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Ldydragon has given me a list of words for this meme. Here are the rules :
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
So here are the five words she gave me :
Yuuko
I think a lot of people just automatically have this association because I never change my default icon! I do really like her, though. She's such a great character, in general very powerful and fun and interesting without edging into Mary Sue territory. Recently I stopped reading xxxHoLiC (In a hiatus kind of way) specifically because of what happened to her. I'll pick it up again, of course, but it was just really awful and sad for me. She was my favorite in a lot of ways. I don't think I'm much like her, though.
1920s
I always think of the fanfic before the era, jeez. I spent so long writing it, and it was the first long, multichaptered thing I had ever written. Looking back at it, I'm kind of embarrassed by how terrible it is, but obviously not embarrassed enough to take it down. That's basically because I'm super vain and like that other people like it. The 1920s are my favorite part of American history. It's just the idea of this massive, kind of socially acceptable law-dodging and how widespread rebellion/fighting the law was at that time, it really appeals to me. Plus the slang is the bee's knees.
Cynicide
So many things I associate with this. Vacation, because that's when I thought it up. I'm still bewildered as to how I came up with this ridiculous idea and also as to how it WORKED. I really love all the characters, mostly it just makes me think how glad I am to have such awesome internet friends. Not only do you understand my insane babble, you make it work, and work WELL.
Boston
Boston makes me think of a TON of things, but I'll try to sort of sum it up. I know I talk about it constantly, but really it's such an amazing city. I'd like to live other places, of course, but Boston is just the greatest place, honestly. I wouldn't have wanted to grow up anywhere else. I also sometimes think I'm being a bit misleading -- I don't live in Boston proper, I live in Brookline. Brookline is not quite a suburb of Boston, it's more of what happens between suburbs and the city. I have a nice house but no lawn, kids can't play in the street but you can go out at night without getting mugged, etc. I can walk from here to Fenway in about ten minutes, though, so I tend to tell people I live in Boston because it's more accessible on a map, I spend all my time there anyway, and that way nobody asks me why I don't have a "Brooklyn" accent. I sometimes wish I had a Boston accent, but then I realize I like being comprehensible, and I don't wish that anymore. I do walk and talk quickly, like Dunkin Donuts and the Sox, and think everything past Pennsylvania sucks. No offense, people past Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania kind of sucks, too.
Iambic
Um. Internet friends, honestly. Not 100% sure how to put this, but Iambic was basically the first friend I made online who I felt like I had an actual friendship with instead of just a shared fandom. So because we made friends I was like OMG WHAT IS THIS EMOTION YOU MORTALS CALL HAPPINESS and made a bunch of actual friends online who I can imagine meeting in person. And met one of them! Which was totally wicked!
Also, jsyk, ultimate crack fandom.
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
So here are the five words she gave me :
Yuuko
I think a lot of people just automatically have this association because I never change my default icon! I do really like her, though. She's such a great character, in general very powerful and fun and interesting without edging into Mary Sue territory. Recently I stopped reading xxxHoLiC (In a hiatus kind of way) specifically because of what happened to her. I'll pick it up again, of course, but it was just really awful and sad for me. She was my favorite in a lot of ways. I don't think I'm much like her, though.
1920s
I always think of the fanfic before the era, jeez. I spent so long writing it, and it was the first long, multichaptered thing I had ever written. Looking back at it, I'm kind of embarrassed by how terrible it is, but obviously not embarrassed enough to take it down. That's basically because I'm super vain and like that other people like it. The 1920s are my favorite part of American history. It's just the idea of this massive, kind of socially acceptable law-dodging and how widespread rebellion/fighting the law was at that time, it really appeals to me. Plus the slang is the bee's knees.
Cynicide
So many things I associate with this. Vacation, because that's when I thought it up. I'm still bewildered as to how I came up with this ridiculous idea and also as to how it WORKED. I really love all the characters, mostly it just makes me think how glad I am to have such awesome internet friends. Not only do you understand my insane babble, you make it work, and work WELL.
Boston
Boston makes me think of a TON of things, but I'll try to sort of sum it up. I know I talk about it constantly, but really it's such an amazing city. I'd like to live other places, of course, but Boston is just the greatest place, honestly. I wouldn't have wanted to grow up anywhere else. I also sometimes think I'm being a bit misleading -- I don't live in Boston proper, I live in Brookline. Brookline is not quite a suburb of Boston, it's more of what happens between suburbs and the city. I have a nice house but no lawn, kids can't play in the street but you can go out at night without getting mugged, etc. I can walk from here to Fenway in about ten minutes, though, so I tend to tell people I live in Boston because it's more accessible on a map, I spend all my time there anyway, and that way nobody asks me why I don't have a "Brooklyn" accent. I sometimes wish I had a Boston accent, but then I realize I like being comprehensible, and I don't wish that anymore. I do walk and talk quickly, like Dunkin Donuts and the Sox, and think everything past Pennsylvania sucks. No offense, people past Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania kind of sucks, too.
Iambic
Um. Internet friends, honestly. Not 100% sure how to put this, but Iambic was basically the first friend I made online who I felt like I had an actual friendship with instead of just a shared fandom. So because we made friends I was like OMG WHAT IS THIS EMOTION YOU MORTALS CALL HAPPINESS and made a bunch of actual friends online who I can imagine meeting in person. And met one of them! Which was totally wicked!
Also, jsyk, ultimate crack fandom.