Okay, here's the latest meme from seabird78. The idea is that you comment on this entry, and I get to ask you five questions, which you answer in your journal, and then I comment on your entry, and you ask me five questions, and the cycle begins.
1. What made you choose poetry as your primary artistic medium?
Because I liked it when I heard it, because I'd taken two great poetry-writing classes as an undergraduate, and...I don't know, just because I thought I might be decent at it. More specifically, this poem was one of the first poems I ever read which made me think, "Wow, I want to write something like that." And because I always opt for the difficult way of doing things.
2. If you could sing only one last karaoke selection, what would it be and why?
Just one?? We'll go with "An American Trilogy" by Elvis. It would be suitably grandiose for my exit.
3. What is the best live concert you've ever seen?
Ooo, toughie. In no particular order: Elton John pre-throat surgery in '86, Sam Bush in the mid-90s, Bob Dylan (thrice), Elvis Costello in '99 and '06, Lucinda Williams (last show of the Car Wheels tour in '98 or so), and John Hiatt with his band (solo he's great too, but he's a different person with his band). I gotta give props to Kingsized, too, who will be playing at our wedding reception; they always put on a solid, straight-up, fun show.
Inexplicably, I've also seen Aerosmith twice, and those shows were more loud than memorable. Like, really loud.
4. Do you plan to stay in Atlanta permanently?
Unless forces greater than me dictate a move, yes. My soon-to-be wife is here, my life is here, my job is here, great restaurants, great friends, etc.
5. What is something you like that might surprise me?
1) The humor of Jeff Foxworthy; 2) Smokey and the Bandit.
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