According to The Big Read, the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books on their list.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ
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Your Boy Side
[ ] You love hoodies
[x] You love jeans.
[ ] Dogs are better than cats.
[x] It's hilarious when people get hurt.
[ ] You've played with/against boys on a team.
[ ] Shopping is torture.
[ ] Sad movies suck.
[ ] You own an X-Box.
[x] Played with Hot Wheels cars as a kid.
[ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
[x] You own a DS, PS2 or Sega.
[ ] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
[x] You watch sports on TV.
[ ] Gory movies are cool.
[x] You go to your dad for advice.
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
[ ] You like going to football games.
[ ] You used to/do collect baseball cards.
[ ] Baggy pants are cool to wear.
[ ] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
[x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
[ ] Sports are fun.
[ ] Talk with food in your mouth.
[ ] Wear boxers. (-boys' briefs)

Total = 8

Your Girl Side
[x] You wear lip gloss.
[ ] You love to shop.
[ ] You wear eyeliner.
[x] You have some of the same shirts in different colors.
[x] You wear the color pink.
[ ] Go to your mom for advice.
[x] You consider cheerleading a sport.
[ ] You hate wearing the color black.
[x] You like hanging out at the mall.
[ ] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures.
[x] You like wearing jewelry.
[x] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
[ ] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[ ] You don't like the movie Star Wars.
[x] You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.
[x] It takes you around 1 hour to shower, get dressed, and put on make-up and accessories.
[x] You smile a lot more than you should.
[ ] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
[x] You care about what you look like.
[x] You like wearing dresses when you can.
[x] You like wearing body spray/perfume/cologne.
[x] You wear girl underwear.
[ ] Used to play with dolls as little kid.
[ ] Like putting make-up on someone else for the joy of it.
[ ] Like taking pictures of yourself with your cell phone/camera when you're bored.

Total = 14
Comments

First of all, I'm never going to watch the movie now.

Second, a list of reasons why this movie didn't catch as much flak as Harry Potter did.
1. Setting: 'His Dark Materials' is clearly set in a fantasy universe. 'Potter' is 'what might actually be happening behind the scenes', this is 'not a chance but wouldn't it be cool'.
2. Despite setting, these books clearly aren't oriented for kids. 'Potter' started out being kid-focused, then gradually grew up. 'His Dark Materials' plunges you into adult-issues immediately. They're definitely the books your read after the 'Potter' series, not before. In other words 'Potter' is like marijuana, the gateway, 'His Dark Materials' is cocaine, the hard stuff.
3. At least 'His Dark Materials' actually mentioned religion. 'Potter', with its ghosts, is completely secular.
4. The movie bombed! No point in giving out free publicity!

Third, anyone want to take this quiz?


Finally, I really need a drink. But I'll settle for a cocktail icon instead.

1. Do you have a tattoo?
2. How old are you?
3. Are you single or taken?
4. Fish?
5. Do you dream in colour?
6. Ever seen a corpse?
7. How about them hipsters?
8. How did we meet?
9. What's your philosophy on life and death?
10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know, what would it be?
11. Do you trust the police?
12. Do you like musicals?
13. What is your fondest memory of me?
14. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?
15. Would you cheat?
16. What are you wearing?
17. Have you ever peed in a pool?
18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Which do you prefer - short or long hair?
21. What's your favorite day of the week?
22. What's your favorite color?
23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?
25. What was your first impression of me?
26. Have you ever done drugs?
27. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

Any character, any pairing, any of my active fandoms (except for FFXII, because I'm all one-sentenced out for that one).

If you get more than 30, you're paranoid.
If you get 21 to 30, your normal.
If you get 11 to 20, you're pretty normal.
If you get 10 or less, you're fearless.
If you get 0, you're a fag that thinks you're tough.
Everybody fears something.

( I fear... )

This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
3. Dune, Frank Herbert
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey*
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling*
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams This is where the rest of you kill me.
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin*
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven*
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks*
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

But better late than never I guess.

Give me one reason I'm going to hell.
Then post this request in your LJ, and I will tell you why YOU are doomed to eternal damnation!

Instructions:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

Off to their starboard and ahead was the planet's largest moon, black in the eclipse shadow of the planet. The moon's gravity well, whose influence extended into hyperspace, had as they'd intended it to, plucked them back into realspace. While this close to the moon, they would not be able to reenter hyperspace, and as they got closer to the planet's surface, the situation got even trickier; Lavisar had a number of moons, all of them large enough to hinder hyperspace jumps.

"Great placement, Twelve." Wedge's voice again. "All right. We should have a five-to-ten minute window before they can bring online any secondary sensor arrays worth worrying about."

X-Wing: Iron Fist by Aaron Allston

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

× I miss somebody right now.	× I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	× I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
✓ I've watched porn movies.  (With my Dad, oddly enough.)	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	× I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

( it goes on... )

Flying wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, it was actually quite nice. Baby brother got airsick though, so I don't think he'll be doing that again.

We really need to rent a car though. Trying to coordinate terminals, flights and times was hell.

The wedding was nice and went off well, especially considering they only had three months to plan (that's a shotgun wedding in my family). No major mistakes, no rain, started on time. The only problem was one of the bridesmaid's forgot her make-up. Honestly, it was the smoothest wedding I've ever attended (and I go to one just about every other year). Kind of makes me nervous though.

I have to admit, I didn't like the bride. She's a neurosurgery resident, but otherwise she's really rather shallow. And I don't think they actually like each other that much; after the wedding he went off to take a nap (he almost missed the reception) and she and her maid-of-honor hit the casino. More than a few of us are wondering if they just married so she could get her Green Card. I just hope they wait at least six months before getting divorced, it would break my uncle's heart to know that he had gone to all that trouble of setting them up for nothing.

So yeah. Not exciting at all.

( Another meme )

The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble (real drabble: 100 words exactly) from you. In return, they have to post this in their journal and write a drabble for you. Post all fandoms you're willing to write for.

Your friends can pick a relationship, a story arc, a missing scene, or pretty much anything they want, unless the author has previously mentioned that they will not write it. They comment with what they want, and you write drabbles and post it in your LiveJournal.

I tried listing how many fandoms I was willing to write in once. Rather than go through that stress again, go here and pick what you want. Anything there is up for grabs.

1. My username is ____ because ____.
2. My journal is titled ____ because ____.
3. My subtitle is ____ because ____.
4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.
5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

1. My username is thetis_argent because it's easy for me to remember. Check out some of the other things I do and you'll see why.
2. My journal is titled "To See the World in a Grain of Sand" because it's the first line of my favorite poem.
3. My subtitle is "And Eternity in an Hour" because that's the last line of the same poem.
4. My friends page is called "And Heaven in a Wildflower" partially because of that poem and partially because despite the fact I am well aware I have a fairly good life, I'm not to fond of reality and lj is my favorite escape.
5. My default userpic is what it is because that's the way I felt after spending too many hours looking for icons.

Gackt from fruitypoundcake

( And to think, I'm not feeling particularly depressed right now. )

Meme gackt from pesha.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

Fruits red developing to black.

I'm sure there's a reason I have a gardening book next to me. I just don't know what it is.

Gackt from rayemars.

Tell me of a fandom you know I know of and I'll tell you :

1. The first character I first fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer
6. The character I would shag anytime
7. The character I'd want to be like
8. The character I'd slap
9. A pairing that I love
10. A pairing that I despise