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Snuitje's questionnaire! EXTREME EDITION.
Ellemeno:
1. If you could have played one movie role, which would it have been? Hm, Scout? Scarlett? George Bailey? No wait, I know. Bunny Watson - Katherine Hepburn's character in Desk Set.
2. Who would you thank in your Oscar acceptance speech? I would probably not start listing people, because I always have an horreur of forgetting someone. I hope I could sound sincerely appreciative without naming names.
3. If you could step in at any moment during Brokeback Mountain, which moment would it be and what would you do? There have been some very good answers to this question above. As I try to figure out what my answer is, I realize it is the way it is. For example, part of me wants to say I would step in and keep Ennis from getting Alma pregnant, and thus give him the freedom to go with Jack. But those were his Little Darlins, I couldn't deprive him of them - or deprive them of their lives, for that matter. My most visceral "NOOO" is always as they part after first coming down off the mountain, so maybe then. But then it wouldn't be BBM.
4. What do you think happened on September 11th 2001? Sorry, I don't feel like I have enough civil liberties left to tell you.
5. Which secret organisation would you like to infiltrate? The IMDb moderators - find out how they ever let that happen to us. But here we are, living the silver lining.
6. Which book would you like to see turned into a movie? The Nanny Diaries, which is happening.
7. If you met Annie Proulx, what would you tell her about yourself? In a fan setting? I probably wouldn't bother her. But like at a dinner party or sump'n, I would tell her she brought me back to reading the New Yorker occasionally. I might tell her I've peed in a sink. I would tell her how refreshing her description of being at the Oscars last year was for me.
8. Have you ever eaten anything from the floor? For me it's an 8 second rule. :)
9. Can you name one of your neuroses? I decided that to be sure I understood how to answer I should look up the def. of neurosis. From Wikipedia: Neurosis ... is a "catch all" term that refers to any mental imbalance that causes distress, but ... does not prevent rational thought or an individual's ability to function in daily life. I guess I'll pick occasional paralysis in decision-making. BTW, look at this quote by Carl Jung, from the same Wikipedia article: "I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life."
10. Who is your best friend and why? I guess I'll pick my husband because of his devotion to me and our family. But he doesn't have some of the components of best-friendness that are really important to me, that I get so easily from women. I need to remember he can't be Everything to me. But he is my best friend.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on February 26, 2007, 02:28:29 am ---
4. What do you think happened on September 11th 2001? Sorry, I don't feel like I have enough civil liberties left to tell you.
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Sad, but unfortunately true...
Shakesthecoffecan:
1. If you could have played one movie role, which would it have been?
I would like to have been an extra in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
2. Who would you thank in your Oscar acceptance speech?
The Late Cordelia Florence Nightengale Stockton Garner Higgings Franklin
3. If you could step in at any moment during Brokeback Mountain, which moment would it be and what would you do?
When Ennis walked out of the phone booth after talking to Lureen, I would take him in my arms and tell him to let it out.
4. What do you think happened on September 11th 2001?
I subscribe to the Michael Moore view of those events, but doubt if we will ever really know.
5. Which secret organisation would you like to infiltrate?
The United States Government
6. Which book would you like to see turned into a movie?
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
7. If you met Annie Proulx, what would you tell her about yourself?
Well I did meet her and I told her I had been to Lightning Flat and she asked me what I saw when I got there.
8. Have you ever eaten anything from the floor?
Five second rule and general cleanliness applies, but yes.
9. Can you name one of your neuroses?
I have a mild case of Touretts Syndrome, for the past few years it has only manifested in teeth grinding.
10. Who is your best friend and why?
The receptionist in my office , Annette, because she is the most fastinating person I have ever met.
ifyoucantfixit:
1. If you could have played one movie role, which would it have been?
Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice
2. Who would you thank in your Oscar acceptance speech?
Jane Austin
3. If you could step in at any moment during Brokeback Mountain, which moment would it be and what would you do? The parting outside
Aguirees . Inform them as to the future if they do not stay together.
4. What do you think happened on September 11th 2001 A botched
plan by a group, that had intended to Wreck all the symbols of the
US. They succeeded in part and thanks to some brave americans on
a plane headed for the capital, they only partiallly succeeded. Helped
by the weakminded behavior at the top. If not for them, they
would have succeeded totally.
5. Which secret organisation would you like to infiltrate?
The Carlisle Group
6. Which book would you like to see turned into a movie?
The Laramie Saga
7. If you met Annie Proulx, what would you tell her about yourself?
How profoundly positive an outcome I have had. Having started from
such a devastating place
8. Have you ever eaten anything from the floor?
Sure, hasnt everyone,,unless they are lieing
9. Can you name one of your neuroses?
Bridges
10. Who is your best friend and why?
My husband, and my grandaughter, because we do all things together,
either one or both of them and me. We love being together, and
doing things together. simple
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I spent most of my life outside in the drivin' rain. I was only trying to get by with some of life's amenities. Well nothin's free. I
ifyoucantfixit:
--- Quote from: Toast on February 22, 2007, 12:00:45 am ---I haven't read any other replies, on purpose.
But I will read all later.
1. If you could have played one movie role, which would it have been? Jacques Cousteau
2. Who would you thank in your Oscar acceptance speech? "I would like to zank all ze zeafood zat made zis posseble."
3. If you could step in at any moment during Brokeback Mountain, which moment would it be and what would you do? I would step in while the message was coming up the mountain - "Bring em down", and I would have changed the message to "Bring em down next week". I would give Jack and Ennis a week's notice of what was going to happen.
4. What do you think happened on September 11th 2001? Saudi Arabia bought America. That was the delivery date. A shipment of scared americans.
5. Which secret organisation would you like to infiltrate? None. I don't want to get caught up in that.
6. Which book would you like to see turned into a movie? Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston - a Newfoundland book. Leads up to how we became part of Canada (in 1949).
7. If you met Annie Proulx, what would you tell her about yourself? We would probably talk about recipes, depending what's in season. I think Annie knows about me from mutual friends. I know about her, but I don't push it. I intend to meet her next summer when she visits Newfoundland. Might be rhubarb season when I meet her.
8. Have you ever eaten anything from the floor? Yes, one fall I was visiting my aunt, who had a crabapple tree in her back yard. I was surprised that she didn't plan to make any preserves from it. So I picked a small bunch and we cooked them and sweetened them until they were lovely. She was so proud of them and held the pot upside down to show that as it cooled it got nice and thick without pectin. It was fairly thick, but not thick enough or cold enough. All the applesauce landed on the floor. The floor was very clean. and I scooped up most of the applesauce and put it back into the pot. And what we left on the floor, we mopped up with home made bread as we sat there laughing and eating bread and jam off the floor. My Aunt Mary has since suffered from Alzheimers and passed away. But I have the memory of that visit, all the things we did that weekend and eating apple "bread and jam" off the kitchen floor.
9. Can you name one of your neuroses? Fear of not being in control of my life.
10. Who is your best friend and why? My best platonic friend is a cousin who calls often, we always picnic when she's in town, no matter the weather. She always gets the nicest baseball hat for me. This time it was an Iditarod cap. She understands Brokeback and me. I would miss her so much, and her - me.
Very nice questions.
Thanks Snuitje
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loved your answers.....specially the one about the jam off the floor.
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