Some things that the pipples may or may not want to know about me.

If I've repeated myself here from the other "info" posts, I apologise. I'm tired, addled, and fairly alarmed.

• Whenever Aunt Tudi is in the hospital, I rent Fellini films (usually Fellini Satyricon and 8 1/2) and I sit in the middle of the night, watching them and eating cake batter.


• Ever since I saw a used band-aid floating in the pool at the YMCA, I refuse to get in public swimming pools. In fact, I gag at the mere thought of it.


• "Huuvola" by Peter Murphy is one of my favourite songs. It makes me want to weep from the sheer beauty of it.


• I believe everyone had a theme song that plays in some movie in some alternate universe whenever we walk down the street, a la Shaft. My theme song is "Java" by Al Hirt. I don't know why. I don't question it. It just is.


• I would beat up an old lady for some escargot right about now.


• My most unusual pet was a hedgehog named Leopold.


• My most unusual animal rescue was a female ruby-throated hummingbird.


• I like the taste of blood.


• My favourite month is November.


• I have long thought that I would eventually be part of some underground resistance movement.


• For my entire life, I have had recurring dreams of singing in a Black Gospel choir.


• I miss my father.


• Dave Matthews' music never fails to give me chicken pimples.


• That scene in Hannibal where Clarice realises that she's just received a letter from Hannibal Lecter: the emotions that scene inspires in people(something like a combination of dread, excitement, and maybe fascination) is the same emotion I experience every time I get an email from Barry Andrews. After six years, it hasn't gone away.


• I shamelessly ogle Kevin Smith every chance I get.


• I've always wanted to have a pet bush baby.


• Egyptian Musk is my favourite scent.


• My favourite emotion is anger because it fuels me and drives me to accomplishments. My least favourite emotion is love, because I know it will always lead to heartache.


• The Chalice started out as a way for me to deal with meeting my soul mate and discovering that we'd never be together in this life. Cadmus Pariah wasn't originally in the half-formed story and, when he came into the picture, he was a plot device at best. Obviously, this has changed a great deal.


• The Geico commercials featuring the cave men are my favourite commercials on TV at the moment. I want to date those cave men.


• I used to know "Get Up! (Before the Night Is over)" by Technotronic by heart.


• I can sing in Yiddish, Scots Gaelic, and Irish Gaelic, by learning songs phonetically.


• I often view my life as phantasmal, which isn't healthy.


• I play a helluva mean air keyboard.


• Despite my "tough chick" demeanor here, I'm really quite meek.


• Trains terrify me.


• I terrify myself.

Now, it's your turn.

Happy Birthday

to my future Canadian sponsor,
for when I run North and beg for asylum,
aditi_!!

Finally, my poll

It took me a while and a severe case of insomnia, but here 'tis. The name with most votes is the winner. I'm giving it a week.

( The Name Poll )

I am now going to bed in a feeble attempt to fall asleep.

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That's my "fairly alarmed" emoticon.

Just got a new spiel from Barry Andrews and the end of it fit perfectly with my current state of mind, thanks to the dream from yestereve. Note the bit in red....

( cut for length and Cadmusian remarks )

Now, I initially read that bit as "I'm going off to be a Beast" because I always assume what's being said or written by The Bald One is diabolical. I'm pretty certain he's saying that the new Shriekback album is going to be a Beast; however, I personally think he writes certain things in a manner where they can be interpreted in more than one way. My interpretation usually serves to give me more white kinky hairs popping out the top of my head. I look like the Muppet version of Nadine Cross....well...not yet, but someday.

Friday Quiz-O-Rama Llama Ding Dong

Thanks to the folks from whom I stole these.

( ping )

SuperHero

Snagged from the illustrious popfiend, I present

SHRIEKER!

Random Picture Assault

The subject line pretty much says it all.

( snippage )