I LIVE MY LIFE IN THE GREY AREAS

In honor of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary year and more attempts to use LJ more (and to ramp up my excitement EVEN MOAR about the show returning in a few weeks!), I thought I'd attempt this meme. As a caveat, it may take a bit longer than 30 days to complete, but I'm going to give it a go, nonetheless.

Anyway, quotes! That's a tough decision, so I picked a few of my favorites:

'Do you know like we were saying, about the earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world is turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it, the turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour. And I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world. And, if we let go...That's who I am.'
-- Nine in Rose

'He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful.'
-- Tim Lattimer in Family of Blood

'Think about me when you're living your life one day after another, all in a neat pattern. Think about the homeless traveller in his old police box, his days like crazy paving.'
-- Seven in Dragonfire

'When you're a kid, they tell you it's all ... grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid, and that's it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It's so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.'
-- Elton Pope in Love and Monsters

( And the rest of the days of the meme... )

30 Days of Who Meme: Day 5 -- Your Favorite Companion

I always hate this question, as there are so many awesome companions to choose from. I do have a definite 'type' though, in general -- I usually prefer the brainy ones. Zoe, Liz, Nyssa...I could go on. But at the present moment [and for what's been a good two years or so now], I have to say that my favorite is Martha Jones.

I love that she's smart, capable, feisty, independent, and hella gorgeous. I love that though she can be strong and confident, she can also be a bit dorky and self-conscious. I love that she was able to function very well on her own when away from the Doctor [something we sadly don't see enough of anymore in the show, IMO] and also that she was able to finally walk away from him when she needed to after the whole YTNW tragedy.

Sadly, I think the writers of the series did a disservice to her character by shoving an awkward 'unrequited love' [which I don't think it actually was, but anyway] plotline into an otherwise awesome Team TARDIS and generally not developing her character as much as other New!Who companions, but I still love her nonetheless. Thankfully, there is not only fanfic, but also some great other mediums [such as the IDW comics] to still enjoy her in.

( Other days )

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30 Days of Me Meme: Day 5 -- Your favorite quote

Ooh, another challenge. I think I'll just go with the one that is currently on my user profile:

"It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party."

-- Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

Yeah. I think, as a music geek, that really fits my life in many ways.

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Aaaand now we're back to overdue memage:

30 Days of Who Meme: Day 3 -- Your Favorite New Series Episode

Well, if you'd asked me this question months ago, I probably would have said 'Human Nature'[/'Family of Blood']. I'm a bit weak for character studies, Doylist meta creeping into the narrative, and dark stuff, so that hit a lot of my kinks. Still, since S5 has aired, I have a new favorite -- "Amy's Choice'.

'Amy's Choice' is all frightfully meta and couldn't be something you'd do every week, of course, but I really loved taking that moment to really go there with a lot of issues about the Doctor, his lifestyle, and his relationships with his companions. I also thought Toby Jones as the 'Dreamlord' was brilliant. I've always loved his father, Freddie, as a character actor, but he showed that he could bring the awesome just as much.

I could really watch this episode on repeat (especially my favorite part when the Doctor is reaching for Amy in her grief, but can't bare touch her -- see icon). I think all of the characters are just pitch perfect and their portrayals are so brutally honest. Yes. Excellent stuff.

( Other days )

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30 Days of Me Meme: Day 3 -- Your favorite television program

Hmm, well, I've definitely got a couple. My traditional pat answer was always The Prisoner (the original, of course) and The Tomorrow People (the first bit of telly I was ever truly fannish over, back when I was wee). I still love those, of course, but obviously as of late, my age-old love for Doctor Who got rekindled around S3 and I've been back in love with the show ever since. I've had a wobble here and there, don't get me wrong, but S5 has really cemented my love for the show and I'm really excited to see what S6 has up its sleeves. So, yeah, definitely my current favorite.

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So, as you may have read on Twitter/Facebook, I've been pretty under the weather tonight. Anyway, this was the best I could do as far as pics tonight. Sorry a lot of them came out quite crappy:

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Oops, I just realized I'd not posted my pics from Monday yet [see, that's why I could never do this for more than a week!].

Anyway, here they are, for your viewing pleasure:

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Okay, one more, I just couldn't resist.

From that_sakka_girl:

One little compliment can make you feel amazing. So, leave me a compliment, anything in the entire world, even that my shoelaces are pretty. Then, post these words in your own journal. Once you receive a few comments, place the entry in a memory or a tag, and whenever you feel down, simply click the link to be reminded of what a great person you are!

Comments are screened.

Tagged from melissanmn:

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

1. I was born premature and weighed only 2 lbs. 14 oz. at birth. My father says that I was so small that I could nearly fit completely in his hand, save for about half an inch or so on either end. I was mostly healthly, but had some breathing difficulties. Because of this and my weight (I think you need to be about 4-5 lbs. to leave the hospital), I spent the first month of my life in an incubator where I could only be touched by putting your hands through these gloves that were attached to the side of the incubator. On the plus side, I was the first (or one of) to use the hospital's new "rocking" incubator that would rock the babies inside. I think that got me a mention in the local paper.

2. While many people know that I was shot once, a lot of people don't know that I was in a really bad (near-fatal) car wreck when I was 24 which left me with a fractured left ankle (thankfully that was all considering how damaged my car was). As a result, I have a plate and screws in that ankle and it can get hurt if I walk or exercise on it too much.

3. I have nearly drowned four times in my life. Strangely enough, despite that I still swim from time to time.
( details if you are curious )

4. As feygirl said in hers: "I crave salty things more than sweet things." Much more.

5. I am mildly afraid of the dark and when I am home (especially alone), I need to have nearly every light in the house on. Also, I always enter a room looking away until I turn on the light (i.e. I try to never look into a darkened room).

6. While most people think of me as someone who is not much of a "party-type" and pretty much a whitebread, librarian/valeditorian type, people would probably be surprised to know that I started smoking in 7th grade (I quit around 9th grade), I gave my first blow-job at 12 (to my boyfriend), I wasn't the best student (I only got a 945 on my SATs), I was just shy of being an alcoholic the way that I drank from the age of 17-25ish (I am amazed I never died of alcohol poisoning), I used to smoke pot all the time but stopped because of both my asthma and eventual boredom with it, I shoplifted a few times in high school and college, and I have had sex with lots and lots of people, even for a period with some of whom I did not even know their name or that was just using them for sex.

7. I have a total glasses fetish, especially those black-rimmed frames that indie boys and girls wear. Ever since I was in about 2nd grade, I have been known to completely fall for bespectacled persons and, more embarrassingly, at one point even had a fake pair that I would sometimes make ex-lovers that didn't wear glasses wear during sex.

8. While I have been with several women sexually and have been out as bisexual for about 15 years, with the exception of the budding developments with jescot, I have never had a girlfriend. Part of me thinks that sucks, because I think I would prefer to have more girlfriends than boyfriends. I mean, I love all my sweeties, but sometimes that is how I feel.

9. All of my fingers are double-jointed. This can be good or bad depending on circumstances (example: good = being able to bend them in neat ways, bad = can't make chords on a guitar easily because they "lock up" with the top joint trying to bend when I just want the whole finger to bend).

10. Up until about 4 or so years ago, I still had 4 baby teeth in my mouth (adult teeth never formed beneath them). The dentist said in my teens that they would probably fall out before I was 20. Instead most of them didn't fall out until I was about 30 (I still have one left -- the dentist wanted to pull it, but its still not loose so I asked him to leave it for now). As a result, I have three missing teeth in my mouth (which I hide from shame). I need to get implants or a bridge, but I need to save up as it is just so damned expensive to do so.

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As for tagging, most of my friends list has done this already. If you haven't and want to, consider yourself tagged. :)

Not bad considering that I went to a really crappy high school...

One more meme for the night.

From mailea, a fellow cool music-geek:

i am an indie snob!




How indie are you? test by ridethefader

You're just too cool for school, aren't you? You're pretty narrow minded
and opinionated with regards to music (and probably most other things
as well). But you're allowed to be, because you really are better
than everyone else. You take pride in obscurity.
You probably prefer vinyl too, you elitist bitch.


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Heh.

A little harsh, but also a little true.