yay. i have left Salem. am Atlanta for the next two weeks. hoorah. then south dakota.
and now, two memes. because i just read liz's lj.
Meme #1:
List 5 songs that have a significant meaning to you.
1. Free Bird, Lynard Skynard
2. Sweet Home, Alabama, Lynard Skynard
3. Simple Man, Lynard Skynard (seeing a pattern here?)
4. I've Got You Under My Skin, Frank Sinatra
5. I'm Going Home (from Rocky Horror)
List 5 things that you could not live without.
1. oxygen to my brain and lungs
2. books
3. traveling
4. music (sounds kinda strange coming from me, since i'm not musical talented whatsoever, but, yeah. i have my reasons.)
5. good movies
List 5 important friends in your life.
1. i'm just going to clump them all into one - family
2. Liz
3. Emily
4. Keely
5. Jehan
List 5 celebrities/entertainers that you idolize or just really really like.
1. Jason Isaacs (whodathunkit?)
2. The Beatles
3. Lynard Skynard (hehe)
4. John Hannah
5. Tim Curry
List 5 goals you wish to accomplish before you die.
dude, i thought that's what the "things to do before i'm 37" list was for.... i guess i'll pick out the most "important."
1. cry at Alexander the Great's grave
2. produce "Hobbites" in mass quantities and become rich
3. go to the World Cup
4. visit England again
5. do something meaningful with my life. i know that's kind of broad, but it doesn't really matter what i do. as long as i can die knowing that i have accomplished something worthwhile.
List 5 people that you would like to fill this out and post it in their journals.
i don't really want to obligate anyone. not that me mentioning your name here would really obligate.... whatever. fill it out if you want. or don't. i still love you.
Meme #2:
1) Total number of books owned?
i can answer this question with another question - what do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino? elliphino! (say it aloud, yo)
2) The last book I bought?
Dead Man Walking (for school.... which i didn't read....)
3) The last book I read?
Hear My Testimony by Maria Teresa Tula (again, for school - that's what summer is for)
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
~ Peter Pan, Barrie
~ The Odyssey, Homer
~ In Memoriam, AHH, Tennyson (close enough to a book....)
~ Hamlet, Shakespeare (play, book? what's the difference?)
~ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain (hahahaha, i crack myself up sometimes. *wipes tear* that was a good one, kristi....) *cough* I meant to say, Pride and Prejudice, Austen
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs:
see above....
oh! i watched the coolest thing ever yesterday.... alright, maybe not THE coolest thing ever, but it comes pretty damn close - BEACH SOCCER! it was so incredible! fuck beach volleyball.