if you were

if you were a style of music, which one would you be?

i’m not sure i know the answer to this one for myself. i thought of the question the other day after a conversation with cousinray. in trying to explain my appreciation of funk music, i said something like, funk is like a fun, goofy friend that i really enjoy being around even though i don’t always relate completely with it.

see, we used to play this game in college. it still applies.

if i were a super mario character i’d be mario. reasonably well-rounded, with moderately good all-around skills, but not often picked for the adventure. (just that one desert level with the pyramids.)

and if i were an animal i wouldn’t really be a tiger-striped rabbit. i think i’ve become a bobcat (i was a panther before).

a color? burgundy. i’d like to be white, simple and pure, but i’m just not.

a kind of light? i’m a glow. i don’t have the energy of a sparkle, and i’m not quite as candidly open as sunshine, but i’m much more subtle and interesting than an incandescent bulb.

a fruit? a prickly pineapple, of course. that is well established, my friend, and surely you know that by now.

i don’t know what kind of music i’d be. i’d like to say jazz of course but i’m not sure if it’s true.

how about you?