I'm gonna be a mushroom cloud of casual.
What better way to say our farewells to summer than with frivolous memes? I mean, apart from eating the final truckload of seasonal fruits. Mangoes, I shall shed a tear for you.
From regendy:
1. List ten characters you've written in fic lately.
2. Open your iTunes and put it on shuffle.
3. For every character, type the song that's playing.
4. Try to find lyrics from the song that fit in some way...
5. Or are hilarious because they don't fit at all.
Skip songs that don't have lyrics or that you can't find a translation for.
1. Doran Martell (ASOIAF)
Stars -- "Romantic Comedy"
You think you're so bad but you're just badly raised
You twisted and turned all the love that we made
2. Benjen Stark (ASOIAF)
Lovemakers -- "Shake That Ass"
You can have my love
Take my body
You can have anything you want
If you shake that ass for me
[Ahaha, I am certain that this is exactly how Benjen gets propositioned, like, ALL DAY LONG]
3. Joanna Lannister (ASOIAF)
The Ting Tings -- "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
Shut up and let me go
This hurts I tell you so
For the last time you will kiss my lips
Now shut up and let me go
[Tears are a woman's weapon -- right, Jo?]
4. Sansa Stark (ASOIAF)
Rilo Kiley -- "I Never"
In the pages of scripts and
the songs that they sing
And all the beautiful things
That make you weep but
Don't have to make you weak
5. Arya Stark (ASOIAF)
Le Tigre -- "After Dark"
I got your name and number, you seem kinda surprised.
Maybe it's 'cause I can be, you know, like cold as ice.
In crowded situations I always want to go.
And if I see you leaving, I beat you to the door.
I'm gonna tell you something, you're better than fake-wild.
I see the future.
In it, they try to kill your style, your manner, and your motives.
I've seen the way it goes.
So memorize my number, that's why I got a phone.
Call me after dark.
6. Catelyn Stark (ASOIAF)
TV on the Radio -- "Staring at the Sun"
you're staring at the sun
you're standing in the sea
your mouth is open wide
you're trying hard to breathe
the water's at your neck
there's lightning in your teeth
your body's over me
7. Ted Mosby (HIMYM)
Aly & AJ -- "Chemicals React"
But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
Watch the chemicals react
[Ted/Disney! You just know Ted cries himself to sleep some nights listening to this song]
8. Rachel Seybolt (Life)
Mirah -- "Recommendation"
There's regret that you feel
About the choice you've made
You'll just have to deal
Before it goes away
You ask me how I feel
And here's what I'll say
I'm doing fine, just fine
9. Roy Anderson (The Office)
MGMT -- "Electric Feel (Justice Remix)"
She got the power in her hands
To shock you like you won't believe.
10. Lily Aldrin (HIMYM)
Bell X1 -- "How Your Heart is Wired"
Cos lately you seem less sure of this thing
You're like Bambi on ice
and there's something in the flash of your arms
A certain longing
From the internet-at-large:
Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). No context, no explanations.
1. It wasn't that she doubted Jon was serious -- naturally, he was that -- but for perhaps the first time ever, Lysa thought that he might've been indulging in a joke.
2. "Fine, Stacey," Kristy says through a mouth full of tuna, "this is me in full admission mode: I, Kristin Amanda Thomas, owe one Kevin Malone a hot date."
3. Sid wakes up to the same gray morning light he's ever known, pissing through the windows onto the walls and him, feeling like shit on account of everything he has and hasn't done.
4. "So," Barney says, ignoring Robin, "are you the 'friend' from Canada who got 'married' way too early?" he asks knowingly.
5. "Do you know why I asked you here, Guster?" Paris demands, stabbing his Chemistry text with her finger for emphasis.
6. Justin would've said that waking up to sudden screeching couldn't be good for anyone's fine lines.
7. She never thought she'd be the kind of girl staring dumbly out a train window thinking about a boy, but Jim's the kind of ass who could dredge up the worst of feelings and wring them tight.
8. Had Mrs Bennet been aware, however, that the object of her discontent was no less torn, she may have salvaged her nerves in better fashion; as her ignorance continued on its due course, she had no idea of Miss Crawford's true disposition.
From regendy:
1. List ten characters you've written in fic lately.
2. Open your iTunes and put it on shuffle.
3. For every character, type the song that's playing.
4. Try to find lyrics from the song that fit in some way...
5. Or are hilarious because they don't fit at all.
Skip songs that don't have lyrics or that you can't find a translation for.
1. Doran Martell (ASOIAF)
Stars -- "Romantic Comedy"
You think you're so bad but you're just badly raised
You twisted and turned all the love that we made
2. Benjen Stark (ASOIAF)
Lovemakers -- "Shake That Ass"
You can have my love
Take my body
You can have anything you want
If you shake that ass for me
[Ahaha, I am certain that this is exactly how Benjen gets propositioned, like, ALL DAY LONG]
3. Joanna Lannister (ASOIAF)
The Ting Tings -- "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
Shut up and let me go
This hurts I tell you so
For the last time you will kiss my lips
Now shut up and let me go
[Tears are a woman's weapon -- right, Jo?]
4. Sansa Stark (ASOIAF)
Rilo Kiley -- "I Never"
In the pages of scripts and
the songs that they sing
And all the beautiful things
That make you weep but
Don't have to make you weak
5. Arya Stark (ASOIAF)
Le Tigre -- "After Dark"
I got your name and number, you seem kinda surprised.
Maybe it's 'cause I can be, you know, like cold as ice.
In crowded situations I always want to go.
And if I see you leaving, I beat you to the door.
I'm gonna tell you something, you're better than fake-wild.
I see the future.
In it, they try to kill your style, your manner, and your motives.
I've seen the way it goes.
So memorize my number, that's why I got a phone.
Call me after dark.
6. Catelyn Stark (ASOIAF)
TV on the Radio -- "Staring at the Sun"
you're staring at the sun
you're standing in the sea
your mouth is open wide
you're trying hard to breathe
the water's at your neck
there's lightning in your teeth
your body's over me
7. Ted Mosby (HIMYM)
Aly & AJ -- "Chemicals React"
But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
Watch the chemicals react
[Ted/Disney! You just know Ted cries himself to sleep some nights listening to this song]
8. Rachel Seybolt (Life)
Mirah -- "Recommendation"
There's regret that you feel
About the choice you've made
You'll just have to deal
Before it goes away
You ask me how I feel
And here's what I'll say
I'm doing fine, just fine
9. Roy Anderson (The Office)
MGMT -- "Electric Feel (Justice Remix)"
She got the power in her hands
To shock you like you won't believe.
10. Lily Aldrin (HIMYM)
Bell X1 -- "How Your Heart is Wired"
Cos lately you seem less sure of this thing
You're like Bambi on ice
and there's something in the flash of your arms
A certain longing
From the internet-at-large:
Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). No context, no explanations.
1. It wasn't that she doubted Jon was serious -- naturally, he was that -- but for perhaps the first time ever, Lysa thought that he might've been indulging in a joke.
2. "Fine, Stacey," Kristy says through a mouth full of tuna, "this is me in full admission mode: I, Kristin Amanda Thomas, owe one Kevin Malone a hot date."
3. Sid wakes up to the same gray morning light he's ever known, pissing through the windows onto the walls and him, feeling like shit on account of everything he has and hasn't done.
4. "So," Barney says, ignoring Robin, "are you the 'friend' from Canada who got 'married' way too early?" he asks knowingly.
5. "Do you know why I asked you here, Guster?" Paris demands, stabbing his Chemistry text with her finger for emphasis.
6. Justin would've said that waking up to sudden screeching couldn't be good for anyone's fine lines.
7. She never thought she'd be the kind of girl staring dumbly out a train window thinking about a boy, but Jim's the kind of ass who could dredge up the worst of feelings and wring them tight.
8. Had Mrs Bennet been aware, however, that the object of her discontent was no less torn, she may have salvaged her nerves in better fashion; as her ignorance continued on its due course, she had no idea of Miss Crawford's true disposition.