Stealin' a meme

[sabotabby]

I've seen this a few times and I rather enjoy the increased traffic these sorts of things generate on teh LJ, so I'll just throw it out there, with addendums:

Pick a date below and give me a topic, and I'll ramble on. I'm good at talking. It can be anything from fandom-related (specific characters, actors, storylines, episodes, etc.) to life-related to pizza preferences to whatever you want. (Sabs says: I am, of course, more than happy to ramble on about things that aren't fandom, since that's most of what I tend to blog about.)

They will probably be brief, or not, depending on the subject.

Also, I reserve the right to decline prompts that I don't feel equipped to meet (or if I feel I will only speak negatively on something, I might ask you for something else). (Sabs says: Whatever. I encourage subjects that I'm likely to speak negatively about. That's kinda my schtick. I'll lock posts that are too personal, though.)

Topics: you can get an idea from my tags/from the stuff I usually ramble about/from things you maybe wish I talked about more but don't.

I can't commit to particular days, but I'm going to attempt to answer prompts over the course of December. Blogcember? There should be a name for it.

On a related note, aren't we all glad that Movember's over? So over moustaches. The only people who look good in them are early 20th century avant-garde poets and the actors on Deadwood.

Comments

[metawidget]

Painting (the arty sort): how and why you do it.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

The literal first thing to come to my mind was "I want to hear more about your masochistic Tribble"

my brain

[bitter-crimson.livejournal.com]

YEAH PIZZA PREFERENCES DO IT

[maeve66.livejournal.com]

What you're going to do in Morocco! Also, what is a VLPA or some gathering of similar initials?

Do I understand this meme correctly to be "comment with a topic and at some point during December I'll ramble on about it"? Because that's a good meme. I had a very hard time figuring that out from the original language, though, I think because of the "pick a date" part. I thought you had to blog about whatever date someone wrote in your comments. "June 24th, 1980", for instance. Blog about THAT.

[ironed_orchid]

I am quite okay with mustaches as part of a general facial hair combo that includes a beard. But without beards, they are just wrong. Unless they are on Jarry or Ron Jeremy, in which case they still look wrong, but I feel that is the point.


Some local artists made mustache art for Movember. This was my favourite piece.

I'm trying to come up with a prompt. How about a Phil Ochs primer for the uninitiated?

[princealberic.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this comment is going to work but I second the Phil Ochs primer! I've heard so much about him before and I've always wanted to know more but idek where to begin. It's funny because just the other day, I was in the shower and started thinking about how I needed to investigate more.

[princealberic.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, it worked. *cries*

[princealberic.livejournal.com]

What about an unsolved mystery or mysteries you find especially creepy/interesting? It can be an unsolved murder or weird unexplained phenomena or whatever.

(I went browsing through your tags for inspiration as suggested, and wtf does "fight the poison tree with pokemons" mean?).

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

your favorite childhood toy

[sabotabby]

It's basically pick a topic and I'll blog about it. The original meme had "pick a specific day in December and I'll blog about your prompt," which seems to be insane.

I thought you had to blog about whatever date someone wrote in your comments. "June 24th, 1980", for instance. Blog about THAT.

That could be fun, I mean, if you totally made something up.

[firinel.livejournal.com]

something you get nostalgic over

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

Tell me about your relationship with caffeine.

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

In regards to Assimilate, the book you've read and that I'm very much enjoying, can you give me examples of your criticism of Reed's work and of industrial culture in regards to unadmitted mainstream western influences, gender, and ethnicity?

(I'm already working on my own rant! One theme: Industrial, the whitest music on the planet!)

Or just give me a rant about sexism in counter culture muisc!