<p>I made up my own prompt about my “recipe” (I used food/preparation methods to symbolize different personality traits).</p>
<p>Do you ever make decisions with a magic 8 ball?</p>
<p>If I say yes does that make me impulsive and unable to think rationally?</p>
<p>(That was both my answer and my question)</p>
<p>It means you choose not to think rationally.</p>
<p>Favorite Chicago alum?</p>
<p>Vonnegut, for sure. I love his work.</p>
<p>Are black cats truly unlucky?</p>
<p>NO. They’re cute. Cute == unlucky.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who thought that Cat’s Cradle had little to no substance to it at all? Or am I just misunderstanding?</p>
<p>I mean, I know all the symbolism in it and crap, but I got halfway through the book and was still looking for a plot line…</p>
<p>That’s the beauty of Vonnegut, but I agree that “Cat’s Cradle” was one of his more plotless novels. I think we need to consider that part of what Vonnegut was trying to do was point out the frivolity and carelessness and disorder in society, and the organization of the novel reflects that (just as the organization of “Slaughterhouse-Five” mirrored that of Billy Pilgram’s time travel and the trafalmadorian order).</p>
<p>On that note (sort of), has anyone read the “Book of Salt” by Monique Truong?</p>
<p>Nope. </p>
<p>What’s your favorite thing about UChicago?</p>
<p>The phoenix. Well, maybe not, but since I have so many reasons I love UofC, I’ve started simply telling people I chose it because I like the phoenix.</p>
<p>Which of your toes is your favorite?</p>
<p>I don’t think Vonnegut actually graduated from Chicago - he attended as a graduate student in Anthropology - I don’t think he ever earned a degree at Chicago. He did spend a few years at Cornell as an undergraduate.</p>
<p>BigGreen- I just found this.
<a href=“http://www.vonnegutweb.com/vonnegutia/education.html[/url]”>http://www.vonnegutweb.com/vonnegutia/education.html</a>
He eventually received his degree many years after he attended. And even if he hadn’t, a former student is still an alumnus.</p>
<p>Refer to my previous question, as dumb as it sounds now.</p>
<p>My right pinkie toe. It’s tiny and cute. (:</p>
<p>Favorite 3 digit number?</p>
<p>394</p>
<p>which reminds me… in Bulgaria, when someone sneezes, you tell them a 3 digit number, they add the three digits and check which letter from the alphabet stands in this position, say 3+9+4=16, P. That means that people with names starting with the letter P think of you. that’s how i know by heart the position of every letter in the alphabet…</p>
<p>so my question is, do you have that game, wherever you are from?</p>
<p>Are you serious? That sounds interesting (not to mention I probably couldn’t tell you which number a letter was in the alphabet!). I should start doing that…it’s much better than “bless you.”</p>
<p>My interviewer asked me this–what instrument are you?</p>
<p>Hmm, tough one. I’ll go with tenor sax, which I play. It has a nice rich low sound, so not squeaky and annoying, and it can sound beautiful with classical music or jazzy, so it can be what it likes.</p>
<p>What happens if you say 999 (27)?
(In response to that crazy game question in post 2940)</p>
<p>a again. it gets hit twice</p>
<p>what do you put in your omellettes?</p>
<p>ONIONS…milk, bacon and assorted other things depending on what’s on hand.</p>
<p>favourite PC game? currently i mean.</p>
<p>alchemy from yahoo games. you can play it online and although it looks like nothing, it can eat whole afternoons when you have nothing to do but send applications. </p>
<p>i’m back so soon cos I just wanted to observe that the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet has more letters than the English one and I forgot that. But I guess you do what GIMEurSTRESballZ suggested. </p>
<p>Question: Do you think that blogs will lose their popularity in a year or two? Just wondering, cos I just read an article how blogs changed even journalism- and maybe mostly journalism… Hmmm?</p>
<p>Yes, i do think so. Blogs did not even exist ten years ago, and who knows what kinds of media will exist in the next ten? BUT, one thing about this decade has not changed: the most discerning and important news pieces are written by journalists who still employ traditional methods of gathering and presenting information. One awesome thing David Brooks AB '83 says, “What I bring to the table as a journalist is what I learned from the common core at Chicago, and it’s what has kept me focused on the substance rather than the craft of journalism.” Yes, the craft has changed (in this case to blogs) and it will continue to change, but the substance is too important to sacrifice.</p>
<p>Is the Heart of Darkness a racist text? Sorry if this is bookish, but I’m giving a presentation Thursday on the subject.</p>
<p>I hold to the philosophy that Conrad accurately portrayed racial prejudices of the time which were not necessarily his own.</p>
<p>Speaking of Heart of Darkness, what’s the most depressing book you have ever read?</p>
<p>Heart of Darkness</p>
<p>I’m not even being an ***hole…it is seriously the most depressing book I’ve read, ever. The implications for humanity as a whole…</p>
<p>Jean-Paul Sartre: yes or no? Why?</p>