Drabbles and links and memes, oh my!
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icepixieDude! Have y'all seen the Hobbit "trailer" here? Way cool. Probably way old, but thanks to Whitney, I just found it...
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From The Valentine's Day Drabble-Matic":
Sam finished packing. Ever since Jack, her own true love, had been lost at sea, Sam had been liminal.
There was nothing left for her anymore, nothing bit her, all was bubbly. So today, Valentine's Day, she was going in the shower to become a rainbow card.
Just then, there was an evanescent knock at the door. Sam opened it and stood there lovingly for a moment, before falling to the floor in a swoon and bruising her foot.
When Sam came to, Jack was holding her head and looking dreadful. "My love," Jack said wonderingly, "I'm sorry for the owlish shock. I've been shipwrecked on a smooth island for the last ten years, living like Godzilla reducing a city to smoking rubble. I was only rescued last week." He paused. "I lost my spleen in the wreck. Can you still love me?"
Sam could hardly believe her Jack had returned. "I will always love you, spleen or no spleen. Besides, you can cover it up with a carnival."
They embraced orderly and vowed to never be parted again.
And all was swirly.
Julian tripped along slowly. He was on his way to meet his lover, Jadzia, for Valentine's Day. He smiled to see a bat hopping along, carrying a station in its mouth.
Julian was almost on the sea when he came across a clean cake, lying alone on a metal plate. "That must be a treat from my glowing bear," he said to himself, and tripped over to it. The cake looked spotted, so he ate it.
It gave him the most shiny tingling sensation in his finger. "How unusual!" he said and continued tripping to see Jadzia.
When Jadzia came out to meet him, she took one look and fell over.
"What is it?" Julian cried drunkenly.
"Your throat! And your arm!" Jadzia said. "They're glassy! Can't you feel it?"
Julian felt his throat and his arm. They were indeed quite glassy. "Oh, no!" Julian said. "I'm a woman!" He, or rather, she started to cry. "It must have been that clean cake you left for me. Did you know what it would do?"
"I didn't leave you any cake," Jadzia said. "I got you a promenade. It must have been that smart man who lives nearby. He acts a little brightly, ever since he met a hypospray."
"But how can you ever love me, now that I'm a woman?" Julian sobbed.
"Well, I never knew how to tell you this," Jadzia said lazily, "but I actually prefer women. And I think your throat is really loud like that."
"Really?" Julian dried her tears. Julian kissed Jadzia and it was an entirely green sensation, like a cat bathing in a warm sunbeam.
They spent the night having entirely green sex, until the cake wore off suddenly.
Everything was rather awkward after that.
*
What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
Star Trek soundtracks. Several of them.
What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
Iiiiiice creeeeeam...
What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
I don't think I have one...
If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
*pokes stomach* I could lose the layer of fat around there.
Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Water. I can't swim, and I hatehatehate going over bridges that cross rivers. Especially that bridge you have to walk over to get to the Kokosing Gap trail...there's those steel guard rails for cars on each side, and you're sharing space with various vehicles. So not only is there, like, nothing preventing you from falling off the edge, but you can't walk down the middle because of cars.
What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moment?
I have no idea. I get cold and start shivering?
Are you a pyromaniac?
Have you heard stories of what my family used to do on the fourth of July? And if anyone has a fire going, I'm so there. Mostly because I'm always cold, but yeah.
Do you have too many love interests?
Do I have any love interests?
Do you know anyone famous?
I don't think so. Could be wrong, though.
Describe your bed.
Cream-colored daybed at home, with a white bedspread that has eyelet lace edging. Several extra pillows with matching shams, and four or five stuffed animals that are mostly blue and/or lavendar. My bedspread at school is a block print with dragonflies and various leaves in the blocks. Colors are lavendar, light blue, light green, and grey. The bed is your typical ugly wooden bunkable college dorm bed. Roomie and I don't bunk, though.
Spontaneous or plan?
Plans are good. I like them. Spontaneity works as long as it occurs within the time limits you've set for said spontaneity (i.e. this mysterious thing called "free time").
Who should play you in a movie about your life?
The alien love child of Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster.
Do you know how to play poker?
I think I remember...
What do you carry with you at all times?
At school: keys. Home: purse with various items, mostly for the driver's license and money.
What do you miss most about being little?
So very few responsibilities.
Are you happy with your given name?
Sure.
How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?
Not. Enough. Money. In. The. World.
What color is your bedroom?
Boring, boring white, at home and at school. I'd love to paint my walls at home some shade of purple, but I'm there for less than half the year, so... Had we moved in at any point before midway through my senior year of high school, I probably could've been justified in wanting paint.
What was the last song you were listening to?
"Appalachian Spring." Dream on, I know. *glares at winter* (BTW, that's pronounced "apple-at-cha," by god.)
Have you ever been in a play?
Was in several in middle school, along with dance concerts. The only one I had a speaking part in (as opposed to being part of the chorus and/or dance company) was The Boy Friend. There's a reason you haven't heard of it.
Who is your best friend?
Lots of people.
Have you ever been in love?
No.
Do you talk a lot?
Only when I know people.
Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
Most of the time, I guess. This week excluded.
Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
Only when someone obviously drunk comes up and asks me for money.
Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
Yes. Too nice, sometimes.
Do you spend more time with your girlfriend/boyfriend or your friends?
Since I don't have a boyfriend...
What is your ideal marriage location?
No marriage. Bleh.
Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
Hmmm...harp or fiddle.
Favorite fabric?
Soft things. Velvet, for example.
Something you love and hate?
My major (English). Love the reading, love the creative writing portion, hate writing papers. Don't particularly care for the over-analysis that sometimes goes on, too. Sometimes a stick is just a stick, not a phallic object.
What kind of bedding do you use?
Flannel or T-shirt-material sheets. Comforter. Usually a heavy fleece blanket on top of that in winter.
Do you tell your friends about your sex life?
Uh....what sex life?
What's the one language you want to learn?
Irish Gaelic.
How do you eat an apple?
By biting into it and chewing.
What do you order at a bar?
Who says I've been to a bar?
Have you ever pierced your body parts?
No. And I never will. Not even my ears.
Do you have tattoos?
Lord, no.
Would you ever admit to having done plastic surgery of any kind if confronted?
Since I haven't, I can't really admit to anything, can I?
What's one of the "funniest" things you've ever done?
ScaperCons in general... I'm sure I'll think of something specific as soon as I post this...
Do you drive stick?
Ha! I barely drive non-stick!
What's one trait you hate in a person?
Making plans and not showing up for them.
What kind of watch(es) do you wear?
I've had one with a stretchy teal-and-purple band since sophomore year of high school. I can't stand buckling things with only one hand.
Most frivolous purchase?
Skirts and dresses. They're so pretty, and, since I only shop during clearances, they're ridiculously cheap, like $5-10. But I usually wear pants.
Do you consider yourself materialistic?
Sure.
What do you cook the best?
Hahahahahahahahahaha! Shipperlist folk will know why I'm cracking up at that one. For the rest of y'all--I can successfully burn water in a microwave. I am one of the worst cooks ever.
Favorite writing instrument?
Computer, or mechanical pencil in a pinch. Although I take notes for class in pen, because by the end of the semester, anything pencil in a notebook used that often is a smudged-up mess.
Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
I can't say as I usually notice...
Do you have anything monogrammed?
No.
Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
I do already half the time, if you consider jeans and T-shirts guy clothes...
What's one car you will never buy?
I'd actually go for anything that has four wheels, to be honest...
What kind of books do you like to read?
Sci-fi, fantasy, collections of humor columns a la Dave Barry, the occasional history-type book, historical fiction for certain time periods, some "Southern" stuff a la Sharyn McCrumb... I could name you specific authors, but we'd be here all day if I did. Let's just say I like to read. A lot. A whole lot.
If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Save it. Buy things. (I love how specific I'm being with this meme.) Seriously, I'd probably use it to get a house somewhere, once I figure out where I want to work, so that I don't have to deal with renting an apartment until I save up enough for a house.
Burial or cremation?
I'll donate my body to science. AFAIK, they cremate the remains after that.
How many online journals do you read regularly?
Well, my friends list has 49 people on it. Some of those are comic feeds and communities, though.
What's one thing you're a sore loser at?
Um...I don't know.
If you don't like a person, how do you show it?
Staying as far away from them as possible. Being very cold when I can't do that.
Do you cry in front of friends?
God, no.
What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?
Clumsy and socially awkward, but nice.
What's one thing you like to do alone?
I'll steal "go to the bathroom" from everyone.
Are you a giver or a taker?
Giver. Often too much.
What have you stolen before?
*mumbles something about mp3 files*
When's the last time you cried?
Good question.
Favorite communication method?
E-mail!
How many drinks before you're tipsy?
Haven't tried, so don't know. Probably never will know.
Favorite kind of porn?
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
Do you ever have to beg?
I try not to...
How often do you have sex?
See the porn answer.
Have you ever done any illegal drugs?
No.
Do you think you're cute?
Not really.
Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?
Five years of dance and a year and a half of ballroom have removed any modesty I ever had in that regard.
What's the most painful experience you've ever had?
Physically painful? Getting my wisdom teeth out. (A week of a liquid diet and pain pills. Then a dry socket two weeks later. OW.) Emotionally...seeing Amy's parents and brother at her memorial service last year. That was heartwrenching.
Wow. That took a while. And I should still be working...
*
From The Valentine's Day Drabble-Matic":
Sam finished packing. Ever since Jack, her own true love, had been lost at sea, Sam had been liminal.
There was nothing left for her anymore, nothing bit her, all was bubbly. So today, Valentine's Day, she was going in the shower to become a rainbow card.
Just then, there was an evanescent knock at the door. Sam opened it and stood there lovingly for a moment, before falling to the floor in a swoon and bruising her foot.
When Sam came to, Jack was holding her head and looking dreadful. "My love," Jack said wonderingly, "I'm sorry for the owlish shock. I've been shipwrecked on a smooth island for the last ten years, living like Godzilla reducing a city to smoking rubble. I was only rescued last week." He paused. "I lost my spleen in the wreck. Can you still love me?"
Sam could hardly believe her Jack had returned. "I will always love you, spleen or no spleen. Besides, you can cover it up with a carnival."
They embraced orderly and vowed to never be parted again.
And all was swirly.
Julian tripped along slowly. He was on his way to meet his lover, Jadzia, for Valentine's Day. He smiled to see a bat hopping along, carrying a station in its mouth.
Julian was almost on the sea when he came across a clean cake, lying alone on a metal plate. "That must be a treat from my glowing bear," he said to himself, and tripped over to it. The cake looked spotted, so he ate it.
It gave him the most shiny tingling sensation in his finger. "How unusual!" he said and continued tripping to see Jadzia.
When Jadzia came out to meet him, she took one look and fell over.
"What is it?" Julian cried drunkenly.
"Your throat! And your arm!" Jadzia said. "They're glassy! Can't you feel it?"
Julian felt his throat and his arm. They were indeed quite glassy. "Oh, no!" Julian said. "I'm a woman!" He, or rather, she started to cry. "It must have been that clean cake you left for me. Did you know what it would do?"
"I didn't leave you any cake," Jadzia said. "I got you a promenade. It must have been that smart man who lives nearby. He acts a little brightly, ever since he met a hypospray."
"But how can you ever love me, now that I'm a woman?" Julian sobbed.
"Well, I never knew how to tell you this," Jadzia said lazily, "but I actually prefer women. And I think your throat is really loud like that."
"Really?" Julian dried her tears. Julian kissed Jadzia and it was an entirely green sensation, like a cat bathing in a warm sunbeam.
They spent the night having entirely green sex, until the cake wore off suddenly.
Everything was rather awkward after that.
*
What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
Star Trek soundtracks. Several of them.
What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
Iiiiiice creeeeeam...
What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
I don't think I have one...
If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
*pokes stomach* I could lose the layer of fat around there.
Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Water. I can't swim, and I hatehatehate going over bridges that cross rivers. Especially that bridge you have to walk over to get to the Kokosing Gap trail...there's those steel guard rails for cars on each side, and you're sharing space with various vehicles. So not only is there, like, nothing preventing you from falling off the edge, but you can't walk down the middle because of cars.
What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moment?
I have no idea. I get cold and start shivering?
Are you a pyromaniac?
Have you heard stories of what my family used to do on the fourth of July? And if anyone has a fire going, I'm so there. Mostly because I'm always cold, but yeah.
Do you have too many love interests?
Do I have any love interests?
Do you know anyone famous?
I don't think so. Could be wrong, though.
Describe your bed.
Cream-colored daybed at home, with a white bedspread that has eyelet lace edging. Several extra pillows with matching shams, and four or five stuffed animals that are mostly blue and/or lavendar. My bedspread at school is a block print with dragonflies and various leaves in the blocks. Colors are lavendar, light blue, light green, and grey. The bed is your typical ugly wooden bunkable college dorm bed. Roomie and I don't bunk, though.
Spontaneous or plan?
Plans are good. I like them. Spontaneity works as long as it occurs within the time limits you've set for said spontaneity (i.e. this mysterious thing called "free time").
Who should play you in a movie about your life?
The alien love child of Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster.
Do you know how to play poker?
I think I remember...
What do you carry with you at all times?
At school: keys. Home: purse with various items, mostly for the driver's license and money.
What do you miss most about being little?
So very few responsibilities.
Are you happy with your given name?
Sure.
How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?
Not. Enough. Money. In. The. World.
What color is your bedroom?
Boring, boring white, at home and at school. I'd love to paint my walls at home some shade of purple, but I'm there for less than half the year, so... Had we moved in at any point before midway through my senior year of high school, I probably could've been justified in wanting paint.
What was the last song you were listening to?
"Appalachian Spring." Dream on, I know. *glares at winter* (BTW, that's pronounced "apple-at-cha," by god.)
Have you ever been in a play?
Was in several in middle school, along with dance concerts. The only one I had a speaking part in (as opposed to being part of the chorus and/or dance company) was The Boy Friend. There's a reason you haven't heard of it.
Who is your best friend?
Lots of people.
Have you ever been in love?
No.
Do you talk a lot?
Only when I know people.
Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
Most of the time, I guess. This week excluded.
Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
Only when someone obviously drunk comes up and asks me for money.
Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
Yes. Too nice, sometimes.
Do you spend more time with your girlfriend/boyfriend or your friends?
Since I don't have a boyfriend...
What is your ideal marriage location?
No marriage. Bleh.
Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
Hmmm...harp or fiddle.
Favorite fabric?
Soft things. Velvet, for example.
Something you love and hate?
My major (English). Love the reading, love the creative writing portion, hate writing papers. Don't particularly care for the over-analysis that sometimes goes on, too. Sometimes a stick is just a stick, not a phallic object.
What kind of bedding do you use?
Flannel or T-shirt-material sheets. Comforter. Usually a heavy fleece blanket on top of that in winter.
Do you tell your friends about your sex life?
Uh....what sex life?
What's the one language you want to learn?
Irish Gaelic.
How do you eat an apple?
By biting into it and chewing.
What do you order at a bar?
Who says I've been to a bar?
Have you ever pierced your body parts?
No. And I never will. Not even my ears.
Do you have tattoos?
Lord, no.
Would you ever admit to having done plastic surgery of any kind if confronted?
Since I haven't, I can't really admit to anything, can I?
What's one of the "funniest" things you've ever done?
ScaperCons in general... I'm sure I'll think of something specific as soon as I post this...
Do you drive stick?
Ha! I barely drive non-stick!
What's one trait you hate in a person?
Making plans and not showing up for them.
What kind of watch(es) do you wear?
I've had one with a stretchy teal-and-purple band since sophomore year of high school. I can't stand buckling things with only one hand.
Most frivolous purchase?
Skirts and dresses. They're so pretty, and, since I only shop during clearances, they're ridiculously cheap, like $5-10. But I usually wear pants.
Do you consider yourself materialistic?
Sure.
What do you cook the best?
Hahahahahahahahahaha! Shipperlist folk will know why I'm cracking up at that one. For the rest of y'all--I can successfully burn water in a microwave. I am one of the worst cooks ever.
Favorite writing instrument?
Computer, or mechanical pencil in a pinch. Although I take notes for class in pen, because by the end of the semester, anything pencil in a notebook used that often is a smudged-up mess.
Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
I can't say as I usually notice...
Do you have anything monogrammed?
No.
Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
I do already half the time, if you consider jeans and T-shirts guy clothes...
What's one car you will never buy?
I'd actually go for anything that has four wheels, to be honest...
What kind of books do you like to read?
Sci-fi, fantasy, collections of humor columns a la Dave Barry, the occasional history-type book, historical fiction for certain time periods, some "Southern" stuff a la Sharyn McCrumb... I could name you specific authors, but we'd be here all day if I did. Let's just say I like to read. A lot. A whole lot.
If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Save it. Buy things. (I love how specific I'm being with this meme.) Seriously, I'd probably use it to get a house somewhere, once I figure out where I want to work, so that I don't have to deal with renting an apartment until I save up enough for a house.
Burial or cremation?
I'll donate my body to science. AFAIK, they cremate the remains after that.
How many online journals do you read regularly?
Well, my friends list has 49 people on it. Some of those are comic feeds and communities, though.
What's one thing you're a sore loser at?
Um...I don't know.
If you don't like a person, how do you show it?
Staying as far away from them as possible. Being very cold when I can't do that.
Do you cry in front of friends?
God, no.
What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?
Clumsy and socially awkward, but nice.
What's one thing you like to do alone?
I'll steal "go to the bathroom" from everyone.
Are you a giver or a taker?
Giver. Often too much.
What have you stolen before?
*mumbles something about mp3 files*
When's the last time you cried?
Good question.
Favorite communication method?
E-mail!
How many drinks before you're tipsy?
Haven't tried, so don't know. Probably never will know.
Favorite kind of porn?
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
Do you ever have to beg?
I try not to...
How often do you have sex?
See the porn answer.
Have you ever done any illegal drugs?
No.
Do you think you're cute?
Not really.
Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?
Five years of dance and a year and a half of ballroom have removed any modesty I ever had in that regard.
What's the most painful experience you've ever had?
Physically painful? Getting my wisdom teeth out. (A week of a liquid diet and pain pills. Then a dry socket two weeks later. OW.) Emotionally...seeing Amy's parents and brother at her memorial service last year. That was heartwrenching.
Wow. That took a while. And I should still be working...