#livilin

12-. ¿Has insultado a algún profesor?

Sí.  En el cuarto grado, una maestra de una clase diferente me pidió caminar con su clase hasta la cafetería.  Mi maestro me había permitido a caminar solo ese día, así que me negué.  Nosotros discutimos, y yo dije muchas cosas muy malas a ella.  No recuerdo exactamente las palabras.

24-. ¿Has sufrido algún accidente?

Cuando era niño pequeño, me rompí la uña del pulgar debajo de la rueda de un carrito.  En otra ocasión, me rompí los dientes en el frente de la boca cuando me caí de los hombros de mi padre.  Y en otra ocasión, me caí de una escalera y me golpeé la cabeza.  Pero, cuando yo era más viejo, no tenía más accidentes.

26-. ¿Te han excluido? 

Algunas veces.  Yo no siempre tenía amigos de bien calidad cuando era más joven.  Fue un niño extraño a veces, y muy sensitivo también.  

30-. Un libro. 

El amor en los tiempos de cólera.  Estoy tratando de leer este libro ahora, en español.  Es dificil para mi, pero tengo un diccionario para las palabras que no sé.  Sin embargo, leo muy lentamente.

36-. ¿Hablas solo? 

I’m going!

7: A song to drive to

Long Line of Cars by Cake, if you’re stuck in traffic and you wish the world would end, but also want to dance a tiny bit in your seat.

12: A song from your preteen years

That basically means a late 90′s country music song.  I think it technically came out when I was thirteen, but I was kind of obsessed with Eric Heatherly’s version of Flowers on the Wall.  I was a weird kid. 

This is the first time I’ve heard it in ages, and the first time I’ve ever seen the music video, which...huh.

28: A song by an artist with a voice that you love

I am very much in love with the voice of Jenny Lewis, and I adore the song You Are What You Love from Rabbit Fur Coat, her album with the Watson Twins.  I can’t think of many other artists who have voices with such natural beauty.

29: A song that you remember from your childhood

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

So much pressure!  The first thing that comes to mind is to make an injunction against dishonest and malicious speech.  My society would value truth and kindness as much as anything else.

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

I’m not sure.  Does “admitted” mean you’ve been assigned a bed and spent the night?  I’ve been treated at hospitals before, but unless it happened when I was very small I can’t recall ever staying at one. 

I’m generally pretty healthy, never broken any bones.  I screwed up my top front teeth pretty badly in a fall when I was very small (one got knocked out, another got jammed deep inside my gum, not pleasant at all).  But I don’t think I had to stay in the hospital after they pulled it out and gave me stitches.  It’s hard to remember.

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

An Ostrich-Parrot, so that the ostriches could learn to imitate human speech.  And they would race across the plains and repeat the most ridiculous things whenever they passed through towns. 

An emu (or any large ratite) would be an acceptable alternative for the ostrich element.  As for the parrot element, an African Grey would probably yield the best mimic abilities.  But if I can stretch the bounds of this question a little, I can envision flocks of colorful ostriches derived from many different parrot species.  And they’d all form gangs and cause trouble throughout the land.  It would be terrific.

I’m sorry, that got really silly really fast.

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

Absolutely dinosaurs.  For one, they actually existed, and the fact that anything like a Tyrannosaurus Rex actually walked upon the Earth is just mind-blastingly cool.  For another, they existed in an extraordinary variety of types, well beyond the diversity that humans have imagined or applied to dragons.  Finally, some dinosaurs are birds, and not only are birds incredible creatures, but they still exist today!  I don’t think I’ll ever really be over the fact that there are still dinosaurs all over the world.

That’s not to say that dragons aren’t also awesome.  But ever since fossils of dinosaurs were discovered, I feel like the idea of dragons has become less culturally vital.

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

I picked this as my freebie, because I’m trying to get in the habit of saying nice things about myself and not just taking for granted (as I have for most of my life) that I am not an attractive person.

Favorite Song: “When the Levee Breaks”.  It’s just undeniably badass.

Least Favorite Song: “Kashmir”.  That song has always rubbed me the wrong way.  My learning more about Orientalism hasn’t earned it any points.               

Have I Ever Seen Them Live: I am twenty eight years old, and Led Zeppelin broke up thirty five years ago.  So, no.     

Favorite Band Member: Robert Plant is a pretty phenomenal singer, all things considered.

Least Favorite Band Member: Jimmy Page creeps me the hell out.  Actually, the whole band creeps me out a little, but most of it feels like radiation from Jimmy Page.

How Many of Their Albums I Have: Two.  I have Led Zeppelin IV and Volume 1 of The Best of Led Zeppelin (also known as Early Days).  I am ninety per cent certain that I bought the two-disc Early Days and Latter Days set back in high school, but that was before I uploaded all my CDs to iTunes and I do not know what happened to disc two.  I suspect my ex-girlfriend from those days may have it.

My Favorite Album: Probably Led Zeppelin IV.  I’ve listened to it the most. 

Favorite Lyrics: “If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,it's just a spring clean for the May Queen.”  People act like this line is all inscrutable, but it’s clearly about a Victorian lady getting naked in the bushes.

Favorite Music Video: I saw a flash animation a million internet years ago of some vikings set to “Immigrant Song” that I thought was the most hilarious thing.  I wish I could find it.  Maybe on Albino Blacksheep, or Newgrounds?

15:(truth) If you could rock any unusual article of clothing/makeup technique/hairstyle, what would it be? (dare) Go to the blog of the last person you reblogged a text post from. Reblog your favorite of their selfies.

I think leather jackets are cool, but I also feel like I would look incredibly silly in one.  Like, trying to wear a leather jacket is an attempt to evoke a certain kind of cool, and the jacket will reject you if you are unworthy.  So I just wear every other kind of jacket instead.

23:(truth) What are your three biggest turn ons, and your three biggest turn offs? (dare) Put your music player on shuffle. Without actually listening to it, write the lyrics to the chorus of the first song.

“Letter” (Live Version) by Joe Cocker.  Huh.  Let me see if I can remember all the lyrics to it.  That shouldn’t be too hard:

“Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,ain't got time to take a fast train.Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,my baby just wrote me a letter.

I don't care how much money I've gotta spend,I've got to get back to my baby again.Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,my baby just wrote me a letter.

Well she wrote me a letter,said she couldn't live without me no more.Mister, mister, can't you seeI've got to get back to my baby once more,anyway, yeah...”

Oh wait, just the chorus?  Fuck.  Whatever, the song doesn’t have that many words to begin with.

28:(truth) How do you take your coffee? (dare) Post the last picture you posted on a social media platform other than tumblr.

I answered this one with a “dare” already.  Since I don’t drink coffee, I’ll just talk about tea instead.

I make hot black tea at home pretty much every day.  Sometimes when it’s really hot I’ll pour it over ice.  I usually prefer to drink iced tea when I’m at a restaurant or just out and about.  In either case I drink it plain, no sugar or sweeteners or milk, or anything except a lemon for iced tea (because that’s just lovely).  If it’s early in the morning and everyone’s getting coffee, though, I usually order a chai latte.  With enough cinnamon it tastes like Christmas, and I like it.

30:(truth) What is the last thing you did that you have to keep secret from someone? Who do you have to keep it secret from? (dare) Tag five blogs with great URLs.

Oh,esto me ha puesto feliz.