False, I buy whatever's cheap/conveniently sized.
TNP has been to Jamaica.
False, I buy whatever's cheap/conveniently sized.
TNP has been to Jamaica.
No. The Bahamas are about as close as I've come to Jamaica.
TNP likes My Stepmother Is An Alien.
False, I've never seen it.
TNP has a valid passport.
False, but in the process of rectifying that...
TNP likes pawpaw.
It always seemed like a nice place when I drove through it as a kid!
TNP has been to Mesa Verde.
False, but I would love to go.
TNP still wears a wristwatch.
Yes, virtually every day.
TNP likes (as I do) Hitchcock's Notorious.
Since I can't quite remember if I've seen it, I guess that's a "No".
TNP can remember something that happened before age four.
True, I have some spotty daycare/preschool memories.
TNP liked Reading Rainbow.
LeVar Burton sans banana clip and leg irons, right? I was just a touch too old for it by the time it really hit its stride. I don't think I've ever seen a full episode.
TNP could sing at least one Schoolhouse Rock song right now from memory.
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Most of one, probably: "I'm Just a Bill" and "Conjunction Junction" have long been favorites (I even have them on my iPod!).
TNP likes the Orson Welles version of Othello.
Never seen it, so false so far.
TNP would rather swim than horseback ride, assuming there s/he was presented with an equally convenient opportunity to do either one.
Usually true. I suppose I might at some point be in the mood for a horseback ride more than a swim, but not often.
TNP likes Patton.
One of my five favorite movies ever.
TNP has grilled food outdoors in the past week.
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True - we have a big gas grill from Australia, and since it is summer year 'round in Jakarta we grill at least 3-4 times every month.
TNP knows what Reynaud's Syndrome is.
I didn't until I looked it up. Doesn't sound fun.
TNP has seen The Hurt Locker.
No, but I've been wanting to.
TNP likes The Queen.
True - Long Live Lizzie 2.
TNP is following along at Wimbledon
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
No, except to note that Venus has been eliminated.
TNP likes mushrooms on pizza.
True, but I hate olives.
TNP also hates olives.
So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.
False. One of my favourite foods.
TNP likes pineapple.
Very much, especially fresh.
TNP gets annoyed at people who take games too seriously.
True, games are supposed to be fun and bickering with the DM over every little thing makes it miserable for everyone. (We were talking about Dungeons & Dragons ... right?)
TNP owned a dollhouse as a child.
True. Wait...NO! FALSE! I had FORTS for my G.I. Joe dolls action figures, and a CASTLE GRAYSKULL for my He-Man and the Masters of the Universe dolls action figures. I had enormous structures made of LEGO blocks that my Transformers parked in to have tea parties plan their battle plans. But no, no dollhouses. Dollhouses were for girls and sissies.
TNP has solved a Rubik's Cube without cheating.
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No, spent a long time in the eighties screwing around with them, never got anywhere.
TNP still goes running after the ice cream truck when it's in the neighbourhood.
Only to chase it away from my children. I am 110% sure that my local ice cream truck is a festering den of botulism and/or rape. Ack.
TNP is enjoying the resurgence of 3D movies over the last few years.
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False, it looks like crap most of the time. (Even when it looks good, the movie is crap anyways.)
TNP enjoys film noir.
I'm far more familiar with modern-day parodies, tropes, and tributes than with the actual source material, so the best I can say is that I enjoy the idea of film noir. (I would be glad of a few suggestions for starters!)
TNP regularly uses hand sanitizing gel.
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The Big Sleep*
The Maltese Falcon
Laura*
Double Indemnity
Key Largo
Notorious**
* These are my favorites
** I havent actually watched this one yet, but I fully expect to like it. It has Claude Rains! He's awesome!
False. I do wash my hands a lot.
TNP owns a hair dryer.
I don't think so, not anymore. If I have one, I don't use it.
TNP has way too much crap lying around the house.
False. Eight moves in the last ten years have pared me down to a very portable 1CS, and I've always been a bit of a minimalist anyway. artifex is less so than I am, but hardly a pack rat herself, and she is an organization freak to boot. That adds up to a fairly neat house.
TNP enjoys gardening.
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False. I could take it or leave it. My wife has the green thumb.
I'd second Notorious as a great noir film. I recently saw Laura for the first time and must admit I found it disappointing, though. For a modern noir-ish sf movie, check out Dark City. Very good stuff!
TNP likes Running Scared (either 1972 or 1986).
False, as I've never seen it.
TNP would call a local shop to ask trivia questions rather than looking the answers up online.
So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.
False, but I'm an internet addict with an aversion to the telephone.
TNP has spoken to a grandparent in the last week.
No, all of my grandparents are long gone. Did talk to both of my kid's grandmothers, though.
TNP has more than two weeks of vacation this summer.
Not all in a row, but in aggregate, yes, I'll have more than ten days off this summer.
TNP has walked more than a mile without stopping during this calendar year.
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True. I do that twice a day.
TNP uses Skype or video chatting on a regular basis.
Not regularly, no. Mostly just to bug my kid now and then.
TNP has felt very much like punching someone in the nose today.
False, so far, knock on nose wood.
TNP has punched someone in the nose on purpose.
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False. Even if I weren't too physically slight to be the least bit intimidating, physical violence of any kind is not my style.
TNP keeps a globe or a world map around the house/office somewhere, and references it from time to time just to keep a grip on where things are in the world.
True, I guess. There's all kinds of globes and atlases lying around the house, and the kid sometimes discusses the countries with me.
TNP has a child who's growing up too fast.
False, no kiddos as of yet.
TNP plans to watch fireworks at some point in the next week.
No firm plans, but might happen. Somehow, in my lifetime, fireworks have become popular on Canada Day. I don't remember fireworks on July 1 when I was a kid, when it was still generally called "Dominion Day".
TNP plans to eat hot dogs at some point in the next week.
True. We usually have a pack of Costco beef franks in the fridge, and they're an easy quick-grill or quick-nuke after work dinner item for me. I'll probably resort to them at least once in the next week.
TNP has been to an amusement park this year.
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Not yet this summer, but no doubt will get to some. We like amusement parks.
TNP likes volleyball.
Truish - if I have to play a team sport, that would definitely be at the top of my list, though I'd rather opt out entirely.
TNP uses a treadmill, weights, stairmaster, or any other bit of gym equipment at least a few times/month.
True. Weights for me...
TNP can count to 10 in 5 languages.
Um, let's think...true. English, French, Spanish, German, and Vietnamese. Could probably stumble through Italian and Portuguese as well.
TNP can make a decent paper airplane.
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False! And it pisses me off. I keep trying, but never get good results.
TNP has more than one sibling.
True. I've got two brothers and a sister.
TNP prefers tea over coffee.
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