Susan Hated Literature

Move along, just pointless quizes below. Although you may like to check out Romeo & Juliet in emoticon format.

Rohirrim

To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
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You are ‘programming in QBASIC’. This programming
language (of which the acronym stands for
‘Quick Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code’), which is so primitive that
it cannot easily be used for any purpose
involving the Internet nor even sound, was
current more than a decade ago.

You are independent, in a good way. When something which you need cannot be found, you make it yourself. In writing and in talking with people, you value clarity and precision; your friends may not realize how important that is. When necessary, you are prepared to be a mediator in conflicts between your friends. You are very rational, and you think of things in terms of logic and common sense. Unfortunately, your emotionally unstable friends may be put off by your devotion to logic; they may even accuse you of pedantry and insensitivity. Your problem is that programming in QBASIC has been obsolete for a long time.

What obsolete skill are you?
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Went to see Neil Gaiman last night. He was being interviewed for RTE radio, a show called Rattlebag. The interview will go out on Thurs and will be available at some stage online. Have to say, RTE could do with better signage, and allowances for people who don’t drive. Got off the bus and wandered around the RTE grounds, eventually stumbling over the radio centre.

The talk itself was very entertaining. Neil read from a few of his books, and chatted with Myles Dungan about his life and writing etc. After the interview there was a question and answer session, and then Neil signed stuff. I didn’t stay for that. He isn’t Joss Whedon after all BTW, Rattlebag people, you should interview Joss. Go on. You know it’d be fun. Think of all the screaming fanboys you could attract.

Speaking of fanboys… there were a few of nerdy-variety at the Gaiman showing. But I don’t mind nerds^[1] Its the D4-type pretentious nerds that I can’t stand. And lucky me (and NM) because we sat down, only to have a big old group of them sit down all around us.

And now for something completely different:

Came across a new TV site today, via The Community at Large, TV is Crying. Looks good. Course I think I already knew that The Last Furlong would be shite.