Person: What are your hobbies?
Me: Shipping two characters together and imagining them in different situations
Person: What
Me: What
In case anyone is wondering where I get my nerdiness from, my folks just posted on Facebook that they’re at a Steampunk Festival. And then there’s:
- My mom knitted a Tom Baker scarf. In like, 1985. She still has it.
- My dad went with me to a Star Trek convention in 1995.
- I have distinct memories of my parents watching Star Trek:TNG. And we used to watch the Red Dwarf marathons on PBS. In high school Sunday nights were Doctor Who and Blakes 7.
- When my mom owned a coffee and candy shop she made sure she sold Jelly Babies. They used to come in a Tardis shaped box.
- My mom had an original 1960s edition of Lord of the Rings.
- My dad woke us up at 3am one morning when I was a kid to see the Northern Lights.
- I have faded memories of sneaking out of bed to watch Granada Holmes with my dad in the wee hours of the morning.
- For that matter my parents came to Sherlock Seattle last year and really enjoyed themselves. My mom likes Basil Rathbone apparently
- My dad’s an airplane geek and I’ve been to more airshows then I can shake a stick at.
- My dad’s had a computer since the early 80s. We had one that ran on cassette tapes, went to Amiga and he stuck with that until he went to Mac in the late 90s.
Geeky parents are awesome and not a new phenomenon, and I’m glad they passed it on to me.
Writers
Laying in bed: *constructs perfect plot*
Standing in shower: *constructs perfect characters*
While driving: *constructs perfect setting*
Staring at blank page: “wut r werds.”
do you ever just kinda wonder what your selling point as a human being or friend is? like, what was the point at which people were like: hey, I’ll keep this human
me: *assumes i’m bothering everyone i talk to*
everyone i talk to: ur not bothering me!!!
me: *still lowkey assumes i’m bothering everyone i talk to*
Tagged by: reclusiveq
So basically you fill this is then tag 10 ppl (or however many you want) you’d like to get to know better…
Name: Merinda
Nickname: It tends to get shortened to Mer. Normally I’m resistant to nicknames, but I’ve accepted that one.
Where I’m From: Well I was born in Portland, OR, spent most of the first half of my childhood in Farmington, MN, Moved at 11 and graduated high school in Enumclaw, WA and now I live in mid-Texas
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Fave drink: Diet Dr. Pepper. Or water.
Fave Quote: “
Yeah, well, I’ve got a dream too. But it’s about singing and dancing and making people happy. That’s the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with. And, well, I’ve found a whole bunch of friends who have the same dream. And, well, it kind of makes us like a family.” -Kermit the Frog, The Muppet Movie. Replace singing and dancing with writing and you’ve got my life quote and philosophy.
Fave Band: REM, um, I’m really liking Taylor Swift right now. I listen to everything.
Fave Season: Spring or Fall. I love seeing everything blooming and I also love the cool breezes that harken winter.
Movies I’m Waiting For: Civil War, Star Wars, hoping the new Indiana Jones won’t suck, whenever they make a Black Widow Movie.
Write Something In All Caps: WHOOHOO!
I’m gonna tag hums-happily, willietheplaidjacket, jazzforthecaptain, themadkatter13, fangirlscout and type40consultingdetective
I see I got a bunch of new followers today:
I post mostly a mishmash of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sherlock and cute fuzzy animals with a dash of politics, history and supernatural. There’s also fanfiction and whatever else I feel like.
And I hope ya’ll like Jack Harkness and/or John Barrowman
I ship darn near all the things and do tag my ships and posts. If there’s anything you don’t want to see that I haven’t tagged, let me know.
15 and 29?
15 five most influential books over your lifetime.
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlien
The Bible
The Crystal Cave Trilogy – Mary Stewart
Nine Billion Names of God – Arthur C. Clarke
29 three songs that you connect with right now.
Um, no judging?
All about that bass – Meghan Trainor
Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
Pompeii- Bastille
18, 19, 20
18 what’s your patronus?
I actually have no idea what it would be
19 which Harry Potter house would you be in? or are you a muggle?
Ravenclaw, I think. Though possibly Hufflepuff. I don’t know for sure
20 would you rather be in Middle Earth, Narnia, Hogwarts, or somewhere else?
Middle Earth
4, 5, 24? xx
4) do you like your name? is there another name you think would fit you better?
I like my name. It’s unique, even if frequentlly said wrong.
5)do you think of yourself as a human being or a human doing? do you identify yourself by the things you do?
I’ve..never thought about it that way? But yeah I’d say I identify myself more by what I do
24) have you ever felt like you had a “mind-meld” with someone?
Occasionally with RP partners 😉