there is a point where it just all becomes hysterically funny

[harborshore]

In the continuing saga of "How My Body Hates Me: Let Me Count The Ways," I'm pretty sure I have the flu on top of my Mystery virus right now. Possibly it's a horrendous version of my sister's mild cold, but the joint aches and headache are horribly suggestive. I guess I will know in the morning.

But in the meantime, because I could use a distraction from the joint aches and the possibility of imminent swine flu, you lot should come ask me things. Like, we could do that meme that's been going around again:

Ask me for my top 5 anything: fandoms, ice cream flavours, cartoon moments, women in my fandoms, OTPs, ideal holiday destinations, goals for the future, celebrity crushes, books I wish would be made into movies, love songs, ANYTHING.

And if you like, I'll ask you a top 5 in the comments!

Comments

[jubella.livejournal.com]

Um, what are you top 5 books? Or who are your top 5 favorite women in history?

[antihysteric.livejournal.com]

on *top* of the mystery virus? ugh, that's terrible. Try to get some rest? :(

Um, how about top five otps, or top five MCR canon moments, or top five comfort foods? Or you could do all three! :D (I love asking people questions, hee.)

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Top 5 books--OH GOD. UNPOSSIBLE. Um, five books I like a lot that are all different genres are:

1. The Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri.
2. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter, Astrid Lindgren.
3. Women and Apple Trees, Moa Martinsson.
4. Against Forgetting, edited by Carolyn Forche.
5. Wanderlust, Rebecca Solnit.

And I answered that other one last time I did this meme, so, hey, I'm way too out of it for html: here. Also it has not changed. *grins*

[jubella.livejournal.com]

I just finished reading Interpreter of Maladies! But I don't think I've heard of the other four, so I will check them out!

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's a tragedy of epic proportions. Or a farce. I think I'm going with farce.

Top 5 OTPs in canon:

1. Dick/Babs
2. Booth/Bones
3. Willow/Tara
4. Veronica/Logan
5. Ronia/Birk

Top 5 non-canon OTPs:

1. Babs/Dinah
2. Veronica/Mac (or Veronica/Weevil)
3. Bob/Brian
4. Steph/Cass
5. Lyn-Z/girl!Spencer


I'm reasonably sure I answered the MCR one the last time I did this--the only one I remember is C-H-O-R-U-S and "Spit in their motherfucking faces!" and those remain true.

Top 5 comfort foods:

1. Chocolate (in all forms, but especially mom's chocolate hazelnut cookies).
2. Soup, especially split pea soup.
3. Tea and a piece of toast with a hard-boiled egg on it plus a particular Swedish sandwich spread that everyone else thinks smells disgusting.
4. Fish the way mom makes it.
5. Dad's lasagna.

You should tell me your top 5 songs for feeling awesome. :D

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Isn't it wonderful? It's my favorite collection of short stories.

You should tell me your top five fictional heroines! It's a mash-up of the two you asked me, kind of. :D

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

Top 5 *fictional* places you'd most like to visit?

(I would love questions back. :)

[wavesofwood.livejournal.com]

5 Awesome Ladies in books (or comics!) :D

:( Hope you feel better soon, darlin'. ♥

[wavesofwood.livejournal.com]

Also, you should ask me something! :)

[jubella.livejournal.com]

It really is! I was quite charmed.

Oh man, I'm not even going to lie, my reading has been so far in between (I'm just started reading avidly again, but seriously, I haven't even read Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings so my opinions are shady at best) and my memory is so spotty (I have to write book reviews for myself because I can't remember what even happened in the stories anymore) that I would never be able to answer that question. But I'll try to remember in six months time! And hopefully have an adequate answer for you.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh.

1. Narnia (BEFORE the seventh book).
2. Discworld, especially if I can spend a month with Susan.
3. Chrestomanci castle.
4. Barrayar, but I don't want to stay long, I just want to meet Cordelia.
5. Avalon or Nangijala, but not until I die.


On a similar theme, Top 5 fictional characters you'd most like to go on a road trip/journey with (bonus points if you include where you're going)?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I am cheating, but only a little.

1. "yes, the dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow..."
2. "I need something strong to distract my mind, I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind"
3. The entirety of "Visions of Johanna."
4. "Shine with all the untold, hold the light given onto you."
5. "My baby's looking so damn pretty with those anxious eyes, rain-speckled hair, my ring to wear"
6. "Hold on, one more time with feeling, try it again, breathing's just a rhythm, say it in your mind until you know that the words are right: this is why we fight."

And, oh, yay! Hmm. I have this rare pairing problem, you might have heard of it...

5 ways girl!Bob and Lyn-Z first kissed, is that doable?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

In no particular order (they are equally awesome):

1. Barbara Gordon!
2. Rumor
3. Anne of Green Gables
4. Granny Weatherwax
5. Ronia, the Robber's daughter


And, oh, hmm. Top 5 bandom femmeslash AUs?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Hee, it's fine. You could always include all heroines, movie ones or RL ones ("mom" is totally an acceptable answer as well--she makes all of my lists when I'm not constrained to the fictional realm) or you could just not answer the question, that is also a-okay.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I should add: that have not been written! Considering I think there might be about five in total.

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Noo, don't be more sick! *gentle hugs*

You should tell me the top 5 places you wish you were right now.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

*makes pathetic eyes at you* Tora, this is ridiculous. I want tea and snuggles, stat.

On that note:

1. I would like to be in a big comfortable bed with my cat and someone who would snuggle with me even if I had swine flu. I do have my cat here, which is nice, but my bed is way too small and I have no one to snuggle with.
2. Hmm, if I was not sick, a cabin in the woods with some fun people and free time to do all the writing and skiing I want.
3. The beach. Not even the beach in summer, just the beach. I have a thing for the ocean.
4. Portland, because I want another bookstore vacation.
5. Actually, I want to take a road trip around the UK. But now is most emphatically not the time to do it.

[turlough]

Oh no! I'm keeping my fingers crossed it isn't flu but as you say, the signs do point that way :-( I hope it won't last long whatever it is! *sends you hot tea and Bob to snuggle with*

Top five places you would like to visit some day? And yes, please ask me something.

[wavesofwood.livejournal.com]

Man, you win so hard for all these. 1&2, yes, always♥ (I'm wondering if you've read Y: The Last Man? It's...not perfect, but BKV writes a wide range of women very well.)

Hmm. In no real order--
1) The Like teen witches AU. I think this is all blindmouse's fault, but in my head it's languid & intricate & Gaiman-esque, or like a Studio Ghibli film.
2) The college AU wherein Amanda & Lyn-Z play Oberon & Tatania respectively in their drama production and fall in love. There's subtle magic in this story, the quiet humming sort underneath everything, in the slants of light in rehearsal spaces and glitter streaked on people's arms that no-one can quite explain.
3) The one where The Like are teen runaways. Maybe they're just tired, tough girls, or maybe they're werewolves, or maybe Z's fingers are always blackened from the fires she can't help starting when she's angry. Teen runaways AU!
4) The Hogwarts AU. This one could be either light & adorable during peacetime, or desperate and fierce during the war. Z never realized she was lonely before until Tennessee sat next to her on the train and introduced herself.
5) The one where Amanda & Regina see each other again & again at key historical events through centuries, never staying together for longer than a few hours. There's always a next time, for them. Somewhere Regina's crying & coming & kissing Amanda while Rome burns, and she's sitting looking out at the sea on a day in April in 1912, and she's scribbling quietly in a cafe in Paris is 1924, and Amanda's taking her hand and pulling her through Covent Garden in 1909 and 2009, and they're always the same.

[egelantier.livejournal.com]

get better soon!

top five fictional characters?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I LOVE ALL OF THESE. So much. If I wasn't feverish I would tell you so at great length--man, Z as a firestarter or teen witches or Hogwarts AU desperate in wartime or 5, oh my heart. EVERYTHING ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

But 2. made me grin, because after my big bang sequel, the next long!fic? That's basically what I'm writing. With that pairing, too. Except Amanda is Titania and she's actually the fairy queen, at the same time as she's the actress playing the part...

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Poor, poor you ♥ If I were there I would give you tea and snuggles (EVEN if it's flu; I've been vaccinated)!

re #5, now is a really bad time for a road trip around the UK, but you should do it when it's warm!

(PS - you can ask me a 5 things if you'd like)

[novembersmith.livejournal.com]

*fistbump* I am also sick, but not nearly so spectacularly, just a garden-variety sinus infection of extreme ick and blah.

How about... top 5 awesome childhood memories?

[wavesofwood.livejournal.com]

I'm glad! Well, you should, sometime, because mostly I tell myself stories about these girls when I'm waiting for trains, or bored in class, or trying to fall asleep on a sofa. And I'd like to hear what you think ♥. Ask me about something that happens in one of these AUs, & I'll try and tell you.

:DDD THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS :DDD I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT KIND OF A HUGE LOT NOW :DDD

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Runaways, then, and I want the moment where Z meets Tennessee and they realize they're both different in the same way (or near enough). ♥