{look upon my works, ye mighty}

1) Pick up to 15 pairings you like.
2) Describe them in up to 15 words.
3) Get your friends to guess.

So, I rarely do memes but this one REALLY has been itching at me and I've been filling it out all over my flist, which means I get to give it a try. So, um, guess? XD It's no fun unless you play along! I picked a whole bunch of different canons, anime and TV and comics and movies, so most of you should have at least one fandom on the list you know.

I bolded the unsolved ones so that they'd be easier to see. Fandoms left are HP, Greek Mythology, Batman, and two that if I tell you the fandom, you'll guess the pairings instantly :P


1. It’s not about the love or even the sex. It’s about the blood and spilling thereof. Yami no Malik/Yami no Bakura, guessed by ceresi and perivates.
   
2. Love isn’t, and never was, part of the equation. Even they can’t afford it. Ryuuji/Seto, guessed by harmonybunny114.
   
3. A’s better than the one she replaced, but B isn’t. They’re best friends anyway.
   
4. The two main male leads get married in the season finale and nobody’s surprised.
   
5. The only word that describes their relationship comes from an alien language but it’s perfect. Tobias/Ax, guessed by katarik.
   
6. Their greatest passion is not each other but the sport; it keeps them apart. Rocket/Sinedd, guessed by harmonybunny114 and brownie_utonium.
   
7. She’s all that keeps him human and no human could understand her like him. Tobias/Rachel, guessed by ceresi and perivates.
   
8. She is too chaste to surrender and too dangerous to force but common sense isn’t his strong point.
   
9. A’s pure music, and B loves music in a way that’s nothing like how he loves people. Ryuichi/Tohma, guessed by yukirien.
   
10. The two main male leads get married in the season finale and nobody’s surprised.
    
11. Being beautiful isn’t the only thing they have in common but they pretend it is. Mai/Ryuuji, guessed by katarik.
    
12. She’s the only woman that could ever equal him. That’s why it’ll never happen. House/Cuddy, guessed by perivates and yukirien.
    
13. They were friends once. It’s the loser who dies laughing.
    
14. It's never going to happen because they work together and the first rule is don’t fuck your partner.
    
15. You can't believe the hype about either of them but they're both heroes when it counts.

a_white_rain: Pointless fandom memes!

I'm going to start with the one that I just took from her. XD

Name a character I write and I'll tell you how s/he lost her/his virginity.

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other!

You guys can skip the last bit if you don't want to repost. I'm mostly trying to get this journal to a point where I'm back to talking to about things other than my sister being dead. If you're having problems thinking up things I don't talk about, look at your journals and compare them to mine and tell me to write about something you write about that I don't.

Remember my post about the Pretty Bird Woman Shelter and how it needed donations to rebuild after having been burned down? ceresi just posted about it again but this time, there's a twist. The following two paragraphs are taken directly from her post.

- stonedtodeath is offering to donate one cent per word to the Pretty Bird Woman House. I think she's into bandslash and SPN, so if those are your fandoms and you've been looking for a way to donate, check out her post here.

- mickeym is offering to write in exchange for donations. I can tell she's into SPN by the header of her journal, haha (mmmm, boys), so if that's your thing, go! Check out her post here.

I've now been inspired to do the same. This is my offer to donate on the behalf of other people who are low on cash but high on talent/creativity/enthusiasm.

Write me something and I'll donate a cent per word to the Pretty Bird Women House and post a screencap of a receipt that'll look like this so that'll you have some form of tangible proof of having done a good deed.

Fandoms that I heart are:

Animorphs, Archie Comics, Batman/DC*, Batman Beyond, Big Wolf on Campus, Bruno and Boots, Chrestomanci, Discworld, Fables, Good Omens, Gravitation, Greek Mythology, Gundam Wing, Harry Potter, Hercules (Disney), Mighty Ducks, Mulan (Disney), Othello (the manga), Petshop of Horrors, Pokemon, Sailor Moon season R, Smallville, Spiderman, Stick It, Sweet Valley, The Authority, Yu-Gi-Oh.

See? Plenty of options. And if you still want to make a donation through me but can't write for any of those fandoms, drop me a comment with what you can write for and I'll choose something. I really want to get as many people as possible involved in this somehow.

The fundraiser ends on the 31st of Jan, so you can drop in any time before then unless I run out of money before then. To keep track of how donations from this post are going, I'll be editing this every time someone contributes. Please feel free to link to this post in your own journal or spread it wherever you want.

Total:

2415 / 7000 words. 63% done, 44.15 dollars contributed!

You know those lists about "You know you're a Redneck when [items]"? I found one for Sri Lankans on Facebook and for my own amusement, I copy/pasted it over here and bolded every one that does apply to me along with a little explanation underneath, but italicized them if they don't apply. It's amusing. I dare you to do the same with a list for your own ethnicity.

You Know You Are Sri Lankan when....

1. You use banana leaves instead of plates, to eat rice and curry.

In Sri Lanka, you wrap rice and curry in banana leaves and heat it in the oven. It's delicious that way, the flavor soaks through. I love it so much that my parents and I even buy banana leaves from the Indian store in Vienna so we can keep eating it like that.

2. Your parents mark any special occasion by boiling milk until it spills all over your stove.

New Year's, when you move into a new house, start of exams, birthdays... Superstitiously, I like drinking the boiled milk for luck, even though that's not part of the tradition.

3. You get it on to baila music.

Asexual. I don't 'get it on' at all.

( 94 markers. How many do I have to bold to count? )

I bolded 54 out of 94. 54/94 x 100 = 57.44ish.

Therefore, I fit roughly 57% of Sri Lankan stereotypes. XD

The Wikipedia Birthday meme, snagged from lexigeek.

Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Events:

1. 1553 - Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
2. 1925 - Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
3. 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.

Birthdays:

1. 1509 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)
2. 1931 - Alice Munro, Canadian writer

Death:

1. 138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (b. 76)

Someone ought to write Nohari/Johari fic. It's probably going to end up being me if nobody else does it.

Right now, I'm at Numa's (slept over there last night, taking a break from working on my last paper atm), and I ended up doing the Johari and Nohari windows. Do them for me, please? I'll do them for you in return if you do. ♥

Meeting Kathy and Numa tomorrow so that they can help me move into my new quarters and talked to Kathy on the phone yesterday with Numa. Soon the Eternal Three will be reunited! *getting plenty of hugs from Numa in the meantime which is good since she's been affection-starved at uni*

Name a character and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my own personal pseudo-canon.

Snagged from a_white_rain, whose birthday I missed due to RL emo-age and whom I thus owe fics/graphics/whatnots.

Mini list of fandoms, feel free to ask for chars from fandoms you've chatted to me about but aren't on the list:

Animorphs, Archie Comics, Batman/DC*, Batman Beyond, Bruno and Boots, Canterella, Chrestomanci, Discworld, Good Omens, Gravitation, Greek Mythology, Gundam Wing, Harry Potter, Hercules (Disney), House M.D, Mighty Ducks, Mulan (Disney), Naruto, Othello (the manga), Petshop of Horrors, Pokemon, Sailor Moon season R, Smallville, Spiderman, Stick It, Sweet Valley, The Authority, The Charioteer, Yu-Gi-Oh, William Brown books.

Oh, and by the way? I ROCKED my oral Shakespeare exam. *pleased with herself*

First of all, here's a little logic puzzle for everyone out there. Took me less than five minutes to solve it, so I bet most of you can do it as well. All comments are screened by default, and I'll unscreen those that don't have the answer. *shall offer a drabble or icon to anyone that gets it right though she's still writing out Xmas fics* No cheating and trying to Google it!

Once A, B & C went to a restaurant. After having tea and light refreshment they asked for bill, the amount of bill was $30 They decided to pay the bill amount on equal share. Everybody took out $10 from their pocket and paid the bill.

They were yet sitting and gossiping in restaurant, Suddenly the waiter realized that the amount of their bill was $25 not $30

He took $5 from counter and decided to return them. Then he thought they are 3 how will they share $5? So he has decided to keep $2 to him and return only $3 to them. He came to their table and returned them $3 with apology. Everybody took $1 and put in their pockets.

Now my question is first time everyone paid $10 later they get $ 1 refunded.

So everybody paid $9
$9 * 3 = $27

The waiter put $2 in his pocket.
$27 + $2 = $29

So, where is the remaining $1?


Rules: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog post of their own - 10 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.

10 Weird Things About Me

1. I love complicated/weird color names. Red, blue, green -- they sound boring to me. I want crimson, scarlet, carmine. Or cornflower blue, prussian blue, or marine blue. Or mineral green, emerald green, or olive green. I especially love the two-word colors, like cornflower blue, which is always my default font color on MSN. I even have some of the colors listed in my interests in my profile.

( The list goes on. )

My tags for this meme:

fairly_grimm, nevita, ego_chan, xinda, a_white_rain, and nyrehtak.

Does anyone know why it's always six people that get tagged? I'd think that ten would be more appropriate in this case.

If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, RHYTHMBOX etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...
7. When you're finished tag some other people to do it!

Since I'm nice, I'm going the extra mile and uploading these songs onto yousendit to share with you guys. Well, that and I promised nevita music a while ago and never actually uploaded it, so this'll be a very delayed feel-better giftie to her.

Opening Credits: Coming Too Close -- No Use For A Name.

That's a little too depressed for how I currently feel? But if we're looking at my life overall, yeah, sure, I guess that'll work.

Waking Up: Once Upon A Dream -- Sleeping Beauty Disney soundtrack.

...I'm not making this up, I swear.

First Day of School: One Last Chance -- Hercules Disney soundtrack.

Again, not making this up! This being the song that Phil sings when Hercules begs him for training. XD

Falling in Love: Hang On To Your IQ -- Placebo.

I suppose that means I'm meant to stay smart even when swept off my feet? It's a reasonable enough demand.

Fight Song: Son of a Preacher -- Janis Joplin.

Okay, accurate streak ends here. I mean, okay, this song is talking about being pretty much untouchable but how is anyone supposed to argue to this, let alone fight? Unless it's in super-slow-motion or something.

Breaking Up: Now Or Never -- Elvis Presley.

I used to love his songs when I was little. Though if this is meant to be a break up song, that must mean that it was 'never' as opposed to 'now'.

Prom: Limerick -- Kathy and Amila.

Uh. That's a recording that Kathy and I made at 4:04AM, having finally finished watching all of Gundam Wing. *cracking up while listening to it* This probably doesn't count as a song, but hey, it came up, so it's fair game. And despite the title, there isn't actually a limerick in it, though I know that I recorded one with her that had to do with me killing her.

Life: For The Longest Time -- Billy Joel.

Yeah. ♥ This is also what I consider the perfect flippantshipping (Mai/Ryuuji) song because it's all light-hearted and romantic and so casually happy.

Driving: Who's The Fool Now? -- Rocking Horse Winners.

Gods, trust me, if I ever try driving again, I probably will end up looking like a fool in jail.

Flashback: All Fired Up -- Pat Benatar.

This is actually a really good fight/energy-maximiser song. Fast-paced, upbeat, and strong. I used to listen to it to make me feel more awake in the mornings.

Getting Back Together: Basket Case -- Green Day.

That's not encouraging at all. But I love this song because the first time I heard it was when Alessandro and his band played it in the Octogon on the last day for school for the Grade 12s (a year above me, what you'd call the seniors in America), and I liked Aless. Matt introed me to him, and he made enough of an impression on me for me to bother typing up some convos with him and Matt for future reading.

Wedding: Oh Starry Night -- Sailor Moon soundtrack.

Don'tjudgeme. *dies* I remember being fourteen and singing along passionately to this, very off-key of course.

Party: Accidentally In Love -- Shrek 2 Soundtrack.

Oh, I remember when I bought this soundtrack, I used to pace around while listening to this. Then my younger cousin, Devi-Monkey, would imitate me. And I'd touch the doorframes and wall at each opposing end of the room when pacing, and if I missed one, she'd go "No! You have to touch it!". Because otherwise it must have felt incomplete to her. *loves her little cousin so much* Most adorable little brat ever.

Birth of A Child: Bank of Boston Beauty Queen -- Dresden Dolls.

I technically cheated a little on this since what came up was actually the Highway Blues sax solo that everyone gets with Windows Media Player, so I didn't think it was worth uploading a sample that everyone has, so I just hit skip to get to the next song.

Final Battle: Swabber -- Flogging Molly.

The only lyrics to this song that's nearly pure music is "Don't know where I'm going." Which means either I got lost on the way to the final battle, I died and don't know what the afterlife holds, or I won and have no idea what the next step is.

Couldn't find out where it's stored, so can't upload it either, sorry.

Funeral Song: Both Reached For The Gun -- Chicago Soundtrack.

At least it explains how I die!

Ending Credits: Mr. Self Destruct -- Nine Inch Nails.

Everyone has this song already, I'm sure. I got it because someone used the lyrics for a Heero wallpaper that I liked, so I wanted to hear it. And it does actually fit him pretty well. XD

Tag: nevita, mirrored_echo, pikachumaniac, xinda, fairly_grimm, nyrehtak, ego_chan, sorshawolf, a_white_rain and vermultitude, . But don't feel like you also have to go to the trouble of uploading songs!