5 posts tagged “qotd”
What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater?
Question submitted by mainmor.
According to my parents, I saw my first movie when they took me and our two dogs to see Lady and the Tramp at a drive-in theater. Apparently, I spent the entire movie arguing with Zeke and Joey about seat space.
The first movie I actually remember seeing in the theater was Star Wars. I'd never heard of the movie before, and when I asked my dad what it was about, his answer was along the lines of "Just like the title says." I had visions of two round balls of fire repeatedly crashing into each other and was less than eager to see the film.
Do you have any tattoos? If not, if you were going to get inked, what would you get?
I've got a generic rose on my left shoulder blade. I was feeling punchy after taking my Master's comp exams, so my housemate and I drove into Wilmington Delaware, stopped at the cleanest looking parlor, and I picked a flower from the designs on the wall. The total amount of time I spent thinking about the decision? Maybe the 20 minutes we spent driving from Newark to Wilmington, but I think I was on a post-exam high at the time, and probably singing along with the radio, so I don't know how capable I was of rational thought.
I never think about this tattoo because I can't see it. And it really has no meaning for me beyond "Oh, pretty flower." So for my second tattoo, I selected one of my favorite illustrations, a flower from Aubrey Beardsley's cover of the 1893 edition of Malory's Morte D'Arthur (mine's, of course, in black).
Then everyone got a tattoo. Even librarians. So while I the time, I thought my tattoo would say "I refuse to live a boring life," now all it says is "I had disposable income in the 90s."
I still like it though.
If you had a band, what would you call yourselves?
Question submitted by Zoot.
In grad school, my housemates and I would keep a running list of possible band names on an antique typewriter in the living room. The two I remember were "Uppity Wench" and "Ghee!!!!!"
If you could be on any reality TV show, which one would you pick and why?
In an alternate universe, where I was amazingly fit, looked great in a bikini, and didn't completely lose my shit when faced with the possibility of any airport uncertainty, I would be on The Amazing Race. But in this universe, I would also be phenomenally rich, so the pressure to win would be off.
And I would be traveling with Johnny Depp.
On a unicorn.
And ice cream would be good for you.
What was the question again?
Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other regional words that set you apart?
Question submitted by Gladys.
If we were referring to any carbonated sugar drink (be it Coke, Tab, or, since I grew up in North Carolina, Cheerwine!), we would say "coke," as in "Wanna get a coke?" We would not, however, then proceed to order a "Sprite-Coke" or a "Pepsi-Coke" - we weren't idiots. We knew the identification value of brand names. But I didn't hear "pop" or "soda" until I moved out of the South, and those terms still sound weird to my ears. Pop is a noise; soda's what you mix with Scotch.
