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[arib]

Ask me to post my top five in any category of your choosing.

(ganked from all over the place)

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[saigon-ch.livejournal.com]

Top 5 historically based movies

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

hmm... I think:
Top five comms
Top five icons
Top five memes
Top five words

[arib.livejournal.com]

In no particular order:

1. Glory- Intense Civil War film. Also, the 54th was based out of my hometown.

2. Operation Thunderbolt- Great Israeli movie about Operation Thunderbolt (duh), the IDF saved hostages from a hijacked plane in Uganda. It reads like a Tom Clancy novel, but it's real. Many politicians played themselves in the film.

3. Not Without My Daughter- Maybe not "history," but based on real events.

4. Braveheart- While heavily modified from actual history, was still fun. I'm not much of a fan of Gibson anymore, but Braveheart's worth a look.

5. Uprising- Great TV movie about the Warsaw Ghetto rebellion. Features Hank Azaria and David Schwimmer in serious dramatic roles, which they play incredibly well.

[kylakae.livejournal.com]

Books!

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Quotes

[arib.livejournal.com]

Again, in no particular order, subject to change:

1. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephensen

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

3. All Souls: A family Story From Southie, by Michael Patrick MacDonald

4. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams, by Rich Cohen

5. Asimov's Robot Mysteries, starting with "Caves of Steel". Childhood favorites.

Wow, two non-fiction books. I'm surprised. :-)

[arib.livejournal.com]

oof. Tough one. It'll have to wait 'til I get home, and can peruse some of my saved quotes.

[arib.livejournal.com]

communities-

weirdjews and assorted spinoffs
metaquotes and icon comm.
doctorwho and that bunch
reparo even if it seems to have gone dead.
dot_cattiness

icons-

The River icon I swiped from you. :-)
The Jayne icon I got from quem98
The other Firefly icon I got from quem98
My default icon, made for me by chaiya many moons ago
and the icon I'm using for this post, made by kylakae

I'll get back to you on the other ones.

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

I'm a problem child, so I'll ask for your top 5 favorite mitzvot. :-)

[arib.livejournal.com]

I don't quite see how this is problem-child-esque. :-)

Anyway, in no particular order.

1. Shabbat- I'm awfully fond of a mandated rest period.

2. Kosher- No, really. It's probably the single most prevalent mitzvah in my life, as it's something I need to be mindful of every day. Besides, there's a chance shellfish could kill me. :-)

3. Hachnasat orchim, having guests- largely because I'm so social.

4. This will definitely sound corny, but I like that Judaism has some form of requirement for a person to respect his/her elders. It's not something that I see very often in the world at-large, and my work with the elderly lately has really driven that home.

5. "Talmud Torah" Regular religious learning. It keeps my observance from becoming stagnant.

How's that?

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

(Since you got me into this)

Top 5 lines from "Firefly"

Huzzah!

The Vortex

[josette.livejournal.com]

top five places you're travelled?

[dragonbear82.livejournal.com]

top 5 reasons why you should come to new york for a shabbos at the end of august?

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

Problem-child-esque because I'm not observant myself. :-)

It's a very cool list, Ari, and pretty appropriate for you!

[arib.livejournal.com]

1. Israel, all of it. :-)

2. England. I had a blast in London

3. New York City. There's something there for just about everyone

4. Seattle- It's just different enough from my hometowns that it's intriguing in some way

5- Upstate NY- Mostly because of my camping memories.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Shiny. I get the feeling you have much love for the Whedonness. :)

(Including new Doctor Who; I think it's pretty clear the writers are Whedon!fans)

[arib.livejournal.com]

1. "Jayne, my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle."

2. Said by Simon while Jayne spits on his whetstone to sharpen his knife at the dinner table. "Could you not do that while we're... Ever?!!" The delivery is everything.

3. "What? That sounds like something out of science fiction." "Honey, we live on a spaceship." "So?"

4. "Was it space monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

5. "If you take sexual advantage of that woman you will burn in a very special level of hell. A level saved only for child molesters, and people who talk in the theater."