Me. ME. MEME.
Tagged like a clearance item! Behind these cuts you'll find an infestation of memes.
The Book Meme
1) Total number of books owned?
Many, many, many. They overflow shelves, they block the doors, they fill up boxes and cover the floors.
2) The last book I bought?
William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
3) The last book I read?
Scott Heim, Mysterious Skin
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
The HP books are a given, right? In addition and in no particular order:
James Joyce, Ulysses
Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology
Madeline L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Galway Kinnell, Mortal Acts, Mortal Words
Edward Said, Orientalism
5) 5 folks I'd like to see answer this meme (assuming they haven't already)?
I’m gonna echo lolaraincoat. Can’t pick just five. All of you, consider yourselves tagged. Go forth and make lists!
The Movie Meme
1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Dunno. Maybe 25 right now? They come and go.
2) The last film I bought:
I… I haven’t bought a video or DVD in years. :/ They’re either gifts or they just… arrive. The last film I rented, though, was Lars von Trier’s Dogville (see below).
3) The last film I watched:
On DVD, Dogville. On a large screen, Todd Solondz's Palindromes.
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
Dr. Strangelove: You need to ask?
All About Eve: Oh, the magnificent bitchitude! And Addison DeWitt? Perfection in a mansuit.
Band of Outsiders: My fave Godard film. The diner dancing scene! Running through the Louvre! Yay!
The Lion in Winter and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (tie): Rhetorical skillz ratcheted to the point of sublimity.
Baby Doll: Hottest seduction ever captured on film.
The Music Meme
1) Total volume of music files on my computer:
Eeek. I really don’t know. All of my downloaded music is on my office computer.
2) The last CD I bought was...
I don’t remember. It was a long time ago. Um. Part of my job is reviewing music, so the labels just send me stuff. Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm an asshole.
3a) The last song I listened to before writing this was...
Cheb i Sabbah, "Toura Toura"
3b) Song playing right now ...
Something by Interpol, from the Six Feet Under: Everything Ends soundtrack.
4) Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:
All solipsistic indie shit, baby. Off the top of my head…
Magnetic Fields, “Busby Berkeley Dreams”
Radiohead, “No Surprises”
Nick Cave, “Mercy Seat”
Beck, “Golden Age”
Hole, “Violet”
5) Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why?
Again, I'm going to pass the baton to my entire friends list. Do eeeet!
P.S. I've de-privatized (but still flocked) the silly May 5 post about my misadventures at Skywalker Ranch. It's history now, ruffled feathers have been smoothed, nothing to see here, Godspeed.
The Book Meme
1) Total number of books owned?
Many, many, many. They overflow shelves, they block the doors, they fill up boxes and cover the floors.
2) The last book I bought?
William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
3) The last book I read?
Scott Heim, Mysterious Skin
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
The HP books are a given, right? In addition and in no particular order:
James Joyce, Ulysses
Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology
Madeline L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Galway Kinnell, Mortal Acts, Mortal Words
Edward Said, Orientalism
5) 5 folks I'd like to see answer this meme (assuming they haven't already)?
I’m gonna echo lolaraincoat. Can’t pick just five. All of you, consider yourselves tagged. Go forth and make lists!
The Movie Meme
1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Dunno. Maybe 25 right now? They come and go.
2) The last film I bought:
I… I haven’t bought a video or DVD in years. :/ They’re either gifts or they just… arrive. The last film I rented, though, was Lars von Trier’s Dogville (see below).
3) The last film I watched:
On DVD, Dogville. On a large screen, Todd Solondz's Palindromes.
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
Dr. Strangelove: You need to ask?
All About Eve: Oh, the magnificent bitchitude! And Addison DeWitt? Perfection in a mansuit.
Band of Outsiders: My fave Godard film. The diner dancing scene! Running through the Louvre! Yay!
The Lion in Winter and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (tie): Rhetorical skillz ratcheted to the point of sublimity.
Baby Doll: Hottest seduction ever captured on film.
The Music Meme
1) Total volume of music files on my computer:
Eeek. I really don’t know. All of my downloaded music is on my office computer.
2) The last CD I bought was...
I don’t remember. It was a long time ago. Um. Part of my job is reviewing music, so the labels just send me stuff. Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm an asshole.
3a) The last song I listened to before writing this was...
Cheb i Sabbah, "Toura Toura"
3b) Song playing right now ...
Something by Interpol, from the Six Feet Under: Everything Ends soundtrack.
4) Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:
All solipsistic indie shit, baby. Off the top of my head…
Magnetic Fields, “Busby Berkeley Dreams”
Radiohead, “No Surprises”
Nick Cave, “Mercy Seat”
Beck, “Golden Age”
Hole, “Violet”
5) Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why?
Again, I'm going to pass the baton to my entire friends list. Do eeeet!
P.S. I've de-privatized (but still flocked) the silly May 5 post about my misadventures at Skywalker Ranch. It's history now, ruffled feathers have been smoothed, nothing to see here, Godspeed.