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Keeping house, memes
The bookshelves are currently beyond me I can't decide how to group the books - alphabetical? By genre? Do I do alphabetical by genre and let all hell break loose? My bookshelves are two layers deep of books, and I still have more to stuff in. Around a fifth of the books here I haven't read yet - mostly on the fantasy/sci-fi side which I promised to get into. Why is it I've finished practically all of my romance novels, and not sci-fi? *headdesks*
I have five piles of books on the floor: fantasy, mystery, references, classics/romances, and the I have not yet read it pile. Now where to place what in which!
The poem/song meme? Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title. I believe I just uncovered a broken up love story that turned philosophical in the end.
I don't wanna talk about the things we've gone through
Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place so near to her
Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
You know that it would be untrue
Easy lover
How I tried to catch you while you ran ahead of me
Left a good job in the city
Sometimes in the spring time
I remember when I found out about chemistry
It seems like every day’s the same
The line of traffic comes to a standstill
Just in case, I will leave my things packed
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
Once upon a time
Turn Around
I built another temple to a stranger
I could even save the love. (translation of the original lyrics: 愛情だって救えた)
Nobody on the road
You say life is a dream where we can't say what we mean
On this coldest of January nights.
Wishlist! I've actually gone through some of your wishlists, and was lucky enough to find a few of your requests to be workable.
STEP ONE
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
1. World Peace. (Maybe if we think about it hard enough, it'll come true!)
2. A Magritte posted any of the ff: Castle in the Pyrenees, Empire of Lights, Treason of Images, This is Not an Apple or The Red Model. For cheapskates, getting me a Granado Espada poster will do~♥ In the absence of either (because d-dammit, IAH doesn't distribute posters anymore T^T) manga or anime posters will be good too.
3. Do some book crossing or donate books to the local library in your area! Because I want you all to share your love for books!
4. Fanfics or fanart for fandoms like Saint Seiya (SAINT SEIYA SAINT SEIYA SAINT SEIYA MAKE ME DM/APHRO OR JUST THE SPECTERS, AND I WILL SELL MY SOUL FOR YOU), Ayatsuri Sakon, Tantei Gakuen Q, Labyrinth (!!), YuYu Hakusho, and yes, Oofuri. I had to include a sports series in the mix. If you're overwhelmed and you're not in them, a non-smutty Ogata or a smutty Snupin ficlet will make my day, any day.
5. Music. I've been listening to a lot of Imogen Heap and The Blue Nile lately. Think you can convert me to ska or death metal or whatnot?Maybe not the death metal part thankyouverymuch. I'd also like to hear what song reminds you the most of the 80's and 90's, as we're into that sort of music right now in the office. I blame the eighties retrospective to several fanfics referencing Sweet Child of Mine and You give love a bad name. :D
6. Links to crafty things, or something that interested you for the day. :D It could be a video, a flash game, or an article you thought you'd like to share~ (I'm such an easy person to please.)
7. That's it. Thanks for playing!
I have five piles of books on the floor: fantasy, mystery, references, classics/romances, and the I have not yet read it pile. Now where to place what in which!
The poem/song meme? Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title. I believe I just uncovered a broken up love story that turned philosophical in the end.
I don't wanna talk about the things we've gone through
Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place so near to her
Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
You know that it would be untrue
Easy lover
How I tried to catch you while you ran ahead of me
Left a good job in the city
Sometimes in the spring time
I remember when I found out about chemistry
It seems like every day’s the same
The line of traffic comes to a standstill
Just in case, I will leave my things packed
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
Once upon a time
Turn Around
I built another temple to a stranger
I could even save the love. (translation of the original lyrics: 愛情だって救えた)
Nobody on the road
You say life is a dream where we can't say what we mean
On this coldest of January nights.
Wishlist! I've actually gone through some of your wishlists, and was lucky enough to find a few of your requests to be workable.
STEP ONE
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
1. World Peace. (Maybe if we think about it hard enough, it'll come true!)
2. A Magritte posted any of the ff: Castle in the Pyrenees, Empire of Lights, Treason of Images, This is Not an Apple or The Red Model. For cheapskates, getting me a Granado Espada poster will do~♥ In the absence of either (because d-dammit, IAH doesn't distribute posters anymore T^T) manga or anime posters will be good too.
3. Do some book crossing or donate books to the local library in your area! Because I want you all to share your love for books!
4. Fanfics or fanart for fandoms like Saint Seiya (SAINT SEIYA SAINT SEIYA SAINT SEIYA MAKE ME DM/APHRO OR JUST THE SPECTERS, AND I WILL SELL MY SOUL FOR YOU), Ayatsuri Sakon, Tantei Gakuen Q, Labyrinth (!!), YuYu Hakusho, and yes, Oofuri. I had to include a sports series in the mix. If you're overwhelmed and you're not in them, a non-smutty Ogata or a smutty Snupin ficlet will make my day, any day.
5. Music. I've been listening to a lot of Imogen Heap and The Blue Nile lately. Think you can convert me to ska or death metal or whatnot?
6. Links to crafty things, or something that interested you for the day. :D It could be a video, a flash game, or an article you thought you'd like to share~ (I'm such an easy person to please.)
7. That's it. Thanks for playing!
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Sometimes, under "everything else" I group books by the same author, but I don't arrange them alphabetically. More often than not, they're arranged by cover-quality: hardbound, trade-book, paperback.
THEN they're packed in plastic crates and stacked in a corner of the house. We have no more shelf space, alas!
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But we're quickly running out of shelf space at the rate I buy books. It's a vicious cycle. :\