hook / hike / questions

[jazzfish]

It's been a pretty bleh day, all things considered. Which is why I'm grateful to dorianegray for reminding me of the funniest line in number twelve, that being "Does it ever get caught on a hook half way?" I have been occasionally breaking out in giggles since about nine o'clock.

uilos and rislyn and her boy and his brother and I went out for a clamber in Great Falls on Satyrday. Gorgeous weather, lots of scrambling over the "path," plenty of mountain goating. The autumn leaves had just hit their stride, too, so plenty of color all around, and black water with reflections and very sad little persimmons and bone-white sycamores. Also the grumpiest service I've ever had, at the Olde Angler Inn, where the "Hikers welcome" sign appears to be missing an "un." Afterwards uilos and I came home, collapsed, and slept for ten hours, bone-weary and sadly unable to attend jude's gathering.

The next day we shopped for Xmas and watched Danny Kaye in _The Court Jester_ ("The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle" et cetera ad absurdum). Good times.

And because I can, more questions, this time from nixve.

1. What song, in the history of the world, would the world be better of never having heard it?

"Für Elise" and "The Entertainer" both have redeeming qualities when played well, so I have to go with Brahms's Lullaby. If I never have to hear another music box or baby mobile squeaking out that horridly sappy tune it will be too soon.

2. If you got to eat one food and only one food and (magically) it'd be nutritious so you'd only have to worry about taste, what would it be?

Pop-tarts, of course. Although if I'd have to pick a specific flavor I'd be forced to change my answer to Zeppoli's cajun chicken alfredo.

3. Is "To be, or not to be" really the question?

It's /a/ question, and it's a pretty important one. Act or react? Take charge or go where the wind blows you? Are you a human or a haddock?

To the left, the question's not as important as how you answer it. If you're Hamlet, this means you'd be well advised to spend less time pondering the existential questions ("not being," though not on a boat) and more time either boffing Ophelia or stabbing your uncle.

4. Paper or plastic?

Plastic. They've got handles, they can be reused as trash bags, and they can be recycled if I ever remember to take them to Safeway.

This question always makes me think of the scene from _The Rock_ where Nicolas Cage is screaming "Glass or plastic? Glass or plastic? Because if you don't help me disarm these rockets, you are going home in either a glass jar or a plastic bag, so what's it gonna be?"

5. If you got the chance to sleep with any celebrity, who would it be?

Jeez, I don't know. There's not really any correlation at all between "cute" (or even "yum") and "fun in bed," and I /do/ require at least a modicum of mental connection for the sex to be any good. I suspect I'm overthinking this and should just go ahead and say "Emily Watson," because she's cute, she's got a nice laugh, and she's been in some thinky movies so there'd at least be a bit of conversation before/after.

Comment for your own questions, etc.

Comments

[rbandrews]

That was a great scene from a great movie.

[jazzfish]

It occurs to me that I can't tell if you're referring to _The Rock_ or _The Court Jester_. Arguments can be made for both; the opening sequence in particular of _The Rock_ gets me every time.

[rbandrews]

The Rock. I haven't seen The Court Jester.