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Memes! Finally! ;)
If anyone tagged me for a meme - I finally did them! I tried to be rather brief, since most of my choices were some I could do whole posts about on their own...
Anyway, had quite a nice day today (and got some very pretty shoes!), but have been sleepy and lethargic all afternoon. I feel all guilty for being so useless, but then I'm at the start of a 2-week school holiday, so maybe I'm justified?
Also I'm loving Doctor Who very much. They're certainly using all that UST beautifully, and the stories are well written and (mostly) very clever. It's so nice to have something to look forward to in the tv schedules. *happy sigh*
But onto the meme-age:
Film/dvd:
1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video: Um, no idea. Not a lot of dvds (they’re expensive) but we have tons of films on video that we’ve recorded off the telly. A hundred maybe?
2) The last film I bought: Um... ::thinks:: the last dvd I bought was Angel S5. The last film was the original Star Wars trilogy. (Darcy’s choice, but I didn’t mind in the least.)
3) The last film I watched: ‘Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy’ in the cinema.
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
-- 'Romeo+Juliet'. Saw this in the Prince Charles cinema in London the first year Darcy and I were studying there. We ended up spending the whole evening in town, going to a restaurant and spending lots of money on R+J posters... none of which we could afford. But *damn* it’s a good movie. I still love it - it’s practically perfect.
-- 'Moulin Rouge'. I love the singing, since it’s so natural and works perfectly. And the ‘Tango de Roxanne’ is one of the few pieces in film/on tv that have affected me as much as Buffy/Spike. It knocks me out every.single.time.
These two films are also absolutely stunning visually. Every single frame could be made into a poster. I love films that aren't afraid to be beautiful.
Not sure what to choose for my last three, since I want to include at least 10, so it’ll be a sort of lucky dip...
-- 'The Truman Show'. A truly excellent film, that I’d love to analyze one day. There is so much going on there, that it’s a delight to watch every time.
-- 'Festen'. Possibly the best Dogme film: heartbreaking and painful, but yet uplifting, human, intelligent - and very, very Danish! A must see.
-- 'Lost in Translation'. A gorgeous, gorgeous film, that could so easily have gone wrong... instead everything is *just right*. Not much happens, but who cares? It’s not about ‘the action’.
Book meme
1) Total number of books I've owned: Hundreds... probably thousands. I’ve never counted.
2) Last book I bought: ‘Sixty Million Frenchmen can’t be wrong’ (I’m in a bookclub and had to choose *something*, but so far it’s fascinating).
3) Last book I read or am currently reading: Started the one about Frenchmen, but before that it was ‘Eat, Shoots and Leaves’ which didn’t just teach me all sort of fascinating things about punctuation but also had me in fits if laughter. I can’t recommend it enough!
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
-- 'Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien. My mother read them to me and I’ve always loved them. It’s been a few years since I’ve read the whole thing, but I love to dip into them and read my favoutire scenes... I love books that have a rich and full universe, and I think LotR pre-conditioned me to love Buffy...
-- 'Kim' by Rudyard Kipling. I love a lot of his books, but this one I never tire of. I adore every single thing about it... the characters, the story, the fascinating picture of India.
-- 'Dune' by Frank Herbert. I’ve read a few of the sequels, but they didn’t grip me the way this one did. I love the *very far into the future* setting, so the science isn’t really in the foreground, but human capabilities.
My last two choices are going to be authors, because I couldn’t settle on just one of their books...
-- Dorothy L. Sayers. A very intelligent woman, who wrote very intelligent books. Crime novels are not something I usually read, but her Peter Wimsey books are among my alltime favourite books. I have re-read them countless times, because it’s not the crime aspect that’s gripping (although they’re always very clever) but the characters and the story itself. Seriously if you’ve never read any of her books you’ve been missing out. And ‘The Nine Taylors’ is probably the finest crime novel ever.
-- Anne McCaffrey. Mostly for the Pern-series I guess, since I’m seriously in love with that world, but I like many of her other stuff too - the Peytabee trilogy would be near the top.
Music meme
1) Total volume of music files on my computer: 192, but then there are loads of albums I’ve yet to upload.
2) Last CD I bought: The Red Nose Day one (McFly)
3) Last song I listened to before doing this meme: ‘Dance’ by Heather Nova.
Changing this one a bit, sorry:
4) Fivesongs albums I've been listening to a lot lately:
-- ‘Dead Letters’ by The Rasmus. Love this album, particularly ‘In The Shadows’ which is possibly my favourite song *ever* - I have listened to it countless times over the last year and I’ve never gotten tired of it.
-- ‘Fridays Child’ by Will Young. I like him, ok? I think he has an excellent voice and this album is just lovely. ‘Your Game’ is brilliant (and the video is *fantastic*), but I also love the quieter songs. I’m so glad he didn’t go the easy-pop route. :)
-- ‘The Buffy Soundtrack’. Many thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_royal_anna for copying this for me. I *will* buy it one of these days, but until then I’m enjoying my illegal treat! :) ‘Lucky’ is another song that continually delights me, but I truly love most of the songs very much. It’s never far from my cd-player.
-- ‘Radio Sunnydale (UK)’. Not all the songs on this are exactly my cup of tea, but there are so many excellent tracks that I’m always returning to it. And it got me hooked on Aimee Mann...
-- The Soundtrack to Moulin Rouge. I love, love, love this album. It has some stunning, stunning songs and the best use of ‘The Show Must Go On’ ever. I could wax lyrical about this for ever.
Anyway, had quite a nice day today (and got some very pretty shoes!), but have been sleepy and lethargic all afternoon. I feel all guilty for being so useless, but then I'm at the start of a 2-week school holiday, so maybe I'm justified?
Also I'm loving Doctor Who very much. They're certainly using all that UST beautifully, and the stories are well written and (mostly) very clever. It's so nice to have something to look forward to in the tv schedules. *happy sigh*
But onto the meme-age:
Film/dvd:
1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video: Um, no idea. Not a lot of dvds (they’re expensive) but we have tons of films on video that we’ve recorded off the telly. A hundred maybe?
2) The last film I bought: Um... ::thinks:: the last dvd I bought was Angel S5. The last film was the original Star Wars trilogy. (Darcy’s choice, but I didn’t mind in the least.)
3) The last film I watched: ‘Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy’ in the cinema.
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
-- 'Romeo+Juliet'. Saw this in the Prince Charles cinema in London the first year Darcy and I were studying there. We ended up spending the whole evening in town, going to a restaurant and spending lots of money on R+J posters... none of which we could afford. But *damn* it’s a good movie. I still love it - it’s practically perfect.
-- 'Moulin Rouge'. I love the singing, since it’s so natural and works perfectly. And the ‘Tango de Roxanne’ is one of the few pieces in film/on tv that have affected me as much as Buffy/Spike. It knocks me out every.single.time.
These two films are also absolutely stunning visually. Every single frame could be made into a poster. I love films that aren't afraid to be beautiful.
Not sure what to choose for my last three, since I want to include at least 10, so it’ll be a sort of lucky dip...
-- 'The Truman Show'. A truly excellent film, that I’d love to analyze one day. There is so much going on there, that it’s a delight to watch every time.
-- 'Festen'. Possibly the best Dogme film: heartbreaking and painful, but yet uplifting, human, intelligent - and very, very Danish! A must see.
-- 'Lost in Translation'. A gorgeous, gorgeous film, that could so easily have gone wrong... instead everything is *just right*. Not much happens, but who cares? It’s not about ‘the action’.
Book meme
1) Total number of books I've owned: Hundreds... probably thousands. I’ve never counted.
2) Last book I bought: ‘Sixty Million Frenchmen can’t be wrong’ (I’m in a bookclub and had to choose *something*, but so far it’s fascinating).
3) Last book I read or am currently reading: Started the one about Frenchmen, but before that it was ‘Eat, Shoots and Leaves’ which didn’t just teach me all sort of fascinating things about punctuation but also had me in fits if laughter. I can’t recommend it enough!
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
-- 'Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien. My mother read them to me and I’ve always loved them. It’s been a few years since I’ve read the whole thing, but I love to dip into them and read my favoutire scenes... I love books that have a rich and full universe, and I think LotR pre-conditioned me to love Buffy...
-- 'Kim' by Rudyard Kipling. I love a lot of his books, but this one I never tire of. I adore every single thing about it... the characters, the story, the fascinating picture of India.
-- 'Dune' by Frank Herbert. I’ve read a few of the sequels, but they didn’t grip me the way this one did. I love the *very far into the future* setting, so the science isn’t really in the foreground, but human capabilities.
My last two choices are going to be authors, because I couldn’t settle on just one of their books...
-- Dorothy L. Sayers. A very intelligent woman, who wrote very intelligent books. Crime novels are not something I usually read, but her Peter Wimsey books are among my alltime favourite books. I have re-read them countless times, because it’s not the crime aspect that’s gripping (although they’re always very clever) but the characters and the story itself. Seriously if you’ve never read any of her books you’ve been missing out. And ‘The Nine Taylors’ is probably the finest crime novel ever.
-- Anne McCaffrey. Mostly for the Pern-series I guess, since I’m seriously in love with that world, but I like many of her other stuff too - the Peytabee trilogy would be near the top.
Music meme
1) Total volume of music files on my computer: 192, but then there are loads of albums I’ve yet to upload.
2) Last CD I bought: The Red Nose Day one (McFly)
3) Last song I listened to before doing this meme: ‘Dance’ by Heather Nova.
Changing this one a bit, sorry:
4) Five
-- ‘Dead Letters’ by The Rasmus. Love this album, particularly ‘In The Shadows’ which is possibly my favourite song *ever* - I have listened to it countless times over the last year and I’ve never gotten tired of it.
-- ‘Fridays Child’ by Will Young. I like him, ok? I think he has an excellent voice and this album is just lovely. ‘Your Game’ is brilliant (and the video is *fantastic*), but I also love the quieter songs. I’m so glad he didn’t go the easy-pop route. :)
-- ‘The Buffy Soundtrack’. Many thanks to
the_royal_anna for copying this for me. I *will* buy it one of these days, but until then I’m enjoying my illegal treat! :) ‘Lucky’ is another song that continually delights me, but I truly love most of the songs very much. It’s never far from my cd-player.-- ‘Radio Sunnydale (UK)’. Not all the songs on this are exactly my cup of tea, but there are so many excellent tracks that I’m always returning to it. And it got me hooked on Aimee Mann...
-- The Soundtrack to Moulin Rouge. I love, love, love this album. It has some stunning, stunning songs and the best use of ‘The Show Must Go On’ ever. I could wax lyrical about this for ever.
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That must have been wonderful. I absolutely adore that song. And the soundtrack is definitely worth buying!