A lot of bugs. Wasting food's bad, m'kay?
How many books would you read by a reputedly good author you can't stand before giving up on him/her?
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A lot of bugs. Wasting food's bad, m'kay?
How many books would you read by a reputedly good author you can't stand before giving up on him/her?
2 or 3 600-paged ones I suppose. I usually can at least 'stand' authors I don't like much though.
How many scoops of gelato is just right?
Two to both questions, two books, two scoops.
How many times would you listen to a reputedly great album you didn't really like before giving up on it?
Depends on how much I hate it. I gave B*itches Brew like two tries, and The King of Limbs maybe 1. So not many.
How many trees can you say right now?
Say? see? name species? I can see some through the window but it's dark outside. I could name quite a few -
acacia, alder, apple, ash, aspen, beech, birch, cherry, cedar, mahogany, maple, oak, palm, pine, rowan, spruce, teak, willow, etc
How many classical concerts have you been to?
I used to go to the Boston Symphony all the time when I was younger. So I don't know, lots?
How many things have you done that are you truly ashamed of? (I'm not asking what they were).
I meant see, oops.
I have been to about 50 classical concerts, I think. Best was seeing Lang Lang performing Mozart's 17th Piano Concerto, but the one I just went to 2 days ago, the Anne-Sophie Mutter Trio performing the Archduke and the Tchaikovsky A minor was pretty great as well. Music Academy of the West's Magic Flute and Santa Barbara Opera's Rigoletto were awesome. I went to the latter with a girl I was in love with, and there were epic feels to be had... sadly not of the physical kind.
I also saw LA Opera's Gotterdammerung a few years ago, and had a good but not great time.
Oh, and Academy of St. Martin in the Field's Beethoven 7, directed by Joshua Bell, turned Beethoven 7 into my favorite Beethoven, so that was great too.
EDIT: 1 stands out. That one I am ashamed of.
Same question (about concerts).
Eh truly and deeply ashamed? Let's see... well aside from saying mean things to my mom when I was like fourteen-sixteen I don't think I've done anything about which I need to feel any deep shame and I'm not really all too ashamed of that either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
In the absence of a question from Clopin, I'll ask: how many things have you done that you are truly proud of? (Again, I'm not asking what they were).
Hm, learned clarinet, written a few decent poems, I guess that's it. I haven't done anything to be morally proud of.
Same question.
Some of my photography, I suppose, or a few sets linked somehow. I'll count that as a single thing.
How many times have you eaten fish this week?
None, I rarely eat seafood.
How many times have you dove off a tall rock into a stream (a common activity in these parts)?
No tall rocks next to deep enough parts of bodies of water in the parts to engage in that activity.
How many times have you swam this year?
Once.
How many emails do you receive a day, on average?
I wouldn't know. I seldom check.
How many times have you failed to give up meat?