| Book meme |
[04 Oct 2007|09:52am] |
I just can't resist a good book meme. :) Yoinked from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) peachespig, of course.
These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of whenever whoever started this meme looked). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise what you started but didn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. The numbers after each one are the number of LT users who used the tag of that book (that is, last time that the algorithm was done).
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| Book meme |
[08 Aug 2006|12:26pm] |
Everyone else is doing it, so why not join in?...
Instructions:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.
"The largest moon of Jupiter (radius 2630 km), Ganymede ranks overall as the largest moon in the Solar System. (Titan of Saturn is second.) Its surface looks vaguely like our Moon's, with dark, maria-like regions. It also has huge fault lines along its surface, as Europa does. Ganymede has two basic types of terrain: cratered and grooved." - Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics, by Zeilik, Gregory, & Smith.
Now, wasn't that fun and educational? ;) I won't tag anyone, since it's already out there anyway, but feel free to pick it up if you like.
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| I'm back! |
[05 Aug 2006|09:47am] |
Obviously, I've been neglecting my LJ for a long time. But after meeting everyone at Lumos, I resolved to open it back up, post once in a while, and say hi to everyone! I'd meant to do this all week, but things like work and sleep kept getting in the way. Then, last night, I had a dream that rhrsoulmates and I were in a Project-Runway-like reality show together, and I knew it was a Sign. (I'm not sure what the next dream, that I was a spy on a space station, was trying to tell me, but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.)
Lumos was, as everyone has reported, fantastic. I started out just tagging along with peachespig, but everyone made me feel so welcome, and the energy was so infectious, that I was completely drawn in and morphed into a total HP fangirl. We spent much of the drive home discussing various Book 7 predictions and theories. The rest of the drive home was, unfortunately, spent in gripping the steering wheel white-knuckled while driving through pouring rain in the pitch-dark on winding mountain roads, though on the bright side, there wasn't much traffic and the deer apparently stayed home. We did have a glorious (if exhausting) hike in Bryce Canyon, though. And now we're home, and we've unpacked and done lots of laundry and managed to get through a week, and it's the weekend... and I'm scheming about knitting a pair of Gryffindor socks. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
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| Music meme! |
[30 Mar 2006|11:57am] |
It's a Thursday Afternoon Music Meme!
The rules: Guess the song and artist based on the first line(s) of a song. Googling lyrics is cheating. Listening to songs to try to figure out what that one is that is eating you is not. Anybody can guess!
- Try to see it my way - peachespig - We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
- What the fuck is this world
Running to you didn't - unguessed - Porch - Pearl Jam
- I lay my head on the railroad track - owlmoose - See The Constellation - TMBG
- I remember how rough your hand felt on mine - peachespig - Walk Like A Man - Bruce Springsteen
- Back it up, back it up
You got it, you got it - peachespig - Crash - Gwen Stefani
- Tired epileptic charade
Get on the plane and fly away - peachespig - I Hate Alternative Rock - Bob Mould
- First thing I remember, I was lying in my bed- owlmoose - Late In the Evening - Paul Simon
- River, river, carry me on - owlmoose - Washing of the Water - Peter Gabriel
- I was standing by the ocean when I saw your face - peachespig - Touched by the Hand of God - New Order
- I take a breath
Hold the air until there's nothing left - peachespig - Recycled Air - The Postal Service
Theme Section
The songs in this section have something in common. Guess the songs, guess the theme.
Theme: political protest.
- There is enough, there is enough for everyone - peachespig - Warakurna - Midnight Oil
- Preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth - mean_dean - Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- I stood before the judge that day - peachespig - Rotting On Remand - Billy Bragg
- I got pulled over in West Texas - peachespig - Every State Line - Ani DiFranco
- When I look back upon my life - peachespig - It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
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| Four |
[08 Dec 2005|08:53pm] |
I haven't posted in a really long time. So what better way to return than with some meme-ish goodness?
FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
-research assistant
-highschool teacher
-tech support
-observatory tour guide
FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
-Pride & Prejudice (Colin Firth version)
-Lord of the Rings
-Harry Potter (all of them)
-Wallace & Gromit
FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE(D) TO WATCH:
-Kim Possible
-Buffy
-ST:TNG
-Firefly
FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
-Australia
-Orkney
-American Samoa
-Yugoslavia
FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
-bloglines.com
-http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/
-NYT.com
-my.yahoo.com
FOUR OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
-Dali
-Pho Pasteur
-Kelly's Diner (Somerville, MA)
-Andre's Confiserie Suisse (Kansas City)
FOUR OF YOUR FAVOURITE FOODS:
-Cadbury Fruit & Nut bars
-Pad thai
-Vegetarian lasagna
-Cheesecake (plain)
FOUR PLACES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
-Scotland
-Paris
-on a warm South Pacific beach
-Hogwarts
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| Oops |
[23 Oct 2005|10:18am] |
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I forgot to post new lines yesterday, being preoccupied with my new yarn and the baseball game and so on, but here they are. I know someone out there knows these songs! :)
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| Tag! |
[22 Oct 2005|12:45am] |
Tagged by peachespig:
Name ten small things for which you're grateful for today.
- My nephew who turns 2 today!
- Warm blankets
- The excellent local public library
- Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownies
- KPPPM
- Having a great job
- Having the whole weekend to relax from my great job
- My nifty computer
- Cool fall weather
- Claymation bunnies!
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| Thursday Night Music Meme |
[20 Oct 2005|10:00pm] |
The rules: Guess the song and artist based on the first line(s) of a song. Googling lyrics is cheating. Listening to songs to try to figure out what that one is that is eating you is not. Anybody can guess!
Random Section
Guess the songs based on the first lines.
- I turn sideways to the sun - peachespig - World - New Order
- I learn my name
I write with a number two pencil
I work up to my potential
I earn my name
I come when called - Unsolved: Canary, Liz Phair
- Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (oh my)
I'm in no hurry, I can take my time (oh my)
I’m going red and my tongue’s getting tied
I’m off my head and my mouth’s getting dry
I'm high, but I try, try, try, oh my... - Unsolved: Let's Spend The Night Together, Rolling Stones
- The night came down, jungle sounds were in my ears
City screams are all I've heard in twenty years
The razor’s edge of night, it cuts into my sleep
I sit upon the edge now, should I make that leap? - Unsolved: Omegaman, The Police
- Learn to love me - grue23 - Shoplifters Of The World Unite! - The Smiths
- All the people are so happy now - peachespig - Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes grue23 - TMBG
- Baby, see how I been livin'
Velvet curtains on the windows too
Keep the bright and unforgiving
Light from shining through
Baby I remember all the things we did
When we slept together - Unsolved: Fruits Of My Labor, Lucinda Williams
- I'm crazy flowing over with ideas - grue23 - Love To Hate You - Erasure
- Think I'm goin' for a walk now - peachespig - Untouchable Face - Ani DiFranco
- I can't pull in all the stops
But it rained on all of this
With the sirens in my sleep
And her sorrow at my kiss
I can't turn away
Hold a hand to when you pray - Unsolved: In My Head, Psychedelic Furs
Theme Section
The songs in this section have something in common. Guess the songs, guess the theme.
Theme: seasons! - peachespig
- Mercury falling, I rise from my bed - peachespig - The Hounds Of Winter - Sting
- Someone to hold me tight, that would be very nice
Someone to love me right, that would be very nice
Someone to understand each little dream in me
Someone to take my hand and be a team with me
So nice, life would be so nice
If one day I find - Unsolved: Summer Samba, Bebel Gilberto
- Now that it's time, now that the hour hand has landed at the end - peachespig - The Fairest Of The Seasons - Nico
- Maybe we'll make Texas by the morning - peachespig - Southland In The Springtime - Indigo Girls
- Squeaky swings and tall grass - luvmoose - Summer Skin - Death Cab for Cutie
- Shaded crystal water, bathed in by god’s daughter - peachespig - A New Season - The Church
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| Music meme coming soon... |
[20 Oct 2005|09:26pm] |
...consider this your fifteen-minute warning!
I'll have to get peachespig to take the brownies out of the oven while I'm busy posting it...
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| More lyrics |
[15 Oct 2005|02:17pm] |
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posted here, as usual. Two songs! Four lines each!
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[14 Oct 2005|07:51pm] |
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Second lines posted here. Only two songs left!
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| Song meme! |
[13 Oct 2005|09:00pm] |
The rules: Guess the song and artist based on the first line(s) of a song. Googling lyrics is cheating. Listening to songs to try to figure out what that one is that is eating you is not. Anybody can guess!
Random Section
Guess the songs based on the first lines.
- Don’t let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Look at that sky, life’s begun
Nights are warm and the days are young - grue23 - Golden Years, David Bowie
- Pass away the hours, hear the footsteps of the past - peachespig - Up In The Air, Hüsker Dü
- A long time ago came a man on a track - owlmoose - Telegraph Road, Dire Straits
- Rifle in hand and two in the bush
Three count delay, I may need a little push
Take out the garbage on Tuesday nights
Seems like the small things are the only things I'll fight - Gunshy, Liz Phair
- I've had relations - peachespig - Sexuality, Billy Bragg
- From the brightest star - peachespig - Crumbs From Your Table, U2
- Doesn't mean much - peachespig - Sweet Surrender, Sarah McLachlan
- There is no political solution - owlmoose - Spirits In The Material World, The Police
- I'm like a beggar with no luck - luvmoose - Excuse Me Mr., No Doubt
- This is the power since time began - luvmoose - Shine Like It Does, INXS
- (extra credit!) Rien de dormir cette nuit - owlmoose - Hungry For You, The Police
Theme Section
The songs in this section have something in common. Guess the songs, guess the theme.
Theme: royalty! - peachespig
- I'm a kind of lover who won't run for cover - peachespig - Queen of Quiet, Erin McKeown
- Baby baby when I look at you - peachespig - I Feel For You, owlmoose - Prince
- A thumbnail sketch - owlmoose - King Of Birds, REM
- Walking through the high dry grass - peachespig - King of the Mountain, Midnight Oil
- Black flash over my own love - grue23 - Elvis Presley and America, U2
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| Memeriffic |
[13 Oct 2005|08:31pm] |
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A new lyrics game, coming soon... for now, I'll post the answers to last week's.
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| More lines |
[07 Oct 2005|09:43pm] |
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I posted extra lyrics already since I'm going to be away from my computer for most of tomorrow... I hope they provide enlightenment for everyone.
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| Music game! |
[06 Oct 2005|07:13pm] |
The rules: Guess the song and artist based on the first line(s) of a song. Googling lyrics is cheating. Listening to songs to try to figure out what that one is that is eating you is not. Anybody can guess!
Random Section
Guess the songs based on the first lines.
- In a word or two
It's you I want to do
No, not your body, your mind, you fool - Sexy MF, Prince
- They do their best, they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
From old Hanoi to East Berlin
[song title] - involved again - Commandos, Ramones
- The time I would spend
With pictures I would not send
I watch you go from left to right
I follow you all night - Cautioners, Jimmy Eat World
- I have spent nights with matches and knives - peachespig: Blood and Fire, Indigo Girls
- I was good, I could talk
A mile a minute - owlmoose: Deadbeat Club, B-52s
- Everytime you come around
There's a bouquet for me
A corsage of promises
And I am pinned - Tyrant, The Bravery
- You may be broke now and you may be bored
Call you delinquent or leave you ignored - peachespig: Young Offender, Pet Shop Boys
- Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife - peachespig: Shaking The Tree, Peter Gabriel
- There's nothing to do so you just stay in bed, oh poor thing
Why live in the world when you can live in your head?
Mmm when you can go out late from Monday till Saturday turns into Sunday
And now you're back here at Monday so we can do it all over again. - Monday Morning, Pulp
- Cut my tongue out - grue23: When I Grow Up, Garbage
Theme Section
The songs in this section have something in common. Guess the songs, guess the theme.
The theme: hit songs from 1969, in honor of my parents whose anniversary was on Tuesday. :)
- Left a good job in the city - bethlet: Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Billy Ray was a preacher's son - grue23: Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
- I can turn a gray sky blue - bethlet: I Can't Get Next To You, The Temptations
- I met a gin-soaked bar-room queen in Memphis - bethlet: Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones
- Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner - peachespig: Get Back, Beatles
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| Watch this space |
[06 Oct 2005|06:55pm] |
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First lines, coming soon! (Give me half an hour or so to put the theme section together...)
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| Hello world |
[04 Oct 2005|11:25am] |
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I finally got myself an LJ account. I probably won't post much as I already have a blog, but I do like all the music memes and so on. Maybe I'll even post some song lyrics this week... if I'm not too busy watching the Red Sox.
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