meme moment

Hi to new friends! *waves* Just you know, feel welcome. Pull up easy chairs and all.

It's late, I'm bored, and also, I'm the tiniest bit drunk, from, of all things, cherry schnapps. Which, by the way, is like sucking on a jolly rancher. The candy, that is. Sweet as hell.

Gakked directly from jmtorres word for word.

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your fic, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

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 spinach." (anyone who comments to say only that you like spinach shall be thwapped. unless, of course, that's the only thing of interest about you. but if you're just doing it to be smartass... *G*)

Hmm. To compensate, ask me any one question, if you wish, and I'll answer it as best I can.

I'm still getting over the other night when I didn't recognize josselin's AIM name. Sooo embarassing. So very, very embarassing.

Comments

[altricial.livejournal.com]

I regularly expect animals to reply me when I talk to them and then I get all sad for a while when they don't.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

They're teasing you, you know. Like they *can't* talk. Bah. I read Narnia, after all. They're just being mean.

*g*

*thinks about smacking animals for being teases, but is kind of scared of them*

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

I talk to my car. Sometimes it even obeys me.

What's your favorite type of candy?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*awed* An obedient car.

Hmmm. Chocolate, Godiva, no nuts. I have Nut Issues with sweets. But the convenience store girl in me goes for the M&M's every time. Just so convenient. And pretty. Well, okay, the black and white thing going on now not so much, but usually? Pretty.

[bionic.livejournal.com]

I talk to myself quite frequently. Not in an insane way, just...in a thoughtful way. But doesn't everybody? Uh, I used to dance in the dark a lot. Is that strange? or is that just a sign of deep inhibitions....

What's your favorite book?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I talk to myself quite frequently. Not in an insane way, just...in a thoughtful way. But doesn't everybody?

God, I hope so. I have this horrible habit of having half a conversation in my head and the other part out loud when I'm thinking too hard.

Uh, I used to dance in the dark a lot. Is that strange? or is that just a sign of deep inhibitions....

*G* Dancing is *fun*.

What's your favorite book?

What day is it? *G*

My standby is The Mists of Avalon, because of the sheer amount of weight in it, all that wonderful epicness. But Pride and Prejudice sometimes switches with it. I just love the dialogue and the speed of the plot. And such a *clean* read. *happy sigh*

It changes, though, depending on what mood I'm in and what I've been reading most recently.

[denara.livejournal.com]

Um, I study computer engineering but my favorite subject is history.

I have also been known to eat a half pound of Sizzling Cinnamon Jelly Bellys in one sitting.

I'm boring. =)

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Cinnamon. *drools* I love those Jelly Belly ones with mix and match flavors. Though the popcorn ones always scare me a little.

Damn. Now I'm hungry again.

[gloriousdaze.livejournal.com]

*waves shyly* I can't sleep, so I shall boldly reply. You know, the very first stories I read of yours was your Logan/Jean How Things Change series because I'm a *cough*Redshipper*cough* It's my favorite X-Men series fic by the way. And I'm so lucky that you like Brian/Justin and write fic with them. So, you may think of me as the little Redshipper who now reads you QaF fic :)

Okay, umm, I can't think of a question. Anything you wanna tell is good. :D

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're QaF? How cool! AND X-Men! *Grins*

I like to think of QaFUS as a plague, spreading happily across LJland. *g*

Hmm. I like Brussels sprouts. I mean, really *like* them. Drowned in butter and salt.

[misskatherine.livejournal.com]

Hi! My name is Katie and I'm 23. I live in Missouri and green is just the best color ever, don't you think?

My likes include ice cream and rainbows and fluffy, fluffy kittens. My dislikes include the entire UPN line-up, hay fever and people who litter.

As far as hobbies go, I spent quite a bit of time building fangirl shrines and lighting/blowing out a myriad of candles. When I'm not busy with that, occasionally I write Logan/Rogue fanfic. There's also a bit of useless graphic making thrown in for good measure.

If I had three wishes, I'd wish for firmer thighs, unending sunshine, and of course, world peace.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I love green. Love love love love.

There's also a bit of useless graphic making thrown in for good measure.

*snorts* You do beautiful graphics.

*giggles at the rest* World peace would be nice. Also, a lifetime supply of chocolate. Just piled up in an easily accessible place.

Though that, admittedly, would be hard on the thighs.

[claire.livejournal.com]

I find it difficult to write fic, not because I'm a bad writer, but because I'm not a really good writer.

Also I have fuschia toenails and bright orange fingernails and bright red hair.

My new years resolution for 2004 is that i want to be able to do 5 pushups by the end of it (proper pushups from the feet, not from the knees).

I am supposed to be going to an LJ gathering of popslash fans tomorrow, but am quite nervous because I never expect people to like me.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

My new years resolution for 2004 is that i want to be able to do 5 pushups by the end of it (proper pushups from the feet, not from the knees).

I could get *one*--if I get lucky. Very, very lucky.

I am supposed to be going to an LJ gathering of popslash fans tomorrow, but am quite nervous because I never expect people to like me.

See, this is why I want to go to a convention and never want to. I just have this insane belief that *everyone* will hate me when they meet me.

*shares the social fear*

Have a good time! Wear a weird hat. When all else fails, it makes good conversation. *g*

[svmadelyn.livejournal.com]

I'm secretly inept at most fix-it type things, and yet? I have put together every piece of furniture in my house on my own. Entertainment center, desk, dressers, library alcove bookcases, etc.

It's really weird. I get into a zone of sorts. It's fun because my mom, when I used to let her watch me put things together? Used to keep saying we need to call someone at the store to put it together because it is so, so hard.

I don't let people watch me anymore because I tend to curse a lot and talk to myself out loud. And yes, I do cry. But. It. Gets. Put. Together.

*admires room*

Um, okay. Now a question for you...What 'classic' story do you absolutely hate, and why?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I don't let people watch me anymore because I tend to curse a lot and talk to myself out loud. And yes, I do cry. But. It. Gets. Put. Together.

*dies* I love that. I can *see* it. *hee*

Um, okay. Now a question for you...What 'classic' story do you absolutely hate, and why?

Immortality by Grail. I mean, not because it's a bad story, but because it's freaking depressing. I ended up trying to re-reead it again and it hurt so much I gave up and shut it down. Even now.

[lainy122.livejournal.com]

I'm from Australia, and I'm insanely jealous that you were able to see Return of the King before we did. It only premiered here today (being the 26th of Dec), whereas you guys got it on...the 17th? Is that right? Anyways. Very jealous *g*

As for my question, I was just wondering, how many fandoms do you read, and how many fandoms do you write in? Is there a difference? Is there anything that you read/write that you sincerely hope no one finds out about? *bg*

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it yet! No time. Stupid schedule.

As for my question, I was just wondering, how many fandoms do you read, and how many fandoms do you write in? Is there a difference? Is there anything that you read/write that you sincerely hope no one finds out about? *bg*

A. Two--QaF and SV
B Oh yeah. Canon sex and no fantasy elements. The biggest weirdness is that while Lex is tractable, Brian is like pulling teeth. Justin and Clark speak to me pretty easily. Usually.
C. My one RPS. Mostly because it sucks and I have no desire to edit it. I've only emailed it to a few people, so the possibility of it being seen is very, very, very low.

I hope. *suddenly worried*

[aoibh.livejournal.com]

I am from Ireland. I lurk.

I have no interest in Lord of the Rings. I do not care at all. I found it boring. I don't know what all the fuss was about. There is so much more to say, but that would be a rant.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*begins to laugh*

I had issues with the books, I admit it. Just--grr. Like reading through tar.

[melusina]

I grew up in a military family. We lived in Taiwan when I was an older baby / toddler, and had a Chinese nanny. I spoke Chinese before I spoke English. Sadly, when we moved back to the states I had no one to practice it with and I don't remember any of it now.

What fairy tale character do you most identify with?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Wow. Chinese. I look at that language and feel my IQ dropping. The difficulty....*shivers*

What fairy tale character do you most identify with?

Huh. I'm not sure. Most of the heroines at this point just annoy me and I'm bad at remembering titles of the obscure ones I used to read.

I suppose on some level, Sleeping Beauty. Waiting to wake up. *g*

[chrisjournal.livejournal.com]

I'm Chris. Sometimes, I write. I also miss New Orleans, and I have admiration for your squishy frontal lobes.

(Merry whateveryoucelebrate!)

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*grins* I have adorable frontal lobes. *pats*

And Merry Holidays to you, too!

[garryowen.livejournal.com]

I hate driving, so I bike and walk as much as I can.

I like to rollerblade every day.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Hee! I like to drive, but I'm bad at it--no concentration--so I tend to walk when I can.

Rollerblading is *fun*. Right until you lose control, say, going down a hill that *should not* have been there, and watching while your life flashes before your eyes like a movie. And worse? The movie is boring.

*g*

[dolimir-k.livejournal.com]

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. To compensate, ask me any one question, if you wish, and I'll answer it as best I can.

Like you, I'm looking for a change in jobs. However, when I move, I want to leave the state and start somewhere, anywhere fresh. (The advantage to having a grown son).

My question: What is it about writing that moves you? Do you have a sort of write or die complusion? Do you want to move into "real" fiction or are you content in fanfiction?

Okay, that's more than one, but they're all semi-related. *g*

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Like you, I'm looking for a change in jobs. However, when I move, I want to leave the state and start somewhere, anywhere fresh.

I'm constantly tempted to do that. I am so *full* of envy. *admiring*

What is it about writing that moves you? Do you have a sort of write or die complusion?

Like fight or flight? *G*

Sometimes, yes, sometimes, no.

Sometimes, something has to be written, period, and forget having anything like a life or an independent thought until it's done. Like Dust, Somewhere, etc. That's about maybe a quarter of the time. (In SV, about half, actually). And then sometimes, it's more mellow, more comfortable, more--well. Just relaxing. This can be in the same story, though usually, a story is one or the other.

Do you want to move into "real" fiction or are you content in fanfiction?

I love what I do. I suppose when I feel the desire to do published fic, or publishable, rather, I will. I think. Actually, I don't know. *g* I suppose I'll know when I'm ready and capable of doing it. Make sense?

[g-martin-blank.livejournal.com]

OK, here's mine: I really and truly love to DRIVE. Long distance, short hops, late-night runs across 3 counties, or multi-state non-stops, it really doesn't matter. And yet? I HATE the traffic and congestion that is prevalent 90% of the time on my local Beltway, so avoid it at all costs. To drive is to be MOVING, I guess.

My question for you: Where do you come up with the inspiration for your stories? And, HOW do you get such clarity regarding the inner workings of your characters' minds?

Reading your fic makes me wonder if their isn't a real-life version of the closet door in "Being John Malkovich" which allows you direct access to Lex & Clark's brains.

Gary

[seperis.livejournal.com]

OK, here's mine: I really and truly love to DRIVE. Long distance, short hops, late-night runs across 3 counties, or multi-state non-stops, it really doesn't matter. And yet? I HATE the traffic and congestion that is prevalent 90% of the time on my local Beltway, so avoid it at all costs. To drive is to be MOVING, I guess.

You are totally a roadtrip person, aren't you? I can see it.

Where do you come up with the inspiration for your stories? And, HOW do you get such clarity regarding the inner workings of your characters' minds?

Er. Magic?

No, okay, other fic, things, music. Recently, vids. I'm sure altricial would be kind of shocky that my Justin/Gus was done directly after a marathon viewing of her vids. It's like something wakes up in my head--I'm not always awake as a writer, it isn't always clear, or it's not always articulated enough for me to get the words to frame it. Or sometimes, nothing is there at all. And there's this--click, I want to call it, though lots of people have much better descriptions. It's that cliched thing about turning on a light, but it's more like turning on a player piano. It just starts, I get it out in some form, then feel like it's always been there. It's like the story was always there, always, it was just waiting for me to see it.

Wow, that sounds either insane or completely pretentious.

Thank you for the compliment, btw! *hugs*

[jaymalea]

I like to get up early in the mornings, when no one else is awake or home. Having the house to myself is a wonderful treat. It's all quiet and dark. I can be silent and not speak to anyone (except maybe the cat). However, early mornings do lead directly to early nights, as you know every time I logoff early from chat.

Which do you like best. Mountains? or Coast? or River Valley?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Heh. You log off early a *lot*.

Which do you like best. Mountains? or Coast? or River Valley?

I've never seen real mountains in person, so I can't be sure. But--when I was at the beach with Bethy, we were at this condo, which was right over the beach. When high tide came in, it came in under our balcony. We were on I think the seventh floor, and the view of the ocean was amazing. I didn't want to leave. I spent hours--we *both* spent hours--just sitting there, staring at the water and talking, or just being quiet. I've never seen anything or felt anything like that before. The sound of the water and the constant change and the way it didn't change at all--it was amazing. I felt as if I'd found--I don't know the word. Not peace, not anything like that, I've never had inner peace and never wanted it--but completion.

Jesus, I am *full* of bizarre cliches today. Heh.

[mayphoenix.livejournal.com]

I am a reincarnationist. In a past-life regression, I learned my name from my last life, when I was a USMC soldier from Georgia who died in Vietnam. I later found that name on The Wall in Washington, DC, and that person was in fact from Georgia and he died three days before I was born into this life. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Along those same lines, my question for you: what period in history do you most identify with, for which you feel an intense fascination?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Wow. My grandfather did that, though he really never talks about it that much. Hmm. I should ask next time I see him.

what period in history do you most identify with, for which you feel an intense fascination?

Dark Ages. Everyone in the West was groping when Rome fell apart, when what it *stood* for seemed to almost be lost, when the tribes were destroying everything left of civilization, but just this handful of people--monks, religious scholars, a few rulers--were fighting to keep the constants of law, education, the concept of justice, and human knowledge. I mean, beyond the religious aspect, what they held onto, what they wanted to keep, was what Rome came to ideally symbolize for the world--peace, civilization, the rule of law. That somehow, despite everything, they managed to keep so much of it until the world was ready--it amazes me.

Did I mention I'm a romantic? I just get teary when I think of all these people running ahead of the invading armies, carrying books like gold, hiding them, copying them by *hand* of all things, just to keep what they could remember of a different world alive.

Yeah, my civ classes had a really odd effect on me. *G*

[xoverau.livejournal.com]

The candy, that is. *snerk*

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*sticks out tongue*

I collect pennies.

[viola69.livejournal.com]

You know the adage- see a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck? Well, sometime in high school I took that to heart- & started a penny collection in my school locker- that I'd rub before tests or competitions, etc..., carried over and I know have glass containers of varying sizes with pennies; probably about 45+ pounds worth. I will always pick up that penny off the ground and it will find it's way to current receptacle. Some of the jars have been hefted from move from Arizona to Minnesota and various living abodes.

So, do you collect anything unusual or for unusual reasons??


ps. I DO love Spinach- raw, cooked-- just not in a can ala Popeye.

Re: I collect pennies.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*grins* Okay, now *that* is a cool and easy thing to collect.

So, do you collect anything unusual or for unusual reasons??

Unless you count the sheer, frightening variety of used books I pick up, no. I kind of blame my grandmother, who used to buy boxes of books at garage sales and hand them over willy-nilly to me, which ended up giving me a really unusual collection. Plus, when she bought her house-before-this-last-one, the owner left--and I kid you not--entire *rooms* of boxes of just books. Well, books and yarn. (no, I don't get the connection either). Bibles, encyclopedias from a time period before my mother was born, history, you name it, he had a book about it. So. I kept the habit and in any known used book store, will buy a book for no better reason than I don't have it.

Though I'm not sure that counts. *g*

[vampry.livejournal.com]

I love green bean casserole. With cheese. I would eat it forever if I could...and if it wouldn't put pounds and pounds and pounds on me that I definitely do NOT need.

And I miss my little girl cat a lot still. She died in April.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

With cheese sauce and those crispy onions on top, or with mushroom soup sauce? I love both. Endlessly edible forever.

*hugs* I'm sorry about your cat! *more hugs* My cat left me a few years ago. I still don't really want another one.

[digitalwave]

I love meteor showers and will stay up to watch them even in the coldest of weather. I've always loved looking at the night sky, maybe it comes from being a Moon child.

When I was younger I had a slight speech problem, I learned to love books because they never made fun of the way I spoke. It was easier to learn to love silence. The speech problem is pretty much gone except for when I'm very tired but the love of reading remains.

My question would be: When you write do you plot out the stories completely or do the characters 'tell' the story to you as you go along. Do they ever do things that surprise you, that you weren't expecting?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I love meteor showers and will stay up to watch them even in the coldest of weather. I've always loved looking at the night sky, maybe it comes from being a Moon child.

I don't think I've ever seen one in actual real life. Hmm.

When I was younger I had a slight speech problem, I learned to love books because they never made fun of the way I spoke. It was easier to learn to love silence. The speech problem is pretty much gone except for when I'm very tired but the love of reading remains.

*nod* Yeah. I was a really--socially awkward child. Reading was the one place nothing could ever touch me.

When you write do you plot out the stories completely or do the characters 'tell' the story to you as you go along. Do they ever do things that surprise you, that you weren't expecting?

If by pre-plotting, you mean I say--I want to use this bit of a scene.

There's a room below the Fortress, where he takes Lex, trailing behind him like the shadow of the moon, and how fucking appropriate is that? He's hid inside himself for so long, so steadily, that Clark sometimes wonders if he even remembers what the sun feels like on his skin.

In a few years, Clark thinks he'll forget that, too, like he's forgotten Chloe's face, his unborn sister's chosen name, and the taste of a Kansas wind in late fall, right after the harvest.

The room lights up, a rainbow of colors that circle then like an approaching army, and Clark takes a breath as he steps inside.

"You can't save everyone, Clark," Lex murmurs behind him. Clark closes his eyes. Lex doesn't understand. He'll never understand. But maybe, just maybe, it'll be enough to simply *know*.

"I know. But I can save you."

I've been absolutely besotted with figuring out something to go with this, but damned if I can find anything. I've changed the opening to those two lines of dialogue, added at the end, and hated it every time. I figure one day, it'll hit me.

And they *always* surprise me. I'm constantly surprised by what actually happens, as opposed to what I think will happen.

[juteux.livejournal.com]

I didn't recognize Joss' AIM name at first either. :P

And, umm, let's see. I do like spinach, but I don't want to be thwapped. I am the product of 6 years of all-girls private education, how about that? Jackets, kilts, and no boys. :D

[josselin.livejournal.com]

Well, there's no reason you would recognize my aim name since it bears absolutely no resemblance to Josselin whatsoever. But I just cracked up 'cause Jenn and I had been chatting for a little bit and then she was like, "I'm still waiting for Josselin to email me back" and then I was like....? :)

[emylye.livejournal.com]

I "found" you via Smallville, and it was your QAF conversion that convinced me to start clicking on links to QAF fanfic. I also "stole" (gakked?) your list of online friends not to be friends with them, but because you have good taste in fiction writers.

My favorite of your stories is "Sleep While I Drive." Reread it every now and then because I can.

I write as Anemone.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*grins* QaF is addictive. I can't *wait* until the new season starts!

And yes, my friendslist is insanely talented. It blows my mind.

You know, it will never stop surprising me that Sleep is so liked. *grins* Just totally cool.

Nice to meet you!

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

I quoted you at length in an essay on Smallville fandom. It was a good essay, too. Got an A and everything.

Don't worry, I asked permission first. ;)

And I love your writing. Your stories are funny and hot at the same time and that is no small feat.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I think I remember that email--I kept thinking, this *has* to be a joke. Who would want to quote me? *grins*

Thank you! *hugs* I'm very glad you enjoy them so much!

hmm

[eirendel.livejournal.com]

'Dust' was the first story I read in SV...and it didn't scare me from the fandom - probably because I've read Coyote's Caspian fics - but anyway, I proceeded to read everything else you'd written, and everyone you recced - I tend to be methodical when I first enter a fandom.

I write in 13? 14? fandoms, including Babylon5, Smallville, Highlander, and the Sentinel...

I have three cats and two dogs, a degree in psychology and no job yet, which I'm hoping to change soon...

I live in SC, USA and I'm so cold natured I wear socks in the summer.

I like Mercedes Lackey (especially her Vanyel character) and Elizabeth Moon's Paksennarion series. I love Michelle West's Sun Sword series and I'll be sad when she finishes it.

What's your favorite book?

Re: hmm

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I proceeded to read everything else you'd written, and everyone you recced - I tend to be methodical when I first enter a fandom.

I do that too. It makes it easier to find stuff later, too, if I have a single author or a few singel authors that I know I started from.

I like Mercedes Lackey (especially her Vanyel character) and Elizabeth Moon's Paksennarion series.

That's the one with the mercenary girl and the horse and the pashas, right? I remember that one.

I love Michelle West's Sun Sword series and I'll be sad when she finishes it.

okay, I should read that. It sounds good.

What's your favorite book?

The Mists of Avalon and Pride and Prejudice right now. THough now thinking about it, Armor as well. Just creeped me out and haunted me forever. Still does.