google images meme!
Mar. 15th, 2006 10:38 amI have to give props to ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
littlelaiken for always finding the neatest memes!
Answer each question and put the answer into Google's image search engine; then post a picture from the first page of results.
Mar. 15th, 2006
extra time
Mar. 15th, 2006 11:29 amMy Philospohy class had a test and so I got out in about half an hour, leaving an hour before Sociology. When I got to Sociology there were, like, about six people besides me there, and someone suggested that Dr. Thompson let us out early--and he totally did. He only kept us for about ten minutes! XD
(and something I wrote earlier and forgot to post...)
OMG. Don't you just love it when life just gives you a little break?
Like, when you've had a 3-to-5 page paper hanging over your head all day because you're a procrastinating slacker, you get home, eat dinner, and go to sleep because you only got four-and-a-half hours of sleep the night before, wake up long after it's "evening" because your parents have gone to bed early and neglected to say goodnight like they usually do, and then get up and get your bookbag/outfit/work uniform together for the morning, and then when you finally sit down at 12:30 to write the paper, you glance over the guidelines again...
...and you discover that it's supposed to be double-spaced, and therefore you technically only have to write a page-and-a-half.
Or is it just me?
(and something I wrote earlier and forgot to post...)
OMG. Don't you just love it when life just gives you a little break?
Like, when you've had a 3-to-5 page paper hanging over your head all day because you're a procrastinating slacker, you get home, eat dinner, and go to sleep because you only got four-and-a-half hours of sleep the night before, wake up long after it's "evening" because your parents have gone to bed early and neglected to say goodnight like they usually do, and then get up and get your bookbag/outfit/work uniform together for the morning, and then when you finally sit down at 12:30 to write the paper, you glance over the guidelines again...
...and you discover that it's supposed to be double-spaced, and therefore you technically only have to write a page-and-a-half.
Or is it just me?
From pippinlives!
Put an X by all the things you've done, or remove the x from the ones you have not.
This is for your entire life:
( ) Drank so much you threw up
( ) Crashed a friend's car
( ) Stolen a car/borrowed without permission
(x) Been in love
(x) Been laid off/fired
( ) Quit your job
( ) Been in a fist fight
( ) Snuck out of your parent's house
(x) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Gone on a blind date
( ) Lied to a friend
(x) Skipped school (I was sick, does that count?)
( ) Seen someone die
(x) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Europe
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Been lost
(x) Been on the opposite side of the country
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Felt like dying
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Sang karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with only coins
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) Made prank phone calls
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) Blown bubbles
( ) Made a bonfire on the beach
( ) Crashed a party
( ) Gone roller-skating
( ) Ice-skating
Any nicknames: Currently I'm answering to Rena, Strudel, Strobelite, and Sarah-with-an-H.
Mother's name: Theresa, h pronounced, thank you
What is your favorite drink? Dragonfruit juice
Today? ...is a Monday
Tattoos? None, no desire
Body piercing? None, ear piercings only
How much do you love your job? To quote a mug that we used to have: "I <3 my job. I <3 my job. I <3 my job. I need the $"
Birthplace: Mountain Home, AR (Baxter Regional Medical Center, to be specific)
Favorite vacation spot? Out of the places I've been, I'd have to say Halifax. ^_^**
Ever been to Africa? Nope, and again, no desire (though if I was offered a free trip I wouldn't say no, either)
Ever steal any traffic signs? No
Ever been in a car accident? Nothing serious--damaged my car, but not people
2 Door or 4 Door? 2-door! BOOYAH!
Salad dressing? I hate salad and can't stand the taste of anything that remotely resembles mayonnaise, so IMHO, they're all nasty.
Favorite pie? Chocolate-peanut-butter. ^_^ (Or apple, lol, if that doesn't count.)
Favorite number? 20!
Favorite movie? LotR. (Yes. The whole trilogy.)
Favorite holiday? Christmas, hands down.
Favorite food? Pizza!
Favorite day of the week? Wednesday, at least when LOST isn't on hiatus!
Favorite brand of body soap? ...whatever smells good. I tend to get tired of whatever I have and therefore get something new and different every time rather than sticking with any particular brand.
Favorite TV show? LOST! (I only regularly watch about four shows, though...)
Toothpaste? I will skip brushing and have dirty teeth all day rather than use anything but Crest for Kids.
Favorite smell? Gingerlily Therapy by The Healing Garden, which was unfortunately a limited-edition scent (it was a Christmas gift set that they made one year) and I can't find it anywhere! But I also like anything citrus-y and anything that smells like something baking (vanilla, cinnamon, etc.).
What do you do to relax? Watch a comedy or romantic comedy movie and/or draw.
Message to all your friends reading this: YOU SUCK! XD Just kidding! I <3 you all.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Living in a trendy loft apartment in a major city--very probably not in the United States--with my incredibly sexy and loving husband, all funded by the profits from my New York Times #1 bestseller.
What do you do when you are bored? Fill these out. XD
Furthest place you will send this message? LJ is worldwide, but I think the person on my flist hailing from the furthest-away place is merrybrandytook in London.
Who will respond the fastest? ...if ANYONE does it, it'll be Kat or Robert, possibly Shelly, and it really depends on who gets to the computer first more than anything.
Least likely to respond? Lizzie/pippinlives, since this came from her.
pippinlives!Put an X by all the things you've done, or remove the x from the ones you have not.
This is for your entire life:
( ) Drank so much you threw up
( ) Crashed a friend's car
( ) Stolen a car/borrowed without permission
(x) Been in love
(x) Been laid off/fired
( ) Quit your job
( ) Been in a fist fight
( ) Snuck out of your parent's house
(x) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Gone on a blind date
( ) Lied to a friend
(x) Skipped school (I was sick, does that count?)
( ) Seen someone die
(x) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Europe
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Been lost
(x) Been on the opposite side of the country
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Felt like dying
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Sang karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with only coins
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) Made prank phone calls
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) Blown bubbles
( ) Made a bonfire on the beach
( ) Crashed a party
( ) Gone roller-skating
( ) Ice-skating
Any nicknames: Currently I'm answering to Rena, Strudel, Strobelite, and Sarah-with-an-H.
Mother's name: Theresa, h pronounced, thank you
What is your favorite drink? Dragonfruit juice
Today? ...is a Monday
Tattoos? None, no desire
Body piercing? None, ear piercings only
How much do you love your job? To quote a mug that we used to have: "I <3 my job. I <3 my job. I <3 my job. I need the $"
Birthplace: Mountain Home, AR (Baxter Regional Medical Center, to be specific)
Favorite vacation spot? Out of the places I've been, I'd have to say Halifax. ^_^**
Ever been to Africa? Nope, and again, no desire (though if I was offered a free trip I wouldn't say no, either)
Ever steal any traffic signs? No
Ever been in a car accident? Nothing serious--damaged my car, but not people
2 Door or 4 Door? 2-door! BOOYAH!
Salad dressing? I hate salad and can't stand the taste of anything that remotely resembles mayonnaise, so IMHO, they're all nasty.
Favorite pie? Chocolate-peanut-butter. ^_^ (Or apple, lol, if that doesn't count.)
Favorite number? 20!
Favorite movie? LotR. (Yes. The whole trilogy.)
Favorite holiday? Christmas, hands down.
Favorite food? Pizza!
Favorite day of the week? Wednesday, at least when LOST isn't on hiatus!
Favorite brand of body soap? ...whatever smells good. I tend to get tired of whatever I have and therefore get something new and different every time rather than sticking with any particular brand.
Favorite TV show? LOST! (I only regularly watch about four shows, though...)
Toothpaste? I will skip brushing and have dirty teeth all day rather than use anything but Crest for Kids.
Favorite smell? Gingerlily Therapy by The Healing Garden, which was unfortunately a limited-edition scent (it was a Christmas gift set that they made one year) and I can't find it anywhere! But I also like anything citrus-y and anything that smells like something baking (vanilla, cinnamon, etc.).
What do you do to relax? Watch a comedy or romantic comedy movie and/or draw.
Message to all your friends reading this: YOU SUCK! XD Just kidding! I <3 you all.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Living in a trendy loft apartment in a major city--very probably not in the United States--with my incredibly sexy and loving husband, all funded by the profits from my New York Times #1 bestseller.
What do you do when you are bored? Fill these out. XD
Furthest place you will send this message? LJ is worldwide, but I think the person on my flist hailing from the furthest-away place is merrybrandytook in London.
Who will respond the fastest? ...if ANYONE does it, it'll be Kat or Robert, possibly Shelly, and it really depends on who gets to the computer first more than anything.
Least likely to respond? Lizzie/pippinlives, since this came from her.
In Another World (LotR fiction)
Mar. 15th, 2006 11:42 amAs I think I mentioned in my LJ already (I know I told most of you), I regained the files that had been locked up on my dead laptop, and now have stories to work on that I haven't been able to work on for a long, long time.
The foremost of these (and, in fact, the only one I've actually started working on again) is In Another World.
This is something that I think predates D2D (as far as when work began on it, anyway), and I know (from my author notes) predates Lalaith (which is up at FFN, if not yet FOS). It is an LotR fic, and the plot is in some ways similar to D2D, but it is NOT a clone story. The style is totally different. In Another World is something that D2D could have been, I think, but something I would never have wanted D2D to be.
It's darker, to put it simply, and while D2D has its dark and angsty moments, there's always comic relief just around the corner. I want to say that In Another World is more realistic. Shelly has commented on the difference between Shelly/Legolas and Sarah/Frodo--the latter don't ever fight, the only moments that aren't sunshine and roses for them is when they're dealing with being separated, and while I like to think that it happens, the truth is that it's a rarity.
In Another World is the story of Shyda, a modern girl who meets Frodo (like my character in D2D), and has a very different relationship with him than the character based on me does. They have issues, things aren't sunshine and roses for them.
Why all this rant? I think I'm afraid that people who have read D2D will read In Another World and be disappointed, or that people who discover me via In Another World will then read D2D and be disappointed. It could be "OMG, In Another World was so amazing and real and then D2D was this stupid bit of fluff!" or "D2D was so great and then I read In Another World and it was all depressing! WTF?"
What I really hope is that my readers are intelligent enough to appreciate both styles the way I do, and that I'll get positive feedback. I worry that Hobbity and Shelly will be the only ones to appreciate In Another World as the masterwork that I view it as.
That being said, what I really wanted to do was post a bit of a teaser for In Another World. I want to see if I can draw some D2D fans out of the woodwork, maybe whet some appetites...it's going to be a while before anything goes up officially at FOS, but I can tell you that once my three big projects (the veteran's tea, my veteran interview, and the second Honors Sociology paper) for school are done, I'm really going to throw myself into this (at least between D2D chapters, lol). I've already written 22.5 out of 47 planned scenes (and I mean really written, they're postable as-is), so if I really apply myself, I could conceivably have it done long before the end of this summer.
So, anyway...I'd really like to hear from any and all LotR fans on this one--whether you're following D2D or not--even if you're new to fanfiction. If you are following D2D and this journal but have never commented here, this is your chance. (Really. I welcome my fan-lurkers--I know there's at least two of you! ^_^)
( In Another World )
The foremost of these (and, in fact, the only one I've actually started working on again) is In Another World.
This is something that I think predates D2D (as far as when work began on it, anyway), and I know (from my author notes) predates Lalaith (which is up at FFN, if not yet FOS). It is an LotR fic, and the plot is in some ways similar to D2D, but it is NOT a clone story. The style is totally different. In Another World is something that D2D could have been, I think, but something I would never have wanted D2D to be.
It's darker, to put it simply, and while D2D has its dark and angsty moments, there's always comic relief just around the corner. I want to say that In Another World is more realistic. Shelly has commented on the difference between Shelly/Legolas and Sarah/Frodo--the latter don't ever fight, the only moments that aren't sunshine and roses for them is when they're dealing with being separated, and while I like to think that it happens, the truth is that it's a rarity.
In Another World is the story of Shyda, a modern girl who meets Frodo (like my character in D2D), and has a very different relationship with him than the character based on me does. They have issues, things aren't sunshine and roses for them.
Why all this rant? I think I'm afraid that people who have read D2D will read In Another World and be disappointed, or that people who discover me via In Another World will then read D2D and be disappointed. It could be "OMG, In Another World was so amazing and real and then D2D was this stupid bit of fluff!" or "D2D was so great and then I read In Another World and it was all depressing! WTF?"
What I really hope is that my readers are intelligent enough to appreciate both styles the way I do, and that I'll get positive feedback. I worry that Hobbity and Shelly will be the only ones to appreciate In Another World as the masterwork that I view it as.
That being said, what I really wanted to do was post a bit of a teaser for In Another World. I want to see if I can draw some D2D fans out of the woodwork, maybe whet some appetites...it's going to be a while before anything goes up officially at FOS, but I can tell you that once my three big projects (the veteran's tea, my veteran interview, and the second Honors Sociology paper) for school are done, I'm really going to throw myself into this (at least between D2D chapters, lol). I've already written 22.5 out of 47 planned scenes (and I mean really written, they're postable as-is), so if I really apply myself, I could conceivably have it done long before the end of this summer.
So, anyway...I'd really like to hear from any and all LotR fans on this one--whether you're following D2D or not--even if you're new to fanfiction. If you are following D2D and this journal but have never commented here, this is your chance. (Really. I welcome my fan-lurkers--I know there's at least two of you! ^_^)
( In Another World )
| You're 35% Irish |
 You're probably less Irish than you think you are... But you're still more Irish than most. |
35%? *does math* Actually, I'm more like 12% biologically, but I always thought it took more control of me than that! I think the Dutch part of me took a backseat to the other bits... (On the other hand, I am rather fond of tulips...)
Also, one of my major projects for school ish DONE! At least the hard part is. YAYZ! ^_^
