I can't BELIEVE I forgot to post this on the first. I'm the worst.
Anyway, it is that time again. All our lurkers, seldom seen members, and regulars need to come out of the woodwork and let us know they are alive.
1. Are you alive?
2. Your views on fireworks?
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night?
5. Are you doing any home renovations?
6. What's your favorite musical instrument?
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal?
8. What is the best time of day to read?
9. Hot out there, amirite?
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care)
1. Are you alive? Despite my best efforts
2. Your views on fireworks? From the ground
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Ben Folds - Still Fighting It
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Steak
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Yes, thought still in planning phase
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? hrm. drumsguitarbasskeyboardsdaws
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? Cujo
8. What is the best time of day to read? Morning
9. Hot out there, amirite? Not in central oregon, no
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) The coast, but I want to go to Canada
1. Are you alive? Perhaps
2. Your views on fireworks? What amI, a brain dead redneck? Dumb. Next.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Winter.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? I can't remember. Oh wait, buffalo chicken wraps.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? No.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Not sure. Piano.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? Animal Farm or Charlottes Web
8. What is the best time of day to read? Whenever
9. Hot out there, amirite? You are correct.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) No.
1. Are you alive? yes
2. Your views on fireworks? I enjoy setting them off near or at people. Which is why I don't get to set them off.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. I...don't think I have one.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Spaghetti, but with penne, so not really spaghetti.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Shit yes. Bathrooms.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Spoons
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Bear
8. What is the best time of day to read? Some time when the kid is asleep.
9. Hot out there, amirite? You know, not a bad as last summer.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care). Biding my time until the new kid is born. So I guess I'm on vacation now.
1. Are you alive? Yes, but trying to think like a corpse.
2. Your views on fireworks? I've never found them terribly interesting, but they're nice if you can watch them with someone you love.
3. What song makes you cry? Shit, what song doesn't? I'm pathetic.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? I actually can't remember. I made toasted veggie sandwiches for lunch with squash, cucumber, gruyere cheese, sweet peppers, and garlic aioli, but I have absolutely no idea what the hell I ate for dinner.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? You have to own a home for that.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? To play? Guitar. To listen to? No clue.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? I'll stretch this and say House of Leaves. Minotaur counts as an animal, right? I'd love to say it's Help, I'm Being Eaten By a Bear, but I haven't read it yet.
8. What is the best time of day to read? After dark. Or early if you can sit outside and enjoy a cup o' joe.
9. Hot out there, amirite? Miserably so. I hate Texas mostly just because of the heat.
10. Any vacation plans? Probably back to California to visit family again during winter break, but nothing for now since I just got back from seeing them.
1. Are you alive? Fyeah!
2. Your views on fireworks? I like them. Sometimes I can see them on the horizon above the minor league baseball stadium across town.
3. What song makes you cry? No song will every time, but this one has once.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Frozen pizza.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Nope.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? To play? An old Silvertone guitar I had to give back to the guy to whom it had also been loaned.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? No favs.
8. What is the best time of day to read? Anytime you have electric light and a/c.
9. Hot out there, amirite? Until they got the power back on, it was just as hot in 'ere.
10. Any vacation plans? No.
1. Are you alive Physically? Yes.
2. Your views on fireworks? Love em! Especially bottle rockets.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Don't have one, but I cry to sad movies once in a blue moon.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Chili!
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Tearing up wood floors to put in tile
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? To play: Guitar. But I wish I could play piano.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Dark Tower series
8. What is the best time of day to read? Late at night when no one is bothering you.
9. Hot out there, amirite? I just love swamp ass! -___-
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) Driving to Chicago for Richard Thomas's class.
1. Are you alive? I'm being kept alive by a hamster running in a wheel.
2. Your views on fireworks? Bunch of pyromaniacs
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. I sat on my balls - Dave Attell
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Chicken Flautas
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Bunch of pyromaniacs
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? The jug(s)
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? Animal Farm - Orwell
8. What is the best time of day to read? The morning
9. Hot out there, amirite? Yeah, I've been addressing strangers by saying "hey sweaty," no one minds.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) Try to start exercising. But it's so hard!!!
1. Are you alive? Only because I'm on vacation. Five day weekend...WOOO!
2. Your views on fireworks? I can't have any :(
3. What song makes you cry? Exit Music For A Film -Radiohead. Sometimes it makes my cry twice.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? .....Carbless diet. Just meatballs.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Too many to count, most of them for the yard. Tile backsplash for the kitchen too.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Bass.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Dark Tower Series--OY
8. What is the best time of day to read? Night, right before bed.
9. Hot out there, amirite? Wha?
10. Any vacation plans? Backpacking five days in Tuolommne Meadows, Yosemite. Should be fun.
1. Are you alive? running on coffee and broken dreams
2. Your views on fireworks? I am in favor of it.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. In the right moment--Angel's Wings by Social D or Hey, Jude by The Beatles.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Chicken sandwich.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? I am. I'm currently sitting in my half renovated kitchen.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Electric guitar.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Dark Tower Series. I want an Oy.
8. What is the best time of day to read? Any time of day. I used to love reading on the half wall outside of Union Station, DC in the afternoons. Now I get most of my reading done before bed.
9. Hot out there, amirite? I live in the desert. Guess.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) Heading up to NorCal in a couple days.
@ Sparrow: Oy's mine, lady.
I SEEN OY FIRST! BACK OFF PEOPLE!
Jesus! I didn't read all the answers first! It's fine, we can all have Oy. We can be a Ka-Tet.
1. Are you alive? Depending on the definition, no, I don't believe that I am.
2. Your views on fireworks? America, Fuck Yeah!
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. I don't have a song that automatically evokes tears, but the closest I've got is "Every Time You Go Away" from the Planes, Trains, & Automobiles soundtrack, because that's the only movie to make me cry. Shhhh, don't tell anyone.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? vegetarian hot dogs
5. Are you doing any home renovations? I washed the dishes in my apartment a couple days ago
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? drums
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? I'd like to use my lifeline here...I phoned a friend, and the answer is Animal Farm.
8. What is the best time of day to read? Sometime around 1 or 2 a.m.
9. Hot out there, amirite? I came home, yet again, to no power. Yeah, it's hot enough already.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) You need to have money and motivation to plan a vacation, and I have neither.
We can be a Ka-Tet
I forget that book worm is just another kind of nerd until someone mentions Dark Tower.
Hahahhahhha, so true, Jacks.
1. Are you alive? I have a pulse
2. Your views on fireworks? Pretty boring
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. A little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold. Yeah, weird choice, I know. Holds sentimental value to me.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Popcorn chicken
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Nope
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Drums. Preferably Yamaha or Pork Pie
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? Jaws
8. What is the best time of day to read? Anytime is the best
9. Hot out there, amirite? Ugh... Really?
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) - Nope
It seems writers live off fast food.
Schawns
I still haven't finished the Dark Tower books. I think I have 2 left? It's been so long I feel like I've forgotten most of what I read, though.
1. Are you alive? When the stars are right.
2. Your views on fireworks? The grand finale at the end of a fireworks show is never as grand as they lead you to believe.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Okay, you got me People II: The Reckoning by Andrew Jackson Jihad
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Meat straight from the loaf.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Nope, but I'm moving to a new apartment.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Acoustic guitar
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? REDWALL. Mice. Swords. Warfare. Yes.
8. What is the best time of day to read? Night
9. Hot out there, amirite? Naw. We have no seasons in Washington.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) KANSAS. Heading there for the wife's grandparents 50th anniversary.
@Riser
Before you finish the dark tower books... stop. Don't do it, man! You have too much to live for! Read the penultimate, then skip the last one.
Ugh. But I'm such a glutton for punishment. It's like I almost want to make myself miserable by reading them, already having been warned of the horror.
I actually liked the end. I know...I'm a pariah.
Wait...I mean the end, end. Not the epologue. I mean, I kind of liked the epilogue in a totally self indulgent way.
Riser--you'll see what I mean. Just do it. Do it so you can be as opinionated on it as everyone else. All the cool kids are doing it.
I can't BELIEVE I forgot to post this on the first. I'm the worst.
Anyway, it is that time again. All our lurkers, seldom seen members, and regulars need to come out of the woodwork and let us know they are alive.
1. Are you alive? Yes. Take that doctor's and your 'deadpool'
2. Your views on fireworks? Pretty cool, but not 'get there three hours early to get a good view' cool.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Cliche but true-Tears in Heaven
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Shit, why is it so hard to remember that? Oh, ravioli from a can.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Dude, I just said I ate canned ravioli, you think I can afford a home/renovations?
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Does a guitar hero guitar count?
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8. What is the best time of day to read? Any time I'm on the crapper
9. Hot out there, amirite? I'm in Texas, so yes, yes it is.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) NYC in a month or so.
You might be eating canned ravioli because you spent all your money on home renovations.
I liked the end of the Dark Tower series. I did not like everything that happened in the last book, but I liked the end. Made sense to me, and I thought it was fitting. And I mean the end end. With Roland.
As I recall, my friend told me that the ending was sort of inevitable, that there was no other real way to end it, but knowing that didn't really make it less awful.
Well, I liked the end of the series, but hated the last book. That makes sense to me, so the rest of you robotsputhereonlytoamusemebyafacelessshadycadreofaliensandsentientplants can just put that in your pipe and smoke it.
With thanks and best wishes, I remain,
JGB
Oh I never said it wasn't awful.
The Drawing of Three was my favorite.
I still have to finish the last two as well. Well now 3 since King wrote another.
Maybe I'll get a tattoo for homage.
Let's face it, everything after Wolves of the Calla was kinda bad. I think only people that were too invested in the series to quit kept reading past that point....which was everyone that read up to that point..Did that make any sense?
Drawing of the three was my favorite, too. Blaine was my favorite villain, although Marten was cool in books 1-3, then he kinda loses his edge.
The end was dissapointing..but in a good way I guess. It's a little expected.
Blaine, the Gasher, and the Big Coffin Hunters were so fucking awesome. I only liked Marten when he was channeling Flagg. I really need to read The Wind Through the Keyhole; now that I'm thinking about it, I'm reminded how much I really enjoyed it.
I would venture to say that The Drawing Of The Three is most people's favorite. I know some who really loved Wizard and Glass, which I never understood. To me, that series is all about Eddie, Susannah, Jake and Roland. Period.
The Wind Through the Keyhole is better than the last two books, but not as good than the first ones. Surprisingly, The Little Sisters of Eluria was an amazing short story, and has a more DT 1 feel as far as how bad ass Roland is.
I need to pick it up. I've been pretending it doesn't exist.
1. Are you alive? - Getting redundant, hey?
2. Your views on fireworks? - Once you hit twelve or so, it just doesn't pay off.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. - "So Sorry" by Feist, but only if I'm singing along.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? - Last night we had pizza hot dogs, which are hot dogs, but you just put pizza sauce and cheese over them instead of ketchup and mustard.
5. Are you doing any home renovations? - I might answer this in a later question.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? - The piano, because it conveys many moods, and you can always trust a piano player to give you a good finger-blasting.
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? - Remember Bunnicula? I don't think I've read a book that involves an animal since Bunnicula.
8. What is the best time of day to read? - Just before bed, when I read a page and pass out and the Kindle falls on my face and wakes me up again.
9. Hot out there, amirite? - Nope. It's raining.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) - I'll be taking a "renovation vacation" in September, which is taking time off work to renovate, because my renovation team always works sporadically and we are not gettting anything done.
1. Are you alive? Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
2. Your views on fireworks? More please.
3. What song makes you cry? You know there is one - stop lying. Lean Back by Terrorsquad. It just gets me everytime.
4. What did you eat for dinner last night? Chinese Lo-Mein
5. Are you doing any home renovations? Yep, for the last two years.
6. What's your favorite musical instrument? Cymbal
7. What's your favorite book that involves an animal? There's books that involve animals? I thought they were just for eating?
8. What is the best time of day to read? Right before bed. Or 30 minutes prior to a final.
9. Hot out there, amirite? Eh...depends on your past experience. This isn't bad.
10. Any vacation plans? (I know I asked that last month, but I don't care) Heading out on the water for a couple days on my buddies boat. Nothing big, just fishing and drinking.
I didn't realize there was such a thing as symbolic music.
For me and DT, Roland was the mainstay. Also, I didn't realize it was possible for anyone to like Blaine the Mono. That shit almost caused me to stop reading, along with all the stupid Wizard of Oz shit at the end of Wizard and Glass. I actually loved the majority of that book, though, and cried like a baby at the sad parts. But King and I have a very love-hate relationship. Or rather I have a love-hate relationship with him and he doesn't know I exist.
The more I think about it, the more I think it's always been about Roland for me. Everybody else is pretty expendable. I do sort of enjoy Eddie for being goofy, but Susannah's story I found a bit unbelievable and sometimes even nonsensical. I didn't dislike Jake (and of course Oy is all kinds of awesome), though there I think I was mostly attached to him through Roland rather than for any of his own merits.
The whole series has swung back and forth for me, which I guess is why I haven't finished. I greatly enjoy parts of it, the parts that for me are rock-solid. Other times it just feels under par or downright ludicrous. It can't seem to make up its mind, and that's both fun and incredibly aggravating.
Without doubt the first book is my favorite. Followed by the fourth. So yeah, I guess I have a Roland man-crush.
It's funny, because until very late in the series, I didn't like Roland much. I was interested in Roland, but I didn't give a fuck about him, other than how the things he did affected those around him. The Gunslinger was a good, gritty story, but I never liked him in that book. Then in Drawing of the Three, I really bought into the series, because I fell in love with Eddie. Susannah... that was a tenuous relationship (me and her, I mean) but I loved her because Eddie loved her. And I dunno, something about Jake. Good kid, brave kid.
Jake is really pretty likeable and a good character. I think all it is is that I'm not big on kids in real life. That shortcoming seems to carry over to fiction. I just don't bond with them.
EDIT - At least mostly. I really liked and bonded with the kids from The Lovely Bones, which surprised me.
The piano, because it conveys many moods, and you can always trust a piano player to give you a good finger-blasting.
- This made me laugh out loud. I needed it. Thanks Bek. :)
I loved Roland throughout all of the series. Eddie was a little annoying at times, and I liked Susannah in the drawing of the three. The scene where she kept waking Roland and Eddie up ("In case there be woofs around") cracked me up. I think despite Roland being a hardass and dry character in the gunslinger, you learn to understand his actions through the rest of the series.
@R.Moon - I'm glad my wit wasn't wasted tonight.
Here's a man who could probably blast you to hell and back:
He also played piano straight for 27 hours, so there's also that endurance thing.
but would you really want to get "finger-blasted" for 27 hours straight?
And I agree, that was pretty damn funny.
Oh jesus, god no. No I would not. Bek...stop making me afraid of sex.
I fuckin' would. What is wrong with you people?
Did you even watch that video? Because it sounds like the most intense finger blasting ever.
I don't...I just...ouch.
If you had him play some piano for you in advance...I mean, you'd be good to fucking go.
Does he keep his nails trimmed?
