What do you love about where you live?
Submitted by Emu with a Clue.
I live in Iowa and I like the fact that it's quiet and a relatively safe place to raise young kids (though I don't have kids myself). Although I was born in New York, I grew up here. I didn't like it at first because it was less exciting than New York but maybe it's grown on me or I just grew to be the type of person who doesn't crave too much excitement. Whatever it is, I'd probably get away from Iowa for a few years or a month but I'd definitely come back.
]]>What have you lost that you wish you still had?
Submitted by gunderson bee.
My friend got me a Nancy Drew book plus one of the Hardy Boys. It was the new series. I read the Nancy Drew one, "False Notes" and I also read the graphic novel that she gave me... I don't remember what it was called. They were both a part of the many books I had in Connecticut with me while I was going to to school over there. Well, I got accepted to Iowa and my dad also had this crazy idea of coming to Iowa with me (after he told me that he'd never return to live there). We packed up all of our stuff hoping that nationwide would send a truck to our house... the first day, they didn't do it, then the next, and the next. Finally, my dad went with a new company. I don't remember the name of that one, but they moved our stuff. However, the estimate turned out to be lower than the actual cost so my dad couldn't pay and we ended up losing all our stuff, except for all of our music instruments and computers which were in the car with us. My dad lost a lifetime of vintage records and old books. He majored in Linguistics. Compared to him, I lost nothing. All I had was my printer, hair stuff, books, computer games, clothes, CDs and folders full of drawings. Anyway, I haven't read most of my books except for "False Notes" I haven't even looked at the Hardy Boys one. It stinks that most of that stuff I have to buy again, although I already played those games I had.
]]>Do you tend to like music in particular genres, or are your tastes all over the place? What are your most and least favorite musical genres?
As I grow older, I've certaintly noticed that my musical taste has been governed more by what I think is a 'good music' if I like the melody or lyrics no matter what type of genre it is. While when I was younger, I listened to the type of music that was more popular among the masses. I listened to pop and mainly stayed within that and R&B. I never really listened to rock or any alternative stuff like Panic at the Disco or Paramore or Salsa or Classical because black kids will look at me as a black girl--although I'm half Latin American-- and look at me strangely if I were listening to that type of music. Now, I don't really care, I listen to what I want to.
I don't really like to delve into genres because I can't really correctly name a song and place it into a genre when some parts of it belong to some other genre... I wouldn't know what to call it. Does that make sense? Anyway, I'll just name some of the artists I like and hopefully you'll get an idea of the "genres".
I like Rakim y Ken-Y--I guess that would automatically be Reggaetón. Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, John Legend--some of the stuff that's considered R&B. I like Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert... most all classical but I definitely like Scott Joplin and Ragtime. I like the music termed "Latin music" or Salsa and Merengue (I like how sometimes music is called Salsa or Merengue when it's clearly a Bachata or Reggaetón...moving on...)--usually Ruben Blades, Juanes, Aventura, Shakira. And then there's Paramore, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, and Meg and Dia. So, basically, I'll just listen to a song and, if I like it, continue listening to it regardless of the genre.
I like a lot more music than those mentioned above, those are just a few of my favorite types. Oh yeah, I absolutely WON'T listen to country... the music could be well done but it's just not my thing.
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