Uniquities meme

[cjsmith]

I just made up that word. You can tell, can't you? Okay, okay. It should be taken out back and shot.

Anyway, here goes. Most recently seen in the journal of mactavish.

Name a CD you own that no-one else on your friends list does:
This CD is either named "The Yang Qin Erhu" or "The Beijing Brothers" depending on whether you look at the face or the spine. The artists are two Chinese men, currently street performers in Edinburgh. They're playing the bamboo flute, a hammer-dulcimer-like instrument called the Yang Qin, and a tall stringed instrument called the Erhu. Most of the music is traditional Chinese music, although there's also the William Tell Overture. It's really nifty.

Name a book you own that no-one else on your friends list does:
Fundamentals of X Programming by Theo Pavlidis. It was late on the tail of the X-programming-book market. I own it because I did some technical editing and my name is in it (oooooooooo).

Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that no-one else on your friends list does:
I doubt I have such a movie. My best shot at it might be "Hopscotch".

Name a place that you have visited that no-one else on your friends list has:
Darn. dceder went with me to Egypt and rfrench has gone with me almost everywhere else I've ever been. Even my Half Dome hiking partner is on my friends list. I'll have to get obscure. A women's restroom in Finland? All right, that's cheating. The inside of the offices of Crédit Lyonnais in Paris? Is that cheating too? Um, okay, the driver's seat of an Army tank?? [edit: Oh wait! None of my FAMILY is on my friends list! Okay, the roof of St. Peter's in the Vatican.]

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[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

We saw Tallinn, which was my favorite. I love the old-town part, with the winding cobblestone roads. I also went to Moscow and Leningrad (this was 1986) and I liked the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad a lot. I found Moscow dreary - everything seemed drab and gray.

Where have you travelled?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I loved Tallinn too. There's a place along the outside of the wall -- you see it on the way up to the Alexander Nevski Cathedral -- where there's a bit of an arch between two parallel bits of wall. Under that arch there is flowstone growing and some small stalactites can be seen as well. That awed me.

I've travelled throughout the continental US, but never set foot in Hawaii or Alaska. I've seen quite a bit of western Europe, Scandinavia, Finland, and the touristy bits of Egypt. That's about it. No Asia or the Orient, no Southern Hemisphere, no Pacific Islands, no poles, no Africa except Egypt. You?

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

In addition to the aforementioned Estonia, Russia, and Finland, I've been to France, Belgium (brief stop-over), China, Japan (brief stop-over), a few places in Canada, a hop over the border to see Tijuana in Mexico, and lots of the USA (but not Hawaii or Alaska either).

I'd like to see Ireland and Greece, and Mom is dropping hints that she wants a Hawaii trip.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I didn't mention England and Scotland - but I've never seen Ireland. I've seen a few places in both Canada and Mexico, but none very far from the border, so it's not like I've really gotten to know the places. :-)

I too would love to see Greece. Perhaps the islands - they looked stunningly lovely when I last flew over them (granted I hadn't seen enough green or wet for way too long). I'd love to see Macchu Picchu before it slides off the hill.

My mom tends to drop hints about India, but fortunately my dad's the one who gets to go with her there. The jet lag alone would be long enough to quit my job and find another. :-)