If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a meme. Actually, that's not true. If there are two things I can't stand, one is a meme, the other is the word "meme". Actually, that's not even true, because I can't stand George W. Bush, either, or Condi Rice, or Donald Rumsfeld. Don't even get me started on Ed Gillespie.
Or the fucking Michigan Wolverines.
Okay, so there's a ton of things apparently I can't stand. But memes and their name are up there. But I've been tagged, and by none other than the Spanglemonkey, herself.
Given that, I don't see how I can do much of anything other than submit. She's like a blogger with with a whip. And I'm a degenerate liberal, so, you know, I like that.
1. Total amount of music files on your computer: Oh, gosh, I don’t know. I know they weigh a lot less than all those records in the basement I’ve been lugging around for twenty years.
2. The last CD you bought was:
Under the Mistletoe, by Frank Sinatra. I have a real weakness for crooning. Also, it was Christmas. And it was like two dollars. And right next to the checkout counter.
3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message?
Rule Britania by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. I was in a vendetta kind of mood.
4. Write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
1. Undressed, by Lloyd Cole. It reminds me of a girlfriend I had in college. Actually, it reminds me of every girlfriend I had in college.
2. Bad Luck, by Social Distortion. Same as above.
3. Sweet Jane, by the Velvet Underground. It’s a boring answer, I know, but it’s the reason God invented sunglasses. You can’t listen to it without them.
4. Another Lloyd Cole one—Lost Weekend. I can’t think of anything more romantic than:
I was a king bee with a head full of attitude
Wore my heart on my sleeve
Wounded knees
And my one love song
Was a tattoo upon my palm
You wrote upon me
When you took my hand
5. Your Dad Did, by John Hiatt. It gets truer by the minute. Plus, Ry Cooder's on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums. If your dad didn't, he'd be crazy.
5. Who are you going to pass this stick to? (3 persons) and why?
Jerry, Ellen, and Donna. Jerry, because he was once hassled by Bob Dylan, and that’s got to do something to the way you listen to music. Ellen, because she’s the Meme Queen. And Donna because she’s Donna. We can’t hear enough from Donna.
Unless she’s going to rub it in about Penn State. Then she can put a sock in it.
Just kidding, Donna!
Unless you bring up Penn State, I mean, really.
Thanks a lot Ricky! I do Quizzes not memes! Memes you have to tell stuff about yourself. Well, okay.
BTW, I can't even listen to your songs right now. I'm on my laptop and the speakers suck.
Posted by: Ellen | January 27, 2005 at 09:05 AM
H'ray! You have gone native!
Posted by: Jo | January 27, 2005 at 10:16 AM
My husband assures me that you actually CAN hear enough from me. I would never pick on Penn State, they are my favorite little underdogs. Although we did wonder if Jo Pa was helping out the Steelers last week.
Posted by: Donna | January 27, 2005 at 12:11 PM
I just think it's really cute that you "lowered" yourself to a meme/quiz. Not only that, but it was enlightening to boot! (A crooner! Who knew!)
Posted by: Tonya | January 28, 2005 at 12:43 AM
Oh, yeah--I love crooning. Huge Dean Martin fan, here. Especially now--baby it's cold outside!
Posted by: ricky | January 28, 2005 at 12:55 AM
"Favorite little underdogs"???
That's cruel! We have an eighty year old man "running" our program! Lord, see how well Bob Stoops or Urban Meyer does when they're wearing diapers and six inch thick bifocals on the sidelines...
Not to mention giving important jobs to their idiot sons...
Donna, Joe can't hang on forever. One hundred and eight thousand screaming fans still show up for every 3-8, 4-7 homegame.
Jesus, Penn State set an NCAA record last year for playing in front of the most fans ever in the history of college football.
And they sucked.
When Joe finally hangs them up, the Beast In The East will be back.
Bigger and beastier than ever.
Posted by: ricky | January 28, 2005 at 02:08 AM
Excuse me. I would feel better about this if I could find a definition of "meme" that doesn't include the word "parasitize." But if my cultural genes (actually, they are more like old, comfy sweatpants) are of any interest:
1. Total amount of music files on your computer: Why would I stack my CDs on my computer?
2. The last CD you bought was:
Not sure...but I think it was either Boulton's 1933 and 1940 field recordings of "Navajo Songs" or "Burnt Weeny Sandwich."
3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message?
"If You're a Viper," Bob Howard and his Boys.
4. Write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
1. It Isn't Nice, Collins.
2. Dirty World, Traveling Wilburys.
3. White Rabbit, Airplane
4. Stand By Me, Ben E. King
5. Anything on Blind Faith. I mean the sounds are great, but I just like an excuse to get the album out...
5. Who are you going to pass this stick to? (3 persons) and why?
My wife, because this will cheer her up and she is still so bummed by the Steelers she is going to root for Philly.
Cassy and Dave, because they are almost as old as me, and it will be interesting to see their answers. And they are fun to annoy.
Posted by: Jerry | January 28, 2005 at 03:50 AM
Okay Jerry, now put it on YOUR site for everyone to see and call it a 'parasite'. That's a much better word for it. I hate the word 'meme'. I don't like 'blog', either. They seem silly. Music Parasite is good. It makes as much sense as meme.
Posted by: Ellen | January 28, 2005 at 08:12 AM
Hey, I don't want everyone to see that. Just sharing here, not with the tens of thousands of commenters I get on Floodlight! Especially the Blind Faith thing, which isn't as sick as it sounds...she just reminds me of my "girlfriend" in 8th grade. OK, she wasn't my girlfriend...but I wanted her to be. Does that count?
Posted by: Jerry | January 28, 2005 at 04:18 PM
Awwww c'mon, Jerry, don't hold back now! I posted mine last week.
Posted by: Elkit | January 28, 2005 at 07:48 PM
Elkit - I would, but the only people who would see it are the people who live here and visit mine out of pity.
Posted by: Jerry | January 29, 2005 at 02:43 AM
I visited you out of pity the first time, and then I bookmarked you and came back because I like your neighborhood. :-]
Posted by: Elkit | January 29, 2005 at 04:52 PM
Aw, gawrsh...thanks.
Posted by: Jerry | January 29, 2005 at 06:06 PM
Of course, as most guys will tell you, a mercy comment is better than not getting commented at all 8^)
Posted by: Jerry | January 29, 2005 at 06:07 PM
Jesus, Jerry, I think I blogged for months without even getting a mercy comment. I might be wrong. You can check it in the achives.
I found it helpful to post, at least a couple times a week, a funny picture of a cute animal.
Gay penguins got a lot of hits for me.
Though, this is a much better picture. I love this one.
Posted by: ricky | January 29, 2005 at 11:39 PM
So I suppose the animal pictures stop now?
Posted by: Ellen | January 29, 2005 at 11:46 PM
What? The bee picture is not enough?
That thing's awesome.
Posted by: ricky | January 29, 2005 at 11:48 PM
Ricky, the pictures that caught me to your site were all the wounded soldiers. I had to stop and read about them. It's just what "they" don't show us!
Posted by: Ellen | January 29, 2005 at 11:51 PM
Yeah, those photos were horrible. They ought to be on the nightly news every day of the week.
Not to demoralize Americans. But just to say, "Hey, this is what happens when you go to war. Are you in, or what? What do you think? Worth it, or not?"
But we never saw any of that. We saw a bazillion stupid pictures of that dumb statue getting pulled down.
Oh, well, I guess that's what happens when you have a "liberal" media...sigh.
Posted by: ricky | January 30, 2005 at 12:15 AM
I see a lot of spots for Go Army and Army Reserve lately. They make it look so good, they really make me want to sign up. (not!)
Posted by: Elkit | January 30, 2005 at 02:18 PM
It's a new campaign. Unlike all the ads they ran up until a few weeks ago, they actually admit that reservists just may go into the war zone. A bold leap for them to actually admit the obvious now that we've been at wars, what, 3+ years now? I guess they've suckered all the suckers already and tripling the already raised reinlistment bonus isn't getting them shit. A few more months of recession should fix that up soon, though, thank god, or we'd actually have to come up with some kind of exit strategy or something!
Posted by: =AnnA= | January 30, 2005 at 06:20 PM
I forgot to tell you. I taught T. Nugent's kid. Not like meeting Bob Dylan, but it's something.
Posted by: Ellen | January 31, 2005 at 06:27 PM
Did he come to class armed, or just smeared with the blood of his latest kill?
Posted by: Jerry | January 31, 2005 at 08:23 PM
He squeezed my hand very hard when he shook it and said he was a caring parent - intimidating?? EVERYONE fell all over him. The day he played for the school I was on my way to Amsterdam. (Tough choice? - no!) Nice wife and kid though.
Posted by: Ellen | January 31, 2005 at 10:28 PM