Rest of January Memage..
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shadowkat6. When was the last time you cleaned/polished your shoes?
I don't remember? Probably sometime in the early 00s when I had shoes requiring it?
7. It’s Nick Cage’s birthday (b. 1964) – have you seen any of his movies?
Sigh yes. There's a handful that are good. And too many to count. Here's the ones I liked: Leaving Las Vegas (he's good in that one - and deserved the awards nominations, even though this is a very painful film to watch (saw it in the movie theater) and I refuse to ever see it again); Peggy Sue Got Married (when he was doing his uncle's films still, and he's hilarious in that one); Face-Off (which believe it or not is my favorite of his films and the most memorable - he and Travolta switch roles and mimic each other's acting styles, which kind of works in both actor's favor?); Con Air (yes, Cage as an action hero - and the beginning of that trope); Reinfeild (Cage as an over the top villain, and the beginning of that trope).
I don't know why I've seen so many of his films - the actor annoys me. I think I'm slightly masochistic?
8. Do you tend to text people or phone them and chat?
Depends on the person? Mother - I call. My brother - I text. My niece - I text. Wales - I text. Co-workers - I call. I do whatever the person prefers. Wales, my brother, niece all hate talking on the phone. My mother hates texting. I honestly don't care? But personally prefer talking on the phone to texting because 80% of the public can't write or they can, but get lazy about it when texting. Also tone is lost when it comes to texting - you are more likely to piss someone off while texting than talking on the phone, because of that.
9. On this day in 1969, the first trial flight of Concorde, the supersonic jetliner, took place in Bristol, England. Have you, or anyone you know, been on Concorde?
My father took it once. I don't think I have.
10. Has anything recently made you laugh out loud?
Yes. But I can't remember what it was?
11. How good are you at creating routines for housework? Do you have specific days for doing household tasks?
Well...mediocre? I do laundry on Thursday nights though - because it's the best time to do it, and usually vacant.
12. In 1966 Adam West debuted in TV’s Batman. Do you have a favourite actor who has taken on the Batman role on TV or in film?
Yes, Christian Bale, followed by Michael Keaton. Weirdly, Robert Pattinson was surprisingly good in the role - albiet not a favorite actor. But I was shocked at how good he was in it. Still think Bale is the quintessential Batman - Bale got across young Bruce Wayne. Keaton got across an older version of the Dark Knight.
Kevin Conroy was the best voice of Batman in the cartoons.
13. What’s the weather like where you live today? Is it typical for your area at this time of year?
Cloudy, gray, cold and threatening to rain. Yes, this is typical January weather. Although it has been all over the place of late. We get a lot more rain now than snow, we used to get more snow.
14. Ironing – yes or no..?
No. I can't remember the last time I ironed something.
15. On this day in 2009 Chesley Sullenberger, known as "Sully," successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River. Have you seen the Tom Hanks film Sully?
No - okay I can't remember if I have or not? (Hanks had a habit of doing a lot of these films about real life everday heroes, and they've kind of blurred together). Of course I saw the real life events play out, since I live in NYC and it covered the news for days. Including the controversy that followed.
16. How often do you eat out at restaurants or cafés?
Rarely. Gluten Intolerant - makes it expensive and painful. So I don't bother. However, I may grab something from one of the many lunch spots around my work place this week. Manhattan is a gluten free mecca of possibilities, unlike Jamaica, Queens - which wasn't.
17. In Somerset (England), it is traditional on this day to enter the orchards and toast the trees with cider to encourage a fruitful season. Have you ever had alcoholic Somerset cider or Scrumpy?
Yes. I like cider. I've had Somerset. I've never heard of Scrumpy though.
18. Cary Grant was born today in 1904 (in Bristol England). Have you a favourite Cary Grant film?
Yes, toss-up between Charade, Philadelphia Story, Notorious, and His Girl Friday.
19. How many pairs of socks do you own?
More than I can count? I honestly don't know and don't feel like counting them?
20. How do you keep your photographs? As physical copies or virtual copies on a device? Do you sort them into real/virtual albums?
Virtual copies on a device. I'm not a fan of albums. Although the iphone creates them for me regardless of what I want, as does Google and Facebook.
I don't sort them into albums, it does. I do have print photographs hanging on my walls now, and framed on counter tops. I like photographs - I actually prefer them to other works of art. I do not know why.
21. Have you ever made pastry from scratch?
I've made pie crust - I don't now. Other pastry? No. I'm gluten intolerant and diabetic - I don't bake. Plus pastry is hard to do - you really need to be good at measuring things, and patient to make pastry.
22. Are you a cat person or a dog person?
Definitely a Cat person. I like dogs, but prefer cats. I wouldn't know what to do with a dog - I was raised in a cat family. Cats are basically perpetual teenagers and twenty-somethings, while dogs are perpetual toddlers and too high maintenance.
23. On this day in 1842 Charles Dickens arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to start a tour of the US (he wrote about it in a travelogue: American Notes for General Circulation). Have you a favourite Dickens novel?
Not really, I don't like Dickens. I did love the play version of Nicholas Nicholaby - that's my fave. It was funny and I fell for the lead, way back when. That one had a sense of humor. Most of Dickens is kind of dour and lacks a sense of humor. Dickens took himself far too seriously.
24. It’s the International Day of Education – what was your favourite class in school?
Social Studies - it was a combination of History, Political Science, Geography and Sociology. I took honors social studies in school. I adored social studies courses. Not surprising I ended up in law school - that's kind of the trajectory for folks who love social studies. I wanted to major in it - but alas, it was impossible, so I settled for cultural anthropology as a minor. Second favorite class was Art.
25. Are you making a conscious effort to keep fit this year? What activities are you doing?
Yes. Even bought a piece of exercise equipment - which may or may not work. It's a peddler, than you can either do sitting down (except my chair rolls and has wheels, is should be stationary) or standing (which helps with balance, but I wish I had something to hold onto besides the top of the chair.
Yoga, stretching, walking. Are currently goals. I may try a gym later on, on the fence about that. I hate gyms.
26. Where is your favourite place in your home?
Armchair in the living room looking out the windows, in front of tv and next to bookshelf.
27. Have you ever been boating?
Yes. Not really a fan - I get motion sickness. I like sailing better - it's less boring, and more interesting. I love the water, but - again, the motion sickness thing can be problematic.
28. Most countries have at least one example of a long-running soap on TV. Do you watch soaps (have you in the past)?
Yes. People stigmatize it - mainly because they only briefly watched one and decide this is awful. Folks? That's like watching one bad procedural or sitcom and deciding they are all awful. They aren't. And soaps aren't created equal and change over time. Just because it was boring in the 1960s or 1990s, doesn't mean it is now.
My mother and grandmothers were into soaps, as were my grandfathers. But my mother liked to give me a recap when I came home from school each day
and her recaps were hilarious. She was good at recapping back then (now she struggles to remember the names and what happened - but we still do it as a memory exercise). Mother also had television commitment issues - that is to say - she would get bored of one soap and jump to another, take about a week to figure out what was going on and get hooked on that one. In short, she was fickle when it came to soaps, devoted soap fan - she's not.
As a result? I've probably seen all the US Soaps at least once, or know their stories. Currently mother and I have limited our soaps to General Hospital, which we've been watching off and on since 1996. We take breaks.
Some longer than others. If we don't like a story line(or lines, usually lines), and the characters start to annoy us - we stop watching for a bit, then we may circle back. I gave soaps a break between 2000-2005. I got obsessed with Buffy/Angel and Farscape - and back then I just had VHS, there were no DVRs or streamind. So I taped Buffy, Angel and Farscape re-runs instead of the soap opera during the day (while I was at work). Although mother, if she watched, would update me - off and on.
29. It is thought that William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" was first performed in 1595. Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play on the stage?
Several. I've even performed in one. I played Helena in Midsommer Night's Dream. And performed Hamlet's Soliguey. I was a theater geek in high school. Between my Sophmore and Junior Years of College - I went to London and studied theater - we saw about five Shakespearean Plays, and one by Marlow. One was in the Globe, two were in Stratford Upon Avon, and all done by the Royal Shakespear Theater. I saw Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench in Anthony and Cleopatra in 1987, also Anthony Hopkins and Sir Gielgude in King Lear, and Twelth Knight, Jew of Malta, Midsommer Night's Dream (with an entirely nude cast and as a homosexual production). I've also seen The Tempest, MacBeth, As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Park in NYC)...and on screen Titus Andronicoulus, Hamlet, MacBeth, Richard the III, Henry the V, Henry the IV, Julius Cesar....
30. Do you have houseplants?
No. I kill plants. It doesn't matter what the plant is - I will inadvertently kill it. My brother got my maternal grandmother's green thumb. I take after my Dad. So I don't own any for their own protection and my mental health.
31. The end of January – does it seem to have flown past? Have you enjoyed this month?
No, it's drug. But I did enjoy it more than expected. Just been a little ill during it.
Next up February, which I do not plan on doing all at once.
I don't remember? Probably sometime in the early 00s when I had shoes requiring it?
7. It’s Nick Cage’s birthday (b. 1964) – have you seen any of his movies?
Sigh yes. There's a handful that are good. And too many to count. Here's the ones I liked: Leaving Las Vegas (he's good in that one - and deserved the awards nominations, even though this is a very painful film to watch (saw it in the movie theater) and I refuse to ever see it again); Peggy Sue Got Married (when he was doing his uncle's films still, and he's hilarious in that one); Face-Off (which believe it or not is my favorite of his films and the most memorable - he and Travolta switch roles and mimic each other's acting styles, which kind of works in both actor's favor?); Con Air (yes, Cage as an action hero - and the beginning of that trope); Reinfeild (Cage as an over the top villain, and the beginning of that trope).
I don't know why I've seen so many of his films - the actor annoys me. I think I'm slightly masochistic?
8. Do you tend to text people or phone them and chat?
Depends on the person? Mother - I call. My brother - I text. My niece - I text. Wales - I text. Co-workers - I call. I do whatever the person prefers. Wales, my brother, niece all hate talking on the phone. My mother hates texting. I honestly don't care? But personally prefer talking on the phone to texting because 80% of the public can't write or they can, but get lazy about it when texting. Also tone is lost when it comes to texting - you are more likely to piss someone off while texting than talking on the phone, because of that.
9. On this day in 1969, the first trial flight of Concorde, the supersonic jetliner, took place in Bristol, England. Have you, or anyone you know, been on Concorde?
My father took it once. I don't think I have.
10. Has anything recently made you laugh out loud?
Yes. But I can't remember what it was?
11. How good are you at creating routines for housework? Do you have specific days for doing household tasks?
Well...mediocre? I do laundry on Thursday nights though - because it's the best time to do it, and usually vacant.
12. In 1966 Adam West debuted in TV’s Batman. Do you have a favourite actor who has taken on the Batman role on TV or in film?
Yes, Christian Bale, followed by Michael Keaton. Weirdly, Robert Pattinson was surprisingly good in the role - albiet not a favorite actor. But I was shocked at how good he was in it. Still think Bale is the quintessential Batman - Bale got across young Bruce Wayne. Keaton got across an older version of the Dark Knight.
Kevin Conroy was the best voice of Batman in the cartoons.
13. What’s the weather like where you live today? Is it typical for your area at this time of year?
Cloudy, gray, cold and threatening to rain. Yes, this is typical January weather. Although it has been all over the place of late. We get a lot more rain now than snow, we used to get more snow.
14. Ironing – yes or no..?
No. I can't remember the last time I ironed something.
15. On this day in 2009 Chesley Sullenberger, known as "Sully," successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River. Have you seen the Tom Hanks film Sully?
No - okay I can't remember if I have or not? (Hanks had a habit of doing a lot of these films about real life everday heroes, and they've kind of blurred together). Of course I saw the real life events play out, since I live in NYC and it covered the news for days. Including the controversy that followed.
16. How often do you eat out at restaurants or cafés?
Rarely. Gluten Intolerant - makes it expensive and painful. So I don't bother. However, I may grab something from one of the many lunch spots around my work place this week. Manhattan is a gluten free mecca of possibilities, unlike Jamaica, Queens - which wasn't.
17. In Somerset (England), it is traditional on this day to enter the orchards and toast the trees with cider to encourage a fruitful season. Have you ever had alcoholic Somerset cider or Scrumpy?
Yes. I like cider. I've had Somerset. I've never heard of Scrumpy though.
18. Cary Grant was born today in 1904 (in Bristol England). Have you a favourite Cary Grant film?
Yes, toss-up between Charade, Philadelphia Story, Notorious, and His Girl Friday.
19. How many pairs of socks do you own?
More than I can count? I honestly don't know and don't feel like counting them?
20. How do you keep your photographs? As physical copies or virtual copies on a device? Do you sort them into real/virtual albums?
Virtual copies on a device. I'm not a fan of albums. Although the iphone creates them for me regardless of what I want, as does Google and Facebook.
I don't sort them into albums, it does. I do have print photographs hanging on my walls now, and framed on counter tops. I like photographs - I actually prefer them to other works of art. I do not know why.
21. Have you ever made pastry from scratch?
I've made pie crust - I don't now. Other pastry? No. I'm gluten intolerant and diabetic - I don't bake. Plus pastry is hard to do - you really need to be good at measuring things, and patient to make pastry.
22. Are you a cat person or a dog person?
Definitely a Cat person. I like dogs, but prefer cats. I wouldn't know what to do with a dog - I was raised in a cat family. Cats are basically perpetual teenagers and twenty-somethings, while dogs are perpetual toddlers and too high maintenance.
23. On this day in 1842 Charles Dickens arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to start a tour of the US (he wrote about it in a travelogue: American Notes for General Circulation). Have you a favourite Dickens novel?
Not really, I don't like Dickens. I did love the play version of Nicholas Nicholaby - that's my fave. It was funny and I fell for the lead, way back when. That one had a sense of humor. Most of Dickens is kind of dour and lacks a sense of humor. Dickens took himself far too seriously.
24. It’s the International Day of Education – what was your favourite class in school?
Social Studies - it was a combination of History, Political Science, Geography and Sociology. I took honors social studies in school. I adored social studies courses. Not surprising I ended up in law school - that's kind of the trajectory for folks who love social studies. I wanted to major in it - but alas, it was impossible, so I settled for cultural anthropology as a minor. Second favorite class was Art.
25. Are you making a conscious effort to keep fit this year? What activities are you doing?
Yes. Even bought a piece of exercise equipment - which may or may not work. It's a peddler, than you can either do sitting down (except my chair rolls and has wheels, is should be stationary) or standing (which helps with balance, but I wish I had something to hold onto besides the top of the chair.
Yoga, stretching, walking. Are currently goals. I may try a gym later on, on the fence about that. I hate gyms.
26. Where is your favourite place in your home?
Armchair in the living room looking out the windows, in front of tv and next to bookshelf.
27. Have you ever been boating?
Yes. Not really a fan - I get motion sickness. I like sailing better - it's less boring, and more interesting. I love the water, but - again, the motion sickness thing can be problematic.
28. Most countries have at least one example of a long-running soap on TV. Do you watch soaps (have you in the past)?
Yes. People stigmatize it - mainly because they only briefly watched one and decide this is awful. Folks? That's like watching one bad procedural or sitcom and deciding they are all awful. They aren't. And soaps aren't created equal and change over time. Just because it was boring in the 1960s or 1990s, doesn't mean it is now.
My mother and grandmothers were into soaps, as were my grandfathers. But my mother liked to give me a recap when I came home from school each day
and her recaps were hilarious. She was good at recapping back then (now she struggles to remember the names and what happened - but we still do it as a memory exercise). Mother also had television commitment issues - that is to say - she would get bored of one soap and jump to another, take about a week to figure out what was going on and get hooked on that one. In short, she was fickle when it came to soaps, devoted soap fan - she's not.
As a result? I've probably seen all the US Soaps at least once, or know their stories. Currently mother and I have limited our soaps to General Hospital, which we've been watching off and on since 1996. We take breaks.
Some longer than others. If we don't like a story line(or lines, usually lines), and the characters start to annoy us - we stop watching for a bit, then we may circle back. I gave soaps a break between 2000-2005. I got obsessed with Buffy/Angel and Farscape - and back then I just had VHS, there were no DVRs or streamind. So I taped Buffy, Angel and Farscape re-runs instead of the soap opera during the day (while I was at work). Although mother, if she watched, would update me - off and on.
29. It is thought that William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" was first performed in 1595. Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play on the stage?
Several. I've even performed in one. I played Helena in Midsommer Night's Dream. And performed Hamlet's Soliguey. I was a theater geek in high school. Between my Sophmore and Junior Years of College - I went to London and studied theater - we saw about five Shakespearean Plays, and one by Marlow. One was in the Globe, two were in Stratford Upon Avon, and all done by the Royal Shakespear Theater. I saw Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench in Anthony and Cleopatra in 1987, also Anthony Hopkins and Sir Gielgude in King Lear, and Twelth Knight, Jew of Malta, Midsommer Night's Dream (with an entirely nude cast and as a homosexual production). I've also seen The Tempest, MacBeth, As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Park in NYC)...and on screen Titus Andronicoulus, Hamlet, MacBeth, Richard the III, Henry the V, Henry the IV, Julius Cesar....
30. Do you have houseplants?
No. I kill plants. It doesn't matter what the plant is - I will inadvertently kill it. My brother got my maternal grandmother's green thumb. I take after my Dad. So I don't own any for their own protection and my mental health.
31. The end of January – does it seem to have flown past? Have you enjoyed this month?
No, it's drug. But I did enjoy it more than expected. Just been a little ill during it.
Next up February, which I do not plan on doing all at once.
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Date: 2025-02-03 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-03 11:00 pm (UTC)I'm already behind on February....so we'll see. I'm thinking of doing five days at a time. I can't do 31.