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astridv ([personal profile] astridv) wrote2007-05-04 04:16 pm
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GIP that got out of control ;)

1) look, new icon ^_^
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2) [livejournal.com profile] ani8 asked the 34 questions meme, which I filled out and then promptly forgot to post:

01. Can you cook? yes
02. What was your dream growing up? if memory serves me right, I wanted to be a spy or a private eye.
03. What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could write long, plot-heavy stories. Maybe one day I'll actually try to write one.
04. Favorite place? Vancouver B.C.
05. Favorite vegetable? Asparagus
06. What was the last book you read? 'Longitude' by Dava Sobel
07. What zodiac sign are you? Capricorn
08. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? just one piercing in my right ear which has closed (the piercing, not the ear)
09. Worst Habit? Too much goofing around online :P
10. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal? most likely not
11. What is your favorite sport? Rollerblading or Martial Arts, depending on the mood and the weather
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude? Optimistic
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? Talk
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you? Watch my mother die of cancer
15. Tell me one weird fact about you. I love eating dry rice flour with a little vanilla sugar
16. Do you have any pets? two cats
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena? what's that, some sort of dance?
18. What time is it where you are now? 10:24 am
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary? scary
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? I'd like to be one or two inches taller
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience? depends on the crime
22. What color eyes do you have? grey-blue
23. Ever been arrested? no
24. Bottle or Draft? neither
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it? Put them in the bank (yeah, boring)
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew? Wrigley's extra sugar-free
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at? Until they finally prohibit smoking in German bars, none.
28. Do you believe in ghosts? I don't know.
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time? hang out with friends
30. Do you swear a lot? a little, not a lot
31. Biggest pet peeve? Hm. People who have no clue and no business telling me what to do or how to live my life.
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself? that's too hard
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you? done
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3) I got some more fic to rec, it's just gonna take a while to assemble and code properly. Plus I'm in the process of compiling all my previous Bones fic recs in one masterlist. That takes way longer than I thought; I'm sorting them by length, more or less. At the moment it's still looking chaotic.
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4) Any manga/doujinshi artists whom I can email with a technical question?
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5) Vid Rec: The Friends intro, only with the characters from BtVS :O) [edit: vid removed thanks to the philistines at Fox]
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5a) Why won't Firefox open YouTube links? I always have to resort to IE for those vids to work.
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[identity profile] masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That Scoobie vid was awesome!
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
And it matches so well. (I'm trying to imagine the same thing with scenes from AtS and my mind's drawing a blank...)
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[identity profile] masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, AtS doesn't have the kind of atmosphere that would easily lend itself to that song, unless you stick to season 1 and 2.
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[identity profile] lakrids404.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you tried to combine Rollerblading and Martial Arts, that would be extremely cool?
In my youth I learnt that being drunk and on rollerblades, is not perhaps the best combanation. I learnt that, when I saw a (drunk) comrade trying to jump over some beer bottles in a small hallway. The result was two dislactede kneecaps, ouch.
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you tried to combine Rollerblading and Martial Arts,

As a matter of fact, I have. *g* It wasn't planned or anything. One time I got a bit of gravel between the wheels and took a forward dive at full speed, next thing I know I'm kneeling, realizing I just did a shoulder roll or whatever it's called in English. Aikido = very handy for rollerblading every once in a while.

In my youth I learnt that being drunk and on rollerblades, is not perhaps the best combanation. I learnt that, when I saw a (drunk) comrade trying to jump over some beer bottles in a small hallway. The result was two dislactede kneecaps, ouch.

Eh.
Once I skated home after a party and, well, I wasn't really drunk but I had a pleasant little buzz. Skating with a little buzz feels a bit like flying. But yeah, alcohol and rollerblades don't mix too well.

[identity profile] mobile-alh.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Re 5a - Firefox has no problem with YouTube on my Mac...maybe you need an upgrade to a later version?
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
No, that's not it - I checked for updates, but I alread got the most recent one. *scratches head*

[identity profile] newscaper.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
From inside Firefox, go to Macromedia and download the latest Flash browser plugin.

When you got a new one installed for IE, it does not automatically plug itself into Firefox as well.
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Tried that, but it's still not working. That browser has been doing other strange stuff for months... whenever I open a megaupload window, the text appears in Japanese (the downloads work fine), plus I can't use the normal LJ login page but I have to access via one that starts with https://. Quite puzzling. Maybe I should clean install FF.
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[identity profile] makd.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Love the new icon.

I see we share a love of Vancouver. ::loves::

Will patiently await Bones recs. [sits by dell...]

:-)
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Vancouver is awesome, the most beautiful big city I know. I thought about going there after San Diego Con, but last time I barely made it to Seattle in the limited time I had. I want to visit the place again sometime, though. Victoria, too. I love where I live, but B.C. is one of the few places I could be tempted to move. Well, maybe it gets a tad too wet in the winter, I only ever saw it during the summer.

[identity profile] midnightsjane.livejournal.com 2007-05-06 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
I live in Vancouver! If you ever come this way, let me know...my sofa bed is always available for a friend.
I love my city.
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-07 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the offer; I hope I'll have the chance to get back to it. :) I've been to Vancouver several times already, but it never gets boring.

[identity profile] a2zmom.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Doodle is a major rollerblader! He's quite graceful.
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Rollerblades are cool. So much fun. Some of the kids here can do amazing stuff on blades... they look like they've been born with those things on. I stay away from the crazier stuff.

[identity profile] kwizbit.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
lol at your icon!

I've done this survey in a comment on some one else's journal, but I'll copy/paste it to mine next time I update :) Thanks for filling it out!
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[identity profile] astridv.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
I like memes that actually say something about the person, no matter how random (as opposed to those along the lines of 'what variety of garden plant/Angel character/soft drink are you?').