TGIF, Nom, and Five Question Meme

[jedishampoo]

TGIF! I had a lonesome but relaxing day at work in which I did not have a headache, yo-- I've had a headache pretty much every other day this week except today, woot! And now I'm being blissfully bad. sharpeslass and I have been on a strict diet for over a month and it's been working... but I was craving. I went to Whole Paycheck Foods Market after work and got half the deli-- veggie sushi, tofu rice-wrap rolls with peanut sauce, fake chik'n curry salad, and some Mediterranean goodies: hummus, baba ghanouj, feta, pita, tabouli, and dolmades, NOM! It's healthy-ish stuff, but the way I've been scarfing it down is not diet-friendly. Comfort food for vegetarians, mmmmm!

And in other news, a Five Question Meme From whymzycal!

"Leave me a comment saying 'SOCK IT TO ME, BABY' (or something similar). I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better. Update your journal with the answers to the questions. Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions." You may also comment without being grilled. :)



1. Who is your most hated character in all of fiction?

OMG I DON’T KNOW and I am ashamed. This one is really tough. I know the character is there in my brain screaming DUH!? at me, but I can’t grasp their name. As I mentioned to Whymzy, I really hated Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. But I also hated Wickham in Pride & Prejudice and Willoughby in Sense & Sensibility-- the two-timing, teenager-raping, money-grubbing bastards. The French sewing-lady in A Tale of Two Cities (the only Dickens book I like). Pretty much everyone in every other Dickens book. Kyp Durron and Qui Xux in the Star Wars extended universe. Kiiilllllll…..

2. What made you decide to learn Japanese?

Because I’m a nerd. I have been into anime since the early 90s and manga more recently, but when I became obsessed fell in love with Howl’s Moving Castle in 2005 I started buying doujinshi.. and realized that I couldn’t read any of them and none of them were translated. So I decided to learn the language if I could. Since I started, though, I’ve been to Japan and it was awesome, being in another country and being able to speak to people (badly, perhaps) in their own language and reading a lot of the signs-- and now I’d like to continue to learn just for the sake of learning the language. Nihongo ga suki desu! (I love Japanese!)

3. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Physically or not-physically? Physically, I’d give myself a teensy bit more T&A (I’m tall, but have not much of T or A). Not physically, I’d like to go back in time and convince my younger, party-girl self that staying in college the first time around would have been a great idea. I could have gotten a bit of an earlier start on my career and life-path. As it was, I graduated college when I was 30.

4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you pick?

The U.S., still. And hmmm… of all the places I’ve been, I’d say Sedona, Arizona. It’s still close-ish to a city, but it’s warm and absolutely gorgeous. There’s all sorts of mysticism surrounding Sedona and I don’t necessarily believe it, but the couple of weekends I’ve spent there have been some of the most relaxing in my life.

5. Are you a fan of giant robots?

No, I’m not! They’re kind of boring. As a fan of anime, I’ve seen my share of giant robots, too. I guess Giant Robo himself is OK but I really don’t care about him all that much. Oh, and the giant robot from the… not-Disney giant robot movie with the kid… uh, he was OK, but still, not my thing. I’m sorry, robots!



Happy Friday, y'all!

Comments

[the-rotten1.livejournal.com]

That's the one where they have names like Duo and Trio or something, right? I think I may have seen an episode or two a long time ago, but not enough to judge the series as a whole. I think I remembered a girl who was caught up in politics... and that was interesting.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the one. When I finally got around to watching it, I was amazed by how much time everyone sat around talking politics. It was pretty good!