I would speak Japanese -- but not because I'm otaku, because my sister in law is Japanese and I expect my necies/nephews to be bilingual. I'd like to be able to communicate with them.
They're both full of unadulterated pulp crap these days, but I've always liked sci-fi better. "There Will Come Soft Rains" is one of the bets short pieces ever written.
Rise. Like a cake in the oven. I remember when I was a kid I would spend a lot of my time in the kitchen with my mom. I would get yelled at frequently because I would bounce around making cakes fall in the oven.
Depends on the car, but deep blues and greens are usually the best. Yellow too. I try to stay away from red, but my first car was red. Black is always a good one, with tinted windows.