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Seven Things Meme
Jul. 13th, 2008 07:57 pmComment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.
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chang3002, so here's my answers for him:
bad puns
I grew up with bad puns...my dad and one of my sisters used to challenge each other with them during dinnertime, much to the rest of my family's dismay. ;) What can I say? I love wordplay. Although I have to say I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to throwing out painful zingers. I have to start that up again... (In the meantime, go here. You won't be sorry. Okay, maybe you will. Depending on whether you like them as much as I do. ;) )
conlangs
I got into creating fictional languages when I wrote the Eden Cycle trilogy. I created anjshé (a primer of which you can find on my LJ here) originally as an alien language that had to somehow tie in with the human race for plot reasons, so there are many influences hiding in it, such as Japanese, mangled English, and a bit of Gaelic thrown in. It's by no means extensive, but it was fun to create and maybe when I get back to the trilogy I'll extend it.
driving
When you grow up in the middle of nowhere in midwestern Massachusetts, you've got to enjoy driving or you're screwed. I have no problem driving long distances, which is actually quite funny since out here in California, driving more than ten miles is considered a major journey (unless you're going on vacation down to SoCal...then you're just nuts and too cheap to fly).emmalyon hasn't gotten behind the wheel once since we moved out here, but I have no problem with that...I still enjoy driving.
pocky
Come on...who doesn't love miniature chocolate-covered breadsticks? Or the fact that the dark chocolate ones are called Men's Pocky?? :p
stan brakhage, maya deren
I'm putting these two together because they're two filmmakers I studied in college. I will admit that sometimes when I watch experimental filmmakers, sometimes my reaction is one of tired admittance, that sure, they may have done something kinda neat and unexpected, but it wasn't anything groundbreaking.
These two impressed me, however...Stan Brakhage (he's the one in the icon I used) was one of those filmmakers that didn't just make something to prove a point...he continually--and I mean continually, right up until his death--made films that were a strange yet incredible mixture of poetry, confusion, pain, and truth.
And for Maya Deren, I love her stuff because though it's more linear than Brakhage's directionlessness, they have deeper meanings than what are being shown. She had a great cinematic eye, her work had multiple depths, and she inspired many female filmmakers to come. And she was a Smithie! ;)
I suckered myself into this one via
chang3002, so here's my answers for him:bad puns
I grew up with bad puns...my dad and one of my sisters used to challenge each other with them during dinnertime, much to the rest of my family's dismay. ;) What can I say? I love wordplay. Although I have to say I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to throwing out painful zingers. I have to start that up again... (In the meantime, go here. You won't be sorry. Okay, maybe you will. Depending on whether you like them as much as I do. ;) )
conlangs
I got into creating fictional languages when I wrote the Eden Cycle trilogy. I created anjshé (a primer of which you can find on my LJ here) originally as an alien language that had to somehow tie in with the human race for plot reasons, so there are many influences hiding in it, such as Japanese, mangled English, and a bit of Gaelic thrown in. It's by no means extensive, but it was fun to create and maybe when I get back to the trilogy I'll extend it.
driving
When you grow up in the middle of nowhere in midwestern Massachusetts, you've got to enjoy driving or you're screwed. I have no problem driving long distances, which is actually quite funny since out here in California, driving more than ten miles is considered a major journey (unless you're going on vacation down to SoCal...then you're just nuts and too cheap to fly).
emmalyon hasn't gotten behind the wheel once since we moved out here, but I have no problem with that...I still enjoy driving.pocky
Come on...who doesn't love miniature chocolate-covered breadsticks? Or the fact that the dark chocolate ones are called Men's Pocky?? :p
stan brakhage, maya deren
I'm putting these two together because they're two filmmakers I studied in college. I will admit that sometimes when I watch experimental filmmakers, sometimes my reaction is one of tired admittance, that sure, they may have done something kinda neat and unexpected, but it wasn't anything groundbreaking.
These two impressed me, however...Stan Brakhage (he's the one in the icon I used) was one of those filmmakers that didn't just make something to prove a point...he continually--and I mean continually, right up until his death--made films that were a strange yet incredible mixture of poetry, confusion, pain, and truth.
And for Maya Deren, I love her stuff because though it's more linear than Brakhage's directionlessness, they have deeper meanings than what are being shown. She had a great cinematic eye, her work had multiple depths, and she inspired many female filmmakers to come. And she was a Smithie! ;)
