Giving in

[cosmolinguist]

Oh, fine. Ask me three questions.

Also, I have a question. Who sings the song in the iPod commercials? You know, "One two three, c'mon and dance with me..." I was singing it in the shower yesterday and asked Jenn about it when I got out of the shower and we haven't been able to come to a conclusion about it since then.

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[cosmolinguist]

Of course. Thank you! You've done me a great service. :-)

[orgash.livejournal.com]

Questions:

1. Why are you a, Holly Lama--shouldn't be, Holy Lama?

2. You're driving down a strange road, in a place you've never been, and suddenly come to a circle...How many times do you go around? Why?

3. Which month is the cruelist and which one the nicest--why?

[cosmolinguist]

1. I'm Holly Lama because my name is Holly and this rhymes with Dalai Lama. I thought it was a great pun, but so many people are confused, for so many different reasons--a lot of them have to do with confusions about the number of L's, and the misunderstandings that can arise from that--so I guess I'm not as clever as I thought.

2. It would depend on if I was going somewhere particular or in a hurry. And what I saw around the circle. :-)

3, March is the cruellest. T.S. Eliot almost got it right, but was off just a little. I've noticed, during my college years at least, that bad stuff always seems to happen in March. Also, by then I'm so sick of winter that I could scream. The nicest is harder; I like May becuase I like getting out of school, and the nice weather and summer activities are a novelty. And in May I can be pretty sure it's not going to snow, which is the first month about which I can think that since the preceding September.

[parakleta.livejournal.com]

You're right... all the bad stuff does seem to happen in March... what's with that? I think at least half of my friends who were in relationships broke up in March, and most of them were long term relationships. I see a topic for a PhD in this... but not for me.

[cosmolinguist]

I wrote about this last March, actually.

And I was thinking that March arrived a bit early for me this year, as my long-term relationship ended at the end of February.

[parakleta.livejournal.com]

Last March was when my long term relationship ended... I think it's certainly a fascinating phenomenon.

[davmoo.livejournal.com]

I must be weird, because the first time I saw your name I just automatically assumed it was a Dalai Lama pun. Its like I told you once before, when I refer to you in my own posts I have to fight the temptation to always refer to you as "her holiness the 14th Holly_Lama".

[cosmolinguist]

Why bother fighting it? I like that name...

And as for being weird, it only adds to your coolness, in this case, that you understand what passes for humor for me.

[davmoo.livejournal.com]

In all fairness to others who didn't get the pun in your name, I must admit I probably had an advantage...you know, the Buddhism thing and all that :-)

[cosmolinguist]

I thought of that, yes... but, come on: how quick does one really need to be to know about the Dalai Lama? I'm far from knowing enough to be able to call myself a Buddhist if I wanted to, and I managed. :-)

I think the problem, really, is that since it is a pun it only works even you hear it, not when you read it. And the thing about the L's; people see "holy lama" or "holly llama" or "holy llama" and then it's hopeless anyway. :-) Or they don't know the difference between a llama and a lama at all. That sort of thing.

This was my Yahoo ID before I got around to LiveJournal, so I've been dealing with this sort of thing for a while. I've been fighting ignorance on this matter for at least three years now. It's taking longer than I thought.

[kratkrat.livejournal.com]

but, come on: how quick does one really need to be to know about the Dalai Lama?

Heck, all it takes is watching that most classic of scenes from Caddyshack.

[cosmolinguist]

Oh, I love that movie. (It's all my dad's fault.) And I love Bill Marray.

[cosmolinguist]

Even though I can't spell his name. Sheesh. Too tired!

[cosmolinguist]

And yes, I realize my new default icon probably doesn't help matters much. Too bad. Llamas are more photogenic. And since the "holly" in the picture is not me, the llama may as well not be a lama.

[davmoo.livejournal.com]

Personally, I thought the new icon was both cool and hilarious (or should that be hollyrious).

[cosmolinguist]

Thank you.

for your information...

[cosmolinguist]

My name (as far as LJ is concerned) which had been boring old "Holly" for the whole year and a half I've had this journal, is now "her holiness the 14th Holly Lama."

Re: for your information...

[davmoo.livejournal.com]

Does this mean I have to find a little figurine of you and burn incense to you ever week?

[cosmolinguist]

Well, you don't have to.

Anyway, little figurines of me are in short supply. Sadly, they never caught on with the mass populace.

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

In my case, I didn't get it until you explained it once, because in the UK the pronunciation tends to be Dall-lie , rather than Dal-ly.

Which also reminds me of my favourite line ever from a Jonathan Richman song - in Important In Your Life, I still can't tell if he's singing "Hey, hey, ho, ho/Darling I must always know" or "Hey hey ho ho/Dalai Lamas always know", and knowing Richman it could be either... I haven't checked because I don't want to be disappointed ;)

[cosmolinguist]

Yes, but it's a well-known fact that you UK people say things strangely, in addition to spelling things strangely.

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

I get to ask questions of Holly. Yay!

1. How did you first get into Linux?
2. Why are geeks sexy?
3. You have a million bucks and have to spend it all in less than a week. How do you do it?

Now go ask me some questions! :)

[cosmolinguist]

You can always ask questions of Holly. :-)

1. (The answer to this question got unreasonably long. My apologies. :-)) The short answer is: It's mostly, and most obviously, comradexavier's fault.

The long answer is: Near the beginning of last school year, Linux was suddenly all that Matthew used, (it may not have been a sudden change for him, but it was suddenly all I heard him talk about). When his laptop stopped working, he asked if he could borrow mine (it was old and I didn't use it anyway) until he got it fixed. He asked me if I'd let him put Linux on it, since he'd gotten used to that. I agreed, though I barely knew what Linux was.

When I got it back he showed me how to use everything (which mostly consisted of him making icons for things and having it log in automatically) and I played around with it (while still having a "normal" desktop, with Win2k). I got network access for it and learned about the joys of ssh, Mozilla, and Gaim (the latter two of which I soon started using on my Windows desktop, since I liked them so much more).

Last summer Matthew eradicated my best excuse for not switching to Linux altogther (which I was wary of, since I still didn't really know anything) by lending me the money to buy a new printer which was not a Lexmark and thus not incompatible with Linux. Since I only had 3 GB of hard disk space at the time, I was stuck with quitting Windows cold turkey... but I havne't really missed it.

2. Geeks are sexy because intelligence is sexy, but it's more than that. Geeks are sexy because they are, for the most part, not worried about having unusual interests or hobbies, about knowing so much about astronomy or programming or math or comics or RPGs or video games or anime. They just unabashedly are whatever it is that they are, and as someone who tried for a long time to fit in before realizing that it's not a good idea, I still admire that sort of thing in people. Geeks don't tend to place much importance on superficial things, which I also like.

3. I'd give most of it away. My parents need it. I'd pay off my friends' college debts. And my brother's, on the stipulation that he be nicer to his family. I'd plan a really nice Tour de Love. :-) I'd buy myself a Mac laptop, and a lot of DVDs. I'd buy cars for my friends who don't have them, or have really bad ones. I'd buy a nice guitar. Maybe a few. I'd have a really fun week.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

::Chococat prances in:: Meow!

1) If you do in fact go on this "Tour de Love," how likely do you feel you'll get it on with any of the participants? Explain.

2) Do you believe in fate, in any fractional amount? Why or why not?

3) Quick! Colin Firth wants to wrestle with you in an edible substance! What is it, and when rolling around trying to pin him down, do you lick any of it off of him? :) Explain reasoning on both.

(Hehe, I had to stick one silly one in there to lighten the mood.) :)

[textivore.livejournal.com]

Since Holly has yet to answer . . .

1) She will if I have anything to say about it! ;)

[cosmolinguist]

Excellent. :-D

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: Hornball. :)

[textivore.livejournal.com]

Hey! I resemble that remark! :P

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

Being a hornball is not a bad thing! A group of friends and I in high school formed a little "Hornball Club" because of our excessive flirtation/perverted comments when we interacted together. One of my friends even made little membership cards for us. :)

[cosmolinguist]

It's one of the fun things about you. :-)

[cosmolinguist]

1. Depends on what you mean exactly by "getting it on." :-)

It's odd that what was originally meant to be an exercise in polyamory is going to end up being about whether meeting people I only knew online before is sufficient connection to make me really want to sleep with them.

And though it sounds theoretically okay with me (and must be okay with them since they're calling my bluff and telling me where they live, and all), I have quite limited practical experience with sex.

And I grew up thinking it was a very big deal, to the point where if you had a time machine and travelled back a few years and told me I'd have sex before I got married, I'd definitely have been surprised and probably disappointed.

(Whether I'm surprised or disappointed now is complicated and not something I'm going to talk about in LJ comments anyway. :-))

But I will say that I no longer think things are as simple as I did then. And I'm glad of that. Not because I'm having so much more sex this way, since I'm not, but because I wouldn't want to have these decisions already dictated for me without me even getting a chance to think about them.

However, I'm much more sure that I'd be fine with cuddling and kissing and such things other than sex (which, in my case, probably means I wouldn't be averse to sex either, but we'll see). I do think it'd be a fun adventure to meet these people and get the chance.

2. I think fate is one of those things that's real or not regardless of whether I believe in it. So I don't know if I believe it; I've never thought about it like that. I don't see how I could find out if it's real or not, and so I'm not worried about making guesses.

3. The first thing that came to mind was "chocolate." Sounds good to me; I'll go with that. It's messy, but that's a plus here. And if he licks some off me, too, then I wouold probably be happy to reciprocate. Though I still don't find him the "dreamy Brit" that you and Jenn do, I wouldn't complain if I found myself in such a situation. Like I said, he's good at what he does and I think he has a good sense of humor. I know I may be wrong in that, but thinking it is enough to make me like him.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

1) Getting it on is essentially any form of physical intimacy. :) Cuddling and kissing sound mighty nice right now...but I don't think I'd travel around the country for it. :)

2) I was just curious. Sometimes I feel there have been signs in my life that foreshadow me meeting someone. However, I could just be making the connections myself because I want them to be there. :)

3) Mmm...chocolate is always good. I'd lick that off of Colin Firth any day. :)

[cosmolinguist]

But I like cuddling and kissing. And I like road trips. I see no downside here. :-)

Oh, I've felt like events in my life were decided by someone other than me. I always thought that's what dating Matthew felt like. It's not the kind of idea I'd come up with anyway.

And chocolate would give you a good excuse. "Oh, Colin, you got some chocolate on you there... can I help you get that off?"

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

1) Hmmm...this is true. However, I don't have time to take a road trip at this time. I shouldn't have to wait that long for my cuddling and kissing! :)

3) Man, I feel like seducing someone right now... ::babbles too much again::

I'm sure I'll get some volunteers for stating that. :)

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

[sigh] I'm in the wrong part of the country. No, scratch that. I'm in the right part of the country. You're in the wrong part of the country. :)

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: I had a feeling this would evoke a response from you.

And, haha, I'm working on that. ;)

[ottercat.livejournal.com]

1. Have you planned your roadtrip?
2. When are you planning to be an elightened despot?
3. What is your favorite food?

[cosmolinguist]

1. Jenn will randomly dictate things to us, about how much money we should have and when it's going to be and all that. So I think it's in the process of being planned.

2. If Bush gets elected (I can hardly say re-elected, since he hasn't been yet), I may have to take some drastic action. ;-)

3. It's hard to pick a single favorite. I like food! But I do like Mexican things especially. As long as they don't have goo (what I call sour cream and guacamole and other things I don't like). And I like pasta things a lot, as well.

[greenflower.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I know this is an old post, but I haven't asked you questions yet and I want to, so there.

1. What have you liked best about college so far?
2. Favorite movie?
3. If you could be an aspect of nature (tornado, flower, etc...) what would you be and why.

[cosmolinguist]

It's not that old. It probably just seems like it because I write so much! :-)

1. I like the friends I've made. The more I get to see them, even if we're just doing homework together, and the more I talk to them, even if it's just e-mail or something, the happier I tend to be. College has been an experience that overwhelms me at times--in both good ways and bad--and it's because of the friends I've made that I've found it bearable at all.

The other things I've liked (it's hard to pick just one!) include the diversity of things I get to hear and learn about--everything from derivatives to Tolstoy to the life cycle of stars, Spanish to German to Old English, literature to history to physics--not to mention the things I hear about from my friends! And I've liked having a good Internet connection. :-) I know that's three things now, but they're all really good.

2. You just said that because I asked you about a book, didn't you? If you're trying to get revenge it has worked, because this is a really hard question. At least I didn't ask you your favorite. It'd be nearly impossible for me to pick a favorite movie. But I'll tell you one anyway.

This may be influenced by the fact that I've just seen it (well, part of it), but I'm going to go with Almost Famous. I love the director (Cameron Crowe, who also did Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky, and another of my favorite movies, Say Anything), and I like everything about this movie: it's well written, it has some great performances by many talented actors, it uses music very well (a characteristic of Crowe's films). It's one of the few movies I own that I like to watch with the director's commentary (meaning I've done so more than once, I suppose), because it just makes it seem like such a labor of love for the director and all sorts of other people involved, and I think that shines through in the movie too.

3. I thought about this before, as I told you, but it seems as if I just took the weather outside today. I'd be summer rain. I love it when it's warm out and water is falling gently from the sky. It's fun to listen to, fun to be around, and it can't go unnoticed. :-) I'd be happy having any of those qualities.