It's an odd thing, a friendslist...

[misscam]

East of the Sun, West of the Moon update here (ff.net) and here (CSI Forensics). It's darling Warrick's chapter this time around.

Italy votes on fertility laws - this one will be interesting to watch since the Vatican has actively asked people to boycott the referendum. How much the power has the Vatican still got? This poll may be a guide.

I just realised to my horror that my brother signed my site's guestbook (I was updating it) four years ago and might actually still be aware of it and read my fanfic. Ooooh dear.

Speaking of 'ooooh dear' - Looking over my friendslist is sometimes amusing reading.

There's lotus79, who knows me all the way back to the Water Rats fandom and much horrid writing. There's the whole pile of people who know me via OFUM, who must be tired of all the CSI yak by now. (And often are PPCers, too.) There's the CSI contigent who know me from various messageboards and who mostly have no idea what OFUM is. There's the GAFFers, who are probably here for the mock. There's a few people here and there who have friended me for various other reasons, mostly to do with fellow Bush-hating or shared nationality. And iseeyoucam, my personal troll, of course.

And if you break in down futher, the LotR crowd has Legolas Lusters and Legolas Haters, the more quality-focused fanfic writers and the more it's-all-in-good-fun writers, the mainly book people and mainly movie people. There's RPF writers and RPF haters. The kinky and the kink-not. In the CSI crowd, I got representatives from a whole fleet of ships - Grissom/Sara, Catherine/Warrick, Catherine/Grissom, Nick/Sara, Sara/Greg, Nick/Greg... Am I missing any? (Speaketh now or forever holdeth your breath.) And the GAFF crowd has its own little cliques, as I have discovered more of now that I have Country Club access (*wraggles eyebrows*), though I'm sure they would unite in the case of a horrid badfic. There's even Bush supporters here. You may all now gasp.

In short - if a fight ever did break out here it'd be like WW3, except with more food and fish. And possibly some spanking.

So what Cam wants to know - why did you friend me, what would be your weapon of choice in case of an all-out war and how would you bribe me to join your side?

Comments

[forceofhobbit.livejournal.com]

I friended you because you friended me, I think, back in my PPC days. *whines* It was a long time ago!

My weapon of choice in an all-out war? The Force. Unless coerced into choosing a different weapon, and then—a flamethrower.

As for how to bribe you—hot men and chocolate. Possibly both. Or, you know, if the Force was allowed, the Jedi mind trick. ^^;

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Now that would cheating. And thus, an excellent weapon ;)

Ah, them PPC days... It's been around a very, very long time now and people still join it. Quite amazing.

*eats chocolate and ogles hot men*

[elvea-aure.livejournal.com]

Well, uhm... lessee... I friended you because you invented OFUM (which 0wnz), and because your journal makes for an interesting read. That, and you mock Bush, which is always a plus.

In case a war broke out, my weapons would probably be the Force of Canon, and the Laws of Physics. Like gravity. I'd bribe you to join my side with Oily!DaisyWenham because Oily!Faramir is supposed to end up with Éowyn, but I'd give you a wig with it for pretending's sake.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Sneeeerk. Gravity would sure kill any of the Sues falling constantly into ME.

On a good day, I will mock anything. But Bush is forever and always my soulnemesis.

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

OFUM amused me and is the reason I found your LJ, but it was really the eloquently written commentaries on the news, politics, etc along with fun and friendly entries about whatever that got me to stick around. Your open and friendly atmosphere here was why I ultimately friended.

Weapon of Choice: The Blue Screen of Death coupled with endless attacks of Malicious Spyware. Sure to frustrate any opponent to tears.

Bribe: I'll try *extra* hard to get that New Vinland flag done ASAP...

...okay, so I'm not the world's best ally. :P

(Btw, did you see this about the Freedom Fries lawmaker?)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aaaaw.

Yeah, I just saw that one. Was pondering an entry on it, actually. I haven't really talked much about the Iraq war of late, mostly because it depresses the hell out of me. But that one is very, very interesting.

Mr Jones, who represents North Carolina, has written condolences letters to the families of more than 1,300 servicemen killed in Iraq, and photographs of those killed in action are posted outside his congressional office.

Very interesting...

[hadria.livejournal.com]

OMG POPE PALPY STFU.

I friended you because of CSI and Grissom/Sara and because you hate Bush and because you seemed like a generally snarky, fun, and interesting person.

My weapon of choice would be the little hearts of TWUWUB. Like this. <3333 . I would convert you to my side by throwing myself into a threesome with George and Laura and filming it thus leading to his impeachment. Yes, I know. I pity myself too. But sacrifices must be made and I'm willing to sacrifice my vagina.

<3333333 .
(resistance is futile bitches)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Your vagina would be held in high esteem as a martyr for the cause. Maybe I could even throw in a sainthood in the church of New Asatru.

(That icon never ceases to amuse me, either.)

You'd probably get people flinging Orgies and SmutMayhem back at you, heh.

[norwegianne.livejournal.com]

I think it was mostly 'cause "Hee, other Norwegian writing fanfic" and then there was the snark... and the evil smily icon just plain won me over.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Evil Grinning Smiley seduces all.

[kittycatness.livejournal.com]

First reason for friending you was OFUM. Which still owns my arse. Then I found out that you were MUCH more than JUST OFUM and I enjoyed the politics aspect and interesting news articles.

Weapon of choice: Maddening smile paired with a katana, wakizashi, and tanto (three types of Japanese swords).

Bribe: Food. David Wenham pictures.

... Not much, sorry.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Now, now. Never call David "not much".

It just amuses me that large parts of my flist actually friended me because of OFUM while another large part hasn't a clue what it is. But then, I am easily amused.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

How did I friend you? Well, I had read OFUM and discovered your personal homepage with your Livejournal link where I was lurking for quite some time. When it became clear to me that you are much more than just a user with a bizzarre, Pythonesque, yet endearing sense of humour and that you actually do not bite, I finally dared to speak up and comment on a post.

Weapon of choice: An elven blade? A cool Samurai sword à la The Matrix or Kill Bill? Lightsaber? Baker Rifle? They are all very tempting, but you shouldn't let me even near any shiny, pointy or explosive object. I'll go with the OED -- enough volumes to smite people with.

My bribe: You already have David Wenham and oily!Faramir. So what about Colin Firth in a wet shirt (that may be ripped off, of course, if you should feel so inclined)?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I sense a certain theme in my bribes so far, I do. My, my, how shallow I am. ;)

*bites affectionately*

Gotta love the OED - weapon and handy reference when insulting your foes.

[mystefaction.livejournal.com]

I friended you originally because of OFUM. I keep you friended now mostly for other reasons: the snark, the interesting linkage, the thought-provoking musings, the CSI love, the Bush-whacking... and also because you like Australia.

My weapon? None. I prefer a good defence, and mine would probably be the fact that I'd be squirreled away in a corner paying absolutely no attention, and would not even notice that hostilities had broken out until it was all over (or nearly). If I *did* notice, I'd find a safe vantage-point and watch in appalled fascination as everyone tore everyone else to shreds.

To get you on my side in the latter scenario, I would offer you room in my hideout if you strayed in my direction looking harrassed.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Will there be tea and biscuits served?

[perhatikan.livejournal.com]

I read OFUM, found your website and livejournal, lurked for a while and friended you because your lj is an interesting read. I love the anti-Bush snark and you're turning me into a Warrick lover.

Weapon of choice would be a very ripe durian (spikes and the smell of death), or my middle dutch dictionary (smack people with hardly used knowledge).

I'd bribe you with life-sized chocolate statues of David Wenham and Gary Dourdan.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

With my oh so blatant Warrick-lusting or what?

All these chocolate bribes are making me crave.

[reenjalas.livejournal.com]

Hum... I added you because you seemed like an interesting person. And I agreed with you on many things, political and otherwise.

A fight? Well, then I think my weapon of choise would be... Mämmi, the icky stuff that looks like mud that we eat on Easter! I would go around offering it to everyone and they'd run away in disgust when they saw it. A master plan!

I would bribe you with... Er, as I wish to be different from the others, I'd attempt to bribe you with an Oily!Tied!Up!And!Nekkid!Rumsfield and Bush just
to be odd, although I suspect you would not accept them.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I think that would safely ensure that I joined the other side, oh yes.

Or write a fic with you getting done by Oily!Tied!Up!And!Nekkid!Rumsfield and Bush.

[kittkatbar77.livejournal.com]

Now that i think of it, i can't really recall the actaul reason we met. maybe it was something to do with screencaps...yes i think that was it. and i think they were from 'Night at the Movies' if i recall corerectly. then we were simply drawn together by our commonalities, such as loving warrick, yobling, and hating Bush :p

my weapon of choice...hm...i thinkwarrick would be my weapon. all the women would take one look at him and forever be slaves to his will. and the men, the men wouldtake one look at him, and be frightened for their lives, therefore joining my side.

As for what i would lure you with, there is no question here. i would def lure you with nekkid warricks! millions upon millions of them :p

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you wanted screencaps from that ep and I supplied. Which just goes to show being friendly does gain you friends ;)

Sneeerk. Endless nekkid Warricks, paving the way to the dark side...

[armeniel.livejournal.com]

Hee, I hardly ever comment anymore, I'm so terrible ^^ But I do read! I friended you because... Well, first of all because of OFUM and the PPC. But I left the PPC a while ago and sort of left the LOTR fandom although I still beta-read fic, so I kept your journal friended because I genuinely think you're an interesting person, and I enjoy your rants on fandom/Bush/etc. (especially the ones on Bush), because you can often put into words what I'm thinking more articulately than I can (as shown by that last run-on sentence :P).

My weapon of choice would be... an icicle! Because it just melts away :D Or an ice-pick. Maybe an ice-pick would be more fun. Or l33t-sp34k! Because my enemies would run away in fear as I pretended I was some illiterate 12-year-old on AOL.

I would convince you to join my side by smiling endearingly :P Actually, my endearing smile would probably make you run away. In which case I would stand on the enemy side and smile endearingly so that you ran over to my side, and then you could never leave, bwahaha!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Hello stranger :)

Icicle, heh. Now you're giving me CSI flashbacks, though that was a bullet of frozen meat.

And that's some impressive attempt at reversed logic.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aaw, icon!

You only know Catherine? Tsk. Let me introduce you to Warrick, shirtless and fine. And yeah, it is a good show most of the time.

(Though if you say Spork to a group of CSI fans, quite a few of them might be thinking of a CSI character, heh.)

Teehee. I'm sure the troll is flattered to hear it.

[nenya_kanadka]

I'm one of the OFUM/PPC crowd, and also a GAFFer. I know very little about CSI; though I've watched a couple of episodes, I couldn't swear to who anybody except Catherine is. I know, heresy! :D I've heard it's good, though.

I guess I would fall into the book-fan and Leggy-Hater ends of those two spectra, but that's not to say I hate the movies. I'm mad about some of the things they did wrong, but then again I spent nearly a year glued to TheOneRing.net salivating over the release of FOTR, so I can't quite say I hate it. :)

I would have to say my weapon of choice would be (failing a Starfleet-issue phaser) the good ol' standard titanium spork, since I refer to sporks in everday life, calling even perfectly serviceable spoons and forks "sporks" sometimes.

I would get you to join me by offering you a nice stretch of beach on the Pacific Island I'm going to have once I help somebody (not sure who yet--I'm promised to many would-be conquerors) take over the world. There would be hot men & women, of course, but also a full-length live-action feature film of the Silmarillion to watch.

Also, may I say that iseeyoucam, whether genuine or not, disturbs me greatly? *G*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You sneaky post-deleter you. Well, my reply is above *points*

Ah, Silmarillion movie...

[colorstoobright.livejournal.com]

I friended you cause a person who shall not be named tied me to a chair and forced me to friend you, otherwise face impending doom. I'm too young to die, hence...

Nah, there's the YoBling forum back at FF.net, and I had fun with the spammage at hadria's LJ.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

That icon is seriously pretty.

Post spammage of the sleeping is always fun, though I suspect she'll get me back some day. *looks around suspiciously*

(And before anyone gets all confused, FF is in this case Fan Forum and not ff.net the fanfiction site.)

[avendya.livejournal.com]

Why I friended you? You wrote OFUM and your posts on GAFF were most amusing. I'm afraid most of your journal entries pass me by entirely - having never seen CSI - but I still read your journal.

I'm a book-fan and I'm ambivalent about Legolas. My weapon of choice is... *cue dramatic music*... a lightsaber.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Svooosh-svoosh.

I want a blue one.

*pats GAFF* Without it, I think I may have gone insane in the badfic flood. Which sadly happens in CSI fandom too. Wah.

[me2you.livejournal.com]

If I admit that I did not friends you because of OFUM as I am not a LOTR fan, are you and your minions going to hurt me? Cos I can totally lie and say I did :P

Let see... I was reading posts over at YTDAW, saw the link to your lj in your messages, thought "ooh! read-y!" and took a sneaky peek. You were ranting about something or other, but everything you said made sense. and had correct spelling and grammar. and just the right ammount of snark. and you never once started a sentence with a lower-case 'A'. I was impressed. I friended. The End.

Weapon of choice? My family. They're terrifying, really.

I wouldn't bribe so much as threaten. Join my side, or I set them onto you. AND YOU WILL CRY.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh, no. My minions would never hurts anyone with such an amusing icon.

Aw, really? Neat. I always wonder how my LJ appears to outsiders, with my rather dizzying change of topics sometimes. I can post a rant on misspelling CSI character names in the morning and snark Norwegian politics in the evening. Must be slightly hard to pin down what I'm like sometimes.

Hah, I toss my trout at you and your family! :P

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Well, my roommat had already shamelessly addicted me to OFUM, and I wandered into your lj right before the US elections. The Bush ranting had me convinced fairly rapidly, and I friended you as soon as I got my own lj, right after the election.

My ultimate weapon is the Calculus Book of Persuasion. It's very persuasive...particularly at high velocity. If necessary, it can be accompanied by the Brick Bat of Subtlty, the Russian-English Dictionary of Pain, and the Lab Glasses of Doom.

As for bribery, I have lasangne, tea, and chocolate over here...along with Grissom. You've already got Warrick(s):-)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You know, 'tis funny, but I've never met anyone in real life who liked OFUM. Probably because I live in little Norway.

:) Will Grissom sweet-talk me as he do ants?

I haven't had lasagne in a while. Hungry now.

[aralanthiriel.livejournal.com]

I *think* I originally met you after requesting to archive some of your fics, including OFUM. When I got an LJ of my own, I just searched out everyone that I had correspondence with before. LotR-wise, I love you most for your Legolas & Gimli fics, especially Raven's Song. I was probably horrible and didn't leave many reviews, although I hope I did leave some e-mail feedback when I requested to archive them at least. Can't remember much of it now.

CSI... well, I've loved the show since its premiere, but never got into the fandom for some strange reason. It's nice to see you writing CSI-fic, though, and I will check them out as soon as I finish this tremendous 170+ chapters SW series someone just linked me to over the weekend. Ship-wise, my OTP is Grissom/Lady Heather. I just loved their interaction on screen. I am intrigued by Catherine/Warrick, though, since I never saw that possibility before. I want to ship Greg with someone, but haven't made up my mind yet.

Weapon of Choice: A fallout bunker with a plasma screen TV showing the proceedings of the war & some popcorn. Maybe some DVDs. I've always preferred a more defensive style. ;)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You know, of all my LotR fics, I think I'm still most fond of Raven's Song. It's not perfect and there are some sections I would now do better, but it was my first slash story and it has some bits I'm still kinda fond of on love and mortality.

Right. Now I have a Lady Heather/Grissom shipper on my list too. Be warned though, I actually write Grissom/Sara. And I have seduced people into liking Catherine/Warrick before *looks innocent*

Gotta love Greg. More love for Greg. More Norwegian lines for Greg.

Heh. I'm so glad you're back. I'll bring my CSI DVDs to your bunker and all.

[peace-weasel.livejournal.com]

Actually, there's a group of people working on a Silm Film. You can get to our message board/HQ here: http://silmfilm.proboards25.com/index.cgi? You're welcome to join.

[peace-weasel.livejournal.com]

Actually, there is a group of people working on a Silm Film. You can get to our message board here: http://silmfilm.proboards25.com/index.cgi?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

I friended you for OFUM and because your journal was funny. My weapon of choice? Hmmm. Snark and a baseball bat. I'd bribe you with photoshopped pictures of elves in black leather.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Ah, a classic that one. *has fond memories of the EIB(L)*

[immoralilly.livejournal.com]

I believe I friended you because of our mutual dislike of babydoll and that snarky fic I wrote *for* her. Hehe. I haven't regretted it. Babydoll should be pleased to know that she has some uses.

My weapon of choice? Bitchy humour and my knowledge of thousands of random, possibly useful facts.
I would win you over to my side by baiting a Camtrap with David Wenham naked.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I'm sure she'd be extatic, just as she would be knowing I wrote C/W smut in her honour. Bettering the world, little miss babydoll.

Camtrap. Hee.

[the-factionlair.livejournal.com]

I friended you in part due to OFUM, but you stay because of your attitude to Bush (and some of the links to news you put up are really interesting).

As for weapon of choice, knuckle dusters and maybe a sniper rifle if things were getting worse. As for bribery, as a member of the chocolate side, I offer chocolate (it's the way forward).

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Ah, so they are read? Goodoh.

Chocolate is the future, surely.

[ladyiapetus]

Another person who friended you because of OFUM, kept you on the friends list because your posts are so damn interesting (the updates about Norway's little princess are some of my faves...she is so darn cute!) and because we pretty much share the same opinion about Bush. And because CSI is one of the greatest things ever.

Let's see...my weapon of choice would be sarcasm and the Silence Glaive. And I'd bribe you with chocolate...and a gift-wrapped Bush to do with (read: torture) however you please.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

She sure is. And she shall be Queen of Norway and New Vinland.

*pets CSI*

Bush would have a long overdo meeting with my trout, me thinks.