Uniqueness Meme

[kerravonsen]

Gakked from all over:

(As I understand it here, the idea is that if you do have one I've listed, you correct me in the comments and I try again.)

What do I have that folks on my friendslist don't have? Well, of course, for most of you, I don't have that much of an idea, so I shall just have to guess. I also want to try to pick interesting ones...

Books:

J.R.R. Tolkien: Smith of Wooton Major
Agnes Furlong: The School Library Mystery
(Michael J Behe: Darwin's Black Box)
Francis I Andersen: Job, An Introduction and Commentary

Videos/DVDs:

Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (not that Disney thing starring Brandy, the older one starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon)
The Stranger: Summoned By Shadows
Jesus of Montreal
(The One)

CDs:

Andrew Thomas Wilson: Oz - Tales from the Blue Ship
Iona: The Book of Kells
Era
Wagner's Rinse Cycle

Places I've Been that no-one on my friendslist has:

New Guinea
Israel
Paradise near Queenstown New Zealand
Jenolan Caves, New South Wales

Comments

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I started to ask you if the Job commentary is any good, and then I noticed the author's name. Is it your dad? :) I'll just assume you think it's good, then, shall I, or haven't you read it?

And I've a copy of The One taped off the television, though I don't know if that counts, since I probably won't keep it once I've watched it.

[kerravonsen]

I started to ask you if the Job commentary is any good, and then I noticed the author's name. Is it your dad? :) I'll just assume you think it's good, then, shall I, or haven't you read it?
Yes, it is my Dad. It's his most popular book, it's been translated into multiple languages. And I am ashamed to say I haven't read it. I keep on meaning to, but... Mind you, I haven't read any of his other books either... I dipped into his Feistshrift, but that was a book in honour of him, not actually written by him. I've read shorter things by him that he's lent me, though; articles and stuff.

Well, I have written my biblereading script (first pass), and have set up 3-year plan which gives me about a chapter a day, so that's a good thing. Maybe when the plan gets to Job I'll read the commentary. Though that will be in three years, the way this thing is going: it's day 288 of the year, and therefore I'm in the middle of Samuel, and the "Job" section was (since this is a chronological plan) put in the middle of Genesis, so I've missed it. Hmmm, maybe I should add an "offset" option.

I have The One for the same reason that you might have a copy of the Highlander episode "The Stone of Scone". (evil grin)
But I don't think recorded-off-the-TV-with-no-intention-to-keep really counts.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I have The One for the same reason that you might have a copy of the Highlander episode "The Stone of Scone". (evil grin)

::scratches head:: Hugh Fitzcairn is in it? No, that doesn't sound right. I shall have to watch The One this weekend and see if I can work out what you mean.

[kerravonsen]

(scratches head) Did I pick the wrong example? Which Highlander episode is it that has the actor which played Jarriere in it?
And no, The One doesn't have Jarriere in it. But I did not get it for Jet Li.

[steverogerson.livejournal.com]

I haven't got any of those

[temeres.livejournal.com]

Nor me.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I've got Smith of Wooton Major

[kerravonsen]

And here I was thinking that altariel1 might be the one to possibly have it...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I have 'Smith of Wooton Major' too. I don't have 'Jesus of Montreal' but I've seen it and loved it. Amazing film.

But I have been to Israel. I lived there for a while.

[kerravonsen]

I don't have 'Jesus of Montreal' but I've seen it and loved it. Amazing film.

Absolutely. I saw it in the cinemas, and was very delighted when I managed to track down a copy for myself. If I recall correctly, my copy is ex-rental...

But I have been to Israel. I lived there for a while.
Really? I'm intrigued. When and how and why?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

A few years ago when I was single and very footloose, I spent 4 years on OE. The first part was most of a year in Israel as I'd always wanted to go from a small child. I worked half-days and studied Hebrew half-days, and had a wonderful time and made some amazing friends from all over the world. [sudden attack of nostalgia]

[kerravonsen]

OE?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Is that purely a NZ term? So many of us flee overseas, we have an expression for it: overseas experience, almost always shortened to OE. I thought you'd have it there too, but then you're more secure in your place in the world.

[kerravonsen]

No, I've never heard the term OE before. Not sure I can assess the truth or falsehood of your assertion that Aussies would go O/S (overseas) less than Kiwis.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean that they don't, more that they don't need an expression for it as it may not assume the importance it does here. Australians have a stronger sense of self than us.

And I toured for almost several month in Europe with two Australian friends and met many more. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

And you should add another place now. :-)

[kerravonsen]

Oh, very well, but I don't have much hope of being able to pick something that's unique. If it's somewhere in Australia, my Aussie friends will have been there, if in New Zealand, then you would have, if in the US, then the US folks would have, and if in Europe, then the UK and Europe folks would have.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Not if it's a small out-of-the-way place. I hadn't been to Paradise.

I've been to some places no-one would bother to go to, but I suppose I picked interesting ones instead to knock down. Hey, it generated some good discussion. :-D

[kerravonsen]

Not if it's a small out-of-the-way place. I hadn't been to Paradise.
Yes, well, that's why I picked it (grin). Saying "Auckland" would have been stupid...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

And I have to know. What's Wagner's Rinse Cycle? Because that made me LOL.

[kerravonsen]

"Wagner's Rinse Cycle" is a collection put together by the ABC, subtitled "Classical Music's Greatest Jokes, Curiosities & Wonders", and it's really fun. It contains things like musical parodies by P.D.Q Bach, performances by the Cambridge Buskers, odd classical music like "Fossils" by Saint-Saens and the so-called Rossini Cat Duet (which is my favourite piece there). Then there's a few things of modern music done in the classical style, such as "Rerun" by Fraser (which is a piano concerto done to the themes of Hill Street Blues, M*A*S*H and The Brady Bunch).

The actual "Wagner's Rinse Cycle" of the title consists of three parts: "Ride of the Valkyries" performed by the Cambridge Buskers, a recording of the Rinse Cycle of the Bendix Thor frontloading washing machine (grin), and "As Brunhilde's Battle Cry Might be Sung by an American Crooner" by Alex Templeton.

I got it as a present for my father, and then went and got a copy for myself.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That sounds so funny. I'll have to look for it. We do enjoy Weird Al Yankovich.

[hawkeye7.livejournal.com]

Am I me this time? Okay!

I have Jesus of Montreal. I've also been to Israel.

[kerravonsen]

I have Jesus of Montreal.

Which just shows one shouldn't make assumptions...

I've also been to Israel.
Doing research?

[hawkeye7.livejournal.com]

Doing research?
No, it was for a holiday. I did visit the battlefields at Beersheba and Masada but had not then formulated my plans for the Masters thesis.

I did visit The Mount of Temptation, where no member of your sex has set foot in over a thousand years...

[reveilles.livejournal.com]

Does it count if I once own Michael Behe's "Darwin's Black Box" but sold it last summer? :)

[kerravonsen]

Probably not. But it's nice to find someone else who's heard of it!