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| Feb. 23rd, 2009 @ 10:37 pm Ok, I collected a bunch of these... | |||
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Instrucciones: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given. warning: there may be some battlestar galactica spoilers in here. They are clearly marked. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kickthehobbit proffered these five:1). Canada! I grew up near the Canadian border and studied Canadian history not only in high school but in college. I love that frozen land! 2). ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} statementsI used to post a lot of single declarative sentences to my journal. Now I don't. 3). Your relationship to fandom. I do not have one, especially since I found out that Janeway/Roslin exists. 4). Working retail. I have done it since 2000 and I can't seem to get a job outside of it. YAY ME. 5). Writing. I write a lot. I've been writing novels continuously since 1997, and even in 3rd grade people were impressed with my stories. I just never finish anything but my short stories. ( look, there are more! ) | |||
| Feb. 3rd, 2009 @ 12:18 am Ok, i did this on facebook but I like sharing things about myself. | |||
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TEN not so random things about me: 1. I claim I am 5'7.5", and still feel short a lot of the time. 2. I have green eyes, and can pull off red hair, but I'm lazy. 3. I listen to pretty much anything but Coldplay & Radiohead. 4. I try not to stop reading books but I couldn't finish The Time Traveller's Wife. 5. I used to be four sizes bigger than I am now, and I used to be four sizes smaller than I am now. Guess what? I'm happy where I am. 6. I have worn glasses since I was in the 4th grade. 7. I had a vendetta against Ashlee Simpson, but I'm thinking of switching that to Demetri Martin, that talentless hack. 8. I would drink nothing but Dr Pepper if I could.. 9. I wanted to be an only child. (Note: I do like my siblings, so I'm over that) 10. I find that fresh bread is the greatest thing before sliced bread. NINE ways to win my heart: 1. Enjoy nerdly shows like Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and Star Trek. 2. Do laundry. 3. Indulge my random segues in conversation, because I have differing trains of thought. 4. Be able to handle my love of most sporting events on television. (No, seriously, this is kind of big) 5. Rock a suit. Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man. 6. Not care that I don't talk on the phone, because I hate talking on the phone, because I'm hard of hearing. 7. Cooking would be a good start, cause I burn things. 8. Please know basic grammar? A foreign language would be really great too. 9. Live in or not mind travelling to Canada. EIGHT things I wanna do before I die: 1. Move to Ottawa or Montreal. No, seriously, I love those cities like I love Dr Pepper. 2. Travel outside of North America. 3. Finish a novel I've written. 4. Get said novel published. 5. Get on Jeopardy. OMG that would make my LIFE. 6. Go into space. I hope hope hope space travel will be affordable to all by the time I die, but if not, my ashes are going into space just like Gene Roddenberry and James Doohan and shut up. 7. Learn to dive. 8. Maybe bet a master's degree in something. SEVEN things that annoy me: 1. People who refuse to read the fine print on receipts. 2. Slow walking people in the mall (or in real life) 3. People who walk into stores five minutes before closing and browse for 20 minutes. 4. Ashlee Simpson. 5. Demetri Martin. 6. Stirrup pants 7. Makeup. I don't want to wear it, so please stop pushing it. SIX things I believe in: 1. That I really can do anything if I put my mind to it. 2. Myself. (This took a long time) 3. My friends. (this also took a long time) 4. The Internets 5. Everything works itself out in the end 6. Dr Pepper. FIVE things I'm afraid of: 1. Running out of Dr Pepper 2. Giant flying insects (I'm so screwed when I join the peace corps) 3. People being upset with me. 4. Fire 5. Large dogs. FOUR of my favorite items in my room: 1. My Canadian flag. 2. Compy. We've been together since 2003. 3. my bed. 4. My postcard collection. THREE things I do every day: 1. Commune with the internets. 2. Make a mug of tea. (At least one) 3. Torment someone with a youtube clip. TWO people I want to see right now: 1.JUST TWO? ARGH I CAN'T PICK. Ok, since I am going to see my Ottawa people, I'll go with Candice 2. And Ash :) (And Derek. And anyone else who I know who lives far away from me. there I cheated.) ONE thing I want to do right now: 1. Get "Single Ladies" out of my head. | |||
| Jan. 29th, 2009 @ 09:42 pm Ok, since everyone and their MOM tagged me for this on facebook... | |||
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25 things about me. 01) I am left handed. Like ridiculously so. I've been working on training my right hand to do things, but as of this moment I can only lift about the same amount with each hand. I can't even eat with a fork with my right hand, let alone write. 02) I am pretty proficient with computers, but printers, copiers, and fax machines throw me for a loop. 03) I tend to start watching shows and never finishing them unless they have Star Trek in the title. 04) I read a lot of books. I read so quickly that I have to restrict my reading habits to just my bus ride to work and back so I don't end up running out of books. 05) I am the worst cook that I know. I burn water. The only thing I don't fuck up is rice. 06) My two favourite subjects are foreign languages and history. I'm most proficient in Spanish and French, but I let both go to the wayside and I struggle to even put together the simplest of sentences. 07) I believe that my difficulty in driving is a) my lack of time behind the wheel b) my lack of depth perception. This is also why I do not play video games. 08) I have such undying wanderlust. I need to travel, and my inability to do so makes me occasionally very depressed. You should have seen me when I realized that I hadn't even been to Canada in over a year. 09) I cannot quit caffeine. Or soda. I have tried so many times to do so. 10) I auditioned for Jeopardy once in Toronto, and once online (last night). I am such a trivia nut that people occasionally accuse me of memorizing Trivial Pursuit cards. 11) Related to the Toronto audition (where team_slacker drove me to Toronto :), I got interviewed on a Toronto radio station by some guy at the audition because I had never been to Toronto before. 12) I wanted to be a standup comedienne when I was younger, but I gave up on the idea when I couldn't come up with more than one monologue. 13) For all my Canadian love, I am actually allergic to maple. 14) A large contingent of my closest friends live in Ottawa or Newfoundland/Labrador. 15) The other part tends to live right here in Albany. 16) I used to dabble in calligraphy. 17) If I could teach myself to sing well, I would. I love singing, but I know I sound terrible. 18) I have six unfinished novels I've written. I prefer my short fiction, because I like that so much better. I found one piece of writing on my hard drive that I don't recall writing, but I really liked it. (remind me to copy it over to my writing journal sometime, metropolis_n0ir).19) My dad played so much Jethro Tull when I was a kid that I can't really enjoy it today, but I know all the words. He also used to make me pick out the instruments in each song, which helps me differentiate between music today. 20) Related to 6, when I was in 4th grade I found a book that taught you basic phrases in Italian in our school library. I wanted to learn it so badly. When I did take Italian in college, I was on Chapter 7 by the end of the first week of class. The professor made me a TA/tutor. 21) I currently read and edit Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wikipedia. 22) I am currently in love with the Tudor/Elizabethan era historically, and am reading everything I can get my hands on related to that time period. 23) I would like to drive a zamboni at a hockey game, be it college, minor league or NHL hockey. 24) I have seen The Dark Knight four times in theatres (the last time was on Tuesday, in IMAX), but I do not own the film. 25) I never put down The Count of Monte Cristo. I can't stop reading the book. So! Tell me 25 things about yourselves, here or in your journals! If you did it on Facebook already, you should try to come up with another 25 :D | |||
| Jan. 24th, 2009 @ 03:38 pm Ok, I haven't done a meme in a while. | |||
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I stole this from nikerymis. Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever: 1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch. 2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of. 3. Post your answers. 50. Quantum Leap 49. Prison Break 48. Veronica Mars 47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine I have seen all but 4 and it's my favourite show ever. 46. Sex & The City 45. Farscape 44. Cracker (?? never heard of this one) 43. Star Trek 42. Only Food and Horses (See #44) 41. Band of Brothers 40. Life on Mars 39. Monty Python's Flying Circus 38. Curb Your Enthusiasm 37. Star Trek: The Next Generation 36. Father Ted 35. Alias 34. Frasier 33. CSI: Las Vegas 32. Babylon 5 31. Deadwood 30. Dexter 29. ER 28. Fawlty Towers 27. Six Feet Under 26. Red Dwarf 25. Futurama Every episode, at least six times. 24. Twin Peaks 23. The Office 22. The Shield 21. Angel 20. Blackadder 19. Scrubs 18. Arrested Development 17. South Park 16. Doctor Who 15. Heroes 14. Firefly 13. Battlestar Galactica 12. Family Guy 11. Seinfeld 10. Spaced (see #44) 09. The X-Files 08. The Wire 07. Friends 06. 24 05. Lost 04. The West Wing up to season 3, then sporadically after. 03. The Sopranos 02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer up to season 4. 01. The Simpsons Also, this list sucks balls. I don't really care though, the meme entertained me for 30 seconds. (Needs more Sports Night!) | |||
| Jan. 4th, 2009 @ 10:38 pm day eight of ehjay's eight things she likes a lot. | |||
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Gee, if you didn't know what tonight's was (well other than on what night I was gonna post it), then you do not know me well at all. Tonight's thing that makes Ehjay happy is Canada (and friends. Shh I'm cheating slightly). I love visiting the country and all the wonderful friends I have made in that great welcoming friendly land. I can't even begin to list all of you, but you're the best friends anyone could ask for. I'm very much looking forward to my next trip up there, which will hopefully be in February to the Ottawa area. Or Montreal, cause Katie is moving to Plattsburgh and I promised to hit up MTL with her. I am really blessed with all the great friends I have, whether it's in real life, on the internet, or people I've met on the internet in real life. All of you have been amazingly wonderfully profound influences and just overall kind people. Yes, I am being sappy. I'm allowed it every once in a while. Tomorrow I'll go back to being cynical, but for now I just spent 2 hours with my coworkers at a dinner and we had a blast. So yeah. (Pictures are up on facebook, if anyone cares!) (Maybe I will keep posting things I like. Go for more than eight. Would anyone object to this? I've really enjoyed this series.) | |||
| Dec. 31st, 2008 @ 01:16 am Ehjay's Eight Things She Really Likes Meme take IDK maybe 6. | |||
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We have a work CD that we get every two months or so, usually far after the point where I want to take the disk and pull an Office Space on it. But one time we got this most amazing CD that had a mix of 70s, 80s, 90s and today's music on it. It was a thing of beauty. Everyone in the store liked at least one song on it. So the day after Christmas, so as not to listen to any more Christmas music, we pulled this CD out of storage, and it has yet to lose any of its lustre. Also I believe this was a sanity saving move, because I absolutely cannot tolerate Christmas music (unless it is the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl), and especially not after CHRISTMAS. One of the songs on that cd is "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey. Now, I know, you guys are quite shocked to find out that I am a Journey fan. Believe me, it was hard keeping that from you guys. But yep, I'm a BIG Journey fan. That closet door has been blown wide open. ANd forget the Sopranos, I brought Journey back long before they did. An interesting anecdote: our previous cd had this emo song on it that was really whiny, (yes, I know, redundant) and I do not know who it was by. But tonight this guy came in and interrogated me about the song because he loved it and had no idea who sang it. So I gave him the lyrics I could remember and sent him on his way. I just googled it, and it turns out it's Boys Like Girls' Thunder. Now I've seen Boys Like Girls open for lostprophets, and I was NOT impressed. But if I see Dude again, I can tell him. | |||
| Dec. 28th, 2008 @ 11:23 pm Ehjay's Eight Things She Really Likes Meme take 5 | |||
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Last night while I was thinking of what other British related things I really do like, because I like themes, I realized I was running low on British related things. However, eco49rvra reminded me of one I was neglecting. So tonight in my series of things I like is Battlestar Galactica. I find that this show rivals the love I have for Deep Space Nine, which was my favourite show growing up (and still is!). When I was at Plattsburgh State, I had the same work schedule when I worked at KD -- Friday night til close, Saturday AM, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Friday night we closed at 9, and I would be home by 9:30 in my room with food for dinner, usually from either Burger King on Rte 3 or someplace on campus. It depended on whether or not I was getting a ride home or not. I'd settle in, ignore the last few minutes of Stargate: Atlantis, and climb into bed in time for Battlestar Galactica. This was my Friday night routine. After it was over, I would rave about it online to uncut_diamond, and then I would go to bed and wake up in time for work the next day.There are so many great things about this show: the writing, the overall plot, the acting. ESPECIALLY the acting. Many of you know how much I love the character of President Laura Roslin. A strong female character, a real leader is a rare thing on a television show, and Mary McDonnell just plays her so magnificently. I cannot suggest this show enough. It's coming to an end -- the last ten episodes start airing in January, Part one of a quick catchup video :D Part 2 Catch the Frak up! And to bring this full circle: ( British connection under here ) | |||
| Dec. 27th, 2008 @ 12:07 am Welcome back to day 4 of Ehjay's Favourite things. | |||
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I skipped the last two days because I had to give a three year old gifts for her birthday and Christmas, plus work tonight. So here we go back again! I was looking up Terry O'Quinn (Locke on Lost)'s appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and it turns out he played Admiral Pressman in The Pegasus, which remains one of my favourite eps of the show. But you know it can't be that easy, there's got to be some underlying Star Trek: The Next Generation's Jean-Luc Picard was a Frenchman played by a Brit. Which as I understand it from my mom is kind of funny because the British hate the French. This is borne out in history cause they seem to have some long-ass wars. So tonight I honour the great Patrick Stewart by having you watch his multiple skills. ( videos under the cut ) | |||
| Dec. 24th, 2008 @ 10:39 pm Ehjay's Eight Things She really Likes meme take THREE. | |||
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Keeping with the tradition I've started of British things dominating this list, I want to post a Christmas-related one. See, I love the movie Love Actually. This movie has the ability to make me laugh and cry no matter how many times I've seen it, and I love all but two segments of the film. (And surprisingly it's NOT Keira Knightley's fault.) My favourite couple is of course Jamie and Aurelia, mainly cause he's COLIN FIRTH but also because it is so ridiculously sweet -- he goes and learns another language just for her. The other one I like best is the two kids -- the scene where he goes running through the airport to catch Joanna before she leaves for America is so much fun. have some videos: (Billy Mack, "Christmas is All Around") Jamie asks Aurelia to marry him, with the help of her family. Merry Christmas, friendslist! (Also please send good vibes to my kitty Gonzo, who we took to the vet because he is not feeling well in the least.) | |||
| Dec. 23rd, 2008 @ 12:40 am British Invasion. | |||||
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Tonight's topic in the eight days of things AJ thinks are really awesome is Great Britain. My grandmother was from England, and while I have a wee bit more of an obsession with Canada than I do Jolly Ol' England, I find a lot of things about England to be charming. We covered tea last night, and tonight I'm going to talk about the classic British accent. The quintessential Hugh Grant accent, but on a sexier man. That's pretty much awesome right there. My own attempts at accent imitation have been sporadically documented here and in real life. I'm a burgeoning accent mimic. One year for about three months, I spoke with nothing but one version of British accent. I ceased doing that when one of my high school classmates told me I sounded like Scary Spice. When I went to SLU, I believe it was Neil and me who terrorized Joanne by constantly going around with a Monty Python-esque accent. That was quite fun. One day in Canton, i resolved to get my hair cut. In one of those tiny little plazas, the one with Hackett's in it, there is a kind of a shed at the edge of the parking lot. Inside is a hair salon, and that's where I went to get my hair cut. While I'm not very good at conversation with my stylists, because generally we don't share the same interests ( sheesusnat excluded of course!). The following occurs toward the end of my haircut.Her: Where are you from? Me: Gouverneur, but I've been told I have a bit of a Canadian accent.* Her: Really? You sound British to me. At this point in time I wasn't really trying to push the accent, but I thought that was wicked neat. When Bridget moved in earlier this year, one of the first things she told me was that she missed my British accent. It's been replaced by a hybrid of the Albany accent and a bit of Canadian influences. So tonight I resolved to get that Mid-Atlantic accent back at the very least. Oh, I forgot to tag people for this meme. Anyone who wants to can feel free, but I'd really like to see nikerymis, cimorenegal, purple_bambi, shiori_hime, stlawgal05, slugrl, trishbug, ifeverangelsbe, juizo and eco49rvra** do this.* I am aware there's no one Canadian accent, but I tend to simplify rather than explain the regional differences, especially since I only know Ontario and points east. ** I know Kristen already did this, but I enjoyed it, so I think she should do it again.
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| Dec. 22nd, 2008 @ 12:08 am Meme time. | |||
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So I stole that meme thing everyone's doing -- eight days, eight things that make me happy. Today's thing is tea. Lately I've been having a cup of caffeine free tea before I go to bed -- sometimes two. I cannot wait for our Teavana store to open in the mall. Tonight I'm drinking chamomile tea, but right now I have that and cinnamon apple tea, and both are delicious. Do you have a favourite flavour of tea, or one you'd recommend me to try? | |||
| Dec. 1st, 2008 @ 12:07 am So I'm going to do a meme. Also I want my comment count higher. | |||
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Ash posted this in hers and I commented and got some love, so it's your turn. Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love. Tonight was Katie's birthday dinner. This ended with me ending up the store lush despite not having anything to drink. Not really sure how THAT happened, but I think it had to do with the fact that I forgot what I ordered, got a martini and a margarita confused, then accidentally tried to go into the men's room in full view of everyone at the table. I win. | |||
| Nov. 6th, 2007 @ 10:27 am I think it's true. | |||||
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estoy:
Stolen from  boredescucha: Alanis Morissette - Not the Doctor jbacardi:
In other news, I finally placed in nflfans' pick-em contest :D Third! Win :D | |||||
| Oct. 28th, 2007 @ 01:07 pm (no subject) | |||
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estoy:
I stole this from boredescucha: Dropkick Murphys - Noble bandaid for a time killer before work.( long survey is long ) | |||
| Oct. 28th, 2007 @ 01:14 am I'm bored. | |||||
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estoy:
boredescucha: Darren Hayes - Love and Attraction
Do this one and tell me what you get! | |||||
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