May 23rd, 2005
Let’s play a game. You know the routine. I write down a few totally value-free questions and you answer. Fun and another way to avoid writing, laundry or you day job. And in honor of this being my first ever game on my blog, there will be a prize too! In two weeks I will have a panel of impartial judges read your answers and pick their favorite—based upon no certain criteria whatsoever.
- Super power you most wish you had…
- Last concert you attended…(Barney counts)
- Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque)
- Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil)
- Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get…
I’ll put my answers in the comments, cause I know you will all copy otherwise. ;-)
Oh, and the prize??? Your choice of one of the following books (all by Romance Unleashed authors and all autographed) Somebody to Love by Kate Rothwell, Prince of Frogs by Barbara Plum, Unlaced by Kristina Cook, or Get Bunny Love by Kathleen Long. Now get answering!
1.) The ability to give flat tires to people who pass me on a residential street going 60 mph - or do something else that ticks me off. :)
by Lori May 23rd, 2005 at 4:27 am2.) U2 - and it has been a while.
3.) Woodrow Wilson - or at least some of his political advisors.
4.) Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
5.) Hyperion by Dan Simmons - The guy is a great writer - no doubt about it. In fact he may be too good for me. I just can’t handle how real the emotion is these books stir up.
1. Super power you most wish you had…
The ability to go without sleep. Think of how much writing one could get done!
2. Last concert you attended…(Barney counts)
The Kiss/Aerosmith show in Charlotte a little over a year ago. Not so much for Kiss, but Steven Tyler is CRAAAAAAZY!
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque)
Bill Clinton. What was he thinking, Monica Lewinski???
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil)
The Bible! Lifetime bestseller, never out of print, translated into obscure languages, includes history, love stories, tragedy and victory.
5. Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get… LOL–DaVinci Code ;)
by Marty K May 23rd, 2005 at 6:28 am1. Super power you most wish you had…
The ability to be in multiple places at one time to be able to do more things (especially important when you have 3 kids, a career, and you write). Ugh
2. Last concert you attended…(Barney counts) WICKED TINKERS (www.wickedtinkers.com) a totally out of control bagpipe band that can and does play Stairway to Heaven.
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque) JEB STUART - Come on buddy, if he had been paying attention to his responsiblity and been doing his job he would have seen the northern troops (and potentially heard them) sitting just over the ridge from him heading straight to Gettysburg. Now there’s a big oops.
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil)
ANN RICE’S MAYFAIR WITCHES Sure do love those ladies and wow what an intriguing plot. Heck, anyone that can follow 13 generations in one book, keep the story moving and not lose me has my vote.
5. Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get… CHAUCER - My dad is also a literature major and loves all of that old stuff. Although I too am a lit. major, I have to tell you it doesn’t get interesting until Shakespeare.
by Scott Eagan May 23rd, 2005 at 6:47 pmSuper power you most wish you had… — The ability to convert chocolate into calorie-burning super writing fuel.
Last concert you attended…(Barney counts) — Toby Keith. Loved it. Can’t wait to see him again in August.
Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque)– Theseus. Big heroism ruined by the stupid forgetfulness. If you’d hoisted the white sale, your father wouldn’t have thrown himself into the sea.
Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil) — Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie. It makes me laugh every time I read it and it’s smart humor with good insight into both women and men.
Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get… The Sleeping Beauty books by Anne Rice. I get what they’re about, but I stopped mid-way through the first.
by Mary Stella May 23rd, 2005 at 7:42 pm1. Super power you most wish you had…
The ability to wiggle my nose and instantly relocate my neighbours-from-hell to another country–no–another world!
2. Last concert you attended…(Barney counts)
Meatloaf. Okay, it has been a decade or two. lol
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque)
Bill Clinton and his administration for looking the other way, not doing anything to help stop the Rwandan genocide when they had the chance.
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil)
Waiting Wives by Christina Harland. Three remarkable women…the Vietnam war…love…freindship and suffering.
5. Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get…Colin Butts-Is Harry on the Boat?
by Kim Elgie May 23rd, 2005 at 7:50 pmShagging–24/7–to accumulate as many points as possible? I’m still shaking my head.
1. Super power you most wish you had… THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO SNAP MY FINGERS AND HAVE MY HOUSE BE IMMACULATELY CLEAN
by BJ Deese May 24th, 2005 at 5:29 am2. Last concert you attended…(Barney counts) AEROSMITH A FEW YEARS AGO IN ATLANTA, GA
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque)
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil) THE GIVENCHY CODE
5. Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get… NONE
PS ~ I’d love to go to a Wiggles concert…with my 2-year-old daughter, of course! :)
by BJ Deese May 24th, 2005 at 5:31 am1. Super power you most wish you had…
The power to stop time when needed.
2. Last concert you attended…(Barney counts)
LEGENDS in Concert in Las Vegas (impersonators)
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque)
Paris Hilton - she’s not a historical figure, but she needs a smack upside the head!
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil)
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
5. Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get…
by Elizabeth May 24th, 2005 at 7:27 pmCan’t think of one.
1. Super power you most wish you had… - the ability to not need sleep.
by Nicole May 24th, 2005 at 10:26 pm2. Last concert you attended… - Sad, I think it was Weird Al Yankovic. Luckily the next one should be Nine Inch Nails.
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque) - Shakespeare, why oh why did you write Romeo and Juliet?
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil) - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. I just loved it and I’m rather unreligious.
5. Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get… - Pride and Prejudice. Oh, I like it, but I don’t LOVE it the way she does.
superpower- ability to read minds it would make life so much easier
last concert- The Highwaymen…. that was awhile ago hard to believe two of them are dead
Who gets my slap- Don’t know their name but I would love to slap whoever came up with putting toys to send for on cereal boxes.. now I buy cereal no one likes to spend money I don’t have for things no one needs!!
Book I wish I wrote-Computers for dummies then not only would I have made a few books I’d know how to use this machine.
book I don’t get someone else loves-It by Stephen King have read it three times and still don’t get it.
by terri shaw May 25th, 2005 at 12:27 am1. Super power: The ability to fly, think how much easier traveling would be! No road rage! *G*
by Teresa Henson May 27th, 2005 at 7:51 am2. Last concert: Hmmm….that’s been a while, Aerosmith probably, and they rock!!!
3. Historical figure deserving a smack upside the head? Definitly Custer, what was he thinking????
4. Book I wish I wrote? Gone With The Wind
5. Book I didn’t get? Can’t think of one
1. Super power you most wish you had… To be able to see into the future.
2. Last concert you attended…(Barney counts) OK, don’t laugh..Richard Marx…I wanted to see him up close, the music really had nothing to do with it.
3. Historical figure deserving of a smack upside the head…(talking did something stupid here, not Hitleresque) General George Custer…That’s hubby’s answer. Really not very good at history with the exception of what I learned in romance books.
4. Book you wish you wrote…(if you say DaVinci Code we will all know you are a greedy little devil) the Harry Potter books.
Book someone close to you loves that you just don’t get… Outlander by Diana Gabaldon..just can’t get through that. Tried several times. May be because there’s too much history and I don’t get it. ha ha!
by Kim May 30th, 2005 at 10:45 am