Oversharing Meme

Everyone knows I'm a sucker for a good meme, and I couldn't ignore this one I found over at So Many Books.

Here we go.



1. Name the singer/band/performer you are most embarrassed to admit you actually paid good money to see in concert.

My first concert was quite embarrassing, although my mother paid for it, not me. It was the Monkees reunion tour, and I was dismayed to see that Davy Jones was not as young as I had thought he was. It was still a good concert – although my most vivid memory from that night is of the girl who sat in front of me: she had a braid in her hair and annoyingly bobbed her head to EVERY. SINGLE. song. Plus, she blocked my view of the stage. Stupid bobbing head.

2. Which reality TV show have you watched more than once (come on. I don’t believe you if you say “none,” unless you don’t own a TV)?

I’m not ashamed to admit that I LOVE reality TV. It’s a stain on my character, I know, but it’s hard for me to turn away from a good reality show. Currently I’m enjoying So You Think You Can Dance?.

3. Which complete trash novelist have you not only read but enjoyed enough to read more than one book of his/hers?

This is a tough one. I’m not sure I can answer it. Maybe Jodi Picoult? I’ve only read one book by her, but I’d read another (although I wouldn't pay for her). I’m not sure she classifies as “trashy” but it’s the closest I can come. Ooh - maybe Anne Rice? She's trashy, what with all those bi-curious vampires running around with their long nails and hair. (For the record, it's the long nails that always grossed me out. It's just so unnecessary. JUST LOOK AT THEM.)

4. What sappy musical could you watch over and over and over again?

I can honestly say I’m not a big fan of musicals. Well, at least not any that have come out in recent memory. I’m a sucker for The Sound of Music, though. I always wanted to be a Von Trapp. Does The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Last Unicorn count as musicals? Probably not.

5. Who was your first celebrity crush?

See #1, since I think Davy Jones was it. I was about 8, and little did I know that the television program I was watching was, in fact, a rerun of a show whose heyday was about twenty-ish years earlier. He was dreamy, though. That bowl cut got me every time.


6. Who is the most embarrassing celebrity on whom you have a slight crush today?

Lil Wayne and James McAvoy. I’m don't get it either. I guess I'm a woman of many contradictions.


7. What movie that everyone else and his cousin and even his dog has seen have you never seen?

A TON. I’ve never seen The Godfather (or any of its sequels), Schindler’s List, Scarface, Saving Private Ryan, any of the Saw franchise; the list goes on and on. I’ve never seen Dirty Dancing all the way through, nor have I watched all of Pretty Woman, either.

Movies bore me, since I feel glued to the screen for at least two hours and I can’t do anything else while I’m watching it. Movies kinda make me feel like I’m slowly dying, since I’m passively watching minutes tick away while not doing anything productive, like surfing the internet and checking my site stats.

How’s that for a downer?

Anyway.

8. What were you drinking the first time you ever got drunk?

Either a 40 of Old English or bottle of Mad Dog 20/20. I rolled tough back in the day. Maybe that explains my current crush on Wheezy? Hm.



9. Which old re-run will you still pause to watch if you’re flicking through the channels and see that it’s on?

I don't usually watch reruns, because what's the point, really? But I still love Seinfeld reruns, and even some old Buffy episodes when I find them. I love Blind Date reruns, too. I'm sure there's others, but I generally ignore TV and film - the internet is my biggest time-waster.

10. What book/movie/t.v. show that only a fifteen-year-old would think is funny makes you laugh?

Silly movies, like Shaun of the Dead, Super Troopers, Half Baked, etc. always make me laugh. Naked by David Sedaris sends me into convulsions. I'm sure there's been others but it's difficult for me to remember.