Ink-Stained Fingers

Movie Meme

[Jan. 25th, 2009|09:58 pm]

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1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. Extra "points" if you can name the character speaking
6. NO GOOGLING or using IMDb search or other search functions. DON'T CHEAT!

1. Yeah, I'm all alone. I'm rolling a big doughnut and this snake wearing a vest...

2. ~~We set out to save the Shire...And it has been saved... But not for me~~ Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,

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3. This is so bad it's gone past good and back to bad again.

4. ~~He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.~~ Silence of the Lambs,

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5. You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist. Donnie Darko,

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6. Oh, you know the best advice I ever got? You're up there on stage, hopin' on a spot. If someone gets in your way, step on 'em. If you're the only one left standing there, they hire you. That's about it. Thank you and good night, ladies and gentlemen. Elvis has left the building.

7. ~~Something my granddad used to tell us. You know Macumba? Voodoo. My granddad was a priest in Trinidad. He used to tell us, "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth."~~ Dawn of the Dead

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8. Villainy wears many masks, none of which so dangerous as virtue...

9. ~~Remember how you said your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn't I be OUTSTANDING in that capacity?~~ The Breakfast Club,

cpennylane

10. Give me the child. Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great... Labyrinth

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11. ~~I took the liberty of ironing your homework.~~ Teen Witch

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12. Very well, but remember this... I'll be looking at you when you're laid on the cross and the twelve blows are crashing down on your limbs. When the crowd is finally tired of your screams and wandered home, I will climb up through your blood and sit beside you. I will look deep into your eyes... and drop by drop I will trickle my disgust into them like burning acid until... finally... you perish.

13. Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around!

14. Oh, he's much more handsome than you. And he's a far better Christian of course than you ever were.

15. ~~You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this could be it, sweetheart.~~ Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

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Banned!

[Sep. 29th, 2008|02:22 pm]

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This week is banned book week. Here's a banned book meme. Bold the ones that you have read.
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Which ones have you read and which ones do you recomend that I read?

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Pop-Sci Book Meme

[Sep. 2nd, 2008|12:51 pm]

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Lifted from PZ Meyers of Pharyngula.
See the book meme that I fail! Bold equals all 4 books that I've read.
Micrographia, Robert Hooke
The Origin of the Species, Charles Darwin
Never at Rest, Richard Westfall
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, Richard Feynman
Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney
The Devil's Doctor, Philip Ball
The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, Dennis Overbye
Physics for Entertainment, Yakov Perelman
1-2-3 Infinity, George Gamow
The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene
Warmth Disperses, Time Passes, Hans Christian von Bayer
Alice in Quantumland, Robert Gilmore
Where Does the Weirdness Go? David Lindley
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
A Force of Nature, Richard Rhodes
Black Holes and Time Warps, Kip Thorne
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking
Universal Foam, Sidney Perkowitz
Vermeer's Camera, Philip Steadman
The Code Book, Simon Singh
The Elements of Murder, John Emsley
Soul Made Flesh, Carl Zimmer
Time's Arrow, Martin Amis
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, George Johnson
Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman
Godel, Escher, Bach, Douglas Hofstadter
The Curious Life of Robert Hooke, Lisa Jardine
A Matter of Degrees, Gino Segre
The Physics of Star Trek, Lawrence Krauss
E=mc2, David Bodanis
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, Charles Seife
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold, Tom Shachtman
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, Janna Levin
Warped Passages, Lisa Randall
Apollo's Fire, Michael Sims
Flatland, Edward Abbott
Fermat's Last Theorem, Amir Aczel
Stiff, Mary Roach
Astroturf, M.G. Lord
The Periodic Table, Primo Levi
Longitude, Dava Sobel
The First Three Minutes, Steven Weinberg
The Mummy Congress, Heather Pringle
The Accelerating Universe, Mario Livio
Math and the Mona Lisa, Bulent Atalay
This is Your Brain on Music, Daniel Levitin
The Executioner's Current, Richard Moran
Krakatoa, Simon Winchester
Pythagorus' Trousers, Margaret Wertheim
Neuromancer, William Gibson
The Physics of Superheroes, James Kakalios
The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump, Sandra Hempel
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, Katrina Firlik
Einstein's Clocks and Poincare's Maps, Peter Galison
The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan
The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins
The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker
An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears
Consilience, E.O. Wilson
Wonderful Life, Stephen J. Gould
Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard
Fire in the Brain, Ronald K. Siegel
The Life of a Cell, Lewis Thomas
Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris
Storm World, Chris Mooney
The Carbon Age, Eric Roston
The Black Hole Wars, Leonard Susskind
Copenhagen, Michael Frayn
From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne
Gut Symmetries, Jeanette Winterson
Chaos, James Gleick
Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos
The Physics of NASCAR, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Subtle is the Lord, Abraham Pais
The meme was created by Jenniffer Oulette of Twisted Physics. PZ sensed a physics bias so he added some bio books;
Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski
Basin and Range, John McPhee
Beak of the Finch, Jonathan Weiner
Chance and Necessity, Jacques Monod
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation, Olivia Judson
Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Sean Carroll
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, Carl Zimmer
Genome, Matt Ridley
Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
It Ain't Necessarily So, Richard Lewontin
On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Phantoms in the Brain, VS Ramachandran
The Ancestor's Tale, Richard Dawkins
The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution, Elisabeth Lloyd
The Eighth Day of Creation, Horace Freeland Judson
The Great Devonian Controversy, Martin Rudwick
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, Oliver Sacks
The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould
The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment, Richard Lewontin
Time, Love, Memory, Jonathan Weiner
Voyaging and The Power of Place, Janet Browne
Woman: An Intimate Geography, Natalie Angier

My first shuffle meme

[Aug. 8th, 2008|07:44 pm]

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1. Put Your iTunes/Windows Media Player/ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Put this on your journal.

1. If someone says, "Is this okay?"?
"Hey Jupiter" Tori Amos
[This song is kind of intense, it's one of my favorite "I'm sad" songs.]
2. How would you describe yourself?
"Ode to L.A." The Raveonettes
[Weird, since L.A. sounds like a place I'd really hate.]
3. What do you like in a girl/guy?
"Albinoni Adagio in G-Minor 'Anytime, Anywhere'" Sarah Brightman
[LoL implied promiscuity.]
4. How do you feel today?
"Family Tree" Belle and Sebastian
[Not too far off the mark, it's a kind of melancholy day.]
5. What is your life's purpose?
"Cataracts" Andrew Bird
[I'm really not sure what this song is about, so I can't really tell if it's my life's purpose. But it does have some sad whistling in the middle, which I like.]
6. What is your motto?
"Mr. E. Leon Rauis" Rasputina
[Funny since it's a song about an old photo and I collect old photos and I'm obsessed with the past.]
7. What do your friends think of you?
"Lady in the Lake" Elysian Fields
[Well, I could be viewed as icy, so...yeah.]
8. What do you think of your parents?
"The Bitch of Living" Spring Awakening soundtrack
[Ha! This song lists all the boys' problems in the show--masturbation, crushes, and the piano teacher with large breasts. And it's funny b/c I love my parents but they are problematic.]
9. What do you think about very often?
"O Valencia!" The Decembrists
[No, I do not often think of torching a town after my girlfriend was killed by a gang.]
10. What is 2 + 2?
"Amazon" M.I.A.
[No.]
11. What do you think of your best friend?
"The Model" Belle and Sebastian
[One of my favorite songs but nothing to do with my bff.]
12. What do you think of the person you like?
"Sex and Dying in High Society" X
[Again, nothing to do with him.]
13. What is your life story?
"From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)" The Decembrists
[Well, it would be tragic.]
14. What do you want to be when you grow up?
"The Mariner's Revenge" The Decembrists
[A vengeful mariner?]
15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?
"Simple X" Andrew Bird
[He does kind of make me wish for the end of the world. Then we could be alone together.]
16. What will you dance to at your wedding?
"Paper Planes" M.I.A.
[Omg, this would be such the best wedding song. We'll get down at the "some, some, some, some I'll murder, some, some I'll let goooo..." part]
17. What will they play at your funeral?
"Death of the Party" Blur
[I was the death of the party when I was alive so it makes sense.]
18. What is your hobby/interest?
"High on Life (Live)" Rasputina
[I always interpreted this song to be about 19th century hookers, so that's kind of funny.]
19. What is your biggest fear?
"The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel the Drowning" The Decembrists
[Well, this is a song about rape and murder, so I guess that is a reasonable fear.]
20. What is your biggest secret?
"I'll Never Tell" Original cast recording of Once More with Feeling
[Not so much a secret, just a worry that my beau's love isn't true.]
21. What do you think of your friends?
"Roseblood" Mazzy Star
[This is kind of an introspective song, so, not so much about the friends.]
22. What will you post this as?
"The Dark I Know Well" Spring Awakening soundtrack
[One of my fave songs from the show but not what I titled this post.]
23. What song would you play during your first time having sex?
"Horses" Tori Amos
[Wow, it's like bookends, starting and ending with Tori songs. And as the song mentions riding, I suppose it could be appropriate for sexy-time.]

This is where the fish lives

[Jul. 25th, 2008|08:27 pm]

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Lifted from

rachelsummers77. Comment on this entry and if you want, I'll choose 7 things from your profile interests that you'll explain--i.e. what it is, why you have it as an interest.
1.Amigurumi "Knitted stuffed toy" in Japanese. Basically, they're little crocheted dolls. I've been trying to make them foreverly, but my crocheting in spirals skills suck. Also, I have to buy smaller and smaller hooks. They're still super-cute and I love to read about people's new patterns and ideas.
2. Bizenghast An awesome manga series by M. Alice, LeGraw that's published by Tokyopop. This is what got me into loligoth (Well, this and Kamikaze Girls.) Basically, Dinah is a troubled young woman living with her aunt in a mansion that was once an asylum. He ronly friend is Vincent. While walking through the cemetary one day, Dinah accidentally signs a contract requiring her to free all the ghosts in the mausoleum. They're helped by the smartass cat-boy Edaniel. The drawing style is gorgeous and the story is intriguing.
3. Cocorosie A musical duo whose music is absolutely insane, kind of like if Joahnna Newsom joined Dresden Dolls. Awesome.
4. Ghosts of Albion This is the title of a series of books cowritten by Amber Benson, aka Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The books are set in Victorian England and follow the exploits of a brother and a sister who, with the aid of some helpful ghosts, are entrusted to protect all of Albion. The books are funny, thrilling, and surprisingly sensual. Also, Amber Benson is made of awesome and I'll read/listen to/watch anything she creates.
5. Hayao Miyazaki It's his fault that I got into anime and manga. Before I saw Spirited Away, I associated anime with the Pokemon kiddies in my town. I love his work because he takes something that's viewed as frivolous, cartoons, and elevates them to high art. It's impossible to look at a frame of Howl's Moving Castle and not see this.
6. Persepolis This is one of my favorite graphic novels. This is another example of something that's supposed to be frivolous, comics, being elevated to high art. Marjane Satrapi, the creator of Persepolis's drawing style reminds me of lino-blocking. The story of her life growing up in Iran and then her years at a boarding school in Austria is simultaneously touching, hilarious, and heartbreaking.
7. Venus zine This is one of my favorite magazines and has somewhat replaced Bust in my heart. It's devoted to following women in the arts. Venus is awesome if you want to hear about artists before they hit it big--I heard about Andrew Bird, Bat for Lashes, The Decembrists, M.I.A., The Pierces, and She and Him from Venus. I'm not proud of many things but I do say that I have bitchin' taste in music.

Another meme for you to hate :P

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[Jul. 5th, 2008|11:56 pm]

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So I've finally joined the 21st century and bought one of those portable music devices wherein music is stored electronically so that you may reaccess it at a later time and place. An iPod. It's like a portable victrola!

So this is my very first ever shuffle. It's very Rasputina and Decembrists heavy because I've uploaded multiple cd's by them.
1. Draconian Crackdown by Rasputina
2. Whispering from the Spring Awakening soundtrack
3. O Valencia by The Decembrists
4. Remnants of Percy Bass by Rasputina
5. Albinoni Adagio in G Minor "Anytime, Anywhere" by Sarah Brightman
6. We Stay Behind by Rasputina
7. The Perfect Crime by The Decembrists
8. Gingerbread Coffin by Rasputina
9. Black Hole by She & Him
10. Rose K (Live) by Rasputina

Movie Meme

[Jul. 5th, 2008|11:37 pm]

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Ganked from

kakeochi_umai. Entertainment Weekly’s list of the top movies of the last 25 years.
Go through their list and BOLD the ones you have seen and underline the ones you own on video or DVD.
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)
21. Schindler’s List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998) (GASP! High school story with teacher lovin'! MUST WATCH.)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987) I have a tendency to buy movies that I mean to watch but then never watch them. Especially when I lived near a Blockbuster, then a Hollywood Video and all the movies were super cheap.
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
Lately, I just haven't been able to muster the interest to sit down and watch a movie. There are soooo many that I haven't seen that it amazes my roommate. I just grew up really isolated from pop culture. We didn't have cable for a long time and I wasn't allowed to watch MTV or VH1 when we did until I was 13 or 14, so I had no idea what was cool or new. I spent most of my time reading. So my roommate is constantly amazed when I confess that I've never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies, or the fact that I never saw The Breakfast Club until college or Sixteen Candles until I graduated college (Now I understand why Peter Griffin said "automobiiiiiiile" like that, and the thing from Fmaily Guy where Jake Ryan rapes Peter.) Yet I've seen the worst movies on Earth, like half of Troma's catalogue, 976-Evil, and I'm currently watching MST3K's version of Werewolf on Youtube.
Because I'm awesome.
Ooh, since I'm visiting my parents and they have cable interwebs, I should watch Dawn Saves the Trees! Zack Braff!

Fake sex0rs

[Mar. 12th, 2008|07:08 pm]

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List ten fictional characters you would have sex with (in no particular order) and tag 5 people to do the same.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1. Spike: He's killed two Slayers. TWO! So he's ambitious and dangerous, which are some of my favorite characteristics in a man/vampire. Plus there's the whole hot English punk thing.
2. Giles: Remember season 4 when the Scoobies catch Giles singing at an open-mic night and Willow's all, "I remember why I had a crush on him in high school?" Yeah. There's something very hot about Giles, whether it's the tweed jackets with leather elbow patches or his knowledge of the dark arts. Remember when he busted into The Magic Box all powerful when Willow was naughty? Me-ow. I just like my men older and English, what can I say.
3. Tara: To throw in a wildcard, there's Tara who's pretty different from Giles and Spike. There was just something so enchanting about her.
Harry Potter
4. Remus Lupin: A werewolf in a jumper just trying to be a teacher? Sign me up. There was something especially sexy about the scene in book 7 when he freaked out.
5. Sirius Black: A convict with an enchanted motorbike. How could I say "no" to him?
6. Snape: Can you see a pattern here? I guess I just like people as miserable as me.
Jane Eyre
7. Mr. Rochester: Things that Mr. Rochester has that Mr. Darcy doesn't; a secret wife kept in the attic and a desire to marry his bastard child's governess. Everyone loves a (somewhat) reformed hedonist, especially a dark and tempestuous one.
Spring Awakening
8. Moritz: A tragic, troubled, sexually-confused teenager who can sing. Yes, please. Plus, he sings one of my favorite songs from the show, "I Don't Do Sadness."
The Office
9. Jim: Probably the one normal guy on my list. I love funny guys, especially ones who see the humor in putting office supplies in Jello.
His Dark Materials
10. Uncle Azrael: I said that I like ambitious men, and what is more ambitious than killing god? I was horrified when he separated Roger from his daemon, but he made up for it with his ballsy move to attack heaven.

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Another List

[Feb. 25th, 2008|09:30 pm]

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a) List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself
b) Tag seven people to do the same
c) Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it"
Tagged by

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( From lightest to darkest... )

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10 Things Meme

[Feb. 10th, 2008|02:52 pm]

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List 10 things that made you happy recently, and then tag 10 people.
1. My new Niji Waterbrush. Basically, it's a paintbrush with a hollow barrel that you can fill with water (Or ink or paint, if you want) that is an alternative to using a can of water when using watercolors. I always have trouble controlling watercolors, and I've found that this gives me more control. Plus, I use it to lightly go over what I draw with my Tombo markers.
2. Well, I've kept this quiet on my LJ but since it's the second trimester, my stepsister is pregnant! I'm looking forward to being a wild aunt and spoiling my niece.
3. Two days off! W00t!
4. My renewed interest in Kingdom Hearts.
5. The fact that I'm about 60 pages to being done reading Gun, Germs and Steel.
6. The delicious, frozen Amy's mac n' cheese that I have waiting for me in the freezer for lunch.
7. The "My Sister, My Sitter" episode of The Simpsons. That's the episode when Lisa gets into babysitting and babysits Bart, much to his dismay.
8. The fact that I've decided that if I make it past my 3 month probation period at work, I'm going to get myself an mp3 player *finally*. I've decided on some kind of iPod because all my friends who have them say they're user friendly and I'm pretty technologically illiterate.
9. The new cd I got, We Are The Pipettes by The Pipettes. They sound like a 60's girl-group with hilarious lyrics like "Sorry, but you were just a one-night stand."
10. The new blogs I've recently gotten into. Pharyngula, a science blog with a focus on politics and evolution. And Twistending, a Goosebumps blog.

apeyster!

captiousduality!

cpennylane!

flake_sake!

grubbytap!

powerjazz!

rachelsummers77!

sixcylinders!

skinjob007!

tomorrowendy!

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Disney Movies I've Seen

[Dec. 30th, 2007|09:19 pm]

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I've bolded the ones I've seen.
1. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

2. Pinocchio

3. Fantasia

4. Dumbo

5. Bambi

6. Saludos Amigos

7. The Three Caballeros

8. Make Mine Music

9. Fun And Fancy Free

10. Melody Time

11. The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad

12. Cinderella

13. Alice In Wonderland

14. Peter Pan

15. Lady And The Tramp

16. Sleeping Beauty

17. 101 Dalmatians

18. The Sword In The Stone

19. The Jungle Book

20. The Aristocats

21. Robin Hood

22. The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh

23. The Rescuers

24. The Fox And The Hound

25. The Black Cauldron

26. The Great Mouse Detective

27. Oliver & Company

28. The Little Mermaid (I saw this multiple times in theaters when my dad was compensating for being divorced)

29. The Rescuers Down Under

30. Beauty And The Beast

31. Aladdin

32. The Lion King

33. Pocahontas

34. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

35. Hercules (I HATED this hardcore. I watched it out of boredom on a family vacation)

36. Mulan

37. Tarzan

38. Fantasia/2000

39. The Emperor's New Groove

40. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

41. Lilo And Stitch

42. Treasure Planet

43. Brother Bear

44. Home On The Range

45. Chicken Little

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HP Meme

[Dec. 11th, 2007|10:33 pm]

[	Tags	\|	harry potter, memes	]
[	mood	\|	amused	]

Yes, the first entry I make in a week is a Harry Potter survey. :P

Number your 12 favourite Harry Potter characters, in no particular order, and answer the questions!
1. Harry Potter
2. Ron Weasley
3. Hermione Granger
4. Remus Lupin
5. Sirius Black
6. Albus Dumbledore
7. Minerva McGonagall
8. Severus Snape
9. Luna Lovegood
10. Nymphadora Tonks
11. Rubeus Hagrid
12. Bellatrix Lestrange

( Questions behind the cut... )

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Run from the meme!

[Nov. 14th, 2007|10:39 pm]

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cpennylane chose seven things from my user interests, and I explain them. Comment if you want to join the memey fun.

*bizenghast: One of my favorite mangas ever, by M. Alice LeGraw. This, combined with Kamikaze Girls (The manga and movie, I haven't read the book yet) and Shojo Beat really sparked my love for gothic lolita.
The story is basically a troubled young woman, Dinah, and her friend Vincent, on a quest to appease all the ghosts in a haunted mausoleum.
Her clothing is so beautifully rendered, I swear I would dress like that every day if I had the time/patience/money. That doesn't stop me from browsing the Baby, the Stars Shine Bright website every week!
Here's the cover of a volume of Bizenghast, sorry for the ginormitude of the picture, I just love the image of Dinah's torso as a cello.

*carl sagan: I was introduced to Carl Sagan in my "Biological and sociological history of race" course. We read the introduction to The Demon-Haunted World at the beginning of the course and a good portion of our time was devoted to distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Reading The Demon-Haunted World led me to Skeptic Magazine, God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (I know his name is mud in a lot of feminist circles, and I disagree with him about Iraq, but I think he's spot on about religion), The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, and my eventual atheism. Carl was a kind, gentle spirit, that introduced astrophysics to the masses, and he died far too young. I think he would be horrified by the legitimacy that pseudosciences like intelligent design have attained today.
*dreams: I've recorded my dreams since I was 13 or 14. I find my dreams to be hilarious and comforting. Unless they're one of the many nightmares I have--running from my dad, being killed by my dad, and losing my teeth.
*gary oldman: The only reason to watch Bram Stoker's Dracula. I especially love the scene when him and Mina are drinking absinthe. How could she choose stupid Keanu Reeves over him? He travelled through oceans of time to see her!!! Gary Oldman seems like he's the artist on the edge, just a little bit dangerous. I remember watching an interview wit him and laughing, saying he chose to be in the Harry Potter series so he could be in movies that his kids could actually see. I still love him, despite the horrible movies he's been in (LOst in Space, anyone?).
*poppy z brite: I really got into Poppy Z. Brite in high school, when I was a Very Angry and Pretentious Goth. This was when she was still writing things like Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Exquisite Corpse. I'll admit, I read EC solely for the gore and totally missed the subtext about AIDS. What can I say, I was 16 and just happy that someone else on earth seemed to be as morbid as I was/am. I'll also admit, I was kind of pissed that she stopped writing horror and stopped reading her for awhile. Thankfully, I've matured A LOT, and I've requested Prime & Liquor.
Also, Poppy, along with *cough*Anne Rice*cough* helped cultivate my love of New Orleans. I've been there twice, pre-Katrina, and would really like to return again. I know my money will help the local economy. Who knows, maybe I can realize my dream of living there one day.
Poppy blogs on LJ under the name

docbrite. She's had a really rough couple of years--she lost several of her pets in Katrina and feels really guilty for leaving them, she also lost her house in Katrina and just got a new house, and has been dealing with chronic pain. I hope she gets back to writing because she's a truly talented writer and I hope that her life gets better soon.
*the golden girls: I blame The Golden Girls for making me a feminist. My mum let me watch it when I was little in the 80s, and it just really influenced me. These older women, living together and relatively independent from men. Also, Bea Arthur rocks.
*sushi: I love sushi! Not just the way it tastes, I think it's absolutely gorgeous. I have sushi erasers, stickers (including Hello Kitty as a sushi chef), and knitting patterns. I also ordered gummy sushi candy from Japan. For my birthday, my mum got me this chocolate sushi and rice crisp candy. There were sushi rolls with white chocolate and chilli that were supposed to be spicy tuna rolls, and cucumber and mint rolls that were supposed to be cucumber rolls. If I ever have money, I dream of eating at Masa or Sugiyama.

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Letter Meme

[Oct. 24th, 2007|09:34 pm]

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Comment and I will assign you a letter. Then list 10 things you like starting with that letter.

captiousduality gave me "N."
1. Nana
2. New Orleans
3. Nine Inch Nails
4. Nerds--The candy and the people
5. The Nightworld Series by L.J. Smith
6. Nexus War--An MMORPG
7. Joanna Newsom
8. Nerf Herder's Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme song
9. Nintendo DS
10. Nana Kitade (Not the same as the first Nana, the manga/anime/movie)

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Tee-vee meme

[Oct. 23rd, 2007|10:49 pm]

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Stolen from

cpennylane.
Name your top six TV shows right now, before reading the questions.

1.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2.) The Simpsons
3.) The Office
4.) Mystery Science Theater 3000
5.) Pushing Daisies
6.) Degrassi: The Next Generation (shut up...)
( On with the questions! )

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Music Meme

[Sep. 2nd, 2007|09:53 pm]

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Stolen from

grubby_tap. Leave a comment, I'll give you a letter, and then you post your ten favorite songs that belong with that letter.
My letter is "A."
1. "A Skeleton Bang" by Rasputina
2. "Angel of the Morning" by The Pretenders
3. "A Boy Name Sue" by Johnny Cash
4. "Ardera Sempre" by Miranda Sex Orchestra
5. "Agent Orange" by Tori Amos
6. "All that's Known" from Spring Awakening
7. "Androgynous" as performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8. "All the Love in the World" by Nine Inch Nails
9. "Allison" by the Pixies
10. "All Tomorrow's Parties" by the Velvet Underground OR as performed by Rasputina

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First-Line Meme

[Jan. 4th, 2007|09:40 pm]

[	Tags	\|	fanfiction, feminism, memes, short stories, writing	]
[	music	\|	MST3K "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders"	]

Lifted from

docbrite. The first line of everything you've written, completed or not, in 2006. I'm not counting these blog entries, or else this would take up a hundred pages, nor am I counting my real journal entries. But I am counting stuff from my moxiehart blog, which I'm kind of abandoning--it's just too similar to feministing. I need a scanner& digital cam, then I could do a cool webzine or print zine. >.< Can you get deductions for art supplies?
Anyway, lines. Once more, with feeling!
*"Violet, who was reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the first time, was interrupted by a musical sound from her computer." "Violet Loves Voldie"
*"'Well, it’s…castle-y,' said the young blonde woman, pushing her sunglasses onto her head." "A Long Way From Sunnyale"
*"Summer 1964 'Mum, are we poor?' asked a little boy walking down the street, holding his mother’s hand." "Selected Scenes from the Life of Severus Snape"
*"'Good morning,' said the crisp female voice." Opening line to my as of yet untitled, massively reworked, zombie story.
Writings from Femlibbers Unite!
-The lines are followed by the title.
*"I already have another blog so why start one here?" "Why?"
*"Dear Bust,
You don't know me but I've been reading your zine for 7 or 8 years now." "An Open Letter to Bust"
*"A man has been arrested in the dragging death of an unidentified woman." "This is Sick"
*"Not really feminist, but this is still interesting." "For Everyone Who Still Believes in Evolution..."
*"According to the New York Times, more and more all-women's colleges are closing." "Does This Mean the Girl-On-Girl Girl's School Fantasies Will End Too?"
*"I just saw the DVD cover of the movie Phat Girlz (Thankfully, I've never seen the movie) while perusing my local Target and was pretty shocked at how heavily airbrushed the cover picture of Mo'nique was." "Phat Girlz?"
*"I picked this story up from Americablog: An American Airlines flight was almost diverted." "al Gayda."
*"This website is really old and it says it hasn't been updated in 4 years, but I don't care because I love it!" "Me Love You Long Time"
*"From the BBC, Milan enacts a code to protect young models from exploitation, despite completely missing the point that although the models are participating willingly, they are still exploited." "Code of the Catwalk Doesn't Protect from the Male Gaze"
*"From the New York Times: A report from the ACLU and Human Rights Watch accuses two girls' juvenile detentions facilities in New York State of abusing its prisoners." "Prison Industrial Complex Bad for Teenage Girls"
*"Safia Amajan, the head of women's affairs in Afghanistan was killed." "I Thought We Were Going to Free all the Women?"
*"I got a response from American Airlines to the letter that I wrote to them regarding al Gayda." "The Not-So-Friendly Skies"
*"A survey by AG Properties has found that 80 percent of moms think there are too many over-sexualized dolls available for young girls." "Less Popular Dolls Jealous of Other Dolls, Calls Bratz 'Totally Skanky'"
*"I found this *ahem* interesting ad at Feministing:" "Beer Better Than Feminism?"
*"Easy questioners, that is." "Women Journalists are Easy"
*"Bitchfest is a stunning example of some of the best writing of third-wave feminism." "Book Review"
*"Playboy has opened a new club in Las Vegas." "Bad News For Women Who Don't Like to be Objectified"
*"Elizabeth Blackburn has discovered telomerase, a protein that determines the life span of cells." "Woman Able to be Both a Woman and a Scientist"
*"Or, more accurately, stupid wankers who can't deal with not-anorexic women stirring up trouble." "Large Lusty Ladies Stirring Up Trouble"
*"Yesterday I had a rather hostile experience while riding the PATH train to NYC." "Not An Article Today"
*"Lily Burana bares it all (I promise, that will be my only "bare" pun) in Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America." "Book Review--Strip City"
*"Picked this up at Feministing;" "It's True, You Can't Rape a .38"
*"Hey everybody." "Updates"
*"A study has found that employing immigrant workers as domestic help can boost the economy." "Cheap Labor Good for America!"
*"The NY Times is reporting about three men charged with hate crimes for assaulting and robbing a gay man." "How Many Times Will I Have to Use "Sickening" in a Headline?"
*"The world's first museum exhibition documenting homosexuality in the animal kingdom has opened in Oslo, Norway, despite condemnation from Christian nut-jobs." "Birds, Bees Come Out of Closet in Oslo"
*"The killers of Michael Sandy, a gay man who was beaten and hit with a car before dying will be charged with murder and manslaughter." "Hopefully Justice Will be Served"
*"Here's the sit.; I sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago." "An Unexpected Absence"
*"To the guy on the train today; Yeah, you." "The Male Gaze"

Memories of Us

[Dec. 24th, 2006|01:21 pm]

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The year is coming to an end...so reply with one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot,anything you remember, it doesn't matter when it was.

Next, re-post this and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and fun) to see the responses. Re-post as "memories of us."

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Meme #3598

[Jul. 19th, 2006|01:15 pm]

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1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
"The House of Saud, according to Robert Baer's book, is full of them, and the royal family--and the country--is in incredible turmoil." Dude, Where's my Country? Michael Moore

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can...what do you touch first?
My notebook

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Divorce Court

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, what time is it?
1:20 pm

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
1:18 pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear: The air conditioning and the tv

7. When did you last step outside?
About an hour ago
What were you doing?:
Grocery run

8. What are you wearing?
My black faded jeans, a t-shirt that says "Free to Be You & Me" & flip-flops

9. When did you last laugh?
Last night during the Mr. Plow episode of The Simpsons

10. Seen anything weird lately?
Every day inn Newark is weird

11. What did you dream last night?
I was being attacked by zombies & saught refuge in a mall. My dream was so Dawn of the Dead

12. When did you last laugh?
You already asked me

13. What's on the walls of the room you're in?:
Wall 1: a magazine photo of a pixellated bird, a postcard for the 2006 Chinese New Year Global Gala, a signed photo from the lead actor in Cannibal Holocaust, & a James Dean poster. Wall 2: A picture that my roommate made in her graphic design class
14. What do you think of this survey?
It killed time between now & doing the laundry

15. What's the last film you saw?
Sense & Sensibility & part of Cry-Baby

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
Pay off my fucking student loans

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
I'm having trouble redyeing my hair now that it's so long so now there's this patch of my hair towards the back of my head that's this faded very light auburn color b/c I just haven't been able to get dye on it.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, what would you change?
Bush would still be in a coked-up haze at a frat house & Dick Cheney would be cryogenically frozen in a rocket ship flying to the sun

19. Do you like to dance?
When I'm alone

20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Eleanor

21. Boy?
I have no clue

22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Absolutely