Music

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted a new entry for a couple weeks. I do love the responses I have gotten so far, so I'd really like to keep this up!

There are two ways I was thinking about to introduce the music question. Since there are no rules on my version of Desert Island, I will offer those two choices here, and you can write about one or both (or make up your own. What do I care?).

Here you go:
You are able to take an iPod to Desert Island (which is totally solar-powered during the day and the energy lasts throughout the night). What would you bring?
Option 1: There is room for five albums. What five albums (with artists' names) would you include?
Option 2: There is room for only five songs. What five songs would you include?

And can you stand to only listen to the same five choices over and over again?

I received an iPod for Christmas and haven't started putting songs on it yet. If no one has thought of this service as a business opportunity yet, they should. I really want to do it but know it's going to take some work. Plus, I like to plan things out like that... write down all the songs I want on it, and the order I want them.

I will post my five choices soon. I can't wait to hear yours!

My Chosen Quotations

For one reason or another, these are the quotes I would bring. The last one, though, just makes me laugh out loud and hearing the sound of my own laughter on a deserted island might break up the monotony of the day.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. - Pearl S. Buck

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas A. Edison

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. - Woody Allen

Quotations

One of mimikatemom's book selections inspired this choice for "What Would You Bring?".

Imagine you could bring five quotations with you for inspiration, motivation, reminding... whatever you use quotations for. What five quotes would they be. Are they written by others, or is there a motto that you've created and adopted that you would like to see everyday?

They don't necessarily have to pertain to your island-bound situation, though write what you may. Who am I to make up rules for Desert Island?

Enjoy.

My Choices For Books To Bring

Wow! I am 1) blown away by everyone's choices, and 2) blown away that people visited the blog. If you have it in your heart, could you link me on your blog? I'll return the favor if you drop me your blog address.

I love to discuss books. Reading will most certainly be listed as one of my "hobbies" or "favorite things to do" any time. That's why I chose this for my first "What Would You Bring?". I just had to know what and why.

So, without further ado, my book choices are:

1) Catcher In The Rye (ggg stole my heart by listing this as one of his choices). This is one of the funniest, saddest, most interesting stories and characters in modern literature in my opinion. I have read that book countless times, and I think I discover new places to laugh every time. Phoebe, Holden's little sister, is also written as an essential character and she makes me howl, too.

2) Music for Torching. This was written by my very favorite author, AM Homes. She is brilliant and honest and provocative. The way she writes has you experiencing feelings for certain situations, taboo situations, that you think you're not supposed to feel. I love all of her work. But, MFT leaves you in the whirlwind of the characters' lives and ends in such a way that makes you hungry for more. You might think, when finishing, "How can that happen, and what happens next?" While that may be torture for some, I love it!

3) Lolita. Another provocative piece of work. Perhaps that's what I like? I don't know, but the story is so interesting and makes you wonder just who you are supposed to sympathize with - the hopeless older man, or the vulnerable-but-not little girl.

4) Some sort of self-help motivational book. I think I might get sad and lonely out there (after the initial joy of the sudden and dramatic weight-loss I would inevitably experience) and just may need a pick-me-up.

5) How To Survive on a Desert Island. I don't know if this title actually exists, but I don't know how to build a fire, kill something for food, or the 101 ways to turn sand into a delicacy. I would need some instruction. It's just not one of those books you think you need until you need it.

The best thing I've taken from this post was the recommendations of my fellow bloggers. I am going to hit some books stores to check out a few of your selections because of your passion for your choices and your reasons for choosing what you did.

Feel free to continue adding. I will post a new "what would you bring" soon.

Thanks for reading.