7 posts tagged “meme”
there's always time for a meme, isn't there? sure there is. this was taken from someone i don't know, kate. the idea is to write down eight things people don't know about you. this proves difficult because i'm a pretty transparent person, meaning if there's something no one knows, it's probably because it's meant to be unknown. but let's see. little known facts about me:
1. i really like matchbox twenty. i'm not sure if no one knows this or they're just ignoring it because they think it's polite, but there you have it.
2. i used to voraciously devour babysitter's club and sweet valley twins* books from the ages of about 9-12.
3. i am the only full child of my parents. my brother and sisters are all half-siblings. people are often very confused about this.
4. i used to want to be a baker. now i don't really enjoy baking all that much.
5. i had a rather big crush on rider strong from boy meets world as a girl. coincidentally, he played a characted named rafe on veronica mars several years later. veronica mars = my favourite tv show, rafe = the name of my first long-term boyfriend! other odd crushes: bill welychka, former muchmusic vj (we later worked at the same company), kevin brauch, former TVO kids pj (who i later worked with indirectly) and avi lewis (hubba). avi lewis might be the weirdest one. what young girl has a crush on stephen lewis' son? a social democrat one, i guess!
6. i once stayed indoors for days mastering and finally beating the popular old woman game, bejewelled. not proudly, mind you.
7. i have never seen titanic. and i probably never will.
8. i don't like johnny depp!
now post some of your own!!
*not high
i probably already did this one a million times, but whatevs. love it!
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie
Opening Credits: Not the Same (Ben Folds)
Waking up: Mexico (Cake)
i was bound for mexico
First Day at High school: On The Bus Mall (The Decemberists)
your parents were anxious, your cool was contagioius at the old school
Falling In Love: Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong (Radiohead)
A beautiful girl can turn your world into dust
Fight Song: Count Souvenirs (Junior Boys)
Breaking Up: Everything is Everything (Lauryn Hill)
Let's love ourselves then we can't fail
Prom: History (controller.controller)
Life: Missing the War (Ben Folds)
Time may fly / And dreams may die
Mental Breakdown: Pardon Me (Incubus)
Lately I've been thinking of combustication as a welcomed vacation from the burdens of the planet earth
Driving: Gold Digger (Kanye)
best driving song / chairdancing song ever
Flashback: Wolf Like Me (TV on the Radio)
Getting Back Together: Sixteen Military Wives (The Decemberists)
Wedding: Your Kisses are Wasted on Me (The Pipettes)
Birth of Child: Knives Out (Radiohead)
If you'd been a dog / They would have drowned you at birth
Final Battle: Fight (Art Brut)
Come on, Come on, Let's have a fight
Death Scene: Sheep Go to Heaven (Cake)
As soon as you're born you start dying / So you might as well have a good time
Funeral Song: Over the Ice (The Field)
i should get them to play this at my funeral for sure. it'll trip everyone out.
End Credits: Things Are Getting Better (N*E*R*D)
See sometimes / You gotta realize / Where you are in your life / In order to feel good and I feel good baby
1. One book that changed your life:
I wish I could be romantic enough to claim that a book has changed my life. I tend to read books that I can relate to at that time in my life.
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
4. One book that made you laugh:
I Like You, Amy Sedaris
5. One book that made you cry:
Uh oh, I don't cry. I think The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy might have made me cry.
6. One book that you wish had been written:
The one I'm going to write. Can't tell you what it's about save you steal my idea!
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
The Rules and He's Just Not That Into You. Ugh.
8. One book you’re currently reading:
Don't Get Too Comfortable, David Rakoff
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
Naked Lunch, William S Burroughs (among others)
10. Now tag five people: Go crazy, kids.
Bold the ones you've read, italicise the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won't, and underline the ones on your book shelf!
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert
cause i'm restless and antsy
Instructions: Shuffle all the songs in your iPod, then use the resulting songs to answer the following questions, in the order in which they appeared.
How does the world see you?
Another Travellin' Song, Bright Eyes
And there's a word I can't remember
And a feeling I cannot escape
And now my ashtrays overflowing
I'm still starting at a clean white page
Will I have a happy life?
Tics (Four Tet Remix), Lars Horntveth (no words)
What do my friends really think of me?
Subterranean Homesick Alien, The Section (Radiohead cover)
Do people secretly lust after me?
Zealots, Fugees
I rank top percentile,
Many styles,
More powerful than gamma rays
My grammar pays,
Like Carlos Sanatana plays
How can I make myself happy?
Things are Getting Better, N.E.R.D.
Now it seems that things are really getting better
In my life
Is it just today or things are really getting better
We'll see tonight
Said I was a nerd, but I'm not a punk
Watch how you're acting
Cause I'm the shit
How do you feel?
I feel good
What should I do with my life?
Airbag, The Section (Radiohead cover)
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
Will I ever have children?
Steve's Last Night in Town, Ben Folds
What is some good advice for me?
Satan is my Motor, Cake (this one's good)
Ive got brakes
Im wide awake
I can stop this car at any time
At the very last second I can change directions
Turn completely around if I feel so inclined
How will I be remembered?
Holiday, Weezer
We're goin' where the wind is blowin'
Not knowin' where we're gonna stay.
What is my signature dancing song?
Sail Away, David Gray (boo)
What do I think my current theme song is?
Enjoy The Silence, Tori Amos
All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Little Bones, Tragically Hip
Nothing's dead down here, just a little tired
What song will play at my funeral?
Hilarious Movies of the 90s, Four Tet (ha, i hope they play this)
What type of men do you like?
I miss you, Incubus
You do something to me that I can't explain.
So would I be out of line if I said "I miss you"?
You have only been gone ten days,
But already I'm wasting away.
I know I'll see you again
Whether far or soon.
But I need you to know that I care,
And I miss you.
What is my day going to be like?
Walking Zero, Sneaker Pimps
Unused, obsessed, my time is only given to you,
Too much to choose, its not mine to contemplate
from onliesta (randomly)
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? changed my life entirely. it's what we call a rebuilding year.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I try not to make new year's resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? not yet. lots of 2007 babies.
4. Did anyone close to you die? my grampa, one of my favourite people ever.
5. What countries did you visit? USA a few times, jamaica, mexico, et cetera.
6. What would you like to have had in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? that sentence is written badly and passively. but if i can gather what it means, i'd say i strived to achieve authenticity and honesty in 2006.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? the day my grandfather died, my first date with my (now) boyfriend, moving day, the first day of my new job - there were lots.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? quitting my old job and getting my new awesome job.
9. What was your biggest failure? second guessing myself and overthinking things. fucking around.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? emotional injury - it was a tough year
11. What were the best things you bought? i bought a bed just a few days ago.
12. Where did most of your money go? savings, my new home.
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about? my new job, romantic entanglements
14. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a. happier or sadder? still figuring things out.
b. thinner or fatter? fatter
c. richer or poorer? much richer
15. What do you wish you'd done more of? writing, being alone, travelling
16. What do you wish you'd done less of? bellyaching, fretting
17. How will you be spending Christmas? did and it was less than festive
18. Did you fall in love in 2006? yes i did
19. How many one-night stands? i take the fifth
20. What was your favorite TV program? a tie - lost/veronica mars
21. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no, but i dislike more people
22. What was the best book you read? prep by curtis sittenfeld. and i got to interview her!
23. What did you want and get? i got the single life, i got the boy, i got a nice apartment, i got a better job. i accomplished a lot. i got everything i thought i wanted and am now very careful what i wish for.
24. What did you want and not get? peace of mind, perfection, stability.
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? it was my 26th, i was single and my friends came and got me drunk and took me out. i kissed a boy. it was the funnest birthday in a long, long time.
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? stability, some kind of assurance that my decisions have been the right ones.
27. What kept you sane? my amazing friends and my ipod. running.
28. What political issue stirred you the most? the amazing stupidity and ignorance of most of the people in the world, but that's not exclusive to 2006
29. Who did you miss? my grampa and raph.
30. Who was the best new person you met? katie 2, who i never really became friends with, and the people at my new job are pretty cool too.
31. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: i could fill a book. do what scares you, because that's often right. be strong. if someone isn't doing right by you, tell him or her and move on if he or she doesn't shape up. this applies to men, parents, employers and friends. stay true to your ideals, because when the champagne dries out, that's all you've got. be a fucking hardass. don't be such a fucking hardass. don't lament, implement. only you know what's best for you. try your best to make your own decisions. have a contingency plan. you can change everything and it will be extremely painful and you will be proud.
LIFE SOUNDTRACK, from lea
Put your music on shuffle and see how your life unfolds - this is fun, try it.
Opening Credits:
the comeback (shout out louds)
Waking Up:
when you heard you (french kicks)
First Day At School:
ok computer (radiohead) yes, it's one file of a whole album, don't ask
Falling In Love:
when the sun goes down (arctic monkeys) about a prostitute. ha.
Breaking Up:
brother down (sam roberts)
Prom:
don't let me be misunderstood (nina simone)
Dance Sequence:
very loud (shout out louds)
Life's OK:
first cut is the deepest (sheryl crow) *blush*
Breakdown:
unwell (matchbox twenty) *BLUSH* but strikingly fitting
Driving:
who's that girl? (eve) awesome. sometimes i say nik-kiii's that girl
Flashback:
there's a good reason these tables are numbered, honey, you just haven't figured it out yet (panic! at the disco) ha pretentious song titles but good song
Getting Back Together:
cmere (interpol) "trouble is you're in love with someone else, should be me"
Wedding:
hotel california (the eagles) :P
Sex Scene:
perhaps vampires is a bit strong but... (arctic monkeys)
Birth of Child:
run (snow patrol)
Final Battle:
the blowers daughter (damian rice)
Death Scene:
provider, zero 7 remix (n.e.r.d.)
Funeral Song:
that's life (frank sinatra) AWESOME
End Credits:
positive tension, blackbook remix (bloc party)
1. Have you ever said “I Love you” and not meant it? Has someone told you “I Love you” and not meant it?
no and no. uh oh, this is starting out to be a crappy meme. maybe i should have read it before i started.
2. Do you believe in love at first sight? Do you believe in karma?
uh, kinda. love at first sight. i mean, i met this dude that i'm dating seven years ago and i sort of love the guy against my will. i turned around and was like WHAT, who the heck is that tall glass o water? karma - yes. it's a universal truth.
3. What person do you trust the most? What person do you trust the least?
i trust my roomie vanessa. i mean, she's very trustworthy. the least? hmm. i don't keep untrustworthy people around. there is one guy that is my nemesis. i don't trust him at all.
4. What type(s) of music do you like? What type(s) of music do you dislike?
i like radiohead. i dislike eminem and paris hilton. i'm listening to the vanilla sky soundtrack
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Who do you think is your celebrity look-a-like?
this meme is shitty.
