posted 2007/05/25 at 20:12
First of all, the answers to last week's movie meme/quiz have been posted to the original entry, and I'm kind of shocked that none of you got any of those. I figured I was going with movies that at least a significant portion of my readers would be familiar with. I have to say, quizzing my family and Jeff with these in the flesh was tremendous fun, although I think they all had the advantage of working together on it.
Anyway, I kind of like the idea of doing memes on Friday, at least for the next little while (read: while I'm still so busy with stuff I have problems thinking clearly), so let me go grab one of those "Friday Five" things and see how much fun I have with it ...
1. What was the last item you returned to a store?
A Lords of Acid CD that skipped in my CD player right out of the case. Actually, I did this twice with the same CD, as the replacement I got after the first exchange had the exact same problem. (Yes, it was a different CD, it was shrink-wrapped and had that impossible-to-open strip on the top.)
2. What do you currently have in your possession that you need to return to its owner?
If you don't count my student loans, nothing.
3. What’s something you lent to someone that you’d really like back now?
My copy of the NES version of Final Fantasy, which I lent to someone early on in high school and then never got back. Of all the games for me to lose ...
4. Where’s a place you hope never to see again?
The private school I went to. A few years back I actually did go back there as one of the volunteers for a group of Japanese folk musicians who were touring various elementary schools, and all the old memories of the crap I endured back in the day came back to haunt me.
5. What’s your explanation for those wild stories about dogs and cats who get separated from their owners for years and finally make their way home, even at times finding their owners when the families have moved a long way away?
One, the power of love. Two, animals are far more intelligent than most people give them credit for.
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