Always look on the bright side of life

[varadia]

HAH. HAH.

Oven problem has been determined, and I go to Radio Shack tonight to find missing fuses.

Keep your fingers crossed, people. *knocks on wood*

Also I have The Decemberists stuck in my head. The ENTIRETY of the Crane Wife album in various snips and snatches, to be precise.

(Also our office printer is making disturbing noises and people will not stop using it. WTF.)

And, for your patience in sticking with me thus far, a meme!

Reply to this and I will...
1)Tell you why I friended you.
2)Associate you with a song/movie.
3)Tell a random fact about you.
4)Tell my first memory of you.
5)Associate you with an animal/fruit.
6)Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7)In return, you MUST spread this disease in your lj.

(Okay, seriously. STOP USING THIS PRINTER. I AM FULL OF HATE.)

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[varadia]

Answers are the best part of asking questions. Yes. *g*

1). Milliways. And possibly chatthings. Yes.
2). Bartender, the Dave Matthews one. My brain is weird.
3). You have very long hair, and once carried a purpley-black rose around New York for several days.
4). AHAHAHAH. We were in chat, and Someplace to be Flying came up. (This is my first solid memory, honestly). And I was like, if someone else would be one, I would pick one up. And you said 'huh, I might consider that'. And then I pestered until you caved, and history was made.
5). It's a pity okra isn't a fruit. Ummmm. Nectarines.
6). Do you write to tell stories, or do you write to express your point of view? Is there a difference?

[genarti]

1) Yeah. I think it was after we'd been chatting for a while, and one of those "...I don't have you friended. Why do I not have you friended?" realizations I have periodically.
2) ...Hunh. I do not know that one. But, in looking at the lyrics, I like it.
3) *grins*
4) Ahahahaha. I remember that! *beams*
5) mmmm nectarines.
6) mm. I would say that I write to tell stories.

They're tied up together, of course; the reason I tell a story is that I think for one reason or another it should be told, and is worth the effort of telling. And often part of what I write is spurred at least a little by contrariness -- I see this done wrong, or I never see this done, or whatever -- so there's that, too.

But the story should stand on its own, and the characters shouldn't necessarily think what I think. And... honestly, when I look at a story, when I approach one to tell something, what I tell is often a question.

Not necessarily any answer to the question.