Greetings from lovely, lovely Colorado! Where every single view is pretty much breath-taking (hence my stealing from French Kiss for my subject line *g*). I'm having the best time in the whole world visiting with my two sisters. It reminds me so strongly of our childhood summers in Canada, nature and family and long laugh-filled chats around the dinner table. The other day, after putting my little niece to bed, my sister broke out some ice cream treats. Which confirms it!! Every time the adults sent us to bed it meant they were up to something fun and cool and guaranteed to give us joy. Grownups do suck. ;P

Here's an irony: I expected no internet connecting issues at my tech-loving sister's house. ( But there's no wireless! )

And now it's time for cute pet stories! Otherwise known as ( Bandit the Cat meets Fanny the Bulldog )

Next up, ( cute niece stories! :D )

Another irony: When we visited Seattle they had a record breaking sunny-streak. Here in "sunny Colorado" they're getting an unusual amount of rain. It's the greenest I've ever seen it. Frankly, I'm loving it. :)

And now to answer those Top Five Meme questions you all asked (I apologize for the delay):

( Top 5 things you would say to a specific fictional character if you could. )


( Top five things you really liked in SGA... )


( ...and the top five you would have seriously changed/done differently in SGA. )


( YOUR top five Top Gear moments! :-D )


( top five moments reading fic and going guh! How is that hot? I didn't know that was hot. )


( Top Five things you can DO to fictional character (different characters please but otherwise yes, you can interpret it as broadly as you like ;) )


( Top five favorite minor SGA characters. )

This meme is going around everywhere and I've had the most fun asking the questions and getting the answers, so I figure I should probably play, too. :)

Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! Some people have come up with some creative ones. And I will answer them all in a new post.

1) This morning, the cat curled up in my lap, stretched her paw up to my collarbone, and went to sleep.

2) My husband remembered the water was probably going to be shut off (again, because they're constantly working on something around here) so he managed to get his shower and I managed to get all the water we needed for breakfast (water in the kettle and in the porridge pot) before it was gone, gone, gone. (Don't worry, I'd showered earlier. *g*)

3) Because we had no water, we went out to a lovely little French café. And honestly, the French do food right. The simplest things are just lovely. We chose to have dessert. :)

4) The water came back; there's a lovely soup simmering away in the kitchen.

It's a bit past midnight, but I haven't called it a night so I'm going to say this still counts as day 7.

1) Not waking up to an alarm clock

2) Lazing away the morning

3) Playing with our cat

4) Dinner with friends

1) The big push is over! I have two days of rest (mostly... if I don't get called in, anyway) and I'm thrilled!

2) The car crash I nearly got into this morning (before I even got out of the parking lot!) didn't happen.

3) Ooh! Vin Diesel is on the tv! (Mmmm... Vin Diesel...) "Chronicles of Riddick" which, contrary to the opinions of the rest of the universe, my husband and I adore. We like to quote the McBeth couple. "Kill the beast now while he is wounded!!" "He is not a man, he's a holy half-dead who has seen the Underverse" Hee! Fun for the whole family! (Also, Christopher Heyerdahl is in it. It's a short scene, but it's a doozy. *g*)

4) This morning? Pancakes! :D

1) Only one more day and then I can rest!

2) I can sleep in at least an hour later tomorrow!

3) Cat is sleeping on the back of the couch behind me and her little kitty snores are beyond adorable.

4) I made a pretty good "left-over surprise!" meal tonight. If I'd had some ricotta and mozzarella (oh, and more time!) it would have been amazing, but tasty makes me happy enough. :)

5) Today on my break I thought deep thinky-thoughts about... eh, too much to go into. But! It made me happy. :)

Urg... I'm so beyond exhausted right now, but Must! Post! Or the meme gods will eat me. :)

1) Woke up late for work (this isn't the "happy" part, yet *g*), but my husband fixed breakfast while I showered and then fixed my lunch while I dressed. So I was fed and prepared when I left this morning.

2) Plus! The driving gods were with me: the stop-lights smiled upon me and I chose the best lanes at the best times. Seriously, it was a thing of beauty and I actually got to work a bit early. So I had time to sit in the sun and chat with my husband on the phone before starting my day.

3) I made meatloaf for dinner tonight. I always enjoy the bit where I mix everything together with my hand. (Like mud-pies. Mud-pies you can actually eat! *g*)

4) Also? I love the part where the timer goes off and you open the oven door and get hit by that gentle wave of heat and the delicious smell of dinner.

5) Our cat is sitting right behind me on the back of the couch and when I reach up to pet her she trills. :)

1) The sudden rain storm that hit mid-afternoon. It was short (rain comes and goes so quickly here), but it was beautiful.

2) Listening to the wind blow through the palm trees on my break. It's a distinct and very cool sound.

3) I'm completely ready for bed right now. I love that feeling of having everything done and being able to totally relax. :)

4) Oh! When I walked in the door, dinner was ready and waiting and delicious! ♥

1) This house IS CLEAN!! :D It took many, many hours, but it's done! We can have company again!

2) While ironing (I was thorough) I re-watched SGA's "The Shrine" on Hulu. (I ♥ Hulu ...and also SGA)

3) Did a teeny-tiny experiment for lunch and it worked! (We had one chicken thigh and a whole lot of sauce left over from last night's dinner: I lightly toasted some french bread; cut up the chicken and heated it up in the sauce; divided the toast between two bowls; poured the chicken and sauce over the toast. Was yummy.)

I've seen this meme everywhere, including the inevitable, "I must be the last person to pick up on this thing," opening statement (to which I say, Hah! *g*). Also, I think I was tagged. :D

It's been very cool reading about what everyone finds happy-making so I shall join in on the fest:

1) This morning, husband made breakfast.

2) Right this very minute, husband making dinner.

3) Classic TNG just finishing up on the TV. (The one introducing the Borg!!1!)

~~Break for Food~~

4) Dinner was delicious.

5) Local Borders having a blow-out DVD sale. Bought BBC's "Pride and Prejudice". \o/


to be continued... (Not tagging anyone because I'm probably the last person to pick up on this thing. :D If I'm wrong and you want to join in, please do!)

Things are getting a bit shaky around here. Mostly in a good way; exciting possibilities in the future and whatnot. But it plays merry hell with the nerves and I've been doing my frightened hedgehog impression. Which isn't a good thing if it goes on too long. So! I've declared a moratorium on fanfic (the reading thereof) for this week. I can only use my computer for creative, active, things. Or not at all.

So tonight? I meme. :D


1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Technically I had to go into the bedroom as the coffee table is covered with the husband's law books. No one wants seven sentences of law text. Not even you lawyers out there. ;)

( hmm, this could read as boring )

grabbed from ms_arithmancer

This is the "explain your lj page" meme. ( Cut because I nattered. )

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 61
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 105
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: um... probably... not?
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: YES! I'm not quite sure what that statement is, yet. (It was going to be "women are awesome!" and all of my icons were going to be of women. Being awesome. But, you know. Boys are cute... So now I'm reformulating.)
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Stargate:Atlantis
AND THE SECOND MOST: Women are awesome! Or "Calvin & Hobbes" (oddly enough) if you're being pedantic.
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: McShep (I actually started a count and compare which was ridiculous of me. *g*)
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: All of my icons are by other people. And carefully labeled as such. (The creativity and talent out there is pretty awesome, I have to say.)
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: No
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: I... guess they'd be okay if I had a clue about the ways and means? (I don't want to undermine my future icon-making self, if that self ever comes along...)
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Hilarious! And not something I feel my poor old computer could support. So I leave them be for the moment. (Hence my definition cheat above. *g*)

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Bored, bored, bored, bored, so.... MEME! :D (Grabbed from macloudt)

( I guess we'll call it the 'OLOGY' meme? )

Awesome thing, number 1: I am, officially, a citizen of the United States of America! :D ( I'm surprisingly moved by that fact )


Awesome thing, number 2: Happy belated birthday wishes to sydpad and opaleye_dragon! That it's belated is not awesome, but that you both were born is very awesome, indeed. :)


Awesome thing, number 3: I've just started in on my September New Yorkers!! I have been a good month behind forever, so I am darn excited to be reading a month's issue within the month it was issued. Organized efficiency of Martha Stewart proportions will be mine! Some day! ::mwahahaha::


Awesome thing, number 4: A really cool SGA meme is floating around livejournal...When you see this, post a quote from Stargate: Atlantis in your journal:

For my quote I give you... Spaceships!! As said by a never-to-be-seen-again blueshirt in the opening episode, Rising: part one. To my mind it captures one of the magical ingredients of SGA: sci-fi fans, in space.


Awesome thing, number 5: Tracker (5x09), oh yeah, ( there's going to be squeeing...and episode spoilers, too )

First and foremost, thank you dragonladyk for the userpics! I celebrate with the cutest Rodney picture evah. (That's him not dropping Teyla's baby. *g*)

And now, to meme:

* Comment on this post.

* I will give you a letter. (I'm heading out of town for 2 days, so there may be some delay.)

* Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

sistermagpie ( gave me the letter L )

grabbed from elfundeb, and no, the results do not surprise. :)

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd   Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Musician
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Drama Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Social Nerd
Anime Nerd
Artistic Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Grabbed from sistermagpie

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;)

sistermagpie wrote: "I don't quite get that #4 there"  and I'll ditto that.  But in the interest of keeping this meme kosher, it stays. 
Re: #3, I'm going to define "LOVE" as rereadable and worthy of recommendation.  I'd lean towards "squee" but I'm fickle and that changes with my mood.

Grabbed from spike21  and villainny

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

* Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional. 


1. shotgun (yay endless ammo!)
2. Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie (irony!)
3. Buffy Summers!!1! :D

So I did this Movie Meme waaaay back in February and only three of the ten movies I chose were identified. :(  I will say, two of the seven remaining are kind of obscure.  Two of them are kind of oldish, though still playing on TV now and again.  But three of them I'm surprised no one got.  So here's a second chance, this time with more lines provided! :D

The Rules:
1. Pick 10-20 your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

Oh!  If anyone wants to go back and try their hand with the one line again *cough*sheryll*cough*, please feel free.


  eta: Only three more to go!  Come on flist (and random dropper buyers)!  You can do it!!  (As for me, I'm off to bed.)