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andrew_jorgensenAs seen, by now, everywhere, the meme du jour:
Leave your name, and:
1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your LJ
I've got two challenges of my own to meet, and I'm off to the gym before it closes for Shavuot, so number two won't be "hold your breath waiting for me to respond."
Leave your name, and:
1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your LJ
I've got two challenges of my own to meet, and I'm off to the gym before it closes for Shavuot, so number two won't be "hold your breath waiting for me to respond."
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Date: 2006-06-01 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 10:32 pm (UTC)2. Ok, you've explained it, now convince me that I need to start watching Revolutionary Girl Utena.
3. I'm picturing a sort of silverish gray.
4. I'm not sure you'd admit to this, but you exude a palpable enthusiasm often. Even though I think you can be sort of cynical sometimes, it's a bouncy cynical.
5. Well, everyone else is remembering the whole name change event on the board; my earliest clear memory came in chat, when you were signed in as "stranger."
6. Something light and slightly predatory. An unferrety ferret, or perhaps a peregrine falcon.
7. I've always wondered about your linguistic relationship to fandom, as correct me if I'm wrong but I think you were primarily consuming George R. R. Martin books in English, and of course you post here and at the board in English. Of course, now most of your fandom seems to be fansubbed from the Japanese anyway. There ought to be a question in here somewhere . . . ok, what's in your refrigerator?
8. You did this already, right?
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Date: 2006-06-02 06:41 pm (UTC)It's a Japanese anime with a Greek Chorus. It's a deconstruction of fairy tales. It's filled with symbolical images and surrealist moments. It's a very Feminist story, and with a genuine universal reach about what it says on the way power dynamics maps all relationships. It's got all kind of sexual twists. It's funny and very much on crack. It's the kind of show you can watch and rewatch to catch detailes which you can analyze afterwhile. It's the kind of fandom for which people write endless essays and interpretations. It's interesting to compare to BtVS.
Do you need more ?
. Well, everyone else is remembering the whole name change event on the board; my earliest clear memory came in chat, when you were signed in as "stranger." dedalus7 was there for the first time in ages, and as he was making his farewells, I said, "And Ded, don't be a stranger -- we already have one of those."
yeah I remember I wanted to know what that expression meant because I was clueless ^^
6. Something light and slightly predatory. An unferrety ferret, or perhaps a peregrine falcon.
Interesting XD
7. I've always wondered about your linguistic relationship to fandom, as correct me if I'm wrong but I think you were primarily consuming George R. R. Martin books in English, and of course you post here and at the board in English. Of course, now most of your fandom seems to be fansubbed from the Japanese anyway. There ought to be a question in here somewhere . . . ok, what's in your refrigerator?
Cheese (4 kinds of), tomatoes, eggs, bread, italian anti-pastis in vinegar (tomatoes and artichoks), mustard, milk, zucchini which I better throw away, mushroom likewise, salad which just might be good still. Old tomato sauce I better throw away. Salad dressing. Smoked salmon.
You're right about Martin's book. Of course I consumate most books I read in English.
I do wonder why I kept to the English speaking area when I shifted to Japanese fandom... then again, it's a pretty internationnal English speaking fandom. I mean I know people from Latin America, South-East Asia, Middle East, Europe etc. as well as the usual Americans-Canadians-Brittish-Autralians-Neo-Zealander. Mmm, can't remember if I know any Irish there.
I think it just might be I'm a Snob. At the time I really couldn't stand French people. (Not that my opinion has changed a lot). It was also bigger and felt more articulate. I read good fanfic in English so I decided to stick there, I guess.
And I like English, I like practicing that language daily. Writing in it... It's an interesting experience ^^ Sometimes the distance allows you appreciate it more, you know ?
Does that answer your non-question ?
8. Long time ago, another version.
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Date: 2006-06-01 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 10:39 pm (UTC)2. I think you should insist that your and bit's room is a smoking room, and if she doesn't like it, she can sleep in the van. Can you tell that I'm desperate for some second-hand these days?
3. Umm, a reddish brown, somewhere around teak, maybe?
4. You call a spade a spade, and then you pick that spade up and beat down anyone who says different.
5. You know how many used bookstores
Five! But they were really far apart.
6. You're a red panda. What, you didn't know?
7. Can I have a cigarette? Well, that's only something I wanted to ask you immediately after I quit. Obviously, don't give me one.
8. You've also done this.
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Date: 2006-06-02 03:49 pm (UTC)4) But politely, darn it!
5) Now that I've actually been there, I'm much more impressed by your dedication!
6) I do now. ;)
7) No. But you can come and sit outside with me if you want.
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Date: 2006-06-02 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 06:15 pm (UTC)*watches it rain*
*waves*
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Date: 2006-06-02 06:19 pm (UTC)*knocks politely on door*
*offers chocolate*
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Date: 2006-06-02 06:22 pm (UTC)*blocks with foot*
How much chocolate and what kind?
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Date: 2006-06-03 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-03 01:31 am (UTC)Was your idea in the first place.
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Date: 2006-06-01 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 12:31 am (UTC)2. Listen to as much "Apache" (http://soul-sides.com/2005/04/all-roads-lead-to-apache.html) as possible.
3. You're coral.
4. You are incredibly persistent in breaking down people's defenses.
5. You scared me in chat. You started pasting in something about Spivak, and of course, it being Spivak, I couldn't tell whether it was her writing or yours. I'm a little frightened of Spivak.
6. Some gorgeous but deadly reptile, one of those poisonous emerald jungle vipers.
7. So, what were you up to in your time away from us?
8. Yeah, you're off the hook
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Date: 2006-06-02 02:54 pm (UTC)2. Talk about an iterative process! "A record written by a white Englishman imitating Native Americans as portrayed by white Americans and made famous by a Dane with a vaguely Hawaiian sound, arranged by a Canadian, became the biggest record in black New York..." Very interesting.
3. Coral is of the good.
4. I certainly don't consciously set out to do so. My aim is to be as open as possible and communicate in the clearest, purest possible manner. Anyway, I think perhaps that it's not so much me that breaks down people's defenses but people who decide to let me in. Sometimes, it surprises me that they do. And, truly, I'm persistent at very few things.
5. Me, quote Spivak the Opaque in chat? I'm 100% certain that will never happen again!
6. Good God! ::looks at picture of jungle viper:: You should know I'm only slightly mollified by the fact that they are indeed gorgeous and that there's a filamentary link to Starbuck. Clearly, I need to get in touch with my manifest vituperative qualities;-)
7. Ah, yes. The interstitial period. The truth is, it was a dull time for a party. A pity party, that is! I changed jobs regularly, wrote quite a bit of -- perhaps not entirely bad, but certainly derivative -- fiction and wasted scads of time looking for something I had lost. In between such palpitating activities as hiding out, reading and grrr arghing at the world, I figured out what I'd lost wasn't anything external; it was myself. Subsequent to that epiphany, it took a long time to extract myself from the quagmire I'd waded into. Of course, I was silly & full of pride and never signalled anyone for help. OTOH, I like to think I (finally) grew up during this solitary time.
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Date: 2006-06-02 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 12:38 am (UTC)2. Rub your tummy and pat your head. Or vice versa (I can never keep that straight).
3. Creamy white with just the faintest hint of yellow-green.
4. You don't comment much, but when you do, you seem to always say the right thing at the right time.
5. I think vhD had just said something nasty about Slain on the board, and you stood up when not a lot of people were standing up.
6. Great Horned Owl.
7. What draws you to abstract art?
8. It would be really hypocritical of me to start telling people what and when they should post.
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Date: 2006-06-01 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 02:44 am (UTC)2. I challenge you to spend six hours making me a kick-ass personal icon. My current fandoms are Veronica Mars, The Venture Brothers and Homicide but something nice from Angel would please me greatly.
3. Jade green.
4. Your marvelous equanimity and patience, at least until someone brings up Connor. Spaz.
5. Umm, I think you had some sort of board or something.
6. Anemonefish.
7. I'm so tired! Uhhh, where's the honorary degree?
8. Now you must post this meme, and I'll respond to it, and then I'll have to post it, and you'll respond and we'll disappear into a sort of recursive whirlpool, but at least we'll be updating regularly.
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Date: 2006-06-02 03:19 am (UTC)2. Yessuh!
7. Sitting propped up on my bookshelf behind the chair I'm sitting in. Next to my toy ax. My dates give that shelf weird looks, to say the least.
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Date: 2006-06-02 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 05:02 pm (UTC)Well, women can be very unreasonable about stuff like that.
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Date: 2006-06-02 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 10:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-03 12:17 am (UTC)2. I think that you should try to get
3. Orange. No, tangerine. No, tangelo.
4. I just generally assume that I can count on you.
5. No matter how I tried, I couldn't convince you I was vhD.
6. A sea anemone. Yes, I have sea anemones on the mind. You're sessile and comforting and welcoming to clownfish and you pack a sting.
7. How long exactly does it take you to pack for the gatherings? Or do you just keep your car loaded up with everything possibly Buffy-related at all times?
8. I think you've done this.
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Date: 2006-06-04 01:29 am (UTC)2. But she already knows I'm allergic to all that. It's why she wants balconies in hotel rooms. Can't I just confuse her with the coffeemaker? (And yes, she should. *looks at LadyS* It was his idea!)
3. I feel so citrus-y and sunny.
4. You assume correctly.
5. Nope. I've seen his photo on "Am I hot or not" and he looked nothing like John Lennon.
6. Ooooo! I've always wanted to be sessile! As long as I can still travel and all. And awww.
7. Not very long. I have one smaller suitcase that pretty much stays packed with all the stuff one needs regardless of destination and weather. And the Buffy-related stuff isn't that hard to gather up. It's harder coming up with 'new' stuff. Hee.
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Date: 2006-06-01 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-03 12:18 am (UTC)2. Making it through all 6:12 of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDFe40zR6ME) would be quite a challenge.
3. Terrapin red.
4. You are the ne plus ultra of confident coolness, and yet you're incredibly generous and accepting.
5. "Who is this scary-smart person who seems to be hitting on
6. One of those Indian brown bears that's white around the shoulders.
7. When Regis Philbin would lock his steely eyes onto yours and growl, "Is that your final answer," as though hinting that anyone less a fool than you would choose another, did you ever want to just say, "As if you'd have any clue which one is right, Reege."
8. Whatever you want to do.
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Date: 2006-06-03 12:55 am (UTC)2. Jermaine sucks, but is bearable. Pia Zadora is not.
4. Thanks man.
5. Masq told me I should friend them, because I would think they were awesome. They are. And I am uber-friendly towards them.
7. When watching other people play, yes. While playing I was steadily drowning out any sarcasm by repeating to self "Focus, Focus, Don't try to be clever, don't screw this up, just answer" For the record, Regis only knows half the answers even after they're given...
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Date: 2006-06-03 01:36 pm (UTC)