rabid1st

So, I took this from ladyoneill and thought it might give me some motivation to spend a little more time on LJ again. When in doubt, post a meme, right?

I'm not sure how many Supernatural fans I have on my Flist, because I don't write for the fandom, and I only talk about it sporadically. But, I do enjoy the big lugs and their carrying on as wayward sons. It looks like we are in for a good season, but it often looks like that, doesn't it? LOL




Like ladyoneill, I am a Dean girl. I like Sam. I like Cas. I like Bobby and John. But Dean has most of my empathy as I watch. We share a lot of similar characteristics, including a tendency to judge ourselves and others too harshly. I feel for Dean, but I don't exactly admire him. I think there might be more to admire sometimes in Sam. Though I am often frustrated by how blind Sam can be, I can see why Dean loves him so much.

Pick a number from the list and I'll answer it in the comments - Also, bonus points if you answer at the same time! I don't know how the point system will work, but it will probably be something like they do on QI!

1 - Your current OTP
2 - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
3 - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
4 - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t
5 - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what
6 - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
7 - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it
8 - Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series
9 - Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why
10 - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr/LJ/DW
11 - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom
12 - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for
13 - Your favorite fanart or fanartist
14 - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor
15 - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of
16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)
17 - A ship you’ve abandoned and why
18 - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships
19 - Show us an example of your personal headcanon
20 - Do you remember what your first fanwork was?
21 - Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
22 - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping
23 - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms
24 - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
25 - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from
26 - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go

"Son of a bitch!"

I managed to get my new computer out of its packing foam. The foam was INSIDE the computer. And I managed to set it up and go through the Windows 7 access and activation and install all of my components and get it to talk to all of the external hardware. Then, I started installing the essential software...Adobe Flash Player and Google Chrome and Adobe Reader and VLC media player and Virus Protection and Malware Protection and Firewalls.

And I fought, fought, fought with Windows 7 as I attempted to figure out what all of the new names for things mean and why it won't just let me see MY COMPUTER and why for some ridiculous reason 64-Bit doesn't recognize Adobe products. I mean, REALLY?

So, after all that, before I started on Instant Messengers and Vidding Software and Writing Software installs, I thought I would take a moment to enjoy some music videos. And that's when I noticed that I only have one harddrive. Yes, I should have noticed that when I unpacked the thing, but it was my first time ever looking inside a computer and I was mainly thinking about making sure everything was attached and what I had ordered--that is, the BRANDS, I had ordered. I did get 2TB of harddrive space, but it is all on the C: drive. There should be a D: drive, too.

So, the computer has to be stripped of all my personal settings and repacked for return shipping and I'm going to be without a computer for another month or however long it takes them to fix this situation. I mean, I suppose they could just send me another hard drive and call it even, but they probably won't do that.

"Son of a bitch!"

Meanwhile...here is a meme which I gakked from ramblinsuze to keep you all entertained while I'm gone.( Read more... )

Have fun. But feel very bad that this list didn't include Edgar Rice Burroughs or Robert J. Sawyer. Read Hominids or Factoring God or the Farseer Trilogy. And read some Pratchett. Start with The Wyrd Sisters, I think, if you like some Shakespeare. I should be around for the next couple of days as I won't hear back from them until Monday.

Getting on board with the Supermoon savvy, I am snatching this meme from ramblinsuze
for your entertainment.





And this is my sweetheart's moon phasing personality...





Waxing and waning crescents, that's us. :grin:

Despite being a little congested and sitting under a fan, I am doing the accent meme which I gakked from Keswindhover.




The text and questions are below:

Questions.
Who are you?
Where are you from?

Say the following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Wash, Oil, Theatre, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting Image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pyjamas, Caught, Orange, Coffee, Direction, Naturally, Aluminium and Herbs.

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

I have been inspired to create a MEME! Spread it far and wide, but let me know if you answer it because I'd love to see your answers.

It is about things that are supposedly eaten, but which might not be eaten that often.

When was the last time you had...

1) Campbell's Condensed Soup as soup (not in a recipe).

2) Cotton Candy

3) Homemade Pancakes (not frozen or restaurant, but can be from a mix)

4) Wax Candy (coke bottles, lips, whatever).

5) A Corn Dog

6) Homemade Shortbread (not from a store or mix).

7) Hamburger or Tuna Helper

8) Sloppy Joes/Manwiches

9) Malted Milk Balls

10) Toasted Marshmallows (5 bonus points if you made S'mores).


There you go!

Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship

I am sorely tempted to give up on this meme which seems to be taking me forever. But I am moving along on the days now. Only 9 more to go.

Day 19 -- For me that would the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. Nearly everyone on that show was an excellent actor and I would follow most of them to other work. I get excited when I hear James Callas has been cast in Eureka and, even though I really don't care much for Eureka, I want to watch it. Same goes for Katie in 24 or the guy who played Helo who's name I cannot spell...I actually considered watching Dollhouse for about 30 seconds when I heard he was cast in it. And of course, Jamie Bamber I have already mentioned and Edward James Olmas was already legendary.

Day 20 -- Favorite Kiss? Hmmm! I did like that Nine/Rose kiss. I also found the Aeryn/John kisses and nose bumps and clothing gnawing to be very hot. But I am going to push the button on my way back machine and go with the Mulder/Scully kiss in The Truth. I loved Walter's reaction to it. Of course the best possible kiss ever...we never had...which will always be the true Ten/Rose kiss.

Day 21 -- Favorite Ship...still Ten and Rose. I think there is something so pure and romantic and yet passionately devoted in the Doctor/Rose relationship. Something that I think culminated in Ten...not Ten2, sadly. No matter how we slice it with Ten 2...it only works if there is a way to get the broken bits of Ten back together again. And I can't imagine Rose not working diligently to that end. So...second favorite ship...probably has to be John/Aeryn. They win of course by being the only really mature scifi relationship ever broadcast. But I still long for a happy canon resolution for the Doctor and Rose...I think I will have to wait for the book version or the movie when I'm 85 for that one, but I do have confidence that some little kid out there is as upset as I was about the screwed up Ten2 nonsense.

Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character

Day 11 -- Almost every show I have ever watched disappointed me at some point, usually at the finale but sometimes much earlier. It would be better to list the shows that did not disappoint. That would be Farscape and Supernatural so far. Though both of those shows got on my nerves at a few points along the way. The major disappointments would be Buffy and Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica. All three of those shows took seriously wrong turns and didn't recover from the mistake. As I've said before on this blog, I feel that most shows simply use the same device over and over again for too long. The major failing of most shows is a lack of courage and imagination. They get set in their ways and the characters stop growing and changing. I will say that Buffy did the best job at changing, which is why when they started resetting the character to a heroes don't make mistakes default it was so very jarring. Doctor Who also made a sort of jarring error by claiming that the hero was a god, and beyond real love, rather than a space nerd in need of companionship.

Day 12 -- There are a few episodes I've watched many times. Buffy and Doctor Who hold the records for reviewing for me. I watched all of the Spike-centric episodes of Buffy many times. But I also watched the early Angel/Buffy episodes, too. I have a particular fancy for Doctor Who's "Robots of Death"...Four and Leela on a space liner...I don't know how many times I've watched it. Quite a few. I also watched Kinda several times with Five and Tegan. And, of course, Fear Her and Tooth & Claw. For my fellow Beauty and the Beast fan, I've watched most of S1 and S2 multiple times.

Day 13 -- I didn't really watch television as a child as we didn't have a TV for much of the time. But I do remember watching Land of the Lost at some point. Oh, I did just love Space: 1999.

Day 14 -- Favorite Male Character. Oh, now, there is a real challenge for me, given what has become of the Doctor. I have enjoyed a host of male characters in fiction. I am quite fond of Dean Winchester for example. But I suppose it would have to be the Doctor, still. He's my favorite character overall, even with his recent downturn into fecklessness. So, it must be him.

Day 15 -- Favorite Female Character. At one point, before she went into self-righteous pity mode, I would have said Buffy Summers. But her treatment of Spike soured me on her. And I also didn't care for her acceptance of some of the less deserving characters on the show. Now, I imagine it is most definitely Rose Marion Tyler. She's the only woman I think would be a good match for the Doctor and that's saying something.

Here's the link for the entire meme...should you wish to do it yourself.

http://rabid1st.livejournal.com/275285.html

Rae

And we are back with another entry in this neverending meme.

Find the list of days and topics in my original post here...

http://rabid1st.livejournal.com/275285.html

Day 06 -- Favorite Episode of Your Favorite Show

I am tempted to say Doomsday and see if you people remember that Doctor Who is not listed as my favorite show. :grin: I am also quite happy with the episode that just aired on Doctor Who, but I'm not sure it can make favorite because it still has River in it. And the Fez moment. I think that the dividing line among New Who fans might be if you found that Fez shooting funny or painfully stupid. I'm in the later group, I'm afraid.

But back to the Favorite Episode of my Favorite Show. And I am wondering if there is a "Favorite Episode of any show" day? Because I do have a frontrunner there. I will save it for BEST SCENE ever because that was one reason it was my favorite episode ever...it had the best scene ever.

So on Farscape, I am torn, there are three episodes I love pretty much equally. I love the finale, even with the sad parts of it. I loved the one where Crais and Talyn get to make a big statement to the Peacekeepers...I was never so in love with Crais as in that moment. Not that I loved Crais. *looks around at nothing much. What I mean is Crais went big and bold and he was magnificent there. But my absolute favorite episode is the one where John gets the upper hand on the Scarrans in We're So Screwed Part 3: La Bomba. But I love the set up for it in Part 2: Hot to Katratzi.

John Crichton up on a table top at a conference of the Superbad Villians with a bomb strapped to his belt--"Because I am an American. And what does an American want? Democracy? Capitalism. I want to sell out and settle down. For one day only, it's a blue light special on Aisle Three. My wormhole technology... and a free set of steak knives... for all the tea in China. And anything you can imagine to pay me... welcome to my cold war. You must be the Emperor. Now, before anybody decides to get clever, you should know I have multiple dead-man sensors from every culture on my ship and a few cultures I haven't heard of. My heart stops, we all go boom. My heart speeds up, it's boom again. Too hot, too cold, too happy, too sad, thirsty, hungry, bored... it's John Lee Hooker Time... boom, boom, boom. And you try your little psychic trick... kaboom... and we're all pushing up day-glow daisies."

Someone remarks that John is completely insane and Aeryn is all, "I know. Isn't it wonderful?"

Rae
LMAO! Talk about a mad man in a box.