I'm supposed to be grading papers right now. Scratch that, I always have papers to grade, but I needed to take a break from this completely mundane task. I haven't been here in a while because I was tired of my own continual whining that I found coming out of my fingertips. I decided to wait until I had something more interesting to say until I wrote again. I don't really have anything interesting, but for many, this is a weekend of big meals and company. I thought that it might be interesting to create a list of interesting guests we would like to have at a dinner party. The people need not be famous, just interesting.
My first choice would be my high school English teacher, Mrs. Masters. First and foremost, I would want to talk with her about all the changes in education that have occurred. I'm sure that she would have viewed this new emphasis on testing as anathema to true education.
Allen Ginsberg would be second on my list. He would have great stories and I always found him to be very engaging. And yes, the meal would be vegetarian.
Next on the list would be Harry Shearer. He was in This is Spinal Tap and he has done dozen of voices on The Simpsons. Between him and Ginsburg, I'm not sure that the laughter would stop.
Terry Gross would have to be at my dinner. I am often terrible at small talk and she does it for a living. She makes everyone sound so smart.
I should pick a novelist here, perhaps Atwood or Twain, but I'm afraid that my dinner needs some erudite eye candy - for me. I have two choices in my head and I'm going to go with...George Clooney. He's liberal and articulate and well-dressed and manly. Ginsberg would probably give George googly eyes, whereas he might leave GT alone, but George wins on this one because I have not yet met him.
I noticed that my list is hopelessly US-centric and I wasn't really expecting that. Maybe you could recommend me to some more worldly voices.
