Get to Know your bloggers - Tante Fledermaus

Name: I'm TanteFledermaus.  My parents call me Leslie.  My coworkers do too.  My students call me Teacherteacherteacherteacher.

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 If I'm going to eat a Cheeto, I prefer the original hard ones.  My go-to cheese flavored snack is Sun Chips, though.  They're like virtuous Doritos.

 I started my blog as a way to comment on other blogs that I read on the regular.  I also don't have much of an IRL social life, so it's a nice way to interact with other humans.  I'm socially awkward.

 I had oatmeal with cranberries and walnuts for breakfast.  And a protein shake.  I am disappointed in my protein powder.  It's gritty.

 My language is... colorful.  I will swear when it seems like it would add punch.

 I don't watch horror movies.  I do, however, like the sort of crap you see on Investigation Discovery, about actual human depravity.  I'm not sure why.  I don't want to listen to screaming.

 All my pleasures are guilty.  I like spray cheese and early 90s hair "metal."

 I'm not sure what I like most on my blog.  Probably the interactions with people part?

 I'm pretty sure the last book I read was World War Z, but it might have been Boneshaker.  I don't generally read fiction- I read those on a flight to North Carolina.

 I like the buttered popcorn Jelly Bellies.

 Zombies look like they'd have a smell.  You'd have to clean up after vampires.  Ghosts can float.  I like ghosts.

 I don't have a favorite song or music.  My iTunes library has about 5 versions of "La Mer," about 4 of "La Vie En Rose," and 6 of "The Night Pat Murphy Died."  I can listen to Skrillex's "Bangarang" over and over.  There's no real theme to any of it.

 I like black.  I like pink.  I like purple.  Mostly, I like glitter.

 I'm not craving anything, because I just finished dinner.  Later, I will probably eat cinnamon almonds.

The longer I live, the more I think that "Labyrinth" and "The Dark Crystal" are the pivotal films.  I hero-worship Jim Henson, and Brian Froud is a very nice man.  His whole family is lovely.  On the TV end, I am still not over "Firefly" being cancelled.  I'm going to watch "Serenity" tonight, in fact.

 When the zombies come, I'm probably going to be in the first wave of people to be eaten.  So, a better question would be, what will YOU use to protect yourself against ME?

 My favorite quote is very long.  It's Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot."  You can find it on YouTube.  Edward Gorey once said "Part of me is genuinely eccentric- part of me is a bit of a put-on.  But I know what I'm doing."  It reflects my life pretty well.

What is your stance on George Lucas's tendency to not leave well enough alone?

-For your question: As far as George Lucas goes, I just try and pretend that Star Wars ends at Return of the Jedi. I can't stand the bad acting, bad screenplays and the inconsistencies. I don't like any Indiana Jones movies... I wish he would have just shot the horse in the face back in the day and lived in the glory.
-I'm with you 100% about not being over Firefly being cancelled, one of the best purchases I've ever made was getting Firefly on DVD. Serenity has to be one of the best things put out in the universe, but makes me want more!

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