These were all happy worlds for me that I visited so many times I lost count.
The characters were my friends.
I cried over their pain and smiled with their happiness.
Credit: Jake Abel
I always felt like I belonged in a place closer to those worlds than the real one.
The TV show that doesnt get its due
iZombie.
Endearing lead, beautiful men, delicious-looking brain preparationsit really has it all.
like watch, and then lets discuss.
The first album I bought with my own money
The Joshua Treeby U2.
My all-time favorite movie
Stranger Than Fiction.Stranger than Fiction.
Its possible that I over-identify with Emma Thompsons character.
Emma Thompson kills it (of course she does.
When has she not?).
Its a beautiful story, beautifully told, with such a stellar soundtrack.
The last book that made me laugh out loud
Texts from Jane Eyreby Mallory Ortberg.
My guilty pleasure TV show
I dont believe in guilty pleasures.
If something brings you pleasure, embrace it.
So maybe Evan Walker fromThe 5th Wave.
Hes good at keeping someone else alive.
The fictional character whos my hero
Jane Eyre.
Jane is made of steelshe has her moral code and nothing can make her bend.
But that doesnt mean shes cold or rigidshes passionate and creative and intelligent and sensitive.
She just doesnt compromise or ever make excuses for herself.
She would literally starve to death in a ditch before she would be unfaithful to her truest self.
Physically, shes not the strongest heroine.
Shes not going to be the one wielding a sword and conquering an army.
But no one has more integrity.
The song that reminds me of my first crush
Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel.
Thats what I was listening to while I gazed adoringly in his totally oblivious direction.
The book Id use to squash a bug
Breaking Dawnits heavy.
The fictional place Ive dreamed of moving to
Pern, from Anne McCaffreysDragonriders of Pernseries.
I have a good life.
I love my family more than anything in this world.
Im sorry, friends and family… DRAGONS.
If I had to listen to one song on repeat for 24 hours, it would be…
Currently, its Decks Dark by Radiohead.
The last album I listened to
RadioheadsA Moon Shaped Pool.
The music I listen to while I write
Lately I find myself mostly playing movie scores.
I also listen to Ilan Eshkeris score forAustenlandover and over again.
The last TV show I binged
Stranger Things.
So long to wait until the next season.
Im sure I would have been Jane Andrews, the boring one.
Montgomery, and Shakespeare, but that sounds so intimidating and not really enjoyable.
There are so many!
How big is the table Im working with here?
And do I have to talk, or can I just listen?
