Friday Five
1) If you came upon a time machine, where would you go? Would you alter anything? Why?
Well, I wouldn’t go into the future at this point because I’d probably land in the middle of a nuclear holocaust. I’m actually fine with staying right in the exact moment I’m in now since I’ve traveled a lot in my life, had plenty of Han Soloing, and I can find out pretty much anything about anything in the past by visiting the internet or my local library branch. I would kind of like to go back to before my Dad got sick with Alzheimer’s and sit down with him and my Mom to find out more about them. Like most children, I neglected this until it was too late – one reason I’m writing my own story now.
2) If you managed to capture the Questing Beast, an odd combination of animal forms that is said to know the answers to all questions, what one question would you ask it? Would the answer change anything?
What’s it all about, Alfie? Possibly. Depends what it was.
3) You’ve found yourself a rather obedient genie in a bottle. Make your three wishes. Why, out of everything you could ask for, do these three win out?
1. Great health and peace of mind until death in sleep on the day I decide I’m ready.
2. Same for my children and grandchildren.
3. Peace on earth.
Not necessarily in that order. I figure with peace of mind and physical health, everything else is frosting.
4) Someone presents you with a working voodoo doll. Do you use it? On who, why, and to what purpose?
I’d be tempted to use it politically, but it’s not my style.
5) Pick a superpower, any superpower. What and why? How would this change your life?
My grandson would be the best expert on superpowers (at 13, he’s right in the middle of this boy phase). I was very impressed by Glinda, the good witch in Wizard of Oz as a child, and also by Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. When I wasn’t indoors reading Oz books, I was in the top of a tree on the farm where I grew up pretending to be Sheena. Today I’d love to be able to change things with a wand if I wished (well, little things anyway) and hang out in nature a lot like Sheena.
Deep Thought: One of the worst things you can do as an actor, I think, is to forget your lines, and then get so flustered you start stabbing the other actors.
Today I am grateful for: Last roses of summerGuess the Movie: “You shoot off a guy’s head with his pants down, believe me, Texas is not the place you wanna get caught.”
Answer: Thelma and Louise, 1991
Polls Today Kerry 217/Bush 311 Tidbit from EVP:
One thing I did not mention yesterday but many of you mentioned is the wild swing in Wisconsin. That is indeed very fishy. But there are wild swings today too. Florida went from Kerry by 1 to Bush by 8. Even more unlikely is the change in Oregon, which went from a 12% Kerry lead yesterday to a 1% Bush lead today. Such wide swings are just not believable in the absence of major news. The only variable being changed is which pollster is doing the reporting. If you haven’t checked out the pollster page, you might want to do it to see how the map is affected by who is doing the polling.What the **((&!!! Oregon is now showing Barely Bush. OK, I’m going to be volunteering down at Kerry campaign headquarters this morning and I’ll see what’s what!
End of Day: 8:39 pm
+ = Got a Vote Democratic window sign at the political action group headquarters today.
- = Pet store out of squirrel food.
Comments (8)
(1) I’m a total fan of Time and Again, I’d probably want to do that, New York 1880-1910. Just to watch and be. I guess Paris or New York 1920-1930 would be a second choice, though I’d think it might be too sad.
(2) Why do people hurt each other?
(3) (a) Enough money for me and my son to be comfortable and ok, without worrying. (b) People to realize that they need to stop wars. (c) everyone on earth have a fair shot at being happy.
(4) Politically. Absolutely politically. Any more details and the Secret Service might stop by.
(5) Gotta be flight. Cause I wanna.
Or how about Somewhere in Time? That question about why do people hurt each other is such an important one. Some obvious answers are greed, power, etc., but I think even well-intentioned people are just plain careless when confronted with all the demands of daily life. It takes hard work and discipline to rise to one’s highest level and stay there all the time.
stabbing? i think i’ll stay on your good side.
I thought Somewhere in Time was a not quite good enough representation of Time and Again. A great film version of Time and Again would be awesome. Computers I think, could make it possible. (for those who don’t know, the book is by Jack Finney).
Doing a quick check I discovered that Time and Again by Jack Finney was published in 1970, and there has been a short film made by Todd Thompson in 2002, plus Robert Redford has been planning to make a film.
Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson came out in book form in 1976 and the film in 1980. The book was originally called Bid Time Return.
OK, TIme and Again is now on my to-read list.
I love your answers!!! If I could back in time. Would love be in Russia either 1915 or 16. Was exciting age for Russia Poetry.
It’s not great literature, but I’ve always thought it was a great read. I’ve always loved the sense of it. People joke about my New York tours which are far less about “this is this” and far more about “you know what used to be here?”
I figured you could do Sheena and Glinda…sort of a naughty and nice thing going on…