Friday Fun -

You're lucky, exedore, that today has turned into a slow day.

1. What drew you to Switzerland originally?

I married Cliff. Literally, I knew nothing about the place until I arrived there on honeymoon. I'm a quick study, neh?

2. You know Milka chocolate as well as I do. What are your favourite flavours?

I love the bars with whole hazelnuts in them - but just plain milk chocolate will get me by every time. Those special flavors at Christmas time were fantastic, but I think I liked the zimstern best.

3. You're in one of the earlier generations of animedom. What drew you to anime originally?

I was one of those lucky few who grew up in Southern California in the early 60's and got most of the commercial Tezuka properties off broadcast television - Kimba, The Amazing Three, others - Gigantor and of course, Astro Boy. (It is whack seeing the new show in color!) I can remember seeing Alakazam The Great when it was in the theaters (I even had the soundtrack), and that film has a copyright of 1961 - I was born in 1960.

I can't really remember a time when I did not like anime. I've always thought the artwork looked better, the stories made more sense and followed a more coherent path than American animated properties. Let alone had more than one type of female in the cast - people might bash me for liking "harem" anime, but I'm just glad there's more than a Smart Girl and a Pretty Girl to pick from.

And then we can talk about the music scores. BAABY!

4. What is your take on the Disney/Pixar fallout and how do you think it will affect the involved parties come 2006?

This is big. It's as big or bigger than losing Katzenberger to form Dreamworks, bigger than losing Frank Wells - but it's hard to say just how things are going to shift and change as a result of it. Disney has said they are divesting themselves of 2-D animation and have shuttered some of their studios. But the 3-D work is all Pixar, isn't it?

Perhaps Disney is just going to shop around for a replacement studio for Pixar - or try to recreate the technology in-house. Could they do that without getting sued?

But that's a long time in the future, and much could happen before then. One things for certain - all bets are off. I doubt we'll recognize either company by the time this separation occurs in 2005.

5. Kannst du and deine Deutsch errinern, oder musst du jetzt ein Wortebuch benutzen?

Was für mich schwierig ist, ist die Grammatik. Ich kann die Worte. Aber an nicht zu viele mich erinnern. Und sie zusammenfügend nach rechts kicks my ass. So I often double check my work with Babelfish - I do retain enough fluency to know when the wrong set of words has been used. Most of the time. I started learning the language at 30 by full-immersion with no classroom time to learn vocabulary or grammar - it works well to get started, but achieving a state of comfortable fluency has so far eluded me.

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That was fun! Anyone else want to be interviewed? Ask and ye shall be queried.

Friday Fun -

You're lucky, exedore, that today has turned into a slow day.

1. What drew you to Switzerland originally?

I married Cliff. Literally, I knew nothing about the place until I arrived there on honeymoon. I'm a quick study, neh?

2. You know Milka chocolate as well as I do. What are your favourite flavours?

I love the bars with whole hazelnuts in them - but just plain milk chocolate will get me by every time. Those special flavors at Christmas time were fantastic, but I think I liked the zimstern best.

3. You're in one of the earlier generations of animedom. What drew you to anime originally?

I was one of those lucky few who grew up in Southern California in the early 60's and got most of the commercial Tezuka properties off broadcast television - Kimba, The Amazing Three, others - Gigantor and of course, Astro Boy. (It is whack seeing the new show in color!) I can remember seeing Alakazam The Great when it was in the theaters (I even had the soundtrack), and that film has a copyright of 1961 - I was born in 1960.

I can't really remember a time when I did not like anime. I've always thought the artwork looked better, the stories made more sense and followed a more coherent path than American animated properties. Let alone had more than one type of female in the cast - people might bash me for liking "harem" anime, but I'm just glad there's more than a Smart Girl and a Pretty Girl to pick from.

And then we can talk about the music scores. BAABY!

4. What is your take on the Disney/Pixar fallout and how do you think it will affect the involved parties come 2006?

This is big. It's as big or bigger than losing Katzenberger to form Dreamworks, bigger than losing Frank Wells - but it's hard to say just how things are going to shift and change as a result of it. Disney has said they are divesting themselves of 2-D animation and have shuttered some of their studios. But the 3-D work is all Pixar, isn't it?

Perhaps Disney is just going to shop around for a replacement studio for Pixar - or try to recreate the technology in-house. Could they do that without getting sued?

But that's a long time in the future, and much could happen before then. One things for certain - all bets are off. I doubt we'll recognize either company by the time this separation occurs in 2005.

5. Kannst du and deine Deutsch errinern, oder musst du jetzt ein Wortebuch benutzen?

Was für mich schwierig ist, ist die Grammatik. Ich kann die Worte. Aber an nicht zu viele mich erinnern. Und sie zusammenfügend nach rechts kicks my ass. So I often double check my work with Babelfish - I do retain enough fluency to know when the wrong set of words has been used. Most of the time. I started learning the language at 30 by full-immersion with no classroom time to learn vocabulary or grammar - it works well to get started, but achieving a state of comfortable fluency has so far eluded me.

--

That was fun! Anyone else want to be interviewed? Ask and ye shall be queried.

Friday Fun -

You're lucky, exedore, that today has turned into a slow day.

1. What drew you to Switzerland originally?

I married Cliff. Literally, I knew nothing about the place until I arrived there on honeymoon. I'm a quick study, neh?

2. You know Milka chocolate as well as I do. What are your favourite flavours?

I love the bars with whole hazelnuts in them - but just plain milk chocolate will get me by every time. Those special flavors at Christmas time were fantastic, but I think I liked the zimstern best.

3. You're in one of the earlier generations of animedom. What drew you to anime originally?

I was one of those lucky few who grew up in Southern California in the early 60's and got most of the commercial Tezuka properties off broadcast television - Kimba, The Amazing Three, others - Gigantor and of course, Astro Boy. (It is whack seeing the new show in color!) I can remember seeing Alakazam The Great when it was in the theaters (I even had the soundtrack), and that film has a copyright of 1961 - I was born in 1960.

I can't really remember a time when I did not like anime. I've always thought the artwork looked better, the stories made more sense and followed a more coherent path than American animated properties. Let alone had more than one type of female in the cast - people might bash me for liking "harem" anime, but I'm just glad there's more than a Smart Girl and a Pretty Girl to pick from.

And then we can talk about the music scores. BAABY!

4. What is your take on the Disney/Pixar fallout and how do you think it will affect the involved parties come 2006?

This is big. It's as big or bigger than losing Katzenberger to form Dreamworks, bigger than losing Frank Wells - but it's hard to say just how things are going to shift and change as a result of it. Disney has said they are divesting themselves of 2-D animation and have shuttered some of their studios. But the 3-D work is all Pixar, isn't it?

Perhaps Disney is just going to shop around for a replacement studio for Pixar - or try to recreate the technology in-house. Could they do that without getting sued?

But that's a long time in the future, and much could happen before then. One things for certain - all bets are off. I doubt we'll recognize either company by the time this separation occurs in 2005.

5. Kannst du and deine Deutsch errinern, oder musst du jetzt ein Wortebuch benutzen?

Was für mich schwierig ist, ist die Grammatik. Ich kann die Worte. Aber an nicht zu viele mich erinnern. Und sie zusammenfügend nach rechts kicks my ass. So I often double check my work with Babelfish - I do retain enough fluency to know when the wrong set of words has been used. Most of the time. I started learning the language at 30 by full-immersion with no classroom time to learn vocabulary or grammar - it works well to get started, but achieving a state of comfortable fluency has so far eluded me.

--

That was fun! Anyone else want to be interviewed? Ask and ye shall be queried.