Top Three!

[Chase Gamwell]

I came up with this idea just a second ago thanks to @Nicole Wilson and @Jason Byrne.

You can learn a lot about someone just by finding out a few tidbits of information you didn't know before. There are a ton of new people on the Litopia forums (myself included) and I figured it would be great for us all to get to know one another a little better. After all, we are a big happy writing family!

Below is a list of topics. You can choose one (or more) of them, but for each one, list your top three in that category:

1. Movies
2. Music
3. TV shows
4. Places
5. Foods
6. Books (a whole series can count as one)
7. Animals
8. Websites
9. Holidays/Times of year/Weather
10. Video Games

Let's all get to know our new family a bit better!

(I'll let someone else go first! )

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Video games (as discussed earlier )
1. Spy vs Spy
2. Alan Wake
3. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

TV shows:
1&2 (tie): The Office and Castle
3. Criminal Minds (AMAZING for both watching and researching )

Books:
1. The whole Jack Reacher series by Lee Child (61 Hours is probably at the top)
2. Um... no clue. I have too many authors that I follow super closely. Buuuttttt I'm gonna go with the Sigma series by James Rollins
3. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Music: (I'm gonna go with bands)
1. Icon For Hire
(I had to scan my music library to figure out 2&3, so, based on the number of songs I own from each...)
2. Nickelback
3. Five Finger Death Punch
EDIT: on further review, 2. is actually Taylor Swift and 3 is a tie between Nickelback and FFDP.

 

[Marc Joan]

What a lovely idea....Here are mine (no particular order in each category, and subject to change without warning at any time...)

Movies: Birdy, Delicatessen, L'Appartement
Music: Koyunbaba (Domeniconi), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Heart of Saturday Night (Tom Waits)
TV shows: The IT Crowd, The Office, and er can't think of another, don't watch much TV tbh
Places: Porthcurno (Cornwall), Manjolai (India), Geneva
Foods: Christmas pudding, chicken pie, apple crumble
Books: Short stories by Adam Marek, by Stefan Ioannou and by MR James (this category really does change all the time)
Animals: Dogs, cats, and the naked mole rat
Websites: Submittable, The Grinder, and Litopia [of course]
Holidays etc: Summer in Cornwall, Christmas in Cambridge (carols by candlelight in Great St. Mary's), autumn in the Surrey Hills, winter in Geneva
Video games: never touch 'em. Yuk.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

I don't understand. If the naked mole rat is one of your top three animals, how is Kim Possible not on your list of top three tv shows???

 

[Jason Byrne]

I don't understand. If the naked mole rat is one of your top three animals, how is Kim Possible not on your list of top three tv shows???

Fair question, Marc.

 

[Marc Joan]

I don't understand. If the naked mole rat is one of your top three animals, how is Kim Possible not on your list of top three tv shows???

Over my head Nicole....never heard of her/him/it ...just off to Google-search...

 

[Chase Gamwell]

@Marc Joan This is why I love this idea...now I *must* know what chicken pie is!

 

[Marc Joan]

OK, got it. How come I never heard of this show? It's just so me! I've already identified with Ron Stoppable, and I've never even watched it! Looks even better than Ben Ten!

 

[Marc Joan]

Fair question, Marc.

OK, when are we seeing your Top 3s, Prof. Byrne?
Hey - wouldn't it be fun to guess what each other's picks might be?

 

[Jason Byrne]

Let's see...

1. Movies
The Fountain, Casino Royale, Watchmen

2. Music
Iron & Wine, Peter Bradley Adams, The Finches

3. TV shows
Paranormal Survivor, Flip of Flop, The Voice

4. Places
Any riverbank, any forest, any field

5. Foods
Buffalo wings, pepperoni pizza, chocolate lava cakes

6. Books (a whole series can count as one)
At the Mountains of Madness (HP Lovecraft),
Cool Air (HP Lovecraft),
Graveyard Shift (Stephen King)

7. Animals
Lion, velociraptor, grizzly bear

8. Websites
Litopia, OneDrive, Youtube

9. Holidays/Times of year/Weather
Summer

10. Video Games
TES IV: Oblivion, Mount&Blade, Medieval 2: Total War

 

[Jason Byrne]

OK, when are we seeing your Top 3s, Prof. Byrne?
Hey - wouldn't it be fun to guess what each other's picks might be?

Workin' on it, workin' on it!

That would be cool!

 

[Emurelda]

1. Movies - Current ones are: Maze Runner series of films, Then there was one (Agatha Christie based film), Predestination (time travel paradox films that warp the mind)
2. TV shows - 8 out of 10 cats, Would I lie to you, Comedy Roadshow. ( I've also enjoyed Cheers, Golden Girls, Fraser....so many equally great comedies)
3. Places - Mashad/Qom (Iran), Kent (England), Toronto (Canada).
4. Websites - apart from Litopia I can be visiting www.boardgamegeek.com , www.guardian.co.uk , youtube to watch my fave minecraft series
5. Video Games - Minecraft, Minecraft, Minecraft.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

All right, here are the rest of the categories.
Movies
1 Phantom of the Opera
2 Terminator 2
3 Fast & Furious (the whole series, but especially 1)
Music
(See above)
TV shows
(See above)
Places
1 Manhattan
2 Most any other large city (haven't traveled enough to know which ones yet )
Foods
1 can chocolate count as one? Specifically, ghirardelli caramel squares
2 cheeseburger
3 pretty much any other food I don't have to cook
Books (a whole series can count as one)
(See above)
Animals
1 Ravens
2 Puppies (all dogs are puppies to me)
3 Kittens (same)
Websites
1 Twitter
2 Litopia
3 Google (includes searches and playable doodles)
Holidays/Timesof year/Weather
1 Fall
2 Halloween
3 Christmas
Video Games
(See above)

Also, I'm stealing Marc's disclaimer: subject to change at any time for most of them except my #1s. Probably.

 

[Marc Joan]

All right, here are the rest of the categories.
Movies
1 Phantom of the Opera
2 Terminator 2
3 Fast & Furious (the whole series, but especially 1)
Music
(See above)
TV shows
(See above)
Places
1 Manhattan
2 Most any other large city (haven't traveled enough to know which ones yet )
Foods
1 can chocolate count as one? Specifically, ghirardelli caramel squares
2 cheeseburger
3 pretty much any other food I don't have to cook
Books (a whole series can count as one)
(See above)
Animals
1 Ravens
2 Puppies (all dogs are puppies to me)
3 Kittens (same)
Websites
1 Twitter
2 Litopia
3 Google (includes searches and playable doodles)
Holidays/Timesof year/Weather
1 Fall
2 Halloween
3 Christmas
Video Games
(See above)

Ravens? But why?

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Ravens? But why?

Because they're cool? Idk. I've had a mild obsession with them lately.

 

[KG Christopher]

Ok, here it is

-1 = Red
1 = Eat the peach, Bladerunner, Pans Labrynth, Abrir Los Ojos
2 = The IT crowd, Black Adder Goes Fourth, The Sky At Night
3 = Crosshaven, cork, Pimlico, London, Al Hambra Grenada, Malaga, Spain, Nyon Switzerland
4 = www.guardian.co.uk
5 = I dont do games, after I lost a contract because I was playing Sid Myers something or other and it was a real mess, spent the whole weekend engrossed and lost loads of money
6 = Westindian Curry
7 = LOTR, David Mitchel books, too many to remember
8 = The girl next door

 

[1408]

Oh gosh, this is hard... I need to quote @Marc Joan "no particular order in each category, and subject to change without warning at any time..."

Movies - Labyrinth, Spirited Away, The Dark Knight (This was really, really hard and I'll have you know I broke out in a sweat trying to pin three down! I like so many films!)
TV Shows - X Files, Gotham, Community (Same as above, I had to choose between Walking Dead and Daredevil and this is just cruel!)
Places - York, Venice, Brantôme
Food - Chips and dip, roast potatoes, deep pan pizza with pineapple and olives and fresh tomatoes and please feed me
Books - Wuthering Heights, Farseer Trilogy, Wyrd Sisters
Animals - Ferrets, cats, axolotls... But, I love them all, even the really ugly ones! Oh, and the fabulous ones. I mean look at this!

Video Games - Ocarina of Time and then I'm going to pretend series count here too and go with Bioshock and Elder Scrolls and Assassin's Creed. I think.

This was rough.

Congratulations, @Chase Gamwell, you broke me!

 

[KG Christopher]

Oh gosh, this is hard... I need to quote @Marc Joan "no particular order in each category, and subject to change without warning at any time..."

Movies - Labyrinth, Spirited Away, The Dark Knight (This was really, really hard and I'll have you know I broke out in a sweat trying to pin three down! I like so many films!)
TV Shows - X Files, Gotham, Community (Same as above, I had to choose between Walking Dead and Daredevil and this is just cruel!)
Places - York, Venice, Brantôme
Food - Chips and dip, roast potatoes, deep pan pizza with pineapple and olives and fresh tomatoes and please feed me
Books - Wuthering Heights, Farseer Trilogy, Wyrd Sisters
Animals - Ferrets, cats, axolotls... But, I love them all, even the really ugly ones! Oh, and the fabulous ones. I mean look at this!

Video Games - Ocarina of Time and then I'm going to pretend series count here too and go with Bioshock and Elder Scrolls and Assassin's Creed. I think.

This was rough.

Congratulations, @Chase Gamwell, you broke me!

Spirrited away, Hals moving castle, love those films

 

[Chase Gamwell]

I'll do mine, finally!

Movies - Hot Fuzz, The Matrix, Blade Runner
Music - Daft Punk, Beardfish, John Mayer
TV Shows - Top Gear, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Futurama
Places - Minneapolis, San Francisco, Montreal
Foods - Fried Chicken, Smoked meats (brisket, pork, ribs), Ice Cream
Books - The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh, The Lord of the Rings, The Martian
Animals - Cheetahs, Tigers, Owls
Websites - Litopia, io9, Jalopnik
Holidays/Times of year/Weather - Rainy, Thanksgiving, Dead of winter
Video Games - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Deus Ex (series)

 

[Marc Joan]

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood? Hang on, let me ask the Google oracle...

 

[KG Christopher]

I'll do mine, finally!

Movies - Hot Fuzz, The Matrix, Blade Runner
Music - Daft Punk, Beardfish, John Mayer
TV Shows - Top Gear, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Futurama
Places - Minneapolis, San Francisco, Montreal
Foods - Fried Chicken, Smoked meats (brisket, pork, ribs), Ice Cream
Books - The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh, The Lord of the Rings, The Martian
Animals - Cheetahs, Tigers, Owls
Websites - Litopia, io9, Jalopnik
Holidays/Times of year/Weather - Rainy, Thanksgiving, Dead of winter
Video Games - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Deus Ex (series)

You basically just like animals that eat other animals? and look pretty at the same time ?

 

[Marc Joan]

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood? Hang on, let me ask the Google oracle...

Aha, a Manga....reminds me of the Japanese film 'Iron Man'...ever see that? Totally weird. Only the Japanese.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Also tacked onto my food: (I feel like food and dessert should be two categories)
Chocolate oreo shakes. For realsies.

 

[Chase Gamwell]

Aha, a Manga....reminds me of the Japanese film 'Iron Man'...ever see that? Totally weird. Only the Japanese.

I fell into the deep pit that was anime for a long time. I managed to claw my way back out, taking love for only a few shows with me: FMAB, Ghost in the Shell, and Cowboy Bebop...

 

[Chase Gamwell]

You basically just like animals that eat other animals? and look pretty at the same time ?

I like cats...I only added owls because putting another cat on the list would seem suspect...probably...

That, and owls are just angry sky cats...

 

[Nicole Wilson]

I like cats...I only added owls because putting another cat on the list would seem suspect...probably...

That, and owls are just angry sky cats...

Angry sky cats.... I'm gonna use that to talk about owls from now on.

I get lots of fun words and phrases from Litopia. Like crapspackle. Amirite @Jason Byrne?

 

[KG Christopher]

Angry sky cats.... I'm gonna use that to talk about owls from now on.

I get lots of fun words and phrases from Litopia. Like crapspackle. Amirite @Jason Byrne?

Cats are just dogs without the emotional attachement

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Okay, I'll give it a go. In no particular order...
Movies- The Lost Boys, Queen of the Damned, Labyrinth
Music Groups- Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Nightwish
Animals- Wolves, Cats and any member of the family 'Corvinus', although I do quite like lemurs!
T.V- Primeval (U.K. dinosaur thing), Warehouse 13, Count Duckula
Videogames- Red Dead Redemption, GTA 5, Mario Kart; Double Dash

 

[Bernard Stacey]

Great idea!

1. Movies: The Russia House, Life of Brian, Blackadder Goes Forth
2. Music: R&B, jazz, anything sung by Ella Fitzgerald
3. TV shows - none. I don't have a TV right now anyway.
4. Places: Venice, London's theatreland, Cornwall
5. Foods: Steak Tartare, Chicken Jalfreizy, smoked salmon
6. Books (a whole series can count as one): Dance to the Music of Time, The Man who was Thursday, Mr Standfast.
7. Animals: Spaniels, most other dogs
8. Websites: BBC, Cricinfo, Litopia
9. Holidays/Times of year/Weather: Anything but rain
10. Video Games: never played one so no idea.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Angry sky cats.... I'm gonna use that to talk about owls from now on.

I get lots of fun words and phrases from Litopia. Like crapspackle. Amirite @Jason Byrne?

Fer realz.