brandi should wrap herself in bubble wrap

meme

2009-11-22T17:22:34Z

Please, help reduce my school-related stress!

Comment below and I will tell you which of your characters that I've played against are my favorites and why I love them. Then repost this in your own journal.

lol, dirty!

2009-11-04T04:03:52Z

And the dirty award of the night goes to ...

khushalecki: damn. i like pumpkin pie. i'm just sad i don't have room after the big sausage sandwich
lupinesque: ...
moonshoes: yeah, i'm right there with you, wolfie
khushalecki: ...
khushalecki: FOOD, DAMNIT
racetrack: HAHAHAHHAH
onethingreal: ... HAHAHA
khushalecki: NOT THAT KIND OF MEAT
onethingreal: i love you khushi
khushalecki: you pervs
racetrack: oh khushi
kitten_patronus: ::CDJs::
racetrack: BIG SAUSAGE SANDWICH
racetrack: someone needs to use that
racetrack: in game
onethingreal: is that like the prewett sandwich, i wonder?
khushalecki: it WAS a sausage sandwich!
kitten_patronus: yes, exactly like the prewett sandwich, I think.
starsgoblue: Gideon: Wouldn't you like to know?
khushalecki: and yes, it WAS big
khushalecki: hence i'm too full for dessert
khushalecki: ...
starsgoblue: Though there's probably about to be a Prewett Fistfight. >>
khushalecki: i'm just going to shut up now
kitten_patronus: that's what she said, Khushi
starsgoblue: THANKS FELICITY.

attention Dr Who & David Tennant fans!

2009-11-03T18:05:03Z

David Tennant is coming over to our side of the pond on a new TV series.

:(

2009-11-03T02:11:47Z

My poor Doyle. Doing that log killed me. And I kept going back and rereading the part where he's first attacked and crying.

*wraps him up in bubblewrap and snugs him*

so

2009-11-01T20:40:50Z

I'm at school at the moment, in the library, printing out articles and seeking out those that aren't available online but are (supposedly) in the library in hard copy.

And as I'm pulling into the parking lot, this song came up, which made me think of little Lizzie Cornfoot, which made me sad, and now I will forever associate this song, or at least the beginning of it, with her:

"Go to bed everything's alright
Don't know the whole world's changing
As you sleep through the night
Wake up slowly and it's a different world

Hear the news and the floods begin
Screams so loud but only felt within
Heart is shattered
The pieces can't be found

I feel your pain, I wrote this song for you, for you
You will make it, you will make it through
I promise you, he would want you to"

hee

2009-11-01T08:35:37Z

Oh, Seph. You so crazy. Also, Guy really must be rubbing off on you. You actually said the word "fuck."

Me: trufax, I'm loving Seph and Hector's banter. or whatever you want to call it.
Jenny: trufax, crazy people should not be this fun ^.^
Me: they really shouldn't, and yet they are.
Jenny: And he's so happy in my head :S
Me: it's so disconcerting to have the rest of your head going "OMG" over everything that happened, except for the DE faction that's all "yay! ^_^" isn't it?
Jenny: heck, yes. at least with gavin there was always a side note of 'oh oops, buggered that one up again', but this is just xD. Terrifying comic relief. :-)
Me: haha. I guess I have that slight bit of a side note in "wtf, I didn't really see Florence there, did I?" but mostly she's all "yay chaos and destruction!! yay our Lord was there and he was glorious."
Jenny: xDD
Jenny: oh, cripes
Jenny: That cracked me up
Jenny: So random and yet...
Jenny: Seph <3
Me: haha <3
Me: ty?
Jenny: aye, ty. I think :-)
Me: hahaha
Jenny: sighh. i make no sense at 8 in the morning >> at least, i think i make no sense? was there a lack of sense? :S and now i'm not, even if i wasn't before. meh.
Me: you were making sense!
Me: sense was had by all
Jenny: whoop! :-)
Jenny: sense party
Jenny: to cancel out the insanity party happening in seph's journal >.>
Me: haha

a little tl;dr

2009-10-30T16:28:21Z

Since this is a CDJ and all, I figured it's about time for a little more CDJ-ness and less music-and-movies-meme-ness. ;D

So, I don't generally think about how my characters lost their virginity (if they did; there are some that I know from the start are chaste, such as Alice), at least not at the very beginning when I'm first meeting them and getting to know what they're like. It'll eventually come about, but it's generally not a big thing for the character; usually it's just Really Bad Fumbly Awkward Sex that makes you wonder why they ever tried again. (Y'know, that might just solve any kind of teenage pregnancy problem: have kids have [safe] sex for the first time in a really completely awkward and horrible and uncomfortable way so that they never want to do it again for a long long time.)

Now, I've played Marlene before, but that's mostly been in school, so I was mostly inclined to ignore the question of lost-it-or-not-and-if-so-how-and-when? So I wanted to play with the slightly-more-grown-up Marly for a while before I really got an idea of how and when she lost it. I think it was a couple of weeks after the game started that it really came to me. I didn't want to just come out with it, but I kept hoping (and have been since, like, mid-freaking-July) that something would happen in the game where it would have to come up.

Lo and behold, Jamie apped Effie, with Alie apping Pepper with the intention of having them be one of those couples that Molly talked about, those ones who rushed into marriage because of the war. The age difference between Effie and Pepper alone was enough for Marly to start seeing the similarities between her own first time and her sister's relationship with this guy. I really really kept hoping that it would come up.

Now, to go slightly off-topic for a moment (don't worry, it'll bring us back to the topic at hand shortly), Marly has always been a bit on the reckless side. This is the girl who jumped out of a tree at the age of ten to see if she could fly without a broom and broke her ankle. Twice. She is stubborn, once she gets an idea in her head, she will be like a dog with a bone. She's also a lot harder on herself than anyone else; as the oldest, she views it as her job to watch out for her sisters and make sure that they don't make the same mistakes she did, and keep them safe, etc etc. She also has a slight tendency towards self-destructiveness because of this, something that has really come out since King's Cross (thanks, Whit). When Barty imperiused her, not only did she lose control of herself, but she was forced to do something that went completely against the deepest fibers of her being: she was forced to crucio a "bystander" (at the time, she knew it was an Order member, but thanks to the disguise, she didn't know who it was). But she kept fighting. Once she was free of the imperius, despite a concussion and the variety of broken bones that she began collecting (also courtesy of Barty), she kept fighting. This goes back to the stubbornness thing: she will keep fighting until you kill her. And even then, she'd be liable to come back as a ghost and find a way to kick your ass, ectoplasm style. The most glorious moment was when Barty punched her (already-)broken collarbone and she ended up throwing up on him.

But then once the battle was over and she was taken to St. Mungo's, that stubbornness turned dark. Being the Head Auror's daughter, as well as an Auror trainee, she was positive that she should have been able to do something to prevent being hit with the imperius. She felt that the fact that she couldn't stop it was a failure on her part, that she wasn't even worthy of being a trainee. She seriously considered quitting the programme. As soon as she was awake, she refused any treatments the Healers tried to give her for the pain. It wasn't until Moody came to talk to her that she finally shaped up and let the Healers heal her (and she realised that being imperiused didn't make her a bad trainee, apparently), but deep down inside, she still blamed herself and was positive that everyone would hate her for it. Especially Lily, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, since it turned out to be James that she'd crucioed. This was all made worse, I think, by the fact that James didn't seem to want to tell anybody else about it: that only served to confirm, for her, that this was something bad that had happened. But sitting on that knowledge and being unable to tell anybody (she couldn't tell Ro, Alex, or Will, because that might end up bringing up the fact that she was a vigilante and so was James; she couldn't tell Lily, Sirius, Remus, or Peter, because apparently James didn't want them to know, and she was afraid that if she told them, they would side with James and hate her; she couldn't even tell the Order as a whole, since Lily, Sirius, Remus, and Peter are all members), that just tore at her even more. But for the most part, she internalized all that, beating herself up and struggling to be better so that she could prevent that from happening ever again.

For the most part, that's been able to help sort of dampen her self-destructiveness and reckless behavior, because she's been able to concentrate on just becoming better. And then she told Sirius, and she automatically assumed that his reaction was because he was so disgusted with her for letting herself be imperiused and then crucioing his best friend. And she broke down again, as she had in the hospital when Sturgis (again, thanks Whit!) pressed her for details about her fight. Keep in mind that this is more than a month after it happened, and she's been in a fragile emotional state that whole time, from keeping this all inside. Finally, finally James called her out on her stupidity over the whole thing, in the very-backdated log that Dawn and I are still working on. And I think she's finally as over King's Cross as she'll ever get. She finally understands that it wasn't her fault, that she can't be blaming herself for it. She's still determined to work harder in order to become better, but hopefully she's done blaming herself for that. And Lily knows, and it helps a lot to know that Lils still loves her and doesn't hate her for it. idk if Remus and Peter know? Dawn, would James have told them, too?

Anyway. So as of the other night, it had been about a week and a half since James had sat Marly down and called her out on being an idiot. A week and a half, after a month and a half of blaming herself and being in a fragile state. That's just not enough time for Marly to fully get back to herself, her confident, only-slightly-reckless self. She was on her way there, citing her coolness and such. (And, because she needed that final bit of closure, she sought confirmation from Sirius that he wasn't mad at her and didn't hate her.) And then there was Effie. It started out as just sisterly teasing. Who was really the coolest? Effie was still joking when she made that list. And Marly found out that her little sister, who she wanted to protect from making the same mistakes she herself had made, was sleeping with a bloke she hadn't even known for two months. A bloke who is five years older than her.

And suddenly Marly saw herself in her sister, in a very painful way. So she just snapped and went directly to what she knew: stubborn, reckless, self-destructive behavior. She deliberately picked a fight with Effie and ended up implying that her sister was a slag (pot, kettle, black). Meanwhile, she invites Sirius over, and he picked up that something was wrong. Naturally, Marly reacted in typical Marly fashion: which is to say with anger, defensiveness, and not even giving half the story. Sirius tried to calm her down and use logic on her (but, really, when she's in that kind of state, the only logic that matters is her own lack thereof), and despite the entirety of chat going "dude, Marly's an idiot if she can't be convinced by Sirius' latest argument" ... clearly chat underestimates her idiocy at times like this. xD Both of them ended up hitting nerves on the other, and the breaking point for her was Sirius' question of "Don't want her to make a mistake or don't want her to make your mistake?" Because that was exactly what it was, and she didn't want to admit it, so she responded again in typical Marly fashion with a "fuck you" and reckless behavior: going out in the middle of the night.

She went to a bar in muggle London (figuring that with all the recent DE activity in the past few months in public wizarding places, muggle London was safter; not to mention that she figured she could defend herself if a common everyday muggle criminal got hold of her), got herself drunk, and left with a guy. They were about to hook up in the alley behind the bar when she kept hearing Sirius' voice in her head, repeating over and over again his last comment to her in her journal before she left: Try not to do anything phenomenally stupid. (Which ... this is Marly. Phenomenally Stupid might as well be her middle name.) Which basically pointed out to her that she was being phenomenally stupid and that she didn't want to do this. So she stopped, but the guy didn't want to. She finally had to make use of the hand-to-hand fighting that the Auror trainees learn, and she had to fight the guy off.

And then she realized that she really was being supremely self-destructive. Maybe not in those specific words, but she knew that she had spent that night being completely and totally phenomenally stupid, not just at the bar and with the guy, but with her sister and friends. Naturally, she woke up the next morning with the hangover from hell, and even downing a bunch of hangover potions and pouring a pot of coffee down her throat didn't get rid of her massive head-splitting headache. She posted in her journal with a series of wards, apologising to everyone who needed to be apologised to (Effie, Sirius, Lily, Pepper) and asking Effie if they can talk. Because Marly needed to explain to her sister why she had overreacted so much over Pepper. Because, y'know. Marly's had too much sex, and had it for the first time much younger than her sister, to be that hypocritical without a reason.

Jamie and I are still logging it, but ... it feels a little weird, you know? After about three months of sitting on this story, alluding to it and being very vague, it's about to be out there. Chantal phrased it really nicely in chat last night: it's like it's a secret lost.

Which is why I'm being kind of vague about it here, because I'd like to hold onto that secret for just a little bit longer. But it does explain a lot about her, why she's very much not the "relationship type," why she's more into casual, string-free sex, etc. And hopefully, the events of the other night (at the bar, after she stormed out) and talking to her sister (and telling her the story) will help set her back on the track to getting back to herself. Only possibly a more mature and grown-up Marly (then again, she's only 20; let's not ask the impossible of her quite yet).

Wow, that tl;dr ended up a lot longer than I'd expected, and it took me nearly two hours to write up. >> But yay for character development!

sigh

2009-10-29T09:07:37Z

Oh, Marly. You're such an idiot sometimes.

hm

2009-10-29T01:16:48Z

We just watched this video in class tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGEEamz7ZM

movie meme!

2009-10-27T21:28:27Z

+ Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
+ Go to imdb.com and find a quote from each movie.
+ Post them here for everyone to guess.
+ Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
+ Using google is right out.

Comments are screened, for now, to allow for more people to have the chance to guess. Bonus points if you can name who said the quote (or one or more of the names in multi-person quotes).

1. An American Tail greyskyeyes, starsgoblue, strwberrycake
~~Excuse moi, pardon, did you say never? So young, and you've already lost hope! This is America, the place to find hope. If you give up now, you will never find them. So never say never.~~

2. The Fifth Element legendarcy, greyskyeyes, racetrack, katling (bonus points to katling for identifying the quotees)
Leeloo: Leeloo Dallas mul-ti-pass.
Korben Dallas: Yeah.
Leeloo: Mul-ti-pass.
Korben Dallas: Yeah, multipass, she knows it's a multipass. Leeloo Dallas. This is my wife.
Leeloo: Mul-ti-pass.
Korben Dallas: We're newlyweds. Just met. You know how it is. We bumped into each other, sparks happen...
Leeloo: Mul-ti-pass.
Korben Dallas: Yes, she knows it's a multipass. Anyway, we're in love.

3. Shaun of the Dead corporatecake, racetrack
~~Ohh, for God's sake! He's got an arm off!~~

4.
The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.

5. Pleasantville vimes
Jennifer: Are you okay?
Betty: Um, yes. It's, uh, just that your father would never do anything like that.
Jennifer: Ahhhh.
Betty: Mmm.
Jennifer: Well, you know, Mom, there are other ways to enjoy yourself... without Dad.

6. National Treasure aliciadances, khushalecki, strwberrycake (bonus points to khushalecki for naming Riley's part of the quote)
Powell: How do a bunch of guys with hand tools build all this?
Ben Gates: Same way they built the pyramids - and the Great Wall of China.
Riley Poole: Yeah... the aliens helped them.

7.
a: I was so tall.
b: Well, you were older then.
c: As opposed to hundreds of years later, when you're younger.

8. Watchmen racetrack
~~Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon. That's always been the difference between us, Dan.~~

9. A Knight's Tale sophism, greyskyeyes, khushalecki (bonus points to sophism for naming Jocelyn and the bishop)
Bishop: Pray that your years come swiftly, pray your beauty fades, so that you may better serve God.
Jocelyn: Oh and I do. I pray for it all the time. [Looks up to God] Why God, did you curse me with this face?
Bishop: God's will has a purpose, though we may not understand it.

10. Die Hard racetrack, katling (bonus points to katling for naming Hans and John)
Hans Gruber: I thought I told all of you, I want radio silence until further-
John McClane: Ooooh, I'm very sorry Hans. I didn't get that message. Maybe you should've put it on the bulletin board. I figured since I've waxed Tony and Marco and his friend here, I figured you and Karl and Franco might be a little lonely, so I wanted to give you a call.
Karl: How does he know so much about th-
Hans Gruber: [silences Karl with a gesture] That's very kind of you. I assume you are our mysterious party crasher. You are most troublesome, for a security guard.
John McClane: Eeeh! Sorry Hans, wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change? [about cigarettes to dead man] Whoa, these are very bad for you.
Hans Gruber: Who are you then?
John McClane: Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.

11. Memento sophism, sycorax, racetrack (bonus points to sophism for naming Leonard as the quotee)
Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts.

12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban khushalecki, racetrack, strwberrycake, katling (bonus points to khushalecki and katling both, for naming Harry and Ron)
Ron: Spiders... the spiders... they want me to tap-dance. And I don't want to tap-dance!
Harry: You tell those spiders, Ron.
Ron: Yeah, tell them... I'll tell them...

13. That Thing You Do! greyskyeyes, vimes, starsgoblue
Mr. White: I don't want any of this lover's lament crap. I want something peppy, something happy, something up-tempo. I want something snappy.
Jimmy: [smiles and sings] I... I quit... I quit... I quit... [speaks seriously] I quit, Mr. White.

14. The Usual Suspects racetrack
~~What the cops never figured out, and what I know now, was that these men would never break, never lie down, never bend over for anybody. Anybody.~~

15. Back to the Future dhoni, sycorax, vimes, strwberrycake
George: Lorraine, my density has bought me to you.
Lorraine: What?
George: Oh, what I meant to say was...
Lorraine: Wait a minute, don't I know you from somewhere?
George: Yes. Yes. I'm George. George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny.

16. Over the Hedge khushalecki
Verne: Hammy, get back here.
Hammy: But Steve is angry.
Verne: I think it came from the other side of Steve - I mean, the bush. I mean... Geez!

17. Ghostbusters racetrack, katling (bonus points to katling for naming Winston Zeddemore as the quotee)
~~Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!~~

18. Robin Hood: Men in Tights onethingreal
~~You lost your arms in battle! But you grew some nice boobs.~~

19. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen katling (bonus points to katling for naming Dorian Gray and Mina Harker)
Dorian Gray: Ah. The bedroom, Mina. Does it give you memories? Or ideas?
Mina Harker: Ideas. [Mina stabs Dorian in the groin]
Dorian Gray: [gasping] If that had been permanent, I'd have been very upset!

20. Edward Scissorhands vimes, racetrack
Bill: So Edward, did you have a productive day?
Edward: Mrs. Monroe showed me where the salon's going to be. [to Peg] You could have a cosmetics counter.
Peg: Oh, wouldn't that be great!
Bill: Great.
Edward: And then she showed me the back room where she took all of her clothes off.

omg

2009-10-24T20:36:12Z

So, out of curiosity, I started a gdoc spreadsheet of all the wands in FTH, to look at various stats.

And in the process of doing stats, I had to see how many wands there were, total.

That total is 94.

If you then add in the two wandless vampires ...

FTH has ninety-six played characters.

Excuse me while I go have a little heart attack over here.

Edit: Granted, three of those are dead. But still.

And unrelatedly, I put up the answers to the song lyrics meme. The bolded lyrics are the ones that went unguessed, though I think I'll give Kate credit for #30, because I was trying to avoid using covers of songs (unless, like with #46, the cover started out with a different part of the lyric), and I hadn't realized that was one.

lol

2009-10-23T22:26:10Z

H'okai, so. ~~Here's the earth.~~

I'm a member of this comm on LJ where, like, we talk about whatever, there's no such thing as taboo topics there, but we talk about a lot of fluffy random stuff, too. (Hi Julie, I've seen you there! :D)

So, anyway. Today there was a post asking:

"Have you ever come across a minor character in a story who jumped out at you and caught your notice, despite their minor role and minimal impact on events?"

The first comment made my day:

My personal favorite comes on page 3 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone:

"And finally, bird-watchers everywhere have reported that the nation's owls have
been behaving very unusually today. Although owls normally hunt at night and are
hardly ever seen in daylight, there have been hundreds of sightings of these birds
flying in every direction since sunrise. Experts are unable to explain why the owls
have suddenly changed their sleeping pattern." The newscaster allowed himself a
grin. "Most mysterious. And now, over to Jim McGuffin with the weather. Going to be
any more showers of owls tonight, Jim?"

"Well, Ted," said the weatherman...

I'm convinced that is Ted Tonks. Not sure if that's quite what you mean, but yeah. It's what I got.

lol. Ted Tonks is a newscaster for the BBC.

heh

2009-10-23T14:49:53Z

Marlene McKinnon: 5'7"
Amber Tamblyn: 5'7"

Alice Longbottom: 5'5"
Rachel McAdams: 5'5"

Persephone Jugson: 5'5"
Leighton Meester: 5'5"

Doyle Sullivan: 6'
Callum Blue: 6'

Guy Dobbs: 5'7"
Gael García Bernal: 5'7"

AJ Carpenter: 5'7"
Rachel Weisz: 5'7"

... no, that's not just the biggest set of coincidences ever. xD When figuring out my characters' heights, I specifically look up the PB's height and use that. Then I base the character themself around the height; if the height absolutely doesn't work with my thoughts on the character, chances are that I'd actually change the PB instead of changing the height. Which, admittedly, is one thing I miss about my no-PB AOL days, because then I could make the characters any ol' height and not worry about comparing it to the PB (it was also a better exercise of my descriptive skills because, without pictures to reference what my PB looked like, I actually had to describe them).

bahahaha

2009-10-22T16:35:31Z

So, because Claire is evilevil, she made me want to resurrect one of my old characters and bring her to FTH. I don't think I wanna use the same PB, though, so I've been kinda skimming for a possible replacement PB.

And I think I've found one, though I'm not entirely sold.

But upon browsing her fan site for pictures, I found two very good signs that she oughta be PBed at FTH (by me or by someone else): she gets around with our guys already.

Kate: Ooooooh...looks like Sirius totally bagged Pepper's ex. Either that, or Pepper picked her up after she had a sweet fling with Sirius.
Me: six degrees of FTH: Pepper used to date [character], who then shagged Sirius, who shags Marly, whose sister Effie is currently dating Pepper.
Me: ..... I feel like that almost means that Effie and Marly are shagging ...
Kate: Sorry, girls!

(... about how old does she look in these icons?)

song lyrics meme, the unguessed

2009-10-22T07:04:51Z

Snagging a page from Kate's book (which, really, we had the same idea, she just posted it first xD) and reposting the unguessed lyrics from the song lyrics meme, possibly with a clue or two thrown in.

1. In muddy grass we stand side by side
With our knuckles interlocked
[title] flood the cemetary
In this cliche tragedy

- A relatively unknown band (or, at least, I only know two other people who know of them, the friend on this flist who introduced me to them, and a friend on this flist who I was talking about them with just a couple weeks ago) with a male lead singer.
- Modern (00s).

6. Wash away the thoughts inside
That keep my mind away from you
No more love and no more pride
And thoughts are all I have to do

- czolgosz got that it's a Josh Groban song, but we're still waiting on the title.

11. I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you

Would you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting [title]
Is someone getting [title]
Are you gone and onto someone new?

- Alliterative band name. Formed in the 90s, though this particular song was from the 00s.

15. Memories are just where you leave them
Drag the waters till the depths give up their dead
What did you expect to find?
Was it something you left behind?
Don't you remember anything I said when I said,

Don't fall away and leave me to myself
Don't fall away [...]
- "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" by Fuel (lupinesque)

- I had to trail off there because to continue would have given away the song title.
- An American Idol contestant was offered the opportunity to be the band's new lead singer (and it was at least partially because he sang this song on the show).

21. Don't you wanna go for a ride
Just keep your hands inside
And make the most out of life
Now don't you take it for granted

Life is like a mean machine
It made a mess outta me
It left me caught between
Like an angry dream I was stranded
I was stranded, eh eh-ed
- "This is How a Heart Breaks" by Rob Thomas (lupinesque)

- Solo artist who was a lead singer for a band that later reunited.
- He did well with his solo career, too.

23. Behold the way our fine feathered friend
His virtue doth parade
Thou knowest not my dim-witted friend
The picture thou hast made
Thy vacant brow and thy tousled hair
Conceal thy good intent
Thou noble, upright, truthful, sincere
And slightly dopey gent

- Female singer who has been "active" since 1967.
- Those of my generation might recall her singing a mousey duet

28. Everybody know when he's comin' to town
They're lockin' the doors and they don't make a sound
People want him dead but he won't die yet
First he's got to live with the things that he did
People want him leaving but he ain't leaving soon
He gets him some smokes and some hoes and a hotel room
And then you best watch when he's through
He's clenchin' his fists and he's lookin' for you

- The winner of So You Think You Can Dance from last season danced a solo to one of this artist's other songs.
- But, this particular song was on the same album as that one was, which was released in 2002.

30. I heard you on my wireless back in '52
Lying awake intent on tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
Oh oh
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology
And now I understand the supernova scene
Oh oh
I met the children
Oh oh
What did you tell them

- This is a cover. Which I actually hadn't realized until starsgoblue guessed a different artist.
- This band has had a song parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

32. I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
But ended so soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed

- sycorax correctly guessed that this was a Mandy Moore song, but we're still waiting on the title

34. Go to bed everything's alright
Don't know the whole world's changing
As you sleep through the night
Wake up slowly and it's a different world

Hear the news and the floods begin
Screams so loud but only felt within
Heart is shattered
The pieces can't be found

- Welsh solo artist.
- A bunch of her songs have been used on Grey's Anatomy.
- This particular song was on her sophomore album, which debuted about a year ago.

35. The dining room fell silent
I can't believe what I just said
I just told my dad he's full of it
And I watched his face turn red
And I should've said "I'm sorry"
But I matched him shout for shout
I can still hear that screen door slammin'
[gives away the title]

- 90s country song by an immensely famous country singer who adopted an alternate persona in the late 90s in an (failed) attempt to promote a (failed) movie project
- Blatantly about dads beating the shit out of their kids

37. I need an alarm system in my house
So I know when people are creepin' about
These people are freakin' me out (these days)
It's geting hectic everywhere that I go
They won't leave me alone
There's things they all wanna know
I'm paranoid about the people I meet
Why are they talkin' to me
And why can't anyone see
[title]

- The band took their name from a children's book
- They formed in the mid-90s, but this particular song is from the mid-00s. This was the only single from its album that charted on the U.S. Hot 100.
- Oh yeah, and the band was formed by identical twins

38. Revvin' up your engine
Listen to her howling roar
Metal under tension
Begging you to touch and go

- I'm v. disappointed that nobody has gotten this one yet, though sira_ne_biber was close (the title wasn't entirely accurate).
- This song was used in a movie. The same artist had another song made famous in another movie two years earlier.

39. I wish I could tie you up in my shoes
[gives away the title]
I was told I was beautiful
But what does that mean to you
Look into the mirror who's inside there
The one with the long hair
Same old me again today (yeah)

- Late 90s #1 hit single by a Grammy Award-winning R&B/hip hop group.

43. There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
- "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass (lupinesque)

- Oh, come on! Granted, starsgoblue got the title, we're just waiting on the artist.

44. I awoke the dawn
saw horses growing out the lawn
[pretty vocalizations]

I glimpsed a bat with butterfly wings
oh what [title]
[more pretty vocalizations]

Dark night hold tight
and sleep tight my baby
Morning light shall burst bright
and keep us here safely
- "Marvelous Things" by Eisley (legendarcy)

- legendarcy, I'm glaring in your general direction.

46. Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe,
We're in [title]

Oh thinking about our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now, nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now,
You keep me comin' back for more
- "Heaven" by DJ Sammy (legendarcy)

- This is also a cover, but unlike with #30, this cover moved the chorus up to the beginning of the song, so it therefore starts off differently than the original, which is why any guesses of the original don't count.
- This version was released in 2002.

47. "You're giving this way more thought than it deserves"
You say as I tell you about my fear of rejection
I wouldn't know better than to get scared
Cause since we've met we've had this great connection

"You know concrete-colored buildings all grow stale"
You say as I look up dreaming
I know better than to include the both of us
But I can't sleep when you're gone
And you say "what's another day?"
- "What's Another Day" by Maria Mena (legendarcy)

- chthonian, I'm looking in your general direction for this one.
- The singer with the gorgeous voice is a Norwegian pop artist.

49. Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice
With a step to your left and a flick to the right
You catch the mirror out west
You know you're something special and you look like you're the best

- This song was released in 1982.
- Another song by this English (as in UK) rock band might make you think of Remus Lupin.

song lyrics meme!

2009-10-20T18:52:18Z

1. 30 songs! iTunes! Shuffle!
--- addendums: no audiobooks, memos, playcount must be greater than 1, no repeat artists
2. First line!
3. Guess! (Title and artist, plzkthnx)
4. No Google!
5. Whoever gets the most gets ... something.

... except I did 50 because I can't follow rules, either. >>

In muddy grass we stand side by side, with our knuckles interlocked
"Black Dresses" - The Spill Canvas
~~I said a 1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me~~
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet (dhoni)
~~Inside the labyrinth walls there lies a tiny child who sleeps alone~~
"My Medea" - Vienna Teng (racetrack)
~~First when there's nothing but a slow glowin' dream~~
"Flashdance (Theme Song)" - Irene Cara (sycorax)
~~Every finger in the room is pointing at me~~
"Crucify" - Tori Amos (racetrack)
Wash away the thoughts inside that keep my mind away from you
"Remember When it Rained" - Josh Groban
~~Shawty had them Apple Bottom jeans~~
"Low" - Flo Rida f T-Pain (sycorax)
~~I've paid my dues time after time~~
"We Are the Champions" - Queen (sassylime, starsgoblue)
~~We're caught in a trap I can't walk out because I love you too much baby~~
"Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley (starsgoblue)
~~State the obvious I didn't get my perfect fantasy~~
"Picture to Burn" - Taylor Swift (sira_ne_biber)
I've got another confession to make, I'm your fool
"The Best of You" - Foo Fighters
~~What's wrong with the world mama, people livin' like they got no mamas~~
"Where is the Love?" - Black Eyed Peas (sycorax)
~~Down in the workshop all the elves were makin' toys~~
"The Night Santa Went Crazy" - Weird Al Yankovic (starsgoblue)
~~Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to~~
"867-5309" - Tommy Tu-Tone (sira_ne_biber)
~~Memories are just where you leave them~~
"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" - Fuel (lupinesque)
~~Just like the white-winged dove sings a song sounds like she's singing~~
"Edge of Seventeen" - Stevie Nicks (starsgoblue)
~~I'm holdin' on your rope got me ten feet off the ground~~
"Apologize" - OneRepublic (sycorax)
~~All alone at the end of the evening and the bright lights have faded to blue~~
"Take it to the Limit" - The Eagles (starsgoblue)
~~Let's get down to business to defeat the Huns~~
"I'll Make a Man Out of You" - Donny Osmond (Mulan soundtrack) (sycorax)
~~Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I~~
"Popular" - Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked OBCR) (sycorax)
~~Don't you wanna go for a ride just keep your hands inside and make the most out of life~~
"This is How a Heart Breaks" - Rob Thomas (lupinesque)
~~I admit that in the past I've been a nasty~~
"Poor Unfortunate Souls" - Pat Carroll (?) (Little Mermaid soundtrack) (sycorax)
Behold the way our fine-feathered friend his virtue doth parade
"My Funny Valentine" - Linda Ronstadt
~~You see me sitting here a smile upon my face~~
"The Answer to Our Life" - Backstreet Boys (khushalecki)
~~And I'd give up forever to touch you~~
"Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls (sycorax)
~~Closed off from love I didn't need the pain~~
"Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis (sycorax)
~~She packed her bags last night pre-flight~~
"Rocket Man" - Elton John (starsgoblue)
Everybody know when he's comin' to town they're lockin' the doors and they don't make a sound
"Appetite (For Lightin' Dynamite)" - Citizen Cope
~~I am so high I can hear heaven~~
"Hero" - Chad Kroeger (starsgoblue)
I heard you on my wireless back in '52 lying awake intent on tuning in on you
"Video Killed the Radio Star" - Presidents of the United States of America
~~So if you're lonely you know I'm here waiting for you~~
"Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand (starsgoblue)
I'll always remember it was late afternoon
"Cry" - Mandy Moore
~~Every time that I look in the mirror all these lines in my face gettin' clearer~~
"Dream On" - Aerosmith (starsgoblue)
Go to bed everything's all right don't know the whole world's changing as you sleep through the night
"You Will Make It" - Jem
The dining room fell silent I can't believe what I just said
"The Night I Called the Old Man Out" - Garth Brooks
~~Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell~~
"Black Velvet" - Alanna Myles (sycorax)
I need an alarm system in my house so I know when people are creepin' about
"I Just Wanna Live" - Good Charlotte
Revvin' up your engine listen to her howling roar
"Danger Zone" - Kenny Loggins
I wish I could tie you up in my shoes
"Unpretty" - TLC
~~Grew up in a small town and when the rain would fall down I'd just stare out my window~~
"Breakaway" - Kelly Clarkson (sira_ne_biber)
~~Breaking my back just to know your name seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game~~
"Somebody Told Me" - The Killers (dhoni)
~~Start spreadin' the news I'm leavin' today~~
"New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra (starsgoblue)
~~There's a port on a western bay and it serves a hundred ships a day~~
"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass (lupinesque)
~~I awoke the dawn saw horses growing out the lawn~~
"Marvelous Things" - Eisley (legendarcy)
~~I've got chills, they're multiplyin' and I'm losin' control~~
"You're the One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (Grease soundtrack) (sira_ne_biber)
~~Baby you're all that I want when you're lying here in my arms~~
"Heaven" - DJ Sammy (legendarcy)
~~"You give this way more thought than it deserves" you say as I tell you about my fear of rejection~~
"What's Another Day" - Maria Mena (legendarcy)
~~Weren't you the one who said that you don't want me anymore~~
"Karma" - Alicia Keys (sycorax)
Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
"Rio" - Duran Duran
~~What do you do when you get lonely and nobody's waiting by your side~~
"Layla" - Eric Clapton (starsgoblue, czolgosz)

meme!

2009-10-19T01:37:49Z

Snagged from a few people:

Name any of my characters, and I will give you 5 to 10 random pieces of trivia about them/their life.

ahahahahahahahahaha

2009-10-18T15:47:33Z

EXTREME SHEEP HERDING! :D

KHUSHI

2009-10-08T06:16:43Z

Right after you signed off, Alie announced that they were watching the scariest Backstreet Boys video ever.

We found it on YouTube.

IT IS REALLY SCARY (it's the video for "Just Want You To Know" from Never Gone, ftr)

ftw!

2009-10-07T05:15:22Z

meanmeanpeople: And trying to hold on to my sanity.
starsgoblue: It's a tenuous hold, I know.
kitten_patronus: .....
kitten_patronus: what's sanity?
kitten_patronus: can you buy it?
meanmeanpeople: I don't think so.
meanmeanpeople: Look at the Blacks.
starsgoblue: Hahahahaha!
kitten_patronus: ......
kitten_patronus: I love you, Natasha.
kitten_patronus: I really really do.
moonshoes: hahahahha
kitten_patronus: ♥!

sigh

2009-10-06T01:18:22Z

Oh, Marly.

After a month of having this elephant on her chest, this need to say something to someone (other than James, who kept trying to assure her that he didn't blame her, but didn't seem to understand that she blamed herself) about what happened at KC on Sept 1, she finally told Sirius. And, naturally, his reaction just makes her want to tell the others (Lily especially, but also Remus and Peter) that much less (though she's thinking Sirius will probably tell them and then they can all hate her together).

Damn you, Barty, for doing this to her. *fistshake*

lol

2009-10-05T06:31:26Z

Even though I don't play a Black at FTH (and even though I kinda suck at character soundtracks), I'm almost tempted to make a Black Family Soundtrack. Partly because Jamie's tl;dr about Andy made me realize that the song I'd had stuck in my head all day was absolutely perfect for Andy and/or Sirius with regards to Regulus. The Dutch Courage by The Spill Canvas.

Paranoia is hunting you and all these dirty looks, they are right on cue
You're full up to the brim with that he said she said trash
You exist behind your keyboard then you're gone in a flash

10 bucks says you don't have it in you
To conquer fear and quit believing what they tell you to
You are careening shamelessly into oblivion
Where you will live alone with your chemicals and gin

I am utterly disgusted with the path you trek
As inebriated as you can get off your latest pay check
I am at a loss for words here
I hate to break this to you but being a coward is not a legitimate career

10 bucks says you don't have it in you
To conquer fear and quit believing what they tell you to
You are careening shamelessly into oblivion
Where you will live alone with your chemicals and gin

We were born and raised the same way so what gives you the right to say
(at least I'm not a liar)
We were born and raised the same way so what gives you the right to say
At least I'm not a liar
(We were born and raised the same way so what gives you the right to say)
At least I'm not a cheat
At least I don't care what these god damn mindless people think of me

10 bucks says you don't have it in you
To conquer fear and quit believing what they tell you to
You are careening shamelessly into oblivion
Where you will live alone with your chemicals and gin

(we were born and raised the same way...)

It's especially the "We were born and raised the same way" part that really solidifies it for me, because Sirius and Andy were raised the same way Regulus (and Bella and Cissy) was, they just somehow broke free of the mold.

If I made a Black Family Soundtrack, I have no idea what else I'd put on it, but if someone else is working on one, I highly recommend this song. ;D (and if you have no idea who The Spill Canvas is ... I'll just need to introduce you to them & esp this song!)

baaa

2009-10-02T15:35:28Z

iTunes meme! Snagged from everyone.

How many songs total: 6659
How many hours or days of music: 17.2 days
Most recently played: "Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony" - Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy 7 soundtrack)
Most played: "I'm Not That Girl," "Popular," "Dancing Through Life," "Something Bad," "What is This Feeling," "The Wizard and I," "Dear Old Shiz," and "No One Mourns the Wicked" -- all from the Wicked soundtrack ... I was listening to the soundtrack on repeat pretty much all weekend long last weekend. ;D The rest of the soundtrack came in a very close second, lol. Truthfully, I've only recently started listening to music on iTunes, so the play count indicator isn't all that reliable.
Most recently added: "Code Monkey" - Jonathan Coulton, "This Woman's Work" - Maxwell, "Halo" - Beyonce, "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand, "Nine in the Afternoon" - Panic! at the Disco, "Mad" - Ne-Yo, "Let it Rock" - Kevin Rudolf f Lil' Wayne, "Gravity" - Sara Bareilles, "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That" - Robert Randolph & the Family Band

SONG TITLE
First song: "Aaj Ki Raat" - Sonu Nigam, Mahalaxmi Lyer & Alisha Cinoi (Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack)
Last song: "867-5309" - Tommy TuTone

TIME
Shortest song: Three sound clips: "Come, Mr. Bigglesworth! *meow*" from Austin Powers, "To start, press any key. Where's the any key?!" from The Simpsons, and "And will there be any more splurging today?" from The Simpsons. All come in at 0:04.
Longest song: "Rite of Spring" by Stravinsky. 22:28

ALBUM
First album: Afterglow (Sarah McLachlan)
Last album: 98 Degrees and Rising (98 Degrees)

First song that comes up on Shuffle: "Hit me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar

SEARCH
Death: 18
Life: 130
Love: 334
Hate: 22
You: 837
Sex: 4, though it should be noted that one instance is David Essex and the other three are actually "Sexy" not "sex"

:(

2009-10-01T23:59:06Z

Seph just scared me again :(

whee!

2009-09-25T17:50:22Z

Am feeling much better. :)

So, memes! (Which have been stolen from just about everybody and their mother, apparently.)

Be sure to specify which meme you're requesting for each character!

A. Give me one of my characters, past or present, and I'll answer the following questions for them:
1. Does your character believe in true love or soul mates? Love at first sight?
2. Are they or have they ever been in love?
3. What are their general feelings about sex?
4. How do they feel about sex without love?
5. What about sex before marriage?
6. What counts as cheating and is cheating forgivable?
7. Have they or would they ever cheat?
8. Are they a virgin?
9. First partner? Most recent?
10. What sort of experience do they have with sex?
11. Do they have any fetishes or fantasies?
12. How comfortable are they with their body?
13. With their partner's body?
14. Who gave them "The Talk"?
15. Do they have any special skills?
16. Post-sex habits? Weird habits? Anything else?

B. Give me one of my characters (and one of yours, for #3), and I'll show you ...
5 icons that I feel best represent them
4 icons I don't use often enough
3 icons that best represent my character's feelings towards yours
2 icons that are my favorites
1 icon that doesn't really fit the character, but I can't live without.

(Even if I've already done this one for a character, if you want I'll do #3 for your character, anyway)