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 b35 said... hmmm, i can't ask just one question, so:
1) best book you've ever read?
Ooh, that's tough.  I don't think I can come up with just one.  I'll name a few that I tend to re-read multiple times.  Octavia Butler Lilith's Brood series (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago) are incredible.  I totally live in a different world for a while when I'm reading them.  The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is amazing.  I refused to see the movie because the book was so moving to me that I don't want to have anything disturb those images.  I cry so much reading that one.  Finally, The Tidewater Tales by John Barth.  Kind of a tough one to explain.  It's a postmodern novel blending poetry and prose about a couple who are 8 1/2 months pregnant with twins and go off on a sailboat and meet all sorts of people from classical literature:  The Odyssey, Thousand and One Nights, etc.  There is an absolutely fascinating teleplay in it about conception that I can't help but picture every single time we are BD'ing.  It took me several tries to get into the book.  But, now, I read it every two years or so.

2) favourite tv series
Oh, dear.  This could go on for a while.  I've always been a Star Trek fan and will watch any of the various series.  Currently?  House, Doctor Who, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Fringe, Top Chef, Project Runway, Family Guy, The Simpsons.  In the past?  Seinfeld, Friends, Cheers.  Um, I could go on for a lot longer but then you'd think that all I ever do is watch TV.  And, I don't.  Really.  I promise. 




3) is there anything you'd change about your wedding day?
Oh, I absolutely loved my wedding!!  :)  My anniversary is Monday and the weather is starting to turn crisp and remind me of how lovely it all was.  We got married at a barn out in the country.  The ceremony was outside in a field in front of trees that were all just starting to change colors.  We blended Jewish and Christian traditions and random personal things and made something that was unique and special for us.  I never thought I'd be so excited about the actual wedding.  I really just wanted to be married.

The major thing I would change would be to have a wedding coordinator so I wasn't the one yelling at people or remembering every single detail.  I would also have hired a crew to clean up afterward.  The only other thing would be to have managed to get a better video person.  We'd planned to give the camera to a friend of ours but the person who was bringing the camera (he wasn't supposed to be the one bringing the camera, my mother was -- I'm not sure why she gave it to him as he is notoriously late to everything) showed up late and somehow never gave it up.  All we wanted was the camera to sit in the back on a tripod and film the ceremony.  He managed to wander aimlessly around (often with the camera pointing at the ground) and seemed to only ever get my face and the back of my DH's head.  Some moments he seems to have turned off the camera and missed altogether -- my friend reading a poem that made everyone cry, my DH's mother blessing the wine in English before my mother blessed it in Hebrew.  After the ceremony, he seemed to film only my side of the family (if you drank whenever my DH appears you wouldn't even get tipsy) and then recorded 2 of the 5 toasts that were given.  When I think about it, it makes me angry.  So I try not to think about it.  Everything else was wonderful and I have gorgeous pictures and wonderful memories to make up for the lack of the video.

Oak said...

Describe your best day ever. The one that actually happened, not one you would like to happen as I think we would all say the day we have a healthy baby. :)  I know it is cheesy and cliche, but I think it was actually my wedding day. It really was beautiful and, when I look back on it now, I am just amazed and touched that so many people came SO far into the middle of nowhere to help us celebrate. 

Rita said...

Tell us about the day you met your husband. Was it love at first sight??!   We were introduced at a picnic to start off the summer research program at our school.  We just kind of chatted a bit and I don't remember much about what happened there. However... this was not the first we knew of each other.  We both were members of an on-line dating site and, apparently, kept getting each other as "ideal matches" in weekly e-mails.  I kept thinking "oh, I couldn't date him -- he works where I do and that would just be awkward to meet someone on-line who works with you."  It just seemed weird. So, when I finally met him face-to-face at first I thought that we couldn't possibly date because we were both looking for someone to date.  (This logic is really not logical...) Apparently, he had printed out my profile (he has since framed it) and was having some of the same thoughts. Then, when he was trying to get up the courage to ask me out, I got up the courage to ask him to be a statistical consultant on our research project -- thinking he hadn't noticed me, yet, and this would help get us together.  WRONG!  Apparently it signaled to him that I wanted a professional relationship and he had to wait out the summer to go anywhere else with it.  I had no idea this is what he was thinking.  So, we had this ridiculously slowly developing relationship over the summer where I felt like I was in middle school trying to figure out if he liked me or not.  (My friend gave me a paper to hand to him that said "Do you like me?  Check one:  Yes  No.")  On the day I was about to give up, he finally kissed me and we've been together almost every day since for more than 5 years. 

ifcrossroads.com said...

Oooh! Can I ask a question??? SO sorry that I'm late to the question-asking party! I've been asked this question multiple times in my life (a few in interviews, actually!) and it's very thought provoking.  Sooo, If you could have a do-over on anything in your life, what would that be and why?  Ah, incredibly interesting!  I think that I would have kept dancing and been more committed to it.  I started dancing when I was 4 and focused on ballet when I was in high school -- classes 5-6 days a week for two hours a day or more.  My senior year, though, I ended up taking far fewer classes each week and it kind of petered out.  I was discouraged because I didn't have the right body type (tall-ish, larger chest, flat feet) and it just wasn't working for me.  And, I think I lost some of the dedication I used to have.  I started again in college, but without as much focus.  By the time I was a senior in college I was taking several classes each week, again, and I'd discovered modern dance and loved it.  I wish I'd found it earlier (I did some modern in high school, but not much) because I think I would have been incredibly happy with it. I really wish I'd kept up with it and taken classes or joined a small company when I was in grad school.  But, I didn't.  The Rebecca I am now says "why the hell not?" The Rebecca I was then was afraid of failure, I think. 

 All righty!  That's it for the questions.   Thank you all for them!!!  It was fun! ☺