Hey! In keeping with this week's theme... I'm late with my reply to the Friday 5 questions. Yay!
1. When did you last miss a scheduled appointment?
Hair cutter back in May of 2023.
2. What’s usually the reason you’re late for something?
When I don't really want to be there and I know there will be no line to wait in.
3. What have you recently finished well in advance of a due date or deadline?
Usually the Assistance League of Hawaii monthly newsletter.
4. In your daily life, what strategies do you use for not being in a hurry?
The main one is BE EARLY. Leave early, especially if what you need to do is on some other entitie's schedule that you rely on... like... um... airline travel. I am always at the airport 2 or 3 hours before flight. You can never tell if there will be some long ass line at TSA, ticketing or both.... I like being early at the airport because that gives me an excuse to take pictures, though often times of numerous planes that are the same airline as the one you are flying on.
I hate missing planes especially if you have someone at the other end who will pick you up at the airport.
The Friday 5 questions as originally posted to the Friday 5 blog with answers here. Ready, Set, Go!
Friday 5 for September 2: All in the family
1. What efforts do you make in resisting Father Time?
I listen to a lot of old music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. I have old records and CDs. Plus mixed tapes. Old movies are good too. I have a pared down collection on DVD... I used to have more. I kept the ones I consider classics. I watch old TV shows and movies on streaming video. TUBI TV has some good old movies... Amazon Prime too. In the last 10 to 15 years I have not seen many contemporary movies. Theaters are too expensive, many movies don't go to Amazon Prime, so I just watch the oldies. No biggie.
I've tried turning the clock back a few minutes every day. I don't have a DeLorean with a nuclear thingy that can go 88.5 mph to break the time barrier... oh well.. and H.G. Wells' time traveler took his machine back to the Eloi Earth and there is not chance of him coming back.
So basically all efforts to resist Father Time will prove to be hopeless as the oblong box or the crematorium will be our final destination.
2. In what manner do you try to be a good steward of Mother Earth?
Don't get me started with this because I hate the whole green Earth Biden and AOC agenda that has been pushed not only by the federal government since January 2020, but also by the asinine State Government of Hawaii. Outlaw coal electricity production thereby raising our electric rates higher in the long run! Yep, thatʻs Hawaii. Politics and environmentalism have made our lives less convenient and more expensive!
Look at California and Washington State. They want to ban sales on gasoline powered cars. Screw that horrible agenda. I hate forced recycling. I hate less convenience and increased costs for this agenda. Plastics bans... and all of that government induced crap pandering to the Environmental Extermists! Ugh!!! CO$TLY to our pocketbooks. I am angry!
Since I will be dead in a couple of decades, why should I care? I don't have kids, I don't have much of a legacy to leave behind. Plus in about 5 billion years the sun will become a red giant and long before that happens, it will scorch this world Earth, Venus, Mercury and Mars into cinders. There is not much to hope for us in the long run except for death. It is a given.
That all said, I do send our trash down the building's trash chute. I don't use that much water in my home. I don't have a yard. My home is small/tiny so not much electricity is used. So you got those short term things.
3. What has recently caused you to say Uncle?
With my advancing age, some young people call me "uncle". All of my real uncles from days gone by have passed away. So, I donʻt have any literal reason to say "uncle".
As a slang term for pain or stop or whatever, I have never used it.
4. Among actors in Ant-Man, who are you particularly fond of?
I have never seen Ant-Man or any new movie except for those that show up on Amazon Prime. I don't even know what Ant-Man is about. I guess that is either another Disney/Marvel franchise movie or one from Warner Brothers/DC Comics franchise... OK.. going to look that up... Thanks for the link.
OK... another Disney/Marvel franchise film... 2015... wow that was long ago already. See I donʻt go to the movies and I donʻt subscribe to Disney Plus. Also there are way too many Marvel movies out there. How can anyone keep up with this stuff? I think I only saw the original Thor and Captain America from the franchise movies.
Only two actors in that movie I know anything about. The first one is Michael Douglas who made a name of himself by being the son of legendary actor Kirk Douglas and getting his first big break in the TV series Streets of San Francisco. I know him best for the movies Romancing the Stone, The War of the Roses and Wall Street. I loved Kathleen Turner.
The only other member of that cast that I know of somewhat is Evangeline Lily, mainly because she was part of the cast of that doomed flight in LOST (2004 - 2010) TV series... ABC/Disney. What a coincidence!
Everyone else, I have never heard of.
5. Which notable brothers would you most like to hang out with? Which notable sisters?
First of all my brother and sister are the two most notable ones I know. While we are estranged from my brother, I like hanging with my sister when I can.
There are no other brothers and sisters of note that I would like to hang with.
Friday 5 for August 26: Four months
With this late posting probably less that that... Oh wait here is a link to the Christmas Countdown Clock. That will prevent you from resisting Father Time. Ever noticed when we were kids, it seemed like an eternity before Christmas would finally roll around. Now that I am much older, I go... "Oh no! Christmas is just around the corner??? This quickly! Yikes!!!"
Christmas is one of those turning points that mark our age, every year all the time. It is the signal that only seven days remain before another new year will arrive as we march another step closer to our graves.
1. How good are you at wrapping gifts?
With patience I am fairly good. For a short period of time I did work at the Waikiki Christmas Storewhere we did a lot of "gift wrapping".
2. When are you likely to begin your Christmas shopping this year?
December 21, 22 or 23....I know there is a gift card rack at Longs, Walmart and Target. Plus I can send out virtual gift cards from Amazon. Gift cards are great things for the last minute shopper.
3. How do you feel about candy canes?
Cheap sticky, sugary crap that is passed out for free at all kinds of places and functions. I do however like the song "Candy Cane Lane" by Sia.
4. Have you been naughty or nice this year?
Just hiding under the radar as I do most years. Naughty or nice is a subjective judgement.
5. In what way was today most December-like?
It was sunny and hot as I think it will be in December. Global warming is a good thing in December.... plus I live in Honolulu Hawaii close to Waikiki. Itʻs sunny and warm every Christmas which is what helps our economy as jet-loads of tourists come to visit Hawaii and flee the harsh cold for a few days or weeks.
So E Como Mai. Hawaii is open for most businesses. Come visit us. Spend your money. Add to our tax collections. Help pay for Hawaiiʻs wasteful government spending. Oh what fun it is to ride and sing in a slaying song tonight!
Moohahahahahaha! Merry Christmas and Have Fun. Donʻt forget about that Red Giant which will come in 4 billion years. Whoopee!
Here are my answers to this week’s Friday 5 asked by Scrivener. Great bunch of questions!
Have a superstitious-free good Friday the 13th!
1. What’s a good song with a time of day in its title?
"It's Five O Clock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett … This is such a kick -back end of the work day song.
Other time of day songs I like:
Five O Clock World - The Vogues
11:59 - Blondie
8:15 - The Guess Who
Twelve Thirty - The Mamas and the Papas
2. What’s a good song with a day of the week in its title?
There are plenty of day songs…. my favorites are:
“Tuesday Afternoon” - The Moody Blues - part of their successful Days of Future Past concept album that came out in 1967. Nice orchestration and includes their signature song, “Nights in White Satin".
Other great "day" songs include:
"Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting" - Elton John - good basic rock n roll fun….
"Saturday Night is Dead" - Graham Parker - one of several scorching rockers off of 1979s Squeezing Out Sparks album.
"Ruby Tuesday" - The Rolling Stones - beautiful song from 1967.
"Manic Monday" - The Bangles first big hit single…. came out in 1986. Written by Prince.
"Monday Monday" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Sunday Will Never Be the Same" - Spanky and our Gang from 1967.
"Friday I'm in Love" - The Cure - really? From 1992's Wish album.
3. What’s a good song with a month in its title?
There aren't too many month songs that come to mind. In the last ten years, this one is a recent favorite:
"Back to December" - Taylor Swift - It was the last good song she had before she became a pop princess.
Other month songs in my collection:
"November Spawned a Monster" - Morrissey
"If We Make It Through December" - Merle Haggard
"Raiders of the Lost Ark March" - John Williams / London Symphony... that's kind of stretching it... heh... from 1981 movie.
4. What’s a good song with a year in its title?
Here are my favorites:
"In the Year 2525" - Zager and Evans - This dystopian song was a huge #1 hit in 1969…. It speculated whether or not the human race would survive and what humans would be doing in the far off future.
Other year songs that I like:
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney and Wings.
1984 - Spirit (another dystopian Orwellian song)
1982 - Randy Travis
1999 - Prince
5. What’s a good song with the word “time” in its title?
There are more than 500 songs with “time” in their titles on my iTunes. Some of my favorites are:
Time Waits For No One - The Rolling Stones
Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones
The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
Big Time - Peter Gabriel
Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
No Time - The Guess Who
Isn't It About Time - Stephen Stills and Manasas
Time - Pink Floyd
Time For Me To Fly - REO Speedwagon
Time of the Season - The Zombies
Comes a Time - Neil Young
Any Old Time - Maria Muldaur
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson (from Casablanca)
And I'm going to stick this one in here because I like this song a lot... "Hung Up" by Madonna in which "time" and a heavy sampling of ABBA's "Gimmie Gimmie A Man After Midnight" figures into the song.... This is from 2005.
And with that video posted, I'm out of time and gotta go. BYE!
