Cordy's Would You Rather Fictional Grab-bag Edition!

Hello everyone!  Cordy has made another one of her "Would You Rather" games and I'm here to play it! 

 

Do check out Cordy's blog and her answers to the game here!  And then join in the fun and play the game for yourself!  Anyone and everyone is welcome! 

 

All right!  Here we go...

 

I'm ready to play!

 

Would you rather, be a tenant of Mr. Darcy or Mr. Knightley?

Oh wow.  Thanks for starting us off so easy, Cordy!  Honestly, I don't know!  Either one would make a great landlord!  How's a person to choose? 

 

 

Okay.  Mr. Darcy.  And no, I don't have a particular reason for choosing him.   I'm still in the act of the Bertie Wooster shrug and totally at a loss here so how can I be expected to come up with reasons?

 

 

Would you rather spend a day in the 100 Acre Wood or Neverland?

The 100 Acre Wood!  Definitely!  It feels cozier and more friendly to me than Neverland. 

 

 

Would you rather attend a tea party with the Mad Hatter and company or meet the Wizard of Oz?

I'll take the Mad Hatter and company.  As far as I can remember the Wizard of Oz wasn't all that interesting.

 

 

Would you rather spend a summer at Netherfield with Jane and Mr. Bingley, or at Hamley Hall with Squire Hamley?

Oh my word!!  This is an easy one!  Jane and Mr. Bingley!  Absolutely, positively, that is my final answer!  Squire Hamley's okay and all, but he doesn't strike me as the sort of person that would be very fun to spend a large amount of time with.  Spending a summer with Jane and Mr. Bingley however would be quite nice I think.  They're both so sweet and Mr. Bingley is so cheerful I'm sure we would have a lot of laughs and good times together.

 

 

Would you rather be "rescued" by Gilbert Blythe or Colonel Brandon?

Gilbert Blythe.  I'm afraid I'm still not a huge fan of the Colonel.  I just don't fancy being rescued by a man who will then ask me in a monotone "Is there any other way in which I may serve you?" as if he means to be the most caring man in the world but all the time you can see he's thinking about how sad, sad, sad, his life is and what a horrible, miserable, time he's had of it, and would someone please extend pity towards him?  Please?  (I'm sorry.  That's really cruel of me to say about the Colonel.  And I know I'm exaggerating.  But that's just sort of the feeling I get from him, particularly in the 1995 movie.)

Would you rather marry Laurie or John Brooke?

John Brooke.  He's steadier and more the husbandy type.  Or maybe I should just say he's more my type of a husband.  I like Laurie a whole lot, too, of course, but I can more easily imagine being married to John Brooke and living in a small home rather than being married to Laurie and all his wealth. 

 

 

Would you rather have to participate in a skirmish as a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men, or as a member of the Musketeers?

I'd prefer to be with Robin Hood's Merry Men.  They strike me as a bit more fun.  I might skip the skirmish though, if that's okay.  Skirmishes aren't so much my thing.  I's a peace loving person.  (And besides, I's scared.)

 

Would you rather have a jolly holiday in a chalk painting or enjoy a tea party on the ceiling with Uncle Albert?

Ooh!  I think I'll do the tea party on the ceiling.  It would be fun to be able to float up in the air.  And spending time with Uncle Albert would be highly entertaining.

 

Would you rather have to chaperone, through their entire courting experience, Lydia Bennet or Anne De Bourgh?

Goodness me!  I don't wish to chaperone either of them!  Lydia is just trouble, and Anne De Bourgh is just...I don't know...weird?  But I suppose if I must choose one I'll choose Anne De Bourgh.  Anyway, she would most likely just there sit silently all afternoon, so that would give me ample time to read or think or do whatever I wanted to do.

 

 

Would you rather marry Mr. Wickham or Mr. Elton?

CORDY!  This is cruelty!  I refuse to answer this question.  Under no circumstances whatsoever would I marry either of them!  And I have nothing further to say on the subject.

 

Humph.  So there.

Would you rather spend the rest of your life in Middle Earth (starting from the time of the journey of the ring), or Narnia (starting from the time of the Pevensie's first visit)?

Probably Narnia.  Once the White Witch is taken care of and the Pevensie children become kings and queens it seems like it would be a very pleasant and peaceful place to live. 

(ButreallyI'drathernotliveineitheroftheseplacesandI'mhavingabitofacrisisnowjustthinkingofitsoI'mgoingtostopbye!)

 

 

Well, that's it!  Thanks for the game, Cordy!

Toodle loo, my friends!

 

Answers to That Very Insignificant Little Game

I figured I'd better pop in quick and give you the answers to that little game we played the other day because this coming week is looking to be very busy and if I don't do it now I'm not sure when I'll get around to it. 

 

So jumping right in.

 

1. My name

 

If you guessed C then you were absolutely correct!  My real name is...

 

Alyssa  (Hi.  Nice to meet you.  :))

 

2. My hair

 

Wow.  You guys had a hard time with this one.  Almost everyone guessed B which was quite wrong.   D is me.  B is my twin sister.  (Okay, so she's not really my twin. She's like three years older than me.  But people are always saying we look like twins...and our hair actually does look pretty similar in these pictures so...)  (Was that unfair???)

 

 

3. My eyes

 

The answer is...

 

 

 

What?  You don't believe me?  Come on, people.  I don't joke about everything!

 

No seriously, that really is me!

 

Okay, so maybe it was taken a few years ago...but really!  How big of a difference can a few years make??

 

Oh, I am hilarious tonight, aren't I?

Funny joke.

Har har.

All right, fine.  D really IS me, but if you want a more accurate picture of what I look like now...well then, B is the answer.

Yup.  That's me.  Hi again.  :)

Well, that's about it.  Thanks for playing, everyone!  It was great fun reading through all your answers.  Tell me, do I look anything like you imagined I would look? 

 

And now goodnight.  I have to get up early tomorrow for a very important event.  Have a great week, everyone!  (I know I will.  ;))



 

Match It Game // Number Two

 

It's been quite a while since I've put together a game for you all.  I hope you're in the mood for one because I am.  This particular one is a second installment of a game I came up with back when I first started blogging.  (See here.)

 

Rules are as follows:

 

1. Match the quote to the correct picture (10 points for each correct match)

2. Bonus points if you can guess the name of the movie and the characters who are speaking (10 points for each correct guess)

 

So 200 points would be the maximum score.  (I may also hand out half points if for instance you know the name of the movie, but not the name of the characters, etc.)

 

Have fun!  (Oh, and I apologize in advance if I've misquoted any of the quotes.  It's hard to remember them word for word.  Also, the pictures aren't necessarily from the scene in which the quote was spoken but they include at least one of the principle characters from that scene.)

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A.  Character 1:  "I always say there's nothing like a good joke."

      Character 2:  "And that was nothing like a good joke."

 

B.  "Still eating, -----?  Must be unhappy."

 

C.  Character 1:  "Lucky guess."

      Character 2: "Nothing lucky about it.  Just talent, and intuition."

 

D.  Character 1:  "Oh, why don't you stop annoying people?"

      Character 2:  "Well, I'm sorry...HEY!"

 

E.  Character 1:  "But you haven't got a license."

      Character 2: "Of course not.  I'm too young to have a license."

      Character 1:  "What if you get caught?"

      Character 2: "Look.  It's grandfather's car, isn't it?  And we're taking it to him, aren't we?

      And it is an emergency, isn't it?"

 

F.  Character 1:  "At least he feels like singing."

      Character 2:  "Well so do I sometimes but I keep it to myself."

 

G.  Character 1: "I think it's a crime that a woman with your talent--well, I suppose you'd

       really have to call it magic--hasn't a family to share it with."

       Character 2:  "Are you trying to dump those kids off on me?  Or are you working on

       something else?

       Character 1:  "I am merely trying to point out that you have a natural way with

       children!"

 

H.  Character 1:  "My aunt Agnes used to have a saying that went, 'If your heart is where the

      sky is bluest, then the sound of winter's twilight will be your friend.'"

      Character 2:  "Your aunt said that?"

      Character 1:  "Yeah.  And every time I think of it I want to cry."

      Character 2:  "Why?"

      Character 1:  "Because I think my aunt Agnes was a nut."

 

I.  Character 1:  "I think if I see another painting I might very well have to scream, Mrs. ------."

     Character 2:  "I'm quite sure you'd do nothing so un-ladylike."

     Character 1:  "Don't count on it."

 

J.  Character 1:  "Are you saying Mrs. ----- is neglectful?"

      Character 2:  "Yep."

 

K.  Character 1: "It's a piece of cake."

      Character 2: "You mean it ain't gold?"

 

L. "Go away with your foolish questions that don't have no brain."

 

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Oh dear.  I'm afraid this is going to be a really tough game.  Normally I would want the pictures to coincide with the quotes  closely enough so that it would give you a slight hint, but I'm not sure it's working that way this time.   Sorry if this is ridiculously hard.  I'll try to do a better game next time.   

 

Have a wonderful day, my friends! 


A Christmas-y Screencap Game {Answers}

Here's the answers to last weeks game!  I hope you all had fun with it.  I know I had fun receiving all your comments!

 

~1~

Little Women (1994)

 

 

~2~

Lark Rise to Candleford
 

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White Christmas
 

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Downton Abbey

 

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Holiday Inn

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Emma (2009)

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Little Women (1949)

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It's a Wonderful Life

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Anne of Green Gables

~10~

Little Lord Fauntleroy

~The Scores~

Abby P: 80

Blessing Counter: 20

MovieCritic: 60

Miss Meg: 80

Cordy: 80

Kayla Marie: 60

Elanor: 60

Thank you all for playing!  (And now I think we may safely say that Emma and Anne of Green Gables are the two most well-known movies on this list.  Everybody knew those ones!  :))  Good job, everyone!!  



A Christmas-y Screencap Game

Christmas is a busy time of year, am I not right?  And considering that fact, I venture to assume that most of us are probably in need of a little relaxation right about now.  As Frank Churchill so aptly put it, "We all need to relax, with a simple game."  Well, I've got just the thing.  A screencap game! Perfectly simple in every way.  Just guess what movie each picture comes from and leave your answers in the comments!  Have fun!



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Answers will be coming sometime next week!





Random Summer Reflections // And a Very Random Game

I figured it was about time for me to give you an update on what's been going on in my life as I'm sure you've all been dying to know.  (How do I reckon that, you ask?  Well, it stands to reason.  When one lives the sort of extraordinary and exciting life I live,  people are bound to want to hear about it.   Common sense, folks.) (And no, that bit about my life being exciting was not a lie.  It was sarcasm.)

Right.  So I shall be dividing this post into sections as I did with another such post back in March.  Only this time each section shall be headed by a movie quote.  (Don't ask me why.  I just get weird ideas sometimes.)  And since we're going to have movie quotes sprinkled throughout this post, I thought to myself, why not turn this into a quote game as well?  Good idea, right? 

So, if you feel inclined to play just leave a comment guessing where the quote comes from and who said it.  (10 points for every correct guess.)  Then if you wish to comment on this post in general (you know, like comment on all the witty and wonderful things I say) please leave that as a separate comment so I can publish and reply to your regular comments right away, instead of waiting until the answers to the game are announced.  Does that make sense? 

Anyway, I hope it does because I can't say it again.  Ain't nobody got time for that. 

[P.S. The title does not lie.  This truly is a very random post.   You have been warned!]

 

"Knittin', Zeb?"

As a matter of fact, I have been doing quite a bit of  knitting this summer.  Much more than I've done the past couple of years.  And it's been quite fun.  I hadn't realized how much I'd missed having a handwork project to work on.  Usually I make doilies, dishcloths, or potholders, but being rather tired of that (and already having way more of those things than any sensible person needs!) I decided I'd make a blanket this time.  Which was a very wise decision considering that I had a lot of cotton yarn cluttering up my hope chest, and it was about time I cleaned it out.

Here's a picture of the finished blanket.  It's a conglomeration of different colors because...
well, that's the reason I buy cotton yarn, for the colors!!  And the more the merrier, right?

Like I said, it was a wise decision, making a blanket.  However, being the orderly person I am, the colors had to go well together, and since I had some colors that just didn't mesh, and not enough of the ones that did...well, you get the picture.  I had to make a trip to the store to buy more yarn.  And my blanket, though being made to my satisfaction, did not quite fulfill the purpose of cleaning out my hope chest, as I ended up having leftovers of some of the newly purchased yarn.  So yeah, I think I have just about as much yarn cluttering up the place as I did before.  *sigh* 

 

"You speak as though it was something to eat."

(This quote is actually referring to babies, and I plan to talk about babies later...but for now I'm going to use this quote to continue talking about yarn.  You follow me?)

Because you see, when I was at the store looking for cotton yarn I came across this delicious, mouth-watering, scrumptiously soft, baby yarn.  And I said to myself, "I need to make a blanket out of that someday."  So when I had finished my first blanket and was beginning to feel rather lost, not having a project to work on, I remembered that yarn and made straightway to the store to purchase some. I am now working on my second blanket, and here's a picture of my progress so far.

Actually, I'm farther along now than when this picture was taken, but at least
this gives you an idea of what it looks like.

As I said to my twenty-one-year-old brother, "Isn't it yummy?"  (And my brother's reply: "Yeah.  Let's just skip the pizza and have yarn for supper instead."  Har, har.) 

 

"Madness in this weather.  Insane!" 

So it's been summer, right?  And summer's hot, correct?  And when summer's hot, you're hot (or I'm very much mistaken).  

Now, tell me.  When you're feeling hot do you go out looking for ways to make yourself feel hotter?  Of course not!  That would be silly, right?  

I think so. 

Which is why I'm so terribly confused as to why, on one of the hottest days of the year--when I was already as listless, and dull, and lazy, and hot as ever I could wish to be--I actually agreed to play badminton with my fourteen-year-old brother?  I don't get it. 

 



Sure, I protested to begin with.  Of course I did.  But in the end I said yes, and  I don't know why.  For I am not the kind of girl to do that sort of thing.  It really should have been the death of me considering the condition I was in at the time (I mean, I could barely walk, let alone run), but funnily enough, it didn't kill me!  No seriously.  I survived, and actually felt invigorated.  (Crazy, what?)  But that's not all.  I even won the game!  ME!  MYSELF! (Yes, you're right, this story is becoming quite bizarre.) But I assure you, it's true.  It was England versus the United States. Olympic level badminton.  (We sort of had Olympics on the brain.  Go figure, since we were watching it every single evening.)  And England won!  I won! I beat them all!  I was an Olympic gold medalist!  I WAS THE BEST!  I WAS.........hot.   (Let's go inside, shall we?) 

 

"My advice to you is get yourself a job and look after your kids."  "They're not my kids!"

Right.  So I have gotten myself a job  and I am looking after kids...though "they're not my children."  ("But they're somebody's children, Mr. Potter.") (Am I in a movie-quoting mood, or what?  How do I turn me off?)   To speak plainly, I have now begun working at a preschool, three mornings a week.  I just finished my second week and boy! am I tired.  Having to get up at 6:15 every morning is no piece of cake, especially considering that I have yet to learn the art of going to bed early the night before.  It's been good for me, though.  I know it has.


"I do wonder he did not remember the book."

I would like to announce that unlike the gentleman featured in the above quote, I have been a good lad lassie and not forgotten to check out some of the books which my blogging friends have recommended to me.  Thus far I have checked out three from the library and finished reading two of them.  (Okay, so that's not very impressive.  But it's something.) Those books were:

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell.  It was Olivia's review that sparked my interest in this book and I'm very glad I read it.  It's not a favorite or anything but I enjoyed it. Elizabeth Gaskell is an excellent author.  She really understands people and knows how to write about feelings that are common to all of us.   If you like classic books and have never read any of hers I'd definitely recommend that you do so.

Random Elizabeth Gaskell quote

With Every Letter by Sarah Sundin.  Natalie wrote a lovely review for this book here, and after reading her thoughts on it I decided I'd better read the book myself.  I must say, it was quite good.  There were a few boring spots every now and then (didn't care for all the technical war stuff), but overall it was a sweet story.  I liked Mellie and Tom's relationship a lot.  The way they fell in love was quite refreshing coming from a Christian romance novel.  (Ahem.  The sequels were not nearly as good, though.  Sadly, I couldn't even manage to read them the whole way through.)

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.  I'm afraid this is the one I didn't finish. (Sooory, Jillian.)  I assure you, I had the best intentions in the world, but I quickly found that I had picked a bad time for it.  My mind just wasn't in the right frame for tackling such a large book.  So I sent it back to the library and it will have to remain on my to-read list for a while longer. 


"My father taught me that victory goes to him who takes the greatest risk."

(I told you this post was going to be random, right?)

This quote always reminds me of playing Farkel with my siblings because it happens to be my twenty-three-year-old brother's favorite line whenever we play that game.  It's his motto, and his most common explanation for why he's choosing to roll the dice one more time, when it really would be advisable for him to refrain.  (By the way, have you ever played Farkel?  It's a dice game.  5's and 1's count as  points and also any combinations you get like 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, and stuff like that.  It's fun.  You should try it sometime.)  

So anyway, I played a few very good games of Farkel recently--one in which my older sister got the first ever 6 of kind, to my brother's and my deep chagrin.  She was super lucky that night.  And I was about as bad as I could be.  We were even playing with my dice--which was adding insult to injury.  (Traitorous dice.)  However, we had our usual witty remarks flying back and forth throughout the game, so it was quite fun and entertaining...despite my epic loss.

The traitors themselves.  Oooh! You, naughty dice! Shame for shame!

 

I brought up the subject of Farkel because...well, I don't know.  Why did I bring it up?  ("Because you wanted to use that quote. "  Oh.  Well...maybe.)

 

"I do not enjoy dancing and I'm not good at it."

That's not strictly true in my case, since I'm sure I could enjoy dancing if I would let myself, but you see, I don't let myself.  We attended my cousin's wedding earlier this month and I had the opportunity to dance, but I didn't take it.  Why?  Well, because.  '"Tis not my way or my nature" to be obliging about these sorts of things.  Puts me too much out of my element.  In the end, I confess, I almost wished I had danced, just because it did look rather fun.  But I comforted myself with the thought that there were already too many people dancing.  (Which was actually true.  I did not make that up just to ease my conscience.)

 

"I always wanted to be a June bride.  And have a baby right off.  In the Spring maybe."

Dreams can come true!!  Guess what, people?  I'M GETTING MARRIED!  IN JUNE!

Okay.

NOT. 

That was just a joke.  I don't even have a boyfriend yet. ("No boyfriend?"  Miss March bursts into tears at the remembrance of her lonely, unhappy state.)  ('Hem.  Not really.) 

Anyway, where was I going with this?  Oh, yeah!  What I was meaning to say--before I so rudely interrupted myself with that poor attempt at a joke-- was that MY SISTER'S GOING TO HAVE A BABY!  Yaaaaaay! We are all very, very excited about it.  Indeed, how could we not be? BABIES ARE THE BEST!

 

 

 

"I fear you have long been desiring my absence.  I shall leave you now."

 

Whew.  Thank goodness.  I'm happy to inform you that this post is now coming to an end.  I hope you managed to get something out of all this mumbo jumbo, but if not...well, I'm sorry.  There's nothing I can do about it now.  I'll just leave you with a short poem by Mr. Ogden Nash.  (Because after all this rambling I feel a great need for some real, deep thoughts.)

 

The Egg

By Ogden Nash

Let's think of eggs.

They have no legs.

Chickens come from eggs,

But they have legs.

The plot thickens;

Eggs come from chickens,

But have not legs under 'em.

What a conundrum!

 

 

I hope you all had a lovely summer! 
What's one activity you indulged in a lot this past season? 
How about an activity that you associate with summer, but never actually got around to doing this year?  (For example I didn't go swimming at all, which isn't actually unheard for me, but which still seems like it ought to be a regular part of the season.) 
And for those of you who are just heading into the summer, what's one thing you're very much looking forward to doing over the next few months?

 

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Thanks for plowing through this long and rambling epistle.  If you wish to take a crack at guessing the quotes in this post, please do!  I've included them down here for quicker reference.  Answers will be up next week sometime.  (Also, just so you know, some of the quotes come from the same movie.  'Cause I'm so creative.  ;))

1. "Knittin', Zeb?"

2. "You speak as though it was something to eat."

3. "Madness in this weather.  Insane!" 
4. "My advice to you is get yourself a job and look after your kids."  "They're not my kids!"
5. "I do wonder he did not remember the book."
6. "My father taught me that victory goes to him who takes the greatest risk."

7. "I do not enjoy dancing and I'm not good at it."

8. "I always wanted to be a June bride.  And have a baby right off.  In the Spring maybe."

9. "I fear you have long been desiring my absence.  I shall leave you now."

 

(P.S.  If I misquoted any of the quotes, I apologize.  It's hard to remember them word for word sometimes.)