lokifan_import

I am totally lacking focus at the moment. It's hard to write; it's almost impossible to read. I'm pretty much recovered, at last, from being ill, which is great. But... aargh!

Since reading anything longer than a few words is apparently beyond me just now, I thought I'd get this meme out of the vaults. Especially since I have a lot of new flisters since the last time I did it.

In comments, write – in one word – the one thing you want most at this moment in time. Deepest desire or momentary fad.

Anonymous commenting’s on, as ever; have fun.


I'll start:

Concentration.

Icon meme tiem! Before, in twelve days or so, my double package of brilliant icons is TRAGICALLY RIPPED AWAY by the ill-suited scheduling of Livejournal and the dole office.

1. Reply to this post with “CONVERSE”, and I will pick five 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 glee.

nightcamedown gave me these:

( YAY ICONS )

And here are the icons chosen by marguerite_26: ( YET MORE ICONS )

I feel like a lot of us Brits could use some distraction. I definitely could. So I'm nicking this from marguerite_26 - the ask me anything meme! One question each and I swear to answer. (Although I reserve the right to give you a flashy gif as answer.)

If things get too RL-related, I'll flock - I'd prefer not to be too easily recognised outside the flock - but until/unless that happens anyone can ask a question.

As ever, anon commenting is on and IP logging is off. Have fun!

Keeping it just to my fandoms (Harry Potter, Buffy, Angel, White Collar, Merlin, Torchwood, Doctor Who, Misfits) rather than Everything I Have Ever Loved:

Nabbed off girlofavalon: List fifteen of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you your tastes based on the patterns they've spotted.

Or we can just talk about how awesome these characters are :D Your choice.

( Spot The Pattern )

*sighs*

If a beautiful dress made of translucent black material arrives with a slip, you would not think the slip would also be translucent. It’s especially frustrating since said dress is designed to be buttoned up the front - it has this cool Victorian-blouse type front - and that would, you know, shield my modesty. Only my breasts get in the way. It still looks pretty good un-buttoned but since the slip is SEE-THROUGH my modesty remains thoroughly unshielded.

And the only other slip I have is a: at my parents’ and b: RIDICULOUSLY tiny. I mean seriously. Shortest thing I’ve ever owned, and I shop at ASOS and New Look so I own some pretty fucking high hemlines. This causes hmphing noises, since half the reason I shelled out for this dress was that it was pretty and knee-length and I could wear it to my parents’ Christmas parties.

Oh well. It is still beautiful, and if I can’t wear such a tiny-slipped article to the sort of slightly pretentious parties my parents have where I smile brightly and talk about my interest in Shakespeare, I can wear it to the sort of slightly pretentious parties my friends have where I smile drunkenly and talk about which of Shakespeare’s characters I’d most like to fuck.

Othello and Titania, fyi. I know, I know, but Othello’s hot pre-uxoricide. Would also do Hotspur and Mercutio. Angelo would get a pity fuck, poor bastard, and I’d ride Viola like a racehorse.

What about you, flist? Hey, who wants to play marry/shag/kill: Shakespeare edition?

Comment and give me three Shakespeare characters to marry/shag/kill, or ask for three of your own - or both! And we can get freaky with our geeky :D

I know, I’m sorry, I just can’t resist a stupid rhyme. I’m wincing too.

God willing, today I will order myself a shiny new laptop! And either way, tomorrow I should regain access to the old hard drive, and therefore to the fics I was working on before.

Having Miss Godfrey’s laptop to play with and no access to my current fics has at least let me have relatively guilt-free time catching up with all of you, which has been absolute bliss. And I’ve had a fantastic time answering this meme, so I invite you to have at it:

I would like all my LJ friends to comment about how you got to know me. But I want you to LIE. That's right. Just make it up. If you'd like, copy this to your journal so others can do the same.

OMG you guys.

I went out tonight (last night?) with Miss Godfrey, her boyfriend and Mr Blond Ambition. ( We got extremely pissed beforehand )

Is it bad form to do a meme when you’re still working on the last one? I’m just so awake and I wanna PLAY.

Hmm. Let’s do ‘Fifteen Characters’, that’s a classic. I’ve made a list of fifteen characters – the characters are from Harry Potter, Buffy/Angel, White Collar and Doctor Who/Torchwood. You can ask any question you like about any of the numbers, singly or in combination. I will then post the list of names, questions, and their answers.

Go!

I was thinking I’d skip the Review Meme, since it’s been more than two weeks since 2011 began. But it’s useful for my own records, so I’m going to be self-indulgent and do it anyway. Sorry!

Stats:

2010’s wordcount: 107 300

Not bad considering my increased RL activity, but a significant downturn from 2009’s 131 200. It includes ‘real’ posts to LJ and original work as well as fanfic. Also a massive fail in that it’s 294 words a day, where my New Year’s Resolution for 2010 said 500 words a day.

Ah well; at least keeping track of this stuff, and giving myself a target, it reminds me that writing being really fun doesn’t make it a bad indulgence you should ignore in favour of your friends, and that writing being really hard doesn’t make it a chore you should ignore in favour of your friends.

( Navel-gazing and links below )

Okay, so I’m feeling very out-of-touch. Entirely my own fault, and a situation I hope to rectify over the next fortnight; but still. A meme where you guys tell me things seems just the ticket!

So. In comments, write – in one word – the one thing you want most at this moment in time. Deepest desire or momentary fad.

Anonymous commenting’s on, as ever; have fun.

Clarity.

Deepest apologies, darlings; I am currently buried under essay writing. (One’s called The Merlin Conspiracy and the idea seemed so cool and it still is but Gooood there is no secondary research into what I’m looking at so I have to sift through mountains of academia searching for vaguely-relevant points and OW my head hurts. Also writing critically – in the sense of negatively – about Diana Wynne Jones, even by implication, hurts my soul.)

Sorry. Anyway, sorry for missing posting the next poll but TODAY WE FIND OUT WHO IS THE HOTTEST OF THEM ALL. JASMINE AND ALADDIN ARE VERY EXCITED, AND PLEASED TO BE OUR TOP TWO.



See?

Obviously I’ve already posted the most famous Mulan song when Shang got voted out. I thought about posting Reflection, which is terribly pretty, or A Girl Worth Fighting For because soldier!Mulan trying to navigate the boys’ club is adorable. But this scene has such a wonderful score and Mulan really shows the best parts of her character and also GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS, EVERY SHOT IS GORGEOUS, OMG MULAN’S TRANSFORMATION I LOVE IT SO. Check out Mulan’s Decision:




1. I have picked 10 celebrities Disney characters (five guys and five girls) that I find attractive.
2. Every day, I will make a poll and you'll have to vote for the celebrity you find the LEAST attractive (not so much who you don't like personally, but who you do not find hot)
3. After about 24 hours, the poll will be closed and the individual with the most votes will be disqualified. Then there will then be a new poll with the remaining contestants
4. After ten days, there will be one winner!

( the happy couple )


Here’s the poll:


[Poll #1654927]