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eggogallego from Glendale, AZ is reading Bitch Planet December 2, 2012 - 2:17pm

1. Are you Alive? 

Yeah.

2. Any birthdays or anniversaries this month? 

None for me.

3. If you had just one wish this holiday season, what would it be?  (points if you get my SNL reference)

I'd wish for more time off work.


4. Tell me a good story about one time when you were drunk.

My birthday party this last March. I was still in an emotional romp from a breakup and proceeded to drink and drink until people began to get worried. At some point I managed to make a friend of a friend's gf extremely uncomfortable. I played up the fact about how terrible I felt for a few weeks afterward, but it wasn't true. I didn't feel guilty about it at all. 


5. What gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten?

I can't think of anything.


6. How do you take your coffee?

With some sugar.


7. What do you like about yourself?

I like my singing voice.


8. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

I don't think so.


9. Will you please buy me a present?

What do you want?


10. What movie do you want to watch?

Right now? My Own Private Idaho.


11. Do you wear perfume/cologne?  What kind?

None. God keeps me fresh.


12. What’s your shoe size?

10.5


13. Recommend a good song for me.

It's Sunday and casual dancing is always good for you. I recommend: http://gospelclaws.bandcamp.com/track/hambone


14. What’s your favorite Christmas ornament?

My Death Star


15. Are you writing anything Christmas themed?

No ideas there.


16. Can I borrow a quarter?

Sure.


17. Have you told someone you love them today?

Nay. Still early though...


18. Do you want to hang out sometime?

I dont see why not.


19. I like your hat.

Can't wear hats. I look silly.


20. What’s the last book you recommended?

World War Z, to my cousin who was taken back by the theatrical trailer.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson December 3, 2012 - 12:20pm

@J.Y. You are right about Rockstar. Have you seen the video?

1. Are you Alive?  After last month, barely.

2. Any birthdays or anniversaries this month? It's your birthday on Pearl Harbour Day, yeah? And as of the 26th, T and I have been together for 12 fucking years (the lovely couple in the mob boss photo). Yikes.

3. If you had just one wish this holiday season, what would it be?  (points if you get my SNL reference) I get it, Steve Martin. Ha ha. I wish for a ticket to Berlin.
 

4. Tell me a good story about one time when you were drunk. 16, New Year's Eve Party. Drank a lot of vodka out of boredom, became BFFs with a girl I hated, we both threw up, I ate two pieces of Wonderbread and somehow made it home (I honestly don't remember how) to where I was house-sitting next door. I watched Mighty Mighty Bosstones on 120 minutes and their lab kept trying to hump me, and I kept trying to awkwardly resist.
 

5. What gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten? A pony or an Aston Martin V12 Vanquish Zagato Roadster

6. How do you take your coffee? Cappuccino

7. What do you like about yourself? My tattoos

8. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? Stop talking Batman to me.

9. Will you please buy me a present? I'm broke, but I'll give you a hug. I give rad hugs.

10. What movie do you want to watch? Django Unleashed

11. Do you wear perfume/cologne?  What kind? Not at the same time, but I currently wear: L'Occitane Pivoine Fleur, Lancôme Ô d'Azur, Chanel No. 5, Chanel Allure, Demeter Honeysuckle, Demeter Cherry Blossom, Puma Animagical, CK One Summer, Miss Dior Chérie, Dior J'Adore, Kate Spade Twirl, Ralph by Ralph Lauren, Pacifica Blood Orange, Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey, L'Occitane Verbena Harvest, Clarins Tranquility. Most days I wear Yamamay Energy body mist.
 

12. What’s your shoe size? EU 36, UK 4


13. Recommend a good song for me. Amanda Palmer, Map of Tasmania:


14. What’s your favorite Christmas ornament? A ceramic angel-doll from the year I was born.


15. Are you writing anything Christmas themed? No


16. Can I borrow a quarter? See number 9.


17. Have you told someone you love them today? No


18. Do you want to hang out sometime? Yes, please.


19. I like your hat. Why, thank you.


20. What’s the last book you recommended? I was going to say Stardust, but I think I just recommended Joseph Anton in a thread earlier.

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like December 3, 2012 - 6:13pm

@Emma --- Cute as that redhead was, I still prefer my rather literal take: to imagine her demurely offering each item as an exhibit as to why I should stay: a pot of chicken, a DVD, and so on.

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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Library Books December 3, 2012 - 8:53pm

I'm posting my answers first, will read everyone else's later.

1. Are you Alive?: I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
2. Any birthdays or anniversaries this month?: JESUS, motherfuckers!
3. If you had just one wish this holiday season, what would it be?  (points if you get my SNL reference):  I don't get it.
4. Tell me a good story about one time when you were drunk: I've never been.
5. What gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten?: To be a real boy.
6. How do you take your coffee?: Black and sweet, like my ladies.
7. What do you like about yourself?: Certain things.
8. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?: No, but I've rubbed another man's rhubarb.
9. Will you please buy me a present?: No
10. What movie do you want to watch?: Django, The Hobbit, Haneke's Amour
11. Do you wear perfume/cologne?  What kind?: No. Women prefer man-stink.
12. What’s your shoe size?: 9 1/2 - 10 1/2
13. Recommend a good song for me: Putrefucktion by Behold the Arctopus
14. What’s your favorite Christmas ornament?: Jesus.
15. Are you writing anything Christmas themed?: No.
16. Can I borrow a quarter?: No.
17. Have you told someone you love them today?: No.
18. Do you want to hang out sometime?: No.
19. I like your hat: No.
20. What’s the last book you recommended?: As She Climbed Across the Table, by Jonathan Lethem, on the last Unprintable podcast.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly December 4, 2012 - 2:25am

1. Are you Alive? The only thing that can kill Dave is Dave. 
2. Any birthdays or anniversaries this month? Brother then Dad then Daughter, the Sweet Baby Jesus. Among some others. 
3. If you had just one wish this holiday season, what would it be?  (points if you get my SNL reference) I would like to invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
4. Tell me a good story about one time when you were drunk. Oh I do stupid shit when I'm drunk, involving exes or throwing unopened beer cans into beach bonfires and the beach chairs into the dunes, consequently I would like to invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. 

5. What gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten? How about the one I never wanted but got anyway, and turned out to be the best ever, she arrived a few days after Christmas.

OR! A bag of glass...

(points if you get my SNL reference)

6. How do you take your coffee? Cream in sugar in the morning, otherwise...

7. What do you like about yourself? All the worst parts. 
8. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? I ask that of all my prey...
9. Will you please buy me a present? I would like to invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
10. What movie do you want to watch? The Hobbit. Yes.                                          My preciousss
11. Do you wear perfume/cologne?  What kind? Rarely, Aqua di Gio.
12. What’s your shoe size? 10.5 or 11
13. Recommend a good song for me. Start here 
14. What’s your favorite Christmas ornament? My Star Trek ornaments. 
15. Are you writing anything Christmas themed? Not Christmas themed but about a Christmas gift from an ex. 
16. Can I borrow a quarter? No, but you can have one. 
17. Have you told someone you love them today? Yes 
18. Do you want to hang out sometime? I would like to invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
19. I like your hat. I would like to invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. 
20. What’s the last book you recommended? Ya'll are the only people I know who read. So nothing. 

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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Library Books December 5, 2012 - 2:06pm

Out of curiosity, has ANYONE gotten the SNL reference?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters December 5, 2012 - 2:09pm

Yes.  It was Steve Martin!

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig December 5, 2012 - 2:32pm

I love Amanda Palmer so hard.

She's the reason I'm learning the ukulele.

 

 

 

 

Yes, I'm really learning the ukulele. It's not going especially well.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson December 5, 2012 - 3:07pm

@Renee JUST PLAY YOUR UKELELE!

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig December 5, 2012 - 3:26pm

I am playing it! Just not well!

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Renfield from Hell is reading 20th Century Ghosts December 5, 2012 - 3:32pm

1. Are you Alive?

No, I'm adude.
2. Any birthdays or anniversaries this month?

Lot of old girlfriends had December birthdays, I recall. I can't fucking stand most of them. Everyone else I think is dead. I never remember birthdays.
3. If you had just one wish this holiday season, what would it be?  (points if you get my SNL reference)

Win the lottery or somehow similarly fall ass-backwards into money. Or maybe just enough cash to go on holiday.
4. Tell me a good story about one time when you were drunk.

I don't tell glorified drinking stories, of which I have a lot.
5. What gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten?

Gibson Firebird and/or solitude.
6. How do you take your coffee?

Nowadays with a little heavy cream and raw sugar.
7. What do you like about yourself?

Your face.
8. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

I hear one can swim in moonlight (TNG reference owns yr SNL reference.)
9. Will you please buy me a present?

Probably no.
10. What movie do you want to watch?

Maybe that Rust & Bone movie based on Craig Davidson's book, unless it's boring and it probably won't be released here. Or The Collection.
11. Do you wear perfume/cologne?  What kind?

I shaved off my sideburns earlier and put on some Aqua Velva because I hadn't in a lot of years. The stench when mixed with that of stale cigarette smoke is most foul and intoxicating. I wear Axe or Adidas only when writing for some Proustian effect.
12. What’s your shoe size?

12
13. Recommend a good song for me.

Something instrumental.
14. What’s your favorite Christmas ornament?

Who cares?
15. Are you writing anything Christmas themed?

Sounds gay.
16. Can I borrow a quarter?

Can I borrow a knife to the face?
17. Have you told someone you love them today?

That's what I tell everybody.
18. Do you want to hang out sometime?

Probably no. Really I'm only replying to this thread because I accidently clicked on it anyway, so this might the appropriate extent to our hang outness for some time. Holler at me later tho.
19. I like your hat.

That's my ass.
20. What’s the last book you recommended

Kevin Canty's collection Where the Money Went

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Jeff from Florida is reading Another Side of Bob Dylan by Victor Maymudes December 5, 2012 - 5:43pm

1. Are you Alive? Sure, I'm pretty close to who I was a moment ago.
2. Any birthdays or anniversaries this month? Nah, just the obvious one. What is it '13 we got coming up?
3. If you had just one wish this holiday season, what would it be?  (points if you get my SNL reference) That my inside was out and my outside was in and that that would make it easy.
4. Tell me a good story about one time when you were drunk. I used to date a Korean girl who adored my former habit of combining Jack with weed. One Saturday night she drove us to a beach roadhouse where I ranted at a hidden DJ from a deserted dance floor apparently because I didn't like the music. Was there even anybody there? Who knows. It was ridiculous, but in her eyes I could do no wrong. Kinda miss that sometimes.
5. What gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten? Homemade pistachio-vanilla icecream
6. How do you take your coffee? Two tablespoons to the cup and black.
7. What do you like about yourself?  I often fall on my face, but just as often I'll get up.
8. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? No not yet.
9. Will you please buy me a present? Yeah, lemme just peel a bill off this massive wad of cash.
10. What movie do you want to watch? "Killing Them Softly"
11. Do you wear perfume/cologne?  What kind? Rarely. A splash of Old Spice.
12. What’s your shoe size? 10
13. Recommend a good song for me.  Aimee Mann, "Living A Lie"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQxoW78KwuM

14. What’s your favorite Christmas ornament? I got this tiny Menorah that burns down candles in like 1 minute flat. It's nuts.
15. Are you writing anything Christmas themed? Nope
16. Can I borrow a quarter?  I'll flip you.
17. Have you told someone you love them today? Nope
18. Do you want to hang out sometime? Yep
19. I like your hat. Which one, the LL Bean number or the one I got in Nashville?
20. What’s the last book you recommended? "Taking the Leap"

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson December 5, 2012 - 5:59pm

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R.Moon from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's Digest December 5, 2012 - 7:18pm

I got the Steve Martin reference. Where's my extra points?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters December 5, 2012 - 7:23pm

points points  points points

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R.Moon from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's Digest December 5, 2012 - 7:55pm

Sweet! 

Happy B-Day, Doll... I believe a day early?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters December 5, 2012 - 7:57pm

2 days...the 7th

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R.Moon from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's Digest December 5, 2012 - 7:59pm

Damn! 

Well, Happy early B-day anyway!

5. What birthday gift have you always wanted that you’ve never gotten?