Thursday, December 16, 2010

Don't Think, Just Answer!

by Cara McKenna

It's holiday time, and we're all brain-dead. So, a totally pointless but fun post from me this week. Copy these questions, paste them in a comment, and answer (any or all) without thinking too hard. Lemme in yo' noggins!

Favorite recent book:

All-time favorite book:

Book that most changed your life:

All-time favorite author:

Favorite band or musical artist:

Favorite album (by any artist):

Best song ever:

Your favorite song right now:

Favorite recent movie:

All-time favorite movie:

Favorite actor:

Favorite actress:

Favorite recent (last five years) TV show:

All-time favorite TV show:

Favorite game (video-, board-, parlor-, drinking-, anything):

Foxiest person alive:

Coolest person alive:

Funniest comedian, living or dead:

Job you'd love to try for one day:

Dream car (or other mode of transportation):

If you had to get a tattoo today:


That's it! Check you in the comments. Can't wait to see what folks are into…

9 comments:

Cara McKenna said...

I'll start it off!

Favorite recent book: Augusten Burroughs's A Wolf at the Table

All-time favorite book: Valley of the Dolls

Book that most changed your life: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

All-time favorite author: George Orwell

Favorite band or musical artist: Elvis Costello

Favorite album (by any artist): Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell

Best song ever: Martin Sexton's The Beast in Me…so dirty and joyous.

Your favorite song right now: Kylie Minogue's Get Outta My Way

Favorite recent movie: Cemetery Junction

All-time favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption

Favorite actor: Alan Rickman (shoot the glass!)

Favorite actress: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Favorite recent (last five years) TV show: Tie, Lost vs. Top Gear

All-time favorite TV show: Tie bewteen the first four series of Ab Fab and Kath & Kim

Favorite game (video-, board-, parlor-, drinking-, anything): Clue: Master Detective

Foxiest person alive: Julian Barratt

Coolest person alive: Sir David Attenborough

Funniest comedian, living or dead: Richard Pryor

Job you'd love to try for one day: bladesmith

Dream car (or other mode of transportation): mid-90s salt-pickled navy blue Saab 900S

If you had to get a tattoo today: Half sleeve of some kind of bird design, black and grays.

Kate Johnson said...

Favorite recent book: My Lord & Spymaster by Joanna Bourne

All-time favorite book: Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

Book that most changed your life: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

All-time favorite author: Terry Pratchett

Favorite band or musical artist: Crowded House

Favorite album (by any artist): Woodface by Crowded House

Best song ever: Fall At Your Feet by Crowded House

Your favorite song right now: Our Mutual Friend by the Diving Comedy

Favorite recent movie: The Social Network

All-time favorite movie: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Favorite actor: David Tennant

Favorite actress: Kate Winslet

Favorite recent (last five years) TV show: Doctor Who

All-time favorite TV show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Favorite game (video-, board-, parlor-, drinking-, anything): Trivial Pursuits

Foxiest person alive: Richard Armitage (rrroowwrrr!)

Coolest person alive: Johnny Depp

Funniest comedian, living or dead:

Job you'd love to try for one day: Lion keeper

Dream car (or other mode of transportation): Aston Martin DB9

If you had to get a tattoo today: A Yorkshire rose

Kate Johnson said...

I seem to have missed out the comedian. Ronnie Barker was pretty damn funny.

And I'm SO with you on the Saab. Absolute classic! My dad had one (think it actually was the 900S, might have been SE), he still misses it!

Cara McKenna said...

Hey, Cat! I don't know what it is about that car—its shape, maybe—but it just gets me all excited. The Mini Coopers used to do that to me, but now they're so ubiquitous… Old Saabs are endangered, which makes them even more thrilling to spot.

Love me an old 70s Mercedes S-class too. Any 20+ year old car is a fairly rare sighting in New England, as our salted winter roads gnaw rusty holes in them like moths.

Kate Johnson said...

Plenty of old cars in old England, Cara! Still see a couple of those 900s around sometimes.

And I've also realised I typed Divine Comedy wrong. They don't dive!

Shoshanna Evers said...

Favorite recent book: Pillars of the Earth

All-time favorite book: Story of O

Book that most changed your life: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

All-time favorite author: Shakespeare

Favorite band or musical artist: Sugarland

Favorite album (by any artist): Beastie Boys License to Ill

Best song ever: If I Die Young by 'The Band Perry'

Your favorite song right now: Defying Gravity from Wicked

Favorite recent movie: The Proposal

All-time favorite movie: Princess Bride

Favorite actor: Clive Owen

Favorite actress: Heather Graham

Favorite recent (last five years) TV show: Law & Order SVU

All-time favorite TV show: Sesame Street

Favorite game (video-, board-, parlor-, drinking-, anything): Playing doctor

Foxiest person alive: Can't pick just one.

Coolest person alive: my Dad

Funniest comedian, living or dead: the "Here's Your Sign" guy Jeff Foxworthy

Job you'd love to try for one day: farmer's wife

Dream car (or other mode of transportation): a Hummer like Arnold's

If you had to get a tattoo today: ouch! I wouldn't do it. You can't make me. I won't, I won't *plugs ears*

Wynter said...

Favorite recent book: Hill Country Holdup by Angi Morgan

All-time favorite book: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

All-time favorite author: Stephen King

Favorite band or musical artist: Dixie Chicks

Favorite album (by any artist): Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol 1

Best song ever: Dixie Chicks, I Believe in Love

Your favorite song right now: Lady Gaga's Bad Romance

Favorite Recent Movie: Vicki Christina Barcelona

All-time favorite movie: The Big Chill

Favorite actor: Leo DiCaprio

Favorite recent (last five years) TV show: Damages

All-time favorite TV show: The Bob Newhart Show

Favorite game (video-, board-, parlor-, drinking-, anything): Gin rummy

Foxiest person alive: George Clooney

Funniest comedian, living or dead: Kathy Griffin

Job you'd love to try for one day: Literary Agent

Dream car (or other mode of transportation): Jaguar

No tattoos, sorry.

Savannah Stuart said...

Love the post, Cara! I'll answer a few off the top of my head:

Fave recent book: Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon (I know it’s older but I just read it).

Book that changed my life: Power of One.

Fave all time author: Linda Howard.

Fave recent tv show: toss-up between Burn Notice and Fringe

Dalton Diaz said...

Favorite recent book:
Lover Mine by JR Ward

All-time favorite book:
There are so many I go back to over and over, different genres, etc. Way up there is Natural Law and Rough Canvas by Joey Hill

Book that most changed your life:
Um, technically... Love Cuffs by Ashlyn Chase and Dalton Diaz. LOL!

All-time favorite author:
Gads, too many to list! Eagerly await each book in series from Suzanne Brockmann, JR Ward, Jessica Andersen, and Joey Hill.

Favorite band or musical artist:
Right now, Adam Lambert

Favorite album (by any artist):
Bigger, Better, Faster, More! by 4 Non Blondes

Best song ever:
Imagine by John Lennon

All-time favorite movie:
Toss up, depends on my mood. Could be anything from She-Devil to That Thing You Do to Shawshank Redemption.

Favorite actor:
Hugh Jackman

Favorite actress:
Robin Wright Penn just gets better and better.

Favorite recent (last five years) TV show:
Modern Family

All-time favorite TV show:
Brace yourself. Probably Little House on the Prairie. So many memories!

Favorite game (video-, board-, parlor-, drinking-, anything):
Rock Band with the fam!

Foxiest person alive:
Hugh Jackman

Coolest person alive:
Um, yeah, Hugh Jackman

Funniest comedian, living or dead:
Carol Burnett

Job you'd love to try for one day:
Famous Author!

Dream car (or other mode of transportation):
Limo with driver!

If you had to get a tattoo today:
It be small and sexy, and it would wipe off with baby oil.