Question Meme!
Leave a comment saying "Ooh, me, pick me!"
- I'll respond by asking you five random questions.
- Update your journal with the answers to your questions.
- Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions
My questions are from bastetseye
1. Which is your favourite Lois Lane?
Hmmm... Hard pressed to decide between Margot's Lois and Hatcher's Lois (although Margot's has a leg up.... A Lois who can't figure out or doesn't have any clue that her BF is Superman is not one I'm extremely fond of).
2. What is the weirdest dream you can remember having?
Hmmm.... When I was in high school I had a really weird dream which to this day I've never forgotten. I was volunteering at the St. Louis Science Center that day (I was a volunteer there at the time). For whatever reason someone brings in a unique computer which takes control of the Planetarium (which at the time had a mockup of the Original Star Trek transporter). I ran through the Planetarium tunnel (which was a creepy sewer setup at the time... it use to FREAK out both children and adults before they revamped it) yelling that a computer was taking over when I woke up.
3. Best novel you have ever read?
*musing* Best novel... I'm hard pressed to pick just one so I'm going to give a couple of categories:
Historical Fiction: "Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher" by Lenore Hart. This follows Becky as she goes through life (and she herself has some words for Mark Twain in this which I found hilarious at times). It's a page-turner to the extreme.
Mysteries: I can't pick just one book so I'd recommend the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. Elizabeth Peters is the nom de plume of Barbara Mertz Ph.D from the Chicago Institute of Egyptology. The books are written take place anywhere from the mid 1880s until the 1910s when it was the heyday of foreigners practicing archaeology in Egypt. The books hold a great deal of historical accuracy about the digs the characters are on while at the same time giving a depth of humor to the mystery element. Amelia in these books has many quotable quotes. My favorite: "Marriage is a stalemate between equal adversaries."
Fantasy: "The Firebrand" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A retelling of the sacking of Troy told through the eyes of Kassandra and the women of Troy's eyes.
Science Fiction: "Space" by James A Michener. While technically science fiction in that it's fiction and it has science in it; it is a retelling of the NASA program from World War II up through the shuttle program. While it was known for dragging on at times I adored it for it's dedication to scientific accuracy. When hubby and I merged our book collections into a single library this and "Lies My Teachers told Me: Everything your American History Textbook Got Wrong" were the two books which were essentials in our personal libraries that we both owned.
4. Best dessert you've ever had?
I'm torn between a Cardinal Sin (Ted Drewes custard, hot fudge and tart cherries) is the one that I loved from the time I was little but in more recent years I had a strawberry lemon sorbet which really amazing. With the Cardinal Sin the mix of the rich custard, the tart cherries and the thick chocolately fudge is heavenly to me. No matter how many fancy desserts I've had over the years nothing seems to fully top the Cardinal Sin Sundae.
5. It's Halloween, what do you dress up as?
This ones both the easiest and the hardest for me. Easy because I have a ton of outfits to choose from (I'm a thrift store fan and I used to do a lot of community theater growing up). Hard because I have a ton of outfits to choose from. I will say though that the last two Halloweens I dressed up as either a gypsy or a medieval wench/female from the Merchant Class.
- I'll respond by asking you five random questions.
- Update your journal with the answers to your questions.
- Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions
My questions are from bastetseye
1. Which is your favourite Lois Lane?
Hmmm... Hard pressed to decide between Margot's Lois and Hatcher's Lois (although Margot's has a leg up.... A Lois who can't figure out or doesn't have any clue that her BF is Superman is not one I'm extremely fond of).
2. What is the weirdest dream you can remember having?
Hmmm.... When I was in high school I had a really weird dream which to this day I've never forgotten. I was volunteering at the St. Louis Science Center that day (I was a volunteer there at the time). For whatever reason someone brings in a unique computer which takes control of the Planetarium (which at the time had a mockup of the Original Star Trek transporter). I ran through the Planetarium tunnel (which was a creepy sewer setup at the time... it use to FREAK out both children and adults before they revamped it) yelling that a computer was taking over when I woke up.
3. Best novel you have ever read?
*musing* Best novel... I'm hard pressed to pick just one so I'm going to give a couple of categories:
Historical Fiction: "Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher" by Lenore Hart. This follows Becky as she goes through life (and she herself has some words for Mark Twain in this which I found hilarious at times). It's a page-turner to the extreme.
Mysteries: I can't pick just one book so I'd recommend the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. Elizabeth Peters is the nom de plume of Barbara Mertz Ph.D from the Chicago Institute of Egyptology. The books are written take place anywhere from the mid 1880s until the 1910s when it was the heyday of foreigners practicing archaeology in Egypt. The books hold a great deal of historical accuracy about the digs the characters are on while at the same time giving a depth of humor to the mystery element. Amelia in these books has many quotable quotes. My favorite: "Marriage is a stalemate between equal adversaries."
Fantasy: "The Firebrand" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A retelling of the sacking of Troy told through the eyes of Kassandra and the women of Troy's eyes.
Science Fiction: "Space" by James A Michener. While technically science fiction in that it's fiction and it has science in it; it is a retelling of the NASA program from World War II up through the shuttle program. While it was known for dragging on at times I adored it for it's dedication to scientific accuracy. When hubby and I merged our book collections into a single library this and "Lies My Teachers told Me: Everything your American History Textbook Got Wrong" were the two books which were essentials in our personal libraries that we both owned.
4. Best dessert you've ever had?
I'm torn between a Cardinal Sin (Ted Drewes custard, hot fudge and tart cherries) is the one that I loved from the time I was little but in more recent years I had a strawberry lemon sorbet which really amazing. With the Cardinal Sin the mix of the rich custard, the tart cherries and the thick chocolately fudge is heavenly to me. No matter how many fancy desserts I've had over the years nothing seems to fully top the Cardinal Sin Sundae.
5. It's Halloween, what do you dress up as?
This ones both the easiest and the hardest for me. Easy because I have a ton of outfits to choose from (I'm a thrift store fan and I used to do a lot of community theater growing up). Hard because I have a ton of outfits to choose from. I will say though that the last two Halloweens I dressed up as either a gypsy or a medieval wench/female from the Merchant Class.