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Well it, would depend on the terrain, of course. Assuming that I had clothes (including shoes), I would 1) want a knife strung enough to cut saplings for shelters if it were a warm region; or 2) reliable means to make a fire if it were a cold region. I would also want a cell phone so I could order some Chinese food.
Would you hop a train if your tipsy friend really thought it would be fun?
Yes. Even without a tipsy friend.
If you, in an agreement with God / destiny, could travel back in time and meet your favorite dead author at a nice retreat with good food and wine for lengthy discussions and exchange of ideas over 1 week, would you agree to having your life reduced by 52 weeks?
No. I'd rather spend the 52 weeks reading his or her books.
What characters from Dickens would you invite to your birthday party?
You probably mean "Would you invite Fagin and the Artful Dodger to your birthday party?"
I would.
Would you rather have spent New Year's Eve Dec 31 1999 with a guest of your choice at Barbara Streisand's concert in Las Vegas (2 VIP tickets face price $1m) if you were gifted the tickets.... or spend the evening the way you actually did?
As I hurt my knee when I was watching the rockets with my parents and could barely move for the next couple of days, I think even Barbra Streisand would have been preferable.
If Ursula Oppens played a program of Elliott Carter's solo piano works near you, would you go see it?
No, it's she's just too Italian neorealist. :)
With my luck, Clockwise, I'd probably get Ebenezer Scrooge.
How would you have ended A Christmas Carol if you were writing it for modern readers?
Basically the same only it would be one of the 1% who have the worst reputation for ruthless dealing, and they would give away every cent they had, even selling all assets, and become a humble street preacher
castigating the rich for their greed.
How would you rewrite Moby Dick?
Queequeg reveals that he's really a woman; Ishmael feels better about sleeping with him at the start of the book, until he turns out to be pregnant. Moby and Ahab work their problems out maturely. Starbuck's market share strategy destroys Stubb's lifelong dream of opening a coffee shop. Everyone goes to Seaworld.
Would you get in a swimming pool with an 8,000-12,000 pound, more or less disgruntled, killer whale?
Definitely not, those things go insane in captivity.
Would you rather be an eco-terrorist or a corporate criminal?
I'd rather be law abiding! :)
Local Police or FBI as a job?
Local police, if retirement ever seems like too much work. (J/k).
Would you rather leave a tidy sum to your heirs or live well and die broke?
I'd like to think I had something to pass on...
Is there a writer that you cannot abide? Whom?
Yes, but some here like him, and I don't want to make them feel bad about themselves or inhibit them from reading what they love.
Is there a writer you consider "over your head"?
A lot of them, but it might show my ignorance to name one, and in the world of fine literature a Southern American already has two strikes against him!
Would you read what is described as "The most boring Sherlock Holmes adventure (by any author) you've ever read?"
If it was by Conan Doyle, I'd read it and make up my own mind. I probably wouldn't read any Sherlock Holmes pastiche, but not because of how someone else had described it.
Would you you visit a friend in prison if he had confessed to multiple murders?