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I am unusually efficient this year, why, yes, I am. *preens* So the people who pm'ed me their addresses, you shall receive something from me in...oh, however long it takes mail to cross from Australia to your part of the world. It ain't an exact science, y'know.
It's never the procuring of cards that's the problem, it's figuring out what to write. I spent about half an hour per card, agonizing over word choice, referring to my dictionary to make sure I wasn't making any idiotic errors, looking up synonyms, and then miming writing out the lines to make sure I had enough space [odakota_rose, yours will be the notable exception, lol, I totally didn't plan it very well]- all this fretting and nerve-wracking tension before I ever set pen to paper! If I did screw something up, please- discretion is the better part of valor, y/y? ^_^
If anyone else still wishes to exchange cards, just drop me a line. ;D
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OMG, so you know how we moved into our own house a few months ago? Well, it's sort of a WiP- the house is pretty much set, except for some window tinting and such minor surface things, but the surrounding terrain is pretty much just mud and weeds, so we've got landscaper people coming in, right? They're totally unreliable [although thankfully less homicidally inclined than the workers on CM this week *shivers*], they keep scheduling a time to come in and then postponing for some reason.
Well, out of nowhere, they turned up this morning. And I only realized they were around when a construction dude wandered past the window while I was in my bra. *flails* Lately, mother's left the kitchen curtains drawn because it's way too hot and sunny, but of course, the one day she leaves the curtains open would be when I'm in a state of dishabille and a guy happens to walk past! Okay, so he wasn't looking in otherwise I'd be a hell of a lot more embarrassed but I nearly had a heart attack. :O
Imagine the Psycho music from the bath-tub scene, that was the soundtrack for this particular moment. Minus the hysterical girly shrieking. I thought a tactical retreat would be more effective than standing rooted to the spot, screaming. [God, I hate when people do that on tv- sure, honey, finding a body is really traumatic but why don't you shut your mouth in case you draw the killer's attention and just run and find help, y/y?]
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WHEE, lookit the pretty!
Not only did I ace it, but I won the privilege of picking the topic of the next quiz, hee!
'k, so, woodchoc_magnum? You were asking about what three things I wanted to do before I die? Well, one of my ambitions just became to ace the quiz once more and earn a shiny Snape banner! :D
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While in town, I came across the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince calendar.
Can you tell me what's wrong with this picture? [Apart from being blurry as all heck]
Let's do a roll call, shall we?
There's the insane Bellatrix Lestrange, the irritating Lavendar and miserable ass Won-Won, Draco 'Ferrety Git' Malfoy, Albus 'Bearded Bastard' Dumbledore, baby!morte, Harry 'Boy-who-Lived-to-be-a-waste-of-oxygen' Potter, Snape *luffs*, another Draco, another Ron and then Ginny/Harry.
But no Hermione! EPIC FAIL, calendar people. *glares* How do you miss out one of the most important characters in the series? That's not even my bias speaking, she's one of the Golden Trio, FFS. You don't just forget her!
Oh, so because Ron's hooking up with Lavendar, all of a sudden Hermione doesn't matter anymore because she exists only to function as a love interest and if she's not needed in that role because the blonde bimbo's locking lips with Won-Won, then she doesn't matter at all?! RAGE BLACKOUT.
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Meme.
From kat_rowe:
Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
Update your journal with the answers to the questions
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions
1) If you could marry any fictional character (regardless of their gender and preference or spacetime logistical problems), which one would you pick and why?
I have a love/hate relationship with this question.
It's lovely to daydream about what it would be like, marrying one of my favorite characters- but otoh, I don’t think that I would particularly suit any of them. I love them because they’re special and awesome in their own ways, and the common trait they share is being heroic. Which is far from being my defining characteristic. [Otoh, if Bella can be a perfectly ordinary, rather boring, whiny-ass human girl, then why wouldn’t I be able to attract someone way cooler than I am, right?]
The other problem is that I ship all of my favorite characters, so that makes me a home-wrecker in my own eyes. Ack! I could never imagine splitting up Mulder and Scully or Shep and Elizabeth, etc. etc.
After all this qualifying and equivocating, though, my preference would be…
Crap, this is hard. Okay, I’m just going to pick someone and to hell with issues of attraction and compatibility and all that...
I’d totally marry Rick Castle. [Even though I’d be jealous as hell of Beckett and their flirty banter]
One of the many appealing things about Castle is the respect he shows to the women in his life.
I probably wouldn’t put up with his mother if she went and forced herself into my home and leeched off me, y’know? But he loves her and he puts up with her in order to give her a home. Oh, he’ll make numerous snarky comments about getting rid of her and wishing she were gone, but he’ll still tolerate her living in his house.
He’s also on good terms with his ex-wives, which I admire [because there’s nothing more irritating and boring than bitter conflicts with vindictive ex’s] and the guy is an amazing father to Alexis.
Who’d be a great stepdaughter, not one of those whiny, malicious drama queens who’d make my life miserable, thank god.
Apart from all that, Castle is handsome, witty and rich. What’s not to love?
2) What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?
I’m not a big ice cream girl, per se…I mean, I like chocolate ice cream just fine, but I prefer Magnums and Cornettos. If I had to pick one, I’d go with almond flavored Magnums. Mmm.
3) Best fandom ever for meeting interesting people?
Tough one, I’d say all my fandoms have interesting people. [Which fandom led me to you? I’d say you’re one of the most interesting people I’ve met, lol]
Currently, I guess I’d nominate Mentalist- I’ve made quite a few new friends through that show, plus, I’ve bonded anew with some of my other flisters over it.
4) Other than HP rape!fic, what genre of fic annoys you the most?
*snorts* You totally pegged my #1 pet hate, how astute of you!
Other than those…I’d have to say…SONG FICS. I have never found a single well-written, in-character song-fic.
Let me clarify- fics that use song lyrics at the beginning of the chapter or to serve as section dividers don’t count. I enjoy when writers do that because it leads me to discover some excellent songs. [I’ve done it myself with my TLW WiP of Doom]
But fics where the song takes up more than half the total word count, where the general plot involves the couple hearing a song that conveniently sums up their relationship and leads to them suddenly experience this blinding revelation that OMG, they are IN LOVE and MUST BE TOGETHER NOW AND FOR ALWAYS just annoy the hell out of me.
It’s not a credible genre in my opinion, and one we’d be better off without. *nods fervently*
5) Will you tell me something about yourself that you've never told your f-listers before?
Um. Hmm. There are quite a few things I’ve never told the others, mainly because they’re embarrassing as hell.
I could go for something innocuous like- I used to enjoy watching Teletubbies when I was younger [but older than the target audience]. *facepalm* I was really into all the kids shows for some reason. I could sing the theme song to Play School and everything.
But I could also confess that one thing I find…well, not humiliating, exactly, but still rather pathetic, is that I’m 21 years old and I’ve never had a relationship. I’m totally Drew Barrymore from Never Been Kissed- literally. Except I don’t think I have an Alias hottie in my future anytime soon, sadly. [Though Michale Vartan keeps saying how much he wants to buy a house in Australia and raise kids here, lol, but I think that's just something actors say, like, 'The people in Australia are so friendly and well-mannered' or 'all the Australian women are so hot', etc. etc.]
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