Chris Charabaruk - Plinky Answers

How I hate suburbia!

2009-03-08T07:55:11-06:00

Living in the suburbs is horrible. There's no real sense of community, even when everyone knows each other. There's no sense of character in the locale, since pretty much every house is the same save for the interior decoration. It's like factory-designed life, and I can't stand it!

I'd much rather live either in the urban core of a city, where social culture can be found and people are willing to actually accept their neighbours exist at all. Better yet, I'd rather live in a small town, not necessarily a rural one, but one where there is a real sense of community.

Suburbia is killing me.

The daily life of Chris Charabaruk, arch-slacker

2009-03-08T07:48:48-06:00

I write code, crack jokes, and generally wish I was 150km away, trying to snag fish at the cottage. Oh, and I sleep a lot.

More seriously, though, I spend a lot of time reading (e-mails, business magazine articles, programming fora), and not nearly enough time actually doing real work. Sometimes it's because I don't know how I should approach a certain situation in one of my projects. Other times, I just don't feel motivated to do anything at all.

It's something I'm trying to work on, because I feel it affects my life negatively. But even when I'm at my most productive, I tend to eventually slip back towards being a slacker.

You mean I can sing in places other than the shower?

2009-02-06T13:08:05-06:00

Creep by Radiohead

I wouldn't embarrass myself doing Creep. I channel Thom Yorke when I sing Radiohead's songs, and I got a great stage act for the song, for when I perform it in Rock Band.

Sex Bomb by Tom Jones

It's hilariously campy, so it'd be fun.

Grace, Too by The Tragically Hip

Wouldn't embarrass myself on this one either. I channel Gord Downie just as well as I do Thom Yorke.

How I'd spend $1,000

2009-01-29T20:42:49-06:00

If I were so lucky to have $1,000 simply fall into my lap, I'd waste no time in converting said cash into a computer. Really, there's nothing I'd want to spend it on more than getting a nice new box, one that's actually been made within the last five years, rather than without. (Yeah, I'm using a computer from 2003. I'm poor. So what?)

Hey, if you have a spare grand lying around, tell me. I'd be happy to take it off your hands, and get myself a new computer with it.

Three Great Songs

2009-01-23T17:20:20-06:00

Dare by Gorillaz

Everything is Automatic by Matthew Good Band

Empty by Metric

Food Service: Hell has a Cash Register

2009-01-23T17:08:37-06:00

Like many in my generation, my entrance to the wide world of work was through that bastion of soul-corrupting misery, the food service industry. At least, my first legally paid job was.