Too anxious to concentrate

[cornerofmadness]

So I'll do meme's instead (beginning to think saying yes to the second interview was a mistake since I don't like two of the three classes I MIGHT be teaching. Damn greener grass, I just had to go over the fence to see it)

I know both evil_little_dog  and bashipforever  tagged me to do some of these memes

01. Favorite scent: rose

02. Favorite way to relax: relax? writing, walking in the woods

03. Favorite movie you own: This changes all the time. Probably the original Star Wars

04. Favorite movie you don't already own: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

05. Favorite male movie star: it was Harrison Ford until he started going nuts. Johnny Depp

06. Favorite female movie star: Catherine Zeta-Jones

07. Favorite book genre: mystery

08. Favorite clothing store: none

09. Favorite non-clothing store: Borders Books

10. Favorite cartoon character: Lisa Simpson

11. Favorite CD you own: Phantom of the Opera (Broadway soundtrack)

12. Favorite CD you don't already own: Meteora - Linkin Park

13. Pass the torch and tag five of your LJ friends! (if you want to do it, go for it)

List your six favorite songs. Then tag six other people

1. <i> Piano Sonata #14 (Moonlight Sonata) </i> by Ludwig Beethoven - I think this is just one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. This quasi una fantasia was written (as legend has it) for a woman he loved and I think it shows. It’s a song that puts me at peace.

2. <i> Night on Bald Mountain </i>by Modeste Mussorgsky - Most of us know this song even if we don’t know the name. It’s quintessential Halloween music and it was written with witches competing to be Satan’s bride (yes, a negative stereotype but keep in mind when this was written) in mind. Mussorgsky thought it was his best work. No one else agreed sadly until modern times. Why is this song special to me? When I was in H.S. marching band, one year the teachers were on strike until Nov. The parents and students said to hell with that we were NOT missing out on football and band. We did all the choreography ourselves and for Halloween/homecoming we did THIS song. It was amazing. It was written up in newspapers all over the tristate area and we won marching competitions for it. Oh and I love it because it’s a great atmospheric piece

3. <i> Swan Lake </i> (the main theme, not sure of the notation) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Other than this is another beautiful piece of music it was the first thing I saw a man who was important for three years of my life dance in. Swan Lake ushered in a sophisticated twin alter ego in me. Mostly she’s gone now but occasionally she’s still there

4. <i> In the Mood </i>  by Glenn Miller - Other than it’s a kick ass piece of swing music, this song has special meaning to me because it represents the pinnacle of my musical ‘career’ (no, I never actually tried it as a career but you know what I mean) George Bush the First’s inauguration and my jazz band was invited to the festivities. I got to play this solo at the Old Post Office (no, Mr. President wasn’t there but a lot of congressmen were). I got sick at the inauguration the day before (it rained) so I had a fever of 103 the next day when I had to play this. I think it burned out my inhibitions because I really got into it. The audience loved it. I was down with pneumonia for a two weeks when I got home.

5. <i> We Shall Be Free </i>by Garth Brooks - This was not a commercial success. In fact it was very controversial and a lot of people really hated it for all the reasons I love it. How dare Garth suggest we should be free to love whomever we chose? That just leads to interracial marriage and homosexuality. How dare Garth suggest we look past skin color and aim for one race ‘mankind’? How dare Garth suggest we be allowed to worship in any manner we chose? That just lets the heathens in. How dare he suggest that defeating poverty and cleaning up the environment should be important to us? Yes, it’s a preachy song but when you look at what he’s preaching, the freedom to love, the ending of prejudice, it’s really a beautiful song.

6. <i> Losing My Religion </i>  by R.E.M. - I just have felt like this sometimes, like I’ve been bowled over by life or by a certain someone. I think we all have.

And runner up <i> We’re Not Going to Take It </i>by Twisted Sister - and yes I know you’re probably thinking Dana’s lost it. Why does this rate? We voted it our senior song for graduation and of course the faculty said no way. We, being the arrogant little teen aged shits that we were, managed to get it played anyhow. It’s a monument to being a know-it-all teen.

 

<b> Total number of fandoms I like:  <b> I believe that would be eight

<b> My first fandom ever: </b> I got into Star Trek (original) and Star Wars at the same time in 1977

<B> My most recent fandom: </b>Probably X-Men. Yeah I’ve read the comic for 20 years but just started writing it recently. Given thought to A Series of Unfortunate Events but the writer base is way young and the amount of incest  and pedophilia fic bothers me to be blunt.(and not I'm not saying don't write it. I don't care what you do. I just don't want to have to read it so I don't.)

<b> Five fandoms that mean a lot to me. <b> Elfquest (I met so many lifelong friends through this it has to be first. Heck I’ve known Evil Little Dog and Rahirah for twenty years now, just to date all of us), BtVS/AtS, Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files

<b> Tag five people </b> go nuts.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

See, you can pick music. Albeit classical music. Yeah,yeah, yeah, I know, that's music. "Night on Bald Mountain" - hehehe! I'm also rather fond of "In The Hall of the Mountain King".

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It took forever. Classical music IS music, it's great music. The Mt King is good stuff too

[mzzgoddessblue.livejournal.com]

Wait...ppl are writing incest and pedophilia fic for Unfortuante Events??

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes, almost all the stuff I find is either Klaus/Violet incest fic or Olaf/Klaus fic

[mzzgoddessblue.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. I really don't get it. I understand ppl writing non-canon fic, but I don't understand ppl writing non-canon fic that simply coudln't happen. I really think ppl often write these "unconventional" ship fics to see if they can come up with the most outrageous 'ship they can, basing it on absolutely nothing at all. Int he Buffyverse, while I don't read Angel/Spike fic, I can see the 'ship happening - it's based on a real relationship the characters had, and the characters gbeing what they are, you can see it happening. I can see Spike/Willow happening, I can see Faith/Spike or Faith/Connor happening. There is a basis, however tiny, for things like that. But then you come across stuff like incest fic - twincest, as they call it - for the Weasely twins..and I just can't see it happening!!! There is nothing in the characters personalities that could make that happen. I'm sure people do this for the shock value - who can come up with the weirdest/outrageous/ ships. And that sucks. Cos you may as well just write a story with original characters - it has no basis whatsoever in that particular fandomverse. You know what I mean?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I was going to mention that myself about the twins and how much those poor boys HATE that fic. I mean seriously incestuous twins? Writing porn about children can get you arrested. Seriously. If someone turned some of the HP sites over to crime watch, the police will not be impressed it's for 'fandom'

I don't even care so much about the crazy pairings in uncanon ships but I do care about the pedophilic stuff. Of course my solution is to simply not read it.

[mzzgoddessblue.livejournal.com]

I bet these ppl who write this sort of shit are totally horrified (as we all are) when they read about pedophilia - yet they don't seem to see how what they write is it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Of that I have no doubt.