From roseveare:

Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever .

1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Underline the shows you own* on DVD.
4. Post your answers.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI Las Vegas - okay, I don't watch it anymore, but I think seven seasons wasn't bad!
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South park
. Dr Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13.Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing - I lost it in Season 4, but I need to catch up!
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

[*at least one season of]

Apology Meme stolen from roseveare:

( Fealty apology )

From skitty_kat:

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

( G is for Gaston )

From: fandom_memes:
Pick 10 characters from as many fandoms as you wish.
Answer 16 questions. Drabble responses are very welcome, too.

1) Sam Seaborn (The West Wing)
2) Nick Stokes (CSI)
3) Danny Messer (CSI: NY)
4) Teal'c (Stargate SG-1)
5) Elizabeth Weir (Stargate Atlantis)
6) Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)
7) Lex Luthor (Smallville)
8) Hartley Rathaway/Piper (DC)
9) Tony Stark (Marvel)
10) Archie Kennedy (Hornblower)

( Questions and Answers )

Stolen from kirke_novak:

Give me a fandom and I will tell you my~

One True Pairing Ship:
Canon Ship:
"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
"You are one sick bastard" Ship:
"I dabble a little" Ship:
"It's like a car crash" Ship:
"Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
"Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not" Ship:
"Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:

I had an absolutely amazing time at helsinkibaby's wedding this weekend and made a ton of new friends, including FINALLY getting to know smiley_b! *waves*

And now that she knows about it, I can show everyone monitor_baby, which is The HelsinkiWedding Project - my contribution was a little Tosh/Owen ficlet.

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from lanning:

When you see the meme, quote something from Doctor Who:

Cyber Leader: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
Dalek Sec: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek! You are superior in only one respect.
Cyber Leader: What is that?
Dalek Sec: You are better at dying.

Can't beat a Dalek-Cyberman bitchfight (NewWho 2x13: Doomsday).

Comment to this entry with any fandom. If I'm knowledgeable enough in the fandom to have ships, I'll tell you one non-canon ship I like, one canon ship I like, and one ship I really don't like (either canon OR fanon). Then post this in your own journal to offer up the same responses.

Stolen from helsinkibaby:

Give me a character from any fandom you know I am into and I will tell you:
a. My favorite thing about that character.
b. My least favorite thing about that character.
c. One person I would ship them with in their own verse.
d. One crossover ship for them I think would be neat.

Some news about Terry Pratchett

And a meme:

Pick a character from a fandom I know and I'll answer the following questions.

1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.

2) Is he/she important to the general plot?

3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?

4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?

5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)

6) Is there anything about the character you would change?

7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)

8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?

9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone whose new to the fandom?

10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?

So, today, while on placement, an X-ray light box crushed my hand. It's all swollen and sore - if it's still swollen tomorrow, I might get it X-rayed.

TV meme from fiyre:

* Bold all of the following TV shows of which you've seen 3 or more episodes.
* Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode.
* Asterisk if you have at least one full season on tape or DVD
* If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).

(N.B. When I say I've "watched them all", I mean episodes that are currently aired in the UK.)

( List here )

You'll have *loads* of these, helsinkibaby!

Stolen from helsinkibaby:

1. Comment with any ship [or character] from a fandom that you know I like, or at least have some knowledge about.

2. I will ramble for about 100 words about the aforementioned ship (or character). This may be incoherent gushing or exclamations of disgust, depending on what it is.

3. Put this on your LJ, if you are so inclined.

Stolen from skitty_kat:

It's that meme everyone did a few weeks ago where you have to summarise ten fandoms in a sentence and everyone else has to guess them.

Good luck! (some are VERY obscure)

1) Interspecies/Cousinly/Blatant homoeroticism with swords helsinki_baby
2) Piracy is good...but you'll probably die kirke_novak
3) Stringed instruments are code for deep, deep love marzie_pan
4) The way America should be run, plus romance! helsinki_baby
5) The sunglasses make me look cool, don't they? skitty_kat
6) Will they, won't they...oh, they have been all season skitty_kat
7) Hallucinating my dead best friend is not gay marzie_pan, helsinki_baby
[I realise that this could actually apply to two different fandoms, but go with the one that's already aired. A bonus point for both!]
8) Gaudy spandex does not make them porn stars...often helsinki_baby
9) It's Cardiff, Cardiff, Cardiff - and some horror, sex and gay thrown in kirke_novak
10) "Subtext" that is the Stuff of Legends kirke_novak

Because everyone's doing these.

Comment with two characters I write (or know about), and I'll tell you about their first kiss.

and

Name a character and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my own personal pseudo-canon.

I'm jumping on the bandwagon:
You post a comment with a "five things" request (or several). (examples: "Five Phrases House Will Never Say", or "Five Things Buffy Will Never, Ever Wear") Then, in a separate post, eventually, I'll post the answers to some your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Serious or fun! Then you post this offer in your own journal, if the mood takes you.

Fic Title Alphabet Meme from helsinkibaby

( A-Z! )

( Personality... )

I was never happy with My Stargate One Night Stand because ugh, Jack.

So, two years later, I tried again...

Your Stargate One Night Stand by BethCarielle
Name
Age
Occupation
You hook up with:	Martouf
Afterwards you end up:	Laying in a park
Missing your:	Car keys
Quiz created with MemeGen!

YAY! I get the fit Tok'ra! Fit *dead* Tok'ra, but that's a minor issue.

As marzie_pan exceeded all expectations with the amount of questions she asked, I will give her some answers!

( 15 characters meme )

C'mon, marzie_pan, your turn!

I'm meant to be working. Unsurprisingly, I'm watching the cricket and playing on lj. :) My Dr Who torrents are running a treat, however, so it's all good.


From dz_crasher: Rec-Go-Round: Rec me one story you've written that you're proud of, any genre, here on my LJ. Then, go forth and ask the same in yours.


From ariestess: 1) Make a list of 15 characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment. (That way you're not leading the questions asked to fit the characters.)

2) Ask your flist to post questions in the screened comments.

For example:
"4, 6, 12 & 15 are starting a band together, what is their name and what kind of music do they play? Also, who's the lead singer, and what instruments do the others play?"

3) After your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the 15 characters you selected beforehand, and then post them.

Hey all!

Am having hectic, amazing time - I've sent some texts, e-mails, and an lj update, but there's just so much happening and so many new people that you may just have to get used to seeing random names here! If anyone becomes particularly important (eg Simon, Hannah, Dave, Harding, Hayden, Sayma...), I'll post a 'history-in-brief'. That's if any of you actually care about any of this, about which I hold no delusions. :D

Also - Cardiff Uni are making me post all my lj comments twice, are probably monitoring me and my ability to FTP is shaky. I miss my wireless network. :(

And you remember how I used to complain cos I lived in the middle of nowhere with no bus? Well, now I just live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by buildings. :) Buses are complicated. But I did spend half an hour reading Batman/Nightwing/Robin/Teen Titans in forbiddenplanet.

( Random DC Commentary - may be spoilery )

Anyways - meme (and I'm avoiding Serenity spoilers for helsinkibaby)

When you see this on your flist, quote Firefly.

"He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
Stood up to the man and he gave him what for
Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!"

Went to the dental surgeon yesterday so he could prod my jaw. I must stop yawning so widely, clenching my jaw, chewing toffee, pushing my jaw forward...

Yeah, so that isn't going so well.

Ooh, and Google has a new blog searcher! In the spirit of discovery, I put 'Demon Faith' in and found that one of my fic had been recced! 'Living among the breakage' praise

So, ( memes )

Hmm...is there any way to stop WMP freezing up? Or is it my own fault for asking it to play 35 hours of music?

So, jumping around from Avis, Pennsylvania (Little League is really kinda cool, I'm suddenly into baseball...) to Niagara Falls (skipped over to the Canadian side for the night - another stamp on my passport!) to Washington DC (as I wrote to maggis, it was an 'ooh, Arlington=IED, Capitol=Stackhouse Filibuster, Reflecting Pool=great fic where Sam and Josh get drunk and ice skate on it...') to NYC (Liberty! Ellis! Broadway!).

Which brings me to this - helsinkibaby, you are gonna be so proud of me!

As the only genre my family could agree on was Country, I am now the proud owner of FIVE country music CDs. So maybe next time you mention an artist/song, I may have some vague idea who you're talking about...

Also, I saw TWO musicals on Broadway! Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Rent - cos I was with my family :( - but we did get to see 'Mamma Mia!' and 'All Shook Up', both of which are out of this world with 'Mamma Mia!' now my favourite musical if it weren't for the unsurpassed 'Les Miserables'.

Now, Panic: ARGH! I have a million and one things to do before I go to Cardiff and I'm currently writing in my lj instead of doing any of them!! Because Cardiff gave me my offer so damn late and subsequently my residences form was in late, even though I sent it back two days after I received it, I have only got my third choice, which is what tk_rtmt kindly terms the worst accommodation in the entire university. *headdesk*.

Okay, therapeutic memes stolen from helsinkibaby:

Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing. Second two people; second pairing. Etc.

( Pairings )

Write down the names of 12 characters. Then read and answer the questions.
You can't look at the questions (or click on the cut) until you write down the 12 characters you're going to use.

1) Greg Sanders (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
2) Tim Speedle (CSI: Miami)
3) Archie Kennedy (Hornblower)
4) Dick Grayson (DC Comics)
5) Stephen Maturin (The Aubrey/Maturin Tales / Master and Commander)
6) Sam Seaborn (The West Wing)
7) Legolas Greenleaf (Lord of the Rings)
8) Kyle Duarte (Jake 2.0)
9) Danny Messer (CSI: NY)
10) Carson Beckett (Stargate Atlantis)
11) Lex Luthor (Smallville)
12) Hephaistion Amyntor (Alexander / Historical Figure)

( Questions )