Five Topics Meme
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maverick_weirdoHere are the five topics that were given me by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
apocalypticbob. If you'd like topics of your own, comment
Chocolate: We start with the good stuff, my drug of choice. Chocolate is my second favorite food behind peanut butter. I prefer dark chocolate. I was recently in a restaurant where their February menu specials were ‘everything with chocolate’. I decided to try the ‘sirloin with chocolate/brandy glaze’. The taste was good, in an unusual way; the chef had played up the earthiness of the chocolate. My mind however kept having trouble with the cognitive dissidence of chocolate with steak.
Glass: Like most people I am fascinated by glass and how it handles light, its smooth texture. In art school I would sometimes stop outside the glassblowing studio and watch people blow glass. It was fascinating to say the least.
Flowers: I like flowers, but I’m not a huge fan. My favorite flower is the dandelion, from when I was to young to know better. I know it is an invasive weed, and I root them out of any yard I am responsible for, but I can’t help but smile when I see a field doted with yellow. Who hasn’t loved something that turned out to be selfish and destructive?
Concrete: When you said random, you really meant random. I don’t have anything to say about concrete. I know that in the southern states many streets are paved with concrete, but in New England most streets are paved with tar. Cellars are concrete. I really don’t have any feelings about concrete.
Hope: You saved the best for last. I am very much a creature of hope, as a conscious decision.
In high school I read a book called The Stranger. One of the things the book talks about is that for a “condemned man” hope is a burden. I’ll admit that there is a point to that. There is stress to hoping, and sometimes disappointment. People will sometimes find relief in bad news, because at least the waiting and hoping are over.
However I feel that hope is a burden, the same way that jet fuel is a burden to airplanes. Jet fuel is one of the heaviest things on an airplane. When you calculate how much fuel is needed, you have to include extra fuel to deal with the weight of extra fuel. On the other hand, while an airplane is much lighter without the fuel, it won’t get very far without it.
apocalypticbob. If you'd like topics of your own, commentChocolate: We start with the good stuff, my drug of choice. Chocolate is my second favorite food behind peanut butter. I prefer dark chocolate. I was recently in a restaurant where their February menu specials were ‘everything with chocolate’. I decided to try the ‘sirloin with chocolate/brandy glaze’. The taste was good, in an unusual way; the chef had played up the earthiness of the chocolate. My mind however kept having trouble with the cognitive dissidence of chocolate with steak.
Glass: Like most people I am fascinated by glass and how it handles light, its smooth texture. In art school I would sometimes stop outside the glassblowing studio and watch people blow glass. It was fascinating to say the least.
Flowers: I like flowers, but I’m not a huge fan. My favorite flower is the dandelion, from when I was to young to know better. I know it is an invasive weed, and I root them out of any yard I am responsible for, but I can’t help but smile when I see a field doted with yellow. Who hasn’t loved something that turned out to be selfish and destructive?
Concrete: When you said random, you really meant random. I don’t have anything to say about concrete. I know that in the southern states many streets are paved with concrete, but in New England most streets are paved with tar. Cellars are concrete. I really don’t have any feelings about concrete.
Hope: You saved the best for last. I am very much a creature of hope, as a conscious decision.
In high school I read a book called The Stranger. One of the things the book talks about is that for a “condemned man” hope is a burden. I’ll admit that there is a point to that. There is stress to hoping, and sometimes disappointment. People will sometimes find relief in bad news, because at least the waiting and hoping are over.
However I feel that hope is a burden, the same way that jet fuel is a burden to airplanes. Jet fuel is one of the heaviest things on an airplane. When you calculate how much fuel is needed, you have to include extra fuel to deal with the weight of extra fuel. On the other hand, while an airplane is much lighter without the fuel, it won’t get very far without it.
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Date: 2009-03-13 01:49 pm (UTC)Selfish and destructive, but at least delicious and medicinal! :-)
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Date: 2009-03-13 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-14 02:08 pm (UTC)Vis-a-vis glass, if you are ever on Cape Cod, the Sandwich Glass Museum has a glass kiln now right in the main floor and they do regular demonstrations. It's wonderful to watch.
I would be up for a random topic or five, although it might take me a day or more to do it.
Sorry for the wait
Date: 2009-03-16 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-13 02:39 pm (UTC)I read The Staranger by Camus in highschool as well. I liked it.
Will you bestow random topics upon me as well?
You asked
Date: 2009-03-14 02:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-13 06:40 pm (UTC)Also, I noticed you in the Boston Palimpsest event pic.
O.K.
Date: 2009-03-14 02:41 am (UTC)also, where were these pics?
Re: O.K.
Date: 2009-03-15 08:03 am (UTC)