Hey, figured if the cool kids at 3-Ring Binder and The Playful Spirit are doing it, I should too.
1. What book from your childhood do you remember the most, and why?
Definitely the Laura Ingalls Wilder series. I read them many, many times. There was dogwood tree in the backyard that looked like a covered wagon to me when it was in bloom; the branches sort of hung down in arches, like the wagon bows and the blooms were white like the canvas. I used to pull a bench up to the base of the tree and pretend to drive west over the prairie. Once, I asked my mom when the next book would be coming out. She told me that Laura Ingalls Wilder had died long ago and that there would be no more books, and I cried myself to sleep.
2. What type of music do you enjoy the most? Please include examples!
I like classic country most of all - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. I also love the White Stripes, the Dixie Chicks, bluegrass, and Billy Joel. My most played songs on my IPOD are Kansas's "Dust in the Wind," The Dixie Chicks' "Traveling Soldier," K.D. Lang's version of "Hallelujah," and Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby Magee." I also like hiphop and reggaeton, mostly to dance to, not so much to listen to.
3. What subject do you find most challenging (to teach or to learn)?
Math is a little harder for me to learn than other things. Though I made As in it in school, I made a 1 on the Calculus BC exam. I didn't really get calculus until my third semester of it college (my 6th semester of it over all).
4. What is your favorite hot drink? Bonus points for including the recipe!
Not a fan of hot drinks. When I drink one, it's usually a latte made with heavy cream instead of milk.
5. About what new book, movie, or TV series do you want to let others know?
I'm usually behind on all these things. Gilmore Girls is new to me and is my new love. I don't often read new books; I guess Percy Jackson is new, and I liked that series. Instead of something new, I recommend that everyone reread or rewatch something they love.
1. What is the most exciting thing you’ve ever done?
I think I am just not an exciting person, cause I can't think of anything. Memories come to mind, but none of them really seem exciting.
2. What is the most meaningful thing you’ve ever done?
Visiting Keat's house in Hampstead Heath. I crouched on the floor beside his sofa, where he lay sick for so long, and looked out the window he must have looked out of, longing to be alive and vital in the world. I felt, rather than knew, as I had before, how tragic his death was. I thought of his poems, of the ones he would have written, of Fanny and the life they might have had, and I felt close to him and to "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" in a new way.
3. What is the general activity you enjoy doing most often?
Reading. I do it most of the time. Fiction, non-fiction, great literature, pulpy teen romances, I enjoy it all.
4. What do you like most and least about blogging, if applicable?
I hate feeling like I should write some substantial posts, about parenting, Oism, etc, when I really don't feel like it. I like writing personal posts very much, especially stories about my family or my past, but long, well-researched, more philosophical posts sometimes make me want to hurl.
5. How do you feel about Colin Firth?
I like him pretty well; I mean the man WAS Mr. Darcy. But I like them a little more masculine, a little less polished. It's Alan Rickman for me. And Colonel Branden before Mr. Darcy, too.
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