From winifred, after seeing various other friends do it...
( Three-word meme )

By way of active_apathy:

1. Comment on this post.
   
2. I'll choose six of your icons and kind of o.O at them.
   
3. You'll explain what they mean, or why they exist, or why you use them.
   
4. If you want to, post your answers and this explanation in your journal so others might play along.
   
   That's the emblem of the Order of the Eastern Star, a fraternal service organization affiliated with Freemasonry. My wife was a Rainbow Girl, and then a Star member: I joined Star so I could go to meetings with her.
   
   Madness: I've been a Rocky Horror fan for a while, and it tickles me when people are overly literal...
   
   Chemistry: Sometimes, people are just too obnoxious/clueless...
   
   Technopeasant: A while back, the head of the Science Fiction Writers of America complained about members having the audacity to give their work away, and used the above phrase as an analogy with ink-stained copyists of days of yore. Said members took exception, and organized International PSTP Day, where they all released work for free. dduane did this icon, and posted her story "Parting Gifts" on her site.
   
   Vegetable envy: There were so many quotable lines in the Doctor Who Children in Need special, "Time Crash", the iconmakers will have work for months. :-) The 10th Doctor was ragging on the 5th Doctor for his lapel "decoration".
   
   Funky: Buffy the Vampire Slayer text meets Star Wars images. I can _so_ see Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson delivering those lines instead of Nick Brendon and Anthony Stewart Head...
   
   Edit: ARGH, forgot the instructions!

By way of otterdance:

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Gamer/Computer Nerd   You enjoy the visual stimulants of a video game, chatting on AIM, or reading online comics. Most of these types of nerds are considered dirty who lack hygeine, of course they always end up being the ones who make a crapload of money. And don't worry, that's just a stereotype; I'm not calling you dirty. ^_~
Literature Nerd
Musician
Drama Nerd
Social Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Anime Nerd
Artistic Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quizzes for MySpace

By way of romen_dreamer:

I hung up on Wyoming -- I guess I drove through it too quickly. :-)

misquoted gave me an N!

Comment and I'll give you a letter, then you list ten things you like that begin with that letter.

1. Noodles
   
2. Neverwhere
   
3. Nieces and nephew
   
4. Nonchalance
   
5. New England (especially foliage season, coming up fast)
   
6. Noshing
   
7. "Nanny, don't be a ninny: never nibble on your nails!"
   
8. Narragansett Bay (and Beer, but that's more on principle -- they used to make it on one of our regular shopping routes)
   
9. New things
   
10. Nutter Butters.
    

From sharazad:

Boldface if "I own this game".
Italics is "I have played this game".
Italic and Bold are "I both own and have played this game"

Acquire
Amber Diceless
Amun-Re
Ars Magica
Axis & Allies
Battle Cry
BattleTech
Blood Bowl
Bohnanza
Britannia
Button Men
Call of Cthulhu
Carcassonne
Car Wars
Champions
Circus Maximus
Citadels
Civilization
Cosmic Encounter
Cosmic Wimpout
Dawn Patrol
Descent
Diplomacy
Dungeons & Dragons (used to own it, but not any more)
Dynasty League Baseball
El Grande (played half a game once. After seeing the reviews this gets, I think I need to drag it out and give it another try...)
Empires in Arms
Empires of the Middle Ages
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Fire and Fury
Flames of War
Fluxx
Formula Dé
The Fury of Dracula
A Game of Thrones
Gettysburg
Ghostbusters
The Great Khan Game
Hammer of the Scots
Here I Stand
A House Divided
Illuminati
Johnny Reb
Junta
Kingmaker
Kremlin
Legend of the Five Rings CCG
Lensman
London's Burning
Lord of the Rings
Machiavelli
Magic: The Gathering
Marvel Super Heroes
Metamorphosis Alpha
My Life with Master
Mythos
Napoleon's Last Battles
Naval War
Ogre
Once Upon a Time
PanzerBlitz
Paranoia
Pendragon
Pirate's Cove
Plague!
Power Grid
Puerto Rico
Renaissance of Infantry
RoboRally
RuneQuest
The Settlers of Catan
Shadowfist
Shadowrun
Shadows over Camelot
Silent Death: The Next Millennium
Space Hulk
Squad Leader
Stalingrad
Star Fleet Battles
The Sword and the Flame
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Talisman
Thurn and Taxis
Ticket to Ride
Tigris & Euphrates
Tikal
Toon
Traveller
Twilight Struggle
Unknown Armies
Up Front
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
Vampire: The Masquerade
Vinci
War and Peace
Warhammer 40,000
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
The Warlord
Wiz-War

*looks back over the list*

Hmm, that's pretty damned sad. Anybody in Central Maine want to help me italicize a few more?

(edit: fixed bad /b tag)

By way of slyvermont: Bold the places you've been, italicize those you long to go to, add one you've been to and one you want to go to...
1. Times Square, New York City, NY: 35 million visitors every year
2. National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. (Washington Monument, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the war memorials): About 25 million
3. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.: 16.6 million
4. Trafalgar Square, London, England: 15 million
5. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, Calif.: 14.7 million
6. Niagara Falls, Ontario and New York: 14 million
7. Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif.: 13 million
8. Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea, Tokyo, Japan: 12.9 million
9. Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France: 12 million
10. Disneyland Paris, Marne-La-Vallee, France: 10.6 million
11. The Great Wall of China, Badaling area, China: About 10 million
12. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina: 9.2 million
13. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan: 8.5 million
14. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, Paris, France: 8 million
15. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France: 7.5 million
16. Everland (amusement park), Kyonggi-Do, South Korea: 7.5 million
17. The Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China: At least 7 million
18. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France: 6.7 million
19. Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, Fla: 6 million
20. SeaWorld Florida, Orlando, Fla: 5,740,000
21. Pleasure Beach (amusement park), Blackpool, England: 5.7 million
22. Lotte World (amusement park), Seoul, South Korea: 5.5 million
23. Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Japan: 5.4 million
24. Hong Kong Disneyland, China: 5.2 million
25. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France: 5.1 million
26. Tate Modern, London, England: 4.9 million
27. British Museum, London, England: 4.8 million
28. Universal Studios Los Angeles, Calif.: 4.7 million
29. National Gallery, London, England: 4.6 million
30. Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY: 4.5 million
31. Grand Canyon, Ariz.: 4.4 million
32. Tivoli Gardens (amusement park), Copenhagen, Denmark: 4.4 million
33. Ocean Park (amusement park), Hong Kong, China: 4.38 million
34. Busch Gardens (amusement park), Tampa Bay, Fla.: 4.36 million
35. SeaWorld California, San Diego, Calif.: 4.26 million
36. Statue of Liberty, New York, NY: 4.24 million
37. The Vatican and its museums, Rome, Italy: 4.2 million
38. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia: More than 4 million
39. The Coliseum, Rome, Italy: 4 million
40. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY: 4 million
41. Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Calif.: 4 million
42. Empire State Building, New York, NY: 4 million
43. Natural History Museum, London, England: 3.7 million
44. The London Eye, London, England: 3.5 million
45. Palace of Versailles, France: 3.45 million
46. Yosemite National Park, Calif.: 3.44 million
47. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt: 3 million
48. Pompeii, Italy: 2.5 million
49. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia: 2.5 million
50. Taj Mahal, Agra, India: 2.4 million
51. Angel Falls, Venezuela
52. Pyramid Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Yucatan Mexico
53. Temple of the Descending God in Tulum, Quintana Roo Mexico
54. Dunns River Falls in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
55. Star Trek: The Experience, Las Vegas, NV
56. Space Needle Seattle, WA
57. Amber Palace in Jaipur, India
58. The Smithsonian in Washington DC
59. The Galapagos Islands
60. Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC Canada : 1 million
61. Stonehenge, Wiltshire England : 800 thousand
62. Antarctica
63. Mt. St. Helens, Washington, USA
64. The Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
65. Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, California, USA
66. Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany
67. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
68. The Wisconsin Dells
69. Glastonbury Tor (I think so)
70. Ayers Rock/Uluru, Central Australia
71. Ocswiezciem (Auschwitz), Poland
72. Ben & Jerry's factory, Vermont
73. Israel
74. Roslyn, WA (otherwise known as Cicely, AK)
75. Cedar Point Amusement Park, Cedar Point, OH (Edited for formatting)

Edited: And deleted it goes. Cute, guys. Thanks for the heads-up, filkertom...

I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for sarekofvulcan are close by:

• anatomistpink, toey8 (250 - 300)
• justytylor (300 - 350)
• zirilein (450 - 500)

( More results below the cut... )

Created by ciphergoth; hosted by LShift.

TrustFlow II: Who is closest to your friends list?

It's rather amusing to me the way some of these played out: for example, I recognize the group of ladies that came in by way of Donna's LJ -- but why are they so far down the list? Phil and Kaja Foglio wound up on different levels, for some reason.

Last time I did this, I didn't recognize nearly as many names as I did this time around. Did the metric get better, or am I just reading more widely?

Comments will be screened. Love to hear your answers!


1. Can you cook?

2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?

3. What talent do you wish you had?

4. Favorite place?

5. Favorite vegetable?

6. What was the last book you read?

7. Are you Dirty or Clean?

8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?

9. Worst Habit?


HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...


1. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal?

2. What's your philosophy on life?

3. Negative or Optimistic?

4. What was your dream growing up?

5. Worst thing to ever happen to you?

6. Do you think I'm hot or not?

7. Tell me one weird fact about you:

8. Would you have my back or kick me when I'm down?

9. Do you Trust me?

10. Have you ever kept anything from me?

11. What do you think of me as a Person?

12. Do you think I'm sane or insane?

13. Would you cry for me if I died?

14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?

15. If you could change anything about me, would you?

16. How do you fall asleep?

17. Would you come over to yell at me or just call?

18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up?

19. If I only had one day to live would you be honest or lie?

20. A million bucks.. what would you do with it?

21. What is your worst fear?

22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?

23. How many times did you curse at me while filling out this?

24. Can you sing or dance?

25. In one word, how would you describe me? Be honest....

26. Will you re-post this so I can fill it out?

Thanks-I-think go to filkertom. :-)

Scarfed from filkertom: Pick five films you enjoy. Don't post their titles, just a relatively well-known quote from each.

1. "I'm sorry. You're not a scab, you're just a fucking eejit." "That's more like it!" (Damn, wish I had the exact quote here)
   
2. "And, and, foakin' and?"
   
3. "Bugger."
   
4. "You're all different!" "We're all different!" "I'm not..."
   
5. "Prince, pray God that is Lord of all, Pardon your soul, for your time has come, Beat, pass! I fling you aslant, asprawl, Then as I end the refrain, thrust home!"

(You may have seen these posted in Tom's LJ, as well. If you read both of us, sorry...)

pieisgood posted this, so I'm passing it on.

( Survey says... )

Passed on from misquoted:

Leave your name and:
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you.
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours.

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview Me!" (or something of that ilk)
2. I will respond by asking you five questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

qtheallpowerful asked me:

1. What is your Favorite Star Trek pairing?
Spock/Chapel

2. What is your Favorite tv show, other then Star Trek?
Hmm. Babylon 5, Firefly, and Carnivale are fighting it out for the top spot. Bab 5 probably wins for actually managing to finish the story. :-)

3. Who is your favorite author?
Diane Duane

4. What is your favorite book?
A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold

5. Do you like peanut butter?
Especially with chocolate.