The Answers part I: books, movies, music, etc.

April 2, 2008 · Filed Under An American Expat in Deutschland 

There were a lot of great questions, keep em coming if you still got any.  Here’s some answers, others will come soon.

1. What’s your favorite Pearl Jam song?

That’s tough.  I like a lot of them, and Riot Act has been played often as of late.  When I was in college, I considered “Corduroy” to be my anthem.  I dated this guy and after we broke up, he got with this girl who was always horrible to me because, he said, “She’s fun.”  After they broke up, she became a lesbian, and while I identified with the whole song, I especially identified with the line, “I’ ain’t s’posed to be just fun.”  Recently though, I’ve been enjoying “Long Road” quite a bit.

2. Say Lost was real and you were stranded with the other survivors of Oceanic flight 815- who would you choose to father your babies?

I’d have to go with Jack on that one.  He’s bootylicious.  Plus we’d have really smart babies.

3. Would you rather spend the day with Trent Reznor, 50 cent or Kiley Minogue?

Easy, Trent Reznor.  I don’t think I could manage spending a day with either of the other two.  But I’d love to hear his thought on Johnny Cash’s cover, find out what really went down between him and Tori, and maybe learn a thing or two about bondage.

4. What’s a classic book you’ve never read but plan to get around to one day?

I’ve been making my way through the classic books list the last few years,  I’ve already read Moby Dick, Oliver Twist, Dracula… the next classic book on my list is Vanity Fair.  I guess a more challenging classic would be Crime and Punishment, I started it but never finished.  Then there’s War and Peace, I guess I’ll probably attempt that one some day.

5. What books have influenced you throughout your life, even back into childhood?

This was really hard to answer.  I read quite a bit, but I had trouble coming up with books I feel influenced me. Actually, I always have problems answering the questions about influences.  I don’t have any heroes, okay, but I do have people who played influential roles in my life.  So maybe I’ll look at it that way.  Stephen King influenced me a lot as a kid/teenager.  I read Christine when I was in 4th grade, and read pretty much everything else by him through at least high school (I think the last book of his I read was Rose Madder).  He inspired me to be creative and attempt to write cheesy horror stories.  I found I was horrible at writing fiction, but his books did play a big role in my life and helped me find my best writing style.

Pride and Prejudice was probably another influential book.  I was a nerdy science geek, tomboy and thought romance, etc, was a waste if time.  I’m not really sure how exactly, but that book was the start of me developing my femininity.

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And that’s all the deep thought I can muster today.  How would you guys answer these questions?

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7 Responses to “The Answers part I: books, movies, music, etc.”

  1. rita on April 3rd, 2008 7:47 am

    4. What’s a classic book you’ve never read but plan to get around to one day?

    one of these days i will find a spot of time and FINALLY read beyond the first 37 pages of “pride and prejudice”. my hat’s off to you for managing the survival of “moby dick”. is it true melville writes out a full instruction how to make an apron out of a spermwale’s penis?

    5. What books have influenced you throughout your life, even back into childhood?

    mmmh. in my childhood i’d say it was the brothers grimm’s collection of fairy stories because my grandfather used to read them to me before we went to bed. as a teen i couldn’t leave my hands off “Schlafes Bruder” and “Homo Faber”. A bit later there was “Middlesex” and not to forget all the seven “Potters”. And then there were some books that absolutely stunned me, but if i wrote them all in a list, it would bust the comment box so i better stop.

    can’t wait to read your answers to the other questions. i have been busting my head what to ask and couldn’t come up with a sensible question.

  2. B. on April 3rd, 2008 10:18 am

    Yay, so glad you picked Trent Reznor… the others are a yawn.

    I totally go for Desmond as my baby-daddy… he’s yummy.

  3. tessa on April 3rd, 2008 12:15 pm

    1. I’m too young to know any Pearl Jam songs (1984).
    2. Sawyer, but don’t all pregnant women die on the island?
    3. I guess Trent Reznor, since the other two annoy me. But I would be too intimidated to know what to say.
    4. I want to read some Dostoevsky some day.
    5. I read constantly when I was a child, but I probably enjoyed L.M. Montgomery and Laura Ingalls Wilder most. I’m not sure how it influenced me, though.

  4. Vicky on April 3rd, 2008 3:41 pm

    1) Last Kiss - because I like to sing along

    2) Depending on the season, I would say Locke or Charlie. Locke I find pretty darn physically attractive (Island Locke, not flashback Locke). Charlie I routinely fall in love with. I especially loved him at the close of last season.

    3) Eh…. Hard. Maybe 50 Cent because I think his perspective would be the most different from my own, so I would learn the most?

    4) I would say the Count of Monte Cristo, but only because a friend loaned it to me nearly five years ago and I have yet to read it.

    5) Both Slapstick and Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut, reached me about the importance of extended family (even surrogate extended families) and the impact of loneliness.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a must read, but I would say “Revolution Suicide” by Huey Newton (Co-founder of the Black Panther Party) really changed my perspective on the civil rights struggle and the Black Panther Party (they were NOT terrorists). I also found it an inspiration in regards to how even in captivity one can manage their own time, body and feelings.

  5. Vicky on April 3rd, 2008 3:46 pm

    OOoh I have another one for #5. Back when I was a very young child, they read a book at Sunday School about a vain tree that was cut down and made into the cross for Jesus. At the very end of the book (after Jesus in all his pain and suffering found it fit to forgive the tree for all its vanity), the tree heard some music and he died.

    “That’s what happens as you die,” the teacher said, “You hear the angel choir sing”

    That has started a LIFE LONG tradition/superstition. To this day, anytime I hear far off music that could be potentially “angelic”, I instantly think through the verses of the Act of Contrition and ask for forgiveness for my sins…while there is still time.

    I have yet to encounter the angel choir though. It is usually a car passing by. :)

  6. Troy on April 3rd, 2008 8:18 pm

    Pearl Jam. Oh, oh, oh, I’m still Alive. Yeah! Thanks for the great post. Having ties to Seattle made the Pearl Jam reference all that more vivid. I also like all the resources you’ve pointed to. We are new to Munich, and started a blog telling about the adventure here: http://www.munichdailyphoto.blogspot.com/

  7. Christina G on April 4th, 2008 12:59 pm

    @rita: Pride and Prejudice is great, you should try again - I don’t specifically remember the apron instructions, but it could very well be true. He did put several detailed instructions in there. I guess he wanted to prove to folks that he’d really been there and done that - you’ve reminded me that I want to read Schlafes Bruder. Need to put that on my wishlist - And questions don’t have to be sensible, sometimes those are the most fun to answer!

    @B.: Oh, forgot about Desmond. Hmm…

    @tessa: Sun and Kate aren’t gonna die. They’ll come up with a cure. ;-)

    @vicky: Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorites. Give it a try. I thought about 50 Cent. I figured, maybe he’d give me some bling he didn’t care about anymore and I could sell it and use the money as a downpayment on a house! ;-)

    @troy: Nice photos on your site! I wish I could have been in Seattle during the whole Grunge movement. That would have been pretty cool.

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