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[apocalypsos]

I'm bored. You know that meme where you ask me any five questions within reason and I answer 'em? Let's do that. *yawns*

EDIT: *looks down at self* Ick. I'm all covered in dust from carrying dirty boxes all day. 'Wear dress pants all week,' Lumbergh says. Sheesh.

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[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

1) What are three things you need to do before you die?

2) How many of your rejected possibilities for #1 involved Hugh Jackman?

3) What's Monsters From Minooka, y'know, about? ("It's about monsters, and they're from... guess where?" is not a valid answer.)

4) You have George Lucas tied to one of those chairs from A Clockwork Orange, and you want to express to him your displeasure at the two most recent Star Wars movies. What fandom pairing involving a SW character and a different fandom do you write to reduce him to a gibbering wreck teach him the error of his ways?

5) Remember the movie Pretty in Pink? Given that the hot blond Jon Cryer's character winds up with at the end is actually Kristy Swanson, where's the Duckie the Vampire Slayer fic? (Bonus points if you actually write same.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Get published, be comfortable financially, and screw a celebrity.

2. What, did you assume I'd reject "screw a celebrity"? ;P

3. Okay, you know how every fantasy or horror story has some person with supernatural abilities, and they always have something happen to them like puberty or death or something equally stressful, and that activates that abilities? Well, this is about a character who knows he's got these latent abilities, but he's too old for puberty and he's already been through enough stress that he should theoretically have gotten control of his power already.

But instead, he's got all of this power, and he can't control any of it. So what you have is a guy who sneezes and things blow up, or he stubs his toe and every light bulb in the place shatters. He's short, he's not a ladies's man, he doesn't know kung fu (although he probably should), he's never been to school (his first and only day didn't go very well, not surprisingly), and due to the fact that he can't exactly go to college in his "condition", he's stuck working menial jobs like shipping and fast food.

Meanwhile, he spends most of his time running away from and/or trying to fight all of these creatures and people who come to attack him, either because they see him as a possible threat or they can sell off his organs for spell ingredients at exorbitant prices.

Hee. Good enough? :)

4. Hmm. Jar Jar's too easy, and so is Jabba. It's got one of his better characters being defiled by someone awful. I chose Han Solo bein defiled by the Golgothan from Dogma. Going to Hell? Why, yes, yes I am. *cackles maniacally*

5. *is doused in a waterfall of plotbunnies*

*glares* I hate you.

[seferin.livejournal.com]

*cracks knuckles* Lets see if I can challenge you.

Keeping with the theme...

1. Any Plot bunnies for Brenda the Vampire Slayer (Luke Perry) or Freddie Prinze jr the vampire slayer (She's all that)?

2. You can pick any two celebs you want... do they do you or each other?

Now that the fic and sex questions are out of the way...

3. Have you thought about writing a sitcom about your job at DHL? Considering the cast of characters you have available?

4. You ever think of writing a column? For a magazine like Maxim or Stuff? Attractive witty columnist. What's not to love?

5. So... you grew up with Siamese... what do you think of the breed?

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

*glares* I hate you.

Man, you're fickle.

[randomblade.livejournal.com]

1) How many bicycles have you owned?

2) What was the name of your first soft toy?

3) Did you ever run away from home?

4) What is the most awkward conversation you've ever had to have?

5) What was the least awkward conversation you've ever had?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Three, I think.

2. Honestly, I can't even remember. Although I think my grandmother gave me a Raggedy Andy doll.

3. Yes, when I flunked out of college.

4. When I came back after running away. Yeesh. *shudders*

5. The three-hour phone calls I used to have with my best friend in high school. He and I used to talk about the stupidest crap forever. (We once had a two-hour conversation about the penis size of superheroes. By the end, our side hurt from giggling so hard.)

[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

We once had a two-hour conversation about the penis size of superheroes.

Been there, done that. Although not for two hours. And, for the record, it was with a woman.

Also, in case you didn't see it earlier, NSFW.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

1. What do you do at your job?
2. Did you ever have an animal that was not a cat or dog as a pet?
3. What is your favorite sandwich filling?
4. Who is your favorite dead movie actor or actress?
5. Would you rather have wings or a tail?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Okay, so the driver tries to deliver a package to you, and either or you're not home or the address is incorrect. So they bring the package back to me, and I call you up and doublecheck your address and when you'll be home, and if I don't get an answer, I return stuff. It's not as bad as it sounds.

2. Oh, God, if there's one thing we've had a lot of in my family, it's pets. We've had one dog and dozens of cats, but I personally have had two hamsters, three guinea pigs, a ferret, two chameleons, two salamanders, a turtle and a rabbit.

3. Roast beef, with lots of mayo and salt and pepper. Mmmm.

4. James Dean, probably. He was hot. :) (Hi, I'm superficial. *waves*)

5. Well, both would be a bitch on my wardrobe, but ... wings. As long as they're pretty, because I'm five years old. :)

[dawning-star.livejournal.com]

1) How many movies do you own?

2) How many involve Hugh Jackman?

3) How did you develop your style of writing?

4) For that matter, how did you develop your sense of humor? If anyone else wrote the things you do, it doesn't seem nearly as funny/clever.

5) What was the last movie you watched?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. About two hundred, I think. There's around 230 total, but a good chunk of those are TV show sets.

2. Only the X-Men movies, alas. The man needs to make better films. (Although I've nearly bought Someone Like You more than once solely for the boxers scene. Mmmm, boxers.)

3. I blame fanfiction. I wrote in high school, but it was all this serious, humorless stuff that wasn't bad. It just didn't have any life to it. But then I got to college, got online, and got into the Highlander fandom, and I finally figured out (over time) that I could have a little fun with it and just be silly. So now I just let myself be all snarky and jokey, and it works a lot better.

4. Hmm. Maybe that last answer should have been for this one. I think it's just partly learning to let myself say the first thing that came to mind and partly not letting myself be embarrassed by anything I say anymore. (Which were my two major problems in high school. When they revoked the death penalty for teenagers, I heard some guy on the radio say something like how most teenagers don't have their adult personalities yet, and I was like, "Dude, WORD.") That might not be the answer you're looking for, but ... *shrug* Man, I suck at this question.

5. Ooo, ooo! I watched my Incredibles DVD this morning! (Thank God, because otherwise my answer would be Deadly Harvest.)

[siegeofangels.livejournal.com]

What pieces of writing make you go, "Damn, I wish I'd written that"?

What lines of your own writing make you go, "I can't believe I wrote that" (in a good way)?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

What pieces of writing make you go, "Damn, I wish I'd written that"?

"Seeds," by Sandra McDonald. (The HL fic that became canon for me the minute I read it.) "After The End", the HP fic that got Jossed by OooP, which is unfortunate because it was one of the best damn fics I've ever read. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Isabelle (Buffy), which just ... *swoon* And "The Stand" and "Swan Song", because yay for great apocalyptic fiction! *happy dance*

What lines of your own writing make you go, "I can't believe I wrote that" (in a good way)?

Oh, God, I can't even think of any off the top of my head. Ooo, wait ... I did like the line in "All Foam, No Beer" about Wolverine -- "Logan didn't quite know how to respond to that. He quickly went over the usual options -- kill, maim, torture, beat up, antagonize, drink beer with, growl at, and bombard with lame come-on lines -- and noticed with a wistful sigh that "scream like a girl and run for the hills" was not on the list." That always seemed to me to sum up Wolverine's thought processes so very well. *snerk*

[dolimir-k.livejournal.com]

1. So are you ever going to give us a synopsis (or post) Monsters From Minooka?

2. What is your inspiration for your original writing?

3. Where do you see yourself in five years?

4. Have you ever been published?

5. Who will portray you in the movie about your life?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Check my response to coyotegoth. ;) (Although if you want more of a plot thing, this first one is about a vampire that's coming after the lead character. And honestly, at this point, I'm seriously considering whether or not to change the title to one of the others on the list, because there's not as many monsters as there were supposed to be. Hrm.)

2. God, anything. Everything. It's a little bit of bad movies, good fanfics, and weird conversations mixed together.

3. Hopefully, back in Pennsylvania again in a nice cozy place writing all the time. (And God willing, married with kids.)

4. Nope, nothing yet.

5. If I beg, can I have Kate Winslet?

[silly-dan.livejournal.com]

1) What city that you've visited or lived in before would you most like to move to?
2) What city that you haven't visited would you most like to live in?
3) What country that you've never been to would you like to live in?
4) What were my other two questions?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Oh, I loved New Orleans. I mean, okay, it's all kinds of crime-ridden, but it's so nice and HOT, just the way I like it. Also, the buildings? Pretty. :)

2. I would love to try out London for a while. Or, hell, any city in the United Kingdom.

3. It would be a shorter list if I just put down which ones I wouldn't like to try for a while. And seriously, I can't think of any right now. (Especially considering I've never left the country and I really, really wish I could afford to travel anywhere.)

4. Um, can you juggle (No) and what was the most embarrassing moment of your life (when I was in a geography bee, it got down to me and one other girl, the answer to the tiebreaker question was "Yellowstone," and when I mumbled the answer because I was horribly shy, the teacher running the geography bee loudly announced I'd answered "Jellystone" and embarrassed me in front of four grades of students).

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

1. Have you ever been to California?
2. What do you think is the best, ideal way to store one's dvds?
3. What was the last concert you attended?
4. Most embarassing muscial taste? (i.e. I was totally in love with NKOTB..)
5. What's your favorite indian dance music song?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Nope, but I really, really want to at least once.

2. I have mine in three DVD stands in alphabetical order, and the stands are those wire kinds, which makes it easier to clean the dust from them. (Shelves make it so hard to dust 'em.)

3. Sheesh, I hardly ever go to concerts. But I think it was Bryan Adams with my mother. Which is very, very sad. Oh, yes.

4. Any one-hit wonder. I have "Rico Suave", "I'm Too Sexy", "Mambo No. 5", "Jump" from Kris Kross, "Ice Ice Baby", "Just a Friend", "The Humpty Dance", and dozens of other equally lame songs.

5. I still love "Darshan" off the Bend It Like Beckham soundtrack.

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

1. I live here. You should visit cause aside from the smog and the traffic, it's cool. :-D
2. The wire kinds area good idea. I have a wooden one and it's like...falling apart. Thanks for the ideas! (Can you tell I was having shelving issues when I asked that? lol)
3. LOL@Bryan Adams. He's cool though. *nods* My last concert was...I think it was 2 local bands, Aphasia and Karate High School. Other than that it was Evanescence. Makes up for my first official concert being NSync...lol
4....I love all of those songs...lmao.
5.Me too!

[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

1) If Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson entered the Thunderdome, which one would leave?

2) Pick three characters played by Leonardo DiCaprio, one each for the old kill, fuck and marry. And they all have to be DiCaprio.

3) Pirates or Ninjas?

4) Typing aside, what do you like to write with?

5) Are you ever going to do those Q&A reviews of Hellboy and the X-Men movies?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Me, with a bloody chainsaw and a big grin.

2. Okay, let's see. Jack from Titanic, Howard Hughes from The Aviator, and Arnie from What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I kill Arnie (well, it's either that or fuck or marry him, and NO), marry Howard Hughes (yes, he's crazy, but he's also loaded), and fuck Jack (just the once, then he dies and he's not my problem anymore).

3. Hmm. See, I'd root for the pirates, but that's because I know the ninjas would win. I mean, seriously, when do ninjas not win in a fight? Aside from when they're fighting Godzilla, that is.

4. Quad-ruled paper and gel pens. Set me up with those, an MP3 player, and a steady stream of chai latte refills in a Starbucks and I'll be happy for the rest of the day. (Assuming I ever leave.)

5. I solemnly swear that I will do those Q&A reviews just as soon as I finish Monsters of Minooka. Hell, you can feel free to bug me the second I post, "Yay! I finished! *happy flail*" :)

[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

2) And you pick three films I haven't seen. Heh.

3) Hey, pirates often win. Especially in comics, although admittedly they tend to have Ninja Superheroes on their side at such times. But nobody touches Kurt.

4) Truly, gel pens are of the strong.

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

1. What do you really, really want to see happen on Lost? Aside from the obligatory men shagging men, Sayid shagging everyone, and Kate falling off of a cliff?

2. Is Pepsi Holiday Spice of the devil?

3. What, in stories or movies, is your sappy/brings on the sniffles kink?

4. Do you have a favorite scent? Corrolary: favorite candle scent?

5. (I love doing this, so I have to ask). You've published your books, and are acclaimed as the hot, new supernatural writer. Entertainment Weekly comes to interview you about your smashing success. What's your first line to them, and how do they end up describing you? ('Cause their first lines are always like, "I always thought it'd be my sister," said the twenty-two year old pixie redhead, sucking on a lollipop.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1. Ooo, that could take me a while to answer. Let's see ... Charlie's slow redemption. He and Claire are not allowed to immediately get hitched as soon as she gives birth and if she names the kid after him, I may have a fit. Sawyer to have any sort of redemption. Locke to decide whether he wants to continue being creepy or not. More father/son bonding out of Walt and Michael. Jin and Sun to make up. Jack to lay off the "I'm the good doctor who has bad things happen to him" and actually do something bad (and no, torturing Sawyer only half-counts, because Sayid did all the work). Kate to have a fault, and for it to be an actual fault. More Hurley. More, more, more. If Shannon suddenly realized she was pregnant and Boone knocked her up that one night, I'd be thrilled. It won't happen, but still. Also, Sayid naked. *EG*

2. I liked it. So maybe that's a sign. ;)

3. When a main character I've grown severely attached to dies at the end. Supersweet declarations of love. And for a specific one, the sinking montage with the orchestra playing in Titanic fuckin' kills me. (Mostly because I'm thinking of the real ship, which is why I burst into tears when they show the Strausses.)

4. My mother's apple pie. Mmm. :)

5. "I hope you weren't expecting booze and whores during this visit," the perky twenty-seven-year-old said as she plunked a pair of cold soda cans on the kitchen table. (*shrugs*)

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

*nods* Nice thoughts on Lost. Now where's that e-mail address for David Fury...?

If it helps, I was in tears in the first five minutes of Titanic when they showed the little girl near the rail of the ship. (Err, it's been a while.) "They're all gonna die!" wailed my inner voice, and right over the edge I went.

That's...a much better opening line than I usually come up with. ;)

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, ummm. yeah.. trollprincess.. I'm gonna.. ahhh.. yeah.. need you to ah.. come in.. on Saturday.. ok?

:)

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

1) Why did you become a writer?

2) Out of all the original stories you've written, which one would you like published first?

3) Out of all the canon characters you've written, who has been your favorite?

4) Should Chris (from Charmed) have his own spin-off?

5) Does this shirt make me look fat? ;)

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

1: What is your quest?

2: Who is your favorite original character?

3: Geekiest thing you've ever done?

4: Ever play Monkey Island? (You, Madam, Fight like a Dairy Farmer!)

5: Batman or Spiderman?

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

1) What piece of advice do you wish you'd had/listened to at some point in your life?

2) What's your favorite comic strip, and why?

3) A new planet has been discovered, and you're going to live there. There's limited space per person in the ship, so (aside from necessities such as clothing, toothbrush etc.) you can only bring as much stuff as fits into one of those airplane carryon bins. What do you bring?

4) If you could only write one pairing ever again, what would it be? Any fandom, crossovers acceptable.

5) At your funeral, you get to show up as a ghost and say one thing to the mourning masses. What is it?