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Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.
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lyssie tagged me with S. This took a lot longer than I expected, probably because I somehow got philosophical somewhere around the middle.
1. Science. Physics, chemistry, biology, doesn't really matter. I'm an engineer, I live and breathe science. It orders the world and explains the universe, or tries to. In doing so, it broadens our image of ourselves: of being so very small in a universe that's so very big and never ceasing in causing wonder.
2. Science-fiction. I was going to say Stargate, but then I'd leave out Star Wars (Original Trilogy, thankyouverymuch), Dr Who, Journeyman, BSG, Farscape, Firefly/Serenity... Also, by doing the blanket term I can fit in David Webber, Arthur C Clark, Douglas Adams, etc. Sci-fi's been a life-long love of mine.
3. Sam Carter. I never thought I'd love a TV character this much. Because she's brilliant and knows how to kick ass and is flawed enough to be real. (I don't know how they did it, it was probably by accident, but somehow they made Sam Carter the posterchild for the EC culture: brilliant, adrenalin-junkie, likes fire and blowing things up, and just on this side of the socially inept. Note to EC people: yeah, you all know I'm right with that description too.)
4. Stupid movies. Okay, really bad movies. I have to love them. How else do you explain why the last movies I've seen include The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Beowulf (1999 verseion), Pumaman, Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter, and Star Wars III: Backstroke of the West (the RotS Chinese bootleg)? I don't think you can.
5. Stross, Charles. Singularity Sky, Accelerando, the Merchant Princes series. But my favorite has to be The Atrocity Archives. Perpetually underfunded British secret government department (The Laundry) in charge of researching and containing the occult, supernatural, and/or Lovecraftian horrors? YES PLEASE.
6. Steak. There's this butcher nearby that sells filet mignon at completely unreasonable prices ($7/lb). I am a broke college student. I can eat real steak. THIS SHOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. (Why yes, I am not a vegetarian. Why do you ask?)
7. Sam Adams. Yes, I drink beer. While Sam Adams isn't actually my favorite brewery, it's my second favorite and the one I can actually reliably get. (Plus, Great Lakes Brewery doesn't start with 'S'.) I do love their Cream Stout, Black Lager, and White Ale.
8. Serendipity. I seem to have this bizarre talent for finding things in stores that are obscure and/or hard to find, often when I am actually looking for something completely different.
9. Songs. I love music. Keeps me grounded, keeps me sane, and feeds my imagination all at the same time.
10. Storytelling. I write. I read. I watch television and movies. I play video games, tabletop RPGs, and LARPs. In one form or another, it's all about telling a story.
In other news, a plastic!Daniel (Black ops version) has joined plastic!Cam and plastic!RepliCarter. (He seems, however, to be distracted by the Stickfas warrior monk and not the dragon behind him.) Buying these things is horribly addicting. I'm going to need to find my digital camera, aren't I?
And Spring Break is officially over. Suck.
lyssie tagged me with S. This took a lot longer than I expected, probably because I somehow got philosophical somewhere around the middle. 1. Science. Physics, chemistry, biology, doesn't really matter. I'm an engineer, I live and breathe science. It orders the world and explains the universe, or tries to. In doing so, it broadens our image of ourselves: of being so very small in a universe that's so very big and never ceasing in causing wonder.
2. Science-fiction. I was going to say Stargate, but then I'd leave out Star Wars (Original Trilogy, thankyouverymuch), Dr Who, Journeyman, BSG, Farscape, Firefly/Serenity... Also, by doing the blanket term I can fit in David Webber, Arthur C Clark, Douglas Adams, etc. Sci-fi's been a life-long love of mine.
3. Sam Carter. I never thought I'd love a TV character this much. Because she's brilliant and knows how to kick ass and is flawed enough to be real. (I don't know how they did it, it was probably by accident, but somehow they made Sam Carter the posterchild for the EC culture: brilliant, adrenalin-junkie, likes fire and blowing things up, and just on this side of the socially inept. Note to EC people: yeah, you all know I'm right with that description too.)
4. Stupid movies. Okay, really bad movies. I have to love them. How else do you explain why the last movies I've seen include The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Beowulf (1999 verseion), Pumaman, Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter, and Star Wars III: Backstroke of the West (the RotS Chinese bootleg)? I don't think you can.
5. Stross, Charles. Singularity Sky, Accelerando, the Merchant Princes series. But my favorite has to be The Atrocity Archives. Perpetually underfunded British secret government department (The Laundry) in charge of researching and containing the occult, supernatural, and/or Lovecraftian horrors? YES PLEASE.
6. Steak. There's this butcher nearby that sells filet mignon at completely unreasonable prices ($7/lb). I am a broke college student. I can eat real steak. THIS SHOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. (Why yes, I am not a vegetarian. Why do you ask?)
7. Sam Adams. Yes, I drink beer. While Sam Adams isn't actually my favorite brewery, it's my second favorite and the one I can actually reliably get. (Plus, Great Lakes Brewery doesn't start with 'S'.) I do love their Cream Stout, Black Lager, and White Ale.
8. Serendipity. I seem to have this bizarre talent for finding things in stores that are obscure and/or hard to find, often when I am actually looking for something completely different.
9. Songs. I love music. Keeps me grounded, keeps me sane, and feeds my imagination all at the same time.
10. Storytelling. I write. I read. I watch television and movies. I play video games, tabletop RPGs, and LARPs. In one form or another, it's all about telling a story.
In other news, a plastic!Daniel (Black ops version) has joined plastic!Cam and plastic!RepliCarter. (He seems, however, to be distracted by the Stickfas warrior monk and not the dragon behind him.) Buying these things is horribly addicting. I'm going to need to find my digital camera, aren't I?
And Spring Break is officially over. Suck.
