Medium Dawn Felagund of the Fountain

This meme was adapted by juno_magic and a bunch of other fannish folks here. I am going to modify it a little further. I am assuming that having "done something" in Middle-earth means having written about it, so instead of simply putting what I've done in boldface, I am going to link to the story where I did it. In bold, I will put those things that I hope to still yet do.

( What I Have Done in Middle-earth )

Methinks we need one for The Silmarillion too. Anyone have any ideas? >:^)))

( The Character Meme ... Everyone Else Is Doing It, Why Shouldn't I? )

Also, from telperion1, if you want to ask me a question, no matter how silly or embarrassing or serious or incendiary, ask away! This is an Ask Dawn Felagund free-for-all! The only things I won't answer are obvious intrusions on my or someone else's privacy in a way that might be dangerous. So no, I won't hand over my credit card number or Bobby's SSN or anything like that. But I'm open-minded and shameless, so nearly anything else is fair game.

(telperion1, I'm still trying to think of a question for you!)

I have been a good girl and very productive. And so I am treating myself to a meme.

Gakked from pulsarkat, who always has all the good memes.

( ABC meme )

Firstly, I was tagged by rhapsody11. This one is interesting, I think. Here are the rules:

Below is a series of open-ended statements that you can answer in any way you wish. (Your favorite song at that time, the name of the head of state, the color of your favorite shirt, the name of your school, the name of your crush, a fear or worry you remember, a sport you played or whatever else strikes your fancy.)

You may stop at whatever age you wish, or continue on for hopes for the future if you like. If you've seen more years than are listed here, feel free to add on!

Then, tag four other people you're interested to see memories from.

So whom shall I tag? tarion_anarore/elf_muses, greenknight33, ssotknapsack, and linwe_ancalime. As usual, I'm trying not to double-tag or tag people who aren't online much. And if you want to try this meme, consider yourself tagged!

( Memory Meme )

thefridayfive is all about work!

( Work, Work, Work, Work, Work.... )

Aaaand, the fannish5 is a good one too!

What five nitpicky things do you wish writers in your fandom(s) would get right?

*sigh* Since I suspect that this could cause Drama and possibly open Thy Dreaded Can of Wyrms, please note that these are my personal opinions. Which means that you're welcome to disagree (nicely please!) without worrying about knocking the Earth off of Her axis.

( Beware! )

The usual array of weekly memes that I'm supposed to do on Friday yet always end up posted on Sunday. Oh well.

A list of random questions, yoinked from pulsarkat and my lovely sister-in-law linwe_ancalime.

( Some Rather Random Things about Dawn )

The fannish5 seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird. However, the always industrious vana_tuivana found a Fannish Four to serve in its stead:

( The Fannish Four )

This week's thefridayfive has to do with food. Again. *sigh* Alas, I am bored enough to do it.

( The Foodish Friday Five )

One of these memes is going around again. Oh, I love these. I really and truly got excited when I first saw it pop up on my flist, and no one needs to tell me how sad that is.

Seen lots of places but directly yoinked from tarion_anarore.

Name ten different ships from the same fandom. You don't have to like them, hate them, etc. They don't have to be canon either. Without looking ahead or changing them once you start the survey, answer the ten following questions.

1. Nerdanel/Feanor
2. Maedhros/Fingon
3. Maedhros/Finrod *nudges Tarion*
4. Finarfin/Earwen
5. Feanor/Erestor
6. Ecthelion/Glorfindel
7. Fingolfin/Anaire
8. Finwe/Miriel
9. Caranthir/Haleth
10. Finrod/Turgon
    

( I Love These Memes! 8^B )

thefridayfive this week is somewhat decent for the first time in a long while. "Decent" meaning questions that I can answer, that do not involve television or super powers, both of which I am scarce on these days.

1. What job do you have, and why do you like/hate it?
2. As a kid, what did you want to be when you "grew up?"
3. Is the job you have now anything like what you imagined as a kid?
4. Do you have a five-year career plan?
5. In order to get the job of your dreams, is there anything you wouldn't do? Why?

( My Answers )

Since I had to return my rental gear to the dive shop today, I photographed it all per the request of ladyelleth. The others are on their way within the next few days!

Taking the lead from sirielle, I have Photoshopped in comments indicating what you're looking at (since dive gear can look pretty mysterious to a non-diver) and explaining what's what for anyone who is interested. The only thing I couldn't photograph were the air tanks, which we returned yesterday. But that's one of the more boring items anyway.

Oh, and if you see strange numbers painted on the stuff...it's rental equipment! The wetsuits, BCD, gloves, hood, and regulator are all rental gear.

( Photo Meme--My Diving Equipment )

Because interactive memes are fun!

The first has been going around for a while. I first saw it at nienna_weeper but it has since been adopted by lots of others, and I was poked into doing it by sirielle:

Tell me something that you would like me to take a picture of and I will take the picture that you request and post it in my LiveJournal.

Obviously, some things are right out, but that should make sense to most people. And challenging requests are more than welcome!

The second meme was one that was done last summer, but it is great fun, and as we get ready to start NaNoWriMo and other such ambitious fiction projects, now seems as good a time as any to bring it back.

Ask any of my characters a question (or several!) I guarantee you that the character will answer you honestly.

Some Dawn-specific caveats:

• Fanfic and original characters are all fair game, even if the original story is locked. Midhavens characters are fair game too, even if they haven't appeared in an actual story yet.


• If you have a character from a particular story or verse in mind, please be specific. Otherwise, you're going to get plain ol' Felakverse, so if you want By the Light of Roses Feanor, for example, please let me know this. Otherwise, he's going to look at you oddly when you ask him what part of Erestor is most kissable.


• Post this in your LJ and I will ask your characters or muses some questions!

And have fun! :)

Well, imho, thefridayfive is crap again. As I told Bobby--sometime while ranting about this to him this afternoon--it is a sad day in a woman's life when she can spend five minutes complaining about thefridayfive. Meh.

I don't watch TV (five hours in a month is a lot for me), so it is rather useless to write about TV. Honestly, our digital cable box has been busted for a month and a half now, and neither of us have really noticed. We still get network channels, so we get Ravens games. And YouTube is (mostly) useless to me since my computer doesn't have sound.

Meh.

Luckily for me, pulsarkat came to my rescue by posting a few interesting memes to restore the Friday memeage. Because I do love the Friday memeage. Nothing says "weekend" like wasting a couple of hours on completely pointless questions.

This one was seen just about everywhere, but I was poked into doing it by pulsarkat....

( Loooong Random Meme )

Another one stolen from pulsarkat about LJ habits....

( LJ Habits! )

Today is just a beautiful day. Today is a day when a person is happy to be alive.

We had SCUBA training, of course, which has me insanely euphoric. (Swimming helps; endorphins = legal heroin!) We stopped for lunch at Qdoba--or "Adobos," as my f-i-l calls it--and I had a great blond moment. We were sitting and talking about how much of our SCUBA training has been mostly common sense, and I said, "That's why it has to be taught: because most people don't have common sense." Then I went in to get an iced tea refill for the ride home. When Bobby and I eat inhouse at a restaurant, we don't use lids on our drinks to minimize plastic waste. (Yes, I recycle the plastic rings around milk bottles too! *grin*) So I got a lid, proceeded to put it on my drink, and then stuck it under the tea brewer...doh! The cup won't fill with the lid on it. I told Bobby, "Apparently, those common sense lessons in dive training were meant for me!"

Tonight, we are going to see The Illusionist. We saw Little Miss Sunshine on Friday, and I will review it later when I review The Illusionist, but I will say now: See it if you get a chance. It is a fantastic movie, and I do not say that often. At one point, I was laughing and crying at the same time. It follows a dysfunctional family through a rollercoaster of disappointments that only bring them closer, and it is not cheesy. It is freaking hilarious and not in a stupid, slapstick way but in a way that feels like the family might be real, like they might be your own family. Go see it. I will give it a suitably long-winded and raving review later.

Oh, and the Ravens are beating the Fuckaneers Buccaneers 27-0 right now. McNair looks great, Ray Lewis has been awesome, and a rookie nose tackle named Ngata had an interception and run-back that was hilarious. Have you ever seen a defensive lineman run half a football field? The commentator said that he was "rumbling down the field," and that was exactly what it looked like. Bobby and I were both shouting, "Go ahead, Big Guy!" since we didn't then know his name.

I know that I swore to hate the NFL, and I still hate the NFL, but I can't forsake my Ravens. I just can't. So be prepared for some future rants about the NFL and the poor officiation. But I love my Ravens.

Okay, I am behind on memes and stuff, so here is the Friday memeage on...Sunday? Eek. Bad 'gund.

First of all, thefridayfive:

1. If you could pick your own theme song, what would it be?
2. Now be honest...if others had to pick a song that described you, what would they choose?
3. What song would be/was the first dance at your wedding?
4. What song gets stuck in your head most often?
5. What song would you want played at your funeral?

( My Answers )

Okay, now for the fannish5, which isn't one that particularly speaks to me this week. But I'll do it anyway because I'm a meme tool. (It's beyond memesheep, you see.)

What five items owned by characters in your fandom(s) would you most like to own?

( Dare I Answer, 'Silmarils?'  )

And finally, I don't even know why I'm embarassing myself with this meme, since I make most of my own icons, and they're pretty terrible. I've still got a lot to learn about Photoshop...and photography too, actually! But I saw this at juno_magic (and Juno is a fabulous icon-maker, so I put her meme to shame) and think it's kind of neat. And I'm hoping that someone else will adopt this meme because I often look at the icons used by my flist and wonder as to their origins and meanings.

Look at your LJ userpics list.

If you have fewer than 50 icons, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five icons, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five icons, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em.

List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly (1) why you have it, (2) why it's interesting to you and (3) what significance it has.

( Dawn's Terrible Icons Explained )