Interview

For the curious...in reference to my last post.

1. Author: Paulo Coelho - "The Alchemist." Musician: Jeff Buckley - "Lover, You Should've Come Over."

2. Lock Picking. I think that would be a really cool skill to own ::sly grin::

3. Two sugars. I used to take it black, but I needed to cut the bitter with a little sweet. Kinda like life.

4. The Heimlich, proper CPR, how to use chopsticks, knitting, how to skip stones, changing a tire, opening a beer bottle with a lighter...

5. Marlon Brando, the younger version of him. Just check out his delivery of this Shakespeare monologue and you'll know why he's in my head.

6.  Yes, I do believe in destiny, but more importantly, I believe that the path we take and not our destination is what makes our life in this earth, special.

7. I think I was a grizzly bear, hunting wild salmon in the rivers of the great northwest United States in a former life.

8. Formaldehyde, more specifically, the smell of our anatomy lab.  No matter how many layers of gloves you wear, it still gets to your fingernails, hair, scrubs...just gross.  On the flip side, firewood burning during a crisp winter evening...there's nothing like it.

9. Ploosh (n.) - state of confusion or disorientation specifically caused by an overload of information, followed by difficult questioning.  Ex. Medical students rarely raise their hands after nephrology lecture because they are in ploosh.
 
10. 12:34am...I'm either super tired or extremely energetic.

11. CYRANO DE BERGERAC - technically, he did exist in real life, but the character in Rostand's play is much more interesting.  Poet, musician, philosopher, soldier, duelist, physicist, comedian, and true blue romantic.  He certainly tried to accomplish what he set out to do: excel in everything.

12. My inability to rein in my geekish sensibilities.

13. Never really had one.  I suppose I should start.  I would like to cross out this one in particular: travel ALL the States in the Union by eating my way through them or at least visiting all their famous national parks.

14. I'm currently writing my personal statement for my residency application.  EPIC FAIL.

15. Me, flying/hovering over white sand dunes.  Pretty much that's all there is to it.  It's fun tho, getting the sensation that I'm flying, especially if I'm having a vivid dream.

16. I answered this one before, but I do have others in mind: A Zebra F-301 pen is also a very good choice.  I like the weight of the pen and the thinness of the stroke.

17. Midnight picnic @ the beach a week before Memorial Day, when there were few people around.  A new moon was out, a bottle of red was at hand and bag full of fresh, sweet cherries was the main course.  We sat on the sand, dug in and buried our feet, and proceeded to have a cherry pit-spitting contest.  I fell in love that night.

18. See the answer to question 11.  Either him or Yoda.  I'd like to think that in some ways, I'm slowly figuring out how to be more like them...except for the using-the-force thingy.  That part, I can't seem to ever get the hang of.
 
19. "He loved and was loved in return."

20. My last meal...I really don't want a last meal but the whole course from breakfast to dinner and dessert.
Breakfast: 2 eggs over medium, kalo kalo (garlic fried rice), longanisa +/- daing (dried, salted fish) and strong coffee.
Lunch: White rice, Fried Tilapia with soy sauce (or almost any fish for this matter) and Apan-Apan.  Semi-ripe indian mangoes with sauteed shrimp paste as an appetizer.
Afternoon snack: Fruit (Lansones, Santol, Serguilas, mainly asian fruits).
Dinner: Grilled pork or a very large aged kobe beef steak, A1 steak sauce, sweet potato fries (or potato pancakes from the Nevada Diner) and a Sam Adams.
Dessert: rocky road ice cream over pecan pie (I can settle for vanilla).

What can I say? I'm a glutton.

Song of the day: "I Don't Know" - Lisa Hannigan

BTW, check the link I placed in Lisa Hannigan's name. It's the official video of this song and it is very cool.