Things You Missed + Derby + "Bring It On" Week + Questions + Asterisks

[snurri]

Yesterday, while you were all at your wild, all-day George Washington parties and I was at work (NOT THAT I AM A RESENTFUL PERSON*), I posted about blogs that cover future urban concepts, one of my personal manias. I also posted the shiny trailer and banner for the upcoming Paper Cities antho, which Jeff VanderMeer (among others) has said very nice things about. (Scroll all the way down for the review.)

The Minnesota Roller Girls are at Roy Wilkins this Sunday. Locals: anybody going? Anybody want to? My planned companion has flaked on me discovered a scheduling conflict. I am in the mood to watch tattooed girls in fishnets shove each other around.** I'll go alone if I have to, but it won't be pretty. (Well, I won't be pretty. But then I rarely am.)

Things that are awesome: Chris Sims kicks off his "Bring It On" week with the 30-second recap. If you have not seen "Bring It On," you might be under the impression that a movie about cheerleaders cannot be awesome. You are sadly mistaken. Of course, Sims does his best to amp up the awesome with his stick-figures*** and Shakespearean dialog.

Finally, it has come to my attention that I am a cipher wrapped in an enigma, smothered with secret sauce. No, I am not Jimmy James. But being as this is a personal blog where I tend to skirt around the personal, when I actually do talk about something that's very personal--like, say, my recent tirades about Valentine's Day--apparently people aren't quite sure what to make of it. So, inspired in part by mrissa, I'm opening the floor. Ask me anything. Yes, anything.**** I will make an effort to be forthcoming, even if it's personal. If, on the other hand, you'd rather just trade smartass quips, I can do that too. It's kind of where I live.

* This is a lie.
** I am almost always in the mood for this.
*** Stick figures + Spirit fingers = Fail
**** Except THAT.

Comments

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Man, that's tough. I think you know me pretty well. I'll try to dig up three, and hope you don't know at least one.

1. Did you know I played bass guitar in my High School Jazz Ensemble? The thing I had the most fun with, even though I probably never got it exactly right, was the walking bass line intro to "Sweet Georgia Brown." At one time I had some vague idea that I would become a musician; it's probably a good thing I didn't seriously pursue that :-)

2. I cry ridiculously easily. I get choked up by Obama speeches, Olympic profiles, even fucking commercials, sometimes. There are more episodes of Buffy that make me bawl than I can count on both hands, and I won't even bring up Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. That dog food commercial where David Duchovny talks about the pound puppies that don't get adopted gets my lower lip quivering. I am a puddle.

3. I had oatmeal for breakfast, and an English muffin with garlic hummus on it. I forgot to eat my banana, though.

THANKS FOR THE SOFTBALL MEGHAN.