Angel Noire
Mar 26, 2020
Updated: Apr 16, 2023
Mr. D grew up in Midwestern America but moved to the Pacific North-West, a place he intended to call home... until he met Angel! So he made the leap across the pond and lived in London for four years before settling in jolly New England!
So settle down with a plate of pie and a cup of whatever while Mr. D gets all nostalgic on us!
That would be visiting both sets of grandparents. My maternal grandparents lived in Michigan on a farm, and whenever we stayed there, we would have strawberries, fresh corn on the cob, and maple syrup that they'd collected from their trees, and we'd always have that with our pancakes for breakfast. I learnt a lot about the process and it is pretty time-consuming - but so worth it! How many people get to drench their pancakes with maple syrup that didn't come from the supermarket???
My paternal grandparents retired to Arizona, and I have lots of great memories of going to visit them there. My grandfather was an artist and when he retired, he devoted himself to various local art projects, and it was great to go out there and see what he was working on. I still have many of his paintings around my house. My paternal grandparents were of Italian descent and whenever I went out to Arizona, my grandmother would make huge Italian meals. She made the best gnocchi - it would take pretty much all day to make - and today gnocchi is still one of my favourite dishes.
Because I loved animals and nature, I did think about becoming a park ranger or a veterinarian. Or maybe a job that involved a lot of travel so I could see a bit of the world. I'm very lucky that the job I currently have enables me to travel. I've seen quite a bit of the US and hopefully I'll be making more international trips.
I've been playing video games since I was very young - I can't even remember how old I was. It's just something that I've always done. We had a Nintendo and a Sega, but I much preferred the Nintendo. The kind of games I love are strategy games as well as fantasy ones too.
I definitely enjoy the social element of playing games, whether it's online with fellow gamers all over the world, or when your friends come over to your house. It was my favourite thing to do with friends and family when I was a child, and even now as an adult, when my friends come over, you can bet your life there'll be some kind of game being played.
I'm very lucky that where I live there are a few game stores that I like to visit, and one in particular has Magic the Gathering tournaments that my friends and I like to check out. And get free cards!
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I really liked Lego and still collect them (yes, he does. Much to my annoyance! - Angel) I was also really into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and collected a lot of the merch, which I still have back at my parents' house. I was a big Michaelangelo fan! Also being a huge fan of Star Trek and Star Wars, I collected quite a few of those bits and pieces too.
As for games, I played a lot of Magic the Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, and Lord of the Realm II. When I became older, I really got into World of Warcraft. Now I play a whole variety of games depending on what I feel like.
Well what's not to like about superheroes? They're just the coolest! There's also that concept of good versus evil, and light overcoming darkness. Kids grow up feeling that the good guy always wins - although when we get to adulthood, we soon learn that that isn't always true!
I think the reason why so many adults are still into superheroes is down to the whole nostalgia factor. People are usually drawn to the good parts of their childhood and for many of us, we love those superhero characters because we grow up with them.
And in any case - superheroes aren't just for kids!
I'm really amazed that more people in Britain don't know about Brian Jacques - pronounced Jakes - because he's British! He's a great storyteller from Liverpool. He wrote the Redwall series of books which is my absolute favourite series in the world. It's about a mouse called Redwall and all his animal friends. There were about twenty two or twenty three books in that series and I loved reading about Redwall. I've always loved animals but I think I loved them even more because of Redwall.
Christmas
Root beer of course!
Don't really care for either of them!
I have to say Sega because they make my Total War games.
Drive in
Neither - Brian Jacques
Soccer
Marvel
Neither. Big Bang Theory.
Star Wars
You're going to the movies. What type of film would you like to see?
All photos and word cloud by Angel Noire