Question a Day Memeage10. Are there some colours you would never wear or use in your home?
Never wear? Yellow. I look horrid in it. Also not a fan of lime neon green or neon colors. Hot pink - wouldn't use in my home.
11. When was the last time you took a photo?
Today.
( About an hour ago )12. It’s the International Day of Plant Health! Healthy plants mean a healthy planet! Have you ever planted something and watched it grow? Do you look after your houseplants or your garden plants diligently?
I kill plants. So I don't own any. So that would be a firm no? My family members however seem to be good at this...
13. It’s Top Gun Day! Ever seen it (and/or the sequel)?
Saw Top Gun about three times in the movie theater in college in the 1980s when it first came out? We had a $1 movie theater. And we also jumped movies, which is basically once one ended, we jumped to the next theater and into the movie that had just begun. As a result of this - I saw a lot of movies for next to nothing in theaters - ah the good old days. Some days I miss the 1980s.
Yes, I saw the sequel. It's nowhere as good as the original. The music, the acting, the filming, etc - the script - were just better in the original. Movies were better in the 1970s and 80s, for some reason. Tech has not necessarily made all movies better.
14. Have you ever seen a ‘mockumentary’ film or TV show? The term was coined when the 1984 “This is Spinal Tap” film was released, and notable examples on TV include “The Office”.
Yes, I dislike them. (With the possible exception of Arrested Development, which is the only one I've made it through.)
They give me a headache. For some reason or other my brain dislikes watching people talk to me from a film or television screen.
I can listen to them. But I can not watch talking heads without getting a headache after a while.
I don't find them funny. Annoying? Yes. Headache inducing? Yes. Cringe-inducing? Sometimes. Entertaining? mildly. Funny? It's not my brand of humor too obvious. I have a dry dead pan wit. Mockumentaries are parodies or satire and usually far from subtle.
I know that I'm in the minority on this...unfortunately. If only more people liked and thought Buffy the Vampire Slayer was funny and entertaining or the Good Wife, and far less were entertained by The Office, my life would be a whole lot easier. But alas, no.
15. Bees are responsible for pollinating many of the plants we eat (a current estimate is that they are responsible for every three bites of food we eat). Have you seen any bees this year?
Yes. Recently. On my walk today.
16. Henry Fonda was born today in 1905 – have you seen any of his films?
More than I can count or remember the names of. He was very good at playing the every man type of role. And had excellent range. I saw him in Grapes of Wrath, Once Upon a Time in the West, My Name is Nobody (which is my favorite Western), On Golden Pond, and countless others...I grew up watching his films on television and in movies. I even studied some of them.
17. It’s World Telecommunications Day – have you ever learned something new online?
Yes. Although I have no idea what at the moment...I learned that race, gender, sexual orientation, age, size, shape, looks, fall away on social media - all you see are the words and the exchange of ideas. I forget or don't see any of the annoying identity politics or classifications that often masks who people truly are at their core. We aren't these societal definitions. And I kind of figured that out on social media discussion boards, when I had no idea what race, religion, sex, gender, age, class, ethnicity, nationality, etc - folks were. All I saw were folks who liked to discuss Buffy, and literature, and movies, and had families, and loved one another. And fought with one another over silly things.
It was freeing in a way.
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