I like music, long walks on the beach, and poking dead things with a stick.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

 Life Soundtrack Meme

This is all the fault of my Number One Internet Fanboy.

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here’s how it works:
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 (feel free to annotate, since snarky commentary is half the fun)
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend that you’re cool…

Opening credits: “The Herald’s Creed,” Heather Alexander — Yeah, I’m a fangirl. And a Herald. No, really. I fulfilled all the requirements. Why else would I have a Hawkbrother feather on my arm, which goes with the shield of Valdemar on my beloved’s arm?

Waking up: “Wherever You Will Go,” The Calling — I’ve never figured out if this was a love song to a lover, a promise to a child, or an oath from beyond the grave. Or maybe all of them. Anyway, it nicely represents my tendency toward tenacity.

First day of school: “Islands in the Stream,” Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton — Yeah, I got nothing here. Okay, here’s a theory: I always felt isolated as a child. Might be why I spent the first 3 decades or so of my life trying so hard to belong. And mostly failing. *shrug*

Falling in love: “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” Green Day — I met my first love in the month of September. Other than that, I can’t think of how this song relates…aside from the lines, “The innocent can never last” and “Twenty years has gone so fast.” And I love the way the song starts out so softly, with very little accompaniment, and then the music just crashes in strongly and beautifully about halfway through.

Love scene: “Scotty Doesn’t Know (Euro Mix),” MC Jeffsky featuring Igor — This probably says something about my really awful behavior toward most of my boyfriends (okay, and husbands) when I was younger. Yeah, I was a bad, bad girl. Never in Europe, though.

Breaking up: “Pushing Me Away,” Linkin Park — “I’ve tried, like you, to do everything you wanted to / This is the last time I’ll take the blame, for the sake of being with you” … and … “The sacrifice of hiding in a lie, the sacrifice is never knowing / Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way” Yeah.

Life is good: “the middle,” Jimmy Eat World — This song used to make me cringe. Now it makes me dance. So, is all good.

Mental Breakdown: “Release Me,” Wilson Phillips — “I’m not going back to you anymore / Finally my weakened heart is healing though very slow.” Not entirely appropriate, but then again there were a few obsessive bits in my life. Bad times, that.

Driving: “All You Zombies,” The Hooters — Such a lovely song, and strangely enough, it does make a good driving song. Strong beat, aggressive theme, making a promise to those “people in high places” who want to slow you down. Nice metaphor.

Flashback: “Like A Prayer,” Madonna — It’s about God…and passion…and love…and power… Very pagan, really. *grin*

Getting back together: “We Belong,” Pat Benatar – Wow, this one FITS. I’ve always primarily thought of this song as being mine and Brenda’s, although it has fit other relationships in my life, too. But I’ve known Bren for (omg!) 25 years now, we have so much history, we’ve been through so much together.

Wedding: “The Other Side of Life,” The Moody Blues — Strangely fitting. It was my late husband’s favorite band, one of his favorite songs, and I suppose you could say he now is on the other side of life. “So take your share of the gifts that are there / They all belong to you / And come what may, at the break of each day / We all begin anew once more, we all begin anew.”

Birth of Child: “Xena Warrior Princess Theme Song,” Xena Soundtrack — I shit you not. Don’t know if this is a reflection on my eldest child, or the fact that I went through twenty-two hours of labor to bring her into the world. If that doesn’t qualify as warrior-related, I don’t know what does.

Final Battle: “Take On Me,” a-ha — If you’ve seen the video, you know it fits. Kinda.

Death Scene: “Dream On,” Aerosmith — Just. Entirely. Awesome.

Funeral song: “Draw the Circle,” Meg Davis — Another fangirl song. Very pagan, and nicely fitting. “Draw the circle ‘tween two worlds, Celestial fire to cleanse the girl / One to watch, and one to pray, and two to bear her soul away / The moon is every woman’s friend, to her your goodness condescend / And let this night, in visions see, the emblems of our destiny.”

End Credits: “Invincible (Theme from Legend of Billie Jean),” Pat Benatar — I’ve loved (and taken to heart) this song from the first time I heard it, when I was maybe 16. Of course, since I started reading military sci-fi, I can’t hear this song without thinking of killing Posleen. *grin* But yeah, this is one of the songs that most speaks to me.


Wednesday, December 10, 2008

 Stuff I thought about today

This may help explain why I have been so enamored of McCain/Palin. The more I think about it, the more sense it makes…

Today at work, Mz. Sensitivity (overbearingly-liberal fruit-nut hippie bint who likes to think she’s a highly evolved Buddhist, or some such batshit) announced that if she had to work on Xmas, she wanted to shoot herself in the head. I was THIS ->< - close to replying (and yes, I could have done it with a straight face...a somber one, even!), “Ah, like my husband did.” Just to watch her squirm. (Yes, Virginia, I am an Evil Bitch at heart. One who’s been making Dead Husband jokes since 1993.)

I do not understand steampunk. At least two ladies of my acquaintance are pretty darned interested in it, and I just don’t get it. (Nor do I really want to, so please don’t bother with the well-meant explanations. To me, it’s like goth or anime or Civil War re-creation or certain unusual religions: some of it looks cool, and I might find bits of it entertaining, but it’s not my style and I don’t comprehend the appeal.)

And now for the important stuff:
And now for something completely TMI…


Wednesday, December 3, 2008

 Happy Woden’s Day

The only thing that keeps Wednesday from being totally awesome is that it’s a day I have to work. But other than that, it’s always been one of my sentimental favorites.

Anyhow, I got a phone. It’s not purple like my spiffy old phone, and it’s not all that spiffy (it’s actually pretty beat up), but it does what phones are supposed to do (namely, provide me with the ability to text-message, since I hate talking on the phone). And it was free (after a $20 unlocking fee). I just have to get used to the fact that the menu layout is odd, and some of the buttons do entirely different things than I’m used to them doing. *sigh* At least the ringtones selection is pretty good, and the wallpaper is purple. I did lose a whole lot of phone numbers, though, so if you’re pretty sure I don’t have yours and you want me to have it, email it — or Twitter direct-send it — to me.

I also revamped my Google Reader. Until recently, I had a pretty wide variety of blogs on there, but living without a phone (and being a bit too busy for much Internetting) helped me reevaluate what really matters. Mostly family and friends! So I got rid of all the blogs on my reader that weren’t people I’ve actually met in real life, except for 3 people: Orson Scott Card’s column, and a couple of Very Interesting and Entertaining gunblogs.

And now for a nifty meme, compliments of The Breda Fallacy:

And now for something completely TMI…


Wednesday, August 6, 2008

 88 lines about 44… questions?

I was granted a reprieve by the Yarn Gods, and the visit to my grandmother was delayed until this Saturday. And I am almost done with the throw blanket!!!

I don’t have an arthritic knee, yesterday’s doctor’s visit determined. Just tendonitis. Anyway, here’s a survey, compliments of Mari.

And now for something completely TMI…


Wednesday, September 5, 2007

 Kinda dorky – it’s official

This is all Karel’s fault:


NerdTests.com says I'm a Kinda Dorky High Nerd.  What are you?  Click here!

Apparently I’m nerdier than I was a few years ago. Must be due to some of the DVDs that I’ve gotten since then (The 4400, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, Resident Evil, Alien Nation, Serenity, all the Aliens movies, and all 7 seasons of BTVS). Speaking of which, last night my younger demonspawn and I spent some quality bonding time enjoying one of the special features on the Season 6 Buffy DVD, packaged with the Once More, With Feeling episode: Buffy karaoke!


Thursday, April 26, 2007

 I love Happy Bunny

What “Happy Bunny” phrase are you?

I hate everything

You are angry at the world. You hate everything within it, and their moms.

Personality Test Results

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Not everything. Just most things. And their moms.


Monday, January 29, 2007

 In lieu of actual content

42 — The Answer

Here’s a silly questionnaire meme that I got from Mari, so I can at least post something.

And now for something completely TMI…


Monday, August 28, 2006

 Ninjas are Kewl

This is all Kylanath’s fault.


Choose a Ninja Burger Career at the
Ninja Burger website.

Yes, when I was 19, I actually did deliver pizzas for a living. Scary, no?


Monday, June 26, 2006

 List o’ questions meme

This is all Molly’s fault. She knows I like these things. And it’s too hot to even consider doing any actual thinking…

And now for something completely TMI…


Thursday, February 16, 2006

 Ivanova is God

This is all other people’s fault. *smirk*

What a strange little quiz, and how interesting that I scored a tie for two space stations (there was a tie-breaker question, which determined the results below). I always had a hovering suspicion that I was Ivanova.

However, I’m vaguely disappointed about the low score for Battlestar Galactica. I schedule my Friday nights around that show!


You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5). The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn’t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you’ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone.

Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)

88%

Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)

88%

Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)

75%

SG-1 (Stargate)

75%

Serenity (Firefly)

69%

Moya (Farscape)

69%

Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)

69%

Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)

50%

Enterprise D (Star Trek)

50%

Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)

44%

Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica)

44%

FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files)

25%

Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics)
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