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Re: Questioning Things, Vol. I

Jarred Taylor — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:01:55 -0000

Oh man Ashish, that's just the beginning of the great lines I love from There Will Be Blood.

"You're an ORPHAN! Bastard from a basket! Bastard from a basket!"

"I told you I was going to eat you!"

"I hate most people."

And of course: "I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my boy!"

Good times.

Re: Questioning Things, Vol. I

Ashish — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:56:36 -0000

Jarred, "I drink your milkshake" is one of the greatest absurd/insane/hilarious movie quotations ever. Unfortunately, I think it will go largely unappreciated by people our age, many of whom probably still think Old School is the alpha and omega of quotable cinema.

Re: Questioning Things, Vol. I

Jarred Taylor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:55:58 -0000

@Taylor: Gosh, you're right. Maybe that dude's Chap Stick was laced with some sort of hallucinogen to make him awesome at playing an imaginary instrument with psychadelic backdrops?

Re: Questioning Things, Vol. I

Taylor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:52:24 -0000

@ Jarred: Chap Stick is not a musical instrument. You put that stuff on your lips...maybe that explains your problem.

Re: Questioning Things, Vol. I

Jarred Taylor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:29:01 -0000

@Rachel: I'm digging the title suggestion.

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Christy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:09:56 -0000

1. Ads interest me. I would watch more ads. Sometimes I find myself channel surffing when nothing good is on just to watch the ads. Though please no more local ads - especially from furniture stores or used car lots.

2. I quote the Sandlot. "Your killin me Smalls." "If you were thinkin, you wouldn't have thought that." "F-O-R-E-V-E-R." People usually realize where those phrases are from.

3. My former summer jobs include working as a carhop, on the "Pansy Crew" of a landscaping team, and emergency room medical records for a hospital. I would repeat none of them......absolutely not! Although when I was working for the hospital sometimes they switched me to taking birth certificate information - now that was an interesting job from a social anthropology stand point. One woman literally tried to name her child "T9C". I was sent back to her with the paperwork and the resonse - our system can't take numbers. Thanks goodness - poor child.

4. I entered college as a music major and while that experience lead me to believe that anyone truly can master any instrument with enough practice (okay maybe not the didgeridoo) - there are none that I am patient enough to master.

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Rachel — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:55:39 -0000

I submit "For Your Consideration" as a title.

1. If every ad were targeted at my lifestyle, it would stress me out--I'd be more likely to buy things, which wouldn't be good. If ads were funnier, I'd dig that. More people falling down, please.

2. Everything I say is appropriated from somewhere else. Mostly from Buffy, but I go through phases of How I Met Your Mother quoting, too. The key to quoting things is to integrate them well--I quote Buffy but people probably don't realize it half the time. Then again, Buffy is a bit obscure, maybe?

3. No. I worked at a Boys and Girls club summer camp. Tough though work might be, I don't think I could go back to being on my feet, chasing down 7 year olds for 9 hours a day. And the field trips...!

4. Honestly? The guitar. Anything that doesn't have set key patterns. Oh, or the trombone! That shit looks ridiculous.

Re: Questioning Things, Vol. I

Jarred Taylor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:32:19 -0000

1. I would watch an extra two minutes of commercials per hour if they met either of your conditions, but I imagine that strategy is a little hit or miss for advertisers since people are different in their senses of humor and tastes/interests. It would be interesting to see if some company (probably Google) could target ads to your interests based on your viewing -- or even purchase -- history. They could even base it on the YouTube videos you've watched to determine if you have a nerdy, outrageous, or completely random sense of humor.

2. Besides the few times I've been able to tell someone that I drink their milkshake, I don't think I use any movie or TV lines on a regular basis. But I do know I've picked up some phrases from friends: "no worries" and "brutal" come to mind.

3. If I had to choose one, I guess it would be working as an intern at the Center for Strategic and Interational Studies. My first summer job wasn't until college as a (wait for it) paralegal assistant, followed by CSIS, followed by being a research assistant. Nothing fun! (Note: I turned down working with Taylor at his movie theater to be a paralegal assistant. That was stupid.

4. I could neither master the Chapman Stick, nor this guy's ability to create amazing music videos to accompany my said Chapman Stick mastery.