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

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

Where does your interest in Kenya and elephants come from?

[johnaegard.livejournal.com]

I worked on Presidents' Day too. The best part of it was this overheard conversation:

Q: Why do we have MLK day off, but not Presidents' Day?

A: Because we're an unpatriotic company, not a racist one.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Where do you tend to get your lj icons?

(Yes, going straight for the most intimate, personal questions, that's why I'm famous for my celebrity journalism.)

[shaolingrrl.livejournal.com]

I had class yesterday. We also got MLK Day off and we'll get Cesar Chavez's birthday (in late March, I believe). This is San Francisco, after all. We get the socialist holidays.

What's your favorite Chow Yun Fat movie?

[justinhowe.livejournal.com]

How is it that you maintain your hope for the world, and your compassion for people who are largely complete strangers? This is a more or less a serious question.

[o-kiki.livejournal.com]

What is the meaning/significance of your username?

[wheatland-press.livejournal.com]

Do you realize that some of your audience reads "shiny trailer" and doesn't immediately think "video clip"?


Oh, wait, a real question: Do you believe that being a fiction writer carries any particular social or moral responsibility?

[blueeverglades.livejournal.com]

What would you like to be asked?

[blueeverglades.livejournal.com]

I hope we get to ask you that. ;)

So what do you wish you could ask someone else?

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

Roller Girls! I was actually thinking about going, but the only other person I know who would be interested is going to Grand Forks for the weekend and I am far too lazy to go alone. Also, St. Paul is far away.

Do you know what your parents would have named you if you'd been a girl?

[megmccarron.livejournal.com]

What's something I don't know about you?

HeyTrey

[(Anonymous)]

Dave, have you ever fallen in a hole that you couldn't get out of by yourself?