The One Question Meme

[sacrilicious13]

Snagged from deadflowerss and starsouls1013

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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[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Pick me pick me! :D

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

What is the Shoebox Project? I've heard of this before, but I never actually figured out what it is.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Wow, your life isn't complete without Shoebox! *boggles*

Hee, anyway, The Shoebox Project is a LONG, long long long (and I mean 20+ LONG chapters) fanfiction in the Harry Potter fandom about the Marauders: James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. It's written by ladyjaida and illustrated (BEAUTIFULLY) by dorkorific. It's set when they were in Hogwarts and follows them from first year to seventh (or that's where it left off - it kinda stopped without coming to any kind of conclusion, but that's okay - we all know what comes next (the war, the Potters' deaths, etc)). The focus for many people (including myself) is the gradually developing Remus/Sirius relationship that culminates very late in the fic. It's beautiful and touching and real. But above all Shoebox is FUNNY. It is the funniest piece of fanfic EVER. There have been hundreds and hundreds of quote icons made from Shoebox because it's just THAT FUNNY, every line is quotable. The characterizations are brilliant, the plots priceless, and basically it's like a prequel novel for the Harry Potter series. There's a reason why it has thousands of people reading it - it's brilliance. I DEFINITELY recommend it. If nothing else, read the first chapter - it's one of the funniest, still.

Whew! Now your life is complete ;) Or it will be when you read it!

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Oh that sounds AWESOME! I love massively long stories. One of my favorite HP stories is a 500+ page HG/SS epic. I really wish there were more long stories in Supernatural. One-shots are nice, but I love having pages and pages of plot and character development to sink my teeth into.

That fic definetely sounds kickass. I'll totally be reading that one!

[ghoulchick.livejournal.com]

Okay! Fun meme.

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

What's your biggest superstition?

[ghoulchick.livejournal.com]

Do I wax rhapsodic here, or in my own LJ?

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Here. :-)

[ghoulchick.livejournal.com]

Okay, I was trying to figure out the right answer to this, and I got stuck, and then I forgot to think about it. ;) My biggest superstition, in terms of what I always observe no matter what, is probably throwing spilled salt over my left shoulder. I don't literally believe it's blinding the devil or whatever, but... I can't not do it. I feel wrong if I try not to. So it might fall more under OCD than superstition. :P

I knock on wood, too. I wish on the first star I see at night. I throw pennies into fountains. I wish on birthday candles before blowing them out. (I'm very hopeful in my superstitions, I guess.) I do *not* fret over black cats, going under ladders, umbrellas opened indoors (how else can I dry it out?), broken mirrors.

Speaking of mirrors, though, I get very freaked out about going in front of a mirror in the dark. Not specifically a superstition, just a general freakiness.

Oh! This one will never come up in my life, but I am extremely superstitious about renaming boats. I would never do it, and if I had to, I would have to have some sort of ceremony for it. I just have a real sense of dread and wrongness over boat renaming. (My folks sailed a lot when I was a kid, so maybe I picked it up from them. Somehow I've internalized the idea that you just don't fuck around with boat superstitions. Not that I literally believe any of these, but... there it is.)

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Oh I am right there with you on the mirror thing. I can walk into a dark room, but I HAVE to turn the light on in the bathroom because seeing half visiable reflections in the giant mirror creeps me out.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

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[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

What is it about Prison Break that you love so much? Other than Wentworth Miller's amazing prettiness.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

It's all about The Brothers. Michael essential ruins his future, and any chance of life, to save his older brother who was framed for murder and sentenced to death. Michael gets married, gets an upper-body tattoo, gets himself thrown in prison and gets physically harmed in more than three different ways for Lincoln.

Beyond the massive love awesomeness of Michael and Lincoln is The Conspiracy and the other inmates.

The Conspiracy is something I wont talk about much because if anyone plans on watching this The Conspiracy is much better when you watch it unfold without advanced knowledge.

The other inmates are full-on characters to themselves, not half-fleshed screens like other shows would have.

And I must admit that Robert Knepper's acting is mind-blowing and watching him as T-Bag is something to truely make a person shudder. It would be easy to make the racist, pedophillic, serial killer into some cartoon character come to life but RK's preformance makes you actually fear him.

Yeah, the show has its faults, mostly with any small semblance of realism and continuity, but the show is well worth the speed bumps.

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

It just sucks you in, doesn't it? I just finished watching ep 9. T-Bag creeps me the hell out too, but he's a fascinating character.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

It just sucks you in, doesn't it?

Like a fucking Hoover.

I just finished watching ep 9. T-Bag creeps me the hell out too, but he's a fascinating character.

Insane. It's absolutely insane. T-Bag is just... beyond words.

[duia.livejournal.com]

Me me me.

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Explain "shameful and secret vices." Because you have no shame.

(I was tempted to ask you to wax poetic on "throbbing man-cutlery," but I figured that would come up in our convo anyway.)

[duia.livejournal.com]

A shameful and/or sekkrit vice is anything you indulge in with a family member that is illegal in all fifty states AND Canada.

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

. . . Like FISTING?

[duia.livejournal.com]

FISTING indeed.

[deadflowerss.livejournal.com]

Me please.x

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Oh lots of lovely literature interests! What's your favorite classic British novel and why?

[deadflowerss.livejournal.com]

So many to pick from...
D.H.Lawrence,Lady Chatterley.I first read it when I was about thirteen, and I fell in love.
It was like finding a friend,it made me change the way I looked at the world,at love and at sex.
The ideals and ideas about life,are something that rings truth to me.I got it,and it felt like I had finally found something, that helped me understand the world better.

Lawrence loved life and people,his one main belief, was that life was so fleeting and brief,that we should do away with the trivial things-In short,he thought our main goals,should be to enjoy life to its full extent.
He believed that we all have one common interest,and that is to belong and be happy,and everything else just gets in the way of that.

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

LOVE THAT BOOK! ::Looks at bookshelf:: Hmmm, maybe I'll reread that once I'm done with what I'm currently reading.

[amcw177.livejournal.com]

Well, if you find anything that's of interest for you - go ahead! I'll do my best to explain :)

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Tell me about Terry Pratchett. He's one of those authors that everyone seems to talk about, but I know nothing at all about him.

[amcw177.livejournal.com]

Well, I must say I don't know much about him other than that he's British. I once knew a lot of facts about him as a person but I kinda forgot...

I love his books because of his humour. It's sarcastic, drips with irony and most situations are so hilariously screwed-up that you can't not laugh. In a strange kind of way I can relate though. His way of topping one joke with an even better one makes me laugh out loud each time - I used to get some pretty bewildered looks on the train home from school :)

Most of his novels take place on the Discworld, a flat world drifting through space, where magic is practically everywhere. My favourites are those revolving around the Night Watch. A bunch of, more or less, policemen, getting in all kinds of murderous trouble. They're just such lovingly depicted characters.

He also includes lots of stereotypes in his characters and makes fun of them, like 'don't judge a book by its cover'. I like that. The characters never do what you expect them to do, thus surprising you with every page. As do the stories themselves, they twist and turn in ways I could never ever imagine. That's what makes it fun to read. You just can't predict anything.

Plus, my LJ name was inspired by Terry Pratchett's Night Watch.

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Oh that sounds very cool. I'll definetely check out some of his books!

[deevious4.livejournal.com]

Ooh--MeMeMe!

[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, antiques is a new one. Talk about wonderful antiquey things.

PS - I really want to see a picture of your house! Post and beam houses are so cool!

[deevious4.livejournal.com]

I love decorating my house with antiques, especially ones over a century old. my favorite (and most expensive) piece is an etegere from the 1880s that is beautiful dark mahogany, with a beveled glass enclosed center section with shelves, 4 shelves on each side of that backed with beveled mirrors, elaborate carvings including 2 dragons on the posts...so pretty. I also have a small mahogany table with decorative brass accents and a green marble top, and a pot metal statue of William the Conqueror from the turn of the century. I also collect books from the turn of the century, and have a couple of prints from that timeperiod. . the furniture that I have that isn't antique, I try to go with an antique look. our couches are all victorianesque, ornately carved wood frames with the three-piece section, but in brown leather rather than red velvet. the desk I'm typing on is a dark wood rolltop, very antiquey looking, but made for a computer.

I'm not sure why I have this passion for antiques, I've just always loved them and felt like I was from another, previous, timeperiod. one much earlier than the one I decorate in, but that's only because I can't afford a castle...though I was thinking about trying, once, with www.castlemagic.com...

As for pics of my house, I have one up on my myspace--I've got the same handle there. I just got a new program, I'll try to post them on my LJ. no promises.

[sandtigeress.livejournal.com]

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[sacrilicious.livejournal.com]

How do you like to decorate? Pictures, of course, are always fun.

[sandtigeress.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like scrapbooking, getting things for my apartment and such candlewise and picturewise and such, if something is plain I like adding things to it, but, if I've got the right stuff, mostly the scrapbooking thing. :)

I also like doodling things in notes and letters. :)