The long story short is I am very disappointed by how narrow and increasingly censored in favor of uptight conservatives general media has become. It’s more than just television, but The Late Show being canceled feels like one of the more obvious clues that free speech is in trouble in the US.
I could go on, but my finger situation says don’t, so instead, in honor of ye olde free speech and the show’s end tonight, I’m going to take the Colbert Questionert. Keepin’ it simple.
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What is the best sandwich?
The best sandwich I ever had was a grilled cheese at the Tillamook Cheese Factory in-house restaurant. The bread was perfectly crunchy but soft, the cheese stringy, and young me was in heaven. Evidently it’s called the Tillamook Creamery now, and I haven’t been there in ages, but highly recommend if you’re a dairy foodie.
What was your first concert?
My first “real” concert was A Perfect Circle supporting Nine Inch Nails when they were touring for Mer de Noms and The Fragile. Topped out from the start.
What is the scariest animal?
spiders
Apples or oranges?
During ideal conditions, oranges.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
I’ve brought it up indirectly in concept but no.
What do you think happens when we die?
I’ve read/watched a lot of psychic and afterlife stuff and the consensus there seems to be that our essence gets transported to some other heavenly dimension. I wonder if that’s a trick of the mind, of chemicals causing imagery of a certain flavor to reduce suffering in death but the reality is a stark nothing. But then I think, energy is only transmuted, so where was “I” before, where would “I” be after? Where does what we see as soul and personality go? Who even am “I” – am I truly a separate being or am I simply not aware of what I extend to for the trappings of this physical body? I used to think that there’s nothing but grappling with the “soul” concept makes it a difficult question. I’d hope to know what happens in unfinished stories and science and the progression of humanity and the state of the earth & solar system but, yeah.
Favorite action movie?
Terminator 2
Window or aisle?
Window, no question. I will bravely endure the frustration of my fellow passengers I pass on the way to the bathroom for the sake of a beautiful view.
Favorite smell?
Used to be my cat. She had a gentle almost sweet bread-like scent.
Least favorite smell?
Anything related to excrement or death.
What is your earliest memory?
For years I thought it was a time when I was sitting in the little area between the kitchen and the den looking towards the hall where my mom was in the bathroom doing something like doing her hair with a curling iron before going somewhere. Then I randomly remembered my older siblings coming over one day when I was still in a crib and they promptly set me down in the crib and then all laughed together with my parents down the hall. I was standing in my crib like, wtf fam, why am I not included in this.
Cats or dogs?
A terrible question. I grew up with dogs and then spent 22 years with mostly cats. Both are great and every one of them has a unique personality.
You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it?
Even worse question. I couldn’t do it. Not a life worth living.
What number am I thinking of?
pi, but my guess before I proceed with watching the answer is something abstractly related to Lord of the Rings. (Edit: NOPE!)
Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
public hanging of all billionaires