How much do you really know about me?

[bnewman]

I don't usually meme. First, I'm uneasy about the narrow use of the tremendously useful term "meme" to mean "parametric content module copied from blog to blog" rather than "information copied from anywhere to anywhere". It's like using the term "life form" to refer specifically to bugs that lay their eggs in Jell-o. And second, most memes are silly.

So, I am ripping the genetic material out of this meme and reengineering it.

So... how much do you really know about me? This is an essay test.

Clarification: Do not give a summary of disconnected facts, as in the original meme, only in running prose instead of a list. Rather, demonstrate how well you know me by choosing a single topic of interest and exploring that topic in a paragraph of around 5 sentences.

Answers will be screened. I will reveal your score, and may, at my discretion, reveal the content of your answer, unless you ask me not to.

Comments

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

A

[wayman.livejournal.com]

You've been writing short stories, screenplays, and poems since you were born in 1979. Three years after graduating from South Eugene (Oregon) High School, you moved to St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, and invented a disc-braking system for skateboards which has been extremely successful. You've been a game developer for the Timesplitters series, among others, since 2000. And in 2005, you won a Pegasus Award.

I predict I score somewhere around 25% on the above :-)

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

Um... D

[wayman.livejournal.com]

More seriously,

Your awesome sense of wonder leads you to seek, and discover, things and concepts that many of us fail to see though they surround us; you see patterns and draw connections between these, and between them and commonplace ideas and forms; and you craft novel expressions of your discoveries and revelations, through which you not only communicate your finds but also share your underlying sense of wonder and, I believe, the power to tap into it and feel it ourselves.

That seems far more important than mentioning that you're from San Francisco, like cognitive science, and write really good songs. Though mentioning that you were a roommate I was fortunate to have, and that you're a good friend whom I should really keep in better touch with, seem worthy of inclusion.

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

A+, and thank you.

Note to all: It is not necessary for a comment to be complinmentary in order to get a high score. I'll try to be as honest as I can about honest, critical comments. Of course, those (if they occur) are more likely to remain screened.