First, how I’d pronounce your name, with my Canadian Vowel Shift and various other local idiosyncrasies:
se:ɹʌ
My best bet at a Québécois accent – involving wikipedia articles on Quebec French phonology and asking my Aunt (who’s mom is Manitoban French) to say your name a couple times while trying to sound like her relatives:
MY FRIENDS! I feel wretched. Distract me by sending me an ask and I’ll write your name in IPA. If you send me where you’re from, I’ll try writing it without a Western Canadian accent, as well!
Five Things You’ll Find in My Bag:
large zippered binder for lists and doodles
water bottle
swiss army knife
childrens’ sweaters/toys/assistive devices
HOPEFULLY my wallet
BONUS: no diapers. He’s finally trained. I give thanks to God every few hours, these days.
Five Things You’ll Find in My Bedroom: (all my stuff is in the computer room, because I have a HOUSE)
pile of clothes the kids have grown out of
long boxes of comics, buried under 6 loads of clean laundry
Cow
comfiest pillows and blankets
lots of junk, but I’m not in there much
Five Things I Want To Do With My Life:
continue working on issues so mental health is better
start volunteering again when kids are old enough
learn ALL THE THINGS
um – goals are an issue
Five Things I’m Into Right Now:
historical linguistics/fashion/architecture
the fantasy world I’m designing, heavily influenced by historical culture/fashion/architecture/linguistics
GEN X IS COMING OUT SOON. It might even be good!
finding out if Duke has a code name. I am getting obsessed. All people will tell me is that he isn’t Robin. WHAT IS HIS NAME?!
Eldest lost his two front teeth and the gap is THE CUTEST THING. I actually keep getting distracted just watching it.
Five Things On My To-Do List:
sleep
buy meds
laundry
talk about week with Husband (he just got back from vacation)
more sleep maybe. so tired
(NOTE: instead of finishing this post yesterday, I did items 1 and 4)
Five Things Your Followers Probably Don’t Know About You:
my papa was American and I lived in Texas for a year, when I was 1
I used to be really outdoorsy
I’m tone-deaf and it is embarrassing
I’m actually really bad at reading old books – like, I have trouble with the writing style of most of the classics. Old movies are even worse.
I FINALLY got my beloved robot vacuum cleaner last year. But it has charging issues now and sleeps most of the time 😦
I’m tagging: nope, still haven’t completed ‘more sleep’ on to-do list. Too tired.
Favorite Colors: Teal. Most of the shades between green and blue. They’re all amazing
Pets: Nope. Kids.
Favorite TV Show: ? I’m watching Haikyuu! and Kuroko no Basket with the Husband and Little Sister right now. They’re great. I don’t watch TV otherwise.
First Fandom: X-Men, if you mean interacting with other fans. If you just mean passionately loving something, probably Narnia?
Hobbies: Researching obscure topics. Playing board/cardgames. Reading fanfic.
And next game:
Rules: You can tell a lot about a person from their music. Put your I-Tunes/I-Pod/Music on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people
Oh dear. Terrible things came up this time. Well, this is slightly less emo than usual but is probably eclectic enough to be representative. [Warning for the number of songs with religious themes/names. And song no. 1]
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue by Toby Keith. Eek. My uncle played it every day while I was a teen working at his fishing lodge? And as a Canadian, it was so crazy patriotic and non-Canadian that it stuck with me? And just transfers from mp3 player to mp3 player? I’m sorry.
how old are you? 30 current job/dream job? Cultural historian? I’m really happy as a stay-at-home mom, but I’d love to be an eccentric rich person who could dabble as an amateur historian on the side what are you talented at? Once again, I fit the Victorian eccentric rich person ideal. I pick up knowledge quickly, and can tell entertaining stories. I am caring and polite. And, less ideally for an aristocrat but still useful, I am GREAT with kids what is a goal you’re working towards? Ooh, I’m not so good at goals. what is your aesthetic? Ancient ruins and flowing fabrics sounds good. That’s totally what this is talking about, right? what is a topic you are always up to talk about? History (but not recent or military history. BORING), Batkids, X-Men, most teen/former teen superheroes, and my family what’s a pet peeve of yours? Um. People in fic calling royalty/nobility ‘Princess’ or ‘Lord X’ instead of ‘your Highness/Lordship’. Because it is WRONG but ¿how should the authour know that? so I can’t get annoyed with THEM but it drives me crazy and I want to teach the entire world correct forms of address good advice to give? Remind yourself you have value. Keep a mental or physical list of things that you’ve done/been that you’re proud of to cling to when you doubt your value recommend three songs Oh wow. I am so embarrassed by the music I like. On and On by Kirby Krackle because we’re all comics nerds. Tannin by Kemper Crabb because I am a Christian history nerd who likes dragons (apparently it is authentically medieval). And Not Pretty Enough by UC Men’s Octet because THEY are ridiculous nerds and make me laugh.
Still can’t bring myself to tag anyone. I’ll be flattered if you do this for me, though
Earlier today I made a reference to “Backstroke of the West”, and when I looked it up I saw that the original post was made in 2005, which means that a good chunk of people on here might be too young to remember it. So consider this post a public service.
i saw revenge of the sith last weekend at a local theater with my friend joe who was in town on business. it was much better than the first two movies and a fitting end (err.. middle) to the star wars saga.
the next day i was walking past my friendly dvd salesperson and decided to check out revenge of the sith. i was assured the quality was good and for 7rmb why not give it a shot.
aside from the counters on the top of the screen and a distorted perspective it was ok- not high quality but watchable. the captions were a hilarious surprise- a direct english translation of the chinese interpretation of what the script was saying. it varied from being somewhat close to the script to being ‘far far away’….
amazingly enough, the beginning scroll is mistranslated even though the words are right there on the screen.
star war (just one)
‘the backstroke of the west’ is the english translation of the chinese title.
anakin: “this is where the fun begins”
obi wan: “let them pass between us”
anonymous doomed fighter pilot: “they’re all over me”
I’m CRYING. I’d never seen this before. According to @persian-slipper‘s tags, this is the origin of “do not want”.
THE ACTUAL ORIGIN OF DO NOT WANT!!
This is amazing.
IT LIVES AGAIN THANK YOU FOR REVIVING THIS
Reposting questions because reblogging was being weird and wrong. Don’t reblog this post, of course – this is not my meme. Someone tell me what I was doing wrong?
FROM: moonsstones (Deactivated)
Sunrise or sunset?
Are you mentally ill?
Are you physically ill?
What is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Do you have a job?
Are you in school?
Are you a dropout?
Are you in college?
Introvert or extrovert?
What do you think when you look at your body?
What have others said when they look at your body?
Do you have a particular song that you feel deeply?
Talk about a time in your life where you have felt most alive?
Are you confident wearing a bikini?
Can you look people in the eyes while talking?
Has anything terrible happened to you?
Has anything wonderful happened to you?
Favorite part of your personality?
Least favorite part of your personality?
Favorite part of your body?
Least favorite part of your body?
Favorite quote?
Do you have friendships with all genders?
Do you have a good relationship with your father?
Do you have a good relationship with your mother?
Do you have a good relationship with your siblings?
Have you ever been hurt physically or mentally by a family member?
Have you ever had a near death experience?
Do you know anyone who has taken their own life?
Have you ever tried to take your own life?
Biggest lie you have told?
Do you follow any conspiracies?
Do you believe in a New World Order?
Do you respect your government and the way your country is run?
Is there currently any strife in your country?
Have you ever been displaced within your country?
Are your friendships healthy?
Are you currently fighting with a friend?
Are you jealous of a friend? Why?
Do you believe in the Illuminati?
Do you think any celebrities are associated with the Illuminati? Who?
How can people tell you are nervous?
How can people tell you are sad?
Do you ever express your true feelings?
Regrets in your life?
Achievements in your life?
What did people say about you in school?
What did you say about people in school?
Is there something you have never told anyone?
Have you committed an illegal act?
If you had two days to spend one million dollars how would you spend it?
What were your aspirations at age 5, 10, 15, 18?
Describe your first kiss? Was it how you imagined?
Growing up were you in a wealthy, average, or low income household?
Are you from a broken marriage?
Have you been raised by a solo parent?
Do you know both your parents?
What colour eyes, hair and skin do you have?
Have you abused drugs or alcohol?
What languages can you speak?
Do you conform to your societies standards?
Do you cry often?
Do you tell people what you think of them?
Are you comfortable accepting compliments?
Are you comfortable giving compliments?
Is any mental illness hindering your life?
Is any physical illness hindering your life?
Do you keep up with current events?
What’s the latest news in the world you have heard/read?
What have you done today?
Do you sleep well?
Do you sleep badly?
Have you ever hurt anyone because you were hurting?
Has anyone ever hurt you because they were hurting?
Have you ever had to end a friendship/relationship? Why?
Have you ever stopped someone from hurting themselves?
Has anyone ever stopped you from hurting yourself?
Do you like your laugh?
Are you preparing for an apocalypse? And what kind?
Do you have any funny family stories?
Are you religious?
Do you like to watch true crime shows or movies?
Are you interested in cults?
Would you like to raise a family in your country?
List some things you wanted in your childhood but never got?
Is there a large age gap between you and a sibling?
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