5 posts tagged “qotd”

What fragrance/cologne do you put on when it's your night out? 
Submitted by noiq.

Volupte by Oscar de la Renta

What work of art (film, book, record, whatever) changed your life?
Submitted by bodhibound.

The only book, film, record or whatever that I can truly claim changed my life is the movie of The Hours. 

I went and saw it at a time when I was desperately depressed and suicidal.  I struggled every day with the impulse to kill myself, to end it all.  I knew Virginia Woolf's pain as she weighted herself down with stones and stepped into the river.  I wept with empathy and pain when Julianne Moore's character decided to commit suicide despite being pregnant.

And could not restrain my shock when her character walked into Meryl Streep's party some 40 years after her supposed suicide.

I had never, until that moment, considered the possibility that I could survive being suicidal.  That I might be able to live through the pain I was going through.  That, despite feeling so desperate that death seemed the only option, I could avoid acting on the suicidal feelings and actually make it through.

So in a very real way, The Hours changed my life in such a way that it gave me the option to live.

Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song?

Wood Cabin in Snow

If you had a time machine, which year would you travel to and why?
Submitted by Michelle.

It's so hard to decide.  But if I really had to choose, iI think I would decide to do between 1930-1933 (can't pick the exact year, sorry).  And, yes, we are talking high society, here.   And why?  

Partly because of the glamour and the fashion.   I love watching movies from this period.  The gorgeous bias cut dresses, the sultry hairstyles, the exaggerated femininity.  It all combines to make this era so seductive.  

Jean Harlow

But also because of the gorgeous architecture of the period, including one of my favourite buildings of all time:

Chrysler Building

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) 

1. P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) - Parliament
2. Judy - Lionel Hampton
3. I Never Thought I'd Find, Someone Who Could Be So Kind - The Manikins 
   
4. Tonight - Iggy Pop
5. End  - The Cure 
6. Sycamore Trees - Angelo Badalamenti
7. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
8. Hail H.I.M. - Burning Spear
9. Wild Honey Pie - The Beatles
10. Tarana (In Adana) - Ali Akbar Khan