QotD: Today’s Top 5

Books, movies, music; what’s in your top 5 right now?

Reasons for writing:
5. I can create my own world(s)
4. I can make sense of all the stuff that happens around me
3. There’s nothing I enjoy doing more than writing
2. There is so much going on in my mind that would never be unveiled if I didn’t write
1. It keeps me sane

QotD: On Podcasts

Do you listen to podcasts?  Are there any you’d recommend?

I listen to too many, probably. But there’s one I have to mention since NaNoWriMo is approaching fast: WrimoRadio.

QotD: I Give It 5 Stars

What’s your favorite restaurant?

Goi in Stuttgart. Very fast, very good, very Asia - their words, but they are true. Pity it’s so far away

QotD: Name That Horse

You’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name.  Except your horse does have a name.  What is it?

Well, Jolly Jumper, of course. I can talk, too …

QotD: Set Your DVR

What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?

Veronica Mars - because Veronica Mars is smarter than me, plus it’s the best TV show ever. Honestly, ask Joss …

Lost - because I got hooked to the show right from the start

How I Met Your Mother - because it’s funny and I love Alyson Hannigan

QotD: It’s All In My Head

What movie can you quote by heart?

Hm, a couple, I guess: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, The Lion King, Notting Hill (at least in part), and I’m sure there are more I can’t think of at the moment

QotD: My Musical Horoscope

What’s your musical horoscope?  (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)

1. Voodoo Chile The King
2. February Stars Foo Fighters
3. Shoot The Moon Nora Jones
4. Mystery Train Elvis Presley
5. You’re So Real Matchbox 20
6. You Know I Couldn’t Last Morrissey
7. Love And Peace Or Else U2
8. Sand In My Shoes Dido
9. Three Lions ‘98 Lightning Seeds
10. Think About You Guns n’ Roses

QotD: Let’s Go There

What’s your favorite vacation destination?

Hm, dunno, but I know what my next vacation destination will be: Ibiza. I’m going there in three weeks today, and I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to the trip.

QotD: Words To Live By

What is your motto?

Doing it is the only way of getting it done.

QotD: Best. Villain. Ever.

Who’s your favorite movie villain? 

Whoa, though one. An attempt at compiling my Top 5 - very preliminary:
Darth Vader
Scar in The Lion King

The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (the only reason to rewatch that film)

Agent Smith

Hans Gruber (well, Alan Rickman knows how to play a villain, doesn’t he?)