If you could ask Barack Obama one question what would it be?

"Can you get me a seat on the space shuttle?"

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Would you rather vacation at the beach or in the mountains?

Depends on which beach or mountains and my mood. Ideally I'd choose a beach *on* a mountain.

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What was your favorite TV show as a child?

Tom Baker-era Doctor Who. It was like the Sesame Street for Star Wars kids.

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If you could ask Barack Obama one question what would it be?

"Can you get me a seat on the space shuttle?"

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What does your daily writing routine look like, in terms of scheduling tasks (i.e. 9-10: edit; etc.)?

What does your daily writing routine look like, in terms of scheduling tasks (i.e. 9-10: edit; etc.)?

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What was your favorite birthday gift?

No idea - I can't even remember my birthday from this year - and that was last week.

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What's your favorite drink?

Manhattan.

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If you could eat dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be and where would you go?

Alfred Hitchcock at 21 Club (of course!)

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If you could have the starring role in one movie what would it be?

An existing film (La Jetée, probably) or a potential film (anything w/o dialogue!)?

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Test!?

(Given the underwhelming response to yesterday's post, I have concluded that I must be all alone here on my blog, sort of like in Richard Matheson's I Am Legend except instead of vampires, I'm surrounded by a whole lot of no one.)

"B*rthday," the dirtiest word

I despise the b-word, I really do; the last thing I'd ever take pleasure in is this annual reminder of my inevitable expiry date.

Nevertheless, today is "my" day - which, incidentally, coincides with the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing (happy frikkin D-Day to me) - thusly, I humbly request presents via my brand new "Donate" widget at the top-right of this page.

As a perpetually-starving student, a decent meal is all I ask - so donate a sandwich or something, yeah? I promise that I'll christen my next meal with your name. Alternately, you're welcome to visit my Amazon wish list, because a decent meal only goes so far.

Is there anyone you would you wait in line for 48 hours to meet?

Absolutely not: I learned my lesson the day I waited 3 hours to meet Clive Barker at a convention. Evidently I'd rather be elsewhere doing other things with all that time; waiting 48 hours would kill me out outright!

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Would you stop purchasing music if online music streaming services were to offer all of your favourite artists ?

Would you stop purchasing music if online music streaming services were to offer all of your favourite artists ?

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