Phriday Phive

I've been neglecting my blog reading lately, so this morning I popped into Kelley's place and she reminded me I haven't done the Friday Five in ages. So here goes -

If you ...
1. ...owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?

Ooooh, that's a good one. Probably Japanese/American fusion, very cutting edge, with a fantastic wine list and housed within a sleek modern interior.

2. ...owned a small store, what kind of merchandise would you sell?

I'd love to own a store similar to Pink Flamingos in Little 5 Points here in Atlanta: cool t-shirts and casual clothes, lots of trinkets and lots of and lots of Japanese fun junk including a large range of Sanrio stuff.

3. ...wrote a book, what genre would it be?

That's tough. I'd like to write a novel, I guess: something along the lines of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent but set in Northern Europe (the British Isles, most likely) circa 500 - 100 BC, before the influence of the Romans began to creep into the culture. None of this silly "female Druid warrior heroine" stuff ... I'd try to make it as realistic as possible. Not that female Druid warrior heroines didn't exist, but I'd try to keep it as far from the realm of "Xena" as possible.

4. ...ran a school, what would you teach?

Art, most likely.

5. ...recorded an album, what kind of music would be on it?

At this point in my life, it would likely be a kind of IDM type of album ... done on the computer, using lots of samples of my voice and of other things I've recorded myself, sped up and tweaked and mangled; then set to a quasi-trance beat. Some tracks would be akin to psytrance and some tracks would be more breakbeat, but all too idiosyncratic to fit into any set genre. In fact, I've got a bunch of tracks I made last year that are close to fitting this description, and a couple of 'em aren't half bad. If I got off my butt and started making music again I may someday get an album made. We'll see.