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(interview with Karen Little. the atmosphere is very tense. i am smoking a pipe. and i don't cough. not even once. that is how serious this is.)

Niel:

1. Why a toothbrush?

Because it's green. And I like flicking the bristles with my fingers. Although that might seem gross. Old toothbrush flicking?

2. I'm stealing this question from ~d, but what do you love and hate about Holden Caulfield?

I don't hate Holden. That would be real lousy. I'm not sore about anything he did. He's real swell.

And I identify. Not the hookers and pneumonia, but I'd like to think I look at things the same way. Looking for something, behind something, behind something. Although a lot of the time I just eat.

Anyway, to plagiarise myself, he makes me feel like me. somehow.

3. Do you honestly, truly believe that Lock, Stock is better than Snatch? Why?

Lock, Stock is scientifically proven to kick Snatch straight in it's commercialised nuts. See, Snatch is like Police Academy 5. Millions of zany characters with larger-than-life personalities. And oh, they swear funny too. I am laughing. The spittle is running down my chin.

Sorry bout that. Lock, Stock is darker than Snatch, and allows a few of the characters to actually develop properly. Plus its got poker.

Tyrone is overrated. So is Snatch.

Not very scientific, is it? But I do feel strongly.

4. What kind of a journalist do you see yourself becoming?

The kind that gets paid to ponder, and then barf my thoughts into a column every Wednesday, which will be read by morally frustrated university students and corrupt politicians.

Ah, heaven. *puffs on his pipe*

5. If you had to live either in a world with no pictures, or a world with no words, which would you choose, and why?

A world with no words. For me, so many words stand in relation to (very specific) pictures that without them, they would lose so much meaning.

If we only had pictures, people could just grunt and hum* their emotions in appreciation to or revulsion of pictures. I think I would like that. The Observe-and-Shut-up universe.

*interview ends*

Thanks Karen Little. Leave your comments and I will ask the first five commenters five brand-spanking new questions of their own. If you've already done this meme, however, please leave a star at the top of your comment and I will skip you. Unless you want to do it again, of course.

* although when you think about it, these would then be words themselves.


Wow. That is very serious indeed.

Fun interview, LOL! But Holden Caulfield - plah.
 C  


***ack! Holden Caulfield! that is what I get for trying to be serious!
I so do not understand the Lock Stock thing. I mean: I know who Lock, Shock and Barrel are.
 ~d  


Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a delicious film directed by Guy Ritchie (Madonna's husband). He followed it up with the movie Snatch, which was intended to accentuate all the good qualities of Lock, Stock by comparison. It was also intended to highlight the pitfalls of over-commercialised sequels (a la Meet the Fockers) by actually falling into all of them.
 N  


Lock , stock etc bladie bla, was actually on tv in the UK last night. I had beer, pizza and a pipe of me own. Propper night with the bouyz.
 Anonymous  


Lock Stock etc. was - em - different. I did enjoy it though. Sting - Mmmmmmm!

I also liked Meet the Fokkers, though. I love his sex-therapist mom!
 C  


if you take the funny swearing out of snatch... *gasp* ... is there anything left?

"dags" -- hilarious.
 AristoNeeks  


I must be honest, the only part of Lock, Stock I saw was the part where the guy comes back to the apartment that's actually a dope jungle with a girl on one arm and a bag of fertilizer on the other. I've always meant to watch the whole thing.

Still, I'm sure Snatch is better ;-)
 Karen Little  


Are you going to be doling out Qs? I'm too lazy to come up with something original tonight, LOL!
 C  


I promise, as soon as these awful 'ssignments are done, i will dream up very inappropriate questions to ask you all!
 N  


yo ne homepage ;)
 Anonymous  


I love your answer to the pictures and words thing. but i think that is the worst choice for me coz I love photos and art but im a talkaholic...big dilema!!!
 life of being  


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