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I have absolutely nothing interesting to say except for the following:
1. crushed ladybugs all over the walkway are disgusting
2. I should not be allowed to talk about Supernatural in public because I get flaily and squeaky (or should that be squeeky?)

...so, have some memes:

Snagged from kelene

Comment to this post and receive 4 options (actors/singers/so on, so forth). You must then decide which of the 4 options you would: Shag, Snog, Marry and Throw off a cliff.

Snagged from aggybird

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.


And lastly: eggplant sandwiches are really quite yummy.

I really, really want this. *___* I don't like reading journal articles on the computer because of 1. the glare of the screen and 2. I get very easily distracted when my computer is on, and I don't like printing (save the trees!). This would solve all my problems! And I would also be able to read books and (more importantly) fic on the go! I do wish the eSlick was available in stores already..!

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Snatched from sharona1x2:

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

( Wallpaper )

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Answers from the book meme:

1. Meg, Calvin, Charles Wallace - A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'engle - guessed by postingwhore
2. Elmer, Boots, The Fish - The Mcdonald Hall series, by Gordon Korman - guessed by pornography, postingwhore
3. Daine, Numair, Cloud - The Immortals series, by Tamora Pierce - guessed by pornography
4. Ce'Nedra, Silk, Belgarath - The Belgariad series, by David Eddings - guessed by sharona1x2, kelene
5. Richard, Door, Hunter - Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman - guessed by trixie_chick
6. Richard, Alec, Duchess Tremontaine - Swordspoint, by Ellen Kushner - guessed by pornography, kelene
7. Luke, Suze, Rebecca Bloomwood - The Shopaholic series, by Sophie Kinsella - guessed by no one :(
8. Harriet, Ole Golly, Sport - Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh - guessed by trixie_chick
9. Jessica, Elizabeth, Lila - Sweet Valley series, by Francine Pascal (Sweet Valley High was okay, but I liked the Twins & Friends series the best) - guessed by pornography, postingwhore
10. Fred, Bill, George - Harry Potter, by JK Rowling - guessed by everyone! \o/

pornography is the winner with five correct guesses! Any character you want to see rendered in chibi form? :)

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I got coffee flavoured Haagen Dazs ice cream on sale and it tastes wonderfully like semi-solid iced coffee. But, for the record, I wouldn't pay the normal price of $6~7 for that teeny tub of ice cream, delicious creamy solid iced coffee or not.

I'm not ready to write about what's really been bothering me for the past few weeks, so, here, have a meme instead.

List three characters from ten favourite books (eta: or series!) . The challenge is to guess what the books are. Comments screened.

1. Meg, Calvin, Charles Wallace
2. Elmer, Boots, The Fish
3. Daine, Numair, Cloud
4. Ce'Nedra, Silk, Belgarath
5. Richard, Door, Hunter
6. Richard, Alec, Duchess Tremontaine
7. Luke, Suze, Rebecca Bloomwood
8. Harriet, Ole Golly, Sport
9. Jessica, Elizabeth, Lila

And the last one's practically a freebie ;)
10. Fred, Bill, George

Half of these are children's books/series, heh.
Chibi of your choice if you guess the most? :)

I have devised a way to make studying GRE vocab seem...enticing. I'm not sure how long this method will remain effective (read: how long it will remain entertaining and novel) and I can never allow my study notes to fall into the hands of, well, anyone, but hey, as long as it works... :Db

The slightly annoying thing is, I'm so conscious of this LEARN-NEW-VOCAB thing that I will automatically stop in the middle of a story (in the middle of the sentence, usually!), whether it'd be a book, fic, or even audiobook, and jot down and look up the unknown word. I can't even make myself read to the end of the paragraph and double back for the word because my brain will be blaring, "LOOK UP THE WORD NAO NAO NAO". Talk about breaking the flow of the story! (and let me tell you, it gets especially irritating when you're reading the NC-17 part of an NC-17 fic)

Is this a permutation or combination question:
Brooke wants to hang three paintings in a row on her wall. She has six paintings to choose from. How many arrangements of paintings on the wall can she create?
I think it's combination, because order shouldn't matter, but my book says the opposite. D:

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Snagged from dear_whimsy:

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away :D

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I wonder what it would be like to sleep on a $159.99 pillow.

1. These days, I've been sleeping for ~11 hours a night and having all sorts of strange dreams that I can never quite recall in the morning. I believe Siwon and Hankyung made a brief appearance in one of my dreams last night (or rather, early this morning). They were lying on the floor, facing each other and laughing. ...maybe they were topless. But I'm not too sure on that one.

2. We had a power outage earlier today, and you know, you really see just how much you rely on electricity when it's taken away. I'm just glad it wasn't like the massive power outage several years ago, that lasted for days.

3. And lastly, meme: the photo one! Ask me to take a photo of something and I'll post it up. :D:D:D

Finally, a non-male, non-fanart drawing..!

( No preview this time because I want to eat dinner nao nao nao )

Snagged from dear_whimsy:

The Handwriting Meme
1. Your name/username.
2. Left-handed or right-handed?
3. Favourite letters to write?
4. Least favourite letters to write?
5. Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6. Tag 6 people.



Yes, that is a Post-it note. And yes, I did run out of room. And yes, my handwriting is somewhat illegible.

01. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
02. List five songs that start with that letter.
03. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

iindefinable gave me the letter "L". It was surprisingly difficult to find songs that started with "L"!

1) Last Angel --DBSK [Japanese] Changmin's high notes! <3 (Changmin >>> Koda Kumi = MY BIAS LET ME SHOW YOU IT)

2) The Longest Movie --Jay Chou [Chinese] Okay, so I cheated a teeny bit with the title.

3) Longing --X-Japan [instrumental] The entire X-Japan On Piano CD is gorgeous<3<3

4) Le Chemin --Kyo [French] French pop! It's like Jpop...only in French! Unfortunately, I don't know where to find more French pop (I only have a couple of Kyo's songs because I snagged them off of some random person on DC++, like, two years ago).

5) Luxemburg --Kangin, Eeteuk, Shindong, Sungmin, & Siwon [Korean...mostly] I wasn't going to upload any Super Junior songs since I assumed that those of you who cared about Suju most likely had all of their songs, but I couldn't pass this one up! For those who haven't listened to the Super Show CD, at least listen to this! It's so much fun and crack and between this and the One Love MV, I am just dying for a DVD of Super Show. (I think I have a ~*~thing~*~ for Siwon on drums)

Three random things that I like (but will probably never talk about):

1. 胡同 [I prefer to keep this term in Chinese because it means "alley" in English, but that sounds so sketchy.]
2. Trains [Some people like airplanes, some like cars -- me? I prefer trains. ^_^]
3. Xylophone [I love the sound of the xylophone. This is the ending Kiwi Theme from this video. Is it not the sweetest thing ever?]

Okay, your turn. :D