It's time for the third batch of questions! Try to contain your excitement.
Here are some questions from i-magine:
1. What do you think of the future of education in a nation that is rapidly becoming digitized?
Soon, kids will only need to learn how to read, write, and do simple math. Everything else can just be stored on their iMinds, which will be implanted at birth. They'll get upgrades every few years, but for the most part, they won't need to go to school because everything they need to know will already be stored on their brains' hard drives. We'll be able to send kids to work at six or seven. Suck on that, China!
All joking aside, the public education system frightens me. But to be fair, we have had nothing but good experiences thus far.
2. When did you last read an actual book, the print kind?
I'm currently reading Optimal Treatment For Children With Autism And Other Neuropsychiatric Conditions.
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3. Begals or Toast? Why?
I don't really understand what you're asking me here. If you're asking me if I prefer bagels over toast, I'll have to pick toast because bagels are too chewy. If you're asking me if I prefer Bengals over toast, I'll have to pick Bengals because I'll watch any NFL game. If you're asking me if I prefer beagles over toast, I'll have to pick toast because beagles are too chewy.
4. What did you secretly say to yourself the first time you saw your child?
Holy Hell! Am I ready for this?
5. What's your favorite obscure movie?
The Beat. It's a movie from 1988 about a weird kid who starts attending a gang-ridden high school. He wins them over with his offbeat poetry.
I realize my description doesn't make you guys want to rush out and track this film down. But it's really good and fairly obscure (it's only received 85 votes on IMDB).
6. How would you spend Father's Day this year?
Breakfast (donuts) in bed, a trip to the zoo, maybe some time for myself to check out a few used CD and book stores, followed by some games with the family.
7. Whom would you most like to be stranded in an elevator with?
Any of the three following people would suffice:
- The girl who was the inspiration for Aerosmith's Love In An Elevator.
- George Clooney, so I could prove to him he's not the sexiest man alive.
- An elevator repairman.
Here are some questions from FearandParentinginLasVegas:
1. What do you think of the Olympics in China? Do you not watch because of the Tibet thing, or do you watch to support an earthquake-ravaged country?
I won't be watching. I only care about professional and college football (and my interest in college football has waned over the years), college basketball, and professional baseball. I never watch the Olympics.
2. When did you last talk to your parents?
My father died many years ago. I talk to my mother every day on the phone and see her at least every two to three weeks.
3. Astrology or Numerology? Why?
I don't buy into any of that stuff.
4. What did you tell your daughter when you found out your son was autistic?
We told her the truth. We also told her that not everyone learns things the same way or at the same pace. We also told her that there would be times when he wouldn't want to play with her (of course, there are times when she doesn't want to play with him).
But she's beginning to notice the differences between her brother and other kids his age. She was complaining the other day that her brother couldn't say her name yet her friend's two-year-old brother could say her name. It breaks her heart.
5. What's your favorite way to distract your children so you can blog?
Put them to bed! I blog after they've gone to bed for the night, so they're not usually a distraction.
6. How would you convince Ella that an orgy was a good idea??
There's no chance of that happening. But to give myself even the slightest chance, in addition to filling her with liquor, my plea would have to begin with, "Honey, I have a week to live..."
7. Whom would you most like to see put in a torture chamber for 24 hours?
I feel like I've been torturing you guys the last few days with my sometimes flippant, sometimes serious, and seldom funny answers to these questions. Sorry about that.
But if I have to pick someone, I'll go with the Vice President because something tells me he'd enjoy it. At the very least, he'd probably be shouting out suggestions to his torturers.
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Finally, here are Mom-101's questions:
1. What do you think of beef jerky?
It's tough and salty, just like me. Actually, I can't stand the stuff. Just like me!
But I will giggle when I hear the words turkey jerky.
2. When did you last cry?
Fairly recently. Last week, maybe?
3. Spiderman or Batman? Why?
Ok. Here's the answer that gets me kicked out of the Guy Club.
I don't really care for superheroes. I was never into comic books as a kid. I'll watch a superhero movie if it's late at night, nothing else is on, and I'm trying to fall asleep.
I believe the only superhero movie I've seen in the theaters was Batman (I don't have the best memory, so I may be mistaken). And that was only because I was a big Tim Burton fan.
4. What did you expect us to ask you that we didn't?
I was expecting more music-related questions. But maybe I've already run that subject into the ground. Or maybe I have crappy taste in music and nobody cares what I say about the subject.
So I'm going to pretend you asked me the following question: What's your favorite song right now?
Normally I loathe this band, but I'm really digging Coldplay's U2-Lite Viva La Vida. Damn you, iTunes commercials!
5. What's your favorite movie theater snack?
We sneak sodas and M&M's into the theater.
Bonus trivia: I don't like popcorn.
6. How would you like to lend me a million dollars?
Sure thing! But only if you give me two million dollars first.
7. Whom would you most like to make out with in the back of a movie theater, should spousal permission be granted?
My wife (hi, hon!).
Ok. She's gone.
You could ask me this question twenty times and get twenty different answers. But the first name that popped into my head was Scarlett Johansson.
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We're halfway done! More to come tomorrow.
Song of the day: Sometimes She Cries by Warrant
