yet again. I've got about 7.5 seconds before the thing hits ground level, and you never said I wasn't standing next to her and a conveniently situated 7-foot steel table :)
Alternate solution: Open a nearby door, walk her in, *SMASH*, then say, "You're welcome" like all the badasses do in movies.
Alternate solution 2: If she's old and can't run away from a falling TV, she's probably also light. Fireman's lift! haha
3. I’m breaking this one down into categories near the end. It would probably be similar for friends and potential love interests, as well as people in general.
It’s hard to figure out what three qualities I value most in friends because everything seems to contend for the top three spots. The one that stands out that I value most, however, is patience. Patience is a quality that I feel applies to so much more than just friends. Patience keeps people from making hasty misunderstandings that damage or potentially destroy bonds. It’s what makes people take that extra second to think about the consequences of their actions, and it’s what gives people the time it takes to really understand a message that someone is trying to communicate. It’s what allows people to stay innocent in situations where they have no need to get involved, for their own sake. In short, patience is a life preserver. And I have virtually none of it in terms of self control. This is probably why I look up to people who seem to have extreme levels of self control in their lives, and have developed tight friendships with them.
So if patience ranks at the top of my list, I think I'm going to rank openness at a close second. Bear with me here because this one takes a little explanation. Openness, to me, is intertwined with trust and understanding, and involves being able to trust in and having the trust of the ones you care about or have to do business with. The reason this one comes in second is because unfiltered openness to everyone on your friends list is dangerous and reckless. What I mean is openness geared towards people that you've taken the patience to understand, thus leading to the willingness to share with certain people certain things that you feel affect your personal growth. These can be things that are bothering you or things you simply enjoy, and it means people that you know you can trust enough to confide in or share with. The same works both ways, so they would have to be trusting and understanding enough to discuss their thoughts to a similar extent. In networking terms, openness would be limited to whatever works at the moment. It's brutal, and sometimes manipulative, but Apple and Microsoft didn't get anywhere by being nice. On the same token, we don't develop true friendships by NOT being nice to some extent and finding out who's willing to reciprocate. Here's my problem: I used to trust too easily, and that ended up with me getting hurt by people I considered friends. It took almost three years with the people I consider my closest friends now to open up again, and I got screwed recently. This time though, I'm far from saying "history repeats itself", because I know this time around it was just a pair of the world's waste products inhabiting my house (Two crazy subletters. An updated post on that adventure soon) as opposed to my friends. Eventually, we'll be able to recycle anything, but for now, we've got refuse. I've at least been careful in selecting my friends after that first mistake.
The third value is where the values diverge, and the differences between family and friends, professional associates and potential love interests as well as humanity in general becomes more apparent. In people in general, I'd really like to see more generosity. The song "Where Is the Love?" by the Black-Eyed Peas comes to mind. The world really is hard in every sense of the word, and despite international government aid and the highest number of college grads joining grueling Teach for America jobs and the Peace Corps than ever recorded, there are still, quite literally, BILLIONS of people who just refuse to reach out and help those who need the most assistance, from starving terminally ill kids in Sub-Saharan Africa to the veteran who got his legs blown off fighting for a military that screwed him big time with illusions of riches and relaxation. I'm not saying there's anything simple about helping them, and there are way too many people who need help to simply say "let's save them all", but damnit, the apathy is everywhere! Generosity saves lives if it's applied in the right way, but nobody seems to be lifting a finger to try except the ones who're already doing it altruistically.
This part took me almost a week to think up, but as for friends, family, and other loved ones, I couldn't come up with a third one. The trouble is, I don't want to leave "Generosity" as the third value for both spheres of association. I think it goes without saying, but if there really is something in this group that I look for that separates it from a distant business associate or other general stranger. Maybe in time I'll have it all figured out.
4. Bumblebee I would get high acceleration, possibly by using a pulse plug as opposed to a spark plug, and combo-ing that with a powerful muffler so I could just PEEL OUT when the light changes. High-sensitivity steering maneuverability and sports-performance brakes would go nicely with a nice, light and durable fiberglass-titanium allow frame. But no rims. Those are STUPID.
Alright, engine and chassis aside, time for the interior. Leather seats, mesh back. It seems like a weird combination, but it's actually really, really comfortable (I forgot what my friend drove who DID HAVE have this in his car :Q____ __ _ ...). A good stereo system with every adapter known on earth.That's not just for me though; it's for whoever brings their ipods or mp3s or laptops into the car and wants to hear their music, and indirectly for me to get more variety in my music. Also, a 6-CD changer that can play every disc format.
Now just for kicks, I would also get multi-colored LED lights on the inside of the car just so it'll feel like a party whenever the HELL I feel like it! hahaha. While we're talking about going crazy, I'll even throw in a mini-fridge full of snacks and cold canned or bottled drinks for the people in the backseat. Or for the backseat ;)
Back to not-so-crazy: An all-purpose carrier rack on top so that I can put whatever I feel like up there, be it a bike, snow or surfboard, or, hell, a bed for easy transport when I move. I'd also like a multi-purpose tow cable like the ones on those cars in Jurassic Park. It also needs to have a lot of trunk space in case I need to fit a body that I must promptly dispose of bunch of my stuff to go out and have fun with friends.
But at the end of the day, all I really need is a car that can transform at will into a 12-foot tall warrior killbot with a yellow body and black stripe scheme who speaks to me through the use of radio stations and fights off the evil Decepticons under the command of gets me from Point A to Point B.
Satisfied? :D
5. It took me almost a week alone to finish question 3. Before I head off and do Angela's questions, I'll tell you something random. I feel like the only thing permanent is the past. That's probably why I really do like history as a subject.
--EDIT--
OOOOKAY, sorry this took so long, but here we go. This is what happens when I only intermittently write while I'm working on a paper at the same time :P
◇ Leave me a comment.
◇ I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
◇ Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
◇ Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people question
Jenny's questions:
1. If you were to direct a movie, what would the movie be about and what would you name it?
2. A TV is falling out of a 22nd story window and an old lady is right beneath it. How would you go about saving the lady without knocking her to the ground potentially causing a fatal fall?
3. What would you consider the three most important values?
4. If you could customize a car any way you want, what special features would it have? 'Bumblebee' is not an adequate answer.
5. I'm out of ideas. Tell me something totally random.
My answers:
1. Alright Lunchbox, I love you guys to death and you're the best friends a man can ask for. I don't know where I'd be today without you guys, but if I were to direct a movie, it would probably involve and include pirates, ninjas, and zombies. All things that various ones of you have tried to get me away from, I apologize. I just love those three topics too much to let go. Forgive me? hahah. Maybe all at the same time, or maybe they're all one and the same. It will inevitably suck. Here's my take on it: A bunch of scientists at a secret shoreline laboratory protected by ninjas are working on a biological weapon that they know will create zombies. Pirates attack the lab at night and destroy the containment facilities, releasing the zombie-forming virus into the air and upon humanity as a whole (Oh the humanity!). The rest of the movie turns into a zombie-kill comedy fest a la Zombieland packed with high seas action, martial arts, drama, hilarity, and I'll even sprinkle in some romance and eye candy for the ladies--all with a good story, of course. Gotta attract a big audience with a movie this stupid, but I couldn't live with myself if my own movie's story didn't draw me into the theater. Don't come in expecting a 3D format. It hurts my eyes and the bridge of my nose :(
2. Twenty-two stories eh? Easy. I'll grab a long steel table and lean it into the wall at a cozy angle and just yell "DUCK!" I support the table, TV smashes into it, my body and soul might buckle a little, but she stands up and gets out of that mess unscathed. And Iron Man Victor Tran has saved the day yet again. I've got about 7.5 seconds before the thing hits ground level, and you never said I wasn't standing next to her and a conveniently situated 7-foot steel table :)
Alternate solution: Open a nearby door, walk her in, *SMASH*, then say, "You're welcome" like all the badasses do in movies.
Alternate solution 2: If she's old and can't run away from a falling TV, she's probably also light. Fireman's lift! haha
3. I’m breaking this one down into categories near the end. It would probably be similar for friends and potential love interests, as well as people in general.
It’s hard to figure out what three qualities I value most in friends because everything seems to contend for the top three spots. The one that stands out that I value most, however, is patience. Patience is a quality that I feel applies to so much more than just friends. Patience keeps people from making hasty misunderstandings that damage or potentially destroy bonds. It’s what makes people take that extra second to think about the consequences of their actions, and it’s what gives people the time it takes to really understand a message that someone is trying to communicate. It’s what allows people to stay innocent in situations where they have no need to get involved, for their own sake. In short, patience is a life preserver. And I have virtually none of it in terms of self control. This is probably why I look up to people who seem to have extreme levels of self control in their lives, and have developed tight friendships with them.
So if patience ranks at the top of my list, I think I'm going to rank openness at a close second. Bear with me here because this one takes a little explanation. Openness, to me, is intertwined with trust and understanding, and involves being able to trust in and having the trust of the ones you care about or have to do business with. The reason this one comes in second is because unfiltered openness to everyone on your friends list is dangerous and reckless. What I mean is openness geared towards people that you've taken the patience to understand, thus leading to the willingness to share with certain people certain things that you feel affect your personal growth. These can be things that are bothering you or things you simply enjoy, and it means people that you know you can trust enough to confide in or share with. The same works both ways, so they would have to be trusting and understanding enough to discuss their thoughts to a similar extent. In networking terms, openness would be limited to whatever works at the moment. It's brutal, and sometimes manipulative, but Apple and Microsoft didn't get anywhere by being nice. On the same token, we don't develop true friendships by NOT being nice to some extent and finding out who's willing to reciprocate. Here's my problem: I used to trust too easily, and that ended up with me getting hurt by people I considered friends. It took almost three years with the people I consider my closest friends now to open up again, and I got screwed recently. This time though, I'm far from saying "history repeats itself", because I know this time around it was just a pair of the world's waste products inhabiting my house (Two crazy subletters. An updated post on that adventure soon) as opposed to my friends. Eventually, we'll be able to recycle anything, but for now, we've got refuse. I've at least been careful in selecting my friends after that first mistake.
The third value is where the values diverge, and the differences between family and friends, professional associates and potential love interests as well as humanity in general becomes more apparent. In people in general, I'd really like to see more generosity. The song "Where Is the Love?" by the Black-Eyed Peas comes to mind. The world really is hard in every sense of the word, and despite international government aid and the highest number of college grads joining grueling Teach for America jobs and the Peace Corps than ever recorded, there are still, quite literally, BILLIONS of people who just refuse to reach out and help those who need the most assistance, from starving terminally ill kids in Sub-Saharan Africa to the veteran who got his legs blown off fighting for a military that screwed him big time with illusions of riches and relaxation. I'm not saying there's anything simple about helping them, and there are way too many people who need help to simply say "let's save them all", but damnit, the apathy is everywhere! Generosity saves lives if it's applied in the right way, but nobody seems to be lifting a finger to try except the ones who're already doing it altruistically.
This part took me almost a week to think up, but as for friends, family, and other loved ones, I couldn't come up with a third one. The trouble is, I don't want to leave "Generosity" as the third value for both spheres of association. I think it goes without saying, but if there really is something in this group that I look for that separates it from a distant business associate or other general stranger. Maybe in time I'll have it all figured out.
4. Bumblebee I would get high acceleration, possibly by using a pulse plug as opposed to a spark plug, and combo-ing that with a powerful muffler so I could just PEEL OUT when the light changes. High-sensitivity steering maneuverability and sports-performance brakes would go nicely with a nice, light and durable fiberglass-titanium allow frame. But no rims. Those are STUPID.
Alright, engine and chassis aside, time for the interior. Leather seats, mesh back. It seems like a weird combination, but it's actually really, really comfortable (I forgot what my friend drove who DID HAVE have this in his car :Q____ __ _ ...). A good stereo system with every adapter known on earth.That's not just for me though; it's for whoever brings their ipods or mp3s or laptops into the car and wants to hear their music, and indirectly for me to get more variety in my music. Also, a 6-CD changer that can play every disc format.
Now just for kicks, I would also get multi-colored LED lights on the inside of the car just so it'll feel like a party whenever the HELL I feel like it! hahaha. While we're talking about going crazy, I'll even throw in a mini-fridge full of snacks and cold canned or bottled drinks for the people in the backseat. Or for the backseat ;)
Back to not-so-crazy: An all-purpose carrier rack on top so that I can put whatever I feel like up there, be it a bike, snow or surfboard, or, hell, a bed for easy transport when I move. I'd also like a multi-purpose tow cable like the ones on those cars in Jurassic Park. It also needs to have a lot of trunk space in case I need to fit a body that I must promptly dispose of bunch of my stuff to go out and have fun with friends.
But at the end of the day, all I really need is a car that can transform at will into a 12-foot tall warrior killbot with a yellow body and black stripe scheme who speaks to me through the use of radio stations and fights off the evil Decepticons under the command of gets me from Point A to Point B.
Satisfied? :D
5. It took me almost a week alone to finish question 3. Before I head off and do Angela's questions, I'll tell you something random. I feel like the only thing permanent is the past. That's probably why I really do like history as a subject.