Saturday 9

 

Love Story

Welcome to Saturday 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme.

LOVE STORY (2008)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. 

1) The lyrics tell us about a romantic summer night on a balcony. Does your home have a balcony?

No.  Back in the 90's, though, I lived in a lovely two bedroom apartment, on the 6th floor, with a balcony.  The balcony faced west, overlooking a highway and a cemetery, with the NYC skyline in the distance. Looking south I could see the control tower at JFK and looking north I would try to see Shea Stadium -- never actually saw it, but I always kept trying....

2) Taylor Swift sings that her father warns her boyfriend to stay away, but she sees him anyway. Tell us about a time you defied your parents.

Not defied, exactly, but I can relate to Taylor...my parents were never happy with any of the guys I dated.

3) The castle in this video looks European, but it's in Arrington, TN. Castle Gwynn is the site of the annual Tennessee Renaissance Fair. This May the festival will be back, and among the items food vendors are offering are Scotch eggs. When did you most recently eat eggs, and how were they prepared?

I was kind of hoping you would ask about the Renaissance Faire.  I love going to the Faire, I make it a point to go every summer.  The New York faire was cancelled last year, but I am hopeful they will be able to put a faire together this year.

As for eggs...I made myself an omelette.  cheese, bell pepper, onion, mushroom.

4) Love Story is also the story of Jenny and Oliver in a book by Erich Segal and a movie starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. Are you familiar with either the book or the movie?

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."  Yeah, I'm kind of familiar with both, having read the book and seen the movie.

But I much prefer this, from What's Up Doc?

5) Taylor was born in Reading, PA. which is home to the Reading Railroad, one of the four railroads featured in Monopoly. Without looking it up, can you name the two most expensive Monopoly properties?

Boardwalk and Park Place, of course.

6) When she's not performing on stage, Taylor likes to keep it casual and prefers to wear cowboy boots. Tell us about your favorite footwear.

I live in Crocs flipflops all summer.  Unlike most flipflops, thye have arch support -- which I need -- but they are so comfortable.  I have the in like 7 or 8 different colors.

7) Taylor's brother, Austin Swift, is an actor and producer who studied photography at college. Think about the last picture you took. Did you use your phone, tablet or camera? (Feel free to share it, if you'd like.)

A repost from earlier this week:

Yes, an onion volcano at a Japanese restaurant, taken with my phone.

 

8) In 2008, the year this song was popular, the Emmy Award winning show Breaking Bad premiered. Were you a fan?

Nope.

 

9) Random question: You and your best friend sit down to write the story of how/when you met. Do you think the stories would be almost the same or quite different? (In other words, will you two remember the event the same way?)

Probably.