Krispy Kreme fantasy

Today's entry is a WordGoddess collab. My assigned collab partner was Sasha of I'd Rather Eat Glass, who made up the following questions for me to answer (and here are Sasha's answers to my questions):

1. If you weren't performing in a filk musical group, what kind of music would you be performing?

I wouldn't be performing on a regular basis by myself, since I'm not interested in doing a solo act. I'm part of Urban Tapestry more for the fun and friendship value than the need to perform. However, I could probably see myself doing the occasional harp gig for a lark, or collaborating with other musicians.

2. What kind of music do you listen to?

WAY too hard a question to answer, since my tastes vary widely. Currently on my frequent listening roster (usually when running): Hawksley Workman, soundtrack to Mamma Mia, Celtic harp instrumental music, Aimee Mann, Erasure, Ron Hawkins, Italian progressive rock, Ookla The Mok, Kate Rusby, Cara Dillon, instrumental German progressive rock.

When I'm doing any creative writing, I can't listen to any music with lyrics.

3. If you're sitting in the theatre watching a movie that you've been dying to see and someone in the row in front of you answers their cell phone and begins to carry on a loud conversation, what do you do?

Tap them on the shoulder, ask them to be quiet.

What I'd secretly like to do: Rip the cellphone out of their hands, jump on it until it breaks into little pieces. And maybe jump on their heads, too. But that would probably disturb the other theatre patrons.





4. What's up with you and that doll?

On our ice-out visit to the cottage, Jeff and I stopped by a McDonald's for a nutritious lunch. I bought the Happy Meal and got the lamest Happy Meal Toy I've ever seen. I christened her Cora.

Apparently the Cora dolls cost McDonald's MORE than their usual Happy Meal Toys, I found out later, and are part of a "classic" Madame Alexander doll line. According to the promotional page, my doll is "destined to become a sought-after collectible".

:-D

5. Using food ingredients/dishes or terminology, describe your personality and character.

Oh, what a wonderful question! I want to spend some time thinking on this, so I am going to postpone my answer for its own separate Blathering in the near future.

6. What is your least favourite part of keeping an online journal. Why?

Dealing with reader mail from people who think that my Blatherings is a community public project.

I guess it depends on the attitude of the person e-mailing me. If it's a friend warning me that writing about xxx is likely going to get me in trouble because they're worried about me, that's one thing. But if it's someone telling me that I shouldn't be writing about keeping clean because it will offend people who can't afford to keep clean, or saying that I shouldn't be posting my opinions because they might influence people too much, then that's another.

(And yes, these have all happened.)

7. Money is no object when it comes to my (complete the sentence).

My sanity and loved ones.





8. Which is your favourite subject for photo taking? Objects or people? And why?

People. They're much more difficult to photograph, mainly because (in the case of my friends and family) they tend to run and hide, or put on goofy faces when they see my camera. But that just makes it more of a challenge. :-)

9. What one thing in your life are you most grateful for?

That I never did hook up with Norm Brown, my childhood crush. Because I'm sure he couldn't have lived up to my now astonishingly over-inflated fantasies and I would have lived my life in eternal disappointment and soul-wrenching angst.

10. The end is near! What do you regret -not- doing in your life thus far?

Trying a Krispy Kreme doughnut. I've heard way too much about Krispy Kreme doughnut stores, and am dying of anticipation. In fact, when I finally do get to try a Krispy Kreme doughnut, there is no possible way that reality could ever live up to my now astonishingly over-inflated fantasies about Krispy Kreme products.

11. If the sky weren't blue, what colour would you like it to be?

Heck, I don't know. Plaid. Transparent.

12. Though you've said you write whatever you feel like writing in your journal, are there any subjects you will not, under any circumstances, write about?

Anything I'd like to keep private.

I always assume that anyone I write about will eventually read what I wrote about them.





Today's Blatherpics:

	Would -you- buy web design services from these people?!
	Cora in a somewhat painful-looking pose at the cottage.
	Me mugging for the camera. Photo by my 5-year-old niece, Annie.
	Luisa's and Reid's son, Ronnie.