"What's Your Recomendation?" or "You Are What You Are Because Others Are, Too"

[Seil]

Here's the thing. I'm Seil. I don't really know what that means, but I'm poking around. I really love The Toxic Airborne Event, I'm currently reading The Curious Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde and my liver has applied for a transplant six or seven times. That's pretty much all I know. I just try to concern myself with what's going on around me at any given time. Me folks, though, are a different matter. They've raised (raising) four kids - each have their own things going on. Recently, I've spoken to them 'bout development and stuff.

Now, being generally (compared to me) genius level intellects, I asked them about books. See, a while back, my dad and I had a conversation - he always wanted to be a film maker, but never persued that dream 'cause he had a family to support. I asked him who influenced him and he started talking about books, authors who - he said - had he read when he was younger, would've defined his being, helped him to discover who he was... Among his list was Milan Kunderis, who wrote The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, the dude who wrote Don Quixote, and Ernest Hemmingway, who wrote A Movable Feast.

Now, tonight we all had dinner together - a rarity - and I asked me mum. "Dad's said that he's got a few people who are very inflluential - authors, musicians, directors... Is there anyone who you would view in that light?" (I asked, with my limited vocabulary.) Now, these are the people who looked after me when I scraped my knee. This was the woman who read me Thomas The Tank Engine books when I got scared of Jurassic Park, who I once picked a handful of dandelions. This was the man who... well, taught me about kindness and strength.

These are people who helped me become who I am today, and this was me asking who helped to define them - and I know one can include ones friends along with ones relatives. Now, they've both given me old books of theirs and turned me towards favoured musicians - I have a book backlog of stuff printed literally in the 1920's - and I wondered: what made you who you are?

So - Seil is asking questions again!

1) What - be it a relative, a friend, a pet, an epiphany - was it that was the turning point? Where did you fall in love with Chopin, at what point did you discover Kubrik, when did you first read Clevinger?

2) What is a current passion, love, secret that was recommended to you by a friend or family member?

3) What is something that you would recommend, be it music, artistry, cinematic or prose? (1 thing)

4) What was something you were fond of that you really dislike since you've gotten older?

5) Name the most influential person in your life, be it someone you know or otherwise.