Eureka Seven
Posted by Tim Stevens on 16 June 2008
[Sky Soldiers of Vietnam, 'The Agony of War', 173rdairborne.com]
I have been exhorted by His Excellency Safranski to propagate the ‘randomness meme’ …
Here are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Present an image of martial discord from whatever period or situation you’d like.
Here goes:
One: Prior to my current career, I was a professional archaeologist.
Two: As an archaeologist, I once excavated a six-foot Mayan. His teeth were sharpened to points and inlaid with jade and haematite. His skull had been bound into a conical shape, and he was buried with an enema assemblage consisting of a jaguar pot and bird bone tubes. The dude was seriously whacked out.
Three: I used to collect typewriters. All three of them.
Four: In the early ’90s I was an extra in a Christmas ‘Scotland Against Drugs’ video.
Five: For all his nuttiness, my hero is still Hunter S. Thompson (RIP). Man, did he hate Nixon.
Six: Many years ago I fell off the roof of a house in Belize. Onto my head.
Seven: I have seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.
Hmm, who to tag? How about this lot?
Update: undoubtedly the best response to the whole tag shebang.
17 June 2008 at 12:13 am
“I have seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.” Lol! Classic!
17 June 2008 at 12:26 am
Hehe. Thought someone would get it. Respect, Subadei!
17 June 2008 at 1:27 am
Same response as @Soob! And while we’re on the subject, that particular masterpiece of a scene was not in the original PKD novel! I’ll respond soon to the tag.
17 June 2008 at 9:45 am
Legend has it that Rutger Hauer made it up on the spot. If so, a stroke of genius. In full:
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those … moments will be lost in time, like tears … in the rain. Time to die.
Fantastic.
21 June 2008 at 7:18 pm
[...] been tagged by my blog buddy in-arms Tim Stevens to write seven random (and not so random) facts about myself. [...]