it's a magical world

This one looks quick and fun:

Top 5 me! Books, art, culture, politics, music, fandom stuff, movies, television, pictures you want me to take of whatever you want to see, ANYTHING. Ask as many as you'd like. Be vague. Be specific. I don't care if it's mundane or off the wall, although the latter might be more fun.

I'm trying to get into a writingly mood again, as I'm halfway through the next chapter of the YA fantasy and would like to finish it and move on. It unexpectedly went in an oddly spiritual direction, which I am totally willing to go with, as it's an interesting dimension to my main character. I'd always intended her to be religious/spiritual, but that aspect has just sort of...slipped to the wayside. Possibly because I'm not even remotely religious or spiritual myself, and it just doesn't occur to me to write it into her. Hmmm.

It's Friday afternoon. I have nothing to do except wait for the office phone to ring. Have a meme. I like this meme.

1. Pick 15 of your favorite MOVIES.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie (unless they don't have a quote, in which case try wikiquote).
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. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search or other search functions.

( in here )

Trying to work on one of my essays for the term. Failing miserably. I'm never able to pull these sorts of things together until the night before, really. So. In the spirit of procrastination, that Ten Things You Should Probably Know About Me meme thing. ( in here )

( that childhood meme, gacked from everyone )

In other news, the boyfriend just e-mailed me saying that flights to Dublin are too expensive this time of year, and anyway I'm visiting him over winter break, so he won't be coming out to visit me until next term. Which means that instead of seeing him on Dec. 9, the way I'd hoped, I won't see him again until after Christmas.

I think a small part of me just died a little. Fuck. Logically, I realize that it's only an extra three weeks, but I was really, really looking forward to seeing him again. And it meant we'd have spent two full weeks together over winter break, one at the beginning and one at the end, and now it'll only be one. One week with the boyfriend out of the past fifteen. Christ. I can understand the too-expensive thing, but part of me really hates him for this.

Gacked from bunniewabbit. ( in here )

Boredom breeds sheep, apparently. Therefore, meme. That top five meme, where you ask me for my top five of anything and I tell you. And, heck, if you'd like to tell me your top five, too, go right ahead. It's all cool.

Or, y'know, just comment with something interesting. I'm easy.

I love looking at people's icons, but I don't always *get* them - I often wonder stuff like, "Who's that guy?" or "Where's that quote from?" but I tend not to ask, for various reasons. So come on, here are my icons. Pick one (or more!) you're curious about, and I'll try to explain it. Or at least explain what I like about it.

All right, so my icons aren't all that obscure, but still. I like icons. And my life is too boring for a proper LJ entry. Hi.

Now that I've force fed myself some Wheat Thins, that character meme stolen from, oh, everyone.

( character loves and hates: Lotrips, LotR, HP, XMM )

I need to stop posting memes and start actually posting. Fic would be nice, if I ever had time to write any. Alas.

Anyway. Stolen from danachan (scattered sea-men) and samena (reiki).
Scan my interest list and pick out the one that seems the most odd to you - either because you don't know what it is or because you don't know why I would be interested in such a thing. And I'll try to explain myself...

When you post this in your own journal, include the interest you selected for the person in whose journal you found this.

Have finally completed my Study Abroad application. Now the waiting begins. Gah.

Also, a meme stolen from irisbleu:
If you and I were alone in my room right now, what would we be doing?

(Now, post this in your LJ, and see what people want to do with you.)

I love being late on the meme bandwagon. So. The lyrics one.

1. On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty-five songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing).
2. Write down one (or two) line(s) of the song. Try to avoid lines that include the title.
3. Have your friends comment and see if they know the songs.
4. When someone guesses correctly, strike out the line and list the correct name of the song next to it.

1. They're gonna conquer the city, they're gonna crap out the Pulitzer Prize
2. One red balloon floats to the moon, just let it fly away
3. If you're listening to this song, you may think the chords are going wrong (Only a Northern Song, Beatles)
4. Say it loud and there's music playing, say it soft and it's almost like praying (Maria, West Side Story)
5. No lack of alibis, your knack for the spectacular is still intact
6. Everybody knows there's nothing doin', everything is closed it's like a ruin (Good Morning Good Morning, Beatles)
7. It's network TV, and it's all thanks to me! (Happy New Year B, RENT)
8. I grew up believing God keeps his eye on us all, and He used to lean upon me as I pledged allegiance to the wall (My Little Town, Simon & Garfunkel)
9. To think he could replace the missing elements in me, how extremely lazy of me (Immature, Bjork)
10. The fake, the spin, the drive and then he's in the paint, the pump, the jump, and he's up in the air like a goddamned saint (Michael Jordan's Ball, The Fully Monty)
11. A city of strangers, some come to stare, some to stay (Another Hundred People, Company)
12. I didn't do it, but if I did it, how could you tell me that I was wrong? (Cell Block Tango, Chicago)
13. Demons may charm you with a smile, for a while, but in time... (Not While I'm Around, Sweeney Todd)
14. Never been lonely, never been lied to, never had to scuffle in fear, nothing denied to
15. Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone (Piano Man, Billy Joel)
16. Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you... (Julia, Beatles)
17. She was nothing to them, she was a woman
18. She lives life like a carousel, beau after beau after beau
19. Just because a record has a groove don't make it in the groove, but you can tell right away at letter A when the people start to move (Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder)
20. J'ai une maison a la fontaine, where we can live if you marry me
21. Where the road is dark, and the seed is sowed; where the gun is cocked, and the bullet's cold
22. Won't you turn that new leaf over, so your baby can be your slave (Why Can't You Behave?, Kiss Me Kate)
23. And God in His heaven, he don't interfere, 'cause he's dead as the stiffs at me feet (Dog Eats Dog, Les Miserables)
24. I just heard on the news where the mailman won the lottery, goes to show when you lose what you do is try again (Another National Anthem, Assassins)
25. On Charlotte Street I take a walking stick from my hotel, the ghost of Dirty Dick is still in search of Little Nell

Er... *glances at list* I hope there are some Broadway lovers on my f-list...

La la la my Social Sciences class was canceled and I skipped Physics I am such a slacker la la la.

Meme gacked from shanalle:

1) Who or what is on your computer's wallpaper?
Calvin & Hobbes, dancing.

2. Go through your DVD/pre-bought video collection. Which three actors or actresses feature the most in them?
Ian McKellan, Jack Davenport, Harrison Ford

3. Go through your book shelves. Which three authors have written the majority of the books?
Tom Clancy, Orson Scott Card, Oscar Wilde

4. And what about CDs?
The Beatles, Enya, Paul Simon

5. And what about your LiveJournal user pictures?
Billy & Dom tied, oddly enough, followed closely by Elijah, followed closely by Jake Gyllenhaal


Incidentally? I spent FOUR HOURS last night reading this HP novel-length fic, and have now started on its sequel, but before I go too much father -- does anyone know how recently it was last updated? There are no dates anywhere on it, and I would hate to get all the way through what's there only to find out that the author abandoned it a year ago. Because it is TEH AWEXOME.

I AM SO TIRED OMG.

Fortunately, I'm off work tomorrow, so I can sleep for 24 hours straight or something.

In other news,

IMDB's Top 100 Best Movies of All Time generate this HTML for your own page at ObeytheFist.com
( The Results )
Which movies have you seen?

There are some DAMN good movies on that list, and a few surprises (Donnie Darko! Whee!).