Bookworming
At the risk of turning this place into LiveJournal Jr., I'm going to tackle one more meme by special request of The Cartoonist. This one has to do with my reading habits which are admittedly eclectic, albeit rather trashy:
1) You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451; which book do you want to be?
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf, by David Madsen because it's so perverted even I wanted to burn it.
2) Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Ha! Wouldn't you like to know? Actually, I think I had a crush on the character of Esme Lauterbach from Max Schulman's, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (upon which the wacky television show was based). I could totally relate to being a little guy trying to win the heart of a 6-foot tall woman (my first girlfriend was 5' 11").
3) What are you currently reading?
I always have 2-3 books in a perpetually half-finished state. Right now, I'm malingering over The Medieval Reader, by Norman F. Cantor and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf. They're just too high-falutin' for me, I guess.
4) The last book you bought was: Eyeing the Flash, by Peter Fenton
5) The last book you read was: The Golden Transcendence, by John C. Wright
6) Five books you would take to a desert island:
Well, if I'm gonna be stuck on an island, I better take along a couple of appropriate cookbooks, so I'd pick Hawai'i Tropical Rum Drinks and Cuisine, by Don the Beachcomber, and Trader Vic's Pacific Island Cookbook, of course. Hopefully, I'd get to bring a case of Havana Club Rum too. I'd also take something by Tim Powers, because his books are always entertaining, if a bit formulaic, and Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, because it's the ultimate in celebrity sleaze. Finally, England's Dreaming by Jon Savage sounds like a good read.
7) Who are you going to pass this stick to, and why?
Wot, is this the blogospheric equivalent of the dreaded chain letter? Unlike some people I could name(Ralf), I'd never be so cruel as to dump this in the lap of some poor, unsuspecting soul like say, Sean, Jaime, or Lili. No, I'd never do anything like that.
Comments
Damnit Ralf! *shakes little fist in the air*
I'm so posting about this tomorrow! ;)
Posted by: michelle | April 14, 2005 10:03 PM
He was probably "marinating" when he did it...;-)
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 14, 2005 10:13 PM
yeesh. if anyone else had tried passing this torch i'd have been forced to un-holster my gasoline filled super soaker, but since it's you mr.b, i'll be glad to take it off your hands... hmmmm. gotta think...
Posted by: Jmorrison | April 15, 2005 1:20 PM
Jaime, if you don't wanna do it, don't. No worries.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 15, 2005 1:29 PM
I'm still hungry now.
Posted by: The Cartoonist | April 15, 2005 2:29 PM
haha, nah, i was just kidding mr.b. i love this kind of crap. i'm almost done, just trying to figure out who i can pass it to who hasn't already done it...
Posted by: Jmorrison | April 15, 2005 2:44 PM
I'm still hungry now.
Here, have some breadsticks.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 15, 2005 2:50 PM
Dammit. I'm supposed to be working, but now I'm just sitting here trying to narrow it down to 5 desert island books. (And the torch wasn't even passed to me! Gah!)
There goes the afternoon.
Posted by: czeltic girl | April 15, 2005 5:06 PM
Might as well join in, CG. If it hadn't been this, you just would've found some other way to waste the afternoon...;-)
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 15, 2005 7:04 PM
Btw: this cover up for a LJ is not working. THIS IS A LJ IS DISGUISE!!!
Posted by: Sebastian | April 15, 2005 8:09 PM
He he. Drunk (again...). IN DISGUISE
Posted by: Sebastian | April 15, 2005 8:12 PM
You discovered my secret, Sebastian...;-)
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 16, 2005 9:12 AM
I've been away from my computer for 3 days, so I've encountered this challenge a bit late. Nonetheless, it seems like a good enough exercise, so I think I'll play, too. Now to ponder...
Posted by: Sean | April 16, 2005 11:36 PM
Bread on a stick?
Posted by: Gaa | April 20, 2005 11:37 AM