5ive questions :

okay, here's this five questions thing that is spreading like a california wildfire...
here are the rules i am told to post:

1 - Leave a comment below, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.

so anyone that wants to do this, leave me a comment, and i am forced by law to shoot five at you.

diana turned me on to this.

here are the questions she asked me, and my monday morning answers...


1.)If you could live the life of any person, whether it be a
contemporary movie star, historical figure or even a fictional
character, who would it be and why?

crap. i was hoping you'd chicken out and ask me my favorite color. blue... no yellow ! aiieeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
hmmmm.
this is a tough one. in the real world, other than your own, you can't know what anyone's life is really like . if only people had actual thought ballons. i mean, i'd love to be rich and able to do anything i want, but would i want the baggage that would come along with said rich person?
however, in the fake world you can read the thought balloons, so i'll have to go that route. is it wrong or incredibly lame to want to be superman? he was never my favorite superhero, but lois lane is my type, and it would be nice to actually be able to fly, instead of just dreaming about it all the time. there's very little that he can't do, which makes it kind of an easy choice. i could fly all the nukes into outer space and stop worrying that every plane is an MX missile. i could use my all-american boy scout cred to campaign and get bush out of the white house.
so many possibilites, and i wouldn't really give a shit about keeping my identity secret, so almost no baggage. except having to solve all the worlds problems. but what the hell, with great power comes great responsibility, right?

2.)Think about your late teens to early twenties. What is your favorite event, adventure or memory from that period and why?

lately i've found myself pining for that time in my life. not for any specific reason, just the general malaise that sets in when you realize that back to the future will be 20 years old next year. i had a very large, and very close, group of friends back then, and i was fortunate enough to spend almost every waking moment with one or most of them.
you drift apart over the years, but i feel lucky to say that for the most part it's been merely a continental drifting. as far as myself and others have traveled from home, friendships have not been forgotten. occasionally i'll find a few months have gone by without speaking to so and so, (you know, the ones that STILL have no email! neanderthals.) so i make a call, and it always ends up feeling comfortable, not strained.
it's hard to pick one memory from there, and i'm gonna cop out on this one because looking back, it was chock full of favorite events, adventures, and memories.
lets just say any given crisp fall afternoon, spent doing a whole lot of nothing with some of the best friends anyone could ever ask for.

3.)What is the biggest risk you have ever taken? Did it pay off?

the biggest risk? i've ever taken?
i moved 3000 miles away from some of the best friends anyone could ever ask for, with some of the best friends anyone could ever ask for. there were many reasons at the time, wanderlust and a growing aversion to shoveling slush being the main ones. i don't know why at the time i found fault with the fact that in a city as big as boston, i couldn't go anywhere at all without running into someone i knew. i really miss that sense of community out here in LA. i think it was cinderella who screeched, "you don't know what you got 'til it's gone". that tom keifer, he was alright, wasn't he?
did it pay off?
i found the best friend anyone could ever ask for, and asked her to marry me last summer. she said yes.
it paid off.

4.)If you could download a particular skill or ability (like they do in The Matrix) what would it be and why?

i'd want to know how to hotwire a motorcy... oh wait, the keymaker's right next to me!
i think i'd want to play the piano like a pro. i'm tired of hacking it. (no matrix pun intended)

5.)Peanut butter: chunky or smooth? And what do you pair it with for the perfect sandwich?

extra chunky, of course. marshmallow fluff, of course. white bread, of course.
keeping in mind that grape jelly and smooth (sounds like a 70's cop show) is the only way i've had it for the past ten years. i guess i like my sandwiches flawed. with a side of fries.

6.)Mark’s Bonus Question: LifeKu. Write a simple haiku that best
describes you. OR - MovieKu. Write a simple haiku that best describes
your favorite movie.

haiku. that's 5-7-5, right?
here's goes. i'm answering both for bonus bonus! (sounds like a japanese game show)

the wanderer stops
he looks around and thinks to
himself, go back home

return of the king
is my favorite movie.
by scott mcnicol

(that's supposed to look like a second grade book report, i ain't claiming i made the flick.)

posted by scott 1:49 PM