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[chronovore]

Constructive Mayhem - "The rules of this game: Comment (in this case ask here) and I pick three of your interests and three of your user icons, and ask you to talk about them.":

"Well, this is fun. I have no idea what some fo the things in your interests list are.
Interests: Improper dancing, swarf, and whatever that two character one is last in your list.
images: default, magnum, furious"

Interests:

• Improper Dancing is very similar to Geek Dancing. It's the kind of largely arrhythmic and unselfconscious dancing that simultaneously attracts small children, like a somatic version of the Pied Piper, and repulses potential lovers. So if you're interested in going home alone, this is the kind of dancing for you. Though it is the only kind of dancing I have ever performed, it has only come to public attention in recent years through Elaine's dancing on Seinfeld (YouTube), as well as the venerable web classic How to Dance Properly by ZeFrank.
• Swarf is a luscious vocal/electronic band from the UK. I suspect their name comes from the industrial jargon, which are shavings and leftover bits from metalworking. I learned of them through Warren Ellis' site, and have kept up with their stuff through LJ, where their lead singer keeps her blog, and in_the_lathe, where Swarf posts band news. They offered their music for online purchase through the now-defunct mp3ria without DRM; if you're interested in hearing them, there are clips and free live tracks at their site and full songs can be heard through their MySpace player. But no one in their right mind recommends a visit to MySpace. (shudder)
• The two-character entry at the end of my list is "Nihon" (or the older pronunciation "Nippon") which means "Japan." The pronunciation of those characters in Chinese, "Jipang" provides the international pronuciation of my host country's name.

LJ icons:
When I first joined LJ I just did it to read friends' journals. I was convinced that there was nothing but abject misery, whining, and drama going on here. Choosing Derek Zoolander as a theme for my LJ icons was meant to be self-mocking. I trot out Magnum whenever I say something that is lewd, biting, or hoped-to-be-perceived as insightful. Furious, from the movie Mystery Men, is for when I'm spazzing out about a topic, or making fun of myself for getting worked up over nothing.

Comments

[sdemory.livejournal.com]

Patang!

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

I have added "your mom" to my group of Interests. Not your Mom specifically; mainly all those little emo losers running around.

Interests: You make it hard to choose, so I'll go with an alphabetic grouping: geisha, graffiti, guns
Icons: Dude, seriously: What's with all the monkeys?

[sdemory.livejournal.com]

"Your mom" is an outstanding interest, and one that's well worth adding to the list. It's funny and confrontational!

Geisha: The rigor of the lifestyle seems so at odds with the concept of "performer" or "artist" as we're familiar with it. That, along with the visual artifice, intrigues me.

Graffiti: Cities are scary things, potentially, and tags or murals put where they aren't "supposed" to be seem like a way to liberate "owned" space and, at base, to make one's mark. In addition, there's nothing more fun than hopping into the car on a Saturday afternoon and looking for new tags. Good way to spend a few hours.

Guns: I grew up in a military family, so I grew up with the idea of Gun firmly lodged in my brain. I'm not a gun nut by any chance (I own a pistol, and I keep it in a locked case with two gun-locks on it), but I enjoy shooting and I like the aesthetic and conceptual power of the gun.

Monkeys: I just like monkeys. Is that so wrong?

When I worked news and did the newspaper design thing, I'd always do a monkey draft of the paper... while I was waiting to get photos, I'd flow in pictures of monkeys so I'd have my spacing right. Thus, I had a crapload of monkey pics floating around and decided to put them to use.

I had a crapload of monkey pics floating around, though, because I'm big on simians. Great apes or monkeys, terrestrial or arboreal, Old World or New. I just dig on simians. I'm more of a baboon guy, truth be told, but I'm a fan of the monkey in general.