March 26, 2007
Not quite Gilligan’s Isle
My friend Ami has paid me a compliment - I think. She has informed the world that if she were ever stranded on a deserted island for a year, she’d want me with her. The poor woman is a little off in her reasoning:
“3. Skeet already lives on an island so surely she’d know what sort of things to do. Plus the whole resourceful and wise bit.”
Okay, first of all, Oahu is not exactly deserted or without resources, luxuries even. My island experience has certainly equipped me for survival - in malls and traffic and the hustle and bustle of Waikiki tourist-madness. I suppose those survival skills count for something, hm? But the “whole resourceful and wise bit?” Well, see, Ami and I are new friends and the poor deluded thing doesn’t know me all that well just yet, bless her heart. I hope she picked her other island companions better, because we’re going to need them.
That being said, it’s now my turn to find five resourceful survivalists to give me a hand if I ever get stranded on a deserted island for a year and get to choose companions before the plane crashes or the ship sinks. What five bloggers would I want on my little island?
1. Cass - If anyone knows how to function in a crisis, it’s our Cass. The woman has eight kids and a dozen or so blogs, yet still finds time to have a life. Whatever arises, Cass has handled it before and can handle it again.
2. Tricia - Yet another friend who juggles multiple blogs. She gardens. She can grow the veggies and I’ll tend the herbs! She loves House and can recite each episode for me in our year of solitude so I won’t fall out of love with Hugh Laurie.
3. Ann - The woman rasies all kinds of growing things, including vegetables and goats, grinds her own grains and knows everything about preserving food. Oh, and in keeping with today’s theme, she’s got - how many, Ann? - six or eight blogs? Yep, gotta have her!
4. Karen - I don’t know Karen as well as I do the gals above, but she’s so nice I thought we could let her be our social director. How many blogs do you have Karen?
5 Cara - I think she has seven blogs. She can correct me if I’m wrong there. She’s a very classy girl, heavy on the pop culture please, and knows everything there is to know about books, poetry, music, film, philosophy, genealogy, games, writing, theoretical physics, the meaning of life and Battlestar Galactica. She’ll be the one who helps us keep our brains from turning into jelly.
So, there’s my little band of castaways. Wonder who they’d choose - besides me, of course, since I’m so resourceful and wise. And, just so everyone understands, we’ll all have solar-powered laptops with coconut-wireless connections so that we can maintain our blogs. We can’t be expected to completely give up our lives, can we?
Posted by skeet @ 11:36 pm • Society & culture, Meme
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March 27th, 2007 at 12:10 am, heart » Blog Archive » ” - pulse Says:
[…] Not quite Gilligan s Isle My friend Ami has paid me a compliment - I think. She has informed the world that if she were ever stranded on a deserted island for a year, she d want me with her. The poor woman is a little off in her reasoning: 3. Skeet already lives on an island so surely she d know what sort of things to do. Plus the whole resourceful and wise bit. Okay, first of all, Oahu is not exactly deserted or without resources, luxuries even. My island experience has certainly equipped me for survival - in malls and traffic and the hustle and bustle of Waikiki tourist-madness. I suppose those survival skills count for something, hm? But the whole resourceful and wise bit? Well, see, Ami and I are new friends and the poor deluded thing doesn t know me all that well just yet, bless her heart. I hope she picked her other island companions better, because we re going to need them. That being said, it s now my turn to find five resourceful survivalists to give me a hand if I ever get stranded on a deserted island for a year and get to choose companions before the plane crashes or the ship sinks. What five bloggers would I want on my little island? 1. Cass - If anyone knows how to function in a crisis, it s our Cass. The woman has eight kids and a dozen or so blogs, yet still finds time to have a life. Whatever arises, Cass has handled it before and can handle it again. 2. Tricia - Yet another friend who juggles multiple blogs. She gardens. She can grow the veggies and I ll tend the herbs! She loves House and can recite each episode for me in our year of solitude so I won t fall out of love with Hugh Laurie. 3. Ann - The woman rasies all kinds of growing things, including vegetables and goats, grinds her own grains and knows everything about preserving food. Oh, and in keeping with today s theme, she s got - how many, Ann? - six or eight blogs? Yep, gotta have her! 4. Karen - I don t know Karen as well as I do the gals above, but she s so nice I thought we could let her be our social director. How many blogs do you have Karen? 5 Cara - I think she has seven blogs. She can correct me if I m wrong there. She s a very classy girl, heavy on the pop culture please, and knows everything there is to know about books, poetry, music, film, philosophy, genealogy, games, writing, theoretical physics, the meaning of life and Battlestar Galactica. She ll be the one who helps us keep our brains from turning into jelly. So, there s my little band of castaways. Wonder who they d choose - besides me, of course, since I m so resourceful and wise. And, just so everyone understands, we ll all have solar-powered laptops with coconut-wireless connections so that we can maintain our blogs. We can t be expected to completely give up our lives, can we? […]
March 27th, 2007 at 1:00 am, Denise Says:
HMPH and here I thought you’d pick me! I think my feelings are hurt!
lol
March 27th, 2007 at 1:44 am, Fiber of Life » Blog Archive » Island castaway bloggers Says:
[…] friend Skeet has tagged me and challenged me to write about who I’d want with me on a deserted island. What if a plane crashed or our ship got marooned at such an island? Now, this is something I […]
March 27th, 2007 at 2:31 am, Ann Says:
Thanks for the tag! It gave me something to really think about and a way to link to some other fav bloggers.
I finished Island castaway bloggers a bit ago and tagged five that I think would be great additions to the island scenario! Great idea!
March 27th, 2007 at 2:48 am, skeet Says:
Aw, Denise. I didn’t think you played silly games like memes! You’re the first person I thought of - you and the lady with the cookbooks - if that’s any comfort.
March 27th, 2007 at 2:54 am, skeet Says:
And now you’re not a meme virgin anymore, Ann! Good job - sounds like a competent group of folks who could get through anything.
March 27th, 2007 at 4:49 am, Ami-chan Says:
Aww…but they use Hawaii to film ‘LOST’ *L* so maybe my reasoning is a bit skewed. Still it would be cool. Maybe we can just make a Postie Island.
March 27th, 2007 at 10:15 am, skeet Says:
Your logic is impeccable Ami-chan! There’s a spot about a mile from my house where a film crew takes over a house and the beach with disturbing regularity - disturbing because they’ve got things blocked off so well that no one knows for sure who is in there and what’s going on, lol! But I think that, for the sake of my castaway friends, I should risk personal danger, breach security and learn at the feet of the master survivors, don’t you?
March 27th, 2007 at 12:02 pm, Tricia Says:
I finished picking my fellow castaways. Haven’t posted it yet.
looks like you have a nice group of resourceful people there.
March 27th, 2007 at 1:49 pm, DirkStar Says:
Uh, I’d want you on a deserted island with me…
But, I’m a very bad boy and you’d probably want me on another island by myself…
Uh, I think there may be something wrong with my eyes…
Can you come take a look?
March 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pm, skeet Says:
Nope, I’d want you right there with me. It’s a shame you don’t do memes! :0p
March 27th, 2007 at 3:05 pm, Mr. Fabulous Says:
I see how it is…LOL
March 27th, 2007 at 3:08 pm, Karen Says:
Aw! thanks for picking me. I might not be so sweet without my laptop so its a good thing you said we’d have one! I was afraid!
March 27th, 2007 at 6:35 pm, skeet Says:
Fab, darling, I never said that our … um … arrangement was exclusive. I mean what with you being madly in love with Mrs. Fab and all that, it’s only fair that I should have a little Dirk on the side, isn’t it?
March 27th, 2007 at 6:37 pm, skeet Says:
Karen, I think you need to get busy as entertainment director and create a diversion right away. Things seem to be getting a little out of hand with my married boyfirends wanting to crash the party. :0D
March 27th, 2007 at 7:40 pm, weirdgrrl Says:
Thanks for the tag! (And actually I just have 4 blogs… the other 3 are genealogy sites.) I posted my castaways here: . Unfortunately, I have no idea if the people I picked even DO memes, but I guess I’ll find out!
March 27th, 2007 at 7:41 pm, weirdgrrl Says:
Oops… that’s what I get for trying to use the XHTML rather than my usual HTML coding… *sigh*… Here’s the way that comment was supposed to look (I hope):
Thanks for the tag! (And actually I just have 4 blogs… the other 3 are genealogy sites.) I posted my castaways here: Just Sit Right Back and You’ll Hear a Tale… Unfortunately, I have no idea if the people I picked even DO memes, but I guess I’ll find out!
March 28th, 2007 at 11:43 am, Cass Says:
http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/03/27/shipwrecked/
I hope this is fine. I didn’t pay attention to who’s already been tagged.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:22 am, Tricia’s Musings » If I were stranded on a deserted island … Says:
[…] friend Skeet just wrote a post Not quite Gilligan’s Isle and she picked five people that she thought she might be able to survive with on a desert island […]
March 31st, 2007 at 3:32 pm, hyphen8 Says:
Ah, but unlike Tom Hanks’ character, you’ve probably been to the Polynesian Cultural Center and actually have some clue how to deal with a coconut!
March 31st, 2007 at 4:45 pm, skeet Says:
I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never been. Do they teach you how to hook up coconut wireless? Maybe I could dash over and learn before the ship goes down and strands us, lol!