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Moedog

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Found it! Not directing this at anyone. Just posting it for Monty Python fans:

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G'night again!

Kellee

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 05:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Book: A Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
It is a very philosopical and sometimes confusing read but well worthwhile and I can read it over and over always finding something I missed the first time. I leant my marked first copy out to an ex so had to go buy a new one....*pout*

Crafts: as a craft queen it would be hard to decide but I think I would go with my huge set of fabric paints...so when I got bored of what ever anyone else was wearing..including Marcell's white robe...I could fix it all up

Game: Monopoly...Canadian Version...hey I am a canuck and proud...plus in there someone would play with me...no one will play with me now cause I always win...

Movie: would want a feel good one that I could watch over and over again..so would chose one that was at the theather when I was working there...cause I watched those at least ten times...so Return to Me with Minnie Driver and David Duchvenoy or Miss Congeniality with Sandra Bullock

Gritss

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 05:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Two movies come to mind because they could lead to extended discussions afterward.

2001- with all the symbolisms
Kate & Leopold- how can you go back in time w/o affecting the (then) future so that you wouldn't be in a position to go back in time?

Blinky

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 06:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Books-
*The Complete Idoit's Guide To Hypnosis/R.Temes

*Hypnosis:How To Put A Smile On Your Face
And Money In Your Pocket/Shelly Stockwell

I have never read any book on hypnosis ...
who knows they might work lol

Romans8_1

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOTR Rules. Long epic story to take your mind off reality while deep and intricate in its relationships. Definately makes the list.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 07:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a great discussion!!!

Jake: I have the exact same problem as you - read a book in about a day, day & a half, and totally forget it!!! It definitely comes in handy, and is why I never trade books in at the used book store, but can get a little annoying!

What would I take?

Book: The Lord of the Rings boxset (counts as 1 item doesn't it?!) I just started the Fellowship of the Ring, and find that it has to be taken in small doses since there's so much to absorb - I think the three months might be long enough to really understand.

Craft: My art supplies would take up way too much room, so I'll say knitting - my mom always wants me to learn - I say that would be the best time, and Goddess... I'm with you they do make GREAT weapons

Game: Balderdash - although I think that Roddy, in his oh so much wisdom could possibly know most of the true definitions and would leech the fun out of the game

Movie: Emma, or Sense & Sensibility to get the girls going; Fight Club or Gladiator for the guys. I just find I can watch these four over and over and over...

BTW, Beagle & Moedog I just finished the Harry Potter books, couldn't get through them fast enough, and cannot wait for the next one - too bad it's not until at least the end of 2003 - as per Amazon.com... Who says that you have to be 10 to appreciate them!!!

Ellenkats

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I devour books too -- super fast reader -- can finish even fairly thick books in a day. Thats's why I would take a literature anthology -- they are SO thick. Poetry, short stories and novels in some of them. And usually heavy reading (important works) that aren't 'done' when you finished reading, because you can dig through the onion layers and find so many levels of understanding, themes, symbolism, etc.. I don't think even I could finish a whole anthology in three months (or at least if I did finish, I wouldn't have done the works justice).

Vonne

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Since bringing TVCH BB 1-2-3 board transcripts would be a big no-no I would have to go with Lord of the Rings (it's really one book broken into three parts). Have already read it but it would be nice to read again and pick up things I might have missed the first time around.

Crafts -- Would have to be a plastic canvas project, something for Christmas that would take up the slack from the LOTR book.

Game -- Trivial Pursuit, let's see just how much knowledge ol' Roddy has stuffed in the big head of his ;)

Movie -- Not real sure there, probably something with Martin Sheen in it. One of his earlier works, Badlands or Apoc Now.

Oregonfire

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Though I tagged along with Lilac's picks, I did have one book to add. Yesterday I bought The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe. It's all about the cosmos, you know, quasars, pulsars, quantum physics, space exploration, and the like (okay it's an encyclopedia, that should cover it!), and the organization is really good. You can look up random information in tidbits without doing the whole linear book reading thing. Frankly I've done my time with the fiction novel and am entirely sick of them, unless it's John Irving. Plus you could star gaze at night from the BB backyard, if there is not too much smog. The book has star charts.

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregon, I can't believe you just said that - I abandoned all non-fiction reading about ten years ago and have never looked back. I think I've completely lost the ability to suspend disbelief. The ONLY exception I make is for John Irving - I heart his writing style and his imagination. "The World According to Garp" is on my alltime favorites list.

Bernie

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How did I miss this thread!!!!
Book: For pleasure reading - 3 volume omnibus edition of Lord of the Rings...I reread it every few years, and it's rich and satisfying; for self-improvement, I'd want a teach yourself Gaelic text, preferably Irish Gaelic, as I've never gotten far with it yet.
Game: not big on games, so, Scrabble, with accompanying Scrabble dictionary to safeguard against cheaters, LOL, or perhaps a pack of cards
Crafts: anything from watercolours, acrylics, plus appropriate mediums, paper/canvases, brushes etc; to crochet, or crewel embroidery with several grounds, and patterns and colours of yarn and/or silks.
Movie: that's the hardest for me, as there are a lot I could choose from, just like books, but, since I chose Tolkein for a book, I'll choose any BBC version of any Jane Austen book, because they have morals and manners, and I could show the other HGs how they should behave - maybe I could finagle a boxed set of all of them, if BB was being indulgent! :-D

Seamonkey

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmm.. I also go thru books awfully fast and have already read Ayn Rand.

A dictionary is a good choice, journal.. but maybe a boxed set of the harry potter books since I've only read one of them (have the others for someday), that might be a good level considering all the interruptions that would be occuring.

Movies.. boxed set of all the All Creatures Great and Small series.

Just for the music, maybe Il Postino.

Would be difficult to choose.

Game.. Scrabble would be good.

Crafts .. maybe stuff to relearn to crochet or knit or even macrame (heh.. could make swings or another hammock..

Oregonfire

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess :) Two years of intensive reading in grad school--from Beowulf and the Faerie Queene up to modern literature--completely beat the fiction bug right out of me. Fiction reading was my first love, and I never *did* read Crime and Punishment, so I'll eventually come back to it, I'm sure, but I spent entirely too much of my youth focused on one subject. The world, er the universe, is too big for that kind of narrow focus!

I love all things Irving. The man knows how to tell an engaging story without a lot of bells and whistles.

Costacat

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregon, a book of the cosmos is a great idea. But you ain't gonna be seeing too much there in the BB back yard. In addition to the general light pollution from LA, you've got lots of big white lights all over the BB lot. Unless you can convince Arnie and crew to dim the lights, you'll be lucky to see Sirius!

Since movies were added recently, let's see. Can I pick two? An exercise video, like a Pilates video. And "Dirty Dancing" just so I could finally take the time to learn some of those dance steps!

Sophie

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This is a great thread!

My choices: (fair warning...I'm gonna cheat.)

Book: The Magic of Shirley Jackson. It's a collection of her short stories and several novels. It's been many years since I read them all and I'm ready to re-read. Especially "The Lottery" which IMO is the greatest short story ever written.

Craft: Crochet stuff. I make a dazzling afghan that is to die for.

Game: Scrabble

Movie: Boxed set (13 hours) of "I, Claudius" which IMO is the greatest TV mini-series ever made.

And, here's more cheating...

Music: I would smuggle in the complete CD set of "Le Nozze di Figaro" which IMO is the greatest opera ever written.

I'm very opinionated. Can you tell?

Max

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, I'll bite. :)

Book: That's a hard one and at least I'd get to have two 'cause Petersen's "The Message" would be the version of the Bible I'd take. Otherwise, I'd probably take either "Anna Karenina" by Tolstoy (I LOVE that book and have read it a couple of times. Got the new translation that's supposed to be the most true to the original Russian, but haven't had time to dive into it yet.) or some Stephen King. Is that diverse enough? LOL My favorite King book is "The Stand", but I also really love the "Gunslinger" series of sci-fi he has. A boxed set of that would be good and last a while.

Game: Catch Phrase is my favorite group game of the moment, but in the house, it might be good to have something that doesn't always need a lot of people to play. I think Scrabble would be good 'cause you can practice by yourself and still exercise the old brain cells.

Movie: A boxed set of the original Star Trek series. Okay, so it's TV. You could throw in the movies, too, and that would be cool. The original series just has everything -- drama, comedy (even though it's not always intended), morality, suspense. :)

Craft: Gee, can I take everything from my spare bedroom? There'd be enough stuff there to keep everyone in the house occupied making SOMETHING for the whole summer. :) Crochet is my "base" craft, but I'd probably want a big box of a bunch of different items so I could get more creative and have some variety.

Bernie

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oooh, I forgot music!
Everything by Enya, Clannad, Loreena McKennit, Don MacLean, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, at least, and I'd want ALL of them!

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Love Clannad, Bernie. Also love Wolfstone. Great music.

Bigd

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Book: How To Win Friends and Influence People

Game: Balderdash (although this might invoke Chiara's potty mouth

Craft: needlepoint

Movie: Hearts & Souls (just cause it feels so good to laugh and cry at the same time).

Bigd

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops I forgot music:

Maybe the BeeGees Greatest Hits

Ok now I'm running from the room so I can't hear eveyone laughing at me

Oregonfire

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bigd, how deep is your love? lol

Feeling a bit of the nonlinear dabbler today, so just popped in to say I'd love to have the movie House of Yes, though I think that means I'm twisted. Bitter Moon would also be a good choice if going this route.

I like Bach and Chris Cornell (former lead singer of Soundgarten) for the music. Euphoria Morning is a great album, and I could see listening to it over and over again.

I gave my heart to grunge and I still miss it. :(

Fluffybbw

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Book: Lord of the Rings. Wonderful book.

Game: Trivial Pursuit The Anniversary addititon

Music: The Essential Barbra Streisand cd

Movie: Steel Magnolias

Fluffybbw

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
opps, sorry forgot my craft, I would take some cross stitch crochet.

Lurknomore

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Book: (if it was to be of a spiritual nature) A New Design for Living by Holmes and Kinnear. I reread this book every time I forget everything I learned spiritually. It's based on Sciene of Mind principles (they are MUCH better than that creepy name sounds), about how to think right and spiritually in our lives. It's probably the one book that made the biggest impact in the how I try to live my life and the person I am today.

Craft: This is easy. The counted cross stitch Tiffany Stained glass window I've been working on for more years than I would like to admit. The fact I never pick it up anymore has really slowed down finishing it LOL.

Music: John Denver Live at Harborlights

Game: Scrabble

Whoops for movie let me add: Somewhere in Time. Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymore. Would play the movie for the soundtrack as well.

Bigd

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OOOOH I am feeling much more comfortable here now.... "Sunshine almost always, makes me high"