Holiday Pats on Holiday Backs

[rinue]

I've been heavy on the memes lately, and it's getting out of hand. Nevertheless, via Smeg:

Comment to this post, and I will:

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, I would like it if you would post this in your LJ.

Comments

[rinue.livejournal.com]

1. Tell you why I friended you.

Man, you were blogging back in the day, before there were all these applications - back when you had to knock together your own html, back when we were all po-mo and excited about the untapped possibilities of hypertext. Plus you liked Peter Greenaway and interesting grocers and King Arthur and Machiavelli.

2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.

The collapse of a lung. Talking to you was the first time I imagined that happening. I picture it as though I am very small and standing inside your chest cavity. It's terrifying. When I imagine this, you are always singing something by Alban Berg.

3. Tell you something I like about you.

I love that you have a motorcycle now. I also like how affectionate you are about the people (and animals) you love.

4. Tell you a memory I have of you.

I remember going to your apartment and falling asleep during Prospero's Books, which I still haven't made it through. I remember getting coffee at XandO, although not what anyone ordered. I remember when you came to visit us in Dallas and we had a talent show.

5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.

I know you sing, and if I recall, you can get by on guitar, but have you played any truly weird instruments?

6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.

I like "yeah baby yeah" the best. "Harharhar" is highly frightening in the best way.