... in which there are simply too many notes
Today I've been on a crazed opera streak. Don't ask me why, as I quite possibly shan't tell you, but I've developed rather an obsession with Mozart, Bach and Puccini. (Despite my beloved Stephen Fry's obsession with his music, I've yet to get into Wagner.) Music that you can faux-conduct is good, yesss. Heh.
Dave turned up and we read FarSide comics and watched the Simpsons and Futurama and played comedy songs and generally had the kind of good time you get my crossing sugar and geekiness. Geekiness is also good. Mmmhmm.
Then I remembered that I hadn't done a meme in a while, and just as I think this, I spy a really good one on Corgi's journal. So, here it is.
The brief:
1. Choose five to seven characters.
2. They may be from books, movies, comics, TV shows, games, and real life--but no traditional superheroes.
3. They may be from any place on the space-time continuum, and any plane of existence--characters do not need to exist within the same era and country.
4. You must identify the recruiter, the leader, and the villain, and there must be at least one female.
5. Optional: You may identify their primary means of transport.
The League of Extraordinary Geekiness
The Recruiter
Sherlock Holmes
Profession: Consulting detective.
Strengths: [I really want to quote Watson's list of "SHERLOCK HOLMES - his limits" here, but won't because it's too long.] Logic based on observation; energy; charm; snark.
Weaknesses: Cocaine; arrogance; Irene Adler; Watson. [Note: *ahem*]
The Leader
Gandalf the White (a.k.a. Gandalf the Grey, Stormcrow and Greyhame; Mithrandir; Tharkun; Incanus and Olorin-with-an-acute -accent-on-the-second-o.)
Profession: Supreme fighter of the Wizarding Wrestling Federation, having risen again after what many thought would be a terminal defeat at the hands of an old-timer known only as 'Balrog'.
Strengths: bad-ass staff for Smiting with; wisdom; pointy hat.
Weaknesses: pipe-weed; hobbits in general and fools-of-Tooks in particular. [Note: if you mis-interpreted that, you're a perv. Bwah.]
The League
1. Dr. Dana Scully
Profession: A medical doctor by training, she joined the FBI, where she ended up working on the "X-files".
Strengths: Science geekery and faith therin; autopsies; shooting scary people; surviving.
Weaknesses: Mulder and ex-girlfriends thereof; abduction both by aliens and your run-of-the-mill psycho; children; tatoos that talk.
2. Mary Poppins
Profession: magical nanny
Strengths: bottomless bag; repetoire of inspiring and cheerful songs; cleanliness; riding carousel horses; ability to slide up the bannisters.
Weaknesses: the wind changing direction; shiningly chirpy Edwardian children; chimneysweeps.
3.Reginald Jeeves.
Profession: gentleman's personal gentleman.
Strengths: vast intelligence; scheming; raising an eyebrow at precisely the angle designed to convey that he thinks his master is rather lacking in the higher functions, don't you know.
Weaknesses: Fashion faux-pas; Brylcreem; Bertie Wooster.
4. Kirsty MacColl
Profession: Singer/Songwriter
Strengths: Has rhythm and knows how to use it; bitchin' way with words; lethal shoes; practicality and humour when faced with people who think they're Elvis.
Weaknesses: Slappable married men; speedboats. [Note: *sniff* RIP.]
5. Susan Sto-Hellit
Profession: Teacher. For now, anyway.
Strengths: can TALK LIKE THIS, stop time, etc; has a mean way with a poker when faced with monsters in the basement. Also, her grandad is not someone you want to mess with. Heh.
Weaknesses: Doesn't exactly fit into normality very well; has family problems.
6. Dr. Daniel Jackson
Profession: Archeologist and linguist, basically all-round culture expert with SG1.
Strengths: Translating stuff; knowing really random things; succeeding accidentally; coming back from the dead.
Weaknesses: Allergies; caffiene; USAF colonels who look really good in dress blues.
The Villain
Lord Havelock Vetinari
Profession: Patrician of the city of Ankh-Morpork
Strengths: political strategising and organisation; listening intently; wearing black; managing, when thrown in a rat-and-scorpion infested dungeon, to get the rats to eat the scorpions and then bring him food and reading material. Probably trained by the Assasins Guild.
Weaknesses: His aging terrier, Wuffles. Possibly.
Transportation:
The Knight Bus, from Harry Potter, in all its purple glory. Heh.
Man, that took ages, mostly due to my wanting to pick a whole buncha other people, but is most amusing. Now I think I shall stop my conducting and wishing I had a copy of Amadeus somewhere that I could watch, and go to sleep. Sleep is yet another Thing That Is Good, indeed.
Dave turned up and we read FarSide comics and watched the Simpsons and Futurama and played comedy songs and generally had the kind of good time you get my crossing sugar and geekiness. Geekiness is also good. Mmmhmm.
Then I remembered that I hadn't done a meme in a while, and just as I think this, I spy a really good one on Corgi's journal. So, here it is.
The brief:
1. Choose five to seven characters.
2. They may be from books, movies, comics, TV shows, games, and real life--but no traditional superheroes.
3. They may be from any place on the space-time continuum, and any plane of existence--characters do not need to exist within the same era and country.
4. You must identify the recruiter, the leader, and the villain, and there must be at least one female.
5. Optional: You may identify their primary means of transport.
The League of Extraordinary Geekiness
The Recruiter
Sherlock Holmes
Profession: Consulting detective.
Strengths: [I really want to quote Watson's list of "SHERLOCK HOLMES - his limits" here, but won't because it's too long.] Logic based on observation; energy; charm; snark.
Weaknesses: Cocaine; arrogance; Irene Adler; Watson. [Note: *ahem*]
The Leader
Gandalf the White (a.k.a. Gandalf the Grey, Stormcrow and Greyhame; Mithrandir; Tharkun; Incanus and Olorin-with-an-acute -accent-on-the-second-o.)
Profession: Supreme fighter of the Wizarding Wrestling Federation, having risen again after what many thought would be a terminal defeat at the hands of an old-timer known only as 'Balrog'.
Strengths: bad-ass staff for Smiting with; wisdom; pointy hat.
Weaknesses: pipe-weed; hobbits in general and fools-of-Tooks in particular. [Note: if you mis-interpreted that, you're a perv. Bwah.]
The League
1. Dr. Dana Scully
Profession: A medical doctor by training, she joined the FBI, where she ended up working on the "X-files".
Strengths: Science geekery and faith therin; autopsies; shooting scary people; surviving.
Weaknesses: Mulder and ex-girlfriends thereof; abduction both by aliens and your run-of-the-mill psycho; children; tatoos that talk.
2. Mary Poppins
Profession: magical nanny
Strengths: bottomless bag; repetoire of inspiring and cheerful songs; cleanliness; riding carousel horses; ability to slide up the bannisters.
Weaknesses: the wind changing direction; shiningly chirpy Edwardian children; chimneysweeps.
3.Reginald Jeeves.
Profession: gentleman's personal gentleman.
Strengths: vast intelligence; scheming; raising an eyebrow at precisely the angle designed to convey that he thinks his master is rather lacking in the higher functions, don't you know.
Weaknesses: Fashion faux-pas; Brylcreem; Bertie Wooster.
4. Kirsty MacColl
Profession: Singer/Songwriter
Strengths: Has rhythm and knows how to use it; bitchin' way with words; lethal shoes; practicality and humour when faced with people who think they're Elvis.
Weaknesses: Slappable married men; speedboats. [Note: *sniff* RIP.]
5. Susan Sto-Hellit
Profession: Teacher. For now, anyway.
Strengths: can TALK LIKE THIS, stop time, etc; has a mean way with a poker when faced with monsters in the basement. Also, her grandad is not someone you want to mess with. Heh.
Weaknesses: Doesn't exactly fit into normality very well; has family problems.
6. Dr. Daniel Jackson
Profession: Archeologist and linguist, basically all-round culture expert with SG1.
Strengths: Translating stuff; knowing really random things; succeeding accidentally; coming back from the dead.
Weaknesses: Allergies; caffiene; USAF colonels who look really good in dress blues.
The Villain
Lord Havelock Vetinari
Profession: Patrician of the city of Ankh-Morpork
Strengths: political strategising and organisation; listening intently; wearing black; managing, when thrown in a rat-and-scorpion infested dungeon, to get the rats to eat the scorpions and then bring him food and reading material. Probably trained by the Assasins Guild.
Weaknesses: His aging terrier, Wuffles. Possibly.
Transportation:
The Knight Bus, from Harry Potter, in all its purple glory. Heh.
Man, that took ages, mostly due to my wanting to pick a whole buncha other people, but is most amusing. Now I think I shall stop my conducting and wishing I had a copy of Amadeus somewhere that I could watch, and go to sleep. Sleep is yet another Thing That Is Good, indeed.