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[hatman]

Made with help from ksarasara, christn7, schnuffichen, and whoever wrote this meme (which was so much fun that, yes, it was worth reposting). Thanks, guys!

(And hope my edits are okay...)

1. If you could rename yourself, what would your name be?

Huh. I don't know. I've had this name all my life.

Although... I have considered, from time to time, that it'd be nice to dump my last name and reclaim Treger, the one I would have had if not for crazy immigration stuff.

And it'd also be kind of nice to have a real middle name. And a non-hyphenated (heh, there's a bit of lexographical irony for you) first name. And maybe not be named after people who were dead before I was born. It's a tradition Mom loves, but which I find creepy and burdensome.

So... I don't know. I seem to be in kind of a "Mike" mood at the moment, whatever that means. How about Michael Charles Treger? That'll do until I find something with a cooler acronym.

But that's purely hypothetical. Don't start calling me Mike or whatever. 'Cuz I'll just look at you blankly, having completely forgotten about this. Like I said, I'm used to this name, for better or for worse.

2. What's your favorite bone?

The one attached to a nice, juicy BBQ spare rib.

(BTW, did you know that, according to the bible, women are made of spare ribs?)

3. Tell me one boring fact about you.

I have lived in New Jersey for almost my entire life.

Also, I am not lactose intolerant.

(Sorry, couldn't stop at just one...)

4. Use MS Paint (or the MAC equivalent) to draw a self portrait and post it in this meme.

Okay. Right. Time to break out my mad MS Paint skillz. (Which I totally just used today to make a custom shirt design to my niece's specifications.)

... Oh, wait. You mean I can't cut and paste actual pictures and clipart and crap? Dammit, there go my mad skillz.

Uhm... Let's see... bald, oval head, with maybe an interesting expression... How about...



(Thank you, shortpacked.)

Oh, wait. No glasses. And besides, I don't generally wear green and purple. Oh, and I don't have eyebrows.

*sigh* Fine.



5. What did the aliens do to you when you got abducted last year?

Well, luckily, I got abducted by the nice aliens. They gave me Dippin' Dots (the ice cream of the future! ^tm) and then we



And when we got back, I had a whole new appreciation for the wonders of



The funny thing is that no one seemed to notice. Not even the thing with the platypus, let alone how the cows which had ensued managed to get the holes patched up. Go figure.

6. Choose five people from your Friends List. For each one, post a word or short phrase which you think they'll understand as uniquely theirs.

If you see one that you think is yours, post it to your journal with as much explanation and/or commentary as you're comfortable giving. Then post phrases for five of your friends so we can learn a little more about them.

Hmm. This isn't going to be easy. In no particular order:

1. Ultra Woman/Mom/Friend/Writer/Volunteer/Etc./Etc.

(What? That's a phrase! Only two words, technicaly. The /s make it okay! Really.)

2. Bella Che Deve Scrivere Più

(Blame Babelfish for the syntax. ;) )

3. (;

(More in the spirit of the meme, I think.)

4. Alice? Off with her head!

5. No pancakes? Chicken!

Now that you've read through all that, why not leave a comment? And when you do...

1. Pick up to five of my interests, and I'll tell you something about each of them.

2. If you read this, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a completely made up and fictional memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - it just has to be fake.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your LJ and be surprised (or mortified) about what people don't actually remember about you.

Comments

[beansideirae.livejournal.com]

now i want to write a story with a ninja as the main character. but wait..hasnt that already been done? something called batman?

kltpzyxm. what a name. i'd hate to have to say it out loud either direction. good thinking tho, maybe i'll put it in my interests as well. superman can use all the help he can get.

skipping the rest cuz i need to be elsewhere, i'll jump down to new jersey. for some reason i thought you lived either in florida, or on the west coast somewhere. i now have two friends in new jersey, i may have to come out there sometime. (am headed that direction in the fall but slanted more towards boston... same general direction from here.)

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

Batman Begins, yes. But the more traditional Batman isn't a ninja. He's a martial artist who wears a dark outfit and hides in the shadows. Uses some ninja techniques. But he's a lot more than that. He's a scientist, an engineer, a detective, a master of disguise, an escape artist, etc. And he was never part of any ninja clan. Was not raised from birth to be an assassin. He also doesn't fight in the ninjitsu style. He has his own style, which he put together after studying a wide range of fighting techniques.

(There was an animated series episode where it shows that he studied under a samurai sensei, and makes a point to distinguish himself from the ninja villain of the ep because samurai have a code of honor, but ninjas don't.)

OTOH, there was a story (started out as a comic book and exploded out from there) about a group of heroic ninjas. Who happened to be mutated turtles.

There are a bunch of others. The Power Rangers went through a "ninja" phase for a while there. And there were the Ninja Gaiden games. And the American Ninja series of movies. And... well, like I said... plenty of others. I'll stop now.

My point, though, was that ninjas, when used en masse by the bad guys, turn into cheap cannon fodder. Just like the stormtroopers from Star Wars, who started off as scary warriors, but, as soon as they were faced with a named character, started getting mowed down by the dozen. Give them names and identities, and... *poof* suddenly, they're very effective.

Happened with Elektra from the comic books. Martial artist in her spare time. As a hobby. Put on a costume, got a name, and started kicking major ninja butt. Now she leads The Hand, the deadliest ninja clan in the Marvel Universe. Guys who trained all their lives specifically to be the deadliest assassins in the world. Who are so dedicated that, upon defeat, their bodies evaporate into smoke. And yet this spoiled rich girl who learned martial arts as hobby is their deadliest fighter. Because she's a named character and they aren't. If she'd only give them all nametags, and maybe let them add some "pieces of flair" or something to personalize their costumes, she'd have an unstoppable force.

... And, as usual, I got caught up in stuff and went on about that much longer than intended. Also, as usual... "oh well."

kltpzyxm isn't his name. It's his name backwards. The original name, Myxzptlk, was created for the comic books, and was deliberately chosen to be unpronounceable, just to make things more fun. Used to be pronounced on the old Superfriends cartoon as "mixel-plick," but I think the more common/semi-official pronunciation is "mix-yez-pit-lick." And, in reverse, it's "kill-typ-zee-xem."

Anyway, as for my location... I live in NJ, but my grandfather spends the winters in Florida. The west coast of Florida, to be precise. We usually shuttle back and forth to see him (leaving someone to care for him while we're gone), but we couldn't line anyone up this year. So we spent the whole winter down there, and I ended up talking about that a fair amount. So that's probably it.

Oh, and Boston is beautiful. Not sure if you're going there or just in that general direction, but I recommend checking it out if you ever get the chance.

[beansideirae.livejournal.com]

i thought i responded to this. luckily i save comments i havent dealt with. the plan was, pr/will and i were going to a spot just outside of boston, in september. due to his dad being a jerk, it may or may not happen now. but that was the plan. i have been there before and loved it.