This Is My Band Wagon. I Like To Jump On It.

[ladysprite]

Okay. Playing along because I've enjoyed coming up with questions for other folks, and imagining what my own answers would be, and because all the cool kids are doing it....

Fill in the blank.

"Hey LadySprite, what is your favorite____?"

And I will answer. Possibly creatively, and within the limits of what I feel like sharing with the world at large, but I will answer.

Comments

[antoniseb.livejournal.com]

type of apple (for flavor)

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

...exotic animal?

[cristovau.livejournal.com]

myth

[mermaidlady]

tea

[auntiemame67.livejournal.com]

fairy tale

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

wonder of science.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Facial expression of your husband's? :)

[baron-saturday.livejournal.com]

way to spend a hot summer afternoon

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

...ice cream flavor... :-)

[droewyn.livejournal.com]

bad movie

Hey LadySprite, what is your favorite____

[new-man.livejournal.com]

...thing about yourself?

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

kind of character to LARP?

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Definitely Cortlands. There are others that I like, for baking, and Jonagolds are a close second, but for eating I adore how crisp and tart and just... perfectly apple-y they are. And nothing in the world tastes better than a Cortland that you *just* picked from the tree a minute ago.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

In particular? There's a bare-eyed cockatoo named Bob who lives at one of the clinics where I work. He has fallen in love with me, and will sit on my shoulder throughout the day and babytalk to me and try to feed me. He's just charming and sweet beyond compare. (Apologies to my own snake; he's cool and mine and I love him, but Bob is just awesome.)

In general? I'm inordinately fond of turtles. There's something just delightful about stoic little walking rocks.

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

chemical element?

[guendalina.livejournal.com]

breed of dog?

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Ooh, tough one - mostly because I don't know if my first choice technically counts as a myth.

The first thing that pops into my head is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I love the story and the complexity and the layering and imagery and the beauty of the language. But technically, I think that's a legend, and not a myth.

So if that doesn't count... I'm going to have to say Echo and Narcissus, only because it's the first one I ever learned. When I was little and found out that the flower for December babies was the narcissus, I had no idea what it was, and set out to learn all about it, and so I've felt faintly possessive and devoted to the story ever since.

[serakit.livejournal.com]

...dance?

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Darjeeling - specifically, Stash Tea's Darjeeling. It has a richness that I can't quite describe, but that tastes... well, more tea-like to me, without being bitter or flat.

For everyday drinking, though, my go-to is Yorkshire Gold.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Easy - Donkeyskin.

I had a book of Perreault fairy tales when I was little, and for some reason this one just resonated with me, and I read it again and again and again. This was probably helped, at least in part, by the absolutely gorgeous illustrations of the princess's dress the color of the wind - I blame that at least in part for my participation in the SCA.

Even now, though, it still grabs me in ways that others don't, and when I'm reading retellings I search for versions of it.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

The human elbow joint.

I suppose that's more a wonder of biology, but hey, biology is a science. And elbows are just So. Freaking. Cool. The fact that it's a hinge, but that at the same time we can just twist so our hand is palm-up or palm-down - without bending, without involving our upper arm at all - it's the most amazing thing I can imagine! Utterly mind boggling, and evolution came up with it, and it's so useful and awesome and wow.....

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

... punctuation mark?

[weasel2000.livejournal.com]

Food...can be item or cuisine

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

He gets this look when he suddenly realizes something awesome and cool and exciting - usually either related to science or mischief (my husband has a stealthy but strong trickster streak) - a combination of 'wow!' and anticipation and excitement and humor that just lights up like a firecracker.... :)

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

In an air-conditioned movie theater, watching a big, blockbustery, fun, not-necessarily-too-thoughtful movie, complete with popcorn, artificial butter flavor, overpriced soda, and a friend or friends. Ideally followed by going out for ice cream and rehashing all the awesome bits of the movie.

Want to go see Toy Story 3 this weekend? :)