Oh why not...

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I could have sworn I did this one, but I can't find it, so, what the heck.....vectored from the lovely melissanmn

Since you are on my friends list, I want to know about you. Doesn't matter if we have ever met or not, tell me any way. Come on... spread the joy. :) Post it to your journal to find out more about your friends too.

1.Your Middle Name:

2. Age:

3. Single or Taken:

4. Favorite Movie:

5. Favorite Song:

6. Favorite Band/Artist:

7. Dirty or Clean:

8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:


HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...

1. Do we know each other outside of LJ?

2. Whats your philosophy on life?

3. Would you have my back in a fight?

4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?

5. What is your favorite memory of us?

6. Would you give me a kidney?

7. Tell me one odd/intresting fact about you:

8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?

9. Can we get together and make a cake?

10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately?

11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?

12. Do you think I'm a good person?

13. Would you drive across country with me?

14. Do you think I'm attractive?

15. If you could change anything about me, would you?

16. What do you wear to sleep?

17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?

18. Would you go on a date with me if i asked you?

19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?

20. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?

Comments

Hi there, Rob!

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I almost never do memes, but I find this one kind of intriguing. Perhaps after I've answered yours, I'll post it yet again on my own list. I do note that a few of these questions seem to imply that we're of each other's preferred sex, which we probably aren't. Nonetheless, there are some things to get into.

1. My middle name. (Allan.)
2. Age. 57 years, a month and two days.
3. Single or taken. Taken -- happily married.
4. Favorite movie. There are so few movies that I want to see again at all that this is hard to answer. A movie called *Marie* or *Marie: A True Story* would be near the top; it features Sissy Spacek and is most definitely based on a true story. The book, *Marie: A True Story* is by Peter Maas, and if one can handle true crime at all, it is an outright grabber, and helped establish Marie Ragghianti as one of my three heroes. Others include *Gandhi* and *Star Wars.*

5. Favorite song. Ths is even harder. Possibilities would include "Down in the Valley" (you'll want to hear my version, as most folkies who do it at all don't do it quite the same way I do -- loosely based on the version in *Bound for Glory*, the Woody Guthrie movie); an album cut, "Free Ride," recorded by the Illinois Speed Press in 1968 or thereabouts; another album cut, "What Became of Mary?" by Every Mother's Son, the same time or perhaps a year earlier; "At the Edge of the World," by Howard Ashby Kranz. I was privileged to play on the session where this was recorded. All this and heaven too?

6. Favorite band/artist: Acoustic guitarist/songwriter Andrew Calhoun, specifically the *Walk Me to the War* and *Water Street* albums. Also up there are the Beatles (up through *Revolver*) and Stan Rogers.

7. Dirty or clean. Not sure what this means -- my mind? My body? I bathe nightly, with a few exceptions.

8: Tattoos and/or piercings: None. Had contemplated getting a watch tattooed on my left wrist, so I would always know what time it was; finally decided against.

Here Comes the Fun:

1. Do we know each other outside of LJ? I believe we met at a GaFilk and that is why we are on LJ together. There were seven or eight people in this category, and I'm afraid many of you kind of blur together.

2. What's your philosophy on life? Read John Stuart Mill's *On Utilitarianism* -- but I believe in a rather limited and self-centric utilitarianism, in which I don't feel like spreading myself thin enough to fix all the troubles of the world. Among/amid my crowd of friends and other important people, I believe we should all pull together to make this as good for all of us as we can, and I will do my share.

3. Would you have my back in a fight? If we were somehow in a fight together, I hope I'd have the courage to keep my end going and not abandon you; but I'd prefer it if you and I could figure out together how we were both going to run for it.

4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interests? I'd probably try, but eventually let it slip; like it or not, I have been in this position in the past. People who know me well will tell you I often just plain talk too much.

5. What is your favorite memory of us? I believe we had a good time together at GaFilk, the only time we met.

6. WOuld you give me a kidney? No. I have diabetes and my kidneys aren't worth much, but besides that I have promised my brother that if he ever gets much sicker than I am, he can have a kidney. That would leave me with only one, which I then could not spare.

7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you. I've narrowed this down to three: (1) I had seven songs copyrighted in the Buenos Aires, Argentina, copyright office before my 11th birthday. (Okay, so some of them were guitar instrumentals.) (2) As best I can count, I finished high school a year early because I'd skipped three grades and repeated two. (3) Between my 18th and 40th birthdays, I grew two inches in height.

8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick? If we were residing in the same city, not more than 20 miles apart, I would do at least some caretaking.
I will post this and then make the last 12 into a separate post. In a bit.

Nate B.