VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100

[Oregano]

Oh yes, that's a great film but Queen of the Damned is just awful and the guy who played Lestat can't act properly.

Apocolypse now's a great film.

[Cristo Meyers]

Stuart Townsend. He's actually a decent enough actor, but you can only do so much with that movie...

[Skippy]

Stuart Townsend. He's actually a decent enough actor, but you can only do so much with that movie...

No, he's not. He's... not bad. But he isn't a decent actor. All his work (or at least what I've seen of him) is mediocre at best...

[Oregano]

It really says something when Aaliyah outshun him but in my opinion Vincent Perez was the best in the film and Marius was probably the best character.

[Cristo Meyers]

What can I say? I've got low standards. It helps stave off disappointment.

[CurlyKitGirl]

@DD: All I do is read. I read, I internet (which involves reading), I take the dogs out, I read. I think last thread I posted an accurate description of WHat I Do In Summer where it was read, X, read, Y and so on.
I'm a bibliophile with a mere one thousand books in her personal library, all of which have been read a minimum of three times each. In some memorable fits of ennui I've even read a series back to front starting wih the final word of the final book and reading all the way to the first word of the first book.
Seriously; when people say When You Think Of [Curly's real name] What Do You Think all people bar one say: oh, she reads a lot/books/intelligent because she reads books etc.
The exception says: 'My best friend who just happens to believe many of the same things I do; hmm, I really need to write to her again.'

Princess Bride - seen it, none of the others though.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Curly has no hobbies that involve A gaming B being outside C sports D Not reading then? Oh well, books are great.

Read while you are cycling, it's fun! Well I shouldn't advice it, since it's kinda dangerous to your book and you if you fall and requires dedication on multitasking between not crashing and yoru book.

And ohyeah, 1000 books pic, or it didn't happen.

[Zakama]

I hardly read anymore... It's kinda sad really.

[Cristo Meyers]

I should start reading again. My Dresden Files books are feeling neglected.


'Course, I've been neglecting pretty much everything recently, so at least it's consistent.

[CurlyKitGirl]

And ohyeah, 1000 books pic, or it didn't happen.

a) I don't game - no gamers around and no consoles.
b) I do. Taking dogs out. Swimmin' - in warm weather. ALso known as reading at the beach
c) Sports are evil. I don't mind cracking people's shins in hockey or rounders, but sports are evil.
d) Nearly everything in life involves reading.

I haven't ridden a bike since I was seven.
And I have no camera and all my books are in five boxes under y bed, double or triple stacked on my bookshelf, on my sisters' bookshelf (still mine though), in three boxes by the window, thirty stacked precariously on top of my bookshelf, living in my parents' bookshelf, in my brothers' bookshelf, and some I've only adopted.
I could list all the books I have, but it'd take too long and some are doing the family rounds.

[dish]

....I could list all the books I have, but it'd take too long and some are doing the family rounds.

Do it, do it, do it. It sounds fun. Make a thread in Media and give us your list in manageable bits (maybe ten at a time?) Then your fellow bibilophiles can comment / review / discuss / make and receive recommendations.

Which reminds me:

...In some memorable fits of ennui I've even read a series back to front starting wih the final word of the final book and reading all the way to the first word of the first book...

This brings to mind 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver - if you've read it you'll probably know why.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Nope, but it's on my evergrowing list of Books To Buy Or Read - currently at seventy four.

I need to be a millionaire.

[Cristo Meyers]

If it makes you feel any better, I'll send you a copy of my book for free.

...you know, when it gets published an' all...

...Anyone got any C4? I find that when dealing with a burnout caused writer's block high explosives are needed.

[dish]

I need to be a millionaire.

Don't we all. One of my recurrent dreams is to be able to walk into a big bookshop (like the Waterstones on the Strand) and buy one copy of every single book they possess to take home.

Anyway, go on and:
a) make us that thread
b) move 'The Poisonwood Bible' to the top of your 'to-read/buy' list. (You will love it.)

[rubakhin]

Hrm, Poisonwood Bible - I'm surprised at how well I remember that book. I read it when I was like twelve. (I remember getting into an argument with a stupider classmate that no, I did not watch Oprah or care about her book club, it's not my fault the book has her insipid logo feces all over the cover.)

WHY IS IT NINETY DEGREES OUTSIDE? Moreover, why haven't I stolen an air conditioner yet? *dying*

[Lyesmith]

Ah, it's all rainy here.
To alleviate the boredom, we have done the saddest thing ever.
I changed my MSN display name to "James", as well as my display picture. Teamed up with two freinds (Jessie and Meowth, respectively), then invited people to big MSN conversations, done the whole "Prepare for trouble" rhyme, and vanished.

I have not laughed so hard in a long time.

[Oregano]

That does sound like you must be bored. Sounds fun though.

I'm just on msn talking to one of my friends and trying to draw tomorrows short for my comic, it's hard for me to be creative sometimes.

You know who does a decent american accent? Simon Pegg.

I'm bored if you can't tell.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Boooooored also. But whenever I go to phone Best Friend I'm always interrupted by parents, errands, Littlest Brother, TV shows or something else. I'm this close | | to banging my head against the wall. Already attacked the laptop with my head after all.
Perhaps I should change my avvie again?

[Phase]

Bored as well. I already played through Portal like a billion times. There isn't anything good on the TV. All my other good games don't work for Vista(). And the sims have gotten boring...

[Player_Zero]

Don't we all.

Ummm... I don't.

That'd be far too much money... I'd never need that much.

Let's see... What I would like to buy in the world now...
A phone, T.V., MP3 player, some new clothes...
Ummm...
A takeway...
...That's about it, I think. Comes to maybe about £1,000. Could you really spend one million?

Wouldn't you feel guilty about it if you did anyway?

[Phase]

I'm going on an amber dig tommorow! Wheee!

I have a trowel.

[Oregano]

Sounds good Phase, hope you have fun with it.

I've not doing anything tomorrow so hopefully I can build up a buffer for my comic again.

the fact that I'm trying to give each strip and short a snazzy title's seeming problematic.

[Cristo Meyers]

Sounds like what I did for my werewolf game, trying to come up with one-liners for each player's death. There were a couple good ones ("...found that there can be no pacts between wolves and men" is one I'm particularly proud of), but others are downright terrible.

[Phase]

I've not doing anything tomorrow so hopefully I can build up a buffer for my comic again.

Something that I've found helps with building buffers, just do it at leisure. Don't set aside a specific time to make the comic, rather just relax and have some fun.

[dish]

... Could you really spend one million?

Wouldn't you feel guilty about it if you did anyway?

Could I spend it? Oh, definitely. Once you grow up and have to afford your own home and living expenses life tends to get a lot more expensive.

Could I spend it all on books? Well, that's my fantasy. I suspect I could, but I'm hardly likely to be in a position to find out as this entire thing is pretty hypothetical.

Wouldn't I feel guilty about spending all that money on books? I could donate most of the books to school and community libraries in the developing world.

[Groundhog]

Hey, it's better to spend it now than to have your heirs fighting over it after you die. And you could live off the interest alone from 1 million, so you wouldn't actually have to feel guilty about spending any of it.

[Cristo Meyers]

Hey, it's better to spend it now than to have your heirs fighting over it after you die. And you could live off the interest alone from 1 million, so you wouldn't actually have to feel guilty about spending any of it.

Not quite, but it sure would make life easier.

It ain't "quit your job and live the easy life" money, more like "able to afford all kinds of cool toys" money.

I could probably very easily spend a mil on books. Whether I'd read them all is another story...

[Thufir]

Damnit, I need to get a job sometime so I get money I can spend without feeling guilty about it. And preferably also a bigger bedroom so I can fit in a wardrobe and more bookshelves.
Ah, well. Life is annoying like that. But on the bright side...

I'M ON DVDS!

Seriously, I have DVDs with me on them. It's really rather awesome.

[dish]

Seriously, I have DVDs with me on them. It's really rather awesome.

Home movies, or something more professional?

I got lost in the supermarket. The little one downstairs from my residential area. The one I go to nearly every day. (In my defence they had moved the washing up liquid.)
My life is turning into a Clash song.

[Thufir]

Recordings of the university Gilbert & Sullivan Society productions this year.

It really annoys me that supermarkets always have to keep rearranging everything. I mean what good can it possibly do them?