Five Things I Have Tried To Like Because My Friends Do
...and still just don't.
1. dinosaur comics (Although today's does remind me of Mr. Thompson: "A new lunar year, and guess who's still not married?")
2. White Russians
3. The Flaming Lips (Actually, the song of theirs playing on Pandora as I write this is not so annoying, but still... eh. I prefer Broken Social Scene, for reasons unclear even to me.)
4. Great Expectations (Quod Mother: "If you start to like Dickens because of that boy, I will be forever in his debt.")
5. The cookies Andrew brings to Calvert House.
Five Things I Have Discovered Because of My Friends:
1. xkcd
2. Iphigenie en Tauride, the first opera I honestly enjoyed.
3. Dar Williams (okay, so this isn't a recent discovery)
4. Amaretto sour (yummy).
5. The culinary possibilities of mushrooms.
Conclusion: Eh, whatever, I do my own thing. Although I really should try to like Dickens...
1. dinosaur comics (Although today's does remind me of Mr. Thompson: "A new lunar year, and guess who's still not married?")
2. White Russians
3. The Flaming Lips (Actually, the song of theirs playing on Pandora as I write this is not so annoying, but still... eh. I prefer Broken Social Scene, for reasons unclear even to me.)
4. Great Expectations (Quod Mother: "If you start to like Dickens because of that boy, I will be forever in his debt.")
5. The cookies Andrew brings to Calvert House.
Five Things I Have Discovered Because of My Friends:
1. xkcd
2. Iphigenie en Tauride, the first opera I honestly enjoyed.
3. Dar Williams (okay, so this isn't a recent discovery)
4. Amaretto sour (yummy).
5. The culinary possibilities of mushrooms.
Conclusion: Eh, whatever, I do my own thing. Although I really should try to like Dickens...
Labels: adventures of a musical dilettante, fives
3 Comments:
No, Dickens was a dreadful writer.
(Yes, I know you'll try to like him even more--That's the point!)
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Anonymous, at 9:38 AM
Modern Flaming Lips is mostly annoying, IMO, too, except for a couple songs. I very much prefer the older stuff, like In a Priest-Driven Ambulance [which you probably haven't heard, though I don't think it'd be your cup of tea, either]. But I really don't dig xkcd: far too emo, though there are occasionally truly great strips ["sudo make me a sandwich.."]. And that's my thoughts on the matter.
mr thompson
still not married.
and can't canonically get married for like a month and a half now.
By
Anonymous, at 10:22 AM
No, see, I know this girl who I think is a ghost....
But, yeah, I consistantly fail to like Dinosaur Comics, despite liking the humour, the dialogue, repetition, dinosaurs, AND comics.
Also, alcohol and milk don't belong together, though I do like Great Expectations, in that pleasantly-depressed sort of way.
Props on xkcd and Dar Williams. Patrick, it is interesting to note, is responsible for getting me hooked on both.
By
Nemo, at 3:28 PM
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