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[fishpatrol]

1) Tagged by scorpiod1

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".


1. When I come across stretches of blank white walls, I automatically think, "I wish I had a magical purple crayon."

2. I don't like wearing bras when I don't have to (i.e. at home). I also don't like wearing high heels or skinny jeans or dresses/skirts (I like looking at dresses/skirts though).

3. I have long-ish hair, but rarely ever wear it down (because backs of necks need to breathe too).

4. I like wind chimes and train rides and soap bubbles. And fluffy clouds on a sunny day.

5. Conceptually, I love hugs. However, I am a bad hug-giver and hug-receiver. :( Hugging is a skill I lack.

6. I really want to get laser eye surgery because my vision has been poor since grade four, but I'm terrified of the idea of LASERS CUTTING THROUGH MY EYEBALLS. :|

7. I prefer listening to Japanese or Korean music over English music (and Chinese music to a lesser extent) because I usually listen to music while doing something else (reading, most often) and understanding the lyrics interferes with the other task. If I'm writing something, I prefer having instrumental soundtracks or classical music in the background.


I tag everyone who hasn't done this meme because I am a nosy person with a healthy amount of curiosity.

2) What TV shows would you guys recommend to me? I need more shows to watch while eating lunch and dinner. :D (I could spend the time reading more articles instead, but that would just be depressing)

3) I don't know if I can finish my j2_everafter entry. D: My art muse has been dead like a dead thing lately.

Comments

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

COMMUNITY

Watch it, it's hilarious. Also, due South is a bit fantastic.

I recently heard the long, blank stretch of our subway station (you know the space I mean, right?) called "100 Years in the Desert". Time to start installing construction paper cacti? Perhaps in purple?

[fishpatrol]

I watched the first two episodes of Community last semester, but forgot to return to it. Thanks for the reminder. :D

I've thought about starting Due South -- no one had any episodes on DC++ and I couldn't find it on my usual streaming sites so I gave up. :(

No, I haven't heard about this. :O Which subway station is it (or the walls of all the stations..?)?

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Mmm, due South is tricky to track down. The only place I've been able to find it is YouTube.

Sorry, I worded that badly. It's more a cheeky, unofficial nickname for the long, beige stretch between the North/South and East/West trains at Spadina.

[fishpatrol]

Oh! Yes, that stretch -- haha, now the "100 Years in the Desert" makes perfect sense. Personally, I try not to look at the walls when I'm walking through there because they're really kind of gross. XD

[fishpatrol]

Oh god, I can't stop watching Community. /o\ SO ADDICTIVE (and 20 minutes doesn't seem long! But they add up!)

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Community is such a delight. I'd never realised how wonderfully subtle an actor Chevy Chase is, even in a role as unsubtle as Pierce. (Have you seen the Halloween episode yet? Oh Ahbed. Oh Pierce.)

[fishpatrol]

I just finished the Halloween episode -- I totally cracked up when Ahbed dragged Pierce and Jeff out of the chair-desk tower. Community is kind of similar to Glee with playing up the stereotypes and all, but I find it's better at poking fun at the stereotypes than Glee is.

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I loved it when Pierce and the Dean "solved racism" with their Human Being mascot :P And Pierce as the Beastmaster makes me giggle every time. (He just wanted to be cool!)

Agreed on both counts about Glee and Community. It's interesting to see how both shows can take a similar approach but play them so differently (also, the genderfail is way, way less pronounced on Community - I loved the bathroom ettiquette plotline).

[scorpiod1.livejournal.com]

1. That's brilliant :D

4. I like these too! Except train rides, they're too bumpy (though to be fair, I've only been on one)

5. Awwww :( *teaches you how to hug*

6. OMG, I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT, BUT THAT'S TERRIFYING TOOOOO!

Hmm, tv shows! I would like to rec (if you weren't watching already) Burn Notice, Castle, Chuck (though I think you watch Chuck?), Boston Legal (over now, but DVDS!) and The Vampire Diaries (I admit, I'm biased, that's my newest obsession XD)

[fishpatrol]

2. I find the slight bumpiness of train rides soothing (but not so great when I'm trying to read an article or a book ;)).

6. Lasers should only shoot out of eyes! Not into!

Yes, I do watch Chuck (and am all caught up with the latest season :)) -- I tried the first episode of The Vampire Diaries and unless the show is really quite different in the later episodes, I'm thinking maybe it's not my thing. ;) What's Burn Notice about? I've heard good things about Castle, so maybe I'll give that a shot next. :D

[scintilla10.livejournal.com]

1. HAROLD! :D

4. That is a most excellent list.

7. I don't like listening to music with lyrics when I'm working on something I need to think about either. I lose my train of thought too easily! *gets suddenly distracted and wanders away*

*wanders back* I second the nomination for Community! Also Leverage (do you watch that show?). The cons they pull can be a little iffy on occasion, but the characters are adorable and the show is always fun.

[fishpatrol]

7. Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. ;) The people who can study or write while listening to music with lyrics (which seems to be most people XD;;) boggle my mind. I've tried on several occasions and it turns out that I can't even concentrate on novels or fanfic if I can understand the lyrics of the music playing in the background.

The thing I like about Community is that the episodes are only 20 minutes long, which is perfect for my attention span. ;) Yep, I do watch Leverage -- and yes at the iffy-ness of their cons, haha. I watch mostly for the awesomeness that is Parker (and Elliot and Hardison, too). :D

[scintilla10.livejournal.com]

If you like half-hour comedies, you should also check out Better Off Ted. It's sharp and witty and awesome!

[fishpatrol]

I caught up to the latest episode of Community last week and have now moved on the Better Off Ted. I think I may be hooked on both... XD

[scintilla10.livejournal.com]

\o/

[fishpatrol]

I find myself shipping Abed and Troy's BFF-ery (their duets♥♥)! And that one episode of Jeff/Annie kind of sold me on the ship!

Also: Veronica is all kinds of awesome!

!!!

[scintilla10.livejournal.com]

The DUETS! be still my heart, they are adorable.

Though I have to say I don't ship anyone all that strongly on the show; I just like all their adorable group dynamics! Like how they throw random characters together (Troy and Britta dancing! Or when Jeff and Shirley were gossips together!) for a storyline and it's AWESOME.

Veronica! She is BRILLIANT. ♥

[kelene.livejournal.com]

2/ Dude, ditto on the bra wearing. It's just so...restrictive. I could never survive without my skinny jeans and skirts though XD

3/ I only ever wear my hair up for work! It gets in the way all the time, but I like it :D

4/ That is a super good list, bb.

5/ *HUUUUUUUUUUUGS* :P

WHITE COLLAR. If you're not already, you need to watch White Collar. I promise you, it's great. HAVE I EVER STEERED YOU WRONG? >__>

[fishpatrol]

2. Haha, yes, inorite?
Skinny jeans and skirts look good on other people! And I like them in theory...but I can't move/breathe in skinny jeans and I find skirts uncomfortable (which seems to be the opposite for most people XD).

5. *flails limbs awkwardly* ;)

I do watch White Collar! :D I haven't watched the newest episode yet, so I can't squee with you on that (give me a few hours ;)) -- but, randomly, don't you think that Kate really resembles Elizabeth??

[kelene.livejournal.com]

They do look alike! They were asked about it recently in an interview weren't they? And apparently it wasn't deliberate, but it's a very handy coincidence!

[fishpatrol]

I haven't watched any interviews for White Collar, but hee, it would've been fun if it was some twisty plot thing. Also! Latest episode! I'm really getting the Neal/Peter/Elizabeth vibes.

[kelene.livejournal.com]

Yes! The OT3 is so epic, I don't even know. All the trust, and the love and the smirking XD

[spring.livejournal.com]

we have many similar habits!

btw, i always get happy when i find a gal who shares #2 in common w/ me. i thought i was the only one who just likes being free. i don't feel it when i'm out and about but when i'm inside the house and wearing one, all i can think of is taking it off. XD

and #5&7, i feel ya.

[fishpatrol]

i don't feel it when i'm out and about but when i'm inside the house and wearing one, all i can think of is taking it off.

Yes, this, exactly. I'm such a slob at home -- baggy shirts that with colours that clash with my sweatpants, and also, odd-looking slippers. :D

5. I never know where exactly to put my arms and hands and how much pressure to use... Really, it's complicated! \o\

[spring.livejournal.com]

i do the exact same thing. my little sister is the total opposite from me so i feel especially slobby when i'm dressed casually. she's always so fixed up and clean looking. haha XD

and regarding listening to music and not understanding it, once i started to learn japanese, i gradually weened myself off of j-pop and more into k and c-pop because once i began understanding the lyrics, i realized they all suck D:

[fishpatrol]

Haha, same with my housemate -- she's always nicely dressed and even wears high-heeled slippers around the apartment. I suspect she even has make-up on. XD

once i began understanding the lyrics, i realized they all suck

Don't ever learn Chinese because the lyrics are possibly even worse. ;) I find the majority of songs to be about some variation on love (I can recognize the word "love" in Korean, so I believe my statement can safely encompass C-pop, K-pop, and English pop) and really, there's only so much one can stand listening to first love, true love, break ups, and so on. X3

[spring.livejournal.com]

yes, ignorance is bliss.

but i have a secret fantasy of marrying khalil fong so i need to learn chinese one way or another ;)

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

You don't have to wear bras when you are out, either...:P I sure don't, and I probably have a bigger chest than you do. -_-

[fishpatrol]

I don't have to, but I prefer to. I don't notice my bra at all when I'm out, but it gets annoying when I'm at home. XD

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

4. I love wind chimes! I still want a Japanese style one... XD Like it blows in the wind in the summertime and just... reminds you of summer in Japan. T-T!

7. I can't read (for school) while listening to music with lyrics. XD;; The words all collide with each other. Interesting! I never thought about it but I do prefer instrumentals or no-lyrics songs in the background when I actually have to think while doing something.

[fishpatrol]

I still want a Japanese style one... XD Like it blows in the wind in the summertime and just... reminds you of summer in Japan

Yes! Those are so lovely. I remember seeing them in anime a lot and really wanting one. XD