slightly stuck, so I asked t_lyrical for a meme.

1. Reply to this post and I’ll assign you a letter. (please don't, actually. I really need to write this essay.)
2. List (and upload, if you like) seven songs from your media player that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

( abcdefghijklmno... p )

in order to claim a drabble from aramley I must make an offering of my mad writing skillz. (the 'z' makes it ironic!) such is my love for aramley that I will make this sacrifice of my ego and offer myself up upon the altar of public opinion! and stuff.

The first ten people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing / character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability. (Or don't. I don't really care. These things are like those chain letters we used to do in second grade, honestly.)

any pairing or character I have written before is fair game! (if you aren't sure what I've written before, I do not blame you because I am a fandom slut, but a list of my fic can be found right here. the formatting took a while so do take advantage of the shiny new directory!) at the moment my fannish efforts have mostly been concentrated on Temeraire and tennis RPS, but don't feel obliged at all to stick with them. you can even ask for something I've never written before if you know I'm in the fandom. I really like writing to prompts: go wild!

ps: if you don't comment a lot, haven't commented recently, we don't really speak, whatever, it doesn't matter. if you want a drabble, please comment! most of the people who read this journal are here to listen to me bitch about my rl, not for the fic: if you want fic, seriously, ask for it. you are in a minority.

ETA: 6 "drabbles" claimed, 5 written, 4 claims still available! you know, if anyone's interested.

for aramley: excerpts from sweetheart vs. spitfire, et al. (Temeraire tennis AU)

for 6street: always better with someone you really love (Star Trek reboot)

for bronze_ribbons: you can do better than me (I can't do better than you) (tennis RPS)

for daughterofelros: four reasons Roger Federer wished the Japanese Davis Cup team would fall into a really deep hole (and one reason they weren't that bad after all) (tennis RPS / Prince of Tennis)

for t_lyrical: tinker tailor soldier sailor (Temeraire)

this is not really a justification for my shame. ganked from cette_vie, because I couldn't quite resist, even though I knew I should.

1. Bold the names of guys you'd definitely shag.
2. Italicize the names of guys you might shag after a little persuasion.
3. Leave the guys who don't do anything for you alone.
4. Put a question mark after the guys you've never heard of.
5. Strike the guys you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
6. ADD FOUR OF YOUR OWN AT THE END. NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, NOT THE ACTORS THEMSELVES...(That's a whole other survey!)

( 148 and counting )

online quizzes! pretty pictures! I am kind of shallow, I admit.

( CLAMP quiz )

ganked from imbrilim and verdantry:

Reply to this post, and I will list three things I love about you. Maybe more than three. Then repost to your own journal and spread the love.

because it's finals week for me, and I need to remind myself why I love everybody. =D

gacked from imbrilim:

post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/etc.that you've had an obsessive fannish love of at some time in your life. Have your friends list guess your LEAST favorite character from each item.

01. Supernatural the cop-lady from the Exorcist in The Usual Suspects. God but she was terrible.
02. Heroes Simone, guessed by imbrilim
03. Buffy Dawn, guessed by eala (though honestly, who doesn't hate Dawn?)
04. Hana Yori Dango (either or both seasons) Umi, guessed by imbrilim
05. Bones Bones' boss Dr. Whatsisface, guessed by eala
06. House Stacy, guessed by eala
07. Firefly Inara, guessed by eala
08. Pirates of the Caribbean (tossup; will take either of two) Will and Elizabeth, both guessed by eala
09. Love Mode Katsuki, guessed by imbrilim
10. Viewfinder Takaba, guessed by imbrilim
11. xxxHOLiC Himawari-chan, guessed by idhren24
12. Bleach Jinta. he just annoys the fuck out of me.
13. (why not?) The Iliad Paris, guessed by idhren24

will add more if I think of them. I'll do a reveal in a week for everything that's left, if anyone's interested. oh, and for most of the TV shows I mean actual in-the-main-credits characters, with the exception of 01, 04, and 06, because I love all the main characters in those shows.

ganked from a variety of people, but most recently from nathaara.

Step 1 - Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love of at some time in your life
Step 2 - Have your friends list guess your favorite character(s) from each item
Step 3 - Post in your own journal.

1) LotR (mostly bookverse, not movie, although I've never read the books)
Erestor guessed by no_sushi
2) Harry Potter
Snape guessed by imbrilim
3) Prince of Tennis (there are two REALLY correct answers, and god knows how many almost-right ones)
Inui guessed by imbrilim
Kaidou also guessed by imbrilim
4) Love Mode
Kiichi guessed by imbrilim
5) Viewfinder
Asami (with extra points to Feilong for pretty hair) guessed by imbrilim
6) Ouran Host Club (since the answer wavers from day to day, I will accept either of two)
Kyouya guessed by imbrilim
Mori guessed by nathaara
7) Bleach (THERE IS NO ANIME POST SOUL-SOCIETY. LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU.)
Ishida guessed by imbrilim
8) FMA
Roy Mustang guessed by idhren24 with help from nathaara
9) Gokusen (in the dorama, there is one answer for the first season, and two for the second. THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER FOR THE MANGA.)
Sawada Shin for both season one dorama and manga guessed by imbrilim
Odagiri Ryu for season two dorama guessed by twistingstar - one left, people! remember how much Bella loves the slashability!
10) Hana Yori Dango (hint: NOT AT ALL OBVIOUS)
Nishikado Sojiroh aka Tea Boy guessed by imbrilim
11) xxxHOLiC
Doumeki guessed by idhren24
12) Firefly
Simon guessed by bobthemagiccow
13) House (pretend that the third season hasn't happened yet, okay?)
Wilson guessed by imbrilim

and, just for LOLLERSKATES potential,
14) The Aeneid
ACHATES guessed by imbrilim
15) Shakespeare's comedies (I'll take, um. up to three. because there are a LOT of comedies.)

PS: I should just rename this post, "Why imbrilim clearly controls my mind and soul."

by nobelia.
Write a little paragraph about your name, why you chose it, what it means to you, etc.

okay, "meretricula" is the diminutive of "meretrix" in Latin, so it means "little harlot" as my Latin dictionary so charmingly gives it. A meretrix, incidentally, is literally merely a female who earns money, but the Roman empire was before the femininist revolution, so only a certain type of ladies worked back then.

What would you change your name to, if you were changing it?

"belladonna_poisoning" or "apocolocyntosis", possibly, but they might be taken and are way too long, and I already have the_card_floozy - I don't need ANOTHER lj that I would never update.

What is your favorite username? Why?

hmm. sublimeparadigm is a pretty kickass name. oh, and puzzlebleuink, even if it is a community, not a person.

Now, tag five other unfortunates whose usernames you would like to hear about:

cette_vie, since believe it or not, i don't know what that means,
e_p_kitty (I know what it stands for, but where does it come from? and who is Ezra?),
nefyr, because your name just sounds weird,
lhaw_en_edhel - I know the edhel part is elf, but i'm curious about the rest,
and azeira.

(sorry about excessive memeage nowadays...)

Twenty random facts about me (Tag a number of friends equal to the number of minutes it takes you to complete this):

1. I love pickles and cheese. kosher dill pickles and cheddar cheese.
2. I'm afraid of sex but I'm a whore for attention.
3. I still sleep with a teddy bear named Elrond.
4. I hear music in my head whenever I'm not doing anything in particular, or try to think too hard. Sometimes two or three different pieces of music at the same time. It's weird.
5. I talk to myself in the third person.
6. I like sushi for the seaweed, rice and sesame seeds. Which is weird because I don't like seaweed, plain white rice or sesame seeds.
7. I read crap romance novels because I like happy endings.
8. Before I start slashing anything I always go through a Mary-Sueing stage that I now refuse to put on paper.
9. I'm afraid of leaving high school but I'm more afraid of staying behind.
10. I wish I were Asian, because then my life would be simpler and I'd probably be skinnier, too.
11. Every time I meet a girl, the first thing I do is look at her breasts to see if they're bigger than mine. I feel really bad about it, too.
12. I buy used books of classical literature because it makes me look intellectual. One of these days I'll get around to reading them.
13. I wish I were better at the violin, but only when I'm around people who show me up.
14. Spring is my favorite season because I love the smell of rain.
15. I really miss alliensis but I still won't call him till he calls me first.
16. I really did want to be valedictorian. I'm lying when I say I don't care.
17. I had a crush on a CityYear named Shua when I was in fourth grade because he was the only boy I'd met who was nice to me.
18. I hate the taste of alcohol.
19. I really wish common-law marriage were still around because that's the only kind of marriage I'd want to get into.
20. I ate half a batch of brownies today. It was the only thing I ate between eight last night and eight tonight.

10 minutes. Shit. um... I tag domovoi_13, kellibus, swirlycurlzz, nobelia, lime_disconnect, twistingstar, oh_sarah28, azeira, daughterofelros and what the hell, I think she's done it already but cette_vie. (you don't really have to do it. don't feel obligated or anything. and sorry for the honking angst - it's just one of those days.)

(gacked from cette_vie)

LJ Interests meme results

1. belladonna:
   oh, wow. old memories. "belladonna poisoning" was eala's concept of the rock group we would have formed in 8th grade if we were, you know, into that kind of shit. i hijacked it to become my pen-name. still go by it. i'm too lazy to change it now. sylvie_the_elf still calls me Bella!
2. danse macabre:
   OH MY GOD I WANT TO PLAY THAT PIECE SO BAD IT HURTS. (Yeah, i know i'm not good enough. shut up.)
3. fruits basket:
   soooooooooo cute! I'm in love with every single male character in the manga/anime. and akito, since i don't think s/he counts. And I think the author thinks that the guys should just all give up and have sex with each other, because it's so amazingly slashy and if you listen to the subtext, they're all uber-promiscuous h0s.
4. hp:
   ah, my first fandom. i hardly read it now, and i don't write any more. but it was fun while it lasted.
5. latin:
   my one true love. it's been five years, baby, why are we still together? because we were made to love each other, duh. i hope that when i'm older and teaching kids the language i'll be cool enough to make them love it as much as i do.
6. mendelssohn:
   his music = love. especially the Hebrides overture. we played it in orchestra. wicked hard, but it's so beautiful.
7. petshop of horrors:
   Leon and Count Dee are married. Thank you. That's all.
8. prince of tennis:
   it eats my brain. that's okay. i still love it.
9. slash:
   it eats my brain even more. it's also all that keeps me from killing myself over how amazingly pathetic my life is. it's a mindless pleasure, and i love it.
10. vergil:
    hah, non-brainless pleasure! the Aeneid was a definite experience. maybe one of these days i'll read his other stuff. until then, i'll continue to proclaim all other epic poetry to be totally knock-off crap that cannot compare to the original. (YES, EVEN HOMER. I DON'T CARE IF HE DID IT FIRST, VERGIL DID IT BETTER.)

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