Is there a book/play/idea yet to be made into into a movie that you'd love to see adapted? If so what is it?
My daughter and I are working on some mysteries with some offbeat plots. We're pretty sure that something similar must have been down through the years in some medium, but they're original enough for me to keep them quiet for now. I'd love to see
One Hundred Years of Soliude made into a movie in its original setting. There is a Japanese film version which I haven't seen. I'm guessing it would be too difficult to somehow translate his poetic prose to the screen and still capture the magical realism. Too bad John Boorman didn't try about 30 years ago.
Do you consider yourself a hippy?
No. I consider my older brother a hippie because he was, and there are photos (locked away somewhere) to prove it. I was just slightly too young to be a hippie. I was 11 during the Summer of Love. Besides, I've never really been into fashion as a form of expression. I tend to buy plain clothes with no emblems of any kind, and I never wear any accessories or jewelry (except my wedding ring). I'll admit to wearing bell bottoms during my junior year in high school, but I never wore my hair long or did any grass or anything similar until I was into college.
If you could only eat one type of cuisine (i.e. Indian, Mexican, Chinese etc) for the rest of your life what would it be and why?
I can eat most anything, but if forced to choose, I'd probably pick Mexican (at least what's served at Mexican restaurants) because it's very easy to make at home and can easily be varied so as not to become too boring. I've made a lot of it down through the years, so it would be the easiest for myself to transition to, plus I like Salsa Brava.
Are we alone in the universe? or are we being observed by aliens? Essentially do you believe there's any truth in tales of the supernatural, U.F.O,'s, reptilian conspiracy theories, Bigfoot and all that crazy stuff?
There are plenty of seemingly-unexplainable things going on around here, including basic government inefficiency, but to group it as one specific reason/conspiracy and for me to believe it is something I haven't bothered to exert too much energy on. On general principle, I find it difficult to believe that we are alone, but I'm not ready to commit to trying to explain things such as UFOs as lots of isolated incidents where the "viewers" all tend to agree on what they saw and what was done to them. I'm sure there are plenty of nutjobs, but there is probably something happening to somebody somewhere that could well be real, but whether these "spaceships" are physical, alien, spiritual, extradimensional, etc., I personally have no way of knowing. If we are supposed to be the best and brightest of the universe, I feel the universe has blundered its way into existence for little reason except for underachievement.
What's the closest you've come to a Zen like experience?
I haven't practiced zen, although my brother was a Buddhist for years, but I have come to some inner awareness through fasting and meditation, but unlike Zen, I focused on the Bible, constant prayer and study. It helped me to gain enlightenment and a form of inner peace, but I realize that it's pretty far afield from Zen. The one thing I will say is that I did this mostly by myself with another couple of similar practitioners, so it did make it a very personal and private experience, but we'd try to share with each other what it was we were trying to do and what we accomplished in both our internal and external lives.
Did you ever catch the disco bug back in the seventies?
No. I got into pogoing and a bit of slamming in the '70s, but I never discoed. I wasn't the most sociable person growing up into young adulthood anyway.
Considering my taste would you be good enough to name five essential B-movies from the seventies I'm unlikely to have seen.
I don't have time to answer this question now. Do you want me to only stick to your preferred genres? Horror/Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure/Crazy Comedies? Or am I allowed to get real out there and include a romance.