Today shall be Nostalgia Day...

[misscam]

I've been continuing my spring cleaning spree and thus came across this box of old photos and other stuff from my childhood and teenage years. And boy did that bring memories back... Little me and little bro playing Nintendo games, Marius's giant Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle that he won, my early days of X-Files obsessions before I discovered Babylon 5, my football playing days, mountain treks with the parents, my tomboy days... You know, I had a happy childhood. Sure, everything wasn't always dandy and bad stuff did happen - but I was mostly happy. It was a good childhood. My teenager years were slightly more troubled, but that's mostly my own fault. And life is still good now, it's just I get more adult troubles now.

To add to my sense of nostaliga today, someone e-mailed me to ask if I would please start writing ratfic again. Water Rats was possibly the best fandom-experience I had. Granted, LotR has given me a bigger reading audience and more feedback, but WR gave me actual friends. And less wank (I see f_w are having a LotR wank of epic proportions).

How human it is to think everything was better before, eh? I got all nostalgic and started reminicing. I was actually rather cute when I was little. Bit of a brat, but I blame that on the bad influence of my younger brother. *nods sagely* Me and my brother were and are very close, actually, and we had lots of adventures together when we were small. I remember one time we snook into a 'haunted house' together - only what haunted it wasn't so much ghosts, but some drug addicts and they scared the bejeesus out of us. Good times, good times.

Oh, and this meme has been going around everywhere, so I might as join in.

I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less

Ask me anything you want.

Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this, allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.

Comments

[dawning-star.livejournal.com]

1) When did you start writing?

2) What is your favorite fandom?

3) What are the worst things to do when writing a story?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) If you mean fanfic-writing, that would be around 1996. I didn't have Internet access at the time, thank Odin. Those stories were in Norwegian and have only been seen by a few - and I intend to keep it that way.

2) Hmmm. Although Water Rats wasn't my alltime favourite obession, I will have to say it was my favourite fandom.

3) Well for me, it's to be in the middle of reading a new book. I'll get impatient during writing or worse yet, start to mimic the style. Not a good thing.

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

Might as well... procrastinating on final essays here. ^_^;

1. If you could live anywhere in the world except Norway, where would you go?

2. What is your favorite musical instrument? (either to play or to listen to)

3. If you got to become a superhero and pick your own name and powers, what would they be?

*shrug*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) Australia.

2) I suck at playing instruments, but I still enjoy very much plunking at a guitar.

3) Going with my Nordic heritage, I'd be Hav (means 'ocean' in Norwegian) and have power over the sea and all kinds of water.

[dragonlet.livejournal.com]

Question one: Who IS your lust object in Lord of the Rings? (heh, the burning question for all, I'm sure)

Question two: Who/what is the ultimate evil? (Okay, so my grasp of the painfully obvious is a bit dull. I blame school for rotting my mind!)

Question three: When are you going to add my OFU to your list of authorised OFU fics? I'm sure I sent you the link. (http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1644580 is the link if you didn't get it before.)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) In shame I must admit - Legolas. I know, I know. However, before the movies it was Faramir and he's still a good second.

2) Ah. Well, my personal idea of the ultimate evil is evil done by people who believe they do good.

3) Next time I update. I didn't get the url before, if you e-mailed it, hotmail might have eaten it.

[buttercup87.livejournal.com]

*cackles maniacally* Don't let Eowyn or Thranduil find out. Or the Evil!Fathers. Or any of the fangirls because they'd use it against you.

[sasja-sokolov.livejournal.com]

1. First thing you'd do if you were given supernatural powers for a day?

2. Most annoying fangirl grammar mistake?

3. Rush fan? :)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) Wash George W. Bush and visiting John Howard out to sea.

2) Your/you're. It drives me bonkers.

3) Wouldn't call myself fan, no. I mean, I don't change channel if they're on the radio, but I don't cough up money for a CD of theirs.

[sasja-sokolov.livejournal.com]

Thought it would be something like that... ;P

My choice also.

Eh, that's ok- I've spent enough money on them for both of us. *grin*

memes

[(Anonymous)]

1) If you had to give yourself a coolio hacker name (a la matrix) what would it be?

2) You win a breakfast cereal sweepstakes in which you get a lifetime supply of breakfast cereal! But...the question on everybody's mind is: Which cereal shall it be?!

3) What is the weirdest, wackiest, randomest thing you've ever done?

Heh. Finally, you are in my hands. Answer said questions, and know that you have contributed greatly to the world.

Re: memes

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) *thinks hard* Still going with the Nordic theme, I think Ull. She was the goddess of the hunt.

2) I haven't eaten cereal in over ten years, I think. But I'd choose the new (here, anyway) Lion cereal because the commercial amuses me, it looks blatantly unhealthy and I could give half to my brother.

3) While walking on the streets of Prague, going past a tattoo parlour and deciding then and there to get one. I had just turned 18. And thus I got my first tattoo.

Re: memes

[cenire.livejournal.com]

Ooh, what's your tattoo of?

Re: memes

[misscam.livejournal.com]

That first one is a lizard. I've since that gotten two more, one of a dragon and one of a tree.

Questions

[jocelyncs.livejournal.com]

1) What is your favorite city in the world?
2) Have you ever been to the US?
3) What do you REALLY think of George W. Bush? ;-)

Re: Questions

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) Prague. It's fabelous.

2) Yes. I have a family in the States that have sort of adopted me and my brother as a second family. I've been to stay with them twice.

3) I detest him with every fibre of my being, except for days when I'm so angry with him I'm more inclined to loathe him.

Re: Questions

[jocelyncs.livejournal.com]

1) Really? I'm going to London this summer and we'll have a chance to take a weekend trip to Prague. Any other good cities in Europe that you recommend?

3) (Sporfle) Right with you there! Imagine having to LIVE under that man (though I use the term loosely.)

Re: Questions

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Depends what you're out to see, really. Budapest is good for the much the same reasons Prague is - classical architechture and fairly cheap. I didn't much like Berlin when I was there, but it apparently has a really good club scene. Paris is fabelous if you like art and good food, and my personal favourite French town is little St. Malo in Bretagne (next to Normandie). If you want a Scandinavian city to visit, my recommandation is Copenhagen. And if you get the chance, do go to Edinburgh.

[git-the-goddess.livejournal.com]

http://node.nzgames.com/DisHonestDubya1.swf

1) What is your favourite myth or legend?
2) Penguins: yes or no?
3) When will the next chapter be finished?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link :)

1) Voluspå.

2) Yes.

3) Given it's a special OFUMlist only chapter and already quite long, it will tale me a while.I might post it in parts. Depends how much spare time I get as well - it could be done in two days, it could be two weeks.

[starfishofelves.livejournal.com]

1. If you could be any animal, what would you be?

2. Have you ever read a book that made you cry?

3. What's the lovliest thing you've ever seen?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) A lynx.

2) Yes, several in fact.

3) Sunset over Uluru. I can see why the Aboriginees think it sacred.

[buttercup87.livejournal.com]

1) What is the worst Sue you have ever read?

2) Are Flying Monkeys out to get me?

3) You are locked in a bathroom for 10 hours with George Bush. What do you do?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) Beth, from a now removed story which had 'U' instead of 'you' in the title. And from there it went only downhill, including her being turned into an Elf but having to abort her baby for this.

2) No. But they are watching.

2) Spend an hour retching and nine hours ducking him in my puke.

[erhothwen.livejournal.com]

1. Do you think Finarfin is bit neglected, hiding behind Fingolfin and Feanor?

2. What's your favorite slash pairing(s)?

3. If you could switch places with any book character for a day, who would it be and why?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

1) Depends what you mean. He wasn't as prolific as them and hhis greatest accomplishment seems to be to have ruled his people wisely anf fairly. Given all that Feanor and Fingolfin got up to, it's no wonder the third brother doesn't get as much attention.

2) Legolas/Gimli.

3) 'Skare av Gnist' in this book called 'Tanz'. It's about the spaceship Alexandria, which is a library space ship and travel from planet to planet giving knowledge and recieving knowledge. And Skare comes from an ice planet, which I can somewhat relate to.