Stranger in a Strange Land

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Mine, from nobleplatypus:

1. You are stuck on an otherwise-deserted island with three celebrities of your choice. Who are they, and what sort of survival-related shenanigans go down?
Bear Grylls would be my hands-down first choice. Why? He's got the chops and know-how to keep us all alive, he's hot, and there's a pretty good chance he'll get naked at least once. Enough said. Then I'd pick Viggo Mortensen. Viggo's mellow and smart and capable and I'd be able to pick his braaaains. Really, he's a total renaissance man. If nothing else, he could teach me one or two of the, like, six languages he's fluent in. Lastly... how about Hugh Jackman. He can sing, he can dance, he's had experience being a lumberjack - it would be perfect.
Together, the four of us would go Swiss Family Robinson on the situation, constructing a rambling tree house villa that would be totally double rainbow. We'd hang out together in relative paradise (minus A/C, until Viggo got one up and running) until the island was nuked in a bomb test or something, or pirates came around and we PWND their asses, stole their boat, and made it back to civilization. After a couple of months, though, we would realize how much we missed our tranquil island life and would all converge back on the island to life out our lives with music and adventuring and the occasional guest. The end.

2. If you could have a pet dinosaur, what kind of dinosaur would you pick, what would you name it, and what hilarious hijinks would ensue?
Either an Eoraptor named Rupert or an Archaeopteryx named Mordecai. Mostly I would wander around freaking people out. Rupert and I would sneakily enter greyhound races and win handily. He would be a bit like a combination of Bucky from "Mutts" and Marmaduke. I'd teach Mordecai to speak on command and he would even tolerate riding around on my shoulder. He'd also enjoy dive-bombing pigeons. He'd mostly be like Gromit.

3. You find an artifact that really belongs in the Warehouse. What is it and what does it do?
One of the missing Fabergé eggs crafted for the Russian imperial family. Specifically, the Mauve egg, lost for years, though it has been strongly believed that the egg's surprise is the frame currently owned by the Vekelsberg Foundation/The Link of Times Foundation, Russia. The egg - so important to Nicholas II and originally carrying within it pictures of the Tsar, his wife, and their first child - was lost sometime during the uproar surrounding the Revolution and the bloody execution of the Tsar and his family. Nicholas, it seemed, did not take kindly to death or the possession and scattering of his belongings by his successors and was, in particular, drawn to the Mauve egg by the separation of its components. Anyone in possession of the egg was driven mad by it, gradually becoming obsessed with the egg, the Imperial family, and Russian history to the point that they simply cocoon themselves in information and die from their own neglect, pushed by the egg into a shell of obsession.

4. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Oh, lord. What grade was that? Fourth? Fifth? Hell, I don't remember what I was reading back then. I read A LOT. A really big lot. Let's just say any book I could get my hands on was my favorite.

5. What is the most-played song on your mp3 player of choice?
I actually looked this up. Considering that I routinely rotate songs on and off of my iPod, this may not accurately reflect what I listen to most, but according to the Pod, it's "Femaville (On My Mind)" by Ken Hyland.


Thinking up the answers for those first three took entirely too long. I must be a glutton for research.