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shadowkatThe Friday Five...
1. Are you happy with your current line of work? What do you like/don't like about it?
I like the work. I don't like how it is managed. I enjoy negotiating contracts, solving problems, analyzing things, helping folks, and working in infrastructure - I enjoy helping others and making a difference however small in my community and city. I do not enjoy anal retentive managers who can't delegate worth shit and/or are control freaks and bullies. If I could just swap out the managers for better managers, and have an office with windows in Mid-Town, along with the ability to take my vacation time whenever I want and for however long I choose, I'd be a happy camper.
2. Do you see yourself doing the same type of work in 5 years? What about 10?
Five yes. Ten no. I plan to retire within three-six years.
3. Did you see yourself doing this type of work 5 years ago? What about 10?
Yes, I've been here almost 17 years. But 20 years ago? Not so much. (A young person obviously came up with this meme.)
4. Did you have a dream job as a child? What was it?
Veternarian (blame All Creatures Great and Small for that - and a lot of animal books that I read as a kid), Archaeologist (Indiana Jones - I wanted to be Indiana Jones), and Novelist or Screenwriter. Also at one point an actress. And a comic book artist/writer.
5. If you had to pick a radically different job from what you have now, regardless of whether you'd realistically be able to do it given your skillset, what would you pick and why?
Comic Book Artist
19 Random Questions About Television & Film
1. What were some of the TV Shows or cartoons that you watched when you were a child?
The Monkeys, Happy Days, Kimba, Scooby Doo, Where Are You?, Mighty Mouse, Looney Tunes, The Brady Bunch, Twilight Zone, Battle Star Galatica, Battle of the Planets, Wonderful World of Disney, Little House on the Prairie, Lavern and Shirley, Huff n Stuff, Sesame Street, Electric Company, The Muppet Show, Lost in Space, The Afternoon Movie, Batman, Star Trek, Sonny & Cher, I Love Lucy, Carol Burnett Show, MASH...
2. What is your favorite TV Show character ?
Spike, Buffy, Tommy Shelby, Mr. Spock, Picard, Seven of Nine, Damon Salvatore, Anna Devane, Aeryn Sun, Starbuck, Valentine Cassadine, Jason Morgan, Carly Spencer, Hawkeye Pierce, Doctor Who, Doctor River Song,
3.Do you watch soap operas? Does anyone in your family do? If so who?
Yes. As you all already know, since I talk about it frequently. My mother does. Her mother did. My father's mother did. Her sisters did. I love character centric relationship dramas, where characters and issues are examined from multiple perspectives via dialogue. And that's a soap opera in a nutshell. Also I have an weakness for melodrama.
4. What do you think about sport channels?
Boring and I really wish I could get rid of them? I'm not really a fan of spectator sports.
5. What do you think about news channels?
I like NY1 or Spectrum News.
6. What did you watch on TV yesterday?
General Hospital and NY1
7. What do you think about reality shows?
Depends on the reality show? I like the ones where people are designing or making things - and are kind such as Great British Bake Off, Great Pottery Throw Down, Is it Cake?, Great American BBQ Showdown, Next in Fashion...
8. Who do you like to be with while watching a Movie?
Someone who enjoys discussing the movie afterwards - otherwise what's the point of seeing it together? Is quiet during it.
And doesn't play with their phone at all during the movie. And I do mean at all, no texting, nothing.
Movies tend to be solitary sports for the most part.
9. What is your opinion about romantic films?
Prefer romantic comedies - I like banter. Romantic angst in films...I'm so-so about? I need some comedy? Also I find it works better if it is a hybrid?
10. Can you tell me the name of some films that you have watched more than twice?
Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Shining, Noises Off, Pride and Prejudice (both versions - the Laurence Olivier and the Keira Knightly), Gone with the Wind (it was on television a lot and I saw it in the movie theater), Lawrence of Arabia (ditto), The Wizard of Oz (on tv a lot as a kid), Jesus Christ Superstar, The Ten Commandments, The Big Country, The Searchers, Must Love Dogs, Gross Point Blank, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, Spirited Away, Red River, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Arsenic and Old Lace, North by North West, Shadow of a Doubt, Meet me in St. Louis...
11. What’s your favorite film genre?
I have wildly eclectic taste? So don't really have one? I like all of them depending on my mood?
12. How often do you go to the cinema or theater?
Not often. Maybe three times a year, if that. Used to go all the time. But it's risen in cost, the audience has become annoying, and no longer within walking distance.
13. Have you ever been to a concert? if so, What can you tell me about it?
Several. Best? Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush at Wembley Stadium outside of London in 1987, it was on a grass lawn, with folding chairs, we were near the front, and everyone sat until the very end, when we rose in unison to sing Biko.
14. How much do you like to dance? Love dancing, just not in front of people, and not choreographed and not with a partner.
15. Do you like spending a lot of time listening to songs on YouTube?
Not on Youtube, but very much so on my MP3 player.
16. What is your favourite science fiction film?
It's probably still Blade Runner? That film has a poetry to it in both words and images, also I love the implied plot twist.
17. What is your favourite science fiction TV series?
Probably Battle Star Galatica 2.0? Although, I did love Picard, and Doctor Who. Although I did enjoy The Expanse.
18. Who is your favourite SF character from films or TV?
TV: Either Doctor Who or Doctor River Song? Although I do like Starbuck (the female version). Aeryn Sun is the other one.
Film: Princess Leia
19. What do you think of the quality of the science in science fiction films?
Varies. Usually it's just metaphorical and not realistic at all. Particularly in the space operas. But in films like The Martian, it's rather realistic, and in The Expanse. Some are hyper-reality based - Battle Star Galatica 2.0, The Martian, The Expanse, while others are more fantasy based - Star Wars, Lost, etc.
1. Are you happy with your current line of work? What do you like/don't like about it?
I like the work. I don't like how it is managed. I enjoy negotiating contracts, solving problems, analyzing things, helping folks, and working in infrastructure - I enjoy helping others and making a difference however small in my community and city. I do not enjoy anal retentive managers who can't delegate worth shit and/or are control freaks and bullies. If I could just swap out the managers for better managers, and have an office with windows in Mid-Town, along with the ability to take my vacation time whenever I want and for however long I choose, I'd be a happy camper.
2. Do you see yourself doing the same type of work in 5 years? What about 10?
Five yes. Ten no. I plan to retire within three-six years.
3. Did you see yourself doing this type of work 5 years ago? What about 10?
Yes, I've been here almost 17 years. But 20 years ago? Not so much. (A young person obviously came up with this meme.)
4. Did you have a dream job as a child? What was it?
Veternarian (blame All Creatures Great and Small for that - and a lot of animal books that I read as a kid), Archaeologist (Indiana Jones - I wanted to be Indiana Jones), and Novelist or Screenwriter. Also at one point an actress. And a comic book artist/writer.
5. If you had to pick a radically different job from what you have now, regardless of whether you'd realistically be able to do it given your skillset, what would you pick and why?
Comic Book Artist
19 Random Questions About Television & Film
1. What were some of the TV Shows or cartoons that you watched when you were a child?
The Monkeys, Happy Days, Kimba, Scooby Doo, Where Are You?, Mighty Mouse, Looney Tunes, The Brady Bunch, Twilight Zone, Battle Star Galatica, Battle of the Planets, Wonderful World of Disney, Little House on the Prairie, Lavern and Shirley, Huff n Stuff, Sesame Street, Electric Company, The Muppet Show, Lost in Space, The Afternoon Movie, Batman, Star Trek, Sonny & Cher, I Love Lucy, Carol Burnett Show, MASH...
2. What is your favorite TV Show character ?
Spike, Buffy, Tommy Shelby, Mr. Spock, Picard, Seven of Nine, Damon Salvatore, Anna Devane, Aeryn Sun, Starbuck, Valentine Cassadine, Jason Morgan, Carly Spencer, Hawkeye Pierce, Doctor Who, Doctor River Song,
3.Do you watch soap operas? Does anyone in your family do? If so who?
Yes. As you all already know, since I talk about it frequently. My mother does. Her mother did. My father's mother did. Her sisters did. I love character centric relationship dramas, where characters and issues are examined from multiple perspectives via dialogue. And that's a soap opera in a nutshell. Also I have an weakness for melodrama.
4. What do you think about sport channels?
Boring and I really wish I could get rid of them? I'm not really a fan of spectator sports.
5. What do you think about news channels?
I like NY1 or Spectrum News.
6. What did you watch on TV yesterday?
General Hospital and NY1
7. What do you think about reality shows?
Depends on the reality show? I like the ones where people are designing or making things - and are kind such as Great British Bake Off, Great Pottery Throw Down, Is it Cake?, Great American BBQ Showdown, Next in Fashion...
8. Who do you like to be with while watching a Movie?
Someone who enjoys discussing the movie afterwards - otherwise what's the point of seeing it together? Is quiet during it.
And doesn't play with their phone at all during the movie. And I do mean at all, no texting, nothing.
Movies tend to be solitary sports for the most part.
9. What is your opinion about romantic films?
Prefer romantic comedies - I like banter. Romantic angst in films...I'm so-so about? I need some comedy? Also I find it works better if it is a hybrid?
10. Can you tell me the name of some films that you have watched more than twice?
Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Shining, Noises Off, Pride and Prejudice (both versions - the Laurence Olivier and the Keira Knightly), Gone with the Wind (it was on television a lot and I saw it in the movie theater), Lawrence of Arabia (ditto), The Wizard of Oz (on tv a lot as a kid), Jesus Christ Superstar, The Ten Commandments, The Big Country, The Searchers, Must Love Dogs, Gross Point Blank, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, Spirited Away, Red River, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Arsenic and Old Lace, North by North West, Shadow of a Doubt, Meet me in St. Louis...
11. What’s your favorite film genre?
I have wildly eclectic taste? So don't really have one? I like all of them depending on my mood?
12. How often do you go to the cinema or theater?
Not often. Maybe three times a year, if that. Used to go all the time. But it's risen in cost, the audience has become annoying, and no longer within walking distance.
13. Have you ever been to a concert? if so, What can you tell me about it?
Several. Best? Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush at Wembley Stadium outside of London in 1987, it was on a grass lawn, with folding chairs, we were near the front, and everyone sat until the very end, when we rose in unison to sing Biko.
14. How much do you like to dance? Love dancing, just not in front of people, and not choreographed and not with a partner.
15. Do you like spending a lot of time listening to songs on YouTube?
Not on Youtube, but very much so on my MP3 player.
16. What is your favourite science fiction film?
It's probably still Blade Runner? That film has a poetry to it in both words and images, also I love the implied plot twist.
17. What is your favourite science fiction TV series?
Probably Battle Star Galatica 2.0? Although, I did love Picard, and Doctor Who. Although I did enjoy The Expanse.
18. Who is your favourite SF character from films or TV?
TV: Either Doctor Who or Doctor River Song? Although I do like Starbuck (the female version). Aeryn Sun is the other one.
Film: Princess Leia
19. What do you think of the quality of the science in science fiction films?
Varies. Usually it's just metaphorical and not realistic at all. Particularly in the space operas. But in films like The Martian, it's rather realistic, and in The Expanse. Some are hyper-reality based - Battle Star Galatica 2.0, The Martian, The Expanse, while others are more fantasy based - Star Wars, Lost, etc.