{"id":137,"date":"2008-02-09T17:29:09","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T22:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=137"},"modified":"2008-02-09T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T22:29:09","slug":"a-sort-of-silly-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"A Sort of Silly Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weekend Fisher<\/a> has tagged me with the Celebrity meme. The meme, answer these questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Who would s\/he be?<\/li>\n
  2. Where would you expect him\/her to bring you?<\/li>\n
  3. Where would you bring him\/her?<\/li>\n
  4. What would you like to do with him\/her?<\/li>\n
  5. What\u2019s the one thing you\u2019d been always wanting to ask the celebrity?<\/li>\n
  6. If s\/he didn\u2019t treat you well, would s\/he be your favorite celebrity?<\/li>\n
  7. What would you give to him\/her as a gift before saying goodbye so s\/he\u2019d remember you?<\/li>\n
  8. Tag 3 people.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now, I’m assuming some things about this “Celebrity”, that is the common famous people currently living related to “show business”, not for example famous Comp-Sci icon like Donald Knuth, mathematicians like Terrence Tao, or theologians like Metropolitan John Zizioulas and living so we might exclude any number of very famous people. Too many others I like, for example as authors Dan Simmons or other popular authors are too obscure to be celebrated\/celebrity. What is my answer?<\/p>\n

    Iwas hoping over the weekend to come up with an idea of a celebrity who was really a celebrity, Eddy Merckx for example is a celebrity in Europe but cycling is too small a sport to matter here. From the acting community, I was really really impressed by Michael Kitchen in the Foyle’s War<\/em> series … but again I think too far “down on the charts” to count.I wanted to think of a famous person recognized in America as really a celebrity who was actually praiseworthy and someone whom I wanted<\/em> to meet. Alas, my small brain can’t figure an answer to that question this weekend. But there is a celebrity, with whom I think I’d be glad for some advice with respect to my youngest daughter … so with that in mind we begin:<\/p>\n

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    1. So my celebrity choice would be Nadia Comaneci. She may be out of the spotlight for some time but I watched, was amazed with the world, and admired\/adored her during the 1976 Olympic games. My youngest daughter is, albeit starting a little late, becoming enthusiastically involved in gymnastics and beginning to compete.<\/li>\n
    2. I wouldn’t expect her to bring anything.<\/li>\n
    3. Perhaps we could meet at a meet? That would be cool. I’m a novice at watching gymnastics. Some pointers at what to look for from the stands would be really nice.<\/li>\n
    4. I’d like to talk, to get advice with respect to my daughter.<\/li>\n
    5. What’s fame like? Is it worth it if it comes during your pursuit of your passion\/vocation?<\/li>\n
    6. I wouldn’t feel bad if she didn’t treat me well. I’m the one<\/em> imposing on her.<\/li>\n
    7. I think a nice goodbye gift might be an icon of St. Emmelia, my daughter’s name\/Chrismation saint. I don’t know if she’s Orthodox, but the percentage of Orthodox in Romania is in the high 90’s so there’s a chance. I’d hope she might find a place for it in her corner if that wasn’t too large an imposition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Three to tag? How about the rest of the crew here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Weekend Fisher has tagged me with the Celebrity meme. The meme, answer these questions: Who would s\/he be? Where would you expect him\/her to bring you? Where would you bring him\/her? What would you like to do with him\/her? What\u2019s the one thing you\u2019d been always wanting to ask the celebrity? If s\/he didn\u2019t treat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-marko"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t