7 interests meme!
Warning: RAMBLING AHEAD OMG. You might regret asking me stuff. Just so ya know.
Choose 7 of my interests for me to talk about, and/or ask me to choose 7 of your interests for you to talk about (either in your own post or in comments).
from wonder_walldbc:
astronomy: When I was younger (so much younger than today...) I was really interested in astronomy, dunno why. I was fascinated with space and stars and the moon and rockets and constellations and everything. I memorized the 9 planets ('cause Pluto is a fucking planet, omg. >.<) at a really early age, and it always annoys me when people DON'T KNOW THEM. srsly, ppl. Anyway, um.. a couple of my favorite scientists (I'm enough of a nerd to have favorite scientists...) are Copernicus and Gallileo. Copernicus is awesome. And I used to want to be an astronaut (until I figured out that it was dangerous, LOL) and even then, I wanted to be a rocket scientist/NASA engineer. I kinda drifted away from that, though. I took an astronomy class in my first quarter at this college, and it was really awesome, and I still love astronomy, but I'm not as obsessed anymore. I have gone to see a shuttle launch, but I was soooo far away that all I could see was the smoke, and the manatees were far more interesting to my 8-year-old brain. (I can't remember what age I was, but 8 sounds about right). QUICK, SOMEBODY NAME ALL THE PLANETS! (and NO CHEATING, jeez.)
freedom of speech: Back when LJ was ripping fandom apart for being a whole bunch of incestuous pedophiles, several people changed their interests to JUST "freedom of speech". I like having my interests enough that I didn't do that, but I did add it. 'cause seriously, we should be able to talk about whatever we want, right? I certainly think so. And these are PRIVATE journals, so we can say what we like! FUCK OFF AND LET ME SPEAK, LJ. I may not speak much about anything important, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be able to!
billy boyd: I used to not be able to decide who I liked more between Dominic and Billy. Somehow I gradually shifted over to Dom, but Billy's a VERY VERY VERY close second. He really can do it all; he's an amazing actor, a brilliant singer/songwriter, and he's always got about twelve things in the works, and I love him for it. He's even got a family, and everything I've heard about him/them is that they're normal, and that's really fantastic. NOT TO MENTION, his whole thing with Dom. Which, if you know what goes on in my journal, is pretty much the best thing ever.
lyrics: I love it when lyrics mean something, and aren't just cliche love/emo things. I can remember lines that have really affected me: "History starts now." I've never thought of it that way before, and hearing that was kinda like "oh. oh yeah. that's right, it does." Another one, which I have as my sidebar quote: "Pack a whole / life into a day, / only living / is for free." My mind's blanking on more at the moment, but I think I have a whole list of lines from songs that I love... I dunno if lyrics affect me as much as the music itself, though; my favorite part of the Coldplay song "Fix You" is the part in the middle with the electric guitar that steadily builds and builds and the drums add in, and it has this huge, amazing crescendo... GUH. Although that part also has some really touching lyrics: "Tears stream / down your face / when you lose something you cannot replace. / Tears stream / down your face / and I..." Hearing that part of the song in the preview for PJ's King Kong made me cry, actually. I love it when music affects me like that. Actually... I wrote a "music video" to that song, about the death of one of my original characters. That song is so perfect for those characters, and the one's death scene, that I still get a bit teary about it. I could (and maybe I should!) do a whole post just about music and lyrics. GOOD INTEREST TO CHOOSE, MEGAN.
the beatles: Classic, good music that's still popular today. And Across the Universe only made me like the Beatles more. I can't remember what it was from, but in a movie (I think) somebody said "You're either an Elvis person or a Beatles person." Well, I'm definitely a Beatles person. I saw a laser show at the science museum set to Beatles music, and it was really awesome.
dom's hands: They have lives of their own, really, don't they? Dom's so expressive, and he really does use his hands to talk a lot. He makes weird gestures, and he's always twitchy or scratching his leg or his chin or something, and they're always moving. And, let's see... He plays the piano and the guitar (sort of, for both of those, LOL), and they're often covered in ink or nail polish. And this is more about his wrists, but still: CUFFS. His hands are amazing, and sexy, and big, and gentle (not that I know from experience, but have you seen him with animals??). I don't know what I like best about Dom, because I love so many things about him, but his hands are definitely one (or is it two?) of the things I'm in love with.
raquel: (who changed her username to random_yayness) Do you know all that crap about the stars aligning and everything being fate and perfect and amazing? That's kind of how it was when we met. I think we became friends after about 2 comments (and our comments back then were CRAZY LONG), and everything fell into place from there. Her brain and my brain are either THE SAME BRAIN, or they just know each other well enough that we can see they've been married for longer than we've both been alive. Hence the name "brainspouse", which is the most awesome name ever. ♥ She can say pretty much anything, and I'll get what she means. I think of it kinda like what Billy and Dom have, that finish-each-other's-sentences thing. And I think it's awesome that a lot of the people I know on LJ have "brainspouse" type best friends, someone they've connected with more than everyone else, who you can't imagine living without now. That's something I love about the internet, and livejournal in particular: that it's created these opportunities for these AMAZING friendships.
from random_yayness:
bdsm: Well. My interest in BDSM started with C-verse, and what a way to start. I'm pretty sure that was my first exposure to the actual hardcore type stuff, though of course there's subtle references to it in various movies/tv shows, etc.. What I loved about it (and still do), is that it's about trust, on a mental and emotional level. ALSO, of course, there's the whole bit about it being TOTALLY HOT. But what fics like C-verse and Incline of Trees really stressed was the connection between the people, not necessarily the connection between them and giving/receiving pain. Though I've read fics like that too; the point there, however, was the physical sexy part, not the human being-in-love part. Both are good, but I definitely think the falling-in-love bit makes it all the better.
germany: German was my #2 language to learn (my #1 being Italian), and I do still hope to learn it at some point. But anyway, I didn't always like Germany; at first, I thought it was too harsh, and too cold (not literally), but then I watched a few German movies and heard some German music, and heard stories from my mom about her school trip to Berlin, and it gradually became awesome to me. And I'd be lying if I didn't admit that Dom being born there had a certain appeal. :P
jears: If you watch Lost, and if you think Jack's an idiot, then you should know (or learn, if you don't already know) what Jears are. Jears is the name for the ship Jack/tears, because Jack is a whiny crybaby who's always determined to act the hero, even when people SPECIFICALLY TELL HIM NOT TO. 'Cause he's an idiot, as previously stated. He frustrates me to no end, but Jears is always amusing. The name came about on ack_attack's journal (I can't remember if it was actually her that thought of it, though), sometime early on in the show, once we'd caught on that Jack cries in just about every episode. Jears spread like wildfire and now Ack's famous on the internet.
not yet: This goes with "billy/grace". Not Yet is a fic by pippinmctaggart which I ADORE, and I'm pretty sure it's the only fic with an original FEMALE character that I actually enjoy. I think it's because Grace is so real; she's perfect in her imperfections. She gets angry, she makes mistakes, she gets embarrassed by them... and she sort of walks into this whole other world with Billy and Dom and Elijah, and it's just awesome, because it's like a fantasy, but it still feels real. I love it, and I love Grace, and I love the LotR guys, and I love Pip. ♥
space: This kinda ties into astronomy, but it's more than that, too. Have you ever seen the movie Contact, with Jodie Foster? (This isn't the exact quote I was looking for, but it still works) "The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right?" I, personally, find it hard to believe that in the whole entire universe, which is HUGE, Earth is the only planet that has, or can sustain, life. Don't worry, I'm not a crazy alien person, but still. And besides that, it's beautiful! Stars, galaxies, nebulae, comets... it's all amazingly beautiful, and pictures of space, from the Hubble telescope or the like, always take my breath away. You almost forget that there's no air out there, and that it's billions of lightyears away or whatever. Also, one thing I love about space is that if you look up to the sky, and you see a star, you're looking into the past, because the light takes, literally, YEARS to reach your eyes. I love that. Although it is kind of sad that half the stars we can see might be dead already, and we don't even know it yet. :( But that's sort of how space is; it's gigantic, and it's full of stuff, but it's also so empty, and so bare, and yeah, so lonely and sad. I think that's part of its appeal.
traveling: I love traveling. I love seeing new places, and revisiting places I've been before, and I love not being tied down to things, and staying in hotels or at people's houses. Sometimes living out of a suitcase can be hard, but at the same time, it's exhilarating, y'know? Just knowing that what you have in that suitcase is all you have to worry about; you don't need to deal with every book on your bookshelf and not getting mud on the carpet. I want to travel the world, 'cause I've only been out of the States to go to Canada and the Carribbean, both of which were awesome. But I want to go to England and Scotland and Italy and Germany and Japan and Australia and New Zealand and all these places, 'cause I just want to experience them, and I think it's really sad that most people never do. I don't want to be one of those people. If I get old and settled down and I still haven't been anywhere, KICK ME.
ocean: When my interest in space/astronomy waned a bit (meaning I'm not as obsessed as I used to be, not meaning I don't like them anymore, 'cause I obviously do...), I turned my attentions to the water. I don't know if this is actually the reason or not, but I like to think that space is reflected in the water, y'know? It kind of brings it closer to home. Oceans are like our own unexplored universe, and it's also pretty damn beautiful, and dangerous as well. There's something so romantic about it; waves crashing on a rocky shore, a ship in storm-tossed seas, the raw power water can have when you least expect it... I love the oceans. Not necessarily swimming in them, but being out in boats, or on islands, or on the coast... It's lovely.
Choose 7 of my interests for me to talk about, and/or ask me to choose 7 of your interests for you to talk about (either in your own post or in comments).
from wonder_walldbc:
astronomy: When I was younger (so much younger than today...) I was really interested in astronomy, dunno why. I was fascinated with space and stars and the moon and rockets and constellations and everything. I memorized the 9 planets ('cause Pluto is a fucking planet, omg. >.<) at a really early age, and it always annoys me when people DON'T KNOW THEM. srsly, ppl. Anyway, um.. a couple of my favorite scientists (I'm enough of a nerd to have favorite scientists...) are Copernicus and Gallileo. Copernicus is awesome. And I used to want to be an astronaut (until I figured out that it was dangerous, LOL) and even then, I wanted to be a rocket scientist/NASA engineer. I kinda drifted away from that, though. I took an astronomy class in my first quarter at this college, and it was really awesome, and I still love astronomy, but I'm not as obsessed anymore. I have gone to see a shuttle launch, but I was soooo far away that all I could see was the smoke, and the manatees were far more interesting to my 8-year-old brain. (I can't remember what age I was, but 8 sounds about right). QUICK, SOMEBODY NAME ALL THE PLANETS! (and NO CHEATING, jeez.)
freedom of speech: Back when LJ was ripping fandom apart for being a whole bunch of incestuous pedophiles, several people changed their interests to JUST "freedom of speech". I like having my interests enough that I didn't do that, but I did add it. 'cause seriously, we should be able to talk about whatever we want, right? I certainly think so. And these are PRIVATE journals, so we can say what we like! FUCK OFF AND LET ME SPEAK, LJ. I may not speak much about anything important, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be able to!
billy boyd: I used to not be able to decide who I liked more between Dominic and Billy. Somehow I gradually shifted over to Dom, but Billy's a VERY VERY VERY close second. He really can do it all; he's an amazing actor, a brilliant singer/songwriter, and he's always got about twelve things in the works, and I love him for it. He's even got a family, and everything I've heard about him/them is that they're normal, and that's really fantastic. NOT TO MENTION, his whole thing with Dom. Which, if you know what goes on in my journal, is pretty much the best thing ever.
lyrics: I love it when lyrics mean something, and aren't just cliche love/emo things. I can remember lines that have really affected me: "History starts now." I've never thought of it that way before, and hearing that was kinda like "oh. oh yeah. that's right, it does." Another one, which I have as my sidebar quote: "Pack a whole / life into a day, / only living / is for free." My mind's blanking on more at the moment, but I think I have a whole list of lines from songs that I love... I dunno if lyrics affect me as much as the music itself, though; my favorite part of the Coldplay song "Fix You" is the part in the middle with the electric guitar that steadily builds and builds and the drums add in, and it has this huge, amazing crescendo... GUH. Although that part also has some really touching lyrics: "Tears stream / down your face / when you lose something you cannot replace. / Tears stream / down your face / and I..." Hearing that part of the song in the preview for PJ's King Kong made me cry, actually. I love it when music affects me like that. Actually... I wrote a "music video" to that song, about the death of one of my original characters. That song is so perfect for those characters, and the one's death scene, that I still get a bit teary about it. I could (and maybe I should!) do a whole post just about music and lyrics. GOOD INTEREST TO CHOOSE, MEGAN.
the beatles: Classic, good music that's still popular today. And Across the Universe only made me like the Beatles more. I can't remember what it was from, but in a movie (I think) somebody said "You're either an Elvis person or a Beatles person." Well, I'm definitely a Beatles person. I saw a laser show at the science museum set to Beatles music, and it was really awesome.
dom's hands: They have lives of their own, really, don't they? Dom's so expressive, and he really does use his hands to talk a lot. He makes weird gestures, and he's always twitchy or scratching his leg or his chin or something, and they're always moving. And, let's see... He plays the piano and the guitar (sort of, for both of those, LOL), and they're often covered in ink or nail polish. And this is more about his wrists, but still: CUFFS. His hands are amazing, and sexy, and big, and gentle (not that I know from experience, but have you seen him with animals??). I don't know what I like best about Dom, because I love so many things about him, but his hands are definitely one (or is it two?) of the things I'm in love with.
raquel: (who changed her username to random_yayness) Do you know all that crap about the stars aligning and everything being fate and perfect and amazing? That's kind of how it was when we met. I think we became friends after about 2 comments (and our comments back then were CRAZY LONG), and everything fell into place from there. Her brain and my brain are either THE SAME BRAIN, or they just know each other well enough that we can see they've been married for longer than we've both been alive. Hence the name "brainspouse", which is the most awesome name ever. ♥ She can say pretty much anything, and I'll get what she means. I think of it kinda like what Billy and Dom have, that finish-each-other's-sentences thing. And I think it's awesome that a lot of the people I know on LJ have "brainspouse" type best friends, someone they've connected with more than everyone else, who you can't imagine living without now. That's something I love about the internet, and livejournal in particular: that it's created these opportunities for these AMAZING friendships.
from random_yayness:
bdsm: Well. My interest in BDSM started with C-verse, and what a way to start. I'm pretty sure that was my first exposure to the actual hardcore type stuff, though of course there's subtle references to it in various movies/tv shows, etc.. What I loved about it (and still do), is that it's about trust, on a mental and emotional level. ALSO, of course, there's the whole bit about it being TOTALLY HOT. But what fics like C-verse and Incline of Trees really stressed was the connection between the people, not necessarily the connection between them and giving/receiving pain. Though I've read fics like that too; the point there, however, was the physical sexy part, not the human being-in-love part. Both are good, but I definitely think the falling-in-love bit makes it all the better.
germany: German was my #2 language to learn (my #1 being Italian), and I do still hope to learn it at some point. But anyway, I didn't always like Germany; at first, I thought it was too harsh, and too cold (not literally), but then I watched a few German movies and heard some German music, and heard stories from my mom about her school trip to Berlin, and it gradually became awesome to me. And I'd be lying if I didn't admit that Dom being born there had a certain appeal. :P
jears: If you watch Lost, and if you think Jack's an idiot, then you should know (or learn, if you don't already know) what Jears are. Jears is the name for the ship Jack/tears, because Jack is a whiny crybaby who's always determined to act the hero, even when people SPECIFICALLY TELL HIM NOT TO. 'Cause he's an idiot, as previously stated. He frustrates me to no end, but Jears is always amusing. The name came about on ack_attack's journal (I can't remember if it was actually her that thought of it, though), sometime early on in the show, once we'd caught on that Jack cries in just about every episode. Jears spread like wildfire and now Ack's famous on the internet.
not yet: This goes with "billy/grace". Not Yet is a fic by pippinmctaggart which I ADORE, and I'm pretty sure it's the only fic with an original FEMALE character that I actually enjoy. I think it's because Grace is so real; she's perfect in her imperfections. She gets angry, she makes mistakes, she gets embarrassed by them... and she sort of walks into this whole other world with Billy and Dom and Elijah, and it's just awesome, because it's like a fantasy, but it still feels real. I love it, and I love Grace, and I love the LotR guys, and I love Pip. ♥
space: This kinda ties into astronomy, but it's more than that, too. Have you ever seen the movie Contact, with Jodie Foster? (This isn't the exact quote I was looking for, but it still works) "The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right?" I, personally, find it hard to believe that in the whole entire universe, which is HUGE, Earth is the only planet that has, or can sustain, life. Don't worry, I'm not a crazy alien person, but still. And besides that, it's beautiful! Stars, galaxies, nebulae, comets... it's all amazingly beautiful, and pictures of space, from the Hubble telescope or the like, always take my breath away. You almost forget that there's no air out there, and that it's billions of lightyears away or whatever. Also, one thing I love about space is that if you look up to the sky, and you see a star, you're looking into the past, because the light takes, literally, YEARS to reach your eyes. I love that. Although it is kind of sad that half the stars we can see might be dead already, and we don't even know it yet. :( But that's sort of how space is; it's gigantic, and it's full of stuff, but it's also so empty, and so bare, and yeah, so lonely and sad. I think that's part of its appeal.
traveling: I love traveling. I love seeing new places, and revisiting places I've been before, and I love not being tied down to things, and staying in hotels or at people's houses. Sometimes living out of a suitcase can be hard, but at the same time, it's exhilarating, y'know? Just knowing that what you have in that suitcase is all you have to worry about; you don't need to deal with every book on your bookshelf and not getting mud on the carpet. I want to travel the world, 'cause I've only been out of the States to go to Canada and the Carribbean, both of which were awesome. But I want to go to England and Scotland and Italy and Germany and Japan and Australia and New Zealand and all these places, 'cause I just want to experience them, and I think it's really sad that most people never do. I don't want to be one of those people. If I get old and settled down and I still haven't been anywhere, KICK ME.
ocean: When my interest in space/astronomy waned a bit (meaning I'm not as obsessed as I used to be, not meaning I don't like them anymore, 'cause I obviously do...), I turned my attentions to the water. I don't know if this is actually the reason or not, but I like to think that space is reflected in the water, y'know? It kind of brings it closer to home. Oceans are like our own unexplored universe, and it's also pretty damn beautiful, and dangerous as well. There's something so romantic about it; waves crashing on a rocky shore, a ship in storm-tossed seas, the raw power water can have when you least expect it... I love the oceans. Not necessarily swimming in them, but being out in boats, or on islands, or on the coast... It's lovely.