5 things thread: a game!

Okay, for fun, let’s play "5 things."

You ask a question, and people have to list their top five answers to that question. Your answers can be as outrageous as you want--for example, if asked what five cars you want to own in your life, don't think about what you can afford NOW, just shoot for the moon!

Here, we can let a question sit for a day or two, so people can add their answer, then add a new 5 things question.

I'll begin: I’ve been watching the Discovery channel all day, so travel is on my mind. What five places would you love to visit in your lifetime?

The top five places I want to visit in my lifetime:

1.) Antarctica (penguins, auroras, and a zillion stars you can’t see in the city.)
2.) Ireland (a whole lot of culture and places I’d love to see there)
3.) France, especially Paris. (Too many reasons to list!)
4.) India (a culinary and cultural wonderland)
5.) a very small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean (solitude, sun, sand, and peace!)

Top five places I want to visit:

1) Norway!! I want to hang out with Haraio and Aina and admire all the fine-***, flaxen-haired, Viking BBWs that roam that beautiful country. :cool:

2) South Africa - Lions & impala... and Crocodile-hunting...crocodile burgers... crocodile gumbo... crocodile hush puppies... MMMM. :p

3) Jamaica - wanna hang out with Goodchild and listen to Jamaican women talk in that cute, sexy accent. *swoon* They are soooo charming....


4) United Kingdom - haven't visited Manchester yet


5) Holland - Dutch people are sooooooo cool. LOL! What a happening country! :cool:

Harrison, you would be more than welcome to come visit! :p

Top five places I want to visit:

1. India!
I want to ride this train!!! :D
http://www.jeffiscool.com/pictures/IndiaTrain.jpg

2. South Africa... for the same reasons as Harrison :p

3. Egypt, to see the pyramids and Amina :p

4. Rome, Italy

5. Holland... No, I'm not copying you Harrison ;)
I have been to Amsterdam once, but I didn't get to see much of it because we only spendt one night on a hotel just outside the airport so we didn't get to see the town. Rason we stayed there for one night was because of a screw up from the airline, we were comming from Morocco and the had forgot to put us on the passager list from Amsterdam to Oslo, so we had to wait for a plane the next day... It was all good though 'cause we got to go to a grat hotel for a night and have a great dinner and a nice breakfast for free :D
But i kinda feel cheated out of seeing Amsterdam.
The is one more reason for wanting to go to Holland and that is that Joel is 100% dutch... :p

1. Ireland
2. Italy
3. England
4. The western part of the U.S. (I've never been past Ft. Worth, Tx.)
5. Go back and visit Maine again.

HMM
Ireland
Scotland
Australia
anywhere tropical
and
England

Harrison, weren't you supposed to be coming to Paris to visit MOI ?

booooohooohoooohooooooooooooooooo:(

India
The Hoggar (desert region in Africa)
Scotland
Death Valley
Tahiti

Harrison, weren't you supposed to be coming to Paris to visit MOI ?

booooohooohoooohooooooooooooooooo:(

Not to worry, my sweet... ;) I'll make a day trip and drive over from Manchester.

Grilled sardines for everyone? :D

1. Alaska (mountains!)
2. Peru (more mountains!)
3. The big island of Hawaii (volcanoes!)
4. Kenya (aminals!)
5. Thailand (more aminals!)

1. Egypt (and explore the ancient pyramids)
2. Israel
3. India
4. New York (I've never been!)
5. Ibiza, Spain

Hard to narrow it down:

1. Scotland
2. Ireland
3. India
4. Greece
5. Egypt

and everywhere in the US I haven't been yet, and Canada, and South America....hmmm...maybe I should have listed 5 continents?

For all the obvious reasons I want to travel to these countries and just immerse myself in the culture, history, and geography of the land.


Egypt
Israel
Italy
Iceland
China


It was extremely difficult to pick only 5 places I want to see. I have at least 10-20 more countries for the same reasons I'd love to see (Ireland, France, Spain, England, Japan, India for example), and none of those places rank any lower to me.

It was extremely difficult to pick only 5 places I want to see. I have at least 10-20 more countries for the same reasons I'd love to see (Ireland, France, Spain, England, Japan, India for example), and none of those places rank any lower to me.


Ah, you have discovered the challenge of the "5 things" game....choice and prioritizing! I know I would love to visit many more places than the five I listed, but I had to pick my top five! :)

These are soo fun!!! :D

Okay---so I would pick:

--->Italy
--->Spain
--->Australia
--->Bahamas
--->Greece

Hmm...I think its time to start saving for a vacation...Anyone in??? :)

I'm thankful to have done a whole lot of travel in my life....but I've got a lot of places still on the list!!!

1.England
2.Australia
3. The Greek Isles
4.Alaska, USA
5. Israel

Nadine.

I would like to see St Petersburg, Russia.
Peking China
Greese
New Zealand
Ny Ny

My top five. I also love Italy and other parts of Europe

Okay, I've got a new question.

What are your top 5 favorite bands or musical artists? If you have a particular favorite album or song from any of them, go ahead and list that too.


1. Paul Simon (Graceland)
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival (Willy and the Poor Boys)
3. U2 (The Joshua Tree)
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan (Texas Flood)
5. Tom Petty (Full Moon Fever)


I'm kind of curious whether these will go roughly along generational lines. I know mine don't really fit in that sense, in that all the albums I listed came out before I was 10.

1. Type O Negative
2. Kamelot
3. In Flames
4. Chicago
5. A Perfect Circle

Okay, I've got a new question.

What are your top 5 favorite bands or musical artists? If you have a particular favorite album or song from any of them, go ahead and list that too.



EEK! A tough one!

Here goes:

1.) U2
2.) The White Stripes
3.) The Beatles
4.) Tori Amos
5.) Matchbox 20

Tricky, tricky: I could add about 20 more to this list!

Good question, PinkPanther!

1. Tori Amos. The entire Little Earthquakes album as it was the first music to give my inner turmoil a voice, just replace God with parents. I particularly like the song Crucify (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jftFhb0xnU). To this day she is my all-time favorite. :yes:

2. The Ramones. Weird; rebellious; love them! Poison Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUwDX84JDbg) or I Wanna be Sedated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc)

3. NiN. I love this video The Perfect Drug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0s5UOVsMDg), but my favorite song by NiN is The Hand That Feeds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk7SKP4PJ2w)

4. Linkin Park. Love them! My marriage...Numb (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXYiU_JCYtU)

5. Chingon. My fiance listens to a lot of traditional Mexican music like this: Banda Machos - La Suegra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpkqA0EBVEQ). So it was nice to find this group for us both to enjoy since I'm not a big fan of the traditional style. Though I won't deny it's quite humorous to see the entire lawn crew (who are Mexican) sitting in front of my window eating their lunch and jamming to what sounds like a Mariachi Band invaded my house. Anyway, I get the privilege of having my fiance sing this updated version of his favorite song in my ear. This band are a few members who are also in another great band called Del Castillo. The song is Malaguena Salerosa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyp8Us-ixkk&feature=related) and given the above info there is no way it doesn't make my top 5! :blush:

1. Tori Amos. The entire Little Earthquakes album as it was the first music to give my inner turmoil a voice. Replace God with parents and you understand me. Particularly the song Crucify (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jftFhb0xnU). To this day she is my all-time favorite. :yes:


OMG, Angel, you rock! I love that song. Just yesterday, I put it on a mix CD for one of my kiddos. I told her what the song had meant to me and she listened to it; she said she could use the song when she was angry. (Which, given the kiddos I work with, is a LOT!)

I actually put a LOT of Tori on that CD...it was a female-power mix. We also giggled over the "Happy Phantom" and decided we too, would run naked through the streets without our masks on if we died today. :)

Glad to find another Tori fan!

Ok...hmmmm

In no particular order:

Pink Floyd
Paul Simon
The Beatles
Tarkan
The Eagles

I could name so many more...I am a musicholic!

This is a most difficult question to answer for me. I have close to 2000 cds.

My top formats are the
Blues
Rock N Roll
Country
Jazz
Dance/Disco
Space/New Age

OMG, Angel, you rock! I love that song. Just yesterday, I put it on a mix CD for one of my kiddos. I told her what the song had meant to me and she listened to it; she said she could use the song when she was angry. (Which, given the kiddos I work with, is a LOT!)

I actually put a LOT of Tori on that CD...it was a female-power mix. We also giggled over the "Happy Phantom" and decided we too, would run naked through the streets without our masks on if we died today. :)

Glad to find another Tori fan!

Aw, thank ya! And awesome! It is great to find another Tori fan! Little Earthquakes is a great album for internal turmoil I think (well all of them rock, but that one in particular). Love the Happy Phantom story. :)

I always called her music style "happy confusion". It has always felt like the grounding wire to my crazy thoughts. Made it safe to have them if that makes any sense.

Love finding another fan as well! :yes:

Mmmmm...thats a good one...In no particular order...

1. Three Doors Down
2. Matchbox Twenty
3. Chicago
4. Billy Joel
5. Maroon 5

I don't think I can limit this to just 5 and if I tried, then I'd find more later that I wish I had on my list. But, here are some of my favorites:

1. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band -- love so many, but probably my favorite of his would have to be Born to Run
2. Stevie Ray Vaughan (had front row seats to see him once, and been in love ever since -- favorite song Voodoo Chile
3. The Beatles -- In My Life is one of my favorites
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival -- no particular favorite
5. Andrea Bocelli -- love everything he sings

Ok. Here is a new question.

What are your 5 favorite things to do for others?

1. Making people laugh.
2. Making others feel loved and showing it through my actions.
3. Being a shoulder/rock/listening ear.
4. Doing things for others without expecting anything in return.
5. Give my money away.

1. Giving them a thoughtful gift.
2. Making them feel important and needed.
3. Giving them a hug.
4. Making them smile / laugh.
5. Doing something for them that alleviates stress.

1. I love cooking for my friends...having them over for lunch or dinner

2. Making them smile/laugh

3. Helping them clean house

4. Giving them hugs

5. Treating them to a movie

1. make them happier
2. Listen
3. eat/drink with them buy a meal or cook
4. Give presents- like it when it can be something I have made or written for them personally
5. share my testimony with them, talk about faith

taking some of the previous questions

5 places to visit...

1. Italy :kfluffy: hahha of course.. been twice now... and can't wait to go again.

2. India - the culture and religion fascinate me to no end
3. China - ditto ^
4. Poland - for personal reasons.. to see where my family came from
5. Russia - ditto ^

5 favorite groups..

1. Emerson Lake and Palmer
2. Franco Battiato
3. Osanna
4. Magma
5. Traffic

5 favorite things to do for others... hmmm..

1. make people feel special, we all are in our own ways
2. make people laugh
3. when that fails.. make them smile
4. when that fails... make them think
5. when that fails... make them mad


next question...

5 things you have never done that you have always wanted to do..but for what ever reason didn't....

I don't travel much, but here's 5 places I'd like to visit in my lifetime:

1. New York City
2. Las Vegas :D
3. Alaska
4. Hawaii
5. Ireland



5 things I'd like to do but for some reason haven't done yet:

1. See the Minnesota Vikings win a Super Bowl
2. See the Minnesota Vikings IN a Super Bowl :rolleyes:
3. Skydive (even though I'm afraid of heights)
4. Host a radio show
5. Marry Teri Hatcher :D

5 things I'd like to do but haven't done yet:

1.) Skydive
2.) Rock / mountain climb on a real mountain (not the lil' hills and cliffs I have done so far)
3.) Take a cruise
4.) Scuba dive
5.) Take swing dance or belly dance lessons

Sorry I missed your thread!

5 fav places to travel to
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. Ireland
4. England
5. China

5 fav groups
1. Snow Patrol
2. 30 Seconds to Mars
3. Death Cab for Cutie
4. The Weepies
5. Melee

5 things to do for peeps
1. Listen
2. Give them my heart
3. Accept them unconditionally
4. Share
5. Sacrifice

5 things I have never done but would like to
1. Walk the streets of Jerusalem
2. Walk the Great Wall of China
3. Adopt an asian baby
4. Visit Graceland
5. Open our own fine dining restaurant.

Sora

5 things I'd like to do but haven't done yet:

1.) Skydive
2.) Rock / mountain climb on a real mountain (not the lil' hills and cliffs I have done so far)
3.) Take a cruise
4.) Scuba dive
5.) Take swing dance or belly dance lessons

Interesting:
Mine are-
1) learn to paint
2) Make a cd to sell of my own music
3)visit alaska
4) Go on a mission trip
5) Write a novel or a informational/educational book

Five things I'd like to do but haven't done yet because it isn't feasible, lol! But they're my dream tasks:

1. Volunteer for an extended period of time in another country w/ a program like Peace Corps or Unicef.

2. Give up a permanent life. I'd stay and work one place until I tired of it and then I'd open a map, pick another place, and leave.

3. Build the ultimate gaming computer system. :bgrin2:

4. Take a trip around the world and learn as much as I can about the world.

5. Hang Glide.

5 things I've yet to do but want to...

1. Whitewater rafting
2. Jump out of an airplane
3. Graduate!!!
4. Drive a racecar
5. Take a cooking class

1)Lliving on the edge-Aerosmith
2) Come sail away-styx
3) More than a feeling-boston
4)Jump-van halen
5)Eminence Front-the who

Guess I am dating myself lol ;)

I need (at least) two different categories for favorite songs.

Music:

1. Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
2. The entire second half of Abbey Road - The Beatles
3. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
4. Hook - Blues Traveler
5. Close to Me - The Cure


Lyrics:

1. Against the Grain - Bad Religion
2. True to Myself - Ziggy Marley
3. The Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp
4. I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
5. I Got a Name - Jim Croce

it is tough for sure love U2 as well.. forgot about them when I was pondering.. yep lyrics deserve another category..
top five lyric songs:
1. the pretender-jackson brown
2. time for me to fly- reo speedwagon
3. turn the page- bob seger
4. all about soul - billy joel
5. time in a bottle-jim croce

this looks like fun!:)

Here are my answers to previous questions:

travel
Ireland~it's my dream to go there. So beautiful green, the irish pubs, Celtic music
Prince Edward Island~I've wanted to go there ever since I saw Anne Of Green Gables back in the 80's
Italy~I'm Italian and would love to visit the places where my grandpap lived when he was a child
Scotland~like Ireland, I think Scotland is a beautiful place full of rich culture
Morocco~I've always saw Morrocco as an exotic place

groups/singers

Loreena Mckennitt~One of the most amazing voices I've ever heard. Her music touches my soul
The Moody Blues~One of the most lyrical, souful groups ever. Also they're such down to earth people in the music industry
Enigma~my introduction to the new age/ambient/electronica genre.
Cindy Morgan~One of my favorite Christian artists. Her music speaks to my heart.
Delerium~another new age/electronica/ambient project I'm passionate for

favorite things to do for others
listen to them
try to cheer them up
look at their good qualities
pray for them
give to them

things I would like to do
get married
write a novel
travel around the USA
go to Ireland
own a bookshop

lyric songs
Nights In White Satin~Moody Blues
Forever Autumn~Justin Hayward
Cantus~Connie Dover
Dante's Prayer~Loreena Mckennitt
I Will Be Free~Cindy Morgan

This thread is languishing, so, new topic.

The five best STORIES you have ever read (no specific category--all open.)

1.) The Sandman graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman. (This is cheating a bit, because it is a collection of stories---however, it counts, as the stories are inside other stories. If you have always thought of comic books as low-brow, check this out. It is amazing, intelligent, creative, and Endlessly Delightful.)

2.) Dune by Frank Herbert (I'd love to cheat again and say the whole Dune series and Dune universe, but this book will do, as it opens a whole new--well, universe, to everyone who reads it.)

3.) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by JRR Tolkien

4.) The Dark Tower by Stephen King (Last book of Gunslinger series)

5.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

(Anyone see a pattern? I love stories that continue; as well as stories that open up a whole new world. Each of these books expanded my ideas of what the world, the universe, and life can contain. These stories stay with me, and make me think, dream, and hope: what if....)

Your turn!

My five favorite stories

1) The Incredible Journey
2) Celestine Prophecy
3) The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
4) Purpose Driven Life - not really a story but a great book
5) The Bible--- for me continues to be a timeless incredible story of life, death, lust, sin and life in general; sprinkled with grace and love & an amazing ending

I could go on and on though I love booiks I could have bene a librarian, I would be happy to read everything in the world... I like serious deep stuff, stuff that makes you think, and stuff that is just a fantasy or an escape to a different zone.. I loved harry potter as well for that aspect, and hate to see the end of it.. Also like westerns as they send you away to another time and place... It was tough to just pick five --- Another one I really liked was called Instructions to the Cook- A zen masters take on living a life that matters.. Found that very illuminating.
ahh maybe I will just read today... it is twenty below wind chill here today brrr...
lily

Hummmm.....books.....

1. The Sack of Rome
2. The Sad Sack
3. The Gunny Sack
4. Bag of Bones (S. King)
5. The Rattle Bag

:) Guess Who!

Hummmm.....books.....

1. The Sack of Rome
2. The Sad Sack
3. The Gunny Sack
4. Bag of Bones (S. King)
5. The Rattle Bag

:) Guess Who!


What's with you and sacks, Guess who?!? :rofl:

I haven't read much of any novels. I remember liking the book "How to kill a mockingbird" in school. The rest, hmmm....I'll have to dig back in my files.....:p
I read the bible often too, Lily.

What are your five favorite websites? Besides this one, of course.


1. Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net/): A directory of wonderful things
A blog about nearly everything. It focuses on art and innovation, DIY stuff, copyright issues, and privacy, but also covers science, technology, politics, civil liberties, and all sorts of weird, wild stuff.

2. Pharyngula (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/): Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal

The subtitle pretty well says it. PZ rules.

3. Pandora (http://www.pandora.com/corporate/): radio from the Music Genome Project

A sort of internet radio station where you create your own stations around artists or albums you like and it plays other songs that sound like that artist. You further tweak the playlist by voting on the songs it plays. It's a great way to discover new artists you may never hear otherwise.

4. My Yahoo (http://my.yahoo.com/)

My homepage, which has one of my email accounts, weather, yellow pages, news (mostly science news from the wire services), and other assorted stuff all together. I'm probably going to switch to iGoogle (http://www.google.com/ig?tab=mw&hl=en) as soon as I get used to it though, since I use a fair number of their products.

5. Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com/): State of the nation

I read Think Progress (http://thinkprogress.org/) and Crooks and Liars (http://www.crooksandliars.com/) regularly as well, but I like dKos best. I used to have a problem with its format (just seemed too busy visually for me to read it much), but I seem to have gotten over that.

Hmm...
Can't do songs, it's too limiting. How about if I do favorite artists/albums of 2007.

Cloud Cult: The meaning of 8
Midlake: Van Occupanther
Spoon: GaGaGaGaGa
Band of Horses: Ceased to begin
New Pornographers: Twin Cinema

Points to anyone who is familiar with my favorite bands ;)