Letter

[liv]

azurelunatic revived a meme from several months back, where you answer some questions with a particular letter of the alphabet. This is what I said a year ago for A. And now Azz has given me G, so:

Something I hate: The Government, right now. Not the principle of having a Government, but the people who are currently using their democratic mandate to dismantle the NHS, punish people for being poor and disabled, stir up xenophobia and deport refugeees to countries where they will likely be killed. Not to mention trying to leave the EU, which is going to make these and lots of other things worse.

Something I love: Gaming. I started playing modern Eurogames in the late 90s, and they were a big part of my social life while I was doing my PhD, and jack introduced me to people who play a lot of board games and the more I play them the more I enjoy them.

Somewhere I've been: Germany. I haven't travelled in Germany as much as I'd like to, but every time I've been there I've really enjoyed myself. Well, the first time was on a school exchange trip which was kind of dire, but I really enjoyed visiting Munich even if my host family were awful.

Somewhere I'd like to go: Genova, mainly because of how falena talks about it.

Someone I know: GS, who is an octogenarian friend from shul, one of the very few people I know more extrovert than me, and a total geek avant la lettre.

A film I like: I can't actually think of any films I've seen beginning with G, I'm sure there must be some. Here's Gravity, which I had some positive feelings about although I wasn't massively impressed

Comment for a letter, if you don't mind a second round of the meme.

Comments

[ayebydan]

letter please :)

Your hates are my hates. I live with another stay and one adamant leave so I'm working on breaking down his reasoning. He gets rather angry and shouty when I do that though so one argument at a time. He does that, sadly, when he can't refute an argument because...well I don't present arguments I present facts which break down his argument.

[liv]

I think there are reasons not to love the EU, but the UK leaving just seems like an unmitigated disaster. Ugh.

Anyway, have an M :-)

[ambyr]

Sure, I like letters.

[liv]

And I like seeing people's answers to little quizzes like this. Have a K.

[slashmarks]

Letter please?

Obviously I see more US news than UK, but everything I've heard about Over There sounds fairly frightening lately. (As if we're doing better...)

[liv]

Not absolutely everything is terrible here, but the scary stuff is pretty scary. Would you like an E?

[emperor]

I at least might do this meme... :)

[liv]

Yay more people joining in with my memes. N.

[ewt]

Oooh! A meme I can probably manage!

I would like a letter, please.

[liv]

Cool, I'm glad this one worked better for you than the other one. Have a V.

[cremains]

I'd like a letter! Bring back the LJ/DW meme, I say; they're so much thinkier than equivalents on other social media.

[liv]

To be fair I tend to skim over the ones that are less thinky, but I agree, thinky memes fit much better in this format. Your letter is A.

[oursin]

Oooh, letter please?

[liv]

Certainly. I bet you say something really interesting to most of the questions! Here is an S, which hopefully gives you a bit of flexibility.

[cafeshree]

I'd like to join the fun, a letter please.

[liv]

Yay, people passing on my memes! I hope you have fun with an A.

[falena]

I'm so happy my ramblings about Genova got you curious about visiting it.

I could do with a quick meme. I'd like a letter, please.

[liv]

:-) You write and take photos so evocatively. One day. I'm not very good at travelling just to go to places, I always want to spend my holiday time and money seeing friends. But perhaps I will get organized enough to come and visit you at some stage.

Here is a T.

[shreena]

That looks like a manageable meme - go on, give me a letter.

Genoa is lovely - the vegetarian food in Liguria as a whole is delicious, also.

[liv]

That is very useful to know about veggie food. I've not been to Italy much at all but I've always found plenty of veggie stuff to eat, even if it means basically not bothering with secondi.

Your letter is V.

[lenores_raven]

can I have a letter too?

I believe we share the same hate but for the different Governments.

[liv]

Sympathy on being stuck with a rubbish government. Have an F.

[lenores_raven]

Thank you. :-)

[teigh_corvus]

I would love a letter. :) [And ugh, why is there so much governmental suck right now? I'm very grateful for Canada's PM at the mo'.]

[liv]

I'm glad somewhere has good leadership right now! Your letter is T.

[rushthatspeaks]

A letter would be nice, as I'm trying to post more lately.

[liv]

Ooh, good idea, I often find doing silly memes helps me to get over blocks on posting, mostly perfectionist ones. Here is an L.