^, <, V

[Capt. Sterling]

^ Ticks

<Too many of them in Virginia

V pass question along

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ It has to be a toss-up between cockroaches and mosquitos.

< Back in the Dark Ages when I used to clean and test sewers and storm drains, I encountered more than my share of cockroaches. Big buggers, too.

V Pass the question

[Ransom]

^ Mosquitos! Although they favor my husband over me.

< Favorite insects would be Dragonflies. We have several different types and colors that hang out on/over our pond. After that would be all the bees and bumble bees in my garden.

V What critter do you dislike the most - Spiders, snakes, rodents...?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Hmm the icky gross multi eyed things Blah!

< Fuzzy pink socks...siigh

V Fluffy or toughie?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ Mostly toughie on the outside, somewhat fluffy on the inside.

< Nah - I'm mostly squishy on the inside.

V Run or walk?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^Depends what or ..whom I am heading for

< Midnight shifts..aghhh

V Which do you prefer 500 count brushed cotton luxury sheets or a wool blankie or both?

[Hester]

^Cotton sheets and a down duvet. (Wool blankie? In the summer? Itch!)

< Fluffy (but with some surprising sharp edges). And I walk rather than run.

V Flannel nightgown or silk pyjamas?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Silk Pajamas...or sommething of his

< and slippers...I have like 11 pairs

V Should "they" have nixed Pluto as a planet?

[hitman]

^ NO !

< Is enjoying haveing thhouse to himself but missing his fiance

V Pass the question

[Matusalem]

^Nay! We need the damn, planet, captain!

(....er, that didn't make any sense, did it?)

< I now realize the following people are STILL alive in spite of everything: Etta James, Kirk Douglas, Paul McCartney, Fidel Castro, Jack LaLanne, Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Harold Camping (the Bible expert), Osama bin Laden (maybe/maybe not), Diane Rheims (NPR), Michael Jackson, Senator Robert Byrd, George Burns (in animated corpse form), Meinhardt Rabbe (original Oz munchkin)

V WHat was the last amazing thing you saw?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Propriety prevents me from answering that one..whoo!

< Trust me

I collect beach glass, unique music boxes and earrings.

V What do you collect

[Surfer Joe]

^Lunchboxes and secret decoder rings

< Pluto? Oh, what's another planet, more or less? Y'know, it's all in a day's work for a super-spy-astronaut ... just "Another Girl, Another Planet":

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3vd6lL_uec

"Space travel's in my blood. There ain't nothing I can do about it."

V What celebrity have you learned is still alive that you were sure was dead already?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ Jack and I were just talking about this last night - Ernest Borgnine

< We were watching "Gattaca" - the building they used for their workplace is just north of San Francisco. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

V Pass the question.

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Watched "The Dirty Dozen" last night. Good movie.

The cast was huge

Lee Marvin ( a fave) whom I always got confused with James Coburn

Ernest Borgnine (another fave)

Charles Bronson (another fave)

John Cassavetes

George Kennedy

Telly Savalas

Donald Southerland

Now I'm wondering which are still alive?

< Old movie fan. Charade being one of my favorites.

Which had George Kennedy and also James Coburn and Walter Matthau with one of the coolest character names - Carson Dyle

V Old movies or strictly new ones?

[Matusalem]

^Definitely old movies. Some new ones if they're good or interesting. Bogart, Brando, 50's sci-fi, etc.

<I knew my weirdness once I was able to recite every line in Lost Boys . The script is asbsolutely horribly cheesy. Jami Gertz!!! FYI, Now Corey Feldman/Corey Haim have a tv show now.

V Were you ever a fan of Depp movies before POTC?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Nah ,.. never liked him as part of the "teenie hearthrob" set. But like some things he has gotten better with age.

< Probably should review some older movies tho.

V Would you ever be in a movie? Even a bit part? Or do you shy from attention?

[Jacky Tar]

^ I wouldn't go lookin' t' be in one. But if asked, I suppose it could be fun.

< Course if it had anythin' t' do wit' pirates... count me in!

V Any type o' movie ye would like t' play a part?

[Ransom]

^ When I was in the SCA at a 12th Night banquet, a bunch of us got a casting cards from someone filming a fantasy movie for HBO. Very low budget, as the reason they asked us was we already had costumes. Had to go for a costume audition, then spent one very hot, uncomfortable summer day in a large warehouse somewhere in Burbank, mostly sitting around sweating in four layers of Elizabethan clothing. But, the caterers were good, so we ate well. And they paid in cash. Never heard of the film, so figure it ended up buried in a storage unit somewhere.

< I like old and new movies. My favorite old movie is Laurence of Arabia.

V Pass the question on.

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Adventure for sure..whether past or future. Tho I'd prefer past.

< My mascara is flaking grrr...well..I did rub my eyes..

Ooh Ransom , good movie. We always joked about the guy who said "oohrence.."

V Wardrobe woes...ever loose trou or rip seam at an event?

[Cheeky Actress]

^Well, it's been a while but it has happened. It was one of my first 'movie themed' outfits I created way back in the early 1990s.

I decided that I was going to make a ‘cat suit’ from Bat Returns. Well, if you’ve never worked with PVC material before, it can be a learning experience! After a month of design, drafting and assembling I was ready to wear it out on Halloween.

Thought I wasn’t the only Cat Woman walking about that evening, I was the only one in an outfit made of ‘rain coat’ material. Had a great time that evening, but on the way back to the parking garage as I went to take a seat in my car the back seam of my cat suit bottom blew out! Thank God it happened at the end of the night!

< Lesson Learned: Always test-run a new outfit – take it for a drive BEFORE an event!

V Passing on the question...

[Ransom]

^ Never actually ripped something out to the point I couldn't wear it, but stepped on a lot of hems, that pulled pleats from the waistband of the skirt. Usually done while tromping over grass at a SCA tourney or war.

< I'm kinda eclectic in my movie tastes. I can go from Casablanca to Underworld without going into culture shock. LOL

V As a kid, did you ever try to dress like a character in your favorite movie? (Thinkig of the hours I spent with a pillowcase tied around my head while wearing a long bathrobe, trying to look like said Laurence of Arabia )

[Cheeky Actress]

Ransom said: As a kid, did you ever try to dress like a character in your favorite movie?

^ - What do you mean, "As a kid" Ranson? Still do it sometimes - especially when babysitting.

<Kids are so creative when they are young...

V Favorite childhood star?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Hmm..Captain Kangaroo, Mickey Jones of the Monkees and Aquaman

< An angry mob is a volatile thing

V Ever face or be in a large angry throng?

[Lily Alexander]

Yes, sort of. At the Miami Airport (I think that's the one), we were returning from Aruba and they lost an entire plane load of baggage. They stuck us all in a room for about 3 hours, wouldn't let us leave (or smoke) until they found it. It started to get mighty ugly.

I picked some lilies from the yard yesterday, my whole house smells so good.

Pass the question

[Jacky Tar]

^ Never faced one an never been part o' one.

< I've seen individuals go postal; not as scary as a mob.

V Pass the question.