THESE ARE A FEW OF MY (SECOND) FAVORITE THINGS

Okay, our Blogfather, John Scalzi, has given us our assignment for week's end fun.  Here it is:   Weekend Assignment #2: Describe your second-favorite of the following: movie, book, album, school teacher, ice cream flavor, sports team, comfort food, celebrity crush, cartoon character and way to relax. If you feel like it, add in any other second favorite you like.

Isn't he cute?  I have a hard enough time trying to think of my absolute #1 favorite anything, let alone #2.  I didn't play along with last week's assignment, however (list 25 things about yourself, including one you've never told anybody....I gave it a moment's thought, and really, couldn't even come up with 10 interesting enough to post online.), so I feel like I ought to show a little more Plays Well With Others kind of spirit and try this one. 

I only have real favorites in a few of these categories;  I love way too many movies and books to come up with one or two top-of-the-lists.  Second favorite teacher ever was Sister Michel, who taught me algebra and trigonometry at Sacred Heart Academy in Belmont, NC.  This is a real teacher-tribute, let me tell you.  I have serious Math Aversion, but this woman was a dy-no-mite teacher and actually got the subject matter thru my terrified brain. (and, see, the problem with this is that I feel like I also have to mention my top faves at the same time, it doesn't feel fair.  So, Dr. Hazel Cazorla, who taught me Spanish Literature in Grad School at the Univ. of Dallas - I HAD to say it.)

Second fave sports team is the Baltimore Orioles, just because they're close, have a name I love, and a kick-ass stadium.  (is it okay to say "kick-ass" in an AOL Journal?  who knows?  who cares?)

Ice Cream Flavor would have to be Starbuck's Java Chip, a reeellllly intense coffee ice cream with a burst of dark chocolate chips to liven things up.

Comfort Food - oh god, how can I pick?  and do I have to tell the truth?  okay, here goes.  Little Debbie's Swiss Cake Rolls. with a pot of coffee or a huge glass of milk, I could eat an entire box.  Which is why I'm currently on a low-carb diet!!

Okay!!! Book:  no way is this possible.  All-time 2nd fave?  Current second fave?  Fiction?  Non-fiction?  WHHAAT?  I'm going with Woman on the Edge of Time, by Marge Piercy.  Feminist science fiction, a category unto itself. 

Movie -  maybe it's "Best of Show,"  because I could see it over and over and still laugh my ass off.  (Top of my chart is forever "To Kill a Mockingbird.")

Celebrity Crush - again, what category?  living?  dead?  male?  female?  maybe everyone doesn't have the luxury of enjoying both sexes, but I have.  so, #2 male celebrity crush is Johnny Depp (first is and will always be Burt Lancaster).  #2 female crush is Catherine Zeta Jones (and #1 is Susan Sarandon, so there).

Can't do album, simply and absolutely can't.  Don't watch cartoons, never have, so can't do that one.  Way to relax - watching TV, yes, I'm afraid it's true.  #1 is reading if I'm conscious, but after a hard day and evening (when I'm tense, but only semi-conscious), if I have some time pre bed and any of my favorite shows are on, I watch the tube.  That's why god made it.