waking dreams

snagged from trialia

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).

Offering him hallucinogen, taking devout and monkish notes on whatever drivel he subsequently raved.

"Will they come after you?" Billy said. "If you go rogue?"

What this renegacy would mean! Dane would be without the church that had made him, an apostate hero taking faith into the heart of darkness, a paladin in hell. A lifetime of obedience, followed by what?

(Kraken, by China Mieville. Three guesses what that's about...)

Seen this in a few places. My contribution:

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

- Walt Whitman

(got this from bradeatspeeps)

List all of the television shows you have on DVD, no matter how obscure or embarrassing. Even if you only own one season, list it! Let's see who has what!

Doctor Who, lots of. Various serials of One, Two, Three, an enormous amount of Four, Five, Seven, Nine, and all of NewWho S3 and S4
Prison Break (all)
The 4400 (all)
Lost (seasons 1-3)
Chuck (season 1)
Being Human (season 1)
Kidnapped
Generation Kill
Battlestar Galactica (new, all)
The X-Files (seasons 1 and 2)
Gossip Girl (seasons 1 and 2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 5)
Scrubs (seasons 1-5)
Fringe
Angel (all)
The L-Word (season 1)
Heroes (season 1)
The Sopranos (season 1)
The Black Donnellys
All Creatures Great and Small (season 1)
Blackpool
State of Play
Mad Men (season 1)
The Thick of It
The Devil's Whore
Bones (seasons 1 and 2)
Flight of the Conchords (season 1)
Six Feet Under (seasons 1 and 2)
Firefly
Life on Mars (UK, seasons 1 and 2)
Criminal Minds (seasons 1 and 2)
The Tudors (all)

And, because I'm a bit OCD like that, here's the list of Shows I Downloaded From iTunes:

Ashes to Ashes (season 1)
Torchwood (seasons 1 and 2)
Caprica (all available episodes)
Stargate Universe (all available episodes)
Dollhouse (season 1)
Lost (season 4)

Nabbed from solidfoamsoul.

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
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool...


( questions/songs )

Stolen from myha_riot

Pick five of your favourite TV shows, in no order, and answer the following questions. Don't cheat!

(If you're going to do the meme, pick your shows before reading the questions!)

Shows:

1. Doctor Who
2. Lost
3. Firefly
4. Gossip Girl
5. Prison Break


( The Questions )

Stolen from queenfaithie

1. My username is ______ because ______.

trillianastra because I love, adore and pretty much worship the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Trillian Astra is the name Trillian uses when she's a jetsetting intergalactic reporter.

2. My name is _____ because ______.

Nicole. Because my dad apparently had a thing for French names. (So. Not. Kidding. You should see my sisters' middle names.... mine aren't too bad, actually)

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

Scribbles, Thoughts and Miscellany, because it's broad enough to encompass all the things I post/rant/ramble on about. Also, I really like the word Miscellany. (It's one of my top three favourite words. The others are Ephemera and Syzygy.)

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

Scribblers, because it went with the journal title.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

The extremely sexy Joseph Fiennes, from FlashForward, a show that is infuriating, addictive, and also... my fill-in show to keep me going on mysterious stuff until Lost gets back.

~~~

IN OTHER NEWS

I have been watching Stargate Universe, which in itself is odd because I've never really been that attached to the Stargate franchise. Sure, I saw a few episodes of SG-1, but I never got into Atlantis... and then SGU came along.

And OK, maybe it was the Robert Carlyle involvement that drew me in (It was, I admit it - I'd watch anything with him in. Unfortunately, down that road lies *shudder* Eragon). But once I was THERE, I found that, actually, there are a whole bunch of other characters I like as well.

quick lowdown...
- I think I have a teeny crush on Lt. Scott. *le sigh*
- OK, so, I really like Chloe. Kinda identify with her a bit, maybe it's because she's my age. IDK.
- After the last ep I saw ("Light", ep 5), I really like Greer. He may even be my replacement Starbuck.
- In fact, the whole damn show looks like it's shaping up to be my replacement for BSG. This extends to my tendency to collect substitute-father-figures from my various fandoms. With BSG it was Bill Adama. This time round, I suspect it's going to be Col. Young.
- Eli's great. I FriendShip him with Chloe a bit.
- I'm also kinda in awe of Dr Rush. A bit. For... obvious reasons, I guess.
- Destiny is a beautiful ship. (well done, SFX guys!)

Stolen from drabblewriter

1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of fifteen words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.

Fandom is Heroes.

Characters are:

1. Emma Coolidge
2. Samuel Sullivan
3. Tracy Strauss
4. Peter Petrelli
5. Claire Bennet
6. Gabriel “Sylar” Gray
7. Elle Bishop
8. Matt Parkman
9. Elle Bishop
10. Mohinder Suresh

( That was fun! )

Stolen from drabblewriter

Nabbed from drabblewriter

Take the first lines of your last ten stories and run each of them through Translation Party until they reach equilibrium, or until the program gives up on you. Post the results.

( the results )

Er... most of those were oneshots I wrote for comment_fic. The ones that weren't... I might finish eventually.