Okay, faithful readers: the Q&A continues!
Re: LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Go! Team
I listened to some samples of LCD Soundsystem on iTunes and the little clips they have on Amazon.com, and honestly didn't really like what I heard. One Go! Team CD I have (Thunder, Lightning, Strike) is collecting more dust than even my Meat Puppets discs. So that leaves Justice. Will investigate.
Now, in response to the claim that I need proof of U.S. sports being "money-hoohah-mafia," I say this: what is your proof that it's NOT? That said, I have no "proof." Merely my own observations that expecting people to pay such exorbitant fees to watch games/matches in person seems (to me) nothing more than extortion. Which, as everyone knows, is a major component of racketeering.
And as for excluding other countries from the criticism, consider this: if my awareness of U.S. sports is ultra-low, then extra/international sports barely even register on my existence meter. I think I've seen half a dozen Wimbledon matches over the last 32 years, and maybe twice that number of olympic events (summer olympics, not those gawd-awful winter olympics).
Moving on to new material!
Q: What will you do when, true to the movies, a scuffle breaks out in a populated public place and suddenly -everyone- is in on it, and they all know one form of kung fu? In fact, each individual knows a different style of kung fu, and calls out his/her moves before doing them, such that you with your burgeoning language skills can decipher "tiger snaps tail," "snake gauges eye," and "toaster cooks the meat." Huh...what will you do?
A: Ooh, this one's tough. Well, the answer is very dependent on the time of said occurrence. If it were to happen tomorrow, I would hope to create some sort of mass distraction so I could flee the melee, as I have no martial arts skill whatsoever. I'm not even a very fast runner, so it would have to be a good distraction. Maybe a nosebleed-inducing "sexy jutsu" a la Naruto. If it were to happen in, say, 3 years, hopefully I'll have some real kung fu under my belt so I could at least do "clumsy guy swings wildly" or some "dismiss me as a threat" moves.
Q: Are video games illegal in China?
A: I am completely not up to speed on legality of any form of gaming in China. I would assume that they are legal in general, but that certain content may be forbidden. I'm guessing that if they find something they don't like on my computer they'll mess with it. They'll probably mess with it anyway.
Q: When's the wog-written book coming out? Seriously. I recall at least two different ideas you had in your head.
A: Definitely not before I go to China. Perhaps the long time we'll spend in China will provide new motivation to finally get those ideas written out. Time will tell.
5 comments:
Does this mean you are going to take kung fu classes with me?
The day you actually write a story rather than play a game on the computer will truly be a day of days.
I give up re: music. I think your years in Korea only exacerbated what had become a growing problem. The problem: being unable to predict what you'd enjoy. First Orbital sucked (hard), and then you finally turned the corner, only in time for them to catch up with your first inclination. Then Clutch came along, and it was like we were on each other's menstrual cycles. But now...that musical taste is parched.
Your challenge for proving a negative is befuddling. be fuddled. I am considering getting an hdtv just so I can pay more to have digital cable, just so I can pay even more to have the hdtv nba package. I think the greatest athletes (basketball, tennis, whatever), want to win all the time, every time, no matter what. Just like you with Settlers, and just like AK in history of the world, and just like me in Boggle, Scrabble, and slap jack.
1. Did you know it's illegal to take a deposition in China?
2. Have you seen (1) The Protector or (2) Ong Bak? Thai kung fu, with ridiculous stories. If you're gonna learn kung fu, might as well take advantage of those famously sharp elbows...watch The Protector, you'll see what I mean. It's staged like a video game at times...with mini bosses and henchmen and everthing.
3. If you knew that you had at least 3 friends in the Twin Cities alone who were dying to read the first chapter of a book, any book, written with your deft hand, what would you start writing (about)?
4. Loren Gustafson. Remember him?
5. Muskie. Didn't say boo. Remember laughing at that stupid thing for ten minutes?
Didn't Wog win a game of scrabble with the famous word "gimlet"? And, maybe AK wins in MN, but in MD, he loses to me. muh-hah-ha-ha
It was actually "gimlets," but I don't remember if I won that game or not. We might not have finished it.
Paul absolutely won on "gimlet." A huge win due solely to wog's exploiting my lack of alcohol knowledge. You know why there's no recollection of any big svb victories?
Because it's impossible remember just one. Well, maybe except the time I ran up 468 points. Why I didn't quit there, I'll never know. Since we're counting, I'm also pretty good at lunch money. And my Patience deck made it further into any Morris-based Magic tournament out of our group (only to be promptly crushed by Pat Jarvis's $1000 land smash deck). I'm good at games is what I'm saying (defensive much, svb?)
As for HoTW, unless you had six at the table, I don't count any wins (or losses). It's more of an exhibition match. When we have six, AK typically cleans up, or comes in 2nd.
By the way, wog, gimlet -still- hurts. Seriously. Never since had a challenge of the existence of word hurt more than that one.
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