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Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad
Day 09 → A photo that I took
Day 10 → A photo of me, taken at least 10 years ago
Day 11 → A photo of me, taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book

Day 14 →A fanfic

The first fanfic I ever read (if we're not counting things like Wide Sargasso Sea and Scarlett) was Kalina Lea's The Buried Life. I found it accidentally, when I was searching for something related to Laurie King's Mary Russell series. I put "Russell/Holmes" into google, and got hits for Kalina Lea's fanfic. The Russell/Holmes fanfic didn't interest me, but I was fascinated by the idea of Severus Snape and Hermione Granger as a pairing.

Thus began my trip down the garden path from HP fanfic to SPN to RPS to bandom.

I didn't linger with the Snape/Hermione shippers, but Snape was and still is my very favorite Harry Potter character, in the books and in fanfic. (Although the Weasley twins are a close second.)

Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad
Day 09 → A photo that I took
Day 10 → A photo of me, taken at least 10 years ago
Day 11 → A photo of me, taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever strikes my fancy

Day 13 → A fictional book

Ah, this is a weird phrase. If by this the meme's creator means a work of fiction, I'll point you toward the honorable mentions list at the bottom of Day 04's entry.

Or, okay, the book I'm reading now: Lessons In Love. J has been telling me for ages about this series of ebooks she read by Charlie Cochrane, called the Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, so I finally purchased the first in the series and started reading it last night. They're set in Edwardian England, at Cambridge, and the two main characters, Jonty and Orlando, are fellows at St. Bride's (is that a real college?), who eventually fall in love.

It's interesting so far. I'm only a couple of chapters in. NGL, I was afraid the writing would be like badfic, b/c I've skimmed samples on some ebook websites, but it's well written and entertaining thus far.



As for the awkwardly phrased title in the meme, if it's supposed to mean a book that's fictional, as in not-real, well. Hmm. I'll have to think about that.

Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad
Day 09 → A photo that I took
Day 10 → A photo of me, taken at least 10 years ago
Day 11 → A photo of me, taken recently

Day 12 →Whatever strikes my fancy

Pimping strikes my fancy! If you live in the mid-Atlantic area and are a Jane Austen fan, this is something you should see!

While I am not the Austen aficionado that J is, I am very fond of Sense and Sensibility and Emma, and I am quite fascinated by the way Austen's work is both a reflection of her life and an invitation for modern authors to speculate and expand.

(What is the glut of austen-based books like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies or The Secret Diaries of Jane Austen or Mrs. Darcy except a for-profit version of fan fiction, I wonder?)

But I digress.

J sent pics and descriptions of her day trip to Bath during her trip to the UK, which made me quite envious. I'm not likely to get to the UK in the near future, but I might see if I can wedge a trip to NYC in some time before March, so that I can see The Morgan's Jane Austen exhibit.

Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad
Day 09 → A photo that I took

Day 10 → A photo of me, taken at least 10 years ago will have to be posted at some other date, because I am not sure I own any, other than a photo of me & J as kids. I pretty much hate having my picture taken, and only submit to it at family/holiday functions, generally. I might be able to dig one out from somewhere, but I have none that are already in digital format - the oldest photo I have in my photobucket & scrapbook files is one from my wedding reception, which was seven and a half years ago.

Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy

Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad ( below the cut )

Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy

( And that is... )

In other news, I am DONE with my holiday shopping! \o/

And I've got an alarm set to listen to Q101 at 9pm central for my favorite Chicago boys. &EMPIRES;

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
( Day 04: Your favorite book )

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television programme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

( Day 2 )

Excuse me, I have to go watch the NJ Devils come back against the Canucks.

Comment and I'll give you a letter. You have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal.


Tabby gave me "S".

∞ Science! As much as I complain about the people and the ridiculous constraints set by the institution, I love doing science every day.

∞ Supernatural. You knew that was coming, right? Last night's episode really reminded me why I fell in love with this TV series.

∞ Spencer Smith. Again, no surprise there, right? His snark in interviews, his shiny hair, his drumming. (Can I add shutyourface to this entry? She'd appreciate being lumped in with Spencer Smith, I'm sure.)

∞ Saporta, Gabe. What? That totally counts! Srsly, this can't surprise anyone. He has his own tag, okay? I love his life philosophy, I love that he sang the Jersey scene a love song as a goodbye on Cobra Starship's first album, I love that he fanboys his label and friends so hard. Also? He looks pretty in a suit, and when he sings in Spanish I don't even care that I only get half of what he's saying, it makes me swoon.

∞ Socks! I have two drawers in my dresser just for socks. I love little bitty footies and ankle socks and knee highs, plain colors, stripes, crazy patterns. I have Tigger socks and candy corn socks (I have a lot of Halloween socks, tbh) and socks with little red crabs on them. Socks with high heels shoes, socks with sparkly snowflakes.

∞ Swim, by Jack's Mannequin. I'm at work, or I'd share this song. The piano and the lyrics slay me.

∞ Sense and Sensibility. I love the book and all of the movie/tv versions, although I am not really fond of Hugh Grant as Ferrars. Then again, the Grant/Thompson version has Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon, which goes a long way in ameloriating any negatives associated with Grant.

∞ Sushi. Every time I think about returning to vegetarianism, I remember I'd have to give up sushi. Never gonna happen. I like my wasabi-soaked massago and fresh tuna too much.

∞ Stoker, Bram. He wrote the best. Vampire book. Ever.

∞ Suzanne Vega. Her lyrics. Esp. The Queen and The Soldier and Undertow and Gypsy. I also have a soft spot for Calypso.


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+ *points upward* That was Nick Wheeler, not Tyson. Actually Tyson spoke both before and after him, and you can imagine the tenor of his comments. I'm afraid to look away or turn the sound down when AAR are giving an interview, because there's no telling what'll come out of Nick or Tyson's mouth. Or Chris or Mike's, but they were actually pretty quiet in the Absolute Radio interview.

+ I think our stove is dying. The other night when we cooked supper it was fine, but this morning when things were under way to brew beer, having any of the eyes on high made the entire cooktop burning hot, and the metal holders underneath the coils are blackened.

+ The Idiot is working today also. This makes me very unhappy, because I was looking forward to a day in lab without him.

+ meme (via why_me_why_not):

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.


1. Go Or Go Ahead - Rufus Wainwright

2. Going Under - BRMC

3. Golden Ticket - The Manchester Orchestra

4. A Good Night's Sleep - The Starting Line

5. The Guest (live version) - Phantom Planet

Bonus song: Gun - Soundgarden