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queensthiefSo, we were talking and started interrogating each other and realized that none of us know each other very well at all. Our introductory posts are all generally comprised of "OMFG! Other people who like MWT! *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!*" because we're just so excited to find this group.
Anyway, I thought maybe a meme might be interesting. If you don't want to do it, then by all means, you don't have to. But hopefully, it'll be a fun way for us to all get to know each other better :)
Meme!
1. Your name, gender (for pronouns sake!)
2. General Geographic Location (as specific or non-specific as you like)
3. How were you introduced to the books?
4. Favorite character. Why?
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: recommend something to us that we might not normally know about
6. Your most used messenger name (and of course, which messenger it's on)
7. Favorite moment/line in the books
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book. (Maybe we could make this into a mix cd!)
9. Favorite color! XDD
10. What do you want to be when you get big?
11. What do you want for your birthday?
12. What's your favorite smell?
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it.
Anyway, I thought maybe a meme might be interesting. If you don't want to do it, then by all means, you don't have to. But hopefully, it'll be a fun way for us to all get to know each other better :)
Meme!
1. Your name, gender (for pronouns sake!)
2. General Geographic Location (as specific or non-specific as you like)
3. How were you introduced to the books?
4. Favorite character. Why?
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: recommend something to us that we might not normally know about
6. Your most used messenger name (and of course, which messenger it's on)
7. Favorite moment/line in the books
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book. (Maybe we could make this into a mix cd!)
9. Favorite color! XDD
10. What do you want to be when you get big?
11. What do you want for your birthday?
12. What's your favorite smell?
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it.
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Date: 1/31/06 04:24 pm (UTC)1. Pascalle/fabricalchemist. I'M A GIRL, as my picture should illustrate clearly XD
2. Well, Indiana.
3. I don't even remember. I think I grabbed 'The Thief' randomly in like, eighth grade, and didn't like Eugenides at first. I was like "Yeah, but thieves are always bad guys!" and then I kept reading...and read it again and again...
4. Favorite character: Eugenides. Of course. He's such a smart-ass XP
5. Uh...Let's see. Check out Kill Hannah (band), Sephora (www.sephora.com), Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics (which will change your life), and Strawberry Pancakes: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Strawberry+Pancakes
6. eugenides1, AIM. I'm on it all the time!
7. I don't know. I like parts in KoA, but for the sake of being spoilery, I'll be quiet. I like the first book a lot.
8. Theme song: Bigger than my Body, by John Mayer. Give the lyrics a listen ^_~ Oh, and After the Rain Has Fallen, by Sting really has the feel of all the books.
9. Favorite color: Lime Green; the brighter the better
10. What do you want to be when you get big? Costume Maker. Something that involves making things.
11. What do you want for your birthday? An amp. Maybe. No! nice pajamas.
12. What's your favorite smell? I go crazy for smells, but right now I really like this shampoo sample that's jasmine. It sounds stupid, but it's awesome.
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it. I make costumes! And they're pretty cool. When I actually *make* stuff :p I've been slacking.
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Date: 1/31/06 04:58 pm (UTC)1. I'm Jessica, obviously female
2. Maryland, USA
3. I first read The Thief when I was a teenager & wasn't sure if I'd like it at first, but of course I got hooked on it
4. Favorite Character: Eugenides, . . . he's an original, there's never been another character like him before
5. Favorite Bands: hmmm . . . I've been listening to Tori Amos, Heather Nova, and James Blunt recently
6. sunbeamchica, AIM . . . but I don't have the internet in my apartment, so I'm never on it :(
7. Favorite moment in the books: well, they all have good moments, but I think my favorite would have to be in QOA when Eugenides captures the Queen and takes her up the cliff where she's met by the ministers. There's so much going on in that scene! Gotta love it!
8. uh oh, I'm no good at picking theme songs
9. Favorite Color: green
10.What do I want to do with my life? Be happy, independent, and stress-free. So far, I've been doing pretty good with those :)
11.What do I want for my birthday? I'd love to get products from Bath & Body Works . . . I work there & absolutely love alll of their products.
12.My favorite smell? hmmm . . . I'd have to say the way the air smells after a rainstorm in the spring. It smells so fresh and clean.
13.Name something awesome about you, and in the spirt of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it. well, I'm left-handed, pretty good at photography, bake a delicious red-velvet cake, and never gain any weight.
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Date: 1/31/06 05:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/3/06 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/31/06 05:40 pm (UTC)You can call me Ro. My real name is difficult enough for people to pronounce in real life, so I stick to Rowana online. After hot debate, it's been decided that I'm female. Mostly. ;)
2. General Geographic Location (as specific or non-specific as you like)
London suburbia ('tis a trecherous world).
3. How were you introduced to the books?
I had money to burn, in the summer of 2003, and was browsing bookshelves, spotted the Thief, read the blurb, debated for five minutes over whether to buy it or not and finally decided that I was desperate enough for something to read. I then read it and realised how I lucky I'd been to pick it up.
4. Favorite character. Why?
Gen, obviously, but I do like Eddis, just for who she is and how she does it. Sophos and the Magus are great characters too. Apart from MWT's books, my favourite characters include Ralph, from 'Cuckoo in the nest', Christopher Chant, by DWJ, and Dr Watson (Sherlock Holmes comes a close second), by Arthur Conan Doyle. Severus Snape will always hold a fond place in my heart.
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: recommend something to us that we might not normally know about
At the moment I'm keen on Little Birdy, Belle & Sebastian, and the Arctic Monkeys. Deathclock.com has always been funny. And in book terms, read 'The Changeover' by Margaret Mahy, anything by Diana Wynne Jones, and try 'Frederica' by Georgette Heyer.
6. Your most used messenger name (and of course, which messenger it's on)
rowanatheblerg on yahoo IM, my MSN name changes every week.
7. Favorite moment/line in the books
Oh, lots of Gen's witticisms ("I'm a lot more important than anyone else here" was one that stuck :D). The end of the first book was fantastic, for obvious reasons.
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book. (Maybe we could make this into a mix cd!)
*jumps* Such a good idea! A soundtrack! Um, yes, nothing really springs to mind. Perhaps 'Worry about the wind' by HAL, which seems to have a similar tone to parts of QoA. Something by Coldplay would go well. (check out their sites)
9. Favorite color! XDD
Dark purple.
10. What do you want to be when you get big?
Gah! A question I've been asking myself for about two years now. I'm a few months away from having to make a final decision, and it's either going to be Law, Medicine, or English at University for me. So, not a difficult choice then. :)
11. What do you want for your birthday?
An mp3 player. :) Or a car. But I'll settle for some chocolate.
12. What's your favorite smell?
I have to agree with
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it.
My life's a little too boring to have anything to brag about, I'm afraid. :)
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Date: 1/31/06 10:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/31/06 11:39 pm (UTC)Severus Snape could beat Black verbally, intellectually, and probably gramatically too.
;D
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Date: 2/1/06 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/1/06 04:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/1/06 07:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 1/31/06 06:44 pm (UTC)2. New York State
3. I live in a very small town, and the children's section of the library was very tiny as well -- YA and children's were all mixed. And I found The Thief there. (And I eventually got them to make a YA section, but that's something else.)
4. Gen. Because he's GEN.
5. Gaelic Storm is one of the best bands ever. They mix traditional Irish songs with ones they wrote that just sound traditional and others that sound like regular band songs. Also, "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones.
6. Well, I have Trillian so I can be on them ALL AT ONCE. Seriously, I recommend it. FeniceVerde on AIM.
7. I'm trying to remember the exact line the queen says when they come into the court of Eddis. But that's it.
8. Oh, man. I have no idea.
9. Blue!
10. A linguist/archaeologist/write.
11. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels OBC recording.
12. Vanilla.
13. I read very well and quite fast; I pick up languages like *that*, and I'm told that I write well. And I make good icons (unfortunately, they are hidden amongst the bad ones).
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Date: 1/31/06 11:14 pm (UTC)Jill, I'm a GIRL!!!
2. General Geographic Location (as specific or non-specific as you like)
Indiana. But more specifically, Bloomington In, Indiana University
3. How were you introduced to the books?
when a friend bought QoA, she told it was an amazing book, so i went out and bought them both the next week or so.
4. Favorite character. Why?
I, also, am a Eugenides lover. But i also love Attolia. She's a fantastic character. Very deep. Both have so many layers and masks.
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: recommend something to us that we might not normally know about
L'arc en ciel, Gackt, Chemistry, Orange Range, Asian Kung-fu Generation. (All Japanese Bands, But that's what i listen too.) As for books, try anything by Anne Bishop or Laurell K. Hamiliton. Oh, and check out some of those bands. They really are awesome.
6. Your most used messenger name (and of course, which messenger it's on)
IUFerrisgirl on Aim. I never have much of an imagination when it comes to names.
7. Favorite moment/line in the books
Anything involving a cart. LOL>
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book. (Maybe we could make this into a mix cd!)
Alanis Morresette, System of a Down and maybe My Chemical Romance.
9. Favorite color! XDD
Green and pink.
10. What do you want to be when you get big?
I am a Secondary Education Major. Specializing in English. But when i grow up, i want to go Japan and teach English there.
11. What do you want for your birthday?
A Doll. More specifically, Chiwoo from Luts. http://doll.luts.co.kr/item-img/chiwoo-1.jpg
12. What's your favorite smell?
Bloomington in the fall, and sushi.
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it.
I am by far the most amazing person you guys will ever have the honor to speak to. I am Just, Beautiful, Smart, and will one day rule the world.
Newbie here. :)
Date: 2/10/06 05:23 am (UTC)Re: Newbie here. :)
Date: 2/10/06 05:34 am (UTC)Theme song
Date: 2/1/06 02:51 am (UTC)"It's For The Best"
It takes more time than I've ever had,
Drains the life from me,
Makes me want to forget,
As young as I was,
I felt older back then,
More disciplined,
Stronger and certain,
But I was scared to death of eternity,
I was saved by grace,
But destroyed by naivety,
And I lied to myself,
And said it was for the best.
And now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
I've disregarded what I was,
Now that I'm older,
And I know much more than I did back then,
But the more I learn,
The more I can't understand,
And I've become content with this life that I lead,
Where I drink too much and don't believe in much of anything,
And I lie to myself,
And say it's for the best,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
And we're waiting on something that will never come.
~checkers
Re: Theme song
Date: 2/1/06 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/1/06 09:25 pm (UTC)Caroline (girl obviously)
I live in Toronto Canada, and was born here
lol I think I told the story on another thread: basically I was wandering around the library on a boring summer day and bumped into one of the shelves, causing a book landslide to fall on my head - the Theif and the Qoa being among the books. :)
Tied between Gen and Attolia right now. I love Gen for the same reasons as everyone else, but I just can't help admiring Attolia. Shes so strong despite all the pressure everyone puts on her, and at the same time really human too. I also really like some of the new characters from KOA alot too; they just seem to have so much depth.
Oooh tough one. I bascially listen to anything across the wide music spectrum, from Fallout boys to Usher (yes, I know!) to Kelly Clarkson to Kelly Clarkson, lol. (also a closet Bollywood fan; my background, what can I say, lol)
I'm carolinekassee on yahoo, and my MSN name changes periodically with my mood, lol.
Ah, so many! The bleating goat part in Qoa comes to mind,the part in the Theif where the magnus beats Gen with a riding crop (his reaction is just so funny, especially after you read the book again) and many really funny ones from KOA. Funny moments are the best.
Absolutely no idea, I'll have to think on it. Would it be one that represents all the books, or just one or two?
Clear, of course ;) No seriously, its blue, light blue.
Well since I'm pretty big on the Sciences,I'm definetly heading for Medicine.
A new digi camera; mine got busted when I dropped it in the toilet, and now it sparks dangerously every time a press the button, lol(long story)
I think you people said it already - flowers (lavendar I guess ) Also cake. I love the smell of cake ;)
I dunno anything awesome, but I do have hobbies, lol I play two instruments (piano and violin) play tennis, where I'm NOT good, but stick around to annoy people, and volunteer and stuff, but thats all. Not that exciting.
So yeah, hi everyone *waves* :)
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Date: 2/3/06 01:23 pm (UTC)1. Your name, gender (for pronouns sake!)
Robin, female.
2. General Geographic Location (as specific or non-specific as you like)
Maryland, United States of America, Eastern Time. It's 8:20 AM right now.
3. How were you introduced to the books?
I was in a bookstore, and browsing around because I didn't have a specific item in mind. Looking, perusing the books I had not seen before...sitting on a plastic shelf on the end of a bookcase was The Queen of Attolia. Its cover was eyecatching (it's the paperback depicting the scene in the boat with Attolia), and so I picked it up, read the back, and thought it looked great. I really wanted it. I started to go the the cash register...and then I saw that it said "sequel to The Thief." Oh no! I have a personal prejudice about reading books out of sequence. I debated with myself, after looking and not finding The Thief, and finally ended up buying it, only to shelve it at home until I finally found a copy of tT, a few months later. I read it, and while I liked it, found it to be much different than what I had expected QoA to be. I was confused. Then I read QoA, and it proceeded to become my favorite book ever.
End of story. ^_~
4. Favorite character. Why?
It's so difficult to choose, but in the end I must agree with everyone else and go with Eugenides. He is so likeable, and so complex, and so funny and so conflicted; it's pretty much impossible not to have him as a favorite. But I also like Eddis a lot, and I like Attolia, simply because I'll never forget how much she scared me when I first read the books and how astonished I was when it all turned out like it did.
The problem with choosing is that all of MWT's characters are so amazing. We get to know them much more directly than most book characters - it's that showing, not telling, thing. We spend time with them. It builds strong relationships. ^_^
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: recommend something to us that we might not normally know about
Well, I love A Series of Unfortunate Events more than is healthy, but I think you probably know about those books. Diana Wynne Jones seems to be well-appreciated here. What else can I remember?...I really like the band The Magnetic Fields, who do experimental pseudopop sort of thing, and I really like the Discworld books series, and I really like Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson. Oh, yes. Do, please, read Green Mansions. It's excellent.
6. Your most used messenger name (and of course, which messenger it's on)
coricurbob, on either YIM or AIM. Most used indeed; I use that name for everything!
7. Favorite moment/line in the books
So. Hard. To choose. I am abulic. Auck. But I am going to choose a scene from King of Attolia, which I just finished reading, and I won't post it here in consideration of those who haven't read it yet. But it was stunning. The entirety of KoA currently comes in second.
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book. (Maybe we could make this into a mix cd!)
I can't decide! I am so bad at remembering things when I need to!
9. Favorite color! XDD
It changes with mood. Currently, at this moment, I am leaning toward a light aqua blue, greenish.
10. What do you want to be when you get big?
I am 5'2" and not likely to get any bigger, but if I ever achieve a career, I desperately want to be a librarian. Desperately.
11. What do you want for your birthday?
I don't actually celebrate birthdays - I'm a Jehovah's Witness - but if you ever feel like getting me a gift, it is not possible to go wrong with either books or earrings. ^_^
12. What's your favorite smell?
I love lemon. Lemony things, also: lemon cookies, lemongrass, lemon Pledge. Mmm.
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it.
I read out loud extremely well. I have an aptitude for sesquipedalian linguistics. I can fake extreme logic pretty well.
Hoorah.
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Date: 2/3/06 06:15 pm (UTC)Robin! I'm going to tell one of my many secrets. I am a librarian. It is, absolutely, the best job in the world.
~checkers
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Date: 2/3/06 08:49 pm (UTC)What job do you there? How did you go about becoming a librarian?
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Date: 2/3/06 10:34 pm (UTC)Librarians rock!
~checkers
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Date: 2/4/06 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/4/06 01:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/4/06 02:28 am (UTC)Huh?
~checkers
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Date: 2/4/06 06:01 am (UTC)2. General Geographic Location: Oakland, California
3. How were you introduced to the books? In th eperiod of about 2 months 4 different people reccomended The Thief to me, until it got to the point where I had to read it. I read it, loved it, and promptly forgot who the people who reccomened it to me were so that I could discuss it with them.
4. Favorite character: Attolia. Because she is so complex and awesome.
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: The autor Diana Wynne Jones. Seriously. Go read anything at all by her, and I garuntee that you will love it.
6. Your most used messenger name: My AIM name is octopirock, but I hardly ever go on it. About twice a year I will sign on for 30 seconds to ask someone for the homework.
7. Favorite moment/line in the books: The boat scene with Gen and Attolia in QoA
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book: I can't think of any songs right now...
9. Favorite color! Purplr and Orange (not together)
10. What do you want to be when you get big? I'm not sure at all, mostly because there are so many things I find interesting right now. Either something in Engineering, or something in writing. Or a teacher.
11. What do you want for your birthday? A student copy of AutoCAD
12. What's your favorite smell? Citrus anything. I actually don't like eating any citrus that much, but I love how they smell.
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it: Umm... I'can't really think of anything. When you're invited to bracg it looses its appeal.
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Date: 2/4/06 06:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/10/06 05:20 am (UTC)Newbie here. :)
Date: 2/10/06 05:18 am (UTC)1. Diana, female.
2. Philadelphia suburbs, Pennsylvania.
3. I read Queen of Attolia when it first came out. I was browsing the YA fantasy section (even though I've left my teens behind oh, about 5 years ago), and saw it. The title was catchy, the synopsis interesting, and the first 50 pages enchanting. I only read Thief after-- perhaps that's why I like Irene and QoA the best?
4. Irene. She's such a mix of harsh and soft, good and bad, sorrow and (buried) joy. I especially like how she's developed more of a sense of humor in KoA.
5. Hm... well, just in case people are interested, I did register last week a new Yahoo Groups called "MWTurner". That was before I knew this existed, but I'm sure it can coexist or not, as you all please!
6. PrncssDi16, AIM (Please excuse the utter girlyness of the screenname; I really was 16 at the time)
7. [SPOILER for KoA] -->
When Irene offers Gen her wine cup, to save the poor Eddisean ambassador from expiring of frustration.
8. Uninvited, for Attolia's pov of Gen in QoA. He (perhaps by the hands of the gods), snuck in her heart and love all uninvited...
9. Red.
10. Rich? :)
11. A new book in the series!
12. Cilantro. Really.
13. I love dancing, although I only recently started taking classes. And I'm good at different kinds -- belly, ballroom, Latin, hip-hop, jazz/funk. (Shameless enough?)
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Date: 3/10/06 12:53 am (UTC)2. General Geographic Location: Between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY. About 30 minutes from the Canadian border and the Falls.
3. How were you introduced to the books? I was the librarians 'pet' in my middle school and she let me have the first pick of new books as they came in. When I was in 6th grade she let me take the Thief home... I fell in love with it immediately and it's been my favorite book/series since. I was... maybe 11 at the time.
4. Favorite character. Why? Gen! He's been such an inspiration for my own personality... he was (and still is!) my hero. XP
5. Your favorite band, or site, or book, or whatever: I love the website me and my partner in crime, Bidelle Riyushi run as a studio for our artwork. NMHB Studios (http://www.NMHB.net)
6. Your most used messenger name: Ravensthief on AIM.
7. Favorite moment/line in the books: "Like a tool, for instance, a very well-behaved hammer, I stretched out by the fire and went to sleep" from The Thief. It is the one line that always stuck with me as summing up MWT's style of ironic writing... It's the style in which I have tried to imitate my own writing..
8. Pick a theme song for any one of the characters, or an overall book. "Master of Disguise" by Arcturus has good lyrics, but not really similar music.. hmmm... I'd have to think about this one... even the lyrics don't really fit Gen... they make the Master of Disguise (http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/arcturus-lyrics/master-of-disguise-lyrics.html) sound too evil for Gen...
9. Favorite color! Red > Dark Green > Red-orange> Silver> all other colors. XP
10. What do you want to be when you get big? And ESL teacher in Japan. =3
11. What do you want for your birthday? my boyfriend to be in NY with me. >=O (he lives in Texas) T_T
12. What's your favorite smell? I'm gonna be lame here and say my boyfriend.... but I also love the smell of my Pomegranate shampoo...
13. Name something awesome about you, and in the spirit of Gen, totally and shamelessly brag about it. I have a wicked sense of humor. XP