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vovat had two cool survey thingies today. Actually the one isn't ALL that cool, it just reminded me of sharing a room with my sister (she, and perhaps anyone who read the Backstory where I introduced my family, will understand):
"Ask me for "top five" lists of pretty much anything, and I will list for you my top five of that thing or things. Copy and give your own top fives."
Hah, top five lists late at night.
And then of course (which I have to point out thatyavanna2006 did also):
"Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much."
As I had 28 interests, I did every five, which turned out to be mostly boring ones though:
classic rock-- Well that's a cheesy one. In fact I spend most of my time convincing people that it's not ONLY classic rock I'm interested in! But you see, in college I had a classic rock radio show, so I have a large collection and hence know a lot of trivia. It really is a spin-off of my Beatles obsession though.
elementary education-- I list this because I feel the need to discuss it with whoever brings the topic up, just because I've been there and know stuff. I think it's a vitally important topic because children are the future, and their needs should therefore not be brushed off as trivial.
jim henson-- is THE MAN. He is like my demi-Messiah. It's like I'm first a follower of Jesus, and then shortly below him is Jim Henson. Read this book (and check out one of the customer reviews down there), and you will understand. Okay, I'll sum up: this man had a dream "about singing and dancing and making people happy," he truly GAVE a wonderful gift to the world, he left it better for his being here, he really cared, as well as he completely revolutionized and revitalized the art of puppetry.
music-- dang, stupid every 5, land on the boring ones. Well, never mind, Jim Henson was an interesting one at least. Well, here's the general "music" category, listed because I'm not picky about any particular KIND of music, I love GOOD music in general. It encaptures that I love to sing and play instruments and that I love to listen to music too, even that I love to dance. I'm the sort of person who always has a song in her head, and will randomly sing her talking if she feels like, and whatnot.
terry pratchett-- is the latest of my favorite authors, and MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW HIM, although as you will see if you are reading my friends page (or happen to bevovat, who is also in that community) the Discworld community is FULL of fanatics who are quite hyper about it. His writing is SO INCREDIBLY CLEVER (and by "clever" I mean "funny," "intelligent," AND "unique"), and just MEMORABLE, I find myself quoting and refering to concepts and things in random conversation on a daily basis.
That's it, time for bed.
vovat had two cool survey thingies today. Actually the one isn't ALL that cool, it just reminded me of sharing a room with my sister (she, and perhaps anyone who read the Backstory where I introduced my family, will understand):"Ask me for "top five" lists of pretty much anything, and I will list for you my top five of that thing or things. Copy and give your own top fives."
Hah, top five lists late at night.
And then of course (which I have to point out that
yavanna2006 did also):"Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much."
As I had 28 interests, I did every five, which turned out to be mostly boring ones though:
classic rock-- Well that's a cheesy one. In fact I spend most of my time convincing people that it's not ONLY classic rock I'm interested in! But you see, in college I had a classic rock radio show, so I have a large collection and hence know a lot of trivia. It really is a spin-off of my Beatles obsession though.
elementary education-- I list this because I feel the need to discuss it with whoever brings the topic up, just because I've been there and know stuff. I think it's a vitally important topic because children are the future, and their needs should therefore not be brushed off as trivial.
jim henson-- is THE MAN. He is like my demi-Messiah. It's like I'm first a follower of Jesus, and then shortly below him is Jim Henson. Read this book (and check out one of the customer reviews down there), and you will understand. Okay, I'll sum up: this man had a dream "about singing and dancing and making people happy," he truly GAVE a wonderful gift to the world, he left it better for his being here, he really cared, as well as he completely revolutionized and revitalized the art of puppetry.
music-- dang, stupid every 5, land on the boring ones. Well, never mind, Jim Henson was an interesting one at least. Well, here's the general "music" category, listed because I'm not picky about any particular KIND of music, I love GOOD music in general. It encaptures that I love to sing and play instruments and that I love to listen to music too, even that I love to dance. I'm the sort of person who always has a song in her head, and will randomly sing her talking if she feels like, and whatnot.
terry pratchett-- is the latest of my favorite authors, and MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW HIM, although as you will see if you are reading my friends page (or happen to be
vovat, who is also in that community) the Discworld community is FULL of fanatics who are quite hyper about it. His writing is SO INCREDIBLY CLEVER (and by "clever" I mean "funny," "intelligent," AND "unique"), and just MEMORABLE, I find myself quoting and refering to concepts and things in random conversation on a daily basis. That's it, time for bed.
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Date: 2005-09-09 02:29 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-09-09 11:38 pm (UTC)From:1. Pepperoni
2. Hot Peppers
3. Regular Peppers
4. Any combination of the above
5. Pizza-with-everything, sometimes.
Terry Pratchett books, although I, too, am not so sure about order, so I'll just name the ones that occur to me first
1- Soul Music, because as a rock history maven I TRULY appreciated the references, plus I just really dig the concept of a huge crashing power chord being the sound that created the universe.
2- The Wee Free Men, because it was the very first one I ever read, and I read it out loud to my brother complete with Scottish accent, and the whole dream thing was wild.
3- Night Watch, because it was, I don't know, just fascinating, and I hadn't even read that many Watch books yet when I read it; and the whole barricade thing reminded me of Les Miserables, the musical of which I was obsessed with in middle school.
4-Wyrd Sisters, which was the first of the "adult" series that I read and therefore convinced me that I had indeed stumbled upon something really awesome.
Hmmm... maybe Going Postal, or maybe The Truth. Maybe Thief of Time, which was my first Susan book, and I totally dug her. Or maybe some title that I can't think of at the moment and will see something about it in the next five minutes and say "I can't believe I forgot...!"
Okay, top 5 books in general:
1. A Wrinkle In Time-- Madeleine L'Engle
2. The Secret Garden-- Frances Hodgeson Burnett
3. oh, I don't know...
Harry Potter, as a series-- JK Rowling
4. maybe Anne of Green Gables-- LM Montgomery
5. hmmm, maybe I'll say Sense and Sensibility-- Jane Austen.... Yeah, aside from the first one, it's a really tough call!
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Date: 2005-09-10 02:12 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 01:36 pm (UTC)From:Hah, yes, I always had a much greater appreciation for Reg Shoe after this...
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Date: 2005-09-10 05:42 pm (UTC)From: