Five Things Meme!

[beccatoria]

Okay - that meme is going around again! The one where you comment on a post and get given five things the poster associates with you, then you get to talk about those five things on your LJ, and invite other people to comment on your post and ask for five things you associate with them!

So yes, chaila43 gave me the following five things! Comment on

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[gonzo21]

You're totally not getting that 'wild mysterious celt' thing back, sorry. ;)

[beccatoria]

I WILL TRADE YOU ALL OUR SHEEP FOR IT!

[gonzo21]

WE HAVE SUFFICIENT SHEEP STOP PLEASE SEND MORE SUNSHINE STOP WILL TRADE ALL THE EVERYTHING FOR MORE SUNSHINE STOP WHY DO WE FRINGE COUNTRIES NOT GET ANY OF THE DAMNED SUNLIGHT THOSE PESKY ENGLISH KEEPING IT ALL TO THEMSELVES STOP

[beccatoria]

I SUSPECT GIANT SUN MAGNETS HIDDEN IN THE WEST MIDLANDS. GITS!

I could trade you an extra hour or so of overcast, gloomy daylight in the winter months? :D?

I'm not sure if you wanted five things, so here they are and you may meme or not as you choose! In no order!

1. Scotland
2. Amazing pencil art
3. Boobies (either the word or the concept, really...)
4. Politics
5. Looking Like Jesus

[daybreak777]

Hi Becca! I would totally associate you with these things too. Except I'd add Jesus Walks. Whenever I think BSG + rap music, I'll think of you. :-)

She's withdrawn, not cold and that's a difference I love the show for adhering to strictly even as I might whine about a billion other things they do, particularly with her love life.
I discovered my Olivia love, mostly due to your vids. :-) But I can finally see it on my own now and it's great because she can be so warm sometimes. I love to watch her be that way with Walter. So gentle and kind. :-)

[beccatoria]

Rap music is the BEST for vidding! I need to do more of that...

I'm also really, really thrilled that you understand the Awesome of Olivia now, and also glad I got to help you see that part of her. It's when she's with Walter or young kids that it's easiest to see her being that gentle and kind, which is so interesting since Walter is also the character that hurts her most and makes her angry and withdrawn too.

I'm not sure whether you wanted five things or not, so here they are and you can play if you want to, but please feel no obligation! In no particular order:

1. Felix Gaeta
2. Small adorable fictional children
3. Vidding
4. Books
5. Fringe, actually - I think because of all the shows you're watching currently that's the one I know best and recall your opinions on clearest.

[be_themoon]

.... you're right, my life is complete now.

[beccatoria]

I KNOW, RIGHT? You are very welcome.

I wasn't sure if you wanted five things or not, so have five things and then feel free to play the meme if you want to! :)

In no order:

1. Wonder Woman
2. Stormwatch (eta: err, well, I mean, The Authority, but it came out wrong!/eta)
3. Ladies Being Friends In Comics
4. Narnia
5. Doctor Who, subcategory Amy/Rory (cus of that vidlet I made you OMFG A YEAR AGO NOW, awesome, I feel I have known you for ages!)

[mymatedave]

Yes well, from an half irish jewish atheist englishman: Yaki dah. My north London pronunciation maybe terrible though so please forgive me.

[beccatoria]

Ahaha! Yes, I know what you're saying, but unfortunately, your pronunciation is indeed terrible. ;) The "k" needs to be a germanic-style "ch" and there should be a "d" on the end of the first word too. But good health to you too!

And now that I know you're half-Irish, I WILL BE GUNNING FOR THAT ROMANTIC CELTIC AURA! The atheism, we can share though. :p

Okay, I don't know if you wanted 5 things or not, but I'll give them to you and then you can play if you like. In no particular order:

1. EDDIE IZZARD (yes, because of your default icon!)
2. Actually, probably, being British is one of the things - cus I know you as one of my flisters who will probably know what I'm talking about when I rant about UK stuff. But let's say, being a half Irish Jewish Atheist Englishman, for completeness! :D
3. Speaking of, UK politics!
4. Battlestar Galactica (cus that's how we first met)
5. Doctor Who

[pellucid]

I had one of the more depressing moments of my pedagogical life the other day. We're reading a book set in Northern Ireland, and it's about the Troubles and such, so I was doing my quick and dirty history of Northern Ireland spiel.

Student: So Northern Ireland is part of England?
Me: No, it's part of Great Britain. England is also part of Great Britain, but it's not the whole country, even though it acts like it. Scotland and Wales are also part of Great Britain but not part of England.
Student: What's Wales?
Me: *cries*

And okay, I sort of get that if you're an 18-year-old, none-too-bright Canadian, you might struggle with the whole four-nations-in-one-country thing, but how do you manage to get into university without ever having heard that there's such a place as Wales??? In any event, I was quite offended on your behalf.

And I've been swamped this week and haven't been replying to this meme, but it's the weekend now, so maybe I'll bite!

[beccatoria]

Awww, okay, yes, that is slightly frustrating, although like you say, it's a long way away, there are probably a depressing number of people in Wales who don't know something as basic as the fact that Canada is bilingual, but I I find it adorable that you were indignant on my behalf! And also, yay, EDUCATE THE MASSES ABOUT WALES, it's the first step on my plan to reclaim our Romantic Celt Cool. :p

YAY MEME TIME!

Okay, in no particular order:

1. Meta
2. Living in Canada
3. Laura Roslin and all the complications of bringing that up, because you understand.
4. Being delightfully easy to tempt (at least on a casual basis) into new fandoms. (i.e. a stand-in for all the fandoms I would LIKE to list here: Attolia, River Song, Babylon 5, Farscape, TSCC, Once Upon A Time, Damages, etc.!)
5. Universities!

You're lucky, I very nearly put "Being top of my list of Vidding Recruits" on there just to make you talk about THAT. ;) (But srsly, try it sometime...)

*hugs*

[pellucid]

I very nearly put "Being top of my list of Vidding Recruits" on there just to make you talk about THAT.

Ha! Excuses, excuses, I know. And I DO still want that vid to exist. But I was already getting a bit discouraged by all the pre-vidding work, and then my computer died, taking with it all my vidding clips (and my, ahem, vidding software). Computer is restored, and I may actually have some free time with which to do things like this after Christmas, but I'm not sure whether I have it in me to start absolutely from scratch. We'll see, perhaps...

[beccatoria]

Yeah, I understand that - I recall seeing that on your LJ and I get the disheartening nature of the whole thing so I wouldn't blame you if you never went back, but OMFG VIDDINGSES! But also, this is why I don't clip. ;) Maybe start with a smaller, more source-specific idea? But then, you also really need to start with the idea you are most excited about. Like you said, maybe later. I shall hope! :)