mad_andy

Well, I got through my first night shift without a problem. My return has been met with an embarrassing amount of joy - it's great to have me back on the team and they know they can rely on me etc etc. Gosh. *Blush* Talk about an ego boost.

Anyway. Before I crash, thought I'd nick this meme from hector_rashbaum:

The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble. In return, they have to post this in their journal & offer the same. Post all fandoms you're willing to write for.

Gamma Ray
Edguy
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Helloween
Deathstars
Blind Guardian
Turisas

Feel free to specify het/slash/gen. Prompts are good but I'm not making any promises! Also, if there's a band you'd really really like to see me having a crack at that I haven't listed go ahead and ask. No promises, mind you...but I'll try.

And now I'm going to have another cup of tea and relaaaaaaax....

Gacked. From. rdyfrde.

You. Can. Only. Type. One. Word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket.
2. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend? Husband.
3. Your hair? Scraggy.
4. Your mother? Judgemental.
5. Your father? Daddy.
6. Your favorite item? Phoenix!
7. Your dream last night? Nightmare.
8. Your favorite drink? TEA.
9. Your dream car? Anything.
10. The room you are in? Bedroom.
11. Your ex? Missed.
12. Your fear? Life.
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? Successful.
14. Who did you hang out with last night? Intarwebz.
15. What you're not? Satisfied.
19. The last thing you did? Ate.
20. What are you wearing? Clothes.
22. Your favorite book? Mine.
23. The last thing you ate? Magnum.
24. Your life? Fucked.
25. Your mood? Low.
26. Your friends? Fanfuckingfruitbat.
27. What are you thinking about right now? Music.
28. Your car? Husband's.
29. What are you doing at the moment? Procrastinating.
30. Your summer? Anxious.
31. Your relationship status? Chained.
32. What is on your TV? Nonsense.
33. When is the last time you laughed? Today.
34. Last time you cried? Forgotten.
35. School? Hell.

Copy. Paste. Answer. Questions. In. One. Word.

Why Slay feels the need to wake me up as he goes to work I have no idea. But he does. Anyway.

Meme gacked from marchingjaybird and hector_rashbaum:

First, list your 10 favorite bands/performers:

1 - Iron Maiden
2 - Helloween
3 - Gamma Ray
4 - Edguy
5 - Saxon
6 - Turisas
7 - The Zico Chain
8 - Blind Guardian
9 - Magnum
10 - Metallica

( And now, the questions! )

Nicked wholesale from rdyfrde:



Card-A-Day

I hate it when these things are right.

In other news:

The Archos lives! It now has a name. It's called Phoenix. It's a tough little bastard, and now I adore it more than ever.

I shall get round to writing up last night's gig. Honest. But right now I'm too tired and too damn grumpy - tried to catch up on my sleep earlier and had such horrific nightmares I'm actually afraid to go back to bloody bed. Bah humbug.

Stolen shamelessly from stonefinder:

Your Power Color Is Gold

At Your Highest: You are engrossed in passions that mentally stimulate you. At Your Lowest: You seek thrills and neglect what's important in your life. In Love: You see dating as adventure and approach it with an open attitude. How You're Attractive: You passion for life makes others passionate about you. Your Eternal Question: "Am I Having Fun?"

Stolen from mjules:

Name five books that could be great movies.

*Thinks*

1: Jennie, by Paul Gallico

Story about a boy who gets turned into a cat, and Jennie is the girl cat he meets. Man, the things you could do with this one these days with CGI and stuff - and what I always loved about it was the fact that it was so totally unsentimental. Provided you kept that in, it would work wonderfully.

2: Weaveworld, by Clive Barker

There may well be more than one Barker book in this list, because not only do I love the guy's writing but it's so damn visual. A carpet that holds a world, wonderful and terrible things all spelled to be hidden away from man's rapacious nature. Oh, and a creature that thinks it's an angel - and may well be, but all it can do is destroy. A jacket that shows you whatever you most desire, owned by a twisted salesman; the Gyre, which lives at the heart of the Weave and is where the magic lives... huge and rich and beautiful and terrible and--

Yeah. It'll have to be a miniseries.

3: The Chair, by Ian Banks

One of the very few books that, when I 'got' the point at the end, made me throw the book down and stare at it with wide eyes - feeling sick. Takes something to do that. And it would make a great dark movie that you have to watch half a dozen times to pick up all the nuances - he tells it in his 'circular' style, so you jump around in time and things that don't seem to be connected actually are. And there's the enduring image of a chair made of human bones, and who made it and who it's made of and if you'll excuse me, I'm going to sit in a very bright place for a moment.

It really would need a bloody good director, but if you got it right? Holy crap, you'd have a classic.

4: The Mirror Of Her Dreams and Mordant's Need, by Steven Donaldson

Yes I know, it's two books. Call it a long miniseries then. Again, one of the few books that the end was so wonderful it had me in tears; you'd need massive CGI and big sets, but it would be so worth it. The action is set in the country of Mordant, which has been at war for pretty much ever; there's castles and high halls, and the magic revolves around mirrors and there's a woman from our world who gets marooned there and oh, wow. The characters are engaging and believable, and it would be one of those miniseries where it looks beautiful (think LoTR - yup, the vistas are like that, and so are the battles), but the story gets in your head and forces you to watch it until your eyeballs dry out.

And it would take a heck of an actress to make Teresa Morgan (the heroine) from the silly girl you want to smack at the beginning into a believable character, but I think the right person could do it. And there are just so many fantastic, complex characters that a decent actor could really get their teeth into...

...in other words, keep it away from bloody Hollywood.

5: Journeyman, by Mad Andy

What, I'm not allowed to put one of my own books in this? Nuts. I'm going to anyway. I happen to think that this would make a bloody awesome film, mostly because of Pan (*listens to all female Pan fans go thud*) but the scenes with the unicorns and the various nasties from Faery would make great visuals. The succubus scene, anyone?

*Evil laugh*

I mean, there are so many ways of filming it that would work... yeah. Be nice, wouldn't it?

Gacked from mjules:

Reply to this post, and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours. Then post this to your own journal using your own favorite icon.

I dunno, seemed like a good idea at the time... ;)

In other news, I loathe Ralf Scheeper's voice. Especially live, i.e. on the two Gamma Ray DVDs I have. So there.

Interview meme...

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
3. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

( Hector's five questions for me: )

Nicked from glammetalkitten:

Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)

Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 70% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 60% Wash (Ship Pilot) 60% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 55% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 45% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 40% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 40% A Reaver (Cannibal) 30% Alliance 20% Inara Serra (Companion) 15% River (Stowaway) 10%

Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you are generally good and would protect your crew from harm.

Click here to take the Serenity Firefly Personality Test


Damn, I wanted to be Jayne. *Pout*