there will be a fish

Three more positive things:

1. I have triumphed over my TV! Specifically, I have fixed the problem where old TV shows (i.e., 4:3) streaming on Netflix turned all my favorite characters into slightly squashed versions of themselves. It was an embarrassingly easy fix (not, as you would think, a matter of changing the TV aspect ratio, but changing the settings on my BluRay, duh), but still -- victory is mine! :)

2. Another free Fossil bag hand-me-down from my aunt. (This is the third one; I'm starting to wonder if she's doing it on purpose.) It is a very pretty green tote-ish shaped bag, and I really like it.

3. After realizing that the "first episode" of Lewis that is available everywhere is not, in fact, the first episode, I spent several hours yesterday trying to obtain the actual pilot. I tried everywhere -- I was totally willing to give ITV a fair sum of money to view it, but it could not be found for love or money, unless I wanted to commit fraud and also obtain a valid British billing address, or unless I wanted to buy a DVD boxset for $50. But then I found a link!...and it was expired. So I sent a plea out into the void, and I just got notified that the links have been updated! Thank you, generous internet stranger. ♥! I am passing the time until K gets home to watch with me by watching that other show about a grumpy Oxford copper -- since I can now watch Inspector Morse without being driven mad by the messed-up aspect ratio (see #1).

Okay, so I apparently haven't posted to LJ in so long that I'm completely weirded out by the new posting form. Yikes, it's been since October! Well, I'm back to do a five-questions meme from ignipes. I'm not sure doing this right now, when I've just had my wisdom teeth out and am currently loopy on some substantial painkillers with half my face swollen like a chipmunk, is really the best idea, but oh well. *jazz hands*

-Comment with "Winter is Coming" your current favorite catch-phrase/quote from a show/movie, because I have no emotional attachment to Game of Thrones (yet), sorry.
-I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
-Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
-Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions. (If you want. Totally optional.)

My questions and answers:

( 1. What would your ideal doesn't-exist-but-totally should TV show be about? )

( 2. What is the ONE movie you think everybody should see? ONLY ONE. NO CHEATING. )

( 3. What's your favorite comfort food? )

( 4. What superpower do you want to have? )

( 5. What's the best advice you've ever received? Or the worst, if that's more entertaining? )

Well, that was fun! I need to start posting more. I got a new job, so my life and free time are no longer being swallowed up by work like they were, which is awesome. I have weekends! And free evenings! It's amazing. :)

I had an incredibly long weekend, you guys. And I feel all disconnected from fandom, so let's do a meme! dsudis did this one recently, and I always love it (and have, in fact, done it a couple of times before):

1) Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment. (That way you're not leading the questions asked to fit the characters.)

2) Ask your flist to post questions in the comments. Each person can ask as many questions as they like.

For example:

'Eight, Ten, and Twelve are all in a bank that gets robbed. What do each of them do?'
'Thirteen and Four become roommates. How did that happen?'
'Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?'
etc.

3) After your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.

from ignipes:

1) Discover the #1 single in your country of origin in the week you were born.
2) Find it on YouTube.
3) Post it on your LJ/DW page without shame. Or for some of you, with shame.

Half-performance video, half-backstage-documentary; surprisingly full of pyrotechnics and people flying around stage in wire harnesses; less surprisingly full of outrageous hair -- I present the video for Bon Jovi's eternal "Livin' On A Prayer," which had four straight weeks at #1, a streak which ended a few days after my birthday in March of 1987: Livin' On A Prayer

So, most of us fangirls have a folder somewhere on our computer hard drive. This folder is full of pictures of good-looking people. (tazical calls this her "To Do" folder. I find this utterly appropriate.)

Therefore, I'm stealing Taz's idea and making it a meme. Everyone needs pictures of hot people to get them through a Monday, right? My To Do folder has exactly 99 random pictures in it, so:

I feel like spamming photos of hot people. Give me a number between 1 and 99 [insert your own total number here], and I will post the corresponding picture from my To Do folder. And then we all win!

And feel free to return the favor to the world on your own journals as well!

In the hopes you will all have entertaining guesses for me by the time I wake up, a meme:

Post 10 of your favourite shows/books/movies/plays/whatevers.
Have your friends list guess your favourite character from each.
When guessed, strike out the fandom, mark in your favourite character and who guessed it.

1. Star Trek (reboot-verse) Jim Kirk
2. White Collar
3. Prison Break
4. Hawaii Five-0
5. The Pretender
6. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
7. The Losers
8. NCIS: LA
9. Castle Richard Castle
10. Casablanca Captain Louis Renault, guessed by yahtzee63

(P.S. Katie, you know the drill by now, I hope.)

Did I mention how UTTERLY BORED I am? I am, in fact, indexing and sorting the books in our parents' garage. If you have ever seen my dad's collection of science fiction books, you would know just how Don Quixote-like amounts of crazy this is. So, please save me thus:

Leave the name of a character/person from a fandom you know I'm in, and I will tell you:

* How I FEEEEEL about this character
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
* My non-romantic OTP for this character -
* My unpopular opinion about this character
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Character meme from celli:

1. COMMENT WITH A MYSTERIOUS COMMENT OF YOUR CHOICE.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters and your thoughts on each.

( the letter D )

lordessrenegade gave me icons for this meme:

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.




( answers! )

Okay, so I normally don't sign up for love memes, because when I'm in a good mood they kind of embarrass me, and when I'm in a bad mood and need bucking up, they inevitably don't get any response and just make things worse.

BUT ANYWAY. This one is too awesome to skip, because it's basically ridiculous love letters from your friends, only written as if from fictional characters! HOW IS THAT NOT AWESOME. (It's really fun paging through the other comments for the meme, because confessions of love/respect/adoration from the likes of Bertie Wooster, Shawn Spencer, Ray Person, and Lex Luthor are kind of hilarious.)

I'm actually a little sad that I've only seen a few people I know in the comments, because I've been having a blast writing replies for those I do. :D


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