Legal, I enjoy the argumentation and confrontation.
Also, bounty, Strand books failed me. No dice finding the Koppett book there. I'll keep my eyes peeled.
First-person narrators:
Straight up (Nick Carraway) or Unreliable (Holden Caulfield)?
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Legal, I enjoy the argumentation and confrontation.
Also, bounty, Strand books failed me. No dice finding the Koppett book there. I'll keep my eyes peeled.
First-person narrators:
Straight up (Nick Carraway) or Unreliable (Holden Caulfield)?
Unreliable narrators. They are much more interesting.
Novels focused on plot (Stevenson, Dickens, F. Cooper) or on the subjective impressions and feelings of the characters (Virginia Woolf, Joyce)?
I like both styles, but i'll go with the novels focused on the characters. I enjoy a novel that reflect's on human nature, our behavior, how we deal with certain issues.Quote:
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John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan?
Sancho---give amazon or ebay a try, one or the other's bound to have it, maybe for a penny even!
danik---I tried reading "mrs Dalloway" once. ack!
im not old enough to remember kennedy, and while I understand he was a relative moderate by todays "democratic party" standards, im a conservative leaning libertarian, so im going to lean towards Reagan.
the martian with matt damon, or abbott & Costello go to mars?
Sancho---give amazon or ebay a try, one or the other's bound to have it, maybe for a penny even!
danik---I tried reading "mrs Dalloway" once. ack!
im not old enough to remember kennedy, and while I understand he was a relative moderate by todays "democratic party" standards, im a conservative leaning libertarian, so im going to lean towards Reagan.
the martian with matt damon, or abbott & Costello go to mars?
None of them is my type of movie... i didn't like any of them. But, if i had to choose, i would probably go with "The Martian".
Nabokov or Tchekhov?
Tchekhov, in small doses...
Metaphor or Simile
Methaphors, I love them.
Meat, fish or just veggies?
I never metaphor I didn't like.
Veg'. Not totally veg' yet, but I'm getting there. And I feel Grrrreat! Like Tony the Tiger. That said, I do live in the Pacific Northwest now and I'm not sure I can do without wild salmon here.
Walk or ride?
Sounds healthy!
Walking. Urban creatures like myself ride only...on the bus.
City life or country life?
Both. The most perfect life is the one in which a person has the possibility of spending time in the city and in the countryside. I live in a city, but i often need a getaway weekend in the countryside. To relax, to be in a quiet place in which i have only my thoughts and my routines. No noise, no busy streets, no cars going up and down the roads, the crouds, etc.
But, if i have to choose one and only one, i would have to choose the city. Even for practical reasons. In a big city, you have everything you need in the range of an avenue.
Pink Floyd or Dire Straits?
Pink Floyd!
Songs or instrumental music?
I love lyrics and especially songs that tell stories, so its gotta be that one.
although, there are some great instrumental pieces out there that I just love. give moby's "guitar, flute and string" and "everloving" a listen (if you are only up for one, go with the latter).
and who doesn't love mason Williams' "classical gas?"
and oh my, movie soundtracks too! half the tunes from last of the mohicans make me cry.
still---going with music with lyrics.
watching the movie and then reading the book, or reading the book and then watching the movie?
Usually I prefer reading the book first. The movies are seldon as good as the books that originate them. But today watching has become easier for my eyesight than reading. I guess that´s why I have become such a soap opera fan.
Solid meals or sandwiches?
Solid meals, for sure. You can do much more concerning to solid meals than with sandwiches.
CSI or Law and Order?
oh that is a toughie, I like them both, and in so many of their iterations too! I like the two part story telling on law and order, but the science/tech stuff on csi is great. slight leans towards them.
honking geese or raucous crows?
Well, I know only CSI. Sometimes good suspense, but too gorish for my taste.
Certainly honking geese. I like them and this also goes to the memory of a deceased geese story thread started by TC.
Drama movies or comedies?
Hmm depends on the mood. Though right now I'd say drama.
Sweet or salty?
If I´m hungry, salty.
-10º C or 35ºC?
Oh -10 definitely! I want some snow
Soggy cold french fries or room temperature milk shake?
room temperature milk shake
fog or snow ?
snow (never saw it)
soul music or jazz?
Soul
Rather be smart or handsome?
Smart
red or blue?
Red
Italian food or Chinese food?
oh another toughie! pasta and tomato sauce are staples...but Chinese food is a special rare treat...ack!
going to go with the former just out of practicality. alas, goodbye vegetable lo mein!
a ponytail or a braid?
Neither! Presently very short hair because of the heat.
Travel by train or by plane?
Plane. Who wouldn't do in 30 minutes a travel that by train would take 3 hours?
Quentin Tarantino or Peter Jackson?
id much rather take the train. especially if there was some notable scenery along the way and the freedom to move between cars was involved.
I don't know enough about directors to have favorites, but I do know that tarantino has a sort of stylism that's unique and comical in a quirky sort of way, so i'll go with him.
the fuzzy peach or the smooth nectarine?
Peaches are usually sweeter!
Do your reading and writing in the morning, in the afternoon or in the evening?
Depends on the day :)
Ice-skating or sledding?
Ice-skating, although i just did it one or two times.
Reading at a quiet place or reading outdoors?
No ice-skating here, but there is a lot of skating going on on a place near by.
Reading in a quiet place but it can be a quiet outdoor place.
Listening to music while working or prefering to work in a quiet room?
I prefer to work with absolute silence. Just like i prefer to read at quiet places. Even if i read outdoors, it has to be in a place with very few people, or no people at all.
Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?
Messi.
Riding horses or swimming?
swimming
Breaking Bad or Sopranos?
I haven´t seen any of these series, but Sopranos is probably more my cup of tea.
D. H. Lawrence or Ernest Hemingway?
Ernest Hemingway. And Sopranos are the best TV series ever!
A trip do Índia or to Greece?
To Greece to see the architectonic treasures.
TV films or soap operas?
TV films. I hate soap operas. And the brazilian ones... i won't even comment, Danik! ahah
Monarchy or Republic?