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With DC (and Virginia) it would have to be just how damn polite everyone was. It's just a jarring thing when you look at the international reputation America has (NYC, for instance, is supposed to be filled with assholes, but in my experience most of the strangers you meet are really nice, but just keep to themselves). In DC I was actually stopped a few times by people in suits who wanted nothing more than to wish me a pleasant day.
Also with DC I found that unless I travelled to the Southeast or other areas on the outskirts of downtown (Which my travel guide told me NOT to do because crime is really bad in those areas) DC was a pretty boring place. Lots of fancy places to eat, some AMAZING museums, one or two okay places to drink and the rest...not too much. Southeast DC got a hell of a lot better and parts of Virginia were just amazing, but I found that if I wasn't going to a museum there wasn't much of interest I could do in Downtown DC.
And America in general...once again going off of the international reputation, it's surprising for a traveler to find that the people in America are pretty much nothing like the idiots in charge of it. -
Favorite albums? Man. That's a hard one....a combination of all-time and recent faves are....
- Van Morrison: It's Too Late To Stop Now
- Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell
- David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time
- Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath (Now that I have heard it on vinyl HOLY GOD)
- Zola Jesus: Conatus
And I play the ukulele, though I need to practice more. -
I honestly don't know. I think word got around that I was from Whitechapel and wasn't weird around comic people and word just spread. Anything else is just one big drunken blank for me.
Oh. And I also added this one douchebag named Brandon Jerwa who turned out to know a lot of people in the comic world. I don't know what he does. Janitor or stripping gorilla or some shit. -
I DO drink wine! In fact, before I entered the world of beer my preference was exclusively in wine (which provided some awkward moments at my college's Pub Night)
Favorites include a Casillero del Diablo Malbec, Misterio Cabernet and Inniskillin Pinot Grigio. And ever since I visited Paris and had a Côtes du Rhône I have been unable to say no when offered a glass.
Favorite countries for wine are usually France, Italy and Chile, though I have been surprised by the odd Australian and even a South African (the latter of which is normally piss in a bottle in my opinion). -
Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson, since it still is a good look in to our politics. My Life In France by Julia Child to show that art and passion for us humans isn't just found in museums or on a canvas, but everywhere. And...perhaps The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges to show them the imagination we had.
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Yes. And that leads to unfortunate incidents on the tilt-a-whirl or the teacups.
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Yes! I wouldn't mind, if I had the money, giving Mead a go. Also I learned an interesting recipe for a liqueur. Basically you take an orange, stab 42 holes in it, get 42 coffee beans and stuff a bean in each hole, put it in a large jar and put in 42 sugar cubes. Then fill it all up with vodka and for each day for 42 days you shake the bottle a bit.
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Damn it, Alan...And I'm SURE this is Alan.
I would say Unibroue. Blanche de Chamblay, La Fin Du Monde, Trois Pistoles...muah. Lovely beers all of them And that's only a few of them! -
I think excessive profanity can detract, but otherwise it's fine.
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Poached on a bit of toast with jalapeno sauce liberally poured on it all. Yum.
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I don't think so. I mean, standards have kind of dropped with the internet being an open forum for any anonymous douchebag to say any kind of stupid thing, but there will always be something special about looking at a person right in their eyes and telling them exactly what you think of them.
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Why a deep voiced English captain who commands authority, believes in the power of learning, adores the old music and literature of humanity and has a real saucy side?
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French toast. Especially if it's on some nice, thick bread and cinnamon is involved.
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Sure! I know a few good places.
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I'd replace my right eye with a very high quality lens hooked to a tiny but highly advanced camera. Obvious reasons there, as I'd like to be able to shoot exactly how I see things.
Or missile launcher arm.
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