Ramblings in pop culture and pop music...

It's weird to hear Sarah McLachlan wafting over the monotony of oatmeal-colored cubicles, especially when I know that the music is coming from the desk of a male Argentine engineer...

OK, catching up on memes while I escape work for a few minutes:

( Pilfered from crowitch: )

( Nabbed from mstarfire: )

one more meme before lunch

This one is lifted from juno_magic, and it probably works better for big fans of fanfic:

The Rules

First, 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.

Juno was kind and used characters from the same place, but I can't bring myself to do that! This probably makes more sense if you're really into fanfic, though. I haven't been for some years, but I'll give it a shot:

1. Mina Harker (Dracula, Bram Stoker)
2. Friday (Friday, Robert Heinlein)
3. Mr. Dark (Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury)
4. Helva (The Ship Who Sang, Anne McCaffrey)
5. Straha (Worldwar series, Harry Turtledove)
6. Brandy (Liberty Meadows comics, Frank Cho)
7. Nikita (La Femme Nikita, Luc Besson)
8. Piotr Rasputin/Colossus (X-men comics, originally Claremont & Byrne)
9. Mr. Wednesday (American Gods, Neil Gaiman)
10. Koot Hoomie Parganas (Expiration Date, Tim Powers)
11. Queen Vashti/Esther (Esther, The Bible/Kethuvim)
12. One (City of Lost Children, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

( Here are the questions, and my answers. )