Lyrics meme from Pedanther:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up, with the title, if it appears, redacted. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist. Leeway is also given for traditional ballads, jazz standards, etc.
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1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up, with the title, if it appears, redacted. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist. Leeway is also given for traditional ballads, jazz standards, etc.
Under a cut!
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So that "three random things that I may or may not have any opinions about" meme, via ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
shadaras:
1. Owls: I always think of barred owls first, as (due to a sequence of logic I do not remember) the barred owl was by some definition our "school mascot". (I was homeschooled, hence the scare quotes.) I used to be able to draw a fair approximation of a barred owl sitting on a tree limb, but I have almost no memory of how that went anymore. I know barred owls are native to Indiana and the surrounding area, and they are the only dark-eyed "true owl" in the eastern US - other owls, like the great horned owl, tend to have yellow eyes. I don't know if I found them less threatening for that reason, or if I appreciated the fact that they were local, or what, but I'm still rather fond of barred owls.
2. The Oort cloud: So because my astronomy knowledge, while extensive, was about fifty years out of date through my childhood and teen years, and because of the general atmosphere of suspicion toward new scientific discoveries in which I was raised, it took me a long time to come around to the existence of the Oort cloud. I forget exactly why it would have seemed a bit heretical, but there was definitely a feeling that "believing in" the Oort cloud was something We did not Do. (This probably sounds absolutely lunatic to people not raised in that sort of atmosphere. It was the kind of suspicious attitude where you're not sure exactly how the Oort cloud is going to start you down a slippery slope toward climate change or reproductive rights or saving the Texas prairie chicken, but you feel there is a high probability that it has been made up by Those Sort Of People to nudge you somehow in that direction, and a general skepticism is the only safe option.)
3. Weaving: One of the fiber arts I have less practice at, due to the fact that it's large and not particularly portable. I never have figured out any of the portable methods, backstrap or card weaving, or whatnot. I did have a rigid-heddle Fisher-Price plastic weaving loom as a teen, approximately the size to make placemats with, but I could not for the life of me develop any kind of steady tension, so my placemats tended to pull in dramatically toward the middle, and then I became dissatisfied and did not finish them. And of course I've done the little potholders on the little plastic potholder looms with the teeth, but I never could figure out how to bind them off, although I remember having an awareness that a crochet hook was involved. I may have somehow gotten it into my head that one made a long string of chain crochet and then somehow applied it to the edges of the potholder? Now that I am more familiar with more sorts of fiber arts, I think I could probably figure out the process should a potholder loom present itself to me, but I don't feel any particular urge to seek one out.
...I don't know, is it just that I have opinions on everything? ^_^ Feel free to either ask me more sets of three things or ask for your own set of three things, or both! :D
shadaras:1. Owls: I always think of barred owls first, as (due to a sequence of logic I do not remember) the barred owl was by some definition our "school mascot". (I was homeschooled, hence the scare quotes.) I used to be able to draw a fair approximation of a barred owl sitting on a tree limb, but I have almost no memory of how that went anymore. I know barred owls are native to Indiana and the surrounding area, and they are the only dark-eyed "true owl" in the eastern US - other owls, like the great horned owl, tend to have yellow eyes. I don't know if I found them less threatening for that reason, or if I appreciated the fact that they were local, or what, but I'm still rather fond of barred owls.
2. The Oort cloud: So because my astronomy knowledge, while extensive, was about fifty years out of date through my childhood and teen years, and because of the general atmosphere of suspicion toward new scientific discoveries in which I was raised, it took me a long time to come around to the existence of the Oort cloud. I forget exactly why it would have seemed a bit heretical, but there was definitely a feeling that "believing in" the Oort cloud was something We did not Do. (This probably sounds absolutely lunatic to people not raised in that sort of atmosphere. It was the kind of suspicious attitude where you're not sure exactly how the Oort cloud is going to start you down a slippery slope toward climate change or reproductive rights or saving the Texas prairie chicken, but you feel there is a high probability that it has been made up by Those Sort Of People to nudge you somehow in that direction, and a general skepticism is the only safe option.)
3. Weaving: One of the fiber arts I have less practice at, due to the fact that it's large and not particularly portable. I never have figured out any of the portable methods, backstrap or card weaving, or whatnot. I did have a rigid-heddle Fisher-Price plastic weaving loom as a teen, approximately the size to make placemats with, but I could not for the life of me develop any kind of steady tension, so my placemats tended to pull in dramatically toward the middle, and then I became dissatisfied and did not finish them. And of course I've done the little potholders on the little plastic potholder looms with the teeth, but I never could figure out how to bind them off, although I remember having an awareness that a crochet hook was involved. I may have somehow gotten it into my head that one made a long string of chain crochet and then somehow applied it to the edges of the potholder? Now that I am more familiar with more sorts of fiber arts, I think I could probably figure out the process should a potholder loom present itself to me, but I don't feel any particular urge to seek one out.
...I don't know, is it just that I have opinions on everything? ^_^ Feel free to either ask me more sets of three things or ask for your own set of three things, or both! :D
icon meme responses
Jun. 7th, 2019 01:39 pmbrin_bellway asked: "dalek tipping", "gandalf ops room", "promises to keep", "umbrella stand". Also, that "things in my pocket" icon used in this very post, because it is extremely relatable.( cut for longth )
And thinking of memes, here's another one. After much searching, I've managed to retrieve and upload most of the icons I remembered wanting from before my laptop ate everything last year. So! Here are all my current icons. Take a look through and ask me about up to 5 of them (if you want you can link them in your comment, but if you just use the keywords I'll know which ones you mean), and I shall waffle about them.
Also, if anybody knows where I can find some Rogue Squadron icons, I shall be very grateful. I still haven't found any, and I'm beginning to ponder trying to make my own, and I just do not have either the graphical sense or the software or the patience or the time. Or the comics scans, although that just means I'd probably wind up making quote icons. (thisbluespirit can fit quite a lot of text on an icon and still make it reasonably legible. I find that I myself have no feel for where that cutoff is.)
Also, if anybody knows where I can find some Rogue Squadron icons, I shall be very grateful. I still haven't found any, and I'm beginning to ponder trying to make my own, and I just do not have either the graphical sense or the software or the patience or the time. Or the comics scans, although that just means I'd probably wind up making quote icons. (
thisbluespirit can fit quite a lot of text on an icon and still make it reasonably legible. I find that I myself have no feel for where that cutoff is.)fandom meme answers
May. 30th, 2019 06:20 amFeel free to still ask me fandoms, I just thought I'd go ahead and do the first set of answers.
thisbluespirit asked: "How about Sapphire & Steel?"
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liadt asked: "Doctor Who?"
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brin_bellway asked: "Mass Effect? ("favorite mission" would probably be the analogous thing for question 3)"
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fandom meme
May. 28th, 2019 09:34 pmMemed from pedanther, slightly modified. Ask me a fandom and I shall answer these questions about it.
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
pedanther, slightly modified. Ask me a fandom and I shall answer these questions about it.1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
(Nobody sent me this, I yoinked it from drabblewriter aka our Katie, but I thought I'd fill it out for Wes/Hobbie. Feel free to ask me other ships and I may or may not answer them.)
( send me a ship and I'll tell you who )
drabblewriter aka our Katie, but I thought I'd fill it out for Wes/Hobbie. Feel free to ask me other ships and I may or may not answer them.)( send me a ship and I'll tell you who )
