S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night! Er… 9

Here’s what it’s all about, The Man on the Moon, in the words of Crazy Sam:

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we’ve committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do “random questions,” so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don’t have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today’s meme!

Now for some anarchy and rebellion, the questions!

1. Do you think it was important to send a man to the moon?

Hell yeah! I may barely have been walking, but those days of moon madness were historic days. My parents were watching news every moment it was on. The day Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, it was a full moon that night and we went to go and look out at it, knowing that there was now a human presence on the moon. I remember feeling that if I just stretched my hand up I could touch the moon. I may have a spotty memory in regards to some of my childhood, but that’s one to remember, forever.

2. What is your biggest fear?

Fear of pain and of others seeing me at my weakest.

3. If someone hung a sign around your neck today, what would it say?

Sleepwalking. Get out of my way! And why? I feel so sleepy that it would be convenient to just go to sleep while I do all my normal, daily stuff.

4. What is the longest line that you’ve stood in and was it worth it?

The line at the Better Business Bureau in Monterey to lodge a complaint against a local business owner who threw a clipboard at me. Since the business main office was actually based in India, and we couldn’t afford a lawyer, this was the best way to go. I wound up with a sizable settlement that allowed me to take a few weeks off work and learn about computers.

5. As the holidays approach, what song are looking forward to hearing again?

I like the Little Drummer Boy. Especially this version.

6. Whose music do you think is the most important of your generation’s?

What is my generation? I listened to swing, jazz, Hope, Crosby, Como, Bowie, Osborne, the Lamplighters, Kai and J.J., Queen, KISS… I was never a part of my generation.

7. Do you find it is [good] to be kind to strangers?

If you can be. Unfortunately, you have to be wary about who you help these days. I used to buy lunch from the Safeway deli for anyone standing outside of the store asking for change. It was better to give food than change as change usually went to alcohol.

8. When do usually lose your patience?

Any time I am bothered, or stressed out. That’s unfortunately quite a bit of the time.

9. Is there a book that you’re dying to see as a movie?

Stephen King’s Dark Tower series.

J.J. Abrams’, director of the upcoming Star Trek reboot and producer on Lost, has the film rights to Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. I bring this up because Abrams just told IGN that he’s going to get to work on The Dark Tower with buddy Damon Lindelof after Lost ends.

This would be good, I think.