The Honestea Tag

Olivia, Katie, Eva, and Skye all did this fun tag, and although none of them specifically tagged me, the rules say that's okay, so... that's okay!  Okay?

    

~The Rules~ 

• No lies allowed. If an answer is too shameful to expose you may substitute the answer with a gif/image of someone drinking tea. 
• There are optional bonus additions to questions but these are not for the faint of heart. 
• If you complete the tag having answered every question + the bonus additions (no gifs used), you are dubbed a certified tea chugger, and you deserve a badge to show the world that you are not afraid of a steaming hot cup of TRUTH. 
• Tag at least one other person (a tea party with just one is not very fun. trust me.) Untagged persons are more than welcome to fill it out as well (nothing cooler than crashing a tea party).

What is a ‘bad’ (generally disliked) movie that you actually love?

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).  It's everything I want in a Wolverine movie.  I infinitely prefer it to The Wolverine (2013), which was long and pedantic.  This one is funny, has a great brothers-to-enemies-to-allies arc, and includes my favorite love interest for Wolvie from the comic books, Silver Fox.

What is your most shocking reading habit? 

Imagining that, when I buy a book, I am also buying the time to read the book, and therefore I have piled up more than 500 unread books in my house over the last ten years.  I'm not exaggerating.  It's become grotesque, but I'm reading my way through them at a steady rate now, so at least that's something.

Tell us the number one lie you write in your posts. 

That I'm going to watch a movie or read a book soon!  I have 500+ unread books on my TBR shelves and probably 100+ unwatched movies on my TBW shelves. "Soon" means "eventually."

Tell us the worst character name you’ve ever thought up. 

I wrote a character named Stirling when I was a teen.  He had a sterling character.

What is the real reason you procrastinate writing your work in progress? 

I enjoy watching movies more than writing books.

What is a genre of music you secretly love? 

Probably not many people around here know I enjoy thrash metal.  Especially classic Metallica.  Especially a lot of the cover songs they put on "Garage Inc" and the symphony-enhanced stuff on their first "S&M" album.

If you’re a plotter, what do you really think of pansters? If you’re a panster, what do you really think of plotters? 

I'm a plantser.  I think plotters should stop imagining they're better than pantsers, and I think pantsers should stop imagining they're cooler than plotters.

Share at least three lines of dialogue from one of your first writing projects.

All my early writing is packed away in a box somewhere, and I am not going to wade through all the boxes of stuff in my basement to find it. So...

Tell us the title & artist of the last song you listened to. 

I've got Postmodern Jukebox up on my laptop this afternoon, and the song that just finished was their 50s-style cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" :-D

Which beloved book/movie character do you dislike & why? 

Emma Woodhouse in Emma by Jane Austen.  She's such a brat for 98% of the book.  I get that it's part of her character arc, but I don't enjoy being around her.  Or, at least, I haven't -- I'm planning to reread Emma this month for Austen in August, so you never know.  I might like her better now.  (Caveat: I love her as portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma [1996].  But the book character, not so much.)

Tell us the title & topic of a post you have left in draft. 

I have loads.  My Ten Favorite Swashbucklers.  Why I Watch Film Noir.  Story Versus Medium.  I'll probably post that first one pretty soon, but the other two have languished a long time.  Will I ever finish them?  I don't know.  Maybe Rudy knows.  But he's not telling.

What is a book you pretend you’ve read/would like to read but know you never will?

I keep saying I'm going to read Moby-Dick and Don Quixote.  But I haven't yet.  On the other hand, I said for years that I was going to read War and Peace, and I did!  So I might, yet.

Tell us the title & topic of the most embarrassing post you’ve ever written. 

Why would I post something I'm embarrassed by?  I honestly don't have an answer to this one.  So...

And that's that!  If you want to join in the fun, here are the questions, for your convenience:

• What is a ‘bad’ (generally disliked) movie that you actually love? 
• What is your most shocking reading habit? 
• Tell us the number one lie you write in your posts. 
• Tell us the worst character name you’ve ever thought up. {Bonus: share a character name you find ridiculous in a book/movie.} 
• What is the real reason you procrastinate writing your work in progress? 
• What is a genre of music you secretly love? 
• If you’re a plotter, what do you really think of pansters? If you’re a panster, what do you really think of plotters? 
• Share at least three lines of dialogue from one of your first writing projects. {Bonus: give us the good stuff. your most gruesome butchering of the English language.} 
• Tell us the title & artist of the last song you listened to. 
• Which beloved book/movie character do you dislike & why? 
• Tell us the title & topic of a post you have left in draft. 
• What is a book you pretend you’ve read/would like to read but know you never will? {Bonus: share a time when claiming you’ve read a classic/well-known book didn’t end well} 
• Tell us the title & topic of the most embarrassing post you’ve ever written. {Bonus: include. the. link.}