21 posts tagged “meme”

Pleasantly warm and sun-blind after a lengthy stroll through the local Catholic cemetery today. Spent a long time looking at the small small graves in the children's garden and photographing some beautifully mossy and decrepit headstones.

Been out in the yard more than usual at home, since the weather has been so fine. It's sweet to putter about in the dappled sunlight, hearing the occasional zephyr stir our Victorian glass wind chimes (a gift from seathroughghost and company). I found an interesting critter under one of my heavy clay pots. We've also determined that our popular bird feeder often doubles as a squirrel feeder. There's a particularly cheeky fellow who visits quite frequently!

We already have tickets to see 300 on Friday at the Metreon IMAX theatre. *bounce*

Listening to:

The Queen is Dead

We hied ourselves to Oakland last night to meet teawiththecheat, dicedork and tinellaq at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater for some grub, grog, and a flick. I'd never been to a speakeasy theatre before, and we had a capital time. tutordennis and I had a sandwich called The Easy Rider, and fan_boy had (of course) a Zombie Cow, but I think my favorite one was Oliver's Mummy's Tummy. We meant to see the critically-acclaimed and thought-provoking Babel, but due to a small case of deus en machina, we ended up watching the not-quite-as-intellectual Casino Royale.

Casino Royale (Full Screen Two-Disc Special Edition)

But they had comfy couches right in the theatre! Sipping tasty cider and snuggling with cuddlesome sweeties while James cavorts with Bond girls and crashes exquisite cars...what more could one want?

A giant squid, you say? Quite so!

From baerana:

Your Squid Quotient = 164.75
Interpreting your results: An average Squid Quotient is around 100. A SQ of 100 means you have a normal affinity for squid. A SQ above 100 means you have an attraction or fondness for squid. Below 100 means that you should probably stay away from the deep ocean.
Find your own squid quotient!

Your squid name is: Emily the gelatinous ocean-dweller!
Find your own squid name!

Listening to:

Sesame Street - Dance Myself To Sleep

Tagged by sweet sweet teawiththecheat:
RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

1. I have idiopathic epilepsy, although I rarely talk about it. My last generalized tonic-clonic seizure was in 2001. Oddly, my kitty Madeleine has the same diagnosis and takes Phenobarbitol twice daily.
2. I graduated high school at sixteen.
3. I am multiethnic (Filipina and German).
4. The sister closest in age to me is ten years younger. My other sister is seventeen years younger. (Here's a photo of us with our mother.)
5. I know all the lyrics to Digital Underground's Humpty Dance.
6. I have never been on a roller coaster. Unless you count the little one that looks like a caterpillar at Fairytale Town.
7. Sometimes, I take showers with my glasses on.
8. I like lima beans. And Brussels sprouts.
9. I know how to make soap and brew beer (but often forget how to operate our TV/DVD/TiVo system at home).
10. I want to eat your brain.

Tag; you're it.

Listening to:

Sex Packets

The recent PEERS Gotham City Black and White Ball was tremendous fun. The costumes were superb; there were mobsters galore. As for superheroes, their alter-egos turned out in force: several Poison Ivys, Catwoman, Wonder Woman, Two-Face, the Joker, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, The Voice, Alfred, and, rather incongruously, Neo and Trinity from The Matrix as well as Jayne Cobb from Firefly. I waltzed myself dizzy, and enjoyed all the period dance styles (swing in particular). Check out the Boy's swanky new fedora from Fino Fino on my Flickr page.

On Sunday, tutordennis and I roamed far and wide, first strolling to Central Park, then winding our way through downtown. We even nipped into Draegers and surreptitiously sniffed the black truffles. Mmm.

IF Meme

1. If I were a planet, I would be: poor, poor Pluto.
2. If I were a month, I would be: October.
3. If I were a day of the week, I would be: Wednesday.
4. If I were a time of day, I would be: dusk.
5. If I were a sea animal, I would be: a selkie.
6. If I were a direction, I would be: over yonder.
7. If I were a piece of furniture, I would be: an armoire.
8. If I were a sin, I would be: vanity.
9. If I were a historical figure, I would be: the Loch Ness creature.
10. If I were a liquid, I would be: the little milky drop that wells up when one plucks a dandelion.
11. If I were a stone, I would be: smooth from the river.
12. If I were a tree, I would be: a ginkgo.
13. If I were a bird, I would be: on a wire.
14. If I were a tool, I would be: a whittling blade.
15. If I were a flower/plant, I would be: black-and-blue salvia.
16. If I were a kind of weather, I would be: cloudy and bright.
18. If I were an animal, I would be: a rabbit.
19. If I were a color or shade, I would be: twilight.
20. If I were an emotion, I would be: gladness.
21. If I were a vegetable, I would be: a very small eggplant.
22. If I were a sound, I would be: vespers bells.
23. If I were an element, I would be: Xenon.
24. If I were a car, I would be: a midnight blue PT Cruiser.
25. If I were a song, I would be: Pale Blue Eyes by the Velvet Underground.
26. If I were a movie, I would be directed by: Sally Potter.
27. If I were a book, I would be written by: Donna Tartt.
28. If I were a food, I would be: a chickpea.
29. If I were a place, I would be: a forest with a creek.
30. If I were a material, I would be: brown corduroy.
31. If I were a taste, I would be: Mexican hot chocolate.
32. If I were a scent, I would be: spicy vanilla.
33. If I were a word, I would be: aporia.
34. If I were a body part, I would be: the little piggy that goes, "Wee wee wee" all the way home.
35. If I were a facial expression, I would be: repose.
36. If I were a subject in school, I would be: Laughing and Grief.
37. If I were a cartoon character, I would be: Vincent.
38. If I were a shape, I would be: a spiral.

tutordennis came down to Menlo on Friday and took me and the Grub to lunch at Lulu's. I had a really good time. I adore going for walks with my people.

We've seen some splendid movies lately. tutordennis and I watched My Fair Lady the other night, which I've never seen. (Yes, I live under a rock. A mossy one.) Halfway through the first scene, though, I realized I'd read the screenplay in one of my Linguistics courses and thus thought I'd seen it before. Anyway, I loved it.

My Fair Lady

Then a few days later, fan_boy and I saw Lady in the Water. This one had a few more plot holes and a bit more vanity than I like to see, but it was engaging, and I quite fancied the scrunts.

Lady in the Water

I'm looking forward to reading Shyamalan's eponymous children's book.

Lady in the Water

Thursday night, all three of us went out to Su Hong's (where I received the rather grisly fortune: "patience is worth more than a bushel of brains") and then to see El Laberinto del Fauno.

New U.S. Pan's Labyrinth Trailer

I think it's Guillermo del Toro's best movie since El Espinazo del Diablo, although Cronos remains my favorite of his films.

El Espinazo Del Diablo (The Devil´s Backbone) [NTSC/REGION 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]

Cronos

This weekend probably merits its own post. Whee!

And from tiger_spot: Color Meme

Red
1. Closest red thing to you?: My mouse pad.
2. Last thing to make you angry?: I recently wrinkled my nose because a check and a late notice crossed in the mail, and I thought my payment might be counted as late.
3. Do you have a temper?: Everyone who observes me teach remarks upon my calm demeanor, but I don't feel like a particularly laid-back person. I can be impatient at odd times, but I have a generally sunny approach to life.
4. Are you a fan of romance?: Not as such.

Orange
1. Closest orange thing to you?: The top of a bottle of glue in my craft organizer.
2. Do you like to burn things?: I like fire, but I'm not a pyromaniac.
3. Dress up for Halloween?: Oh yes.
4. Are you usually a warm-hearted person?: I think so.
5. Are you usually full of energy?: *bounce*

Yellow
1. Closest yellow thing to you?: Down the Rabbit Hole by Iassen Ghiuselev.
2. The happiest time[s] of your life?: Either right before I began my studies at UC Davis or right now.
3. Favorite holiday: Every day is Halloween, baby.
4. Are you a coward?: I'm very brave. Except sometimes I take Spencer to the bathroom with me in the middle of the night because it's dark and the house is creaky.
5. Do you burn or tan?: I tan, but don't like doing so.

Lewis Carroll's Alice 2007 Calendar

Green
1. Closest green thing to you?: A bottle of Ravens Wood wine.
2. Do you care about the environment?: Yes, but apparently not enough.
3. Are you jealous of anyone right now?: No.
4. Are you a lucky person?: Very.
5. Do you always want what you can't have?: That sounds like a very poor idea. No.
6. Do you like being outdoors?: Aren't there bears out there? (Hee. Actually, yes, I do.)
7. Are you Irish?: Probably a sliver. Those Irish get around.

Blue
1. Closest blue thing to you?: I'm wearing a blue-and-grey pinstripe shirt.
2. Are you good at calming people down?: Children in particular.
3. Do you like the sea?: Yes.
4. What was the last thing that made you cry?: I was discussing fox-hunting a couple of days ago, and my eyes stung, although I did not cry as such.
5. Are you a logical thinker?: Quite.
6. Can you sleep easily?: These days, yes.

Purple
1. Closest purple thing to you?: My Canon PowerShot SD20 camera.
2. Like being treated to expensive things?: Those expensive things that I do enjoy are appreciated for their own merits, not because of their cost.
3. Do you like mysterious things?: I enjoy puzzles of most kinds as an intellectual exercise.
4. Favorite type of chocolate?: Dark chocolate truffles.
5. Ever met anyone from an online community: Sure.
6. Are you creative?: I create things of various types, yes.

Pink
1. Closest pink thing to you?: I spy Madeleine's pink paw pads, as she's currently reclining on my monitor.
2. Do you like sweet things?: So many!
3. Like play-fighting?: A bit of resistance-play now and again.
4. Are you sensitive?: Quite.
5. Do you like punk music?: Some.

White
1. Closest white thing to you?: Spencer.
2. Would you say you're innocent?: In many ways, yes.
3. Always try to keep the peace?: Unless my critters are threatened.
4. How do you imagine your wedding?: I don't.
5. Do you like to play in the snow?: Yes.
6. Are you afraid of going to the doctor or dentist?: No. But I don't like hospitals very much.

Black
1. Closest black thing to you?: Several items on my altar.
2. Ever enjoy hurting people?: With consent.
3. Are you sophisticated or silly?: Silly.
4. Would you like to go to space?: Yes.
5. Do you have a lot of secrets?: Yes, but I can't keep them. I usually just borrow them for bit and give them back.
6. What is your favorite color?: Purple.
7. Does the color you wear affect your mood?: I don't think so, but the reverse might be true.

Listening to:

Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow

Well, the Great White Toad booknapped the book I started last week, and only just now saw fit to return it. Clearly, I have been remiss with my sacrificial homage. But meanwhile, I read Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, and found it odd but enjoyable. The title comes from the deceased narrator, a fourteen-year-old girl: These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections—sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent—that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous lifeless body had been my life.

The Lovely Bones: A Novel

It's an interesting idea, that just as we hold on desperately to the dead, the dead also have trouble relinquishing the living. Unbeknownst to me, I seem to have kept to a theme of 'living with absence' in my pleasure reading this year. The Lovely Bones reminded me of Kate Atkinson's Case Histories, which I bought at the airport and read during our recent visit to LA.

Case Histories: A Novel

Hanging above my desk, I have a wonderful quotation from T.H. White's The Once and Future King: "The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then—to learn."

T.H. White's The Once and Future King (Arthurian Studies)

From hibernaldream:

I am Nyarlathotep! The 999 forms of Nyarlathotep are a point of meditation for the true initiate. It is through these manifold faces that the secrets of the universe are made known. Called "The Crawling Chaos," Nyarlathotep is the disembodied ego of Azathoth and thus the universal "I" of known reality. Some of the many documented forms are: Father of Knives, Nephren-Ka, the Black Man, and the Beast of the Lashing Tongue, to name a few.

Which Great Old One are you?

Such a productive weekend! Saturday morning we went over to visit with Lydia, Chris, and Oliver. Lydia made an amazing pancake brunch, we played Cranium Hoopla, and collapsed in giggles over the worst newspaper headline ever. On Sunday, tutordennis and I brunched with xthread at Hobee's and picked out a few items at Gator Games, including All Flesh Must Be Eaten and The Big Idea. Then we all walked over to Mollie Stone's for one of those shopping trips where you go in for laundry detergent and end up getting three kinds of beer and ingredients for espresso silkshakes. Mmm.

We're finally hanging a good portion of our art. We strolled downtown and took advantage of the one-cent sale at Aaron Brothers, so we even framed a few of the prints we've been wanting to hang for a while. Also, the kitties have a new cat tree! The Boy and I browsed Pet Food Express, and chose an awesome four-tier style with a hanging tunnel. After playing a wild game of Tetris with the tree and the car (we're fortunate that I can fit into tiny spaces!), we brought it home for the kitties to explore. We put Spencer's food at the very top to encourage him to exercise, as he's a bit... *ahem* portly.

And this was going around ages ago and I never posted my results:

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon, however, and can also indicate change or fluctuation, particularly when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out

Dance lessons from the Boy are beautiful. I'm familiar with studio dance, not ballroom, but I tend pick up new steps quickly. "Now close your eyes," he tells me, "and lean back into my arm." My head spins as we twirl across the living room. "You're waltzing," he whispers. I open my eyes, and we just stare at each other, moving in concert, as the world goes round and round. When the music stops, we don't even notice.

From baerana: Eleven Layers

LAYER ONE : THE OUTSIDE
Name: Emily.
Birthday: 26 December.
Current location: At work.
Eye color: Grey.
Hair color: Right now, it's sort of a really dark garnet color.
Zodiac sign: Capricorn, but I don't put much stock in that sort of thing.

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE
Your fears: Deep water.
Your perfect pizza: Amici's "Asante" is pretty yummy (soy mozzarella, baby spinach, broccoli, red onions, tomatoes, and fresh basil).
Goal for future: Consolidate credit cards.

LAYER THREE: YOU THINK
Your thoughts first waking up today: Must. Press. Snoozy. Button.
Your best physical feature: What an odd question.
Your most missed memory: If I missed it, I would be remembering it, no?

LAYER FOUR: "OR"
Pepsi or Coke: Neither.
McDonald's or Burger King: Neither.
Adidas or Nike: I cannot muster up any sort of emotional investment in either one.
Lipton tea or Nestea: If those are the only two choices, then Lipton. But PG Tips is better.
Chocolate or vanilla: I like both.
Cappuccino or coffee: Latte, really.

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?
Lie: Poorly.
Take a shower: Frequently.
Think you're in love: Oh yes.
Believe in yourself: You bet.

LAYER SIX: EVER?
Been on stage: Yes.
Eaten sushi: Yes.
Gone skating: Yes. Must go again soon.
Dyed your hair: Yes.
Gotten beaten up: With consent. And only when I'm naughty.
Changed who you were to fit in: Yes. I blend well.

LAYER SEVEN: RANDOM
Are you old: Not very.
How old are you?: 32.
What grade are you in?: Oh dear.
What did you do for your last birthday?: Only a month ago! tutordennis and fan_boy took me shopping at the Body Shop for pampering-fu, then to Dark Garden to be fitted for my new corset, then out to dinner at Millennium. It was an absolutely wonderful day.
When is your bedtime?: Usually around 11P.

LAYER NINE: THE OPPOSITE/APPROPRIATE SEX
Best eye color: I like brown.
Best hair color: Brown.
Clothing style: Casual. And I adore argyle.

LAYER TEN: WHAT WERE YOU DOING
1 minute ago: This meme.
1 hour ago: Reading.
1 year ago: http://chalepa-ta-kala.livejournal.com/2006/01/18/.

LAYER ELEVEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE
I love: !
I feel: pretty, oh so pretty, and witty, and gay...
I hate: willful ignorance.
I hide: in the cupboard. With my tail peeking out.
I miss: the mark.
I need: a bit of food, perhaps.
I want: to go for a nice stroll to procure said food. Ta!

Listening to:

Little Black Rain Cloud

Oh so many happy returns of the day to feyandstrange and tshuma!

Last night, tutordennis made scrumptious shepherd's pie with mushroom gravy for dinner, served with pickled beets and green peas. How spoiled are we? Today I enjoyed a stroll with the Grub in the crisp morning air. Our little noses and cheeks turned pink! Tonight, dinner at Herbivore in SF with teawiththecheat, dicedork, tinellaq and the boys, then a hike over to the theatre for a lateish showing of Children of Men, about which I have heard many good things.

From cmjfoxfyre:

You are Mystique

Mystique 70% Dr. Doom 64% Apocalypse 62% Magneto 60% Dark Phoenix 60% Poison Ivy 57% Venom 56% The Joker 55% Catwoman 54% Mr. Freeze 51% Two-Face 50% Lex Luthor 48% Riddler 48% Juggernaut 42% Green Goblin 38% Kingpin 35%

Sometimes motherly, sometimes a beautiful companion, but most of the time a deceiving vixen.

Is this finally an excuse for me to bust out the blue liquid latex?

Hey. I have a LiveJournal: A Secret History: Anecdota. Sometimes I post things there that I don't post here, mostly friendslocked. Let me know if you have one too so that I may add you.

Saturday night was the Victorian Twelfth Night Ball with live music by Bangers and Mash. As it happens, we now live only a few blocks from the San Mateo Masonic Lodge where PEERS hosts many of its dance events. Most pleasing and convenient. Was nice to meet xarnix and to visit with the gentry, including smittenkitten61 and waywardbound. Very many thanks to miss_emelia, who came by the Sanctuary beforehand with an extra ticket, and to the stranger at the door, who gave me another (both unbidden). Tonight, for a change of pace, there will be dancing (oh yes, there will be dancing) at Death Guild. Whee!

Oh, dear: