Once a Stranger

Meme found randomly!

When you think of me, what is the first thing that pops into your mind related to me in any of the following categories:

The first word you think of when you think of me:
TV Show:
Character:
Ship:
Movie:
Actor/Actress:
Catchphrase/word:
Color:
Food:
Drink:
Icon:
Website/community:
Other LJ or DW user:

the rules:
1. People who have been tagged must write the answers on their blog and replace any question they dislike with a new, original question.

2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.
Consider yourself tagged if you want to do this.

( bunch of random questions & answers )

for tomboy_typist

1. ASOIAF: Your top five pairings. Gushing is a bonus.
Sandor/Sansa : hit me hard from reading the book. It's an interesting mix of creepy and sweet and a great execution of the classic Beauty & Beast archetype. I remember when I first finished read CoK I went back to re-read all their chapters together ;)
Jaime/Brienne: they're so adorable and snarky together! Also love the reverse Beauty&Beast and the way it works on several layers (the honour as well as their appearance).
Theon/Jon: probably my favourite crack hatesex pairing for ASOIAF. Besides the hot hatesex appeal, it's an interesting pairing to explore their respective daddy issues and feeling of not!belonguing (which is exactly why they hate each others so much ^^)
Jaime/Loras: Well that scene where Jaime is all "Loras is minime!" and they are all cocky and snarky at each others is pretty awesome, thus pairing created. Yummy.
Cersei/Sansa: soooo messed up, but an excellent pairing to explore mindfuck and fairytale archetypes.

2. Do you write at all in French? If so, is there a difference in what you write/how you write it? Speaking of which, is French your first language?
Well, I'm capable of writing in French, and it is my first language, but I seldom write fiction in it, at least not for a long time. I never wrote any fanfic in French (though my first Buffy fanfics got translated back in the days).
I think there' a difference in how we wrote any languages because of the inherent differences between languages lol so yes. They have their own rhythm, sonorities, structures, so of course it influences how we write. I find writing in English helps me not feeling like it "sounds false" when I write fanfiction.

3. If you could change just one thing about the world, what would it be? Discuss.
I'd like to make people more aware about issues of racism, sexism, homophobia etc. not just the way they seem obvious, but the way they seep in everywhere unconsciously.

4. Dancing with the Wolves or Singing in the Rain? Why one and not the other?
Errr, one's a racist overly long movie with Kevin Costner and the other is a charming and fun musical. I think I'll take Singing in the Rain!!

5. Just very randomly, your opinions on Tolkien? I don't remember whether or not you're involved at all with that fandom etc etc.
I'm not in the fandom, though I read Lord of the Rings many times when I was younger. I don't have any particular opinion (especially since I haven't read it in a loooong time). He's a good writer with a lot of qualities, but neither do I think he's the best ever; I find accusations of manicheism etc. levelled at his writing are very unfair since his work was much more nuanced and his characterisation contained many grey areas. Anyway if you wanna know, my favourite part of the book was the return to the shire, my favourite character Faramir, and my favourite pairings Legolas/Gimli, Merry/Pippin, Faramir/Eowyn; and I had a big soft spot for all the almost-mostly-evil characters like Saroumane, Gollum, Grima & Orcs who captured Merry & Pippy #1 & 2. I never liked Gandalf.
I liked the movies but mostly for opposite reasons to what I liked in the books.

Meme ganked from deeplyunhip and haremstress

Pick one word from each pair that you think describes me the best and comment with your choices. Then copy this and post it in your own journal to see how your friends view you.

* dominant or submissive
* logical or intuitive
* social or loner
* kinky or vanilla
* cute or sophisticated
* kitten or puppy
* warm flannel sheets or sleek satin
* leader or follower
* quiet or talkative
* spontaneous or planned
* teddy bear or porcelain doll
* hiking or window shopping
* tequila or vodka
* top or bottom
* bare foot or shoes
* jeans or slacks
* tender or rough
* aware or dreamy
* nerd or jock
* brains or brawn
* common sense or book smarts

Stolen from ali_wildgoose : Ask me a question about each of the following topics, no matter how rude, sexual, or confidential. (However, I reserve the right to slither out of answering them.

1. Friends
2. Sex
3. Music
4. Drugs
5. Love
6. LiveJournal

Top Five Fictionnal Kisses for curtana

1. Ruka/Juri's kiss in Azure Paler than the Sky. Because she bites him, and he uses it to mindfuck her steal her locket XD
2. Jack/Elizabeth at the end of Dead Man's Chest. I'm not much of a shipper for PotC, but I do love my eros/thanatos manipulative kisses of death, and that one was PERFECT.
3. There's this yaoi by Setona Mizushiro which is called "le jeu du chat et de la souris" in the french translation which has got some very, very hot kisses.
4. Sansa's dreamed kiss with Sandor which didn't actually happen (not that the scene at the end of CoK wasn't hot enough even without it)
5. Spike/Buffy's dream kiss in OMFH & the one in Tabula Rasa. I'm not a shipper anymore and not much of a fan either, but when I see those kisses in fanvids occasionnaly, I am reminded that, yes, they're ridiculously hot kisses.

Top Five Tori Amos Songs for cloud_wolf
%£~¤@^ only five!

1. Icicle ~ icicle icicle where are you going i have a hiding place when spring marches in
2. Leather ~ look i'm standing naked before you don't you want more than my sex
3. Blood Roses ~ blood roses back on the street now can't forget the things you never said
4. Mother ~ and when i dance for him somebody leave the light on just in just in case i like the dancing i can remember where i come from
5. Muhammed My Friend ~ it's time to tell the world we both know it was a girl back in bethlehem

Top Five Fictional trainwreck relationships for hamsterwoman
I've tried to restrain myself to canonical and semi-canonical trainwreck relationships and that was much more difficult than I thought it would be.

1. Seishirou/Subaru (TB/X)
2. Saionji/Touga (Utena)
3. Shigure/Akito (Fruits Basket)
4. Richard/Alec (Swordspoint)
5. House/Cameron (House)


Top five qualities/traits you admire in people for deeplyunhip
1. Intelligence
2. Compassion (being able to feel deeply concerned for everyone, not just the people they happen to like/know)
3. Fiestiness (courage, attitude and brashness)
4. Wisdom (as in moral intelligence)
5. Class (as in, not losing one's cool under pressure, being polite yet sticking to what matters when talking to people)

Questions by redcandle17

1. If you had to live in one country other than France, which one would it be?
I've pondered this, and the answer's New Zealand :) It's an anglo-saxon countrie, so I can speak the language, it's no freaking cold like Canada, it doesn't ban abortion like Ireland, and it's relatively liberal unlike the US and Australia - earliest countrie to give women's right to vote, I believe - and, err, I forget why I had eliminated the UK. Probably on account of bad weather/crackful culture.

Anyway, New Zealand looks like a pretty place, landscape wise, too

2. What was your favorite subject in school?
French. Comes with the love for reading and argumenting. I also liked History a fair deal (wasn't very good at it, though) and Biology.

3. What year did you first read ASoIaF?
I think I started reading it in the summer of 2000. Read aSoS in late 2000 - early 2001, I'm sure.

4. What's your favorite alcoholic drink?
Depends for what. During a dinner, wine, unless it's crepes, then cider. Cider's also my choice for pre-dinner drinking. After dinner it's whiskey :)

5. If you could rid the world of one species, which would you choose for extinction?
Some kind insect species whose removal won't have a big impact on the ecosystem, I guess.

from hamsterwoman
The Handwriting Meme
1) Your name / username
2) Left or right handed?
3) Favourite letters to write
4) Least favourite characters to write
5) Write "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
6) Tag five people

I have the ugliest handwriting in the history of handwritings, let me show it to you!

( writings on water )

Of course even if tagged, don't feel obligated to do the meme!

Stolen from ariss_tenoh

You Are a Lizard

You are intuitive and sensitive. You pay close attention to your subconscious and your dreams. You embrace your fears and the darker side of life. It's easy for you to be detached and objective when you need to be. You are able to let go easily. You don't get attached to much. And considering how often you change course, people shouldn't get too attached to you.

Common fears meme stolen from sophiap

[ ] the dark
[ ] staying single forever
[ ] being a parent
[x] giving birth
[ ] being myself in front of others
[ ] open spaces
[ ] closed spaces
[ ] heights
[x] dogs
[ ] birds
[ ] fish
[x] spiders
[ ] flowers or other plants

Total so far: 3

[x] being touched
[ ] fire
[ ] deep water
[ ] snakes
[ ] silk
[ ] the ocean
[ ] failure
[ ] success
[ ] thunder/lightning
[ ] frogs/toads
[ ] my boyfriend's/girlfriend's dad
[ ] boyfriend's/girlfriend's mom
[ ] rats
[ ] jumping from high places
[ ] snow

Total so far: 4

[ ] rain
[ ] wind
[ ] crossing hanging bridges
[ ] death
[ ] heaven
[ ] being robbed
[ ] falling
[ ] clowns
[ ] dolls
[ ] large crowds of people
[ ] men
[ ] women
[ ] having great responsibilities
[ ] doctors, including dentists
[ ] tornadoes

Total so far: 4

[ ] hurricanes
[x] incurable diseases
[ ] sharks
[ ] Friday the 13th
[ ] ghosts
[ ] poverty
[ ] Halloween
[ ] school
[ ] trains
[ ] odd numbers
[ ] even numbers
[ ] being alone
[ ] becoming blind
[ ] becoming deaf
[ ] growing up

Total so far: 5

[ ] creepy noises in the night
[ ] bee stings
[x] not accomplishing my dreams/goals
[ ] needles
[ ] blood
[ ] dinosaurs
[ ] the welcome mat
[ ] high speed
[ ] throwing up
[ ] falling in love
[ ] super secrets

Final Total: 6

... if you wish to post this in your journal, it's been requested that you title it "I'm afraid of __ out of 72 common fears"

If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling.
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 10-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re fearless.
People who don’t have any are liars


.... that's ridiculous. It doesn't even include my biggest fears o_O

I got tagged by imadra_blue!

People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. Tag 8 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse. These 8 people must state who they were tagged by. You cannot tag the person who tagged you. Continue this game by sending this to 8 other people.
Because, ya know, if you don't do it when you were tag you will be cursed to a life of misery and unhappiness. In 2002, John Doe didn't continue the meme and the next day the Fire Nation invaded his home.

( cut for silly meme )

I tag bitterfig, solesakuma, rosehiptea, ariss_tenoh, ali_wildgoose, xraytheenforcer chaineddove and daksumomo.

meme from masqthephlsphr

Your Boy Side
[x] You love hoodies
[x] You love jeans.
[ ] Dogs are better than cats.
[ ] It's hilarious when people get hurt
[ ] You've played with/against boys on a team.
[ ] Shopping is torture.
[ ] Sad movies suck.
[ ] You own an X-Box.
[ ] Played with Hot Wheels cars as a kid.
[ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
[ ] You own a DS, PS2 or Sega.
[ ] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers. (after my time!)
[ ] You watch sports on TV.
[ ] Gory movies are cool.
[ ] You go to your dad for advice.
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
[ ] You like going to football games.
[ ] You used to/do collect baseball cards.
[x] Baggy pants are cool to wear.
[x] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
[x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
[ ] Sports are fun.
[x] Talk with food in your mouth.
[ ] Wear boxers.

Total = 7

Your Girl Side
[ ] You wear lip gloss.
[ ] You love to shop.
[ ] You wear eyeliner.
[x] You have some of the same shirts in different colors.
[ ] You wear the color pink.
[ ] Go to your mom for advice.
[ ] You consider cheerleading a sport.
[ ] You hate wearing the color black.
[ ] You like hanging out at the mall.
[ ] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures.
[ ] You like wearing jewelry.
[ ] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
[ ] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[ ] You don't like the movie Star Wars.
[ ] You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.
[ ] It takes you around 1 hour to shower, get dressed, and put on make-up and accessories.
[ ] You smile a lot more than you should.
[ ] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
[ ] You care about what you look like.
[ ] You like wearing dresses when you can.
[ ] You like wearing body spray/perfume/cologne.
[x] You wear girl underwear.
[x] Used to play with dolls as little kid.
[ ] Like putting make-up on someone else for the joy of it.
[ ] Like taking pictures of yourself with your cell phone/camera when you're bored.

Total = 3

Does that mean I'm neither? XD

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results

1.Anthropologist
2.Writer
3.Taxidermist
4.Print Journalist
5.Critic
6.Historian
7.Translator
8.Activist
9.Website Designer
10.Multimedia Developer

... I guess I should never have quit my studies >_>;;

Ooh, that's a fun meme :

Ask me a question about each of the following:

1. Friends
2. Sex
3. Music
4. Drugs
5. Love
6. Livejournal

No matter how rude, sexual, or confidential. Then post this in your journal and see what questions you get asked.