posted 2008/01/11 at 15:50
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was born. He was Prime Minister for most of the time I regularly caught those two great Canadian political satire shows, Royal Canadian Air Farce and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and his willingness to appear on the latter show multiple times just reinforced in my mind how much better Canadian politics are than ours. Contrast that to Nancy Pelosi's admonition to first-year Representatives not to appear on The Colbert Report's "Better Know a District" segment. Sigh. Anyway, let's play the friday5.org Friday Five.
1. Under what conditions can you have the perfect nap?
I don't nap unless I'm massively sleep-deprived, and even then my naps tend to be by accident. For sleep, I need comfortable sheets, not too much noise outside of the usual stuff that comes from the highway adjacent to our backyard, and a sleep mask.
2. Under what conditions can you let most of your guard down?
Only when I'm in the company of a very close friend, and even then only when I don't have too much on my mind. I used to be better at this, but after the betrayals of a few friends I've tended to be incredibly guarded at all hours.
3. Under what conditions can you do your best writing?
I used to write best in the wee small hours of the morning, but now I'm finding that I write best as early in the day as possible, usually before any working out I do that day. I have to hand-write poetry, but I prefer to work on fiction at my computer here (where I could use a more comfortable chair).
4. Under what conditions would you give away everything you own?
I wouldn't; I'm too materialistic, and I attach too much sentiment to physical things. (Examples: the comforter on my bed right now is the last present I got from my maternal grandmother, and the Björk t-shirt I'm wearing presently was one that I bought at the first, and so far only, concert of hers I've been to.)
5. Under what conditions would you kiss a stranger?
I wouldn't; I give close friends pecks on the cheek, but otherwise I'm far more of a hugger. (Don't even ask about the last time I made out with someone.)
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joepet at 11/1/08 20:36:1. Under what conditions can you have the perfect nap?
A nice, large leather reclining chair, the television tuned into something really boring with no remote control in sight, and no other people around.
2. Under what conditions can you let most of your guard down?
When I'm drunk, which is why I am rarely if ever drunk.
3. Under what conditions can you do your best writing?
In a small, solitary room with a desk, a paper, a pencil, and nothing else. There were some great little private cubicles within the Graduate Library at U-M that were pretty much the only place I could concentrate.
4. Under what conditions would you give away everything you own?
I've mostly done that already, unless you count all the "virtual" things stored on my computer and hard drives.
5. Under what conditions would you kiss a stranger?
See #2, or if lots of money were involved.
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