Some of my Favorites, Ivan Matic

RANDOM THOUGHTS

CATEGORY: MUSIC

Easy songs I like to listen to once in a while:

Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh, Anna Begins by Counting Crows, Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits

Fav Croatian song:

Tamo gdje sam rođen (Tomislav Ivčić)

Singers I appreciate:

Chris de Burgh, Bruce Springsteen, Sting

Croatian singers I appreciate:

Tomislav Ivčić, Gibonni, Balašević, myself ;)

Groups for which I can tell I like most of their songs:

Cranberries, REM, UB40

Favorite Cro groups:

Šajeta, Pips Chips & Videoclips, Crvena Jabuka

Favorite musicals:

Les Miserables (I dreamed a dream... and Stars. favorite pieces), Phantom of the Opera

Favorite classical music piece:

Mozart Sonata 9 in A major, KV 331, first mov.

Cell phone melody:

Jesu Joy, Beethoven so I can tell it is my cell phone ringing, not yours

CATEGORY: FOOD

Favorite meal:

Palačinke (Euro pancakes), Špinat i pire krumpir (spinach with meshed potatoes), Savijača od sira (cheese strudel I guess)

Favorite drink:

Milk (thank you, grandma), mineral water, Pepsi & Cherry Coke (unfortunately, unavailable in Croatia)

Favorite desert:

Ice cream (vanilla w/chocolate chips or heath bar), milk shake, chocolate (Swiss one)

Favorite fruit in order of preference I guess:

strawberries, red delicious apples, bananas, watermelon, pineapple, ...

Favorite vegies in order of preference:

spinach, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, ...

CATEGORY: ARTS

Favorite poems or the ones I liked while I was still reading them:

The Lake (Le Lac) by Alphonse d'Lamartine, Pri Svetom Kralju (By The King) by Antun Gustav Matoš (Croatian), The Road not Taken by Robert Frost

Favorite books:

History of the Croats, Crime and Punishment, Hamlet

Favorite verses:

“...a kip joj veli: Majko, audiant reges

    Regnum regno non praescribit leges

    I dok je srca, bit će i Kroacije” (Pri Svetom Kralju, AGM)

     (translation: Mother, listen to this

                         Hungarian Kingdom cannot rule

                         To them equal Croatian Kingdom

                         And while there is heart,

                         There will be Croatia.”                         

“...stalna na tom svijetu samo mijena jest."

  (Petar Preradović, Croatian poet)

  (translation: ...on this world, the only constant is the change.)

“Isukrste, srcu tvom s nama naš se kune dom

Dušom, tijelom, vijek sam tvoj

Za krst časni bijuć boj” (Do Nebesa Nek Se Ori, Croatian Church Song)

  (translation: Jesus Christ, to your heart Croatians are swearing

                                 we will be yours forever defending the Holy Cross)

Favorite quote or saying:

Per Aspera Ad Astra.

Some movies I like:

Total Recall with A. Schwarzennegger, Alien with Sigourney Weaver, Field of Dreams with K. Costner, Identity with Ray Liotta and John Cusack (latest favorite, a must see)

Some good movie themes:

Forrest Gump's Feather Theme (thanks to my friend A. Gast I like to play it a lot), Somewhere over the Rainbow from You’ve got Mail, Cupid from Inner space

Actresses I like:

Gwyneth Paltrow (now she's cute but also has character for all kind of roles), Meg Ryan (only for romantic movies, can't imagine her in some psycho triller), many more

Actors I like to see in a movie:

Christopher Walken, Robert de Niro, Ray Liotta, John Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Wesley Snipes

Favorite cartoon if you can call it that:

Simpsons

Favorite TV-shows:

Friends, Different Strokes (a classic), Mad TV, Conan O'Brien

CATEGORY: INTEREST

Favorite hobbies:

Travelling, learning languages, songwriting

Favorite instrument:

piano for playing, tamburica for listening to

CATEGORY: MISCELLANEOUS

Favorite historical figures:

King Tomislav (First Croatian with a Royal Crown on His head, 10th Century), Pope John Paul II (papa Ivan Pavao II), Stjepan Radić (Croatian Leader killed in Belgrade Parliament)

Favorite politicians:

Franjo Tuđman, first Croatian president, Hans Dietrich Genscher, German foreign minister, Bill Clinton, US President

Countries besides Croatia I could live in:

USA, Belgium, Switzerland

Before I reincarnated, I was...?

Australian cangaroo I guess

Languages I would like to speak besides English and Croatian:

Italian, German, Hungarian, Russian in OOP

Favorite season:

Spring

Favorite color:

Red & black combination (cant you tell)

Favorite designer fragrance:

Boss #6 by Hugo Boss

Favorite animal:

a dog

Favorite US state I visited:

California (and Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Cleveland, Georgia, Minnesotta, New Mexico, Illinois,...)

US Cities I liked while there:

Denver, LA

Favorite summer resort:

Anywhere on Croatian coast

Favorite car:

PT Cruiser

Dream car:

Corvette

Favorite TV station:

History Ch.

CATEGORY: SPORT

Sports I like:

football, tennis, cycling

Favorite basketball team:

SA Spurs

Favorite hockey team:

Mighty Ducks

Sportswear I prefer:

kappa