That Meme Thing Going Around!

[trancer21]

Association Meme: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

ralst gave me these five:

1. Zombies!

Hrmm, what to say that I already haven't? I love horror movies. I think my love for all things zombie ties into #5, it's the survivalist aspect of it. That the neighbor who loaned you a cup of sugar yesterday could be trying to gnaw your arm off tomorrow. There's something extra creepy about a monster that is 'us' but with all its humanity stripped away. I also love the ubiquitous nature of them as monsters. Like, with serial killers/monsters there's usually just one of them, with zombies those mother f*ckers are *everywhere*!

2. Dina Meyer

Don't forget to mark your calendars, ya'll. 'Cuz Dina will be on this Thursday's episode of Burn Notice. Sure, she's playing Michael's ex instead of Fiona's but there's no problem fan fiction can't fix!! *sigh* If only there were the possibility that she'd be onscreen with Tricia Helfer!

Ahem, anyway, what's with my obsession fascination with Dina Meyer? I'm shallow and totally think she's hot. She's doesn't belong to the 'point and pose' school of action heroines. I like that, when playing the role of asskicker, Meyer *looks* like someone who can kick some ass. She's smart, funny, athletic, has no problem playing gay! She's Yancy Butler without the personal demons. Jill Wagner without the extensive resume!

3. Football (soccer)

So? Who wants to go with me to South Africa in 2010? Heh. One of the things I like about soccer is it's a sport that hasn't been marred by tv. There are no time-outs (tv or otherwise), where the action comes to a grinding halt so broadcasters can shove in some more commercials. Something that, imo, has ruined American football. 3 hours for a game that (in total minutes) runs an hour? And, dear God, don't get me started on Baseball!

4. Femslash Inquirer/Sappho

One day, I'd like to do a complete mock issue as opposed to just covers. Which is strange to say since, at the moment, I totally have the time to do such a thing. I try to do 'serious' graphics and they always feel.. lacking. So, I stick to the more humorous/tongue-in-cheek side of things.

5. Post Apocalypse femslash

Ha! We both know this was less of a question and more of a prod :P Part of the appeal is it strips the characters of their creature comforts, examines us at our best and our worst. As far as fic, I love apocalyptothon but, like all pan-fandom/pairings ficathon, finding femslash is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack (the use of tags would help, great googly-moogly, could that comm use some tags).

I also like, in some ways and forms, how the genre 'evens the playing field' so to speak. To use BBC's Survivors as an example - how the housewife/mom can become a leader, a killer into a hero, a politician into a cultist. How people shape their new world and what baggage they choose to take with them.

I think the closet thing I've written recently (or posted publicly) would be my 'Tainted' fic. Which was more about the role-reversal of vampire/human, but it takes in a post-apocalypse type setting.

Comments

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you already know she's going to be on Burn Notice, because I kept forgetting to remind you!

If only there were the possibility that she'd be onscreen with Tricia Helfer!

I'm hoping she comes in, Michael helps her out with whatever problem she has, she leaves at the end of the episode... and she goes to meet Carla and says, "Well, I tried, he won't be distracted no matter what I do." And then they make out, really hot and steamy-like.

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Burn Notice is one of those shows I thought I wouldn't like but after watching a couple episodes became completely hooked. I'd also add Psych and Leverage into that list.

As for your five, if you want - Washington, favorite actresses, original vs. fan fic, tornadoes, nanowrimo (or, as an alternative - adult movies since you're the only person I know, aside from myself, who admits to watching them :P)

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

Ditto, on all three of those shows! Psych and Leverage, I never thought I would give a damn about. I thought Psych was a lame premise that couldn't be stretched past two or three episodes. Leverage just seemed run-of-the-mill. But they have both proven me very wrong! Add the Mentalist to the list, too. On the surface, a Psych clone. But in practice, so much deeper and different. Worth a shot if you haven't seen it!

And I'll go ahead and do the five. :D

[ralst.livejournal.com]

You know, IDF would be the perfect time for a full-blown femslash issue, and I'm sure that if you wanted help with articles or whatever, you'd have people queueing up around the block. Not that I'm prodding or anything ::grin::

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Heh, you prod? Never!

I'd really love to do a full-blown femslash issue. At the moment, time (which I have a lot of) isn't really the problem as much as the instability due to being unemployed I'm currently facing. I just don't want to take on a massive project like that and then have to abandon/fail to finish it.

here's your mission, should you choose to accept it - Hawaii, books, Mt. Kilimanjaro, your hatred dislike of Capt. Janeway, England.

[sravenk.livejournal.com]

I would love to see a full issue of the Femslash Inquirer, too! Or any one of the movies you have proposed in the past. Zombies and lesbian lovin'. It just doesn't get any better.

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Well, if it makes you feel better, I'm working a short film script about a Steve Perry obsessed singer for a Journey cover band who wants to reunite the group (more so to get back with the ex who dumped her for the guitar player) despite the whole zombie apocalypse going on around her.

ETA: Crap, forgot the whole 5 things thing, if you wanted to play - Toronto, photography, Shameless, Law & Order SVU, marriage.

[sravenk.livejournal.com]

I did want to play! Thanks!

Also? Oh my DOG that sounds like an incredible story! I can't wait to hear about it!!

Am I seeing things? Survivors got a name check?

[femme-slash-fan.livejournal.com]

(Yes, fangirl! I am lame...)

also, I'm gonna have to go ransack that link now.

[ariestess]

Okay, I'm curious what you'll associate with me...

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Gah! This is gonna be totally hard since most of what I associate with you has already been taken but I'll give it a go - Gatecon, crafting, Alton Brown (I will love him forever for his recipe for babyback ribs!), Highlander, Kitsap (it's Kitsap right? 'Cuz I associate riding ferries with you)!

[ariestess]

Answered over here...

[lostingeekdom.livejournal.com]

Y'know, much as I've enjoyed the money this past yea rand a half, it reaaaaalllly cuts into my tv watching. I have to dedicate myself completely to a few select shows, and I end up missing a lot of good stuff. Maybe I can catch up on Burn Notice in the summer.

Oh, and 2010, if I'm not shackled by the green card wait, I'll totally be on the plane.