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1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. What is the history of your username?
My actual first name is Melody. My body build is that of Skeletor, for health/metabolism reasons. My sister decided one night to call me Theta (because I'm her math whore), told this to her friend, and the friend decided I should be Meletor, actually. And lo, I am Meletor. The 'et al' is because... my brain is skippy. There are many moods of me.
2. If I asked what your favorite book was, which three would you absolutely refuse to choose between?
Yergh. Nelson's Navy by Brian Lavery, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, and The Stranger by Albert Camus (one of my goals is to actually read that in French).
3. Do you follow fashions, or lead them, or not?
Not. I wear what's comfortable, and my corset. Or what's clean, and my corset. Or what strikes me as cute and/or interesting, and my corset. I love my corset.
4. Who are you, and who would you be if you could?
I am: overschooled, undermotivated, in love with a girl, born in the wrong century/country, addicted to languages, and completely impossible to live with. If I could, I would be: more mature, more dependable, more responsible, more employed.
5. If you could pick a time-period to visit, or stay in if you wish, (and let's assume while we're at it that you wouldn't die an instant and very messy death) when would it be?
Late 18th - early 19th century. Don't tell me you expected anything different. (Or, possibly, the '20s.)
Bonus question for extra points -- (Will award drabbles on whim and/or request)
6. How many shillings in a stone? (show working)
Not happening. 83? I stopped showing my work when I dropped Calc 2.
7. And why not, may I ask?
Because another lemur just won't fit, damnit!
8. What's the difference between Murtogg and Mullroy?
Mullroy's larger, darker haired, probably older, and a skeptic. Murtogg's smaller (but taller), auburn-haired, with finer features, and a younger mentality. Neither can swim; they both rock my world.
9. When did sodomy first become illegal? (And when and where did it start being legal again?)
Don't feel like looking this up; I used to know.
10. Sword-kink, gun-kink, zombie-kink, pie-kink, or bondage-kink?
Zombie-kink. No question.
And fromcjk1701 as well:
1. Singing. Why? How did you know it was you? :)
I've been raised on it. When I was still rolling around on the floor in Worcester, Massachusetts, my parents were the music ministry for their church. Mum sang, da played guitar, Since then... we've been moderately Von Trappish, and I've grown up with weekly song nights, and singing for each church I've been a part of. I've been in choirs and musicals since kindergarten, and deeply ingrained in me is a great appreciation for music; I can't do anything without it. And since the only instrument I need for singing is myself... (also, participating in choral pieces strikes me on a very deep and very spiritual level, so there's that too). This is one *long* answer... I'm sorry.
2. What was your progression from watching PotC for the first time to being a fan of Norrington and the Navy boys?
I blame Yahoo Chat RP. In my first days, I RPed Jack. Then, there was a room that needed a Norrington. And... it's all downhill from there. I mean... the brocade! The snark! The... futtocks! Once I realized I *could* love it, I couldn't *not*!
3. Do you have similar taste in people IRL as well as in fictional characters? Would you go out or be friends with a Norringon/Sparrow/Gillette/Maturin?
My girlfriend's a Sparrow.
And yes, I would.
4. How did you first get into fandom and fanfic?
Fandom as a whole: Harry Potter was my first fandom, then PotC really got me.
Fic: The late greatwebcrowmancer. Her "A Most Accommodating Commodore" was my first slashfic and my first PotC fic, and some of my first fanfic at all, in fact. And like I said in number 2... it was all downhill from there.
5. What/who did you want to be when you were younger?
An actress-ballerina-chemist-painter-mommy named Quentin.
(No, seriously!)
And secondly-
Because damnit,skipoholic tricked me...
Three names you go by:
1. Mel
2. Meletor
3. Melody
Three screen names you have had:
1. muffin_avenger_of_doom
2. orfeo_de_medici
3. capt_sparrow_broadway_warbler (Just for you, Kael)
Three physical things you like about yourself:
1. My eyes
2. My shape
3. My hair
Three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. My feet
2. My skin
3. My cuticles
Three parts of your heritage:
1. Irish
2. German
3. Polish
Three things that scare you:
1. Trust (in me or in others)
2. Intimacy
3. SPIDERS
Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Tea
2. Music
3. My laptop
Three things you are wearing right now:
1. stripey 'track pants', once cool, now torn down the right side
2. skanky white dance tank from Target (that I can wear because HAH! I'm in my bedroom)
3. my ring
Three of your favorite bands or musical artists (at the moment):
1. Ace of Base
2. Edith Piaf
3. Carl Orff
Three of your favorite songs (at the moment):
1. Celtic Symphony - Blackthorn
2. L'homme A La Moto - Edith Piaf
3. Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers
Three things you want in a relationship:
1. Intelligent conversation
2. Basic stability (at least a single constant, somewhere)
3. A common reading list
Two truths and a lie (in no particular order):
1. I really suck at doing these things.
2. There's a 33% chance I'm an alcoholic.
3. I've ... aw, screw it.
Three physical things about the opposite sex that appeal to you:
1. Jawline
2. Shoulders / build
3. Voice
Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. languagedorking
2. historydorking
3. musicdorking
The thing you want to do really badly right now:
1. Go somewhere. Meet someone I've never met before.
(or, alternatively, get my nose to the proverbial grindstone on PtT 25)
Three careers you're considering:
1. Journalist
2. Actress/costumer/makeup design/... - something theatrical
3. Teacher
Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. not Wisconsin
2. not Wisconsin
3. ok, maybe Wisconsin. but preferably another country.
Three kid's names:
1. Too many inquisitions. Cerebral... fizzling... iminent...
2.
3.
Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Publish something
2. Perform something
3. Prove something
Three ways I am stereotypically a boy:
1. I don't get women. Rarely even myself.
2. I need to be hit with a 2-by-4 daily.
3. I kiss girls.
Three ways I am stereotypically a chick:
1. I wear a corset and makeup and stuff.
2. Sparkles, frills, and pink thinkgs have been known to make me happy.
3. I feel pretty, and witty, and bright.... (I'm sorry, I had to) <- I'm keeping this. It's genius.
Three people who have to take this quiz now:
1.tiggothy
2.elessil
3.burgundyhearts
Everyone else is off the hook. Unless, you know, you actually want to go through this thing.
Also. At some point within the next few days I ought to post proof of my poor poor Big Book of Shakespeare, because the binding mutinied on me last night and is now held together with scotch-tape sutures. It's quite a feat. I feel abusive. *shame*
The Interview Meme
Contracted from
order_of_chaos1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. What is the history of your username?
My actual first name is Melody. My body build is that of Skeletor, for health/metabolism reasons. My sister decided one night to call me Theta (because I'm her math whore), told this to her friend, and the friend decided I should be Meletor, actually. And lo, I am Meletor. The 'et al' is because... my brain is skippy. There are many moods of me.
2. If I asked what your favorite book was, which three would you absolutely refuse to choose between?
Yergh. Nelson's Navy by Brian Lavery, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, and The Stranger by Albert Camus (one of my goals is to actually read that in French).
3. Do you follow fashions, or lead them, or not?
Not. I wear what's comfortable, and my corset. Or what's clean, and my corset. Or what strikes me as cute and/or interesting, and my corset. I love my corset.
4. Who are you, and who would you be if you could?
I am: overschooled, undermotivated, in love with a girl, born in the wrong century/country, addicted to languages, and completely impossible to live with. If I could, I would be: more mature, more dependable, more responsible, more employed.
5. If you could pick a time-period to visit, or stay in if you wish, (and let's assume while we're at it that you wouldn't die an instant and very messy death) when would it be?
Late 18th - early 19th century. Don't tell me you expected anything different. (Or, possibly, the '20s.)
Bonus question for extra points -- (Will award drabbles on whim and/or request)
6. How many shillings in a stone? (show working)
Not happening. 83? I stopped showing my work when I dropped Calc 2.
7. And why not, may I ask?
Because another lemur just won't fit, damnit!
8. What's the difference between Murtogg and Mullroy?
Mullroy's larger, darker haired, probably older, and a skeptic. Murtogg's smaller (but taller), auburn-haired, with finer features, and a younger mentality. Neither can swim; they both rock my world.
9. When did sodomy first become illegal? (And when and where did it start being legal again?)
Don't feel like looking this up; I used to know.
10. Sword-kink, gun-kink, zombie-kink, pie-kink, or bondage-kink?
Zombie-kink. No question.
And from
cjk1701 as well:1. Singing. Why? How did you know it was you? :)
I've been raised on it. When I was still rolling around on the floor in Worcester, Massachusetts, my parents were the music ministry for their church. Mum sang, da played guitar, Since then... we've been moderately Von Trappish, and I've grown up with weekly song nights, and singing for each church I've been a part of. I've been in choirs and musicals since kindergarten, and deeply ingrained in me is a great appreciation for music; I can't do anything without it. And since the only instrument I need for singing is myself... (also, participating in choral pieces strikes me on a very deep and very spiritual level, so there's that too). This is one *long* answer... I'm sorry.
2. What was your progression from watching PotC for the first time to being a fan of Norrington and the Navy boys?
I blame Yahoo Chat RP. In my first days, I RPed Jack. Then, there was a room that needed a Norrington. And... it's all downhill from there. I mean... the brocade! The snark! The... futtocks! Once I realized I *could* love it, I couldn't *not*!
3. Do you have similar taste in people IRL as well as in fictional characters? Would you go out or be friends with a Norringon/Sparrow/Gillette/Maturin?
My girlfriend's a Sparrow.
And yes, I would.
4. How did you first get into fandom and fanfic?
Fandom as a whole: Harry Potter was my first fandom, then PotC really got me.
Fic: The late great
webcrowmancer. Her "A Most Accommodating Commodore" was my first slashfic and my first PotC fic, and some of my first fanfic at all, in fact. And like I said in number 2... it was all downhill from there.5. What/who did you want to be when you were younger?
An actress-ballerina-chemist-painter-mommy named Quentin.
(No, seriously!)
And secondly-
Because damnit,
skipoholic tricked me...Three names you go by:
1. Mel
2. Meletor
3. Melody
Three screen names you have had:
1. muffin_avenger_of_doom
2. orfeo_de_medici
3. capt_sparrow_broadway_warbler (Just for you, Kael)
Three physical things you like about yourself:
1. My eyes
2. My shape
3. My hair
Three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. My feet
2. My skin
3. My cuticles
Three parts of your heritage:
1. Irish
2. German
3. Polish
Three things that scare you:
1. Trust (in me or in others)
2. Intimacy
3. SPIDERS
Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Tea
2. Music
3. My laptop
Three things you are wearing right now:
1. stripey 'track pants', once cool, now torn down the right side
2. skanky white dance tank from Target (that I can wear because HAH! I'm in my bedroom)
3. my ring
Three of your favorite bands or musical artists (at the moment):
1. Ace of Base
2. Edith Piaf
3. Carl Orff
Three of your favorite songs (at the moment):
1. Celtic Symphony - Blackthorn
2. L'homme A La Moto - Edith Piaf
3. Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers
Three things you want in a relationship:
1. Intelligent conversation
2. Basic stability (at least a single constant, somewhere)
3. A common reading list
Two truths and a lie (in no particular order):
1. I really suck at doing these things.
2. There's a 33% chance I'm an alcoholic.
3. I've ... aw, screw it.
Three physical things about the opposite sex that appeal to you:
1. Jawline
2. Shoulders / build
3. Voice
Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. languagedorking
2. historydorking
3. musicdorking
The thing you want to do really badly right now:
1. Go somewhere. Meet someone I've never met before.
(or, alternatively, get my nose to the proverbial grindstone on PtT 25)
Three careers you're considering:
1. Journalist
2. Actress/costumer/makeup design/... - something theatrical
3. Teacher
Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. not Wisconsin
2. not Wisconsin
3. ok, maybe Wisconsin. but preferably another country.
Three kid's names:
1. Too many inquisitions. Cerebral... fizzling... iminent...
2.
3.
Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Publish something
2. Perform something
3. Prove something
Three ways I am stereotypically a boy:
1. I don't get women. Rarely even myself.
2. I need to be hit with a 2-by-4 daily.
3. I kiss girls.
Three ways I am stereotypically a chick:
1. I wear a corset and makeup and stuff.
2. Sparkles, frills, and pink thinkgs have been known to make me happy.
3. I feel pretty, and witty, and bright.... (I'm sorry, I had to) <- I'm keeping this. It's genius.
Three people who have to take this quiz now:
1.
tiggothy2.
elessil3.
burgundyheartsEveryone else is off the hook. Unless, you know, you actually want to go through this thing.
Also. At some point within the next few days I ought to post proof of my poor poor Big Book of Shakespeare, because the binding mutinied on me last night and is now held together with scotch-tape sutures. It's quite a feat. I feel abusive. *shame*
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Date: 2005-04-24 03:51 pm (UTC)and I loved your singing answer. or rather, I got it - singing in a huge choir is the most amazingly spiritual experience. Last time I did the Verdi Requiem it was like touching God, I hope I do it for the rest of my life.
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Date: 2005-04-24 05:31 pm (UTC)QUENTIN?! That's just... yeah, that's wrong.
.::stabs The Sound and the Fury::.
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Date: 2005-04-24 05:34 pm (UTC)But yeah... kinda regretting that now.
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Date: 2005-04-24 06:38 pm (UTC)Teacher! Teeeeeeacher! :P
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Date: 2005-04-24 11:30 pm (UTC)1.
2.
3.
Everyone else is off the hook. Unless, you know, you actually want to go through this thing.
bah. dammit. *wanders off muttering to fill in the quiz*
Did I do somehting to offend you? ;-)
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