pain and suffering in various tempos

thefridayfive, finally. :)

1. What is your favourite board game?
Hmm. Backgammon, I think. Also, Scrabble.

2. What is your favourite card game?
Spite & Malice aka Cat & Mouse.

3. Do you like to play games on the computer or on a gaming system?
Gaming system -- various Nintendo and PlayStation systems, though I do not have the most recent consoles for each (no Wii, GameBoy Advance DS, PlayStation 3, or PSP in my possession, woe).

4. If so, what is your favourite game to play?
Ah, interesting! In my oh-so-humble opinion, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the greatest video game ever created, followed closely by Final Fantasy VII. However, I think my favourite game to play, just when I'm terribly bored and want to play, is SSX 3 or Gauntlet: Dark Legacy.

5. Do you like to play games with people or to play them alone?
If I'm going to sit and play cards or a board game, I like to play with other people (unless there are no other people *cries* so then I just fire up Hoyle on my computer. Oh Harley the Bear! Marvin the T-Rex!). For video games, I'm generally more into RPG games, which are one-player by nature. However! If my cousin Ryan is involved, it's all about the two-player fighting games like Tekken and Soul Calibur. Because I can often kick his ass.

Oh, I miss him.

thefridayfive
1. How are you stereotypically female?
I like purses and jewellery and cutsey things like Winnie the Pooh.

2. How are you stereotypically male?
My geekiness? Tolkien, Star Wars, Babylon 5, TNG, computers, video games.

3. What parts of you do you consider unclassifiable as either gender?
My love of reading and music.

4. Do you think you are primarily male, female, or neither in characteristics?
I imagine I probably lean a bit more to the female side of things.

5. If you could be born as any gender, knowing the gender prejudices as they are now, which would you choose to be?
Sometimes I get really frustrated with things like bras and menstrual cycles and worries about things like walking home in the dark, but ultimately I think I'd still prefer to be a girl.


fannish5
What are your five favourite canonical romances?
1. John Sheridan/Delenn (Bablyon 5). Hands-down #1 favourite. sara_elf got me watching B5 because of Marcus Cole; it was Sheridan/Delenn that sold me. I adore them both as characters -- their strength, integrity, light humour, leadership. But when they're together, they're unstoppable. And since we only had a glimpse of that one year of their married life, there wasn't enough time for the couple to get really boring. And they're together till the very end and *sniff*.

2. Aeryn Sun/John Crichton (Farscape). First and foremost: they are bloody HOT together. Hot hot hot. Nobody else could ever look as good in leather as these two. Also the fact that they spend more time apart than really together keeps things interesting. She makes him intense and passionate; he makes her, well, human.

3. Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran (Stargate SG-1). Why hello thar Claudia Black! I can't help it, she's hot. Anyway, an e-mail I received from sara_elf as she works her way through the latter seasons of SG-1 sums it up best, I think: I love Daniel with Vala, he is so much more human. *G* I also absolutely adore his squidgy face, the one he makes when Vala is teasing him.

4. Zoe/Wash (Firefly). "The legs! Oh yeah, definitely have to say it was her legs. You can put that down. Her legs, and right where her legs meet her back. Actually, that whole area. That, and above it. Have you seen what she wears? Forget about it. Have you ever been with a warrior woman?"

5. Han/Leia (Star Wars Trilogy). "I love you." "I know." ♥

(Aww, the header here on the new LJ layout's just suddenly switched to a Halloweeny sort of thing. Is cute!)

thefridayfive:
FEED ME, SEYMOUR
1) What was the last thing that you ate?
*cough* An Aero bar.

2) Who was the last person you shared a meal with?
Mike at work. I have a crush on Mike at work. But he's younger than me. At this age, that is woe. :(

3) What is your favorite all time dish (recipes welcome)?
I think the Chicken Teriyaki + garlic mashed potatoes at the Keg.

4) If you could eat one thing for an entire year, what would it be?
Oh god. I wouldn't. I'd get so sick of it!

5) If you could have dinner with any five people (dead or alive) who would they be?
sara_elf, deerdancer, and any three random cast members from Firefly. *nods wisely* :)


Gacked from queenofthorns, sorta, the ( Ten TV Moments That Make Me Cry: )

thefridayfive:

1) Favourite movie of the 1980s?
The Princess Bride

2) Favourite musician/group of the 1980s?
U2, Depeche Mode -- both still in my Top 5

3) Favourite TV show of the 1980s?
Oh, lord. I watched so much more TV in those days. I'm going to have to say for cartoon: She-Ra. For live-action, The Cosby Show. And since it did debut in the late 80s, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

4) Favourite invention of the 1980s?
The Nintendo Entertainment System.

5) World Event from the 1980s that stands out in your mind?
My birth.

What? :)

Okay, okay. I remember the Berlin Wall coming down; my brother was actually there when it did come down, and he brought me back a piece which has since vanished, which is awful. I fear one of my parents threw it out; I didn't quite understand the whole significance of it then, but it was from my big brother, so I wouldn't have got rid of it myself.

 

fannish5
What 5 storylines/movies have caused you the most frustration?
1. Eye of the Beholder (movie) -- because deerdancer and I sat through the bloody thing in astonishment, and in the end, couldn't believe how bad it was. There's also the not understanding McGregor's character and motivation. Only years later did it dawn on me that surely McGregor's character saw that Judd's character may be his daughter or how his daughter could turn out without him in her life, and that obviously this would have been easily apparent if only McGregor's character was played by an actor at least 20 years older than Judd, but if this is not the case, then the movie really is that dumb and ARGH I sat through the whole thing! *deep breath*
2. Fraser/Thatcher (TV: Due South) -- no no no. Please no. They never seemed sure what to do with Thatcher. They also couldn't seem to settle on a personality for her, so I pretty well always saw her as just slightly borderline multiple-personality lady. I truly didn't care for her, though, truth be told, I never cared for how most of the women on that show were written. There was a lot of potential for Thatcher, despite the fact that she was played by Camilla Scott, but they really dropped the ball here, and she just got worse when Paul Gross took over.
3. not!evil!Spike (TV: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) -- ... *sobs*
4. Severus Snape (book: Harry Potter series) -- the not knowing for sure is driving me batty. :)
5. Legolas & Gimli (movieverse: The Lord of the Rings) -- because they had no storyline :( and their personalities were overhauled in a not-good way, the way that Aragorn and Boromir's personalities were overhauled.

thefridayfive:
1. Who was your favourite all time teacher(s)?
Ms Lawlis and Mr Burgess

2. What did they teach?
Grade 12 drama, and OAC philosphy, respectively.

3. What is your best memory from that class?
Hmm. All of grade 12 drama, really, with the exception of the clown unit, because, omg, so not the type of funny I'm good at. That was, like, the only time I was never not heavily featured in a production. </ego> For OAC philosphy, I'd actually have to say the final project -- this massive magazine thing that we did in groups, that we spent all semester working on. I was the layout girl, which meant that I was the only one with real computer know-how, and I had to put the thing together, print it, etc. It was actually a wonderful experience, even if it did cumulate in an all-nighter for me because of the procrastination of my group members, which led to a rotten migraine.

4. Did you ever have a crush on a teacher and if so, who?
Mr Burgess omg♥ and oh, Mr Ritchie, who taught history. Mr Burgess was just a sweetie of a teddy bear of a man. Mr Ritchie possessed the forearms of guh.

5. What is the craziest/wildest/weirdest thing you (or someone you know) ever did at school?
Wow. I dunno. I guess the biggest risk I ever took in school was for a final project in OAC drama, that I did with deerdancer and another girl. For some reason, I just couldn't memorise my monologue, which I had even written myself, probably because I was having trouble sleeping at the time, and therefore had no short-term memory. Anyway, I went out, and ad-libbed that monologue, which was about two full pages, and sang in front of an audience for the first and last time, too. I know, really wild, huh? I'm so boring!
Later, the other drama teacher, who had apparently been watching, approached me to ask if I had written that monologue myself... he said it had sounded professional! Wow.

One of the boys from our October litter has come back to us. The couple who bought him spoiled him rotten, bought him all sorts of neat things, but their daughter didn't like him and wouldn't play with him. Now we need to find a good home for an older puppy. Poor little guy! :(

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thefridayfive:

1. How old were you when you got your drivers license?
Seventeen. I waited a good year becuase I was totally messed up at sixteen and didn't want my freakiness getting in the way of driving sensibly. Dying behind the wheel isn't appealing to me.

2. Did you get your own car right away, use the family car, or bum rides from friends?
Couldn't afford my own car and my parents surely wouldn't get one for me! I used one of the family cars, a '94 crap-ass red Ford Tempo. Did I mention it's a craptacular car? It's craptacular. I can't take it out on highways. Taking it out on roads with a speed limit of 80kmph is still iffy. Oy. Anyway, as it turns out, I hate, hate, hate driving. Hate. So I'd much rather bum rides from friends (*looks fondly at deerdancer and sara_elf*) or get the parents to drive for me.

3. What was your first car and what was it like?
See #2. Did I mention that it's a really crappy car? It has squeaky breaks! When it's not cold! We've had two of these cars before and they both fell apart! Why did they get another Tempo!

4. How old were you when you got your first traffic ticket and what happened?
Haven't! Thank god...

5. What is your favorite car story, be it an accident, road trip, etc?
Hmmmmm. Well, my favourite car, the car that is dear to me, is deerdancer's ex-car, a red Dynasty. I miss the Dynasty! ♥ the Dynasty.

But I think my favourite car-related tale is those long drives with sara_elf and my parents, in our youth (mine and sara_elf's, not my parents, duh). They took us to a lot of flea markets and various places where you'd be in the car for at least a half-hour. Sara had this fun habit of rolling down the window, half-sticking her head out, and "wagging" her ponytail behind her head. Just like a dog's tail. I think she may have panted as well. She's a silly girl. I ♥ her so.

1. Who is your favorite animated character? Why?

I'm sure this is totally cheating, but I don't care *G* FF7's Sephiroth. Is the "why" for this entirely necessary? How could I NOT pick him? Scary, sexy, psycho, very gay, and as much a victim as he is a villain. FF7 had a dark, twisting storyline, but nobody will be able to convince me that Sephiroth was evil because he was just EVIL. He was driven into madness. Fun times had by all.

2. Who is your favorite television character? Why?

I just don't watch TV anymore. Can I pick Colin Mochrie for this? *G* Is the American version of Whose Line still in production?

3. Who is your favorite (no longer in production) televison character? Why?

Ray Vecchio. Why? The pilot episode. The end of Diefenbaker's Day Off. Pizzas and Promises. A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby. You Must Remember This. The Deal. Victoria's Secret: "If you hurt him, I'll kill you." Letting Go. North. Bird in the Hand. Juliet is Bleeding. One Good Man. The Edge. Some Like it Red. The Duel. Red, White, or Blue. Flashback. Heart of gold, man. The show itself gave all the proof needed.

4. Who is your favorite television ensemble cast? Why? (If you don't have one/want to imagine the possibilities, assemble one and explain your choices and the fandoms they are from).

Farscape. They all worked wonderfully off each other. This is actually one of the rare shows where I liked the female characters, for all their flaws and brilliance and... yeah.

5. Who is your favorite movie character? Why?

That's just not fair. Not fair at all. Okay, fine, I'm just going to say Boromir. Because.

The Friday Five

1.How are you planning to spend the summer [winter]?
School, baby. Suffering through drought and heatwave in the middle of Toronto. Thank god I only have a 5 minute walk from and to the subway station!

2. What was your first summer job?
Never had a summer job, actually. I started working at my mom's store (though it wasn't her store at the time... well, kind of. She actually ran the place while the boss went around making weird decisions...) back in August of 1997 and have never really left, despite repeated threats to do so *G*

3. If you could go anywhere this summer [winter], where would you go?
Wow, that's a hard choice. I want to go out to Calgary and visit my brother, his girlfriend and my nephew. I wouldn't mind seeing England, or New Zealand. Would love to go down south and bother cruisedirector. *G*

4. What was your worst vacation ever?
Christmas vacation, 1998. One of my lifelong best friends died after a two-year battle with cancer.

5. What was your best vacation ever?
Not really a vacation as such, seeing as it was only three days *g* But the weekend of July 13th, 2001, was a blast. Jo and I spent the weekend at my cousin's apartment at Dundas Square in Toronto. Gorgeous, albeit unfinished, apartment. Beautiful part of the city. Saw Blue Rodeo in concert on the Friday night, got dragged around the city on Saturday (after getting a whole five hours of sleep. Ryan(cousin): *flops down on the bed between Jo and me* "Gee, you guys are making me sleepy!" Jo & Me: *whacking Ryan with pillows*). Came back home, tired and exhausted and really happy, on Sunday afternoon. In all honsty, I can't really remember everything that happened, because Ryan would NOT let us get any sleep that weekend, but I know we had a great time.