lady_sarai: (Are you sure this water's sanitary?)
2009-08-06 08:09 pm
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Five is my favorite number!

Nabbed from [livejournal.com profile] penknife because I'm bored and have the attention span of a gnat. And because the OTHER meme eating my flist will probably not be posted. (But if you know what I'm talking about and you REALLY want to, go ahead and ask. I make no promises.)

Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really!

Also, I am not sure if I'm getting comment notifications or not, because I seem to be getting ones made seven hours ago now. So. Uh. Yeah.

lady_sarai: (Addictive as crack pie)
2009-07-06 02:24 pm
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Because this is WAY too much fun to be allowed.


In this post, talk with your icons, and *only* your icons. Post early, post often, and respond to whomever you want.
lady_sarai: (Oooh! Irony!  [Kim Possible])
2009-07-06 01:59 am
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Meme time!

..I'm a bandwagon jumper. This looks too fun to pass up.

Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny or big and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.
lady_sarai: (I am SO blogging this)
2009-07-03 01:22 am
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Home again, home again! A link and a meme!

Home again! Had an absolutely fantastic, amazing, wonderful time with [livejournal.com profile] zoe_chan. Even if she forced me to watch pre-selected episodes of Smallville. Damn it, I don't hate Lex. ;) We have been worrying about the weather, because June basically had rain all day every day. BUT--we went to Six Flags on Tuesday and it was the most GORGEOUS DAY. Totally beautiful! Sunshine-y and hoooooooot. We drank a loooot of water, and used sunscreen! We needed it! And it really wasn't too crowded or busy.

...Also we ran into a friend from high school, which was bizarre. (I say high school, but I was in kindergarten and first grade with her too, sooo it's a bit further than that.) Adding to the weirdness there, she's been living in England for a few years. SMALL WORLD.

Anyway--we may have taken pictures. They might be insanely awesome. And it might just be that we made the people who were dressed as Batman and Green Lantern very happy, because they were almost more excited about our picture taking than we were. We definitely filled out a positive comment card. And by "we" I mean Zoe. ;)

So tooons of fun was had. So much fun that we are both still tired two days later. And I wound up with terrible, horrible, no good, very bad blisters on the balls of my feet. RIGHT where you HAVE to put pressure to walk. I mean, they're massive. I did wind up poking and draining them last night, and that helped today but I'm still limping. And because of how painful it is to walk normally, I've been walking weirdly and it's making my ankles and shins hurt now. Sigh. Hopefully tomorrow will be better, though. I'm walking like an old lady, it's ridiculous. (...Keeping in mind that my 88-year-old grandmother never had to walk like this... :P)

In other news, tomorrow (today, huh) would have been my grandfather's 95th birthday. Which is kind of insane. 95. Wow. Bapap, I miss you. Has it really been seven years now? WOW. It also would have been my grandparents' 62nd wedding anniversary. (Yes, they were married on his birthday. My grandmother's advice to me was always "don't get married on a birthday." ;) Poor Moomoo. (Yes, that's what I called her. Mormor is Norwegian for mother's mother, and I could not say my "r"s.)) We are making lobster rolls and having macaroni salad to celebrate.

Aaaaand, I have nothing else to say except to go look at the awesome, awesome Six Flags pictures we took! The Flash came with us! You know you want to see!

Oh, and have a meme:

Ask any of the characters from any particular stories something you want to know, and I'll answer in character.

My fic is here.
lady_sarai: (Sing about my feelings)
2009-06-07 04:47 pm
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Help me, f-list! And a meme!

Hey guys! If I made a playlist that included "Eye of the Tiger", "Flashdance", "Footloose", aaaaaaaand possibly "Bohemian Rhapsody", what other songs should go in it? I mean, of this type. I'm not sure what the category for these songs might be called, other than belt-out-at-the-top-of-your-lungs-or-jump-on-the-bed-to songs. But I want to make this playlist. I just need suggestions. Or I can spend the next ten hours trolling through my iTunes. ;)


While I do that, a meme, from [livejournal.com profile] thistlerose:

The wallpaper meme:

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal. (Psst: you don't really have to!)

02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper.

03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this. The point is to see what you had on.


My background! )
lady_sarai: (Are you sure this water's sanitary?)
2009-06-03 02:59 pm
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5 Things Meme

Tagged by [livejournal.com profile] alphabet26! Just what I needed today.

Five Things Meme )

Five people I tag (though only if they want to do this):
-[livejournal.com profile] xenokattz, [livejournal.com profile] zoe_chan, [livejournal.com profile] aradiachiba, [livejournal.com profile] second_batgirl and anyone who wants to play! ;)

Now to continue being a grouchy pants today.
lady_sarai: (Paper clippies!)
2009-05-02 03:17 pm
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Random Saturday Ramblings--and a meme

Oh, lazy Saturdays are awesome things, aren't they? ♥

First--thank you everyone who commented on my last entry. You were all very helpful, and in conclusion, I am going to stop letting people-who-are-not-my-body freak me out about my body. (You would think this would have been an obvious solution in the first place, but possibly hearing the same thing a zillion times over six years or so finally got to me? OH WELL.)

Second--Dreamwidth! I has one. No codes, though, and same name there as here. Who else has one? I don't know what I'll do with it. I loves my LJ.

Third--my brother is now 22. Acts not so different than 21. Interpret as you will.

Fourth--MEME TIME. Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] alphabet26, who always has the best ones. (Also, twittering during Heroes was AWESOME. Why haven't we done that before?)

Fannish History Meme )

Well, that was fun.

Fifth--Deadliest Catch is back. I am a happy Sara.

Sixth--Have started watching Firefly. Yes, is awesome.

Seventh--I just like even numbered lists and like them better when they are multiples of five. Seven is a filler. And [livejournal.com profile] aradiachiba's favorite number. ♥

Eighth--Am completely addicted to this website and the texty pictures therein.

Witness the awesome pictorial evidence! )

Ninth--LEGION OF THREE WORLDS 4 ZOMG FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIL! MADE OF EVERY AWESOME EVER. AND I HAVE A VERY PRETTY NEW BACKGROUND FOR MY COMPUTER, which so happens to be the same one that [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz, [livejournal.com profile] second_batgirl and [livejournal.com profile] shananagin all have. Because we are that awesome.

And Tenth--ONE LAST THING: Linking to a most awesome post by [livejournal.com profile] selenak because everyone loves Obama, but our Secretary of State is made of win too, and Hillary Clinton kind of kicks some ass in these videos.

lady_sarai: (Fort Williams + purple sky)
2009-04-09 07:42 pm
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Icon love time again!

Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] alphabet26, who as always, has the best memes:

1. Reply to this post telling me to 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.


Icons, wee! )

...I really do have issues with brevity, don't I?


I might drag out some coloring books or do some reading. I need a pick-me-up tonight, I think. (Although 27 Dresses is on HBO and that movie makes me happy. Currently James Marsden is singing and dancing to "Bennie and the Jets." Does not get better than that.)

lady_sarai: (Content and happy Cissie (AB))
2009-03-03 08:49 pm
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Awesome music meme!

Snagged this meme from [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz! It's awesome!

List 9-12 songs that would be on the Party Shuffle of your favourite character(s)'s mp3 player. These have to be songs that the CHARACTER would like, not songs you associate with them, unless the two coincide. Give a short explanation why the song is there, eg) favourite band, nostalgic reasons, something someone uploaded as a joke, etc.

Is *anyone* surprised I chose Cissie? )

That was deceptively hard.

lady_sarai: (Content and happy Cissie (AB))
2009-02-04 06:51 pm
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...Yes. I am a lemming. You love me anyway.

I know I just did two memes yesterday--consider this the Week of Memes. Also, I made waffles tonight! YUM.

Snagging from [livejournal.com profile] penknife and [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz:

Name a character or pairing from a fandom I'm familiar with, and I'll give you a song lyric (or possibly a line of poetry) that I think fits. If you felt inspired to write something using the quote as a prompt, I would not be unhappy. :-)


And from [livejournal.com profile] sara_lakali:

Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you're interested in/curious about - it can be anything from my DVD collection to my favorite pair of shoes. Leave your choice(s) here as a comment, and I will reciprocate by taking the pictures and posting them as an entry. That way you get to know a little bit about my life.

lady_sarai: (Spring Point)
2009-02-03 05:51 pm
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Oh, memes are fun.

I am stealing memes from [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz and [livejournal.com profile] penknife today!

When you see this, post your favourite poem in your journal.

Maybe not my favorite, but one of them!

The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,
  And round the pebbly beaches far and wide
  I heard the first wave of the rising tide
  Rush onward with uninterrupted sweep;
A voice out of the silence of the deep,
  A sound mysteriously multiplied
  As of a cataract from the mountain's side,
  Or roar of winds upon a wooded steep.
So comes to us at times, from the unknown
  And inaccessible solitudes of being,
  The rushing of the sea-tides of the soul;
And inspirations, that we deem our own,
  Are some divine foreshadowing and foreseeing
  Of things beyond our reason or control.

~Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, "The Sound of the Sea", Masque of Pandora and Other Poems, 1875

~*~

Rec three communities you enjoy that people on your friends list may not have heard of.

[livejournal.com profile] halfamoon: 14 days of fannish women celebrating! Yay!

[livejournal.com profile] 14valentines: 14 days of celebrating women and women's issues. Kind of cool!

[livejournal.com profile] nanoflail: I loved this comm this November--smaller and less intimidating than other NaNoWriMo comms, and very fun.

~*~

And another one!

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes office supplies." I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this (which we all know won't happen). Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal. In return, ask me anything you'd like to know about me and I'll give you an answer. [edit by Katt: I reserve the right to weasel my way out of certain questions I consider too private because I'm a crochety intarwebs dinosaur.]

...Keeping Katt's edit, because--ditto!
lady_sarai: (Elizabethtown hug)
2009-02-01 01:14 am
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Yay for hugs!

It's a hugging meme! Yay!



It does not get better than that, right? ::hugs for everyone!::
lady_sarai: (Kermit flail--YAYOMG)
2009-01-18 08:21 pm
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Oh, fun meme!

Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] sara_lakali:

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
- What I create will be just for you.
- It'll be done this year.
- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you have to repost. We can all make stuff!!


Note: No need to actually repost. I'll do something for you anyway. ♥
lady_sarai: (Claire Squee!)
2008-10-23 12:16 am
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Fine, I have a type. Also, icon meme!

[livejournal.com profile] alphabet26 did this meme:

1. Reply to this post, 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.


My icons are under the cut! )

And later, regarding Pushing Daisies:

LadySarai55: It is not my new fandom!!! I am just watching it!
[livejournal.com profile] xenokattz: That's what they all say at first. Next thing you know, you're planting daisies
LadySarai55: I kill plants.
LadySarai55: I have a black thumb.
LadySarai55: It would be horrifying!
[livejournal.com profile] xenokattz: And your image of a perfect husband becomes lobersterman!Robin who gardens on his days off
LadySarai55: .....
LadySarai55: okay, sorry, I got distracted before I saw the gardening part.
[livejournal.com profile] xenokattz: LMAO
LadySarai55: you can't just spring lobsterman!Robin on me and expect coherence!
LadySarai55: don't you know me at all?!
LadySarai55: (also--is farming considered gardening?)
lady_sarai: (Default)
2008-10-08 03:41 am
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Crack Meme results--Finally!

This only took forever. ;)

For [livejournal.com profile] alphabet26:

Read more... )

For [livejournal.com profile] milleniumrex:

BEST CROSSOVER PAIRING EVER )

For [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz:

Read more... )

For [livejournal.com profile] secondbatgirl:

Read more... )

For [livejournal.com profile] zoe_chan:

Read more... )

Oh, wow, the utter CRACK.

The List! )
lady_sarai: (Curiousity killed Schrodinger's Cat)
2008-09-25 12:13 pm
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This looks like a fun way to waste some time... CRAAAACK quaranteed!

Oh, [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz is a bad influence. Fine, I'll play!


1) Make a list of fifteen (15) characters and ten (10) locations, real or fictional. Keep it to yourself for the moment.

2) Ask your flist to post questions in the comments.
For example: "One and nine must stop eleven from destroying twenty. Do they succeed?"
"How likely are five and seven to have a passionate encounter in sixteen?"
"What would four do for fun in nineteen?"

3) After your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the characters and locations you selected beforehand, then post them.


recap: 1-15 = real/fictional people, 16-25 = real/fictional locations.
lady_sarai: (Deadliest Catch Fanatic)
2008-08-09 09:09 pm
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Interest Meme!

Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] ilyena_sylph:

Comment and I will pick seven of your interests for you to elaborate on!

Fishing industry )

Founders )

Harry Potter )

Hector )

Pictures )

Raoul )

UMF )

Also--the Olympics are here! YAY!!! I *adore* the Olympics and all things about them. They give me warm fuzzies and happy feelings.

Tonight, there is men's swimming and men's gymnastics.

Let's just say that I have most definitely found my Happy Place.

Yum.

ETA: DUDE JUST SAW A COMMERCIAL FOR HEROES AND O_O!!!! THAT GIRL!! SHE'S A SPEEDSTER!!!!!!! ::makes Bart/Flash noise::
lady_sarai: (Alex smirk)
2008-06-15 01:48 am
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Before and After ficlets!

Friday night I posted a Before or After meme, which went something like this:

Give me a pairing you know I can write and I'll write you a drabble about the beginning (or the end) of their first time having sex.

Here are my requests and answers! They were kind of a lot of fun, especially since they strained my comfort zone a little.

(Also, I have EPIC FAIL at the drabble. These are all too long for that.)

*

1) [livejournal.com profile] second_batgirl asked for Dick/Roy, and it was too big for comments. Oops.

Also, not *technically* following the rules here--this is not so much their first time, as the first time they *really* try to make things work. Imagine it set sometime very early OYL, and canon is hand-wavy.

Roy waited until he knew Lian was in the car with Ollie and watched them drive away before he turned to Dick. )

2) [livejournal.com profile] milleniumrex asked for Rose/Bart. Imagine this sometime after he's not dead. Because he's coming back, damn it.

I read a lot. )

3) [livejournal.com profile] alphabet26 asked me to "Write George/Izzie like it SHOULD have been, not all drunk and adulterous. -_-" So!

Spoilers for season 4 of Grey's Anatomy:

Izzie? Whassamatter? )

4) And then [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz asked me for Kon/Cass (Cain)

Kon watched Cass sleep... )

And THEN!! And then, and then!! [livejournal.com profile] milleniumrex wrote me a Tim/Cissie drabble and [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz wrote me a whole FIC! Best Laid Plans!!!!!!

*squeaks and flails gleefully* YAY!
lady_sarai: (Alex smirk)
2008-05-22 11:10 pm
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Grey's finale!! And a quiz!

First--today was not as terrible; my principal was peeved at the class for yesterday, so she came in and gave them a blistering lecture before school started. Recess found four of them in the office, with a fifth on in-school suspension for the day. (5 out of 17. Yeah.) (And that only because sending her home would not have been as miserable for her--she spent the day in a fourth grade classroom.)

Second--GREY'S!!!!

ZOMGFINALE!! )

Oh, show. I'm sure there's more, but I'm all aflutter and aflail. A finale that doesn't leave me hating you or in nail-biting angst-ridden suspense or heartbreak? But one that makes me feel like I can't WAIT for fall and the new season?

Well done!

I love this show.

And! Meme from [livejournal.com profile] minisinoo because a) SUCH A SHOCKER and b) it was fun! (I am this kind of geek, yes.)

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Eastern New England. Whether or not you pronounce r's, you have the sound of Boston, New Hampshire, and Maine about you. You do think "don" sounds like "dawn" even though the people down in New York City don't.

If you are not from this region, you probably were thinking too hard about one of the questions.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!
We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?





It's true, they DO sound the same! (Also, there was no option for saying "horrible" so that the "o" sounds like the vowel sound in "are." ;) Ditto for "orange" but that wasn't even on the quiz.)
lady_sarai: (Joey: It's a moo point.)
2008-02-18 10:53 pm
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Guess my favorite TV show meme! :)

Nabbed from [livejournal.com profile] three_nails, I think:

1. Pick 15 of your favorite TV shows.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each show. Whenever possible, avoid leaving the names in the quotes. Too easy!
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the show title once it's guessed.
5. No Googling, etc.


It's like candy but with blood, which is so much better! )

Cheating to say that the last 4 are reality shows. =P Heh.

ETA, 2/19: Heee, all but #15 have been ID'd! The prize goes to [livejournal.com profile] aradiachiba for naming all the reality shows despite how very much she does NOT watch reality shows (except I KNOW YOUR SECRET!). ;) I think this means she knows me too well, or maybe that I talk about my reality shows too much. ::cough::

BTW, she and [livejournal.com profile] zoe_chan each named 5 shows. My people, they know me. ::loves::

Also, #15 is a show I regularly squee about. Not so much a reality show in the competition sense, but it's not scripted. That is your clue for now. If [livejournal.com profile] xenokattz doesn't get it, I will give another clue. ;) Heeee.

ETA, 2/20: She got it! ;) Oh, Discovery Channel, why is the new season not until April? Woe! (It gives me time to find an icon?)