Meme! Because I can.
January 5th, 2005
This is no LiveJournal, so I’ve no clue how many requests I’ll get from this, but why not. Courtesy of my friend Molly, who rocks my socks. (No, really. She and socks have a special relationship. She’s got the coolest socks of anyone I know, and wears them with the most unabashed grin. You should see it!)
Comment on this entry, and I’ll tell you:
1. What color you make me think of
2. The first word that comes into my head in association with you (sequitur not guaranteed)
3. A food that I like!
4. [edited] Two fun facts about a country I select, which may or may not have any bearing on you at all.
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Categories: quotidian, strangeworld
Oooh, me!
I have to know. :)
Memememe.
katre:
1. white (it’s the t-shirt with all the superheroes on it)
2. katre! it’s such a great word!
3. chocolate pecan pie
4. Sweden has not participated in a war in almost 200 years, and although the singular of its currency is krona, the plural is kronor.
molly:
1. bright, bright blue!
2. sunshine
3. gorgeous yellow split pea and barley soup!
4. Bouvet Island is uninhabited and volcanic, but a nation unto itself. Also, it was under British rule until they abdicated in favor of Norway.
maga:
1. vibrant grey
2. kan’t
3. smoked sable!
4. Moldova is the poorest country in Europe, poorer than Albania; and people’s life expectancy there is under 70 years, more than 10 years less than Sweden.
La-dee-da.
G Zombie:
1. shiny black and red. must’ve been NYC, a combination of evening and a book cover.
2. you get a phrase: friendly face. there’s got to be a dictionary entry with your photo in it.
3. sea urchin sushi (uni)!
4. Belgium’s statistics (such as land use) often include Luxembourg, and 31% of its population is of the Walloon ethnicity.
Heehee. Sure, why not?
Isqui:
1. green! dark and saturated.
2. forest.
3. baby kale, sautéed with a bit of olive oil and garlic, with toasted pine nuts.
4. Burundi wins the coolest-capital-name contest: Bujumbura!, and has a 51.6% literacy rate.
Me too me too! :)
Glen!
1. golden yellow, like soft light
2. cat.
3. creme brulee!
4. Anguilla, in the Caribbean, has no arable land but a lot of lobster. It is under British rule and exports, among other things, concrete blocks.
Haha, I’m in!
(Also, requesting a picture of a beaming Molly wearing the aforementioned socks.)
Are we still playing?
Stefan: but… but I don’t know you! You get totally random.
1. purple with lime-green polka-dots.
2. Quebec.
3. fondue! ANY fondue. cheese, bourguignonne (sic?), chocolate… mmm. fondue.
4. Nepal suffers from deforestation and contaminated waters, and one of its fourteen administrative zones is called Seti.
Duchess: but of course!
1. Red, bright and vibrant. Must’ve been your wedding dress. :)
2. Natto!
3. Natto!… wait, that’s cheating. Chocolate pecan pie!… wait, you know that one too. How about: venison. Nice and tender, medium-rare.
4. In Denmark, when it’s somebody’s birthday, they fly a flag out the window, and their birth rate is one of the highest in Europe, an estimated 1.74 children per woman in 2004 (which still means a population decline).
I wanted to say “Oooh! Me!” but katre was faster. So: “eeeagh! me!”
Gunther:
1. Grey. Monolithic grey. (It’s not you, it’s the Dorotheum.)
2. de[v|f]iant.
3. carpaccio.
4. Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun, and 96% of the people living there are ethnic Norwegians.
@vika
The gmail adress should say enough ;). (Did I thank you for that? No? Well, thank you!)
Also, like the colorchoice. I’m so much color, I’m a pattern!
Stefan – hooray! I remember you now. You’re most welcome.
…
Oho!
Given that you have little evidence on my case, I’m curious to see where your subconscious takes you…
Okay, the response has been large enough that I’m feeling the need to have fun with the lists.
tonx!
1. All shades of brown, from mushroom caps to espresso.
2. coffee shop. I’ve been daydreaming about visiting Victrola.
3. Truffled olive oil.
4. The title of Japan’s anthem is “Kimigayo,” and it means “His Majesty’s Reign.” In 2001, they has 21 shortwave broadcast radio stations over there (to our 18).
Zrblm!
1. Shimmery blue-grey.
2. zr.. well, that’s cheating. Dog. (It’s reversible!)
3. Poutine. Or at least I’m in love with the idea. Have tried it once, but that was at a pub and the cheese “curds” were actually grated cheddar. Hrmf.
4. In Albania, at least according to Professor Cornbread, nodding the head means no and shaking the head means yes. The official dialect of Albanian is called Tosk. Tosk!
Francisco!
1. Beet-red. Or purple. The color of guilt, anyway. I never did thank you for your gift, did I? Thank you. It’s amazing.
2. Wombat.
3. Rice porridge with sour-cherry preserves, for breakfast.
4. Cameroon boasts being the home of the Goliath frog, the largest in the world (1, 2). The capital of Cameroon is Yaoundé, which should by all rights be the word for #2. It’s got a great mouth feel, like good wine.
Hit me! =)
Drewski – oof. I’ve seen you, what, twice in my life? Let’s see.
1. Blonde. *ducks*
2. Haircut! (That isn’t a hint-hint. I loved your hair, so that’s what I think of.)
3. Kitfo (Ethiopian steak tartar mixed with a peppery, buttery, complex spice mixture). Omigod, I could eat this… a lot.
4. Benin… damn, there’re just no fun facts about Benin. Paraguay has been holding free presidential elections since 1989! But their immigration rate is -0.8/1000. The emigration may be offset by the fertility rate, which is relatively high as such things go: 3.8 children per woman. Compare this to 1.something (= population decrease) in most European countries.