I repeat. . .

You're Turkey!

You have a good deal of history behind you, both good and
bad, but through it all, you've become a leader among your friends.  You
have an uncanny ability to make friends with people who hate each other, though
sometimes you just hate them instead.  Surprisingly fickle, you keep a
good balance in your life between religion and humanism, but most people think
you're fanatical anyway.  You're Istanbul, you're Constantinople.
Take
the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid
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Huh?

You're The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

by Douglas Adams

Considered by many to be one of the funniest people around, you are
quite an entertainer. You've also traveled to the far reaches of what you deem possible, often confused and unsure of yourself. Life continues to jostle you around like a marble, but it's shown you so much of the world that you don't care. Wacky adventures continue to lie ahead. Your favorite number is 42.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

I can't believe it - I take a 10 question quiz and I end up being this novel? I haven't even read it before. I have seen the BBC movie from the 70's which is pretty awful.
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I am 74% (Dixie). Apparently that's a "pretty strong Southern score!" Take the Yankee or Dixie quiz. It's awesome. I think if you heard me speak, though, you wouldn't necessarily associate me with the South. My time in Minnesota tainted me. Ha!
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Thoughts on Sunday evening on Congress

So I had my film crew meeting on Sunday evening at the Hideout on 6th and Congress. I had to park about four blocks away. I just love walking downtown alone at dark. I feel ultra-vigilant. I couldn't find the group when I got there.

I saw this guy who has a local cable show that I watch as a guilty pleasure. He and his friends sit around a table with their visible microphones and critique the recent movies they've seen. It's pretty low-tech, but pretty funny most of the time. Anyway, he asked me if I was looking for Amanda or some name like that and I said no.

I ultimately found the group in the theatre. I just can't believe people don't put up signs or something. I am shy, okay?! I'm not going to go out of my way to chat people up and find a place if I don't have to. Anyway, I was very glad to see Melissa, whom I had met at the volunteer signup.

The film crew orientation was interesting. I learned that we are not supposed to make any comment on the films we see, as a crew member or actor may be around us and overhear. We are also not allowed to make any comments to the press whatsoever (fine with me!). My hours are different from what I signed up for - they have me starting at 4. I had to tell the crew chief that I don't get off until 5:30.

When it was over, Melissa and I walked to our cars. We discussed documentaries and the new Arbor Cinema. I was telling her that the new Arbor plays this thing called "The Twenty" which is basically 20 minutes of ads that you get to enjoy if you come early to the film. She asked me why they started doing that and I commented, "They have to make money somehow!"

Then this random young blonde guy caught up with us and said, "I don't mean to intrude, but I heard you say you have to make money somehow - " Assuming he thought I was a drug dealer or prostitute (HA!), I hastened to clarify, "I didn't say I would, I was talking about theatres. Movie theaters." He replied with, "Oh. Sorry." And went back to his group. Melissa and I laughed and I told her about the guy I ran into at the Renaissance Fair in high school who thought I was into Hinduism because I wore a tie-dyed shirt. I'm pretty sure he was stoned. I wonder what this guy's story is.
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SXSW /film/festival

I don't know what the schedule is for the films yet, but these are all the films that are supposed to be shown during the festival. I'm kinda hoping I get to work at the screening of Adam Goldberg's film, cuz I find him strangely attractive. I know he and Christina Ricci are dating and all, but he can still be a celebrity crush!

I get to meet other members of the film crew this Sunday (so I have to record The Simpsons and Alias). I believe I'm going to have volunteer hours out the wazoo by the time this thing is over. But I get a film pass, so it's all worth it. Yeah.

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Yay!!!

I promise I answered honestly!

Which Silver Screen Siren are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

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Dexter

This weekend when I went to church with Brian and Mark, Brian was so worried about her dog, Dexter. The dog was having liver problems and they had to take her into the vet on Saturday morning, and the vet had to keep her all weekend. Brian kept calling to check on her, and I assumed she would be well enough so they could get her on Monday. However, it looks like they had to put her down. She was a good old dog, though slightly daft. She was Brian's dog, but she was obsessed with Mark. She would follow Mark around the house like a shadow.

It's quite sad and it will be strange going to their house without Dexter to greet me.
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Some people have a lot of time on their hands.

Last night The Simpsons episode was "Lisa the Vegetarian", my favorite episode of all. I just love everything about it. I even got a little choked up at the end, as the pig flew across the screen to "Maybe I'm Amazed". Anyway, I wanted to read more about it, so I went to The Simpsons Archive for that episode.

I can't believe that people actually listened to the ending credits enough times to get this:

"Lentil soup recipe

Several readers managed to piece together the lentil soup recipe Paul speaks backwards over "Baby I'm Amazed" during the closing credits. Tom Collins lists it as:

- one medium onion, chopped
- two tablespoons of vegetable oil
- one clove of garlic, crushed
- one cup of carrots, chopped
- two sticks of celery, chopped
- half a cup of lentils
- one bay leaf
- one tablespoon of freshly-chopped parsely
- salt and freshly-ground pepper to taste
- two and a quarter cups of vegetable stock or water

At the end, it sounds as though Paul says, "Oh, and by the way, I'm alive," no doubt trying to quell the rumors about his death."


First off, the title is "Maybe I'm Amazed". Secondly - you people are obsessed! I thought I was strange for having certain quotes memorized, but these people are WAY more into it.

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