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Oct. 22nd, 2002 03:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neverwhereHad a very fun time with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
storme this afternoon. I did a bit of shopping, and although I couldn't find a warm winter coat, I did find a pair of absolutely gorgeous dark purple velvet trousers that fit me perfectly, woohoooo! So was v.pleased about that. *G*
Also spent WAY too much money in Forbidden Planet, but I think it was worth the expense -- among other things I found a 1st edition hardcover of Charles de Lint's new novella Seven Wild Sisters, illustrated by Charles Vess, and it was signed by both of them! YEAH! Charles de Lint is one of my favourite authors, but damn does he have the most appalling signature of all time. I thought it was a meaningless scribble at first, it looks so much like Vess was just testing out the pen and making sure it worked before writing his own name, instead of the signature of a mature, creative adult. I think I'll scan and send it toscarletmacaw for some handwriting analysis, I'm sure it'd show some fascinating results. *grins*
The Buffy symposium was...interesting. I'm not sure how else to put it. Seven women, nearly all over the age of 40 discussing the socio-political ramifications of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Most odd. The truly strange thing was that Storme and I were among the youngest people in the audience -- at least half were over the age of 45, I'm sure of it. And they all knew the episode titles and could quote just as well as me...I didn't know whether to be impressed that adults could show such an interest in this marvellous program or horrified at their obvious lack of anything approaching a life. The whole thing reminded me of some of my lectures at university, and it rather frightened me to think that if I hadn't diverted from the path I had originally chosen for myself and become an actor, I could have been one of those scary women on the panel dissecting pop culture to find it's underlying mythological significance...I still want to someday write a book, or at least a well respected essay on the importance of myths and faerie tales in modern society, but I really don't want to end up like one of these obsessed Buffy fans. Pray for me that I don't. :)
I know I shouldn't, but I feel a bit sad that only three people replied to my last journal entry. Please tell me I'm not that boring. *laughs*
I guess I'm so used to being inundated with comments lately I feel slighted when they don't appear. I know that's utterly ridiculous, you haven't forgotten me! Bah, I'm just so silly sometimes. *grins sheepishly* (This is the problem with being both a Virgo and ENFP -- you need constant reassurance that you are appreciated and adored. Being me is such a curse. ;-)
Here's an excellent survey thingy fromsunfighter31.
1. What's the first thing you remember wanting to be when you grew up?
A palaeontologist. I read my first scientific study of dinosaurs when I was six, and I still love them very much. :)
2. Describe a dream you remember. The first one that comes to mind.
I usually try not to remember my dreams, because most of the ones I do remember aren't really dreams at all, but a recollection of something terrible that once happened in my life, that I try to forget but resurfaces in my dreams. I don't like dreaming.
3. What book are you reading?
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
4. What colour are your sheets? Curtains?
What a strange questions. My bedsheets are dark blue, and every room in my rented house has a different kind of absolutely hideous curtain. They're all vile and I hate them.
5. What song is in your head right now?
Various Disney classics
6. Waitaminnit... Where are you?
In my house in Boringtown, Surrey, UK. Staring bleary eyed at my computer wondering why I'm not asleep.
7. I am afraid of...:
Dying, heights, clown dolls (aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!)
8. Your day job/dream job:
Musical theatre actress/Folklorist
9. What movie have you seen the most times?
The Fellowship of the Ring, Monty Python's Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda, and especially Sneakers and Wargames. GOD have I seen those two films too many times to even contemplate. :)
10. One question for Jesus, or Buddha or Muhammad, etc:
Were the sandals a comfort or a lifestyle decision?
11. The guilty pleasure you'd really rather not admit to here:
Uhmmm...I can't think of anything.
12. Comfort food of choice:
Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Brownie ice cream
13. What's the last video you rented?
I don't rent videos, I buy dvds. I think the last one was The Simpsons series 2.
14. Who do people say you look like?
When I was little people always said I looked like Punky Brewster, but now sometimes I get told I look a bit like Edina from Absolutely Fabulous.
15. What's the bane of your existence?
Prejudice.
16. What's the last thing you found on the ground and picked up?
Uhmmm...probably something that needed to go in the laundry basket. ;-)
17. A writer worth reading:
Neil Gaiman, Jane Austen, GK Chesterton
18. Where would you like to grow old?
New Zealand. Or anywhere that is stunningly beautiful.
19. A word of wisdom:
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. -- Oscar Wilde
20. The question you get asked ALL THE TIME!!!:
'What are you going to do when you realize acting doesn't pay?'
21. When was your last hospital visit?
Christmas 2000, when I discovered the hard way I had anaemia
22. The last thing you said out loud:
(Star Trek: The Next Generation was on tv) ' Wow, Picard looks so sexy today!'
23. Current clothing:
Black long sleeved shirt (brrrr it's cold in here!), blue jeans, Hello Kitty socks
24. Your favourite season:
Spring
25. In my last lifetime I was probably...
A writer or folklorist. Or perhaps an Otter. *grins*
I know there was something witty I had thought of earlier to end this entry with, but as I can't remember it right now I'll just say goodnight. Goodnight! :)
storme this afternoon. I did a bit of shopping, and although I couldn't find a warm winter coat, I did find a pair of absolutely gorgeous dark purple velvet trousers that fit me perfectly, woohoooo! So was v.pleased about that. *G*Also spent WAY too much money in Forbidden Planet, but I think it was worth the expense -- among other things I found a 1st edition hardcover of Charles de Lint's new novella Seven Wild Sisters, illustrated by Charles Vess, and it was signed by both of them! YEAH! Charles de Lint is one of my favourite authors, but damn does he have the most appalling signature of all time. I thought it was a meaningless scribble at first, it looks so much like Vess was just testing out the pen and making sure it worked before writing his own name, instead of the signature of a mature, creative adult. I think I'll scan and send it to
scarletmacaw for some handwriting analysis, I'm sure it'd show some fascinating results. *grins*The Buffy symposium was...interesting. I'm not sure how else to put it. Seven women, nearly all over the age of 40 discussing the socio-political ramifications of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Most odd. The truly strange thing was that Storme and I were among the youngest people in the audience -- at least half were over the age of 45, I'm sure of it. And they all knew the episode titles and could quote just as well as me...I didn't know whether to be impressed that adults could show such an interest in this marvellous program or horrified at their obvious lack of anything approaching a life. The whole thing reminded me of some of my lectures at university, and it rather frightened me to think that if I hadn't diverted from the path I had originally chosen for myself and become an actor, I could have been one of those scary women on the panel dissecting pop culture to find it's underlying mythological significance...I still want to someday write a book, or at least a well respected essay on the importance of myths and faerie tales in modern society, but I really don't want to end up like one of these obsessed Buffy fans. Pray for me that I don't. :)
I know I shouldn't, but I feel a bit sad that only three people replied to my last journal entry. Please tell me I'm not that boring. *laughs*
I guess I'm so used to being inundated with comments lately I feel slighted when they don't appear. I know that's utterly ridiculous, you haven't forgotten me! Bah, I'm just so silly sometimes. *grins sheepishly* (This is the problem with being both a Virgo and ENFP -- you need constant reassurance that you are appreciated and adored. Being me is such a curse. ;-)
Here's an excellent survey thingy from
sunfighter31. 1. What's the first thing you remember wanting to be when you grew up?
A palaeontologist. I read my first scientific study of dinosaurs when I was six, and I still love them very much. :)
2. Describe a dream you remember. The first one that comes to mind.
I usually try not to remember my dreams, because most of the ones I do remember aren't really dreams at all, but a recollection of something terrible that once happened in my life, that I try to forget but resurfaces in my dreams. I don't like dreaming.
3. What book are you reading?
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
4. What colour are your sheets? Curtains?
What a strange questions. My bedsheets are dark blue, and every room in my rented house has a different kind of absolutely hideous curtain. They're all vile and I hate them.
5. What song is in your head right now?
Various Disney classics
6. Waitaminnit... Where are you?
In my house in Boringtown, Surrey, UK. Staring bleary eyed at my computer wondering why I'm not asleep.
7. I am afraid of...:
Dying, heights, clown dolls (aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!)
8. Your day job/dream job:
Musical theatre actress/Folklorist
9. What movie have you seen the most times?
The Fellowship of the Ring, Monty Python's Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda, and especially Sneakers and Wargames. GOD have I seen those two films too many times to even contemplate. :)
10. One question for Jesus, or Buddha or Muhammad, etc:
Were the sandals a comfort or a lifestyle decision?
11. The guilty pleasure you'd really rather not admit to here:
Uhmmm...I can't think of anything.
12. Comfort food of choice:
Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Brownie ice cream
13. What's the last video you rented?
I don't rent videos, I buy dvds. I think the last one was The Simpsons series 2.
14. Who do people say you look like?
When I was little people always said I looked like Punky Brewster, but now sometimes I get told I look a bit like Edina from Absolutely Fabulous.
15. What's the bane of your existence?
Prejudice.
16. What's the last thing you found on the ground and picked up?
Uhmmm...probably something that needed to go in the laundry basket. ;-)
17. A writer worth reading:
Neil Gaiman, Jane Austen, GK Chesterton
18. Where would you like to grow old?
New Zealand. Or anywhere that is stunningly beautiful.
19. A word of wisdom:
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. -- Oscar Wilde
20. The question you get asked ALL THE TIME!!!:
'What are you going to do when you realize acting doesn't pay?'
21. When was your last hospital visit?
Christmas 2000, when I discovered the hard way I had anaemia
22. The last thing you said out loud:
(Star Trek: The Next Generation was on tv) ' Wow, Picard looks so sexy today!'
23. Current clothing:
Black long sleeved shirt (brrrr it's cold in here!), blue jeans, Hello Kitty socks
24. Your favourite season:
Spring
25. In my last lifetime I was probably...
A writer or folklorist. Or perhaps an Otter. *grins*
I know there was something witty I had thought of earlier to end this entry with, but as I can't remember it right now I'll just say goodnight. Goodnight! :)
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Date: 2002-10-21 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-22 05:05 am (UTC)Cheers mate.
Nice to know I can always rely on you to cheer me up and make me feel special. *smirks*
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Date: 2002-10-22 05:18 am (UTC)*sigh*
Date: 2002-10-21 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-21 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-21 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-22 05:03 am (UTC)You actually commented on my journal! *stunned* :-P
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Date: 2002-10-23 03:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-21 08:33 pm (UTC)So...you were an otter in your last life? o_o Sooo cool... ::gapes:: I wish *I* had been an otter! I was probably...a duck...or something. Or an emu. ^~
^You have bad curtains? ^_^; Me, too! Dirty.. and old, old, old. ^^
Hello Kitty socks...
Date: 2002-10-21 08:57 pm (UTC)Re: Hello Kitty socks...
Date: 2002-10-22 04:56 am (UTC)*giggles*
Yayyyyy! I have three pairs, two blue and one purple which I wear constantly. They just make me feel cute! :D
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Date: 2002-10-21 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-21 09:52 pm (UTC)I always read but if I've nothing to add, I don't always comment, and I've been especially tired all week. You've still got it ;-0
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Date: 2002-10-22 05:02 am (UTC)*mock sigh*
I suppose I can forgive you for being a lazy sod...this time. ;-)
*squish* :-P
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Date: 2002-10-22 10:11 pm (UTC)Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 12:13 am (UTC)Reading your account of the symposium made me smile. I have to admit that I would have probably been so there if knew it was taking place. One of my acquantaines Farah Mendlesohn (was she a panelist?) has already contributed to a collection of academic essays on Buffy called Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Fact of the matter is if one is a fan of such things in one's twenties then it is jolly easy to remain a fan into one's twilight years (post 30). OK, maybe this isn't scarey until you realise what this could mean in 30 years when the obsessed FotR/Legolas/Orlando Bloom fans now in their teens hit their 40s.
*hugs*
Vivienne
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 01:12 am (UTC)Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 02:01 am (UTC)I was dead chuffed because this sort of subject area of charting the way in which myth resurfaces in popular culture is an on-going interest of mine and had 'spotted' Buffy's potential pretty much from first season. So was 'early adopter'.
Do you recall title of other book?
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 02:16 am (UTC)I find the whole academic study of pop culture a fascinating subject in itself, but I suspect it'd be a bit meta as an essay topic. Maybe one day.
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 09:49 am (UTC)Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 04:42 am (UTC)Actually, the editor of Fighting the Forces was there (Rhonda? Rhiannon? Something like that), and she was my favourite panelist. I liked what she had to say alot, and was both lack back and insightful.
I think all but one of the other panelists were contributers to that book, but I don't remember anyone named Farah. I could be wrong of course. *G*
The image of screaming Orli fangirls at 45 is going to give me nightmares. *lol*
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 05:50 am (UTC)I'll lay money on there being women of that age + already with his pictures on their walls. At least Viggo is in his mid 40s so more legitimate target as thinking woman's crumpet!
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 06:13 am (UTC)I think my dad might object to Viggo posters on the wall, though.
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Date: 2002-10-22 09:53 am (UTC)Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 06:44 am (UTC)Billy seems to be the one older women gravitate towards in my experience...about half of my friends from the Pippin's Playgroup area messageboard at the Council of Elrond (formerly Imladris.net) are over 40. But then, EVERYone loves ickle Billykins. *giggles*
And my mum does like to swoon - she has pictures of Colin Firth on her wall. Scary. *laughs*
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 06:11 am (UTC)I think my favourite panelist was the somewhat bewildered blue-haired grad student who didn't really know what she was doing up on there but wasn't going to sacrifice a comfy seat for anyone.
Re: Confession: that could have been me!
Date: 2002-10-22 06:39 am (UTC)Oh yes, I forgot about her! She was cool. And definately seemed a bit lost and bewildered. *grins*
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Date: 2002-10-22 02:04 pm (UTC)I'd quite like to write intriguing essays on the underlying mythological significance of pop culture. Wheee! My parents think I need a degree in psychology; I'm rather tempted. Get an MA in writing, a PhD in English, another PhD in psychology, by that point I'm forty and ready to start teaching...whee!
My bet is that in your last life you lived in Narnia, and were an otter, and were also the official Storyteller at Cair Paravel. So there. *gryn*
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Date: 2002-10-22 02:10 pm (UTC)Nevvie's wittiness has left her? Whatever shall become of the world now? We shall melt into oblivion :(
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Date: 2002-10-22 02:35 pm (UTC)hehehe...that made me giggle for some reason. I don't really know why, because I don't find the poor Captain sexy at all, but there you go.
[recalls earlier conversation she read in your journal] I do, however, occasionally allow myself to drool a bit after Viggo. on the rare occasions I can get over my...erm..."other fixation." *grin*
Comments...
Date: 2002-10-23 03:47 am (UTC)... and, at least you have somebody commenting in yourLJ! I think nobody even reads mine, but then I've been so boring lately. People with no lives shouldn't have any Livejournals! ;-)