Roll call for newbies and others :-)
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Roll call for newbies and others :-)
| Mon, 12-01-2003 - 10:49pm |
Hi all:
I see lots of new names on the board, and the old Roll Call post is buried somewhere, so let's take a census again, with some new questions :-)
1) Name, phase, how long you've been on the Beach
2) If you could win lunch (SBD friendly, of course!) with anyone (living, dead, or fictional) who would it be? Why?
3) What's your favorite book?
I'll start...

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2) I'd like to have lunch with Nikki Giovanni. She's my favorite poet, and I've recently read some of her prose essays, and I would love to sit down and have a real conversation with her because she just seems so down to earth.
3) I love to read, so it's hard to pick a favorite. One of the best I've read recently was "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire. It's a spoof biography that retells Oz from the Witch's point of view. Great story!
Who's next?
Shan
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1) Name, phase, how long you've been on the Beach
***Rhonda.
First time was for 3 1/2 months. Lost 15 lbs. and 2 1/2" around my middle. This time, today's the first day.
2) If you could win lunch (SBD friendly, of course!) with anyone (living, dead, or fictional) who would it be? Why?
***Probably Thomas Jefferson, because he was so intelligent, creative (love his architecture), and forward thinking -- a real Renaissance man.
3) What's your favorite book?
***Don't have a favorite. I read a lot of books about nutrition and health and many others about politics/current events. Next two on my list to read
~~Rhonda~~
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2.) Hmmmm...I am torn between saying Brad Pitt...just so I could sit and look at him the whole time. Or Abraham Lincoln...just to find out if he was really as sad as all his pictures make him look.
3.) This is really tough since I am an avid reader. I adore anything by Stephen King or John Grisham, but I discovered another author a few months ago and have now read everything he's written...with my favorite being Tell No One by Harlan Coben.
Thanks, Shan for the fun questions!!
Cyndie
1. Alicia - Phase 1 - 2nd Day
2. I would have lunch with Laura Bush. I admire her, and would love to discuss her children's literacy program.
3. I have so many favorite books! Right now it would either bee "Irish Girls About Town" by several female Irish writers, or "Welcome to the World Baby Girl" by Fannie Flack (I think).
Welcome to the Beach! Good luck in Phase 1 :-)
Shan
1. My name is Ryan and my Dh and I are starting monday. (waiting for him to finish the book)
2.I dont have a favorite person to have lunch with. .The list is way too long.
3. Right now my favorite book to read is the rainbow fish becasue that is the book i have to read every night to my 3 year old before bed :)
1. I'm on a phase halfway between 1 and 2. Been on the beach since just before labor day. (in reference to another post today---no, everyone doesnt quit after a month :-)
2. Lunch---hmmm. George Sand. Would love to know how she hacked it in a man's world for so long and so successfully.
3. Favorite book. Definitely "Love in the time of Cholera" by gabriel garcia marquez. amazing book. perspective altering. second favorite (because books are so good, you can't stop at just one) is "All God's Children need Travelling Shoes" by maya angelou. anyone who's ever travelled abroad or searched for the core of who they are will absolutely love this book.
Thanks Shan, great roll call.
Hope
Lunch with who? I don't think any one person impresses me that much. Jennifer Garner would be cool, just to hear her work out routine and dieting plan.
Favorite book: The Wallflower
Shan
:-)
Shan
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