16 factoids meme
1) I was born with a hole in my heart.
2) I consider the work of Jim Henson to be important and influential to me.
3) I have crazzee ass dreams
4) I have something that I’d like to try and do that very few know about
5) I once spent the night in jail then got into a fight a couple of hours after being released
6) Some of my major concerns are the way that men (and in particular fathers) are portrayed in society; changing gender roles and at least talking about some of the negative effects of second wave feminism
7) I’m comfortable being alone but rarely feel lonely
8 ) I think that the crime fiction community is far too enamored with it’s pulp fiction roots and this obsession is holding the genre back.
9) I worked at Millford Mill Swim Club the summer that Cry Baby was filmed there. Also the movie That Night was filmed in my neighborhood
10) I have absolutely NO PROBLEM what so ever with the term “transcending the genre”
11) I believe strongly in dissenting opinions in book reviews
12) There are a couple of VERY FAMOUS and much beloved crime fiction writers that I just don’t see the appeal of. Related to this — there is also a much thought of blogger that I don’t see the appeal of.
13) I think that Prince is a god damned musical genius and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise
14) My secret dream job is to be a bass player in a funk band.
15) As a corollary I really have a not so secret admiration for those guys who use drums as buckets
16) I ran an illegal used text book operation with some friends in high school and we made out like fucking bank robbers
And an extra
If anything happens to Bob Irsay’s grave site at next year’s Bouchercon Robert Ward and I were somewhere else. You guy’s will be my alibi right?
January 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
About #13, I’m not sure if Patrick’s sold, so you might want to rephrase that point.