About This Blog

Profile-Pic.JPG
Daniel Carlson
Houston, Texas

I love movies, books, music, TV, good food, my wife, my cats, and my dog. (Not necessarily in that order.) I write about whatever's on my mind. For more, go here.

Calendar


September 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30

« Prophecies And Fantasies: A Keyword Analysis |Main| Forthcoming Entries In The Girls Gone Wild Series »

February 22, 2008

10 Truths

1. Sometimes I pretend to like movies or books that I don't actually like that much just to get along with people. I figure, I know I'm right, so why start trouble.

2. If someone asked me to be in their barbershop group, I would probably say yes.

3. I don't have that much food in the house. I mostly live on sandwiches.

4. No matter where I go or what I do, or how my musical tastes temper themselves over the years, I'm pretty much always gonna like George Strait.

5. Sometimes I say I've seen a movie that I haven't just to fit into the conversation.

6. I quietly judge people based on what they say or do, and if I write someone off as the kind of former-jock-future-CPA character I can't seem to erase from my mind's central casting department, I will usually feel superior as long as I know them. It doesn't happen often, but when it does only large-scale revelations can reverse this. I know it's not good, but at the same time, I don't quite mind doing it.

7. I don't like wine. I feel this is one of those obstacles to adulthood I will never overcome: Eventually, everyone starts drinking wine and eating hummus and developing strong opinions about the housing market. But really, I'd rather just order a Newcastle and talk about TV.

8. I'm starting to think I picked the wrong major for someone who wants to be well-compensated for their talents.

9. Fried rice, orange chicken, and a chicken egg roll. Almost every time.

10. I hate cars. They're just these big damn worthless things that break constantly, and you have to take it everywhere you go. I just want to get from here to there.

Comments: 4

Number 9 is about Panda Express, and is my exact order.

I also identify with 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10.

I like wine but newcastle is my favorite beer. I haven't been to a panda express in a long time, not since the days of the mall, but I could use some orange chicken. I like sesame and General's whatever too.

I can't bring myself to lie about movies I've seen but I will lie about what I liked and didn't like around people I don't really care for. I imagine my good friends though find me rather divisive.

I'm always right too! weird!

Hummus rules. Wine drools.

Rob

Re: no.4, what if the King of Country does something akin to the Pat Boone rejuvenation, but instead of classic hard rock tunes, he goes nu metal?

I can just picture George now singing, "I did it all for the nookie, what? The nookie! What? So you can take that cookie..."

Post a comment

Contact Me

Questions? Comments? Complaints?

Drop 'em in the mailbag.

homefeed.png

Twitter-icon-sgb.png

fb-icon.png

Random Quotes

Words of Wisdom

"The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising."
— Pauline Kael

"Film lovers are sick people."
— Francois Truffaut

"Let others praise ancient times, I am glad I was born in these."
— Ovid

What I'm Reading

Dan's  book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists

What's In Rotation















Powered by
Movable Type 3.33