Ga*ked off psychopepsquad

[darcydodo]

"This is the problem with LJ, we all think we are close, but we know nothing about each other. To rectify this, I want you to ask something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

(Should be interesting, since most people on my friends-list are people who do know me quite well!)

Comments

[grimhild.livejournal.com]

What are some examples of cheeses that you really like or really don't like?

[darcydodo]

Never met a cheese I didn't like...

Though that's actually not true, if you broaden your definition of cheese far enough. For example, I'm not overly fond of so-called American cheese, namely the thin slices that come individually wrapped in plastic, but then again I'm so enamoured of unwrapping them that I'll eat them anyway. :)

Cheeses I really especially like? Well, most cheeses, but especially strong blue cheeses and strong cheddars. And anyone who says that California doesn't make any especially good cheeses should try a ripe and runny Teleme, which is technically a jack cheese but is actually nothing like a jack. And there are some lovely blue cheese from Northern California, too (e.g., Humboldt Fog), but to a certain extent, a blue cheese is a blue cheese, whereas nowhere else has something like Teleme.

And there's a lovely Portuguese ewe's milk cheese called "serra" (or something like that) that the Cheese Board occasionally has....

[whiskeypants.livejournal.com]

why manhattans?

[darcydodo]

1) I like them. But that bit was obvious.
2) They're what my mother usually orders, and so they're one of the two drinks I was exposed to quite early on. The other option was a gin martini, which my dad drinks, and as I can't stand gin, that really wasn't an option.
3) If I'm going to order a cocktail at a bar, they're something I know that I like, that I half-subconsciously associate with being grown up (rather than a possibly more kiddie drink like a grasshopper, which I'm not even sure I've actually ever had), and that any bar will unquestionably have the ingredients for.

Ooh look, my alcoholic icon twice in a row. ;)

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

Who are you, and why are you on my friends list?

[darcydodo]

Ummm... I'm not sure as to either of those questions, but possibly this could have something to do with it.

Still don't know who I am! Help....?

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

I jest.

[kathrid.livejournal.com]

Why do you like me?

[darcydodo]

That's something I've never even thought about, because it's so obvious to me that I do like you! But... I love how you're quietly sardonic, I like that I can sit in a room with you and if there's something we want to talk about we will, but I don't feel a need to make conversation... all sorts of things. Lots of reasons I'm sure I couldn't even think of if I tried.

[ilgattopardo.livejournal.com]

Why do you like Gilbert & Sullivan so much?

I find a couple of their works mildly diverting, even fun in very small doses; Jonathan Miller's production of The Mikado for the ENO was magnificent; but I've just never been able to understand the fanatical love they inspire in some people. Personally, I'll take Gilbert & George!

[darcydodo]

Possibly, for a start, my first introduction to them was fun enough to make me very fond of them without even knowing the rest of their works. Also, I like the music. Also, I do like Gilbert's humor. Also... well, everyone needs a few addictions, right? ;) And the Oxford G&S society was so much fun, besides.

Let's be friends

[boxett.livejournal.com]

What's the coolest thing to do when in Berkeley without money, without friends, and without a clue?

Re: Let's be friends

[darcydodo]

I'm no authority on cool, but Telegraph Avenue's pretty wild sometimes during the weekend, and if you're up for pretty, you could head west to the marina. Also, Tilden Park is dope for hiking and wandering.

Politics?

[fengshui.livejournal.com]

What are your politics?

Re: Politics?

[darcydodo]

As far from extant as possible. In terms of voting, I'm a Democrat, even when I think all the choices are shit. (Apart from the original California governor election, when I voted Green — during the recall election I was a good little Democrat.) But as much as I possibly can, I ignore politics and try to stay out of political arguments.