Nerd!
I can:

quote Star Wars (original trilogy, none the crap new ones) verbatim. I also used to know everything by Monty Python off by heart.

I have my own "scale of plausability" for when I'm watching '24'.

I have a "scale of implausability" for when watching 'Lost'.

I know modes inside out (but I used to specialise in singing early music, so that's par for the course).

I've played the Star Wars Lego Game on PS2 3 times, and am still not tired of it. I also play 'Ico' to revel in the beauty of its design.

I am slowly but surely building up a collection of recordings of the singers Kathleen Ferrier and Janet Baker, and have CDs of almost everything that Benjamin Britten composed (where it's been recorded). Including some rare LPs of his Church Parables.

When I was young, my favorite thing ever was to help my (equally nerdy) older brother paint his D+D figures. He no longer does this, but I still do!

Erm, there are lots more that I can't think of.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 11:24, 8 replies)

Hmmm
There is no such thing as too much Britten. He's only a recent discovery, but one day I will own everything he's done, too.

Him, Pärt and MA Turnage.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 11:30, closed)

I demand to know your scales of imlausability/plausability
so that I may compare it to my "Nonsense scale" that I reserve for CSI.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:35, closed)

Colonel D:
I'll dig it out. They're scales from 1 to 10, and every time something implausible happens (in 24), you tick the box and write the event down.

In the case of Lost, you tick the box every time something happens that makes any amount of sense, and write it down.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:39, closed)

What's your favourite Baker?
It's hard to beat the Elgar 'Sea Pictures', in my view.
( Sonic the Hedgetrimmer doesn't care what you think, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:48, closed)

Janet Baker
So far I have 2 favorite records: both on the label BBC Legends.

The first is taken from 3 live gigs she did at the RFH. 'Poeme de l'amour et de la mer' by Chausson, 'Les nuits d'ete' by Berlioz, and 'Gurrelieder' by Schoenberg.

The other is a live recording from Aldeburgh in 1971: Monteverdi, Gratiani, Barringcloe, HUmfrey, Purcell, Schubert, Faure, Gounod and Handel. There's a bonus track of an interview with her from 1969 for Radio 3.

I also have a recording of her singing Kindertotenlieder by Mahler (can't remember the label/year), which is phenomenal. There's recording of her singing Alceste coming out in a month from the Royal Opera House heritage series - it's exciting, as she never did a studio recording of it. REally looking forwarad to it!

She's a complete heroine of mine, and has really inspired me to be a singer; even though my voice is actually far more similar to Kathleen Ferrier's (a rich, rolling contralto, wheras Baker has lighter elements to her voice).
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 13:23, closed)

The CSI Nonsense scale is a brilliant idea.
I am a forensic scientist. If you ever want to see someone get angry, tell one of my humourless colleagues that you watch CSI for the realism, not the story.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 15:14, closed)

Britten
Spring Symphony is ace!
I sang on a recording back in the day with Andre Previn & the LSO. Happy days!
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:27, closed)

I used to have a Baker Nuits d'ete
but I think I left it with an ex-gf who was learning the piece. Now I have Regine Crespin, who's pretty ace.

Misspiggy: I have that recording.
( Sonic the Hedgetrimmer doesn't care what you think, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 21:10, closed)