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Over in her LJ,
scribblinlenore mentioned being stuck indoors for a blizzard and how she thought it would be a great opportunity to spend some time getting to know some of the new people on my flist. Which I whole-heartedly agree.
So...tell me something about you. Favorite character. Favorite food. Something funny you do. Whatever you like. Just make it something that gives me a sense of who you are.
There's no pressure to participate, of course. If you'd rather just lurk, that's fine, too. But if you feel like coming out of the woodwork, I'd love to hear from you!
I think I do this like once a year and since I'm feeling a bit sour, and this exercise always makes me smile, I'll start...
1. I drink like six glasses of water a day,
2. I still read Smallville stories even though I don't watch the show anymore.
3. I love potatoes.
4. I love turtles; I plan to buy one as soon as I can afford the damn terrarium.
5. I think I would rather be blind than deaf since I can't imagine not listening to music.
*bonus for the new folks
6. I dislike cats. A lot. I'm allergic to them, and believe they are actually evil creatures bent on world domination. As I amalso bent on world domination, waiting on
ethrosdemon to take it over, you can see why this is a problem. <-- gacked and bastardizard from
musesfool
*Please keep in mind that you don't have to participate if you don't want to, and that this isn't about me responding, but you know, about sharing. I know somebody out there must know what that word means.
**ETN: I meant to mention this ages ago, but the LJPTB are reimbursing paid users an additional two weeks of time due to last week's outage or shortage or whatever it's being called. If you pay, use this, and people I've bought account time you better fucking use this for real, I want my money's worth!
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So...tell me something about you. Favorite character. Favorite food. Something funny you do. Whatever you like. Just make it something that gives me a sense of who you are.
There's no pressure to participate, of course. If you'd rather just lurk, that's fine, too. But if you feel like coming out of the woodwork, I'd love to hear from you!
I think I do this like once a year and since I'm feeling a bit sour, and this exercise always makes me smile, I'll start...
1. I drink like six glasses of water a day,
2. I still read Smallville stories even though I don't watch the show anymore.
3. I love potatoes.
4. I love turtles; I plan to buy one as soon as I can afford the damn terrarium.
5. I think I would rather be blind than deaf since I can't imagine not listening to music.
*bonus for the new folks
6. I dislike cats. A lot. I'm allergic to them, and believe they are actually evil creatures bent on world domination. As I am
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*Please keep in mind that you don't have to participate if you don't want to, and that this isn't about me responding, but you know, about sharing. I know somebody out there must know what that word means.
**ETN: I meant to mention this ages ago, but the LJPTB are reimbursing paid users an additional two weeks of time due to last week's outage or shortage or whatever it's being called. If you pay, use this, and people I've bought account time you better fucking use this for real, I want my money's worth!
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Date: 2005-01-22 12:54 am (UTC)-I have an insane amount of movie trivia in my head.
-I absolutely cannot stand it when an alarm clock goes off on a TV show or movie. it makes me cringe and shudder and I have to plug my ears because I can't stand it.
-I do a killer impression of Cartman from South Park.
-my favourite book is The Bell Jar, my favorite movie is Notorious, and my favourite poem is I Have Had to Learn to Live With My Face by Diane Wakoski.
-I drink lots of water as well. :D probably 6-8 glasses a day.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-01-22 01:02 am (UTC)o my favourite books are the picture of dorian gray, charmed life, and i, lucifer which probably discloses something terrible about my personality
like inside i'm a camp 11-y-o drug smack addicto i made a vow to create a legend before i hit 40, & now i'm starting to panic
o my father once seriously checked me for the 666 tattoo because i wouldn't go in church without screaming through the service
o when i was 10 i made a 'pros & cons' list of being a girl vs being a boy. i still can't remember which won.
o i've stole this for my flist, 'cause it's a great idea :D
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:18 am (UTC)You're the third person to mention I, Lucifer would you tell me about it. I'm terribly curious at this point.
o my favourite books are the picture of dorian gray, charmed life, and i, lucifer which probably discloses something terrible about my personality like inside i'm a camp 11-y-o drug smack addict
*cracks up*
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Date: 2005-01-22 01:11 am (UTC)2. I couldn't live without chocolate or cheese.
3. I can go through 6 liters of water in 2 days, because it's almost all I drink.
4. I really love movies most people think are horrid, like Lost in Space, Starship Troopers, and Strange Days.
5. The very first fic I ever read was a disturbing graphic NC-17 Kira/Odo squick-fic. It was 1994, and I was 11.
6. I just made this ridiculous icon, and am trying to resist the temptation to make a pure GIP.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:20 am (UTC)See, you can keep the smut away from the kids, but you can't keep the kids away from the smut. Also, OMG Go! Dude, I haven't played that in forever!
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Date: 2005-01-22 01:57 am (UTC)1. I have a West Highland Terrier named John Dufferin and he pwns me.
2. I drink milk like an alchoholic drinks alchohol
3. I haved played the piano for nearly a decade now, have played the clarinet for three years, and just started the cello yesterday (!!!!)
4. I don't wear my glasses even though I should.
5. I'm a bit* of a shopoholic
6. I have a dream of publishing a book of short stories, or becoming a concert pianist. Whichever happens first ;D
7. I have six computers in my house, only three of which work decently.
8. I made a paper bag puppet today whom I named Senor Esquador. He had a scary face like this: >:O and I loved him. If at this point you feel the need to back away from the crazy, go right ahead.
9. I HAVE THE HUGESTE CRUSHE ON U WFTOMG!!1! I warned you.
* This a is a little bit of an understatement. Just a little.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:21 am (UTC)Wow, are you a prodigy of some sort or just musically inclined?
8. I made a paper bag puppet today whom I named Senor Esquador. He had a scary face like this: >:O and I loved him. If at this point you feel the need to back away from the crazy, go right ahead.
I can't begin to describe how hard this made me laugh.
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Date: 2005-01-22 02:38 am (UTC)The University of Chicago rejected me, and to spite the bastards I went/came to university in Scotland.
I don't think they care.
I saw Joan Baez in concert three times last year.
I'm 19, and I have never been kissed. (and I'm not Drew Barrymore)
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:22 am (UTC)I don't think they care.
Scotland! I heart Scotland. And the Scots, I think you should go out and snog a nice Scottish boy. Yis.
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Date: 2005-01-22 02:48 am (UTC)*g*
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:24 am (UTC)But... but... what about caramel? Melted. Warm. On Fraser. Whoops. Wait, sorry, we weren't talking about that, were we?
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Date: 2005-01-22 03:24 am (UTC)1. I've been stalking you since I came upon Telegraph Avenue, which is bril
2. I have 18 month old twins
3. I'm a full time executive married to a stay-at-home PhD candidate
4. I'm hopelessly addicted to Ryan/Seth slash (my second fandom after QAF)
5. I don't get HP slash (I know, that makes me weird.)
6. I'm seriously getting cabin fever
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:25 am (UTC)Congratulations. Wow.
3. I'm a full time executive married to a stay-at-home PhD candidate
Um, did I mention the wow yet?
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Date: 2005-01-22 04:45 am (UTC)1. I am not now, nor have ever been a morning person. Nope. No way. Nada. Nevermore.
2. I used to work in the theater and in cabaret and I still sometimes direct and act. Now I run events - mostly weddings.
3. My favorite color is orange and I am a little obsessive about it (typical cry in store: "Oooh! Look! Orange! Must haaaaaave!)
4. I date a guy 11 years younger than me. But he's not that exciting.
5. I suspect I have a BDSM tendency somewhere, but I am too vanilla to explore it.
6. My fannish interests and writing are completely secret from my regular friends, boyfriend and family because I'm mildly embarrassed by them, though I love, love, love my fandoms.
This feels like true confessions. Well at least I don't have to pay for a shrink this week...
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:37 am (UTC)Before I just thought you were adorable, but now you are also Fascinating with a capital 'f'. Yis.
4. I date a guy 11 years younger than me. But he's not that exciting.
Rock on, Demi!
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Date: 2005-01-22 04:56 am (UTC)2. I was a scenic painter and stage manager in New York and Scotland after college.
3. The color baby blue makes me nauseous.
4. I can drive a six-horse hitch and have plowed a field with a mule (on a bet).
5. I am not freaked out that I just turned 31, though all my friends are freaked out for me.
6. If I could mainline Diet Coke with Lime, I would.
7. In 1992, my dream car was a red Jeep Cherokee. In 2004, I finally bought that shiny 1992 red Jeep Cherokee. Her name is Ellie.
8. Cheese is my anti-drug.
9. Pot smoke makes me puke. Immediately. Which is very embarrassing at rock concerts.
10. I talk a lot, yet am a loner at the same time.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:39 am (UTC)Sweet!
5. I am not freaked out that I just turned 31, though all my friends are freaked out for me.
Happy Belated Birthday!
I was a scenic painter and stage manager in New York and Scotland after college.
I hear that. I am commonly referred to as a really extroverted introvert.
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Date: 2005-01-22 05:33 am (UTC)1-Some part of me actually believes that if I tried just a little harder, I really could be an astronaut/rockstar/professional baseball player. I simply choose not to.
2-Whenever I buy a new cd that I like, I always think I should de-lurk and recommend it to you or something. But I'm too shy.
3-Speaking of music, I think I like my cd collection more than I like most of my friends.
4-I've met Paul Gross. It was a quasi-religious experience.
5-The number 5 makes me uncomfortable.
And while I'm here, you MUST write some Jack-oriented slash. Oh how I would love you...;-p
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:41 am (UTC)Don't be shy! Come! Recommend! Please? ::hides 400+ CDs behind back:: I can always use more music.
And while I'm here, you MUST write some Jack-oriented slash. Oh how I would love you...;-p
At first I was like, Jack-who? And then I was all noooooooo, not Jack. He's so borrrrrring. Why does he fawn after Kate; yeah, she's hot but clearly she doesn't want him. Bad Jack, no cookie for playing stupid.
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Date: 2005-01-22 06:37 am (UTC)2- I've practiced folk dancing for the past 15 years.
3- I like smelling books almost as much as I like reading them. Actually, it's a tie.
4- I speak French.
5- I'm studying the liberal arts and I have no idea what's next. It freaks me out a little bit.
6- I first friended you for your Seth/Ryan and Billy/Dom. I'm a very OTP kind of girl.
7- Somebody said I was "half shy". It's a good description.
8- I feel this list misses something.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:42 am (UTC)What sort? I know nothing about folk dancing.
5- I'm studying the liberal arts and I have no idea what's next. It freaks me out a little bit.
Nothing to freak out about; life is next! :)
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Date: 2005-01-22 06:59 am (UTC)02. When at parties, I tend to end up in the kitchen. I'm not entirely sure why.
03. Every two years or so, I build up enough commercial tension and monetary resources to finance one major purchase. The last two times it was guitars. This year I just put half down on the motorcycle boots (http://www.daytonboots.com) I've wanted since 1997.
04. I'm currently partway through a major career shift.
05. My fear of commitment has only recently begun to fade.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:44 am (UTC)2. This happens to me too -- I think because the kitchen is more relaxed.
3. Those aren't boots; those are sex!
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Date: 2005-01-22 05:43 pm (UTC)1. I think I'm almost more shy on the internet than I am in real life (though I'm in no way extroverted there either), which doesn't really make any sense if you think about it
2. I'm fascinated by people
3. Sometimes I feel, mentally at least, like an old man, which is rather silly because I am exactly the opposite
4. The first thing I think I must do when I am on my own is move somewhere by the ocean, because I've been inexplicably and violently drawn to it my entire life. It also scares the hell out of me.
5. I love extra-sharp white cheddar cheese, dark chocolate, and silent movies
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:53 am (UTC)Me too. It's why I write. It's my ongoing study and exploration of the human condition.
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Date: 2005-01-22 06:39 pm (UTC)2) I hated reading till I met Notworthy in 7th grade.
3) I love all animals, even the ones that scare me
4) Money goes through my pockets like hackthis goes through water...maybe faster. And it's ALL spent on Books/Manga/Comics
5) I am vertigo.
6) I would rather be mute then deaf or blind because I love music and reading way too much.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:55 am (UTC)I mean if you were buying something bad like drugs or hookers, I could see how this is a bad thing, just, you know, don't forget to buy clothes and food on occasion as well.
6) I would rather be mute then deaf or blind because I love music and reading way too much.
Good point.
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Date: 2005-01-22 09:49 pm (UTC)2. I always seem to fall for the "class clown" type. (Not the jock version, but the slightly dorky version.)
3. A baby squirrel once ran up my dress. Yes, on the inside.
4. I've never traveled outside of North America, but I'm saving my frequent flier miles and should be able to do it next year.
5. In my family, we use humor to deal with stressful situations. There are very few things we can't joke about, at least a little.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:56 am (UTC)I've never traveled outside of North America, but I'm saving my frequent flier miles and should be able to do it next year.
You will have a brilliant time. I think a trip somewhere is one of the best things you can give yourself.
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Date: 2005-01-22 10:52 pm (UTC)2. I am a nursing student and get grossed out by gory things in horror movies, but not real life gore.
3. I got kicked out of a bar once for being too drunk...despite being the most mild mannered, quiet person you will ever meet.
4. Report cards usually say this about me "Good student but needs to participate more and speak up"
5. I am deathly afraid of spiders...even the smallest ones you can imagine and will not go in a room if there is a spider present.
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:57 am (UTC)*cracks up*
*cracks up*
<I. I got kicked out of a bar once for being too drunk...despite being the most mild mannered, quiet person you will ever meet.
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I laughed so hard at this I almost cried.
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Date: 2005-01-22 11:43 pm (UTC)b. I rarely ever type/say them out loud, for people would think I'm even er...quirkier than I am.
2. I am now writing a squick that even squicks me, because it's kind of fun to squirm.
3. I lurve my cats, heh, sorry. I rarely ever call them by their given names anymore, instead going by a string of odd, silly nicknames like "muffin!toes".
4. I am overly fascinated by shiny/glittery things, and they can cheer me up at the worst times.
b. I have sparkly bat ponytail holders that I wear with my hair in pigtails when I'm in an odd mood. I'm usually wearing them when I write the smutty things, so I now refer to them as the "the pigtails of porn".
5. I hate being put under for operations or things, the loss of control and consciousness terrifies me. I generally don't like taking any sort of strong drug for the similar reasons.
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Date: 2005-01-25 01:01 am (UTC)b. I rarely ever type/say them out loud, for people would think I'm even er...quirkier than I am.
A compatriot! I used to be this way all the time, less so now, but it still springs up on occasion!
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Date: 2005-01-23 12:28 am (UTC)2 I sing almost constantly, and I love guessing and quoting song lyrics.
3 I friended you because yours was some of the first HP fic I ever read, and I got freakin excited when i found out you had an LJ. You say you'll never write H/D again, but your H/D rocked my socks off. Just FYI.
4 I actually love cats. I'm sorry you're allergic.
5 I'm insecure, but I'm relly funny in a self-depracating way and people like me for it.
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Date: 2005-01-25 01:06 am (UTC)Excellent point.
3 I friended you because yours was some of the first HP fic I ever read, and I got freakin excited when i found out you had an LJ. You say you'll never write H/D again, but your H/D rocked my socks off. Just FYI.
You're very sweet, thank you :)
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Date: 2005-01-23 07:09 am (UTC)1) Sometimes when a song comes on the radio I have never heard before, I pretend I know the lyrics and try to sing along, even when what I am saying is nowhere near the correct words.
2)I can't sleep when there is complete silence.
3)If it has cheese in it, there is a good chance I will eat.
4)I am a vegetarian, unless, of course, it's a cheeseburger.
5)My favorite color is orange or orange-yellow, which I again think goes back to the whole cheese thing.
and a freebie, just for you:
6)I first learned what plagarism was when I was 7, and basically rewrote a BabySitter's Club novel for an extra credit creative writing assignment. I changed names and locations, and added a new character, but it was basically the exact same plot. I had no idea I had done anything wrong until my teacher pulled me aside and I learned my new word for the day :). It is the first and only time I have ever actually written fanfic.
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Date: 2005-01-25 01:14 am (UTC)Neither can I, I find it eerie. Not that I want a concert going on above my head or anything but a little light traffic and music should always be in the background.
I am a vegetarian, unless, of course, it's a cheeseburger.
*snerk* Indeed.
I first learned what plagarism was when I was 7, and basically rewrote a BabySitter's Club novel for an extra credit creative writing assignment. I changed names and locations, and added a new character, but it was basically the exact same plot. I had no idea I had done anything wrong until my teacher pulled me aside and I learned my new word for the day :). It is the first and only time I have ever actually written fanfic.
Yes, I can see how that would put a crimp on a burgeoning writer.
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Date: 2005-01-25 01:15 am (UTC)*laughs* Do you leap onto the bed as well?
Re: I'm fascinating, damn it!
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