books and cards and movies and fic

Yesterday I got a card from the darlings sprkid and anotheryourself. Later I went to the library. YAY BOOKS. YAY GLITTERY CARDS. YAY CHRISTMAS.

The last couple days I have been watching the Star Wars Trilogy. I think I've seen all of them before, but I don't remember when -- ten years ago maybe? I remember all the basic facts everyone knows, but not the actual viewing of them. I find my basic impression I am left with now upon viewing is "I don't get it." They seem kind of ... boring and shallow. But, you know, I am possibly not the target audience.

Also, I don't care how much brooklinegirl mocks me, but I don't find Han Solo attractive. I'm not sure Harrison Ford ever does it for me, really -- maybe one of the Indiana Jones. A lot of the time he reminds me a little of my dad, though, strangely. And of course the last decade he's old and scary.

LESS THAN THIRTY SIX HOURS TILL CHRISTMAS. YAY. And stories! So many stories! *happy sigh*

the last days of the empire

( Dira and I are divided on whether this conversation is a better indication of our geekiness or our dorkiness )

MUSIC!

After over three months without them, my sister has finally gone and given me the songs from my old computer! YAY! So much music I have been missing so long!

In celebration: lyrics. You all know the drill.

Step 1: Put your media player on random.
Step 2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 20 songs that play.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

1. The arena is empty except for one man,
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
"The Distance" by Cake, guessed by runpunkrun

2. My stepfather looks just like David Bowie
But he hates David Bowie
I think Bowie's cool

3. And I wonder if he ever has cried
Cuz his kitten got run over and died
"Leave the Biker" by Fountains of Wayne, guessed by runpunkrun

4. My head used to swim from the perfume I smelled
My hands kinda fumbled with her white plastic belt
"Hot Patootie" RHPS, guessed by fox1013

5. If everyone's a little queer
Can't she be a little straight?
"Pink Triangle" by Weezer, guessed by brigid31

6. Lauren, Katharine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
"Vogue" by Madonna, guessed by liz_chan

7. I should hate you but I don't
You should love me but you won't
"Mexico" by Leona Naess, guessed by lynnmonster

8. Why do we keep shrieking
When we mean soft things
We should be whispering all the time
"100,000 Fireflies" by Magnetic Fields, guessed by lifeinwords

9. I hate to say it, Santa
But you're acting like a dick
"Give the Jew Girl Toys" by Sarah Silverman, guessed by fox1013

10. Peter, sweet baby, where’d you get that gun
You spend half your life trying to turn the other half around
"Six O'Clock News" by Kathleen Edwards, guessed by heuradys

11.But when I pass through the pearly gate,
Will my gown be gold instead

12. Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
And crawl back into bed to dream of a time
When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
Like the sick and dying

13. Centuries are what it meant to me
A cemetery where I marry the sea
"Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers (covered by Dover), guessed by tstar78

14. Maybe St. Peter won't let us in
Saying heaven's a place for the innocent
"Eve of Destruction" by Bishop Allen, guessed by zarahelma

15. Yeah, I'll be your pet if you just tell me it's a gift
Cuz I'm tired of whys, choking on whys,
Just need a little because, because
"Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple, guessed by lcsbanana

16. Well, maybe I'll just too young
To keep good love from going wrong
"Lover, You Should Have Come Over" by Jeff Buckley, guessed by musesfool

17. I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago

18. Be still my heart, I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall dark strong and handsome brute
"Belle" Beauty and the Beast, guessed by fox1013

19. And what if there are no damsels in distress
What if I knew that and I called your bluff
"Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani Difranco, guessed by ladysorka

20. And our lord loves the country, he's with you at the polls
He knows the lever that you pull
He's keeping track of souls