(Ack, remember this old design? I've come a long way, relatively speaking.)

When I was in college, my friends and I came up with this game called "The List of Five." Of course, it's not really a game, just a way to pass the time when there's no beer money.

Here's the premise: You're stranded on a desert island, and you're only allowed five of something. Pick the category, then pick your five.

Rules: You have all the equipment necessary to enjoy the category. Anthologies and compilations count. And your list is free from judgment, so be honest.

And they're allowed to change. You have the capability to trade in one or more of your five. (You just don't have the capability to get off the island.)

Turns out, it's a kick-ass way to get to know someone, especially if the answers are honest and thoughtful.

So here are some of mine. See what you can surmise.

Movies I own (and like, dammit) that I would be most embarrassed for someone to find in my house after I die:

1. Clue
2. Moonlight and Valentino
3. Dirty Dancing
4. The Three Musketeers (the Chris O'Donnell version)
5. Batman Forever (the Chris O'Donnell... um, never mind)

CDs I own (and like, dammit) that I would be most embarrassed for someone to find in my house after I die:

1. Wang Chung's The Warmer Side of Cool
2. The Breakfast Club soundtrack
3. Adam Ant's Manners & Physique
4. The Footloose soundtrack
5. Olivia Newton-John's Back to Basics

TV shows I liked that lasted one season or less:

1. Profit
2. Covington Cross
3. Fortune Hunter
4. Strange Luck
5. Roar

PLAYS (non-Shakespeare):
1. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
2. "Anne of the Thousand Days"
3. "The Crucible"
4. "The Mousetrap"
5. "Skin of Our Teeth"

SHAKESPEARE PLAYS:
1. "Much Ado About Nothing"
2. "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
3. "Romeo and Juliet"
4. "The Taming of the Shrew"
5. "Hamlet"

New categories from Rob!

BREAKFAST ITEMS:
1. Lucky Charms
2. Sugar doughnut from Joe's in Lawrence, KS
3. Pillsbury cinnamon rolls
4. French Toast
5. A great sesame bagel with great veggie cream cheese

SONGS I CAN'T STAND:
1. "Foolish Games" by Jewel
2. "Semi-charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind
3. "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand
4. "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" by Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias
5. "Butterfly" by Mariah Carey

NAMES FOR CHILDREN:
1. Jack
2. Colleen
3. Alexander
4. Jane
5. Hannah

CATALOGS:
1. J. Crew
2. L.L. Bean
3. Franklin Covey
4. J. Pederman
5. Harry & David

BARS:
1. Plaza III, Kansas City, MO
2. The entire stretch of Sixth Street, Austin, TX
3. The Jazzhaus, Lawrence, KS
4. Pizzazz/The Power Plant, Lawrence, KS
5. The Derby, Los Feliz, CA

EPISODES OF TELEVISION:
1. The black and white episode of "Moonlighting"
2. The "Chinese Restaurant" episode of "Seinfeld"
3. The Rope-style episode of "The X-Files"
4. The first Thanksgiving episode of "Party of Five"
5. The pilot of "The X-Files"

MAGAZINES:
1. Vanity Fair
2. Entertainment Weekly
3. George
4. Newsweek
5. In Style

SCENTS:
1. Happy, Clinique
2. Red Door, Elizabeth Arden
3. Chanel No. 5
4. Raspberry, Victoria's Secret
5. Happy Daisy, Bath & Body Works

FOODS:
1. Single with everything from Winstead's in Kansas City
2. Cold Chicken Breast sandwich from The Daily Grill in L.A.
3. Jif peanut butter
4. Lucky Charms
5. Barbeque Chicken Pizza from Wolfgang Puck's

DRINKS:
1. Ice Blended with whipped cream from the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
2. Amaretto Sour
3. Starbucks Cafe Latte with whipped cream and nutmeg
4. Diet Coke
5. Snapple diet Cranberry-Raspberry

TEACHERS:
1. Mrs. Baker, 1st grade
2. Mr. Royer, 10th grade algebra
3. Madame McClenahan-Garner, junior high and high school French
4. Laura, 12th grade drama    had such an impression on my life that I can't remember her last name)
5. Dr. Dailey, KU professor, "Human Sexuality in Everyday Life"

CLOTHES:
1. Plum L.L. Bean cable-knit sweater
2. Big ol' Kansas sweatshirt
3. long black straight skirt from DKNY
4. my best pair of blue jeans
5. Red L.L. Bean cable-knit sweater

SHOES:
1. Black clunky heels
2. K-Swiss tennies
3. black calf-length boots
4. Brown Sam & Libby oxfords
5. Navy blue Nine West heels (purchased at TJ Maxx after my cousin bought the exact same pair)

PIECES OF MUSIC:
1. Mozart, Fugue in D Minor
2. Copland, Appalachian Spring
3. Bach, Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor
4. Rachmaninoff, something in C Minor
5. Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

CITIES/TOWNS:
1. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
2. San Luis Obispo, California
3. Kidderminster, England
4. Alexandria, Virginia
5. River City, Iowa

SPECIAL PLACES:
1. Screened-in porch at my grandmother's house
2. Ellsworth Hall, Room 328
3. Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
4. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Brentwood, California
5. The Lyric Theatre in Kansas City

BOOKS:
1. The Bible
2. The Complete Works of Shakespeare
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. Les Liaisons Dangeureuses (in English, please) by Choderlos de Laclos
5. The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy by Nick Bantock

FILMS MADE BEFORE 1970:
1. Gone With the Wind
2. Casablanca
3. The Philadelphia Story
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Singin' in the Rain

FILMS MADE AFTER 1970:
1. Dead Again
2. The Godfather
3. Much Ado About Nothing
4. Grease
5. Amadeus

MEN:
1. Sting
2. Bono      Okay, so I have a thing for sensitive single-named married rock stars...
3. Chris O'Donnell
4. Dylan McDermott      ... and blue-eyed Irish married actors...
5. Tony Crane      An actor you've probably never heard of, but trust me on this one.

CD's:
1. Nothing Like the Sun (Sting)
2. Achtung Baby (U2)
3. Immaculate Collection (Madonna)
4. Cosmic Thing (B-52's)
5. The Dirty Boogie (The Brian Setzer Orchestra)

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