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10 random things
Feb. 1st, 2006 04:55 pmYeah, I don't usually do memes, but I'm bored.
10 Random Things About Me - in no particular order
1) I prefer to manually code HTML instead of letting LJ or whatever do it for me.
2) I will waffle forever about spending $8 on a book I reeeeally want, but will drop a whole paycheck on a new (refurbished) computer for my brother without a second thought. And then, two months later, another one for me. (BLOODY LAPTOP DYING, ARRRRRRRGGGG!!!)
3) I have never had a manicure, and I'm okay with that.
4) I really dislike talking about myself like this. Usually, these sorts of observations take place in my head, never to be broadcast to the general public.
5) I have read fanfiction for Into the Woods. And it was good!
6) If I could design my own TV network, it would feature nothing but cancelled TV shows. Not series that have been discontinued after seven seasons. No, no. Shows that have been tragically truncated due to corporate greed and executive short-sightedness. Even if they lasted a whole season, if they were cancelled before really having the chance to take off, they'd be on my network. Especially stuff that's not available on DVD, simply because they didn't produce enough episodes to warrant a box set.
7) If I could change the TV industry in any one way, it would be to start a movement to pay creators to develop series for ONE SEASON ONLY. They would have exactly one year - however many episodes that entailed - to tell their story, and then the show would be OVER, with no possibility of franchising or spin-offs. That way, when we find a truly amazing creative mind, we can plumb its depths for years without any of the brainchildren succumbing to mediocrity or "jump the shark" syndrome. So, like Aaron Sorkin or J.J. Abrams (West Wing and Sports Night; Alias and LOST, respectively), except one-year storylines only. I love serialized story-telling, but when you get to season seven and it's glaringly apparent you never had a clue how you were going to end things, so you have to keep drawing them out for TWO MORE YEARS (cough-xfiles-cough), it is EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. So in Allison's World of Artistically-Driven Television, you only get one year.
8) I have played pool with an old-skool bluesman. (In case you're curious, I won.)
9) I hate hate hate clothes shopping. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH.
10) I'm giving up chocolate for Lent. (I know; I can't believe it either.)
10 Random Things About Me - in no particular order
1) I prefer to manually code HTML instead of letting LJ or whatever do it for me.
2) I will waffle forever about spending $8 on a book I reeeeally want, but will drop a whole paycheck on a new (refurbished) computer for my brother without a second thought. And then, two months later, another one for me. (BLOODY LAPTOP DYING, ARRRRRRRGGGG!!!)
3) I have never had a manicure, and I'm okay with that.
4) I really dislike talking about myself like this. Usually, these sorts of observations take place in my head, never to be broadcast to the general public.
5) I have read fanfiction for Into the Woods. And it was good!
6) If I could design my own TV network, it would feature nothing but cancelled TV shows. Not series that have been discontinued after seven seasons. No, no. Shows that have been tragically truncated due to corporate greed and executive short-sightedness. Even if they lasted a whole season, if they were cancelled before really having the chance to take off, they'd be on my network. Especially stuff that's not available on DVD, simply because they didn't produce enough episodes to warrant a box set.
7) If I could change the TV industry in any one way, it would be to start a movement to pay creators to develop series for ONE SEASON ONLY. They would have exactly one year - however many episodes that entailed - to tell their story, and then the show would be OVER, with no possibility of franchising or spin-offs. That way, when we find a truly amazing creative mind, we can plumb its depths for years without any of the brainchildren succumbing to mediocrity or "jump the shark" syndrome. So, like Aaron Sorkin or J.J. Abrams (West Wing and Sports Night; Alias and LOST, respectively), except one-year storylines only. I love serialized story-telling, but when you get to season seven and it's glaringly apparent you never had a clue how you were going to end things, so you have to keep drawing them out for TWO MORE YEARS (cough-xfiles-cough), it is EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. So in Allison's World of Artistically-Driven Television, you only get one year.
8) I have played pool with an old-skool bluesman. (In case you're curious, I won.)
9) I hate hate hate clothes shopping. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH.
10) I'm giving up chocolate for Lent. (I know; I can't believe it either.)
