{"id":231,"date":"2002-10-14T12:06:23","date_gmt":"2002-10-14T12:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=231"},"modified":"2002-10-14T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2002-10-14T12:06:23","slug":"five-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Five questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen this feature on several other blogs, and out of curiosity I decided to give the Friday Five<\/a> a look. Five questions, nothing probing, but that may illuminate unique personality aspects. But it’s Monday, not Friday, so aren’t I a bit late<\/i>? Timeliness has never been one of my strong points.<\/p>\n

The most recent questions:<\/p>\n

1. If you could only choose 1 cd to ever listen to again, what would it be?<\/b><\/p>\n

Beatles Anthology<\/i>, Volume 2.<\/p>\n

I’ll be honest, I actually prefer Volume 3 because it covers the White Album\/Abbey Road<\/i>\/Let It Be<\/i> period, and I love the Beatles of that period. But Volume 2 begins with “Real Love,” a song that could have fit only any<\/i> Beatles album post-Sgt. Pepper<\/i> with ease, rolls through the Rubber Soul<\/i>\/Revolver<\/i> era (my two favorite Beatles albums), then begins the second disc with three versions of “Strawberry Fields” and stays strong on the Sgt. Pepper<\/i>\/Magical Mystery Tour<\/i> material. No, it’s not the final, finished product, but Anthology 2 has a purer feel to it, and it’s like a greatest hits package of the Beatles’ 1965-1967 period, with some live material sprinkled in for good measure.<\/p>\n

Damn, I think I’ll listen to it right now.<\/p>\n

2. If you could only choose 2 movies to watch ever again, what would they be?<\/b><\/p>\n

Office Space<\/i>. No, it’s not the funniest movie ever made. No, it’s not a great film. But it’s a true<\/i> film about cubicle rats and their lives, and in that sense isn’t it perfect?<\/p>\n

A Hard Day’s Night<\/i>. Roger Ebert called this film “one of the great life-affirming landmarks of the movies.” He knows what he’s talking about. This is<\/i> one of the funniest movies ever made. This is<\/i> a great film. There’s not a scene I can do without. There’s not a line of dialogue that should be rewritten. The Beatles aren’t acting, they’re being<\/i>, and the film succeeds because of it. If you can find the MPI Video release of six years ago, buy it. This is a film that deserves much better than the new DVD release can give with its bizarre sound mixing and boxy picture.<\/p>\n

3. If you could only choose 3 books to read ever again, what would they be?<\/b><\/p>\n

The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/i>. My favorite Sherlock Holmes story. I read this for the first time when I was ten, and while it wasn’t the first adult book I read (that may have been The Lord of the Rings<\/i> at age seven), it’s one that had a great influence in my life. (The Complete Sherlock Holmes<\/i>, the one-volume edition, would be an acceptable substitute, for obvious reasons.)<\/p>\n

The Foundation Trilogy<\/i>. It’s not Isaac Asimov’s greatest work (most people would say The Gods Themselves<\/i> is, and I could make a strong case for Nemesis<\/i>), but the Foundation<\/i> Trilogy encapsulates a great deal of what I like in science fiction, from space opera to historical and philosophical ruminations.<\/p>\n

The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh<\/i>. Obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

4. If you could only choose 4 things to eat or drink ever again, what would they be?<\/b><\/p>\n

The Subway Club, at Subway (obviously). Provolone cheese, no mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onions, white bread.<\/p>\n

Mint M&Ms.<\/p>\n

Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.<\/p>\n

Sam Adams Cream Stout.<\/p>\n

5. If you could only choose 5 people to ever be\/talk\/associate\/whatever with ever again, who would they be?<\/b><\/p>\n

Trying to narrow this one down takes some effort, and in the end I’m going to concede defeat and take a pass. If I could draw from all of history I could think of twenty-five people I’d like to have a dinner party with. If I had to limit myself to people I actually know, there’s another twenty-five people. Add another half dozen if I could pick from people I know but have passed away. And then if I could draw from the realm of fiction I might never<\/i> be able to draw a limit. So, I’m taking a pass on this one.<\/p>\n

I might do this again. It’s been fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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