Tales from the meme generation...

[felis_ultharus]

I've had plenty worse days -- and it was certainly a better day for me than for many -- but damn it wasn't a nice day. I discovered that

• the Concordia Bookstore inexplicably shuts down at 1 pm (shortened hours I can understand, but isn't it usually 1-5 in the afternoon?)
• something has happened happened to my final cheque, though what exactly I can't tell, since the paycheque person is never in the office when I try to reach him
• I should never wish for rain, even during a hot week, because it will invariably happen when I'm locked out of the house without my keys

However, I also discovered that Susanna Moodie can occasionally be interesting, when she has someone interesting to describe and steals other people's poetry. I have also written more than 10 pages the last two days, though only two-and-a-bit today.

Now, a meme. Very interesting, though it has a truly odd tendency to try and pair up either gay men and lesbians, or gay men with women who aren't single. Probably programmed by Love in Action. Or True Directions:

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.

1.~How did you meet em_fish? Through Montrealais, for orgy of geekery known as Dungeons and Dragons

2.~What would you do if you had never met scottevil? Miss out on a cool friend :(

3.~What do you honestly think of ubergreenkat? She's a much better poet than she gives herself credit for, and one of most devoted political activists I know.

4.~Would or did archdiva and metawidget go out? Somehow I don't think that would work...

5.~Have you ever liked snowdaemon? She wouldn't be on my journal if I didn't like her. Best in-law a person could have :)

6.~If jc2004 died tomorrow, what is one thing that you would need him/her to know? That she's a fantastic sister...

7.~Would link2lando and foi_nefaste make a good couple? Somehow I don't think that would work :)

8.~Describe jenjoou in 3 words: Fun, cool, and knowledgable

9.~Do you think melting_penguin is hot? I'm afraid I really don't see her that way, for reasons that are probably obvious ;)

10.~Would jc2004 and archdiva make a lovely couple? I'm going to say no for this one, too. Call it a hunch ;)

11.~What do you think of when you see metawidget? Not sure yet, since I've only met him once so far...

12.~Tell me something humiliating about foi_nefaste: I wouldn't say anything humiliating about foi_nefaste, even if I knew anything :)

13.~Do you know any of laurange's family members? Nope.

14.~What's archdiva's favorite color? Not sure, but since his LJ is decked out in lavender, and I usually see him in blue, I'm guessing it's one or the other

15.~On a scale of 1-10 how cute is archdiva? 8

16.~What would you do if siencyn just professed their undying love for you? I would be very, very, very surprised :D

17.~What language does archdiva speak? English and French. Don't know if he knows others.

18.~Who is archdiva going out with? I don't believe anyone at the moment.

19.~Is montrealais a boy or a girl? A boy, though the answer is a bit more complicated than that…

20.~Would seal7 and siencyn make a good couple? I doubt that, somehow :)

21.~Who do you think blumunk would be great with from this list? I'm afraid I don't think it work out with anyone from my list. Sorry, Nate.

22.~When was the last time you talked to melting_penguin? Yesterday.

23.~What is snowdaemon's favorite band? I realize I've never heard her mention a band, nor seen her post current music on her LJ

24.~Does link2lando have any siblings? I don't know

25.~Would you ever date laurange? Again, I don't think that would work, since I'm gay and she's not single :)

26.~Would you ever date jenjoou? Again no -- see above for details. I'm beginning to think this quiz was designed by the ex-gay movement ;)

27.~Is blumunk single? I believe so, though I'm not sure

28.~What is archdiva's last name? I wouldn't post a last name on a public journal, though I did hear it once

29.~What is seal7's middle name? That I don't know

30~What is ubergreenkat's fantasy? I would suspect one of them would be getting her work more widely published, as it deserves to be :)

31.~Where does montrealais live? Here. Actually, this room. Actually, this is his compuer :)

32.~Would you make out with em_fish? I really think of her more as a friend ;)

33.~Are scottevil and laurange best friends? I don't think so.

34.~Does jenjoou like archdiva? I don't believe they've met.

35.~How did you meet seal7? That would be Akane's Mailing List

36.~Is melting_penguin older than you? She is younger by one month

37.~Is archdiva the sexiest person alive? He's certainly in the running :)


Another meme I've picked up from my sister involves taking three entries from the archives -- a sort of introduction to newer friends. It's supposed to be 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months, but my journal isn't a year old, yet:

3 months ago -- Michelangelo, Neil Gaiman, and the heroism of the late Chuck Cadman
6 months ago -- my novel is coming together, which is when I started planning the current version

Comments

[siencyn.livejournal.com]

But... but... I wanted to marry you!

we were gonna have a nice church wedding and lots of babies.

You've just broken my heart, you CAD.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

That's me. The heartbreaker. ;)

You can be best woman when I marry Rufus Wainwright :p

(and while I'm making hopeless wishes, I'd also really like a pony...)

[seal7.livejournal.com]

This meme is so biased, I'm only in it what, thrice? *miff* :(


... ;P

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

It's completely random. Very random. On snowdaemon's journals, it tried to pair my sister as a couple twice. That is, it selected her name as both halves of the couple :)

And you didn't tell me if you have a middle name ;)

[seal7.livejournal.com]

It's too random, it should have some variable for including everyone halfways the same number of times >_>
And heh. I bet that'd work well though. I'd probably get along with my clone, at least... for a while o_O

I actually do, it's Simon.
Now you know :P

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I love that name, though I gave it a rather shallow character in my novel -- a very vague reference to Simon the Sorceror from the Bible.

(Simon might not make the final cut, even though he's been there since the beginning -- I need to make the story tighter)

[seal7.livejournal.com]

Well- if he is rather shallow, I should be glad if he doesn't make the final cut.
But I like the name too... quite obviously ^_^

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll use it, someday, for a more decent character ^_^

Not to worry!

[em-fish.livejournal.com]

Your cheque is not missing, you just have bad timing.

Pingy and The Princeps and I were chatting this morning, and it came up.

Re: Not to worry!

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

That's good to know. Nobody seemed to know when I called.

Re: Not to worry!

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I just re-read your post. This morning? Because when I talked to Tyler, who said he'd talked to Graham, this afternoon, he said it was missing...

[em-fish.livejournal.com]

Oh, so they'll stop payment and write another one.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Yes, but unfortunately it's been months, and those were two weeks a very unusual schedule for me (doing extra time in the office, and doing tests, coming in on different days), and they don't seem to know what hours I worked. I don't remember exactly myself :/

I think 18 is probably a conservative estimate, but it's at least that.

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

You won't date me just because I'm a woman and in a relationship?! That's not fair. ;)

Although, out of High school for 7 years and I'm finally cool. Yay! Better late than never. :D

Oh and the first time I tried to do the test, almost all the questions were about montrealais and he was paired up with himself more than once. I agree they need to work on making it more balanced. I might try it again later.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Of course, my definition of "cool" is "geek cool" -- so Yay! at your own risk ;)

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

Nah, that's good enough for me *chuckle*

[infinitecomplex.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the compliment, and the same goes for you as an in-law. :)

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)