Just a little meme...

[misscam]

Nicked from angeletoile

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your fic, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at
all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all.Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes office supplies."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal.

(And if you've newly friended me, why not introduce yourself?)

Comments

[buttercup87.livejournal.com]

Okay. I'm Buttercup and, aside from reading voraciously, I collect Strawberry Shortcake and other dolls.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

There's a doll called Strawberry Shortcake?

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

Hmm...

I'm Rachel, I live in Massachusetts, USA, and I work in fabrics and crafts.

Also, I have a tiny plastic neon ninja army. They guard my desk.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Fearsome.

[dt_maxwell.livejournal.com]

Well, this is certainly interesting...

Anyway, I'm DT, I'm writing The Stargate Official Fanfiction University... And I really, really like RPGs and video games. And Japanese manga. ^^;

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I've never managed to get into manga. Hmmm.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

I like dogs. Especially medium-large ones, but I'll even take small ones. Purebreeds, mutts, whatever. I just really, really love dogs.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

I like your icon, bwa!

I should make one that reads "future English teacher". Just have to get through my last prac...

[unlovely-bl0b.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Briana. I used to read your OFU for Lord of the Rings way back in the day. I'm not as much into fandom anymore, my fanfiction site has been pretty much long abandonded, and my LJ is mostly IRL stuff, but I remembered you and decided to friend you. Which is good because I discovered your OFUCSI. Yay.

Anyway, that's my humble introduction.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*waves* Ah, another OFUM reader turned to OFUCSI... I wonder how many there are of you, I do.

Anyway, pull up a chair and have some popcorn.

[roo2.livejournal.com]

I'm Roo. I'm a comic book junkie. I used to say I was a recovering comic book junkie - after about ten years I kicked the habit when I found myself choosing to get my weekly comic fix over buying groceries. I decided it was time to quit. I did really well for maybe twelve years or so. My honey sometimes took me to comic stores (he's into trading cards) but I stayed close to him and didn't wander and forced myself not to look at the comics. The shop owners probably thought I was a middle-aged woman who thought comics were for young geeks or something, that I was above them. But the truth of the matter is it was more like being a recovering alcoholic in a really big liquor store.

I recently fell off the wagon. scans_daily got me intrigued. I thought I'd start out slow, but a few titles on ebay at bargain prices. Next thing I know I'm up at 2:00AM sniping someone on a 100 issue set of Detective Comics and paying $175.00 (ouch!) for them. It's sad. I mean, I'm 37 years old (next month) and I'm spending way too much money on comics on Ebay. I've avoided the shops so far except for buying bags, boxes and backings, cause I don't want to wander and get interested in something new. Ebay helps me stay narrowly focused. But I feel the temptation and I'm sure that in a few months I'll be crawling into a local comics store, emerging shamefully into the light with a huge bag full of comic books and a much lighter wallet. It's inevitable. *sobs*.

I'm now at the point where I need to set up a database to track what I've been buying, plus integrate the new purchases with the seven boxes of comics in the attic.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Wow. You are dedicated in your madness ;)

I've never been very addicted to comics, apart from Nemi and Calvin and Hobbs. Those are gold. But on the other hand, I collect books like whoa, so I do know the feeling.

[caribbeanblue.livejournal.com]

*waves*

I'm Blue, and I do enjoy office supplies, funny enough.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Did you know the paperclip is a Norwegian invention?

[forceofhobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm Jenn. I'm seventeen, will be eighteen in November, and I'm stranded in Mormonville, USA (AKA Utah). I can be persuaded to make horrible puns, and I have a sister that is occasionally a pain in the arse. I'm a closet Neil Gaiman fan. I love his Sandman series, but American Gods and Stardust were brilliant as well.

. . . did I mention that I'm a Beatles fan? ^^;

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I've been to Utah. I feel your pain.

Neil Gaiman is indeed highly brilliant. I'm currebtly rereading American Gods.

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

I'm cactus wren and I found you through b2wm's journal and OFUM. I love to read. People ask me how I can read so many books & I explain that I read while blow drying my hair, I read while brushing my teeth, I read while eating, I read while watching my kids swim in the pool. I also have a purse that a paperback can easily fit into, and take a book with me everywhere. We have alot of traintracks in my town, and it seems like every time I have to head to the other side of town for something, I get caught by a train. I don't sit there and think, 'Dammit, stupid train, making me late' - I get out my book and read til it's passed.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I read pretty much anywhere myself - on the toilet, waiting for dinner to cook, while watching telly, on thw train, on the bus...

[acaciaonnastik.livejournal.com]

I've done this once, so I'll say here what I said there.

I have Asperger's Syndrome and learned my social skills from fandom and drama class. Recently I've joined Starfleet, where they love me even if I'm not all that impressed with any of the Star Treks, and taken up fencing, which has made me loathe Teyla Emmagan of Stargate: Atlantis for never having hand cramps, bruises, or sweat-matted hair after a stick fight. (For that matter, she should put her hair UP once in a while. Seeing is helpful.)

I have massive personality conflicts with my father and a perfectionistic streak that often leads to me being unable to even start something in case it turns out to suck. The latter I'm told is pretty common in Asperger's people. I do not like the sound of spoken French, but love Spanish, Latin, and am becoming fond of Russian. Not that I understand them.

Around the time I joined Starfleet I took up gaming. I don't know where it's been all my life, because it's wonderful.

I seem to lack the capacity to organize these thoughts even slightly.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

How can you not like the sound of spoken French? It always gives me an urge to have good food and a glass of wine.

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

I love office supplies. I once wrote a story about a man who worked at an office supply store and was a rock bassist by night. I believe he'll get more stories about him written some day.

Why is everyone giving their names first thing, though? They can't all be new, can they?

I also don't think I like licorice spice tea. It's probably the only type of tea I've ever encountered I can truly say I just don't like at all. It tastes like it's drug-infused or something, which is actually probably true, seeing as it's Stash tea.

I'm much more menacing than people seem to think. Also I have twenty-seven teeth.

And I like walking in the rain and just getting wet and laughing at everyone scuttling about under umbrellas.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

They're not new, they probably just know my memory for names = horrid.

Licorice spice tea? Must try.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Wow. Can you believe the nerve of this chick?

http://s3.invisionfree.com/Blue_Heelers/index.php?showtopic=723&hl=

I am so biting my tongue not to cut her down. And bloody FFN still hasn't taken her fics down.

...And I should be working on a lesson plan to introduce Shakespeare to my year tens next week. *stresses head off*

Something about myself? *tries to think of something you don't already know*

My little fingers are bent.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*stares*

Can we smack her yet? I reported her to ff.net again, I may have to try once more, cos... Grr. Git.

BTW, am back home now and on MSN. Yay.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

*Bows*

I'm Steve, and my metafandom is theatrical biomechatronics. And big words.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You must love your thesaurus, then.

[beautyid.livejournal.com]

I'm Alison. I started hanging out at the PPC more because I liked the people and the discussions than because I liked PPCing things. In fact, I've never PPCed anything in my life. I don't go on the board much now because it seems to be overrun by 13-year-olds and people who think constroversial discussions are omgbad.

I wrote a few fics back in the day. I haven't written or read any fan fiction in a long time, aside from some of my friends'.

I love history. I want to move to England. I hate dogs. I like cats. My favourite colour is red.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I haven't been to the Board in a while myself. I guess people move on...

What is the icon about, though?

[adoraheatherly.livejournal.com]

I watch television with the subtitles turned on.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

So do I... But mostly because in Norway, you often don't have a choice.

[bloodanna.livejournal.com]

Hi! My name's Ruby and I just friended you. :)
I am addicted to books and it is my dream to open my own bookstore. I am very opinionated.
If I was rich I'd only drank Snapple's Raspberry ice tea.
I adore nearly everything british.
I'm a vegetarian and animal activist.
I have crying streaks where I'll cry for hours over nothing and everything.
I refuse to cry in front of people, unless we're in a theater.
I believe in time travel and the supernatural which has earned me the nick name of Odd.
If they made waterproof books and computers I would just find a pool and float in it forever.
I hardly ever smile, even though I'm happy.
If I found a genie I would wish to know everything.
I love making icons.
I like secrets.
I am likely to quote things without any warning.
I love the good parts of the past.
I am fixing up a '72 VW Beetle.
I know nothing about cars.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Hello and welcome to my LJ! Have some ice tea.

So you are fixing up a Beetle and yet know nothing about cars? Sound troublesome.

[freckles-knows.livejournal.com]

Im Cait, or Ki, or a list of 38 other names various people have given me. You can give me one if you want.
I found your stories on FFnet all that time ago, and loved them, then I found you on LJ and frinded you.
Im a band nerd, and a drama geek. For band, its the clarinet, and for drama, Im the stage manager, which is fun, but I 'stress myself to inhuman levels' according to SOME people... Erm... My great grandfather was a horse thief...
I also have a green plastic turtle with a purple shell. He lives in my pocket. His name is Mr. Bubbles. He is my mascot. Seriously. I have my own personal mascot. its awesome. and, by the discovery of one of my friends, he can break dance.
Well thats about it

[misscam.livejournal.com]

If I ever come up with a suitable nickname, I'll let you know.

Dare on ask why the turtle is named Mr. Bubbles?

[srgt-s-venom.livejournal.com]

Some assorted facts... I usually like to lurk. Although I sometimes slip by posting, I like to think I've perfected the art.

I'm a German/English bilingual, an English/comparative literature studies student and have basic skills in 5 languages, hoping to bring that up to 8. I greatly enjoy Star Trek, all other sci-fi series. I used to watch LOTR religiously once a month, every month. I play fantasy RPGs and have been to two live roleplaying events. I use a 28 lbs bow in my archery classes. I have yet to find someone who teaches sword fighting. I dabble in fanfiction and art and I've recently started writing for the Kyou Kara Maou fandom. I adore anime in all shapes and sizes and believe that no anime collection can ever be complete ...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You slipped just now ;)

You've had archery classes? Sweeeet!

[monkeyfetus.livejournal.com]

Erm... Ello... My Name is Monkeyfetus, you may remember me from back in the days of My inner life, or namely, the MST board!
Except that my name really isn't monkeyfetus.
It's Megan. I live in Northern British Columbia (That's in Canada for the map-disinclined). I'm a mixed bag of Heritage, my grandfather being Norweigan. I'm one of the only people I know of who can stomach Ludafisk.
Notorious bad speller, artist, and Phantom of the Opera Obsessee (Canadian cast plzkthnx. Rebecca Caine and Colm Wilkinson Rock my Socks)
Other than that... ummm... Not much really. ^^

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Lutefisk, you mean :P

Yes, how can one forget MIL.... as hard as I try, I just can't seem to. Whimper.

[saxihighlandck.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Sarah, I'm eighteen years old and live in the state of Kansas.
I friended you because you were understanding of ranting of a bored insomniac.
I have read most of your stories and try to write.
I am obsessed with bjjones Sylum Clan series which I have added 5 people into the clan. (huge AU crossover thing, very good story, Slash though).
I did band for 9 years, 2 years clarinet, 1 year Oboe, 6 on either Alto or Bari Sax.
I am a stage manager/director who is going to college on a scholarship for said things.
My writing english sucks because USD 501 needs to got more money into the schools.
I hate Fred Phelps he needs to die.
My great grandfrather hid Quantrell's Raiders in his barn for a week after they destroyed Lawrence, Kansas. He was French and played middle man. Also ran slaves to John Brown then called that athorities on him.
Most of my family is in the southern united states. I am called a carpetbagger by the south even though I was born there.
I hate my father with a passion.
And I need a life

Sarah

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Most teenagers tend to clash with one father or another - and religious issues do make it worse. But you gotta find your own way in life, after all.

Fred Phelps needs to shut the f up at very least.

[bjam1402.livejournal.com]

I'm a Bethany, and I hail from the land of the United Kingdom, but I've been living in the States for almost three years. Ummm... I haven't read a fanfic in months. I adore motorcycles. I desperately want a kitty.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Why can't you have one?

[slickmeister.livejournal.com]

I'm Jess! We met through the 'LQ Fiasco' thing! I hate pinapple on or in anything and the weather channel is the best channel on earth. Recently, I've watched the entire series of Stargate SG1 in less than a month and gotten a job at the biggest chain of bookstores in Canada.

Interesting to note, I was one of your first fanartists for OFUM, and through a mutual friend, met the other first fanartist for OFUM (xpiig). She's my allisaur's roomate's girlfriend.


World is small.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I remember X-Piig - how is she these days? She made some great stuff - as did you :)

Ah, LQ, if only you knew how you'd brought people together...

[andy-longwood.livejournal.com]

Okay, well.

I have this strange affinity for totally insane, issue-having characters. If I wasn't (still) ridiculously in love with Frodo, Smeagol would be my favorite character from the Lord of the Rings. Today I was reading Fullmetal Alchemist in a bookstore, and came across a story about a dude who, in a fit of desperation, spliced his daughter and his dog together into one messed-up creature. I'm suddenly obsessed with this character, because it's got to have TONS of issues. But I love the pathetically sad, issue-having characters in stories. My favorite character ever in a story I've written fits the description pretty well.

On the other hand, crazy people scare the crap out of me in real life. Seriously, I get the worst case of the willies every time I run across someone who's mentally ill, or developmentally disabled. And I'm ashamed of it, and I do whatever I can to try not to show it, and treat them with as much compassion and friendliness as possible, but I can't stop my stomach from flipping over in terror when I meet one of them.

And, well, let's see, what else . . . I really hate pop stars who can't sing well. I know so many people with beautiful voices, so why are we filling the airwaves with these talentless people who sing through their noses? Urg.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Cos they look "hot"?

I guess I know why you like the Batman movie now.

[millikov.livejournal.com]

I am millikov. I hate milk and cheese, and also They Who Must Not Be Named. Well, we used to name and lambast them in those chats we had (by the fireside, sipping tea whilst throwing Republicans of the Batshit sort into said fire), but that was before They summoned their Media and Propangada Allsorts Division to gack and publish nude picures of a Singaporean girl off her blog without her consent and bashed her parents for bringing her up poorly. Hiss!

I also like Yummy Noldorin Elves, particularly those of the golden-haired, Balrog-slaying nature, Countertenors, Tenors, C.S.Is of the sort who get it on with Lady Heather when they shouldn't and authors with messy hair, leather jackets, and traces of a British accent who agree to sign the back of your book as Crowley despite having a thousand other people waiting in line for him. Or for his autograph, at least.

I like to believe that I am not fangirly, but I guess I'll have to settle for being one of the informed, non-rabid, non-stalkerish sort.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, Gaiman...

They Who Must Not Be Named, eh? I remember them and their name and the OFUM chapter I had them name-appear in, heh. I gather they're still as gitty as ever?

[the-factionlair.livejournal.com]

I enjoy both climbing and acting.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Rock climbing?