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kayim:If you want to take part, reply to this entry. I will poke around in your list of interests on your profile and ask you one question about one of them. You wax rhapsodic on the subject of your interest for the edification of all and we'll learn something keen about you. Then you post these instructions in your own journal.
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Re: white water rafting huh?!
Date: 2006-07-14 10:53 pm (UTC)but ya hunny it doesn't really matter if ya wet yourself or not in the boat a) nobody cares, cause they're all scared shitless too.....
& b) you're in a goddamn boat surrounded by water...you'll be fine
but ya i totally recommend it, specially with a group of friends...soo much fun
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Date: 2006-07-14 11:15 pm (UTC)Well, gosh, maybe I need to be MORE narcissistic and list more about me, me, me!
Bumper stickers-
IMHO, in a world where we spend so much time dancing around what is 'correct' to say in conversation, bumper stickers provide a forum for self-expression second to none.
With a bumper sticker you can express all manner of wit, humor, philosophy, political thought or just random weirdness on your car and thereby identify yourself to like-minded people, or piss off those who disagree in one fell swoop! I can live without being flipped the bird (and I've never done it to someone because of their bumper sticker...) but it's fun and cool to have someone beep and give you a thumbs-up because they've read the back of your car.
And, considering the traffic in the city I live, bumper stickers really make time stuck in traffic more entertaining.
=]
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Date: 2006-07-15 12:40 am (UTC)The Vorkosigan saga is a series of some 20+ novels and short stories written by Lois McMaster Bujold (all hail). It's set in the future of a multi-plantary, space-faring galaxy and starts with two AMAZING novels where Miles' parents (who are soldiers on opposing sides of a war) meet, fall in love, are separated, come back together, and conceive a child. While his mother (who is a kick-ass heroine) was pregnant with Miles, she was struck by poison gas in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate his father, which causes him to be born with serious birth defects, including being short, hunchbacked and with brittle bones. Now despite these handicaps, Bujold goes on to lead Miles into an incredible series of adventures in which he turns out to be one of the most brilliant, witty, sexy, courageous, dashing, sarcastic, foolish, demented, romantic, sympathetic heroes ever written.
At 18 he creates a fictional army under an assumed name and then twists and turns and somehow finds himself head of a real mercenary force. He surrounds himself with a fabulous cast of misfit, genius, loyal, outcast friends and followers. He has wild, scary, hysterical (mis)adventures in warfare, covert spy operations, and smuggling. Although he is somewhat of an outcast (because of his disabilities) on his home planet, he eventually (over the years/novels) works his way to the highest levels of government and aristocracy.
These aren't the best quotes, but they're the only ones I can find short-notice:
"Am I reading too much into all that innuendo, or did you in fact just connive to assassinate [the Emperor] Gregor in one breath, offer to cuckold him in the next, accuse your father of homosexuality, suggest a patricidal plot against him, and league yourself with ([the bad guy] Cavilo -- what are you going to do for an encore?"
"Depends on the straight lines." -- Elena (his second-in-command) and Miles
"Miles cursed himself silently, then out loud. He really had to try to cultivate a more normal attitude toward senior officers.... When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a god-like being, not a, a... future subordinate."
He is an absolute gem of a character.
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Date: 2006-07-15 02:48 am (UTC)So basically, a while back, my friend and I heard that Ben Affleck was hosting SNL for like the 3rd or 4th time, and I said something like, "OMG, he's totally the new Alec Baldwin!" because Alec Baldwin has hosted 14 times or something. Theeeeen, like a week later when his episode of SNL was on, his opening monologue consisted of Alec Baldwin showing up and ragging on him for stealing his whole persona. The SNL hosting thing, public breakups with famous actresses, etc etc etc. [It was like they were reading my mind!]
Hence, "Ben Affleck is the new Alec Baldwin". And I even have an icon to prove it. *points*
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Date: 2006-07-15 04:13 am (UTC)My favorite moment by far, though, was when the captain of the protagonist's team delivered such a powerful swing that his balls turned into meteors... which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
I do so love anime. :))
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Date: 2006-07-15 04:42 am (UTC);D
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Date: 2006-07-15 02:32 pm (UTC)Second, there has never been a more married couple on TV, EVER! And they are very much the odd couple. Blair is a Anthropology student looking for a subject for his thesis (or his 'Holy grail') and Jim is an Army Ranger turned Cop who was lost in the jungle for a while, where he hung out with the Chopec tribe and learned about this abilities. As soon as he got back to civilization he repressed his enhanced senses, for a while at least, but they got too much and only Blair could help him. What follows is an epic love story (but they're totally not gay) with passion, betrayal and Blair dies. But Jim makes him not dead again so it's all ok.
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