Twas Brillig

It’s that time again, folks! It’s been MONTHS since I did an interview, and when the lovely and illustrious JerseyGirl of Dirty Little Secret was handing out questions, I decided to beg some off of her. And so, without further ado, here ya go:

1. You get to start a rock band of less than 8 people. You can choose any living musicians. Who would you pick and what would you call your band?

I’d pick Simon Le Bon (of Duran Duran, natch) for vocals, Neil Peart (of Rush) on the drums, Mike Dirnt (of Green Day) on bass guitar, Vince Clarke (of early-Depeche Mode, Yaz, and, most notably, Erasure) for some of the Euro Synthpop sound to mix it up a bit, Brandon Flowers (of the Killers) just to stand there so I can look at him, Dave Keuning (also of the Killers) for lead guitar, Beck (of… well… Beck) because he’s a frickin’ brackin’ genius, and why don’t we have Timbaland produce it all, since he’s involved with everything these days and everything he touches turns to gold. And we’ll call the band Frumious Bandersnatch, cuz that’s how we roll here at Twas Brillig. (And it would be a catastrophic mess—can you imagine all of those people trying to make music together?)

2. What traits do all of your children share? Do you think they got these traits from you?

My children are all gorgeous. They surely get that from me. Hahaha. Actually, they ARE all gorgeous but they get that from their Daddy (they all look like mini-Hubby clones). But they are really friendly, bouncy, independent, and outgoing, and they love to be the center of attention. They definitely get that from me.

3. What are five books that you think everyone should read?

(My absolute first inclusions here would be the Bible and the Book of Mormon, no question, but those are so obvious that I’ll leave them out in order to list five others)

1. The Complete Works of Shakespeare (yes, all of it)
2. Don Quixote (Cervantes, best if read in its original Spanish— considered to be the greatest work ever written in any language)
3. A Tale of Two Cities (and everything else Dickens, but if I just have to pick one, I’ll choose that one)
4. The Divine Comedy (Dante)
5. Lyrical Ballads (Wordsworth)

I don’t think a person can carry on a civilized conversation without being fully versed in all of these. Could I sound any snootier? Sorry. I was raised by a brilliant English Lit. professor… Blame Daddy.

4. What is your favorite thing to do with your children (can be as a group or individually)?

We love our Family Home Evenings, where every Monday night the whole family gets together for an activity, Gospel lesson, and a treat. (Even though it’s called “family home eveing,” we are often anywhere BUT home). We try to make every Monday night special and memorable and FUN! Sometimes they’re a big ordeal, sometimes they’re just simple, but we never miss a week.

5. What percentage of people do you think know where your bloggy name comes from?

Hahaha. I’m not sure. I know that a lot of my readers are here because of my blog name. I assume that most people at least sorta get it—they’ve heard it before, they recognize it from school, or whatever. But for those who don’t, I’ve written this page to help you out. You’ll notice that my own husband didn’t get it at first…

So, huge thanks to JerseyGirl for her thoughtful and interesting questions! And, as is the tradition with these things, I’ll hand out interviews now too. So, if you want one, just leave your request in my comments, and I’ll leave your questions there too. A good time shall be had by all.

—–Also, please note that Soap Opera Sunday is being hosted by my lovely and illustrious SOS co-founder, Walking Kateastrophe this weekend. I won’t be able to join in until Sunday, because I have something else going on tomorrow that trumps even SOS.