Monday, August 20, 2018

Personal History - "Favorites" Stories, Part Three

Best Fruit?

Bananas. Nothing else out there quite like them, especially with peanut butter. And yes, there is such a thing as too many bananas, I'm finding.

Worst fruit?

 Jackfruit. You need a machete to open the thing, and then you're rewarded with something huge and smelly. If you're gonna work that hard for food, it should taste like chocolate or something, not a dirty sock...

Best Holiday?

Thanksgiving. Lower expectations than Christmas, high return. Good food and family. Fall weather. Naps and Harry Potter marathons. Great memories.

Worst Holiday?


July 4th - not because of Independence Day (patriotism and freedom, all good). It's because of the heat, and the sticky, noisy celebrations. When I was two, my parents sat me next to the cannons at the July 4th celebration in our town, and I had a massive cow, because it was too loud.

I couldn't even stand hearing a balloon pop for decades after that experience. Any unexpected loud noise just shocked my entire system. I might be a little bit on the autism spectrum myself.

Best Meal?

The last restaurant meal I had. Salmon New Orleans-style, with shrimp and salad. Good stuff, and it didn't hurt me. And talking about love songs and death and who knows what else with my best friend. <3

Worst Meal?

That time Sam and I were invited to our bishop's house for a party. We thought we were finally going to get to know people in our congregation better...and when we got there, the bishop came out and told everyone thank you for coming, and then left us to sit and talk with his counselors and their wives in the kitchen, while the rest of us sat in the dining room with some weird cold chicken dinner, wondering what we were doing there. It was the food, and the company, that time.

Favorite Movie star?

Ryan Reynolds, before Deadpool. After Deadpool, a tie between Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston. What a glorious selfie sandwich that would be to have a picture with both someday!


Least favorite movie star?

Probably Charlie Sheen or Alec Baldwin. Maybe Charlie Sheen a little bit more than Alec Baldwin...?

Best Movie?


Hobbit/Lord of the Rings. I consider them all as one glorious, extended-version 24-hour movie. And I watch it every year at Christmas with the fam, and every year it's wonderful all over again.

Worst movie?

 That's a hard one - sometimes bad movies are so bad they're good, so you have to find one right in the middle of the spectrum, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

I think either Howard the Duck, or maybe The Master of Disguise? After I saw both of those, I really wanted my life wasted on them back.

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