Game: This or That

when I read the brothers Karamazov years ago, I remember complaining to a friend of mine who is the director of the local university library as to how slow the book was and nothings really happening and he said, "its because its a character driven story not a plot driven one." that was my first introduction to the differentiation.

I do pay attention to character development, but I want to see that in the context of a plot driven story that involves action.

action movies with romance or action movies with no romance?

action movies with no romance

Slasher movies or psychological thriller?

Slasher movies with oodles of romance. Preferably musicals.

Environmental tourism or archaeological tourism? (Would you rather see pristine nature or remote ruins?)

pristine nature

Vacation in the mountains or at the beach?

Mountains

Water ski or snow ski?

Snow skiing.

pasta or pizza?

Pizza

Sweden or Russia? (or Estonia)

For permanent residence, Sweden. For holidays, Tallinn vs. Stockholm is probably tie.

French or Italian cinema?

French but I haven't seen much Italian, becoming more acquainted with cinema is on my to do list.

Hockey or curling?

oh clopin, I might be committing heresy in saying this given you are Canadian, but hockey is way down on my sports to watch list and I actually enjoy watching curling. have I said before here I went to a bonspiel once? I think if I had the opportunity to do some curling id give it a try. so curling it is.

American football or what the rest of the world calls football (soccer)?

We did this one already, right? What the rest of the world calls football until the NFL allows biting.

Women's figure skating or foxy boxing?

oh! there is a pugilistic equivalent of lingerie football?? i didn't know that; I am being so corrupted on this forum!

but being a big fan of figure skating, I can honestly go with that. michelle kwan is one of my all time favorite athletes. I think id still go on a date with sasha cohen or angela nikodinov and peggy fleming is just one of the classiest women out there in the athletic world.

strawberry jam or orange marmalade?

I like women's figure skating, too. I used to think it was because my tastes were so refined; but then I noticed that men's figure skating bored the ever loving poop right out of me. So now I just think of it as "competitive girl watching." It's great, though.

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strawberry jam or orange marmalade?

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That's a tough choice, Bounty. It really depends on my mood at the time, but okay, strawberry if I had to choose.

Pogo sticks or hula hoops?

I think I had both when I was little...

Id say hula hoops because I like the variety of things you can do with them. along those lines, I love watching rhythmic gymnastics and the hoop is one of the implements.

Harrison ford as Indiana jones, or Harrison ford as han solo?

Oh sure. Pretend like Regarding Henry was never made.

Okay, um, Indy.

Watching golf on television or getting a splinter under a fingernail and spending an evening looking for it with a needle and match?

Any thing other than watching golf!

Poker or Blackjack?

Poker

Jazz or Blues

Jazz

vampires or amperes?

It depends on the type vampire, if it is monsterus scary remorselessly blood sucking vampire than vampire
If it it is emo I don't want to kill humans vampire than amperes

On that note

Dracula or Twilight

thats a toughie dark muse---I recently read the first twilight book and then watched the movie. it was kinda bothering me at first that the vampires were other than the "remorsely blood sucking" creatures we have in literary history come to believe them. but as the book and movie went on, I reluctantly and grudgingly found myself buying into it, and then, well, now I want to read the other books. I even got into some conversations with friends about being team Edward or team Jacob. ive come to enjoy the alternative vampire universe the author's created and I love the romance between Edward and bella---in fact, one of my all time favorite movie scenes comes at the end of twilight at the prom, when bella lays bare her neck and is inviting Edward to change her. yet, prior to all this, Dracula was one of my favorite books.

I don't know what to do! ack! I love classics but I am going to lean slightly towards twilight because of the creativity of the author, and the social phenomenon it became.

paul potts singing nessum dorma or susan boyle singing I dreamed a dream? (you can easily find them on youtube, make sure its the audition version!)

bump bump bumpity bump...

hoping someone takes a shot at it...

Susan Boyle of course!

Buying books or making use of a library?

Downloading free ebooks from Gutenberg or Internet Archive; then buying ebooks from Amazon; then paying for bound books from a bookstore; and almost never borrowing books from a libraries (although I do like to hand around in them).

Sharp or mild cheddar?

I like paper books :( But I agree, I prefer to buy them than borrow them.

Depends, but give me sharp if it's not going to be melted on or in something.

Bacon and eggs or fruit and yogurt (as a breakfast).

Bacon and eggs. Only live long if it's worth it.

Wearing cotton or synthetic fiber when hiking?

Yogurt and fruit taste good though! And actually I subscribe to a nutritional school which considers both bacon and eggs to be healthy. I would eat both at the same time though!

Depends on the temperature, hiking in the summer, cotton, hiking in -20 weather, you're going to want synthetics or at least wool.

Harp or harpsichord?

Both are wonderful, but harp if I had to choose.

Turquoise or Jade?

Jade. My real preference is malachite.

Silver or gold?

Silver

Desert or Frozen Tundra

I like burl ives in Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer singing silver and gold!

clopin, thanks for answering---did you watch the videos anew or had you already known your answer from your being past acquainted with them?

i prefer working to stay warm in the cold over working to stay cool in the hot so i go with tundra. but i love flora and fauna so i go with desert assuming id be able to see just a little. id rather be riding my bike as opposed to walking or driving a car, so id have to go with desert in that regard too (unless we are talking about a major sandy, trackless desert?). slight lean towards desert...

(dark muse, what are you thoughts on Dracula vs twilight?)

scary movies in the dark, or with the lights on?

Everything's better with the lights on.

Picasso's Guernica or Van Gogh's Starry Night?

Starry Night

Birthdays or Anniversaries

Birthdays. Anniversaries are harder to remember.

Black olives or green olives?

Both

Pepperoni or sausage pizza?

Since "both" would be cheating, pepperoni. :)

Spiral staircase or sterile spy case?

Spiral staircases are fascinating!

Fish or cut bait?

Fish, till Uncle Pen finds the old maid deck.

Damned if you do or damned if you don't?

Damned if you don't probably, in most cases.

Sweet and sour pork or ginger beef (American Chinese food)

Sweet & Sour

Five Star Restaurant or good local dive

I love "sweet & sour!"

good local dive 99 times out of a 100.

orange creamsicle or fudgesicle?