Now, I've used all my vox invites at this point. Considering the fact that I only had five, you'd think I wouldn't have a problem trying to remember who everyone was. Yet... I do. So I'm doing a sort of public meme something I'll avoid in the future with information that I'll move into my profile because, naturally, I'm assuming other people have had this problem as soon as they get hip to the jive of the coolness that is line breaks, paragraphs and basic editing.
Internet name: Ilujna, Nugatory or Miniver, depending on the forum.
Vox Username: Miniver Cheevy is the name of a poem, and the name of the only character in the poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson. I don't have the same reason to be discontent that Miniver does but I do cause myself unnecessary anguish over things that everyone else seems to have no problem dealing with.
Religion: Born Methodist, raised Baptist, became officially Agnostic around twelve though I'd had the thought process of one since I was about seven. I was Atheist from about 15-17 before returning completely to Agnostic afterwards. Now I'm pretty much walking the line between Agnosticism and Atheism with a very strong leaning on Atheist. I believe religion to be a lot like conspiracy theories. If you believe it's true, you'll see signs of it everywhere.
Politics: I'm more Socialist than anything I don't embrace all the beliefs of socialism though I support enough of them to be considered one... in the U.S. I generally vote Democratic but I'm an advocate for completely destroying the party system and voting for candidates instead of parties.
Tastes in:
Movies: I prefer dramas. I consider most horror films to be my guilty pleasure and, while I don't shun the entire genre of comedy films, I'm very picky about which ones I'll see. Everything else falls into the "Depends on the previews, who directed it and who's in it." category.
Music: I never bothered to learn subgenres so normally I just inform people that I listen to music. Most of my favorite bands or artists consider themselves to be rock or country stars. I listen to music that doesn't involve a good deal of cursing, that has a nice beat or good background sounds and meaningful lyrics. Most artists have at least one song I can't get out of my head but would never call an earworm.
Books: I'll read anything that isn't self-help. To quote the movie trailer for School for Scoundrels which I completely want to see just for the scene this is in "How many of you retards own a self-help book? That's your first problem, you can't help yourself because yourself sucks."
Celebrities: Now while I don't run off and get all doe eyed over celebrities, there are a few who, I think, pick really good movies to act in. I'll seriously think about seeing any movie that Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, Paul Bettany, Elijiah Wood, Angelina Jolie or Drew Barrymore is in. I don't have crushes on these people and honestly, interview wise, Paul Bettany and Drew Barrymore are the only ones whose interviews don't make me want to get a really large knife and slash something living. If I were to go solely on interviews, I'd have to add Jason Isaacs to that list. I haven't seen most of his movies but his interviews are very real and very funny.
Now, the only reason I'd have to think about it is because there are some celebrities who just kind of bother me and if they're in a movie with someone I like, I have to figure out if I really want to put myself in a situation where I'll be whining about how so and so ruined the movie for me. Some of them I don't think they can act like the HP kids, others I think get too much hype like the HP kids, some I just see too much like the HP kids, the Simpson sisters, Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton etc and familiarity really does breed contempt. There's a fourth smaller group who have said things in public, knowing the influence they have on other people, and have used it to promote their own agenda Mel Gibson. Normally I wouldn't care but some of their agendas are intolerant and hateful. I'm completely intolerant about intolerance. It makes me a hypocrite but, eventually, everyone is a hypocrite. At least I admit it.
And in the case of the Simpson sisters not being in the "can't act" category? I've heard they can't act, I've never seen anything they're in so I don't know.
TV: Normally I watch learning channels, I've been known to watch a few shows here and there though I'm horribly inconsistent and my knowledge about them starts to develop gaping holes.
on Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) The Speech Song (Graduation-1999)