Three Things

I promised myself that I would respond to any of these "Tags" I received from friends. At the time I wasn't on Facebook, so I've given myself an out and I do not feel obligated to replicate all of those. Anyway, here are my three things.

Now, here's what you're supposed to do...and please do not spoil the fun. Start a new note, delete my answers and put in your own. Tag all your friends and tell them to tag you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known things about each other.

Three Names I go by
1. Greg
2. Gregarius
3. Dude

Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Waiter
2. Janitor
3. Editor

Three Places I have lived
1. Houston, TX
2. Glendale, CA
3. Denton, TX

Three TV Shows that I watch (not counting the myriad I watch on dvd)
1. Lost
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. The Colbert Report

Three places I have been
1. Great Britain
2. Spain
3. Germany

People that e-mail me regularly
1. Dale
2. My Parents
3. Karen

Three of my favorite foods
1. Chips and Salsa
2. Rice Krispy Treats
3. Alaskan King Crab

Three things I would like to do
1. Sell a screenplay
2. Travel to too many places to list
3. Skydive

Things I am looking forward to
1. Traveling the world
2. Spending time with friends
3. Buying a house

iTunes Tag

I was tagged by this quite a while ago, but I just didn't feel like making the effort. It's too many questions in my opinion. But I'm bored and don't feel like doing work, so what the heck...

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question below, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "Is this okay?" YOU SAY?
"Idiot Wind" (Bob Dylan)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Fernando" (Abba)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"She Came in through the Bathroom Window" (The Beatles)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"Full Force Gale" (Van Morrison)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Shadows in the Rain" (The Police)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Homeward Bound" (Simon & Garfunkel)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK ABOUT YOU?
"El Dios Nunca Muerte" (from the Men with Guns Soundtrack)
This is a traditional Latin/Mayan piece that I think translates to "God Never Dies."

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams)

WHAT IS 2+2?
"Self-Destruct" (What Made Milwaukee Famous)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?"
"Burning Hell " (R.E.M.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Death is not the End" (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Catapult" (Counting Crows)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Camelot" (Monty Python Instant Record Collection)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Knock Me Down" (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Venus as a Boy" (Bjork)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Sky Blue" (Peter Gabriel)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?"
"Thirty One Today" (Aimee Mann)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"The Only Living Boy in New York" (Simon & Garfunkel)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"The Fly" (U2)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Love is Here to Stay" (Harry Connick, Jr.)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Bangalore" (The Blazers)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"Got My Mojo Workin'" (Asylum Street Spankers)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Blackbird" (Sarah McLachlan (cover of the Beatles))

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Lonely Little Bluebird" (Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Originality" (Thievery Corporation)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"Natural Anthem" (The Postal Service)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Kiko and the Lavender Moon" (Los Lobos)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"I've Been Everywhere" (Johnny Cash)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"Beat on the Brat" (The Ramones)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"Nashville Skyline Rag" (Bob Dylan)

IF YOU READ TO THE BOTTOM AND YOU USE ITUNES CONSIDER YOURSELF TAGGED!

Well, now that I've done it, I can see the fun in it. Obviously, some of them are nonsensical, but others seem eerily appropriate. Thanks for killing some time with me.

Literary Meme

Darn you Peter! Why'd you have to post this while I was at work?

The meme's rules are as follows:
Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56. Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence along with these instructions.
Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the closest.

"Specifying Surname with the AS keyword tells the database system that you want the results to be known as the alias Surname."

Taken from Beginning SQL.


oh - and if you read this, consider yourself tagged.

Literary Meme

A friend tagged me with the following literary meme

The rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

Hey, if you're gonna steal, might as well steal it all, right? Actually, this friend has tagged me several times, and this is the first time I've responded. I'll get around to those others eventually, but this one was simple and interesting enough to get me off my butt and post. Anyway, on to my quote:

"Bricusse's treatment surmounted one major hurdle when it received the enthusiastic approval of Hugh Lofting's widow, who called his work 'a complete surprise...he has caught the spirit of the Doctor himself. The lyrics are...right in the vernacular of Dolittle. I predict nothing but success.'"

From Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Holllywood by Mark Harris.

I'm really loving the library right now. I don't know why I've ignored this fabulous resource for so long. I've loved picking up cheap books at thrift stores for years, but more often than not they go unread. Sure they're intriguing, but they are usually just whims. Now that I can get on the library website and request a book, everything is so much easier. And I'm reading books that I want to read, not just that I happened to find for 50 cents.