Paper Moon

Fandom Tennis Match Meme:

Okay, here's how this is going to work. You comment with a fandom question. I answer it and then ask you a question that has some thematic relevance to the question you asked me.

redbrunja asked me: ( Cut for question and answer. )

Ask me questions!

Ganked from redbrunja:

Give me a fandom and I will tell you one unpopular opinion about it.

Yoinked from chiikaboom.

So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me, something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about, or something you've always been curious about but have never asked, or something completely silly that you'd like me to answer for kicks. No limits on the range of questions, either: ask me anything you want to know about, whether it's a fannish opinion or a question about a fic of mine or trivia about my real life or my thoughts on events in the offline world.

Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you!

Comment to this entry and I will pick a character you know. Then you answer the same questions I have posted.

hauntedreality gave me Conrad from Kyou Kara Maou.

( He's Conrad, he's Conrad, he's everyone's favorite guy... )

Yesterday!

1. Adorable elementary school kids being adorable all freakin' day long!

2. Kiryuu-sensei surprised me with a gift of homemade cookies and a lovely card.

3. I managed to sneak the packing peanuts from Debbie's Christmas care package into my Wednesday trash, and didn't get caught. VICTORY!!! (For those of you who don't know: It's actually illegal for me to throw out styrofoam peanuts, I'm supposed to hoard them until a special trash collection day that only comes around once a year, in March. Yeah, no.)

Today!

1. My epic one-woman re-enactment of the Christmas story in front of a class of second-years. Including epic stick-figure drawings on the chalk board. (You should've seen my lamb. It was a work of heartbreaking beauty. And I gave King Herod glowy red eyes and fangs, just because.) To top it all off: I did the same thing again for the special ed kids, and Captain ADD actually sat silent and rapt through the whole thing. Except for at the very end, when he stood up and said "Something's missing." Then he walked up to the chalkboard, took the orange chalk, and proceeded to give one of the three wisemen spiky orange hair. "Now he's a wise man."

2. Christmas party... at a sushi bar! Because that's just how we roll.

3. The Kimchi Man dropped by today! I bought some extremely epic kimchi. Now I hope it will last until meiousei gets here, because I *will* inflict it upon her.

4. Another LOLtastic tribute to Soul Eater chapter 56. LOL. Public domain.

Happy things from yesterday...

1. Swanky Christmas party!!
2. An excuse to actually wear the *one* cocktail dress I brought to Japan!!!
3. Avocado ice cream!!!!

Happy things from today...

1. Um... Food poisoning! Hooray!!!!

No, actually, I am really quite ill right now. My copy of Fate/Unlimited Codes finally arrived, so I guess that counts as a happy thing. Unfortunately, I'm in no state to attempt to play it right now. Just reading is making my head swim, and I don't want to make things worse by playing a video game.

Facebook sez... I was not the only party attendee who fell ill today. Uh-oh.

Edit, many hours later: I am feeling MUCH better now. Something else to be happy about!

Tagged by xhoshichan!

Rules - That for 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same~!

Things that made me happy today:

1. Being reminded, many times throughout the day, of how totally awesome my friends are. Seriously, you guys - thank you for all of the birthday warm fuzzies and gifts!!!

2. Cleaning out my refrigerator. Don't laugh. This makes me happy.

3. Discovering that there are hidden Fate/Zero characters in Unlimited Codes. Um, so, like... Amazon.co.jp, where exactly is my copy that I pre-ordered months ago?! Hey meiousei, we could totally battle each other when you come visit me next month, assuming that my copy actually arrives at some point.

I tag anybody who wants to do this, because it is awesome. ^___^

There is no new Tsubasa this week, so here, have a meme instead.

Tagged by lost_angelwings:

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B) Tag eight people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot are free to refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.

( My questions and answers. )

Okay, I... I altered a bunch of questions (don't kill me Ami!) because of the uncomfortableness factor. So, obviously, anybody who's tagged is also free to change, delete, and make up questions as they see fit. Speaking of which, I think it would be really neat to attempt to trace this meme all the way back to its origin, and see how the questions have changed along the way. But, meh, too lazy.

I tag earthy_dreamer, evil_authoress, hauntedreality, goldenflames, ladykleo, meiousei, miss_breeziness, and neocloud9.

À la imorca:

I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment here on my LJ. I don’t know what that gift will be yet, but you will receive it within 365 days of this post.

The only thing you have to do in return is "pay it forward" by making a similar agreement on your blog.

P.S. if you have already posted this meme in your blog than you have to choose the next 3 people who responded to your original post and send them a handmade gift too.

Here's the deal, though: One, I am the least crafty person on the planet. (I almost hate handicrafts.) Two, I'm actually located on a different continent than most of the people reading this journal. Three, although I love to cook and would be willing to go the homemade cookies route, alas - ALAS! - I have no oven, and no recipe for stovetop candy that would be able to survive international shipping without suffering from horrible, horrible melting.

So. Here's what I will offer instead: Homemade fanfiction. Comment with a character or pairing, desired rating, and a prompt of any level of detail that you desire. Challenge me! And I will gift the first three commenters with a fic of 1000 words or more.

If you're unsure what fandoms I could write for, this tags list basically lists all of them. I'm serious. No really.