You're on Survivor. What are your favorites?

Cafe Society
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As has already been noted in other threads the new Survivor cast is out.

I’m struck by how serious and cookie cutter the answers seem. I didn’t notice anyone was clever, funny or particularly original in their answers.

Of course my answers aren’t very funny or original either. Here are mine:

**Colors ** Yellow and Blue
Scents Mint, Gardenia, Cinnamon Rolls or Homemade Bread, Lavender, Citrus,
Flowers Gardenias, any flower from a son’s hand.
Board Games Scrabble, Mancala, Taboo
Video Games Joust, Super Mario Brothers, and Diddy Kong Racing
Sports to Play Swimming, extreme endurance reading
**Sports Teams ** Local High Swimming, Water Polo and summer league swim teams
Outdoor Activities Boating
TV Shows Survivor
Movies Monsters, Inc. , E.T.
Actors Tom Hanks, Sean Connery, Will Smith, Matthew Broderick
**Actresses ** Katherine Hepburn, Mia Nardelo, Drew Barrymore, Queen Latifa,
Music Soft Rock, Love Ballads, Country, Classical
Magazines Subscribe: Ensign & Era (Church) Pick up while waiting for appointment: Southern Living, Good HouseKeeping and People
**Books/Authors ** To Kill a Mockingbird, Catch-22, Ender’s Game, The Notebook, Watership Down, Charlotte’s Web, The Wind in the Willows
**Cereals ** Cheerios or corn flakes with fresh banana, strawberries, or blueberries.
Fruits Watermelon, Strawberry, Banana, Mango
**Snack Foods ** Ritz or Wheat thins with cheese and summer sausage or pinapple cream cheese
**Cookies ** Ready made - Oreo’s and Thin Mints, Homemade - Oatmeal and Spice Drop
Candy Bars Hershey with Almonds, Mr. Goodbar, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Alcoholic Drinks None
Non-Alcoholic Strawberry-Banana smoothies, I wanna kick the Dr. Pepper habit!

So you’ve just found out you’re going to be on Survivor and they want you to fill out this form with your favorites; What are yours?

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First off, it’ll be interesting to see how long I last after my insulin goes south in 85 degree weather.

Colors : Blue. No, Green!
Scents : I have no sense of smell.
Board Games : Trivial Pursuit.
Video Games : NeverWinter Nights
Sports to Play : Volleyball
Sports Teams : None
Outdoor Activities : Heavy combat
TV Shows : Enterprise, Survivor
Movies : Blade Runner
Actors : Ian Holm, Timothy Dalton
Actresses : Rachel Ward, Michelle Forbes
Music : Yes, Pink Floyd, Gregorian chant
Magazines Subscribe : None
Books/Authors : Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Moon, Glen Cook
Cereals : Meh.
Fruits : Banana, cherry
Snack Foods : Ice cream
Cookies : Shortbread
Candy Bars : Baby Ruth
Alcoholic Drinks : Leinenkugels
Non-Alcoholic : Diet Coke

3

Colors : Deep Blue …something.
Scents : Vanilla
Board Games : Trivial Pursuit, particularly the Pop Culture edition.
Video Games : SOCOM II
Sports to Play : Frisbee Golf
**Sports Teams : **The Spungos?
Outdoor Activities : Walking to, and from, my car
TV Shows : Simpsons, Jeopardy, 24, Amazing Race, Big Brother
Movies : LOTR, Almost Famous, Fargo, Fight Club
Actors : Gary Oldman, Johnny Depp
Actresses : Franka Potente, Jennifer Garner
Music : Depeche Mode, Anything Box, VNV Nation, Echoing Green, Dead Can Dance
Magazines Subscribe : Game Informer (for the next month)
Books/Authors : Douglas Coupland, Chuck Palahniuk
Cereals : Crunch Berries, Chocolate Pebbles
Fruits : Strawberries, Bananas
Snack Foods : Ice cream, donuts
Cookies : Raspberry Newtons (they’re technically fruit and cake…)
Candy Bars : Caramello
Alcoholic Drinks : Don’t drink…
Non-Alcoholic : Dr. Pepper and Cream Soda (not at the same time)

4

**Colors ** hooloovoo
Scents I never make any
Flowers all purpose or bread
Board Games Talisman, Robo Rally, Hero’s Quest
Video Games Neverwinter Nights, Fallout, KOTOR, Suikoden III, Nectaris
Sports to Play mountain biking, hiking, martial arts (kali)
**Sports Teams ** yeah right
Outdoor Activities camping
TV Shows Junkyard Wars, Battle Bots, The (WWII Military) History Channel
Movies Frequency, U-571, Blade, Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, Moulin Rouge
Actors Jake Gyllenhall, Ewan McGregor, Denzel Washington
**Actresses ** Judi Dench, Susan Sarandon, Jena Malone, Nicole Kidman
Music rock, jazz, blues, 80s, downbeat
Magazines Newsweek, Scientific American, Space.com, Nerdular Nerdence, Game Informer
**Books/Authors ** Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Mecedes Lackey, George R. R. Martin, L. E. Modesitt, Spider Robinson, Neal Stephenson
**Cereals ** Post Rasin Bran (must be Post!), Frosted Mini-Wheats, Product 19 (or whatever the number is)
Fruits of labor, of the loom, of thy womb Jesus (OK not really, I just had to put it in there), mango, orange, banana, Fuji apples (far superior to Red “Delicious”)
**Snack Foods ** Salsa Verde Doritos, Hostess donut holes, shrimp chips, wasabi peas, lychee jelly
**Cookies ** chocolate striped shortbread, Nutter Butter, homemade chocolate chip or peanut butter
Candy Bars Whatchamacalit?, Heath, Snickers
Alcoholic Drinks mixed fruity drinks, don’t like the straight stuff
Non-Alcoholic Pepsi, root beer (preferably Mug or Railroad)

5

Colors Cobalt Blue
Scents Warm Vanilla Sugar, Peppermint, Cinnamon
Flowers Orchids, Tulips, White Roses.
Board Games Taboo, Mad Gab, Scrabble
Video Games None
Sports to Play None now, back in the day tennis and extreme frisbee.
Sports Teams None
Outdoor Activities Walking, swimming in oceans or pools or mudpuddles.
TV Shows Six Feet Under
Movies The Untouchables, Chocolat, Cinema Paradiso, American Beauty, All That Jazz
Actors Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, John Houston, Ed Harris, Kevin Kline
Actresses Cher, Julie Andrews, Madeline Kahn, Halle Berry
Music Classical, Prog Rock, Alternative. anything my kids play.
Magazines Subscribed Discover
Books/Authors The Shining, The Notebook, My Name Is Asher Lev, Goodnight Moon, A Tale of Two Cities. Stephen King.
Cereals Oatmeal, Cheerios, Corn Flakes
Fruits Grapes, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Honeydew, Apples, Bananas
Snack Anything not nailed down at the moment. Can’t be too picky, now can we?
Cookies Ready made - Chips Ahoy, Oreos, Ginger Snaps
Homemade: Choc chip with cinnamon
Candy Bars Butterfinger, Hershey with Almonds, Mr. Goodbar
Alcoholic Drinks Fruity Frozen drinks- Daquiries, etc. Chardonnay wine.
Non-Alcoholic Same Fruity drinks sans alcohol, Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Coke with Lime, Arizona Green Tea with Blueberry, Iced Hazlenut coffee with Splenda

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Colors: Blue
Scents: nag champa (the scent coming from your local new age bookstore)
Flowers: jasmine, lilacs
Board Games: trivial pursuit
Video Games: none
Sports to Play: none
Sports Teams none
Outdoor Activities: bike riding
TV Shows: sopranos, deadwood
Movies: the abyss, it’s a mad, mad mad, world
Actors: tom hanks, kevin kline, morgan freeman
Actresses: dame judith dench, gwenyth paltrow
Music: classical, soul, blues
Magazines Subscribed: pc world, pc, computer shopper
Books/Authors heinlein glory raod the moon is a harsh mistress. tolkien lord of the rings
Cereals: cheerios,
Fruits: granny smith apples
Snack: chips and salsa
Cookies Ready made: oreos
Homemade: peanut butter
Candy Bars: milky way
Alcoholic Drinks: cabernet sauvignon
Non-Alcoholic: black coffee