Five Random Questions for theThursday Night Lounge!

[CBHagman]

Okay, Lounge Lizards, you know the drill.

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

3. My drink is...

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

This will help if you want to figure out the distance:

http://www.convertunits.com/

My answers:

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is Casablanca, though The Lion in Winter is a close second.

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. An immortal poem.

3. My drink is...

...chilled pinot grigio in the evenings. At other times, hot English or Irish breakfast tea with milk.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

...have a meal and schmooze, and/or go to the movies.

5. I now live 274 miles from the place I was born.

[femmocrat]

1. Yea! Questions!

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is... "Psycho"

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. Great novel.

3. My drink is... iced green tea with honey.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually... talk about our kids!

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born. About 50.

[VMSMI]

2. I'm new to posting...I've been lurking for years.

Hi. My name is Vicki.

Answers:

1. Movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is "Yanks," though I love anything with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Brannaugh.

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. An immortal poem.

3. My drink is...Chardonnay. Or cold water.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...laugh and talk politics.

5. I now live 1.5 miles from the place I was born. (Lame, right?)

6. I'm the GF (or ex-fiance) that Mr. Person talks about.

[femmocrat]

5. Welcome to the Lounge, Vicki!

:hi: Nice to meet you.

[VMSMI]

6. Thanks!

You, too.

Hope I'm doing this correctly!

I usually post at Eschaton and other liberal blogs.

I would have posted here, but it was tricksy figuring it out. :)

[femmocrat]

9. Looks good to me!

:) I lurked here for years before posting. (I was :scared: of the "mean people" in GD.) But there really is no right or wrong in the Lounge. Just about anything goes here.
Hope to see you back here often!

[Muttocracy]

7. Maybe you were just born in the right spot! :) welcome to DU!

[CBHagman]

10. Welcome to the Lounge!

:hi:

And I love watching Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as well.

[VMSMI]

13. Thank you.

I live in downtown Grand Rapids. I'm actually about 1 mile from the hospital at which I was born.

I'm not bland, though. I just play bland on the internets.

[Chan790]

3. answers.

1.) Fight Club
2.) I'd rather write a successful grant proposal, honestly.
3.) Dark and Stormy
4.) Depends on the friend. If it's Sara, we're eating. If it's Fitz, it's illegal in 49 states and 61 countries. If it's Art, we're playing video games. If it's Charlie, karaoke.
5.) 75 miles.

[fizzgig]

18. this may be blasphemy, but...

i've never actually seen fight club from start to finish. i've seen most of it, but not all.

perhaps someday i will share with the lounge my father's encounter with chuck palahniuk. let's just say my dad embarrassed the hell out of my sister.

[Chan790]

21. Chuck's awesome.

My roommate worked on the film adaptation of Choke and said Chuck showed up one day, just sat and watched, was easy to get along with and declined to let anybody make a fuss over him. I laughed because

1.) I've met him and that was my impression as well

2.) He has a reputation in literary circles of being difficult.

[From The Ashes]

4. I'm in....

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...
The Wizard of Oz

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.
Great novel. Alas! I have no talent in that direction.

3. My drink is...
Things go better with Coca-Cola.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...
Go window shopping

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.
About 1400 miles, give or take.

[fizzgig]

20. hey you!

how's life? and the grandbaby?

:hug:

(just in case, i was kagehime in my previous incarnation on teh du ;))

[From The Ashes]

40. Hi Fizzy!

Hope you don't mind I shortened it a bit. :)

Life is good and so's the grandbaby.

So what's new with you?

[BeachBaby]

8. Okey dokey.

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is "Full Metal Jacket"

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

Popular song. Something happy.

3. My drink is Yuengling beer, or vodka and Crystal Light. Props to flvegan for the new drink idea.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually hang out and gab...maybe some Guitar Hero.

5. I now live 20 miles from the place I was born.

[Forkboy]

11. Good questions.

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

I got a few. Snatch, The Thing (remake), and Godzilla (original Japanese version).

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

Write a great novel. But seeing as though I have almost 40,000 posts here and none of them have risen above the mediocre level I suspect a great novel is out of my league. :)

3. My drink is...

Powerade/Gatorade....no more soda except the occasional morning Mountain Dew.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

Get high, talk about music and make really bad jokes. Lather rinse repeat.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

I'm less than 2 miles away from the hospital I was born at, but I have bopped around quite a bit over the years.

[ashling]

12. OK, I'll bite

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...
The Grapes of Wrath

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

3. My drink is... sweet tea

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually... talk politics or philosophy

5. I now live _84.2___ miles from the place I was born.

[Nicole Lambeth]

34. Of course your drink is sweet tea! You're a Texan!

;-)

[friedgreentomatoes]

14. Answers

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...
Fargo

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.
Great novel

3. My drink is...
water, tea with milk

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...
eat, drink, chat

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

13017 km
8089 mi

[Chan790]

19. 8000 miles from MD?

New Zealand? Russia? I tried typing random global locations into the distance tool online. Even Japan is only ~6,000 miles, Mongolia is just under 7000.

[friedgreentomatoes]

23. Calcutta, India

http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm?loadpage

:)

[LeftyMom]

15. Wrath of Khan, I write non-fiction, ready to be topped off, get drunk and talk shit, 4.5 miles.

[fizzgig]

16. not so random answers

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

the dark crystal. that should come as a shock, right :P seriously, it's been my favorite movie since i was little.

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

hmmm....either a great novel or immortal poem. too bad the writer in me seems to have died.

3. My drink is...

non-alcoholic: coffee
alcoholic: rum

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

consume some manner of food and/or beverage and talk.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

122. we only lived there for a few years and i still live in the same town in which i was raised. i really need to live somewhere else, even if it's only for a bit.

[CBHagman]

22. The writer in you can be reborn.

Sometimes a dry spell ends in greater creativity, and definitely in growth as a writer. May it be so for you. :hi:

[fizzgig]

24. i hope so

thank you for your good wishes

:hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Answers:

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...This Is Spinal Tap.

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. Great novel.

3. My drink is... Tanqueray Ten gin and tonic

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually... Sit around and talk.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born. 299

[Broken_Hero]

25. Okay,

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...Superman The Movie

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.-great novel

3. My drink is...my favorite non-alcoholic drink, Mountain Dew, my favorite alcoholic drink, George Killians Irish Red

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...drink/play music

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.-2,164 miles...

[DS1]

26. okay

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...
The Hunt for Red October

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.
Snowcrash

3. My drink is...
Vesper

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...
Fire up a blunt

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.
Error: The location Beverly, England could not be found.

[mcctatas]

27. answers

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...
The Lion in Winter (no, really)

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.
write a great novel

3. My drink is...
beer, usually Guinness or something local

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...
go out and get drunk and debauched

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.
400 miles

[OmahaBlueDog]

28. OmahaBlueDog answers

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is... The Day of the Jackal

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel...maybe a landmark autobiography?

3. My drink is...Johnny Walker Black on the rocks

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...chat about old times and go out to dinner

5. I now live 1,655 miles from the place I was born.

[Forkboy]

33. Day of the Jackal is excellent.

One of the few movies that's as good as the book, and the book was superb.

[Zavulon]

29. Okay

Okay, Lounge Lizards, you know the drill.

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is... - The original Godfather movie.

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. - Great novel.

3. My drink is... - Beer, any good pale ale or India pale ale.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually... - Drink beer, play darts and watch sports. Preferably, hockey, although now that Montreal has been eliminated my enthusiam has waned considerably.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born. - According to Google Maps, 978 km (607 miles).

[flvegan]

30. I'll give this a whirl

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

Rocky Horror Picture Show, live w/cast

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

Great novel.

3. My drink is...

Amstel Light, Svedka and kiwi, or most commonly, water

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

Wind up boosting a dog. Just sort of works out that way.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

1400 miles or so.

[Initech]

31. My answers:

1. Currently - Tropic Thunder, all time - The Big Lebowski (Spaceballs is a runner up)

2. Great novel

3. A nice pint of some fine dry-hopped beer.

4. Go bars and get drunk, hang out with the locals

5. 25

[Nicole Lambeth]

32. I'll play!

1. The movie I'll watch every time is...Serenity. Sci-Fi geek, sorry!

2. I'd rather...write a great novel.

3. My drink is...chocolate milk. Yeah, seriously.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...eat and play cards.

5. I now live 657 miles from the place I was born. (But still in the same state.)

[Iggo]

35. Yay! Questions! Yay!

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

Wow. There's like a hundred of 'em. But I swear the first one that popped into my head is The Chronicles Of Riddick.

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

A popular song. (Just yesterday I was whistling a Beethoven song and thinking, "How cool is this?")

3. My drink is...

Quad Grande Caramel Macchiatto, Hot.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

I don't have any friends. I fired them all. It's a good thing. Really.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

24 miles.

[Tikki]

36. These:

1.The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is.. Stephen King’s IT!

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. Produce a fabulous musical recording..

3. My drink is...Ice cold tea

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...Walk

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born…..As far away as I can be.


Tikki

[UrbScotty]

37. :-)

1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. Landmark bio
3. Railyard Raspberry Wheat. Brewed in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
4. Chat
5. About 730 miles by car

[enigmatic]

38. 5

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

My Dinner With Andre

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

Novel.

3. My drink is...

Ice Cold Green Tea or Ice Cold Malt Liquor.

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

Talk.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

2969.

[bluesbassman]

39. Here you go...

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is... Caddyshack

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. Write a great novel

3. My drink is...Gin&Tonic for a coctail, Dos Equis for beer

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...Depends on the friend!:evilgrin:

5. I now live 460 miles from the place I was born.

[NJmaverick]

41. OK

1) I don't have one, although movies I have seen multiple times include- Jaws, Cannonball Run, Smokie and the Bandit, Life Aquatic- The life of Steve Zezzu and a few others.

2) Great novel

3) Quality beer

4) Football and just BS stuff

5) 2,379 miles

[bigwillq]

42. OK:

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

Pulp Fiction or Goodfellas

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

Poem

3. My drink is...

Heineken

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

Laugh a lot


5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

12 miles

[Deep13]

43. five evasive, snarky answers

"1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is..."

No movie is so good that I watch it every opportunity. If someone made a movie where Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney and Wolfowitz were better to a pulp in succession, that might be an exception to the rule.

"2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography."

Novel of course. What do you think of my title? "Faster than the Speed of Love." Hah? Is that great or what?

"3. My drink is..."

wet?

"4. When I get together with a friend, we usually..."

sit around watching movies

"5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born."

700

[Rhythm]

44. Here's 5 answers

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...
"The Crow"

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.
I'd write the novel... i have no talent for songwriting, non-fiction is not my thing, and poetry baffles me.

3. My drink is...
Adult beverage: Captain & Coke, or Mike's Hard Pomegranate Lemonade
All-Ages beverage: Cheerwine (cherry pop found only in a few states)

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...
Make food, watch sports, or play silly trivia games... sometimes all of the above!

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.
1102 miles... from Morgantown WV (here) to Hialeah FL (birthplace)

[CBHagman]

51. Cheerwine!

It's been ages since I've seen any reference to Cheerwine, and even longer since I've actually had any to drink.

I feel a trip to the Carolinas coming up... ;-)

[Rhythm]

61. I had my first one in years on a trip to Virginia a few weeks ago...

Lyric and i were coming back from Staunton VA, and grabbed a couple of them at a convenience store.

Pure, unadulterated bliss on the tongue.

MMMMmmMMmMmmmmmmMMmmmmmmm......... :9

[meegbear]

45. ...

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is Love And Death (really any Woody Allen movie)

2. I'd rather write a landmark biography.

3. My drink is Jack Daniels straight up

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually eat, drink, smoke cigars

5. I now live 5 miles from the place I was born.

[Bunny]

46. Here are mine:

The Godfather

Novel

Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot

Lunch, then booze and wild sex

55 miles

[Richardo]

48. You have better friends than I do

[Bunny]

49. I've always found that if you're good to your friends, they'll be good to you.

;)


:rofl:

[Richardo]

50. You = hilarious

:rofl:

I guess my friends and I are going to have to get a LOT more beer. OR, a different gender of friend. :think:

[Bunny]

52. Make some new friends, hon.

:pals:

[Richardo]

53. ..

;-)

:pals:

[Richardo]

47. ...et voila:

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is..."It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.

3. My drink is...either: Gin and Tonic; Shiner Bock; or a chilled Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio. :9

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually... go to some sporting event and drink beer.

5. I now live 1,361 miles from the place I was born.

[Shell Beau]

54. Answers:

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is...

Shawshank Redemption

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography.
A great novel

3. My drink is...

BEER!!! Especially on a sunny warm day like today.


4. When I get together with a friend, we usually...

Giggle our asses off.

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born.

About 130 miles

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

55. New here...

So I'll use this as an opportunity to (kinda) introduce myself:

1. The movie I'll watch every time I have the opportunity is... Blade Runner

2. I'd rather (pick one) write a great novel, an immortal poem, a popular song, or a landmark biography. Popular song, though none of my songs have made it so far... :)

3. My drink is... Water when alone, beer when social

4. When I get together with a friend, we usually... talk about music and movies and our attempts at making them

5. I now live ____ miles from the place I was born. Now: 63km; we don't measure in miles in Italy... :)
although through the years I have lived 422, 5995 and 6 miles from where I was born

[Richardo]

56. Welcome!

:hi:


Don't know my Italian geography well at all, but were you affected by the quakes?

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

57. Thanks!

:hi:

No, I'm pretty far away. I'm in Tuscany between Pisa and Florence. Luckily this is a seismically fairly quiet region.
I wouldn't trust the current government to run a lemonade stand much less rebuild a town... :scared:

[Shell Beau]

59. Hello! Welcome!

:hi:

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

60. Thanks!

:hi:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

58. Here goes

1) Dr Strangelove, also the original Manchurian Candidate and Hud

2) A bio, cause I love history. Of whom, I don't know

3) Tea

4) My best friend is my husband, all options are open

5) Approx 250 miles