Is it time for the 10 questions?, You tell me..... Options

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hey.....

I think it's time for the 10 questions we all wanna know!  :dance:

Here goes:
[*]What is your favorite food?
[*]What is your favorite hobby?
[*]What is your favorite movie of all time?
[*]Who is your favorite writer?
[*]What is your favorite book?
[*]Who do you most admire (and why)?
[*]What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
[*]What drives you to write?
[*]Have you ever been published?
[*]If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Thanks in advance everyone!
Cheers!
~Cleo  :pharoah:

[Nefertiti]

Hey Cleo!

I got nuttin' to hide!  I'll bite!  Here goes!!!

1. DUH!!!! CHOCOLATE!!!!

2.  DUH!!! Eating CHOCOLATE!!!


3.  Oooh, that's tough!  Super Yikers!  Just one?  Oh boy!  Hmmmm, lemme see, um, I guess I'd have to say "Amedeus." (I have a Salieri complex.)

4.  Why, myself, of course!

5.  Don't laugh - The Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery

6.  Myself because of my extreme beauty and ultimate power!

7.  Everything happens for a reason.

8.  My pen!!! Just kidding!  A Supreme Being who ain't gonna let me off the hook that easily!!!

9.  Hey, does the 9th Grade poetry book count?  Or Poetry.Com's stupid books?  I was an editor in Junior High and wrote for the school paper.  Does that count?  Um, won a song writing competition in college but didn't get published.  Well, although not professionally, I guess the answer would be "yes."

10.  Dang!  Only 1 thing?  Well, I would have to honestly say, it would be my NOSE!  Hate it!  Always have!  I've been asked how I broke it and I never did!  Boo-hoo!  (Oh, the sheer vanity of it all!!!!)  Oh wait!  Maybe I should have answered that I wish I could change my extreme negativity combined with my total serious nature.  Nope.  Nose wins!

[Charon]

And now on with the Hun --

What is your favorite food?

My wife's homemade spagetti, sauce, meatballs and sausage.

What is your favorite hobby?

Writting and laughing.

What is your favorite movie of all time?

Dr. Zhivago

Who is your favorite writer?

Was Stephen King and Stephen Donaldson, but it is now changing to Terry Goodkind.

What is your favorite book?

Misery

Who do you most admire (and why)?

Ghandi - a small man who accomplished so much without violence, money or power.

What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?

You have to go after inspiration with a club.  - Jack London

What drives you to write?

The joy of sharing my dreams.

Have you ever been published?

Yes - twice so far - Snowflake in a Senior Citizen Newsletter, and Class of '66, on my High School's web site.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Eaten better when I was younger.  After surviving a CBAG I have learned to appreciate other foods besides hamburger and steak.

McDonalds, BK, LJS, KFC, Taco Bell, Taco John, Runza, Arby's, Wendy's all should be baned from face of the earth.  Bad, bad, bad - now sit BooBoo.

Sorry, got carried away there.  I apologize for any and all misspellings.

AtH

[Cleo_Serapis]

AWESOME you two!

WOW - you replied so fast!!

I'm going to lend a lil' mystique on my answers.... HEY, I'm pretty good at ASKING you guys and gals stuff, but do I HAVE to answer too?            

It's nice to find out more about ourselves..... may we all learn something new in the process.....

So let it be written...so let it be done!

Hugaroooooooos.
~Cleo  :pharoah2

[Guest_Zeus²_*]

this is all given under oath:

What is your favorite food?
Lets just say I hate liver, lamb, and bitter veggies

What is your favorite hobby?
used to listen to music, all kinds, from way back with the big bands, to opera, some of this stuff today turns me off

What is your favorite movie of all time?
Godfather, and Goodfellas

Who is your favorite writer?
Robert Ruark, from way back, a journalist and novelist


What is your favorite book?

read lots of great ones, no favorites

Who do you most admire (and why)?
some of the old time athletes, played with pain, no excuses

What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
Here comes the chocolate cake

What drives you to write?
started as a whim, then got to be fun

Have you ever been published?
moi?????

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
be 25 years younger        

[Guest_Don_*]

Tsk, tsk, Cleo,

Here goes:  Believe it or not.

What is your favorite food?   Ambrosia

What is your favorite hobby?  Admiring Aphrodite

What is your favorite movie of all time?     "The Brothers Karamosov"

Who is your favorite writer?   Dostoyevsky

What is your favorite book?   "The Brothers Karamosov"

Who do you most admire (and why)?  Aphrodite because I already told you.

What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?  You also shall go away.

What drives you to write?   Price of petrol.

Have you ever been published?
   Yes, and it is highly overrated.  Maybe I was overrated?
    Similar to personal patents, they seldom matter much.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?   I'd be immortal

Cheers! Have another drink on the house!

Am I hired or what?

Don

[AMETHYST]

Oh goodness... does it need to be only one answer...   :O Well Let's see what I can come up with...    

What is your favorite food?

Chicken (anyway, anytime...) Burgers, mexican food, liver with onions, (On the nights I have liver, Larry can have bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches like my mother use to make my brother...Be happy you're fed!) I love egg salad sandwiches (I guess that takes us back to the chicken..) Hmmm, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches... I will be back the list goes on...  


What is your favorite hobby?
Let's see it use to be reading...or playing catch, bowling, playing pool, writing, horses, painting... now... I love to sleep!


What is your favorite movie of all time?

Love Story (the original) While you were sleeping, Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang, The wizard of oz, oh... there is a few more...


Who is your favorite writer?

Stephen King


What is your favorite book?

I have either too many, or none... :)


Who do you most admire (and why)?

My Mother, for the same reasons that Larry admires old athletes, she went through lots of pain and hardships and never complained...She was a woman of true heart and conviction!


What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?

Are we there yet? Nothing comes to mind right now, so that will have to do.. :)


What drives you to write?

Lately?... Boredom...


Have you ever been published?

Yes, when I 14 a poem in a local newspaper, and 2 short stories in magazines... and, 2 poems in anthologies (which don't count because they were from The Library of Poetry which is a fraud.  


If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would be less fool-hearted and more self concerned...

Ok that's me!  

[Cleo_Serapis]

What is your favorite food?
Turkey with all the fixins!   YUMMY!  


What is your favorite hobby?
Hmmmmmm - reading and writing!  


What is your favorite movie of all time?
I have three - Cleopatra, Ben-Hur and The Day the Earth Stood Still...


Who is your favorite writer?
Depends on Genra: Sci-Fi would be Piers Anthony, Romance would be Jude Devereaux, Fantasy is JRR Tolkien, Fiction is Wilbur Smith.


What is your favorite book?
'Isle of Woman' by Piers Anthony followed by 'River God' by Wilbur Smith  


Who do you most admire (and why)?
Mom!   She has taught me many things, values, virtue, stamina, politeness...too many to name! A more famous person would be Ghandi....


What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
"By knowing one reaches belief. By doing one gains conviction. When you know, dare." - Ancient Egyptian Proverb  


What drives you to write?
Observations on Life, from television to newsprint to working and having fun!  


Have you ever been published?
Recently, yes, in a Shadow Poetry chapbook, "Array of Triolet".  :)


If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
How I plan my days and evenings - time management and getting healthier, both in mind and body.    

[Blank_Canvas]

[*]What is your favorite food? vegetable soups
[*]What is your favorite hobby? reading
[*]What is your favorite movie of all time? love comedies, in particular....love old Spencer Tracy films.....I guess either Father of the Bride, or Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
[*]Who is your favorite writer? ohh that's a toughie cuz I read a wide variety....again humor is a favorite genre, so Erma Bombeck, Patrick Mcmanus, and the list goes on...
[*]What is your favorite book? my many volumes of poetry
[*]Who do you most admire (and why)? my father. He first lived with MS for 30 years, then cancer.....he never lost his sense of humor, his smile, or his loving character.
[*]What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom? see my signature below....that's a particular favorite of mine.
[*]What drives you to write?  my need to create, I guess.....that's why I like crafting, cooking, painting and writing
[*]Have you ever been published?a few hs newspapers and magazines....and an anthology which I knew was a scam, but I wanted a copy for my sons. Nothing notable, but I am not seeking publication.
[*]If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? as Lori said, a healthier and less stressful lifestyle

These are my responses.....

[Guest_Jox_*]

What is your favourite food?
Smoked Salmon, quails' eggs, beetroot, raspberries, mangoes, and almost anything with real ale or scrumpy!

What is your favourite hobby?
My partner and I, plus our three dogs, watching village cricket on a beautiful village cricket pitch on a warm sunny day with a pint of real ale in hand. At the same time having an earpiece in, listening to the BBC's "Test Match Special" where Henry Blowfelt is commentating on the Fifth Ashes Test of the summer with England set to win both the match and the Series! (Though the dogs do have problems holding their glasses).

[For the uninitiated: The Ashes is the series of five cricket matches - each of up to five days, held every other year between Australia and England. As the Aussies are the World's No1 and, until recently, England has had many bad years in cricket, this scenario would be wonderful. Oh, yes, and cricket is really the only sport the planet needs - we could easily scrap everything else.]

What is your favourite movie of all time?
I like comparatively few films but of all I think the answer must be: "Harvey" about a six-feet tall invisible white rabbit. Starred James Stewart as Elwood P Daoud (spelling unsure) and Harvey, as himself. I have to make honourable mentions of a few other almost equals... "Sink The Bismarck"; Star Wars" IV (original); "Kind Hearts and Coronets"; "The Meaning of life" (Python); "The Cruel Sea"; "Battle of Britain"; etc

Who is your favourite writer?
Playwright & Overall Favourite: William Shakespeare
Poet (apart from Shakespeare): Wilfred Owen
Novelist: John LeCarre
Political Writer: Matthew Parris

What is your favourite book?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Novel: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John LeCarre.

Who do you most admire (and why)?
Mustardseed, my late dog. She mothered me and one could not hope for a better friend. She gave everything and asked little. She was courageous and intelligent. Her only fault was that she hated anyone and anything outside the pack. I have never met a human being with more than half her qualities and I doubt I have a quarter.

What is your favourite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
I like quotes but I have never seen one which encompasses everything - so different quotations for different circumstances. However, if pushed, I suppose Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech sums up much of the human condition.

What drives you to write?
My Volvo estate quite often if I go out and about. Ok, to be serious...
I suppose that character or scenarios enter my head and I have to write about them to see what happens (as no one else can tell me). As the late Tommy Cooper (The tall, fez-wearing magician/comedian) said when telling a joke, "Sssh! I want to listen - I've not heard this one!"

Have you ever been published?
Yes but only in magazines. My main ambition is to have novels published. Honourable mentions for poetry would also be most satisfying. I do not like short stories (satire excepted) - though I do try to write some.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Just one thing is not worth the effort. Now, if I could change all 357 things.... Alternatively, I would love to open the batting for England against the Australians and score a century. Dreams...!

[Guest_Artemis_*]

Here goes:

What is your favorite food?
Chocolate Chip blizzards from Dairy Queen.. fresh black cherries... JamaicanSteak at Hops... and most of all, GREEN BEANS, cooked slow.

what is your favorite hobby?
I would say riding, but that's more than a hobby to me now.. reading, writing poetry....

What is your favorite movie of all time?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Who is your favorite writer?
Orson Scott Card

What is your favorite book?
I'd have to say Atlas Shrugged, same as my dad's was. I have not re-read it in a long time, though, because it's coming far too 'true'.  

Who do you most admire (and why)?
Techumseh.. because he tried to unite scattered tribes
Colin Powell.. another man of great integrity!
Mother Theresa.. for her kindness and her bravery
St Francis of Assissi

What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
Who is John Galt? (ayn rand)
The Serenity Prayer (St Francis, I think)

What drives you to write?
the words come, and feel to precious to be lost inside my head.. writing helps me order my own thoughts and feelings.. and create either beauty, anger, ugliness, serenity, etc...

Have you ever been published?
Does this count? In college I won a short story contest, and was published in the next year's Freshman Literature booklet.. I think they used my piece for analysis.  I've also had letters to editors published....

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would become more sure of myself, my abilities, and my own degree of 'goodness' and 'worth'

gena
artemis

[Cleo_Serapis]

Thanks everyone so far for your replies!

This is very interesting!!!!!  :detective:  :detective:

Cheers!
~Cleo  :pharoah:  :lovie:

[Guest__*]

Here goes:

What is your favorite food?
Indoneisan - Nasi goreng
YUM


What is your favorite hobby?
Playing basketball, snowboarding, reading + writing and BEST = socialising


What is your favorite movie of all time?
Ehm, i like a lot of differend ones. Donnie Darko is a favourite, also American Beauty

Who is your favorite writer?
again, too much quality/diversity to pick only one favourite
although JD salinger = great. i really like paulo coelho and i much admire Ben Okri (whom i met)
Modern day writer would be Ben Elton



What is your favorite book?
Sylvia Plath - the bell jar
AND A solitaire Mysery - Jostein gardner


Who do you most admire (and why)?
anyone who lets themselves really live


What drives you to write?
people
society
combinations


Have you ever been published?
no

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
not to be so selfish
(or is it an age thing?)

[Guest_Brahms_*]

Hearty scrambled collection of fresh herbs, different
cheeses, chopped coral mushroom, bacon hints.

Writing when outside, skiing (back when coordinated)
singing with folks who're beyond self worry.

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis, and Thomas Merton

The Last Temptation of Christ

Skilled singers who're most interested being best for
group instead of self glorification.

I write to inbibe in creative catharsis of announcement,
wonder of discovery, and joy of blending.

Was published when Weyerhaeuser wrote of my logging
accident, and I began to sell booklets of my poems.

If I could I would change my naive vulnerability when I
became fodder for those few who fed on my 'wounded
Forest Gump' identity placed on my shoulders after
pronounced announcement of Wounded Logger.

[Arnfinn]

Hi

Hello Friends.....


1  Sausages & mashed potato + prawns + oysters +loster + fish + home cooked Corned Beef (Silverside) boiled potatoes, cauliflower & creamy cheese  sauce. A couple of tinnies of Ausie beer.........Burp  

2 No real favorites: Writing, make home brew, helping my community....>>Co-ordinator for Berry Meals-On-Wheels.....Director on the board of North Shoalhaven Meals Co-oP Ltd...Accountant friend and I have been working out horse racing systems for last 30 years, woodworking.........furniture, lathe... gardening. ???

3 Anything on TV. or the Movies  or the Highway Hoarding .....anything

4 No real fav.....Mystery.......Deaver.....Michael Connoly
  Poets; Oscar Wilde, A.E. Housman, T.S. Eliot, BC/AD Poets.

5 Oxford Dictionary (Complete Wordfinder) Oxford University Press. Walton Street, Oxford  ox2 6dp


6  My wife     (She's got to put up with me)

7  Anything  Oscar quoted...........Genious.....very dry.

8  My brilliance

9  Hmmmmmmmm..........Let me think......No!

10  Be thirty years younger.


         

[Guest_verchMorrighan_*]

Huh.... it looks like I hadn't answered... thought I had...

Favorite food:

Right now, Porterhouse Steak. (I think that's what's for dinner...)

Favorite hobby:

Poetry forums.  :laugh: I think I'm in a good 4 now, and That is where ALL my free time goes...

Favorite movie:

Dead Poets Society (with Robin Williams)
or perhaps Pirates of the Carribean, because there are funny corset jokes.

Favorite Writer:

Orson Scott Card-- for that genre...fantasy/scifi
Will and Ariel Durant for historical nonfiction
Walt Whitman for poetry, currently
For pure fiction-- John Steinbeck

Favorite Book:

The Confessions by Rousseau

Most admire:

Hmmm... I would have to go with Jaime Escalante (if anyone has seen the movie Stand and Deliver)


Favorite quote:

Good sense is the most evenly shared thing in the world, for each of us thinks he is so well endowed with it that even those who are the hardest to please in all other respects are not in the habit of wanting more than they have.
--René Descartes

Drive to write:

Reading.

Ever been published:

If self publication or publication in another journal for NAPA or VAPA (Natl. Amateur press assoc. and Virginia Amateur press assoc.) http://www.amateurpress.org/ counts... then I have.

Change one thing about myself--

Nothing, I don't think. Unless I can stay 15... I don't want to be 16!!! (6 days...)


Salem

[Cleo_Serapis]

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