(I'm having a bitch of a time formatting this...apologies, but I can't be bothered to figure it out right now!)
Bloggity Friend Wende posted a question to readers: a request for 20 questions of any sort. See here for the original post. In the spirit of participation, I'm answering the meme in line with Wende, so I'll go wtih the first five she answered.
Would you rather eat Reese's Cups or Peppermint Patties?
Um, this is too easy. Now, I don't ever reject any candy (with the exception of the second Hershey's bar offered by my ESL student...actually NOT my ESL student anymore...awkward, hence, chocolate rejected). Anyway, Reeses. Peanut butter and chocolate trumps mint. Next.
Would you rather never listen to music again or lose your TV?
Talk about Sophie's Choice, for Crissake. I guess TV (I say as I watch "Snapped" on Oxygen...how could I miss such quality?) I'd probably be better off.
If you could visit any one time period in history, when would it be?
Boy,tough. Probably the 1940s so could wear the clothes and have my hair arranged and have a torrid affair with a soldier before he was going off to war. I could also meet my grandparents as young adults and my parents as babies, which is a bit of a novelty. I could also introduce birth control surrepitiously to help our current approaching Social Security burden. The rest of the time would suck though because, well, war sucks. Guys in uniform sure don't, though.
Would you rather die peacefully, but unexpectedly in your sleep at age 60 or die at 90 after suffering for years from disease?
90. Always pick quantity over quality.
Do you think that questions such as "what's your favourite colour/ice cream/album of all time" help you get to know another person?
Yes, because you have to start somewhere. It also depends how you answer, of course. If you say "blue" and that's that, well, maybe not, but if someone says "blue, because it reminds me of blue skies, which reminds me of my childhood days looking up at clouds," well, that gets you somewhere.
That said, I have a hard time with favorites. Someone once said if you have no favorites, you don't like anything, but I don't think that's true. I have several preferred colors. I like fuschias and purples and pinks as well as teal and sort of robin's egg blue. I also love orange. My favorite ice cream, hands down, is peanut butter and chocolate. I was recently disappointed that Annapolis Ice Cream's PB&C wasn't as good as I remembered. I was first introduced to the concept by Baskin Robbins, which still does a fine job. However, I will generally eat any ice cream (see question 1 above). I had a fantastic cantaloupe gelato at the gelati place on P Street this summer...yum. Album of all time. I have a hard time with favorite music or books, and honestly, rarely listen to music as composed in albums anymore, with the advent of Itunes,but with this one, I'll go for U2's the Joshua Tree.
There you have it. Join in if you wish!!!
I absolutely love the first sentence of your reason for choosing the 1940's!
And pb and chocolate trumps practically any other flavour of anything, imho.
I'm very glad to discover someone else who thinks that the "favorite" questions help somewhat, at least in breaking the ice.
Posted by: scb | November 05, 2009 at 01:47 PM
I have a hard time with favorites, too. That's why I didn't answer any of the questions within the last question. I sound like I'm waffling, when in reality I have strong feelings and preferences, they just don't necessarily belong to ONE flavor, color, etc.
Posted by: Laura | November 08, 2009 at 08:25 PM