scott d. feldstein

Phel has tagged me with the “eight random facts” meme. The bloggers code forbids me to refuse, so here goes…

1. I have owned every Nintendo console game system ever made. It’s mostly Zelda that keeps me loyal. Shigeru Miyamoto is a genius of Steve Jobsian proportions, IMO.
2. I’m highly ticklish.
3. I like brightly colored shoes. Witness my red checked Vans. I even secretly wanted a bright orange or yellow pair of Crocks, even though they’re hideously ugly.
4. My flamboyant taste in shoes does not extend to socks, however: just black and white. No confusion when folding laundry there!
5. I don’t often go to Summerfest, but when I do I tend to be most interested in the artsy-craftsy shopping than anything else.
6. When it rains my car collects a half an inch of water in the front passenger floor area, which I then have to suck out with the $0.75 vacuum at the gas station.
7. I do not sleep on a regular bed. I have a very low, very inexpensive futon. In size it’s about a full, I think.
8. There’s a decent cigar bar in downtown Waukesha called The Nice Ash. I refer to it as The Winchester, after the movie Shawn of the Dead.

I tag Bruce and Jay.

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Confession. I’ve subscribed to the RSS feed of the site.

I really need to know that I’m not alone here. Anyone?

Appetizer: How fast can you type?

I think about 80 words per minute. I do make a lot of errors, though.

Soup: What is your favorite online game?

I don’t have an online game right now, but I still have fond memories of some of the greats from a few years back: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and Diablo II come to mind.

Salad: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 as highest), how intelligent do you think you are?

Depends on the scale. If 1 is any non-retarded adult and 10 is the smartest person in town… I guess I’d give myself high marks: 8.5.

Main Course: Name three of your best teachers from your school years.

Mr. Zeigler, who taught writing and literature in high school, and who tended to treat students like adults. Mr. Gregerson, who taught all of my theater classes and who directed most of the high school plays I was in. Are we talking college, here, too? I just decided that we are. There are so many that I might include on this list from college, but I’ll go with Dr. Behnke, professor of religious studies, and my advisor in that department.

Dessert: What are your plans for this upcoming weekend?

Get outside in the gorgeous weather, clean my apartment, do some homework, go to the Blog Summit.

I’m a Mazda Miata!

You like to soak up the sun, but your tastes are down to earth. Everyone thinks you’re cute. Life is a winding road, and you like to take the curves in stride. Let other people compete in the rat race – you’re just here to enjoy the ride.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

HT to Karen at verbatim.

Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.

1. What does next year have in store for me?
   You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
   “A man walks down the street / it’s a street in a strange world / maybe it’s the third world / maybe it’s his first time around / he doesn’t speak the language / he holds no currency”

2. What’s my love life like?
   Could You Be Loved? – Bob Marley
   “Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?” Else we could go with “No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied”!

3. What do I say when life gets hard?
   Thank U – Alanis Morissette
   “thank you india, thank you terror, thank you disillusionment”

4. What do I think of on waking up?
   I Do – Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
   “I’m filling in the negative space with positively everything”

5. What song will I dance to at my wedding?
   Every’body Wants To Be A Cat – Psapp
   “Everybody’s pickin’ up on that feline beat, ’cause everything else is obsolete.”

6. Favorite saying?
   Look At Miss Ohio – Gillian Welch
   “I wanna do right but not right now.”

7. Favorite place?
   Birthday Cake – Cibo Matto
   “Shut up and eat! / Too bad, no bon appetit!” Hm. The kitchen, maybe?

8. Drug of choice?
   Blackbirds – Erin McKeown
   “the queen she asked that question, ‘what makes the milhaus rare?’ The king replied in turn, ‘well, tonight it’s you so fair.’”

9. Describe myself.
   Genevieve’s Wheel – Venus Hum
   “all the colors in the wheel”

10. What is the thing I like doing most?
    Heavy Things – Phish
    “when I tried to step aside, I moved to where they hoped I’d be”

11. What is my state of mind like at the moment?
    Dirty Harry – Gorillaz
    “I need a gun to keep myself from harm”

12. How will I die?
    Angels Of The Island – Bali Lounge
    Hm. Somewhere in a tropical paradise!

(Hat tip to verbatim.)

You are Superman: mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Sigh. Superman is kind of boring. Batman, I could do.

1. What did you have for dinner last night?
   Do I have to admit it? Okay. Culver’s.

2. What book are you currently reading?
   The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

3. What color socks are you wearing?
   Black

4. What blog or web site did you visit just before this one?
   Verbatim, of course! That’s where I got the meme. But before that it was Digg.com

5. What’s your middle name?
   David

What Classic Movie Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Props to Karen for the link.

Friday’s Feast

Appetizer: What was the very last song you listened to?

“Birds and Fishes” by Venus Hum. (“I have seen that I can die, I’m reminded, and I wave my own flag”)

Soup:
What is one company/store/corporation you would recommend that people stay away from?

There’s a place on eastbound I-94 in Waukesha where on the south side of the highway you can see a different religious message every couple of weeks in the form of a giant banner. Apparently it’s put there by a business owner there. That business? Don’t go there. Whatever it is. Nobody who feels the need to notify me of my impending damnation in foot-tall letters on my morning commute deserves a dime from me.

Salad: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy having your picture taken?

8

Main Course: Besides a bookmark, what is something you’ve used to keep your place in a book?

Dollar bills and business cards.

Dessert: Name a food that you like that most people don’t.

Tough one. Chick peas? Do most people like them? I like them.