November 5, 2004
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You’re stranded on an island.
Not a completely desolate island. More along the lines that the boat delivering supplies only comes once every six months and will never, ever take you home. Decide what you’ll bring!
One celebrity: – Bob Dylan
Two books: (1) Random House Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged Edition and (2) Siddhartha – by Hermann Hesse
Three edibles: – Mixed nuts, red grapes, avocados.
Four films: Hoosiers, Moonstruck, The Last Waltz, A Beautiful Mind
Five music albums: (1) Pearl – Janis Joplin, (2) Blue – Joni Mitchell, (3) Unplugged – Eric Clapton, (4) Blonde on Blonde – Dylan, and (5) The Four Seasons – Vivaldi.
(Artist of painting is Sophie Hallonquist).
Deep Thought: “If I could be any kind of dog, I think I’d be one of those little yappy dogs, because while you’re sitting there on the couch trying to sound real smart, I’m just yapping away. Just yappin’ and yappin’, and there’s nothing you can do about it, because I live here.”
Today I am grateful for: Cybercommunity
Guess the Movie: “Sometimes I wish, I wish I’d — The first time I got hit, I was shot in the foot. I could have laid down, I mean — who gives a fuck now if I was a hero or not? I was paralyzed, castrated that day; why? It was all so — stupid! I’d have my dick and my balls now, and some days, Timmy — some days I think I’d give everything I believe in — everything I got, all my values, just to have my body back again, just to be whole again. But I’m not whole; I never will be, and that’s — that’s the way it is, isn’t it?” Answer: Born on the Fourth of July, 1989.
Winner: merrow_mistral.
Read it and Weep:
The president’s agenda
George W. Bush outlined these issues Thursday as top priorities for his second term:
Iraq
Goal: Stabilize the country and conduct democratic elections.
Challenge: Find the right mix of military action and diplomacy to end the insurgency.
Taxes
Goal: Simplify the income tax code without increasing Americans’ tax bill.
Challenge: Find a proposal that can win bipartisan backing.
Social Security
Goal: Create private savings accounts into which people can divert a part of their payroll tax.
Challenge: Revise a near-sacred entitlement and find trillions of dollars in up-front costs.
Legal reform
Goal: Limit medical malpractice lawsuits.
Challenge: Strike a balance between excessive restriction and consumer protection.
For more read this article.
End of Day: 9:07 pm
+ = I have excellent dental insurance, pays for everything except crowns which cost $75, and today I forgot my morning dental appointment thereby meaning I didn’t have to turn right around and come back when disaster struck a few hours later, I could just go in, and then I got to see my favorite dentist in the office.
- = Would you believe yet another old crown just snapped right off this morning as I was flossing, so I wound up starting another root canal which will be followed by yet another post and crown in future appointments, which all makes me feel like either my teeth are going to all betray me, or on the other hand I’m going through a period of “Dental Strengthening.”
Comments (7)
Born on the 4th of July is the movie
Yes indeedy!
Tell us about the picture, please?
interesting friday 5…
This is a hard 5!
One celebrity: I can’t get Britney Spears out of my head as an answer to this question. I know! I know! The scintillating converstion would surely occupy me for eternity. Can we trade after 6 months? I don’t really pay that much attention to celebrities… y’all.
Two books: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and a tome that I have on Mythology. I figure, if I’m allowed to have paper and pencil as well, it’d help me write a pretty good story. If not, I’ll write it in the sand
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Three edibles: isn’t mixed nuts like 5 edibles?
. I feel like I could say mixed nuts, M&Ms and raisins then (as one), strawberries, and carrots.
Four films: We have a DVD player? Ummm… Top Gun, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride and… so hard… maybe Waking Life (check it out!)
Five music albums: Paul Simon- Graceland, Eric Clapton- Unplugged, The soundtrack to the movie Cocktail, Digweed- Bedrock cd2 and I get to make the fifth. I’m a pirate, what can I say? I don’t really listen to albums anymore.
OK, this is always a challenge:
One Celebrity: Living? hmmm, I guess a female would offer me more options. But I’d like an author who could tell me stories. Toni Morrison? Though I’m pretty unsure…
Two Books: I already have my author so I’ll take In The Night Kitchen and The Wreck of the Zephyr, illustrated escape fables.
Three Edibles: Honeydew melon, brownies, fresh mozzarella
Four Films: umm, so many of these: West Side Story (I’ll keep humming), Caddyshack (I’ll keep laughing), The Flight of the Phoenix (I’ll get back), Grosse Pointe Blank (someone will be waiting)
Five Music Albums: Wheels of Fire (Cream), The White Album (The Beatles), Pearl (Joplin), Kind of Blue (Miles), Requiem (Mozart, The Chicago Symphony)
One celebrity: – tie – Viggo Mortensen, James McAvoy
Two books: Anybook by Mercedes Lakey, Dune by Frank Herbert
Three edibles: – swiss cheese, milk, beef jerky
Four films: LOTR -Return of the King; Alexander (I know it’s not out yet, but it will be my all time fave!); The Black Stallion; Hidalgo.
Five music albums: Celtic Moods; soundtrack to Children of Dune; The Police (any); Bryan Ferry’s greatest hits; any Loreen Mckennit.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.