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Return of the MEME!
Jul. 2nd, 2011 12:51 pm(I had this whole entry typed out and posted yesterday, but there was a minor thing I wanted to fix which resulted in me accidentally deleting the whole damn thing because I am SPECIAL. I know, I know: don't be jealous! I was in a sulk post-deletion, so I waited 'til today to throw the thing back together. Which means I will be spamming your flist yet again, because I have another post to make today, too! Lo ciento.)
Day 01: Introduce yourself. List your likes and dislikes.
Day 02: Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day.
Day 03: Smile! We want to see your teeth today. Post a self-portrait.
Day 04: Share your favorite quote/song lyric.
Day 05: Share your favorite recipe.
Day 06: List 5 countries you'd like to visit.
Day 07: Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes.
Day 08: Create a bucket list, whether or not your aspirations are rational.
Day 09: Describe your food consumption today.
Day 10: Share some of your current favorite tunes.
Day 11: List some of your favorite tumblrs.
Day 12: Set a goal.
Day 13: Provide the HEX code(s) of your favorite color(s).( Read more... )
Day 14: Post a Youtube video that makes you laugh/inspires you.( Read more... )
Day 15: Make a voicepost in another language besides your native one.
15 days meme
Day 01: Introduce yourself. List your likes and dislikes.
Day 02: Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day.
Day 03: Smile! We want to see your teeth today. Post a self-portrait.
Day 04: Share your favorite quote/song lyric.
Day 05: Share your favorite recipe.
Day 06: List 5 countries you'd like to visit.
Day 07: Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes.
Day 08: Create a bucket list, whether or not your aspirations are rational.
Day 09: Describe your food consumption today.
Day 10: Share some of your current favorite tunes.
Day 11: List some of your favorite tumblrs.
Day 12: Set a goal.
Day 13: Provide the HEX code(s) of your favorite color(s).( Read more... )
Day 14: Post a Youtube video that makes you laugh/inspires you.( Read more... )
Day 15: Make a voicepost in another language besides your native one.
So, I'm writing a fic, and I need to know:
There's a game we play in the US called chicken fight. (According to that Wikipedia article, it is also called Cherry Drop, Shoulder Wars, or Darling Pickie.) It's played at the beach or in a pool. It consists of two teams of two people each: one team member sits on the shoulders of the other team member, and tries to knock their opponent off the shoulders of their teammate.
It's generally played with a girl on the shoulders and a guy down below, and often signals the beginning of Sexy Pooltime Shenanigans. (Or at least that's how it's been used in my experience. I've also played with all girls, but that also tends to lead to shenanigans.)
Here's a video, if you still don't know what I'm on about:
(WARNING: Video is accompanied by Obnoxious Adolescent Commentary!)
So the question: do you have this in the UK? (Or anywhere else?) What is it called? (Oh, and before you accuse me of being lazy: I plan on doing a Google search and trolling through the usual American-to-Britspeak blogs when I get back from work, but it's a bit obscure, and I thought maybe someone could help me out in the meantime!)
Americans: what are your experiences of the game? What do you call it?
There's a game we play in the US called chicken fight. (According to that Wikipedia article, it is also called Cherry Drop, Shoulder Wars, or Darling Pickie.) It's played at the beach or in a pool. It consists of two teams of two people each: one team member sits on the shoulders of the other team member, and tries to knock their opponent off the shoulders of their teammate.
It's generally played with a girl on the shoulders and a guy down below, and often signals the beginning of Sexy Pooltime Shenanigans. (Or at least that's how it's been used in my experience. I've also played with all girls, but that also tends to lead to shenanigans.)
Here's a video, if you still don't know what I'm on about:
(WARNING: Video is accompanied by Obnoxious Adolescent Commentary!)
So the question: do you have this in the UK? (Or anywhere else?) What is it called? (Oh, and before you accuse me of being lazy: I plan on doing a Google search and trolling through the usual American-to-Britspeak blogs when I get back from work, but it's a bit obscure, and I thought maybe someone could help me out in the meantime!)
Americans: what are your experiences of the game? What do you call it?
The Background: Newsweek ran an article that placed Grand Rapids on a list of dying cities in the US. (Quoted from that article: "Michigan dominates much of this list, with several cities experiencing significant declines in population as the state suffered high unemployment rates and above average foreclosures in recent years due mainly to the collapse of the auto industry.")
Well, needless to say, the people of Michigan are a little tired of being kicked around! Our economy sucks, we have the highest unemployment rates in the country, the auto industry is dying: and to add insult to injury, magazines and newspapers and constantly naming our cities among the most miserable, most dangerous, the poorest...I could go on, but I'm getting depressed.
MOVING SWIFTLY ON!
So what are the people of Grand Rapids going to do about it? Well, they're going to get 5,000 people together and create a video of the largest lip-synch to Don McClean's "American Pie", of course! DUH!
There are flames, NERF guns, weddings, acrobats, helicopters, and some hilariously bad lip-synchers! But the video gives me the warm fuzzies, and I hope it does the same for all of you. :D
I asked on the Sharing Sunday post over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
doctoreleven, but I also thought I'd ask again here: Has anyone found any good fic from current series of Doctor Who? I've found some good stuff (mostly porn. Go figure...), but I can't help but think there MUST BE MORE! Anything dealing with the current revelations of Series 6 would be appreciated, especially if it has Amy and Rory in it! Thanks. :D
Well, needless to say, the people of Michigan are a little tired of being kicked around! Our economy sucks, we have the highest unemployment rates in the country, the auto industry is dying: and to add insult to injury, magazines and newspapers and constantly naming our cities among the most miserable, most dangerous, the poorest...I could go on, but I'm getting depressed.
MOVING SWIFTLY ON!
So what are the people of Grand Rapids going to do about it? Well, they're going to get 5,000 people together and create a video of the largest lip-synch to Don McClean's "American Pie", of course! DUH!
There are flames, NERF guns, weddings, acrobats, helicopters, and some hilariously bad lip-synchers! But the video gives me the warm fuzzies, and I hope it does the same for all of you. :D
I asked on the Sharing Sunday post over at
doctoreleven, but I also thought I'd ask again here: Has anyone found any good fic from current series of Doctor Who? I've found some good stuff (mostly porn. Go figure...), but I can't help but think there MUST BE MORE! Anything dealing with the current revelations of Series 6 would be appreciated, especially if it has Amy and Rory in it! Thanks. :D
