I'm still alive.

[dejana]

My Cloverfield fic seems to have gone over well. I got six glowing reviews on FF.net, more than almost any other story in the (tiny) category. :3 Now I just have to get in the habit of responding to reviews, which never really became customary in the Sailormoon fandom but seems to be everywhere else. ^^;

I really do have a gift for fanfiction. Whether that gift will also apply to original fiction remains to be seen.

And now for some memes I got tagged on and hadn't gotten around to doing. They have tag instructions, but if you get tagged and don't want to do it, no biggie.

from vayleen

The Handwritten Meme

1) your handle/name/username
2) left or right handed?
3) favourite letters to write
4) least favourite characters to write
5) write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6) tag 5 people



from yellowallamanda

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."

1. I write a handwritten first draft of almost everything before typing it.

2. I know I'm lucky not to be one, but I can't stop wanting to be a BNF. -_-

3. My favorite sound in the world is the wind in the leaves.

4. There are certain words I really, really like for no evident reason. I intend to make a list someday. Two that come to mind at the moment are "planet" and "weapon."

5. I love having long hair, but I'm too lazy to do anything with it. Most often I just braid it to have it out of the way.

6. I love the smells of the various seasons. Not the items associated with each season, but the scents of the seasons themselves. My favorites are autumn and fall.

7. I'm a very lonely person, but I don't let myself feel it most of the time.

I tag a bunch of the new folks on my flist:

lexie_b
lunarkitten
sd_segara
ryou_lover15
serasaturn
tesh_chan
lunapitty

from preshrunken

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your favorite song.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your lj with the answers to these questions. (Or leave a comment. Say if you want it screened)
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask others in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.

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1.) What's the one biggest regret you have?
That would be a tie between not saying "no" when he told me he considered me his girlfriend and asked if I felt the same way, and Otakon 2005.

2.) If you had to write for one fandom for the rest of your life, which one would it be and why?
If it's allowed, my own. >3 I've had a canon in my head for the past fourteen years that I'm constantly making up stories for. Someday it'll be a book. If that doesn't count, though, I'd have to go with Sailormoon. It's still the fandom I'm most inspired by, even though I'm ready to move on to other things now. I wouldn't enjoy being stuck in one fandom forever, but if I had to, I could write Sailormoon indefinitely.

3.) Who is your role model?
Ehee... if I have one, it's probably sache. ^^;;; All hail the mighty Fic Bitch? ahem >.> *hides* I'm sure there's someone else, but no one's coming to mind at the moment ^^;;;
(ETA: You know, the more I think about it, the more I think I don't really have a role model. There are people I admire, certainly, and would love to be more like, but I don't attempt to pattern my life off theirs or anything.)

4.) Do you have any weird quirks? What are they?
Mmm... I read the same favorite books over and over instead of checking out new ones. I go to the movies all by myself and it doesn't bother me in the least. I wear the same necklace almost every day. I haven't watched/read at least a third of the anime/manga I own. Sometimes I drive and drive in no particular direction just for the heck of it. And I find it incredibly difficult to convince my brain that the online buddy I'm meeting and their virtual persona are one and the same person.

5.) If you had to pick a movie to describe you or your life, which one would it be?
For the first eighteen years or so, that would be Never Been Kissed. God, that's dreadful to say. I saw that movie once and could never watch it again. Too much of a reminder of things I don't want to think about. When it comes to my 20s, however, there really isn't a good match. But I plan to write one. :3

Comments

[sache.livejournal.com]

(ETA: You know, the more I think about it, the more I think I don't really have a role model. There are people I admire, certainly, and would love to be more like, but I don't attempt to pattern my life off theirs or anything.)

Oh, just deflate my ego, why don't you!

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee.

Hey, the admiration category is good too! You're in there with Neil Gaiman!

[sache.livejournal.com]

BUT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME!

Isn't that just the scariest thought ever?

[dejana.livejournal.com]

an army of fibis ._.

*builds a rocket and blasts off to another planet*

[sache.livejournal.com]

... Dude, an army of Me's would be AWESOME. It would be full of battalions of snark.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

It would be a place unfit for human habitation.

[sache.livejournal.com]

Depends on how you define "human". If by "human" you mean "lacking in AWESOME," then yes.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

But I can't help it if my awesome levels aren't up to par! ;_;

That's why you're my role model!

With time, my funk level could...

[sache.livejournal.com]

Awww! We'll build up your awesome! Someday, you shall rain awesome down from the heavens! Why, you could be ALMOST as awesome as me! (You cannot surpass my awesome as I set the bar beyond human reach.)

[dejana.livejournal.com]

*_____*

*falls over from the dreamy-awesomeness of that fantasy*

Hee. I am having more fun on the internets tonight than I've had in ages.

[sache.livejournal.com]

Well, it's going to have to stop now. As of this moment, I've been up for 23 hours and I'd been meaning to go to bed a couple hours ago... except I got caught up in LJ and forum conversation spam. *G*

It's like being in college ALL OVER AGAIN. (It is perhaps why my grades were not so good...)

[dejana.livejournal.com]

BOOOOOO.

[starzangelus.livejournal.com]

My Cloverfield fic seems to have gone over well. I got six glowing reviews on FF.net, more than almost any other story in the (tiny) category.

Dej, you could write a food label and people would love it.

I kid you not. :)

I read the same favorite books over and over instead of checking out new ones.

I do the same thing. Its a wonder how I've even read other books. O_o

XD

I could write Sailormoon indefinitely.

Sailor Moon Forevah!

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Dej, you could write a food label and people would love it.

Bah. :P I can write a passable fanfic, but professional writing isn't the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out the bits I'm missing. If I wrote something original as I am now, some people would like it, but it wouldn't be enough to sell books.

Sailor Moon Forevah!

Hee. I've never figured out what it is about Sailormoon that's so inspirational to me...

[ayadec.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you handing out interview questions, I'd love some. I'm not sure I've ever done any "interview-like" meme with you before. Oh well.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Okie dokie smokie :D

Let's see...

1. What is your biggest goal?

2. What is your biggest fear?

3. What is your biggest accomplishment?

4. What is your biggest regret?

What is up with this theme of "biggest" questions?

5. If you could have one thing for yourself, anything at all, from a diamond ring to magic powers to the friendship of your favorite celebrity, what would it be?

[jencatd.livejournal.com]

I'd like to try the interview meme as well. Seems like a good way to get to know people. :)

[dejana.livejournal.com]

1. Who is your favorite person in the whole world, and why?

2. What is the most random thing that's ever happened to you?

3. What is the craziest thing you've ever done?

4. What is your favorite LJ community? xD

5. What is your favorite website? xDD (I'm such a geek xD)

[dejana.livejournal.com]

1. What is your favorite memory?

2. What was your favorite TV show as a child?

3. What was your favorite toy as a child?

4. What are you most looking forward to this year?

5. If you could choose your hair and eye color, what would they be?

[nephthysmoon.livejournal.com]

cause we are broken, what must we do to restore our innocence

er, yes, I would adore some interviewy questions.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

1. If you could have any super power you wanted, what would you choose?

2. If you could visit any place and time in history you wanted, where would you go?

3. If you could choose something to never ever have to do again for the rest of your life, what would it be?

4. If you could choose something to do as many times as you want whenever you want for the rest of your life, what would it be?

5. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what food would you choose?

[heavenly-pearl.livejournal.com]

I'd like some interview questions as well. ^_^

- Yumeko -

[dejana.livejournal.com]

1. Who is your best friend, and what do you like best about them?

2. What is your favorite fandom right now?

3. If you could make one fandom as big as you wanted, which fandom would you choose and how big would you want it? xD

4. Where would you like to be in life in 20 years?

5. Where do you think you will be in life in 20 years?

[desdiamonds.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOUR HANDWRITING!

I want to steal it from you and make it my own.

Consider this my "casual comment of no particular significance" hehe

[dejana.livejournal.com]

But it's so boring... I don't get it ^^;;

1. If you could only be in one fandom for the rest of your life, what would it be?

2. If you could wish your ideal movie/book series/TV show into existence, what would it be like?

3. If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?

4. Who is your all-time favorite character, of any fandom?

5. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you go?

[dejana.livejournal.com]

I think everyone who is saying this is a liar. :P

Did you want interview questions as well (like all these other people omg what have I gotten myself into)?

[olesia]

*insert casual comment here, mentioning that your current "listening to" music is awesome*

Also - Legible handwriting? On MY friendslist?!

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Do I deserve to be? Is that the question? If so, who answers?

I know, my handwriting's so boring ;_;

1. Why do you text me so much? :P

2. Who else do you text? xD

3. What are you most looking forward to about Sakura-Con? :D

4. It's a big green button! What do you do?

5. Have you ever been tempted to actually call the number on the back of a truck and report their bad driving? xDD

hee, randomness

[olesia]

*does not remember lyrics*

Not boring! Legible! It's messed up when you can't even read your OWN writing. [Then again, I write on buses, so pretty much half of my letters wind up looking like giant lowercase N's with a bad case of seizure.]

1. Because you answer! =D and are amusing and often write interesting things.

2. Vayleen, my parents (both of whom use obscene amounts of chatspeak! WTF woe, how did I get teenage girls for parents in this regard?), a couple real-life friends (who don't answer! D= ).

3. No clue! I know at some point I'm going to get bullied into dueling the ATM (yes, that was my secret, go ahead and laugh), so I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to that in a positive way... but there will be bento! Bonus!

4. Augh! Is it fuzzy?

5. ... no! Because, surprisingly, I've never noticed them to be bad drivers. And I ride buses, so I'm usually more focused on "yay fic" than "boo bad drivers," unless my bus driver has to slam on the brakes, or we pass an auto accident. Then everyone just looks at each other for a brief moment and laughs awkwardly.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Lazing out on asking other people questions by not posting it in your journal, eh? >P

*investigates and sees you already did this meme for someone else*

Ah, that's all right then. :)

I know at some point I'm going to get bullied into dueling the ATM

Haha, I never went back to look at the secrets after I read one was yours. I remembered that one and wondered, but thought "nah..."

Fuzzy?? Okay, I wasn't expecting that...

[olesia]

*shrugs* Lazy?

Oh. Right.

--Yeah, that was me. ^^;;; True story. vikki, who's supposedly actually going to be cosplaying as someone from that series, says that if I duel ATM, then she will, too. Obviously, at least one of us is going to wind up on Youtube. Most likely her. I hope.

-- That was my first impression! You threw exclamation points at me, and I went, "gah! gah! Umm! Fuzzy?"

[dejana.livejournal.com]

You... are really unusual.

I'm really random, though. I was thinking up questions at my friend's place and I glanced out into the kitchen and there was a coffee maker with a big glowing green button on it. That's the full inspiration for the question. xD

I had lots of questions to come up with! ;_; The trucks one was my friend's suggestion...

[olesia]

I'm... sorry? I'm not particularly sure how to react to that one...

Yeah, I think, had I gotten that much of a response, I would have just google'd "???" and use whatever came up.

[serasaturn.livejournal.com]

"So take me now, or take me never.
I won't wait; you're already late.
So say goodbye, or say forever.
Choose your fate.
How else can we survive?
Dead is the new alive."

Casual comment, much? I realize you already have a handful of these, so if it's too much of a hassel, don't bother, but if you get bored, then yeah..

Personally, I like your handwriting. It has a nice style to it, while mine..looks like a little kid mixed with an old man.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

but it's so boring ;_;

1. Pick a number. Why did you choose that number?

2. If you could have any animal in the world as a pet, what animal would you choose?

3. If you could keep one person with you forever, who would it be?

4. If you could completely remove someone from your life and never have to see them or hear about them again, who would it be?

5. If you could go to any event in the world, what would you go to?

[preshrunken.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind me asking (and if you do, you don't have to answer this) but was happened at Otakon 2005? Wasn't that the year that a bunch of ASMR people went?

[dejana.livejournal.com]

It was the last year there was a big ASMR meetup, but that didn't have anything to do with it. It was my first con and I was with a bunch of awesome people that I really wanted to be friends with, but I went all social retard on them and did some really stupid insulting things. It's been almost three years and thinking about it still makes me want to crawl into a hole and die.

Fortunately, they're more forgiving people than I am.