Mutated "Nice Words About You" meme...

[thorfinn]

Nicked from morganjaffit's "I don't do memes" post (which was modded from unsworn's post which was itself modded from hooper_x's post) and then further modded slightly by me. I may not get around to you immediately, but I'll get to you.

Nice Words About You

• Reply to this post to indicate interest in being spoken about by me.
• We all could use a boost now and then, so steal this for your journal and make someone else's day as well - if it takes your fancy. I'll say nice words about you regardless, so don't feel obliged to.

1. I will then say a few nice words about you.
2. I will also tell you what song(s) remind me of you. Might not be a song, though. Might be a book or a film or a comic or a live action home invasion replication.
3. I will also tell you what fictional character you remind me of, either personality-wise or looks-wise.
4. I will also give ONE WORD that I associate with you when I think of you.

Edit: Whee! This is fun! I seem to have developed a technique... Hit 4. first, then 1., 3., then 2. Sometimes 2. then 3. if inspiration takes that direction first.

Edit 2: Tips for people doing this themselves... A good dictionary and/or thesaurus is essential, especially for 4. but sometimes in 1. also. Online ones are fine. Flex 2. and 3. to be genres that you actually have plenty of familiarity with, and ideally that you have large scannable by eye collections of, and if you get stuck on a particular individual, go look at the collection. And seriously, start with either 1. or 4., depending on what hits you first for a particular person.

Gorgeousest

Edit 3: One for seedy_girl, who is only just heading home from work, where she's been helping other people sort out the paperwork for moving into their shiny new houses just before the end of year... And who's been frantically busy in general for the past couple of months, and probably won't even get to read this post for a while.

1. You're the most caring person I know. We match up in a zillion little ways. We differ too, but mostly in complementary fashion. Honey. Snuggle. Kitten.
2. Tee Ni Nee Ni Nu from the album Short Cool Ones.
3. One of those movie star heroines who juggles about six different lives simultaneously, and loves them all, despite them being utterly different.
4. Gorgeousest.

Comments

[ms-kismet.livejournal.com]

That would be lovely. I think you're correct. Everyone does need a lift every now and then.

Humdinger

[thorfinn]

1. Even though I haven't chatted to you a lot, I get the distinct impression that you're clever, and you have a physicality about you which makes me happy smile.
2. Can't pin it down, but some sort of cyberpunk novel, I think.
3. Diziet Sma from State Of The Art by Iain M. Banks.
4. HUMDINGER!

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

I'd love you to do this for me. :)
I'll even respond in kind, for you, if you like.

Depth

[thorfinn]

1. Always magical, snuggly, and kind.
2. The Last Unicorn, film, book and soundtrack.
3. One of the off stage Bene Gesserit from Dune...
4. DEPTH.


Sure thing! Either here or in your own journal if you're posting a similar thing there.

[morganjaffit.livejournal.com]

Count me for the in, indeed!

Enlightenee.

[thorfinn]

1. You're about to step off the wheel. And you're rapidly moving streets ahead of anyone else I know in the self-knowledge stakes too. But you know all of that. Mmm... I'm envious, I think. Mildly, anyway.
2. You used to be a P. K. Dick novel, but I think now you remind me more of Tim Powers.
3. Mawhrin Skel from Player of Games by Iain M. Banks.
4. ENLIGHTENEE.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Now I'm curious. Go ahead :-)

Tensor.

[thorfinn]

1. Mathematics is just the coolest thang ever. You might be more amoral (while still being ethical) than I, and that's pretty damn impressive.
2. The Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem.
3. Klapaucius the Constructor, from 2.
4. TENSOR.

[catbiscuit.livejournal.com]

!

[catbiscuit.livejournal.com]

Meaning, that would be rad - thankyou!

[badpauly.livejournal.com]

Hehehe... this should be fun :)

Grievous

[thorfinn]

1. Pervert, fun, amusing. I suspect our topstyles would be awfully compatible to co-topping.
2. Switch Hitters
3. Paul from D.A.A.S. Kapital. (The character on the TV show, as opposed to the actor himself. This is mostly a looks and physicality thing.)
4. GRIEVOUS.

[quiet101.livejournal.com]

This could be ... interesting :)

Wibble.

[thorfinn]

1. Quiet (no surprise). Intriguing. Complex.
2. Santy Klaws, from Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton.
3. The Puzzlebox from Hellraiser.
4. WIBBLE.

[fraerie.livejournal.com]

I'm curious as to what you think...

Heart.

[thorfinn]

1. Lovely, dedicated, kind. And sexy, too, even though you're not entirely my type in terms of physicality.
2. Love is all you need (from All You Need Is Love by The Beatles).
3. M. from a number of 007 movies, as played by Dame Judi Dench.
4. HEART.

[unsworn-nomore.livejournal.com]

Please.

Recreation

[thorfinn]

1. Reinventional. No, really, it's a word I made up just for you. *grin* You've made one of the most gracious exits from being a hardcore social node that I've ever seen. Amazing job, and well done.
2. You remind me of Ankh Morpork, in all its glory, from the various Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.
3. Johnny, from the Johnny And The Something series by Terry Pratchett.
4. RECREATION.

[naturalredhead.livejournal.com]

Am rather curious.

Zaftig

[thorfinn]

1. I don't know you well, but you seem friendly, kind and talkative. I might suspect you of being an incurable optimist, but I'm not certain of that bit.
2. Assuming the optimism, you remind me of a Beta person, from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Happy, and taking joy as it comes.
3. Anne, about 40 years younger than she is in The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.
4. ZAFTIG.

[sly-girl.livejournal.com]

I love this shit. Tell me how much I rock.

Flutterby.

[thorfinn]

1. Whee! Butterflies! And you remind me of a beeswax candleflame.
2. Cherry Lips by Garbage
3. Peach from Mario Kart, for some reason that I can't quite pin down.
4. FLUTTERBY.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi! My name is Philip.

I like to wear my Amnesty International pin and condemn stateless refugees to a life of permanent detention... if they can't afford the cost of a release bribe, that is.

I'd love to be included in this.

( ;-) )

Possessive.

[thorfinn]

1. Smiling. Multi-faceted. Old.
2. Ich Bin Ein Auslander by Pop Will Eat Itself.
3. Grey Area (Meatfucker) from Excession by Iain M. Banks.
4. POSSESSIVE.

[paula-angela.livejournal.com]

OK

Personable.

[thorfinn]

1. Brave. Excellent. Political. I genuinely think you'll go places in politics, and I applaud you for going there.
2. Not Alibrandi from Looking For Alibrandi... but her wider ethnic cultural group in that novel.
3. Estray Lassils (human female representative from Masaq' Orbital's General Board) from Look To Windward by Iain M. Banks.
4. PERSONABLE.

[stealthflower.livejournal.com]

Uh... if you're not already overloaded with victims volunteers?

Genuine.

[thorfinn]

*grin* No, not overloaded.

1. Soft. Cute. Squee-riffic. Clever. Aware.
2. Nice anime... or maybe anime in general, but the nicer moments, as distinct from the moments involving tentacle porn and oceans of blood.
3. Chomba (Estray Lassil's niece) from Look To Windward by Iain M. Banks.
4. GENUINE.

[sajee.livejournal.com]

oh, I like this idea. When/if you have time, I'd like to know what you think. 8)

Majestic

[thorfinn]

The time is... now!

1. Wealthy (and not just materially). Grounded. Ready. Snuggleable. Intelligent.
2. Hrm. Difficult one. British Commonwealth Nobility, I think, noblesse oblige and all.
3. Cuddlepie (or possibly Snugglepot, I don't think I was ever sure who was which) from Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs.
4. MAJESTIC.

[frou-frou.livejournal.com]

Yes please!

Grace

[thorfinn]

1. Stylish. Sensible. Sundry. Superb!
2. Vintage Fashion, obviously. More specifically, Gosford Park by Robert Altman.
3. Having trouble naming a specific character... I want to say Miss Marple, but that's not right, so I'll list what I have in mind, and someone can tell me if such a character exists. A black and white movie character who's a costume designer. She's in love with a poet. They go through much difficulty trying to actually have dinner on their own due to interference by well-meaning friends. They finally get together despite it all and live happily ever after.
4. GRACE.

[elissande.livejournal.com]

Curiosity overcomes reticence

[thorfinn]

Ah yes. As per catbiscuit above, sort of. I have this vague feeling we have met in the flesh, but I cannot recall when or where. I may also be wrong... so please email or comment and tell me if you do recall either way, so I can add more data if we have met physically.

[whirled.livejournal.com]

me!

but you probably won't remember much about me, considering I can't even remember the last time I saw you :(

Animated

[thorfinn]

*grin* I can't remember the last time I saw you either, but I do remember who you are, I think. Are you a Sydney expat too, and did I know you there as well? If you're not, either you have a clone up in Sydney who used to float in similar circles to me when I was back at UNSW, or I'm completely mistaken as to who you are.

1. Well lit. That's like glowy, but more external somehow. Slightly bouncy, as I recall. Interesting, in that "ah, another chinee amongst the westerners" kind of way.
2. Some kind of Hong Kong Action/Comedy/Romance movie.
3. The young female detective from 2.
4. ANIMATED.

[mr-e-cat.livejournal.com]

how would you go with someone you haven't met IRL?

Rockin'

[thorfinn]

No problems... It's just that I like to make sure I've got all the data available to me for an individual glued in before I go summing them up. It's less likely to be an accurate call, since I do pull a lot of data by reading someone's physicality, but that's alright.

1. Netizen. Father. Provider. Critiquer.
2. Cats, the Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
3. Schroedinger's Cat, after the experiment, distinctly in the Alive And Tearing Your Leg Off For Putting Me Inside A Box And Ignoring Me state.
4. ROCKIN'.

[the-tao.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued...

Poised

[thorfinn]

1. You're one of the most careful people I know, in a wide variety of senses, all good. Solid. Ancient. Ish.
2. Gotta Be True by the Oxocubans just because the warning is so unnecessary for you.
3. Not Usagi Yojimbo, but one of the wandering priests in that universe.
4. POISED.

[damien-wise.livejournal.com]

Go for it. You know what I think of memes... ;)

Polisher

[thorfinn]

1. You make stuff. With your hands. That's a rare quality in these modern days. Generous. Caring.
2. Precious Things by Tori Amos from the To Venus And Back (live, still orbiting) Album (probably more the music than the lyrics entirely)
3. Celeborn from Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
4. POLISHER

[a-lad-inane.livejournal.com]

I can't resist. Go for it, sire.

[thorfinn]

Okay, as per others above. I don't remember if I've met you in the flesh or not... Either way, let me know, and I'll put a thang together.

[badpauly.livejournal.com]

1. Yes.
2. Quite liked that book.
3. BWAHAHAHAHA yes.
4. *giggle*

OK, you may be my preferred geek now. Spent most of the remainder of yesterday discussing projects that you will brobably be involved with. May have to make the trip up here to discuss though ;)

[badpauly.livejournal.com]

Damn, wrong button. Where is my coffee?

[txxxpxx.livejournal.com]

Hey, Fun!

MeMeMeMe.

Oh, & I'm pinching the idea too.

*hugs*

Pop

Gifted

[thorfinn]

1. You are one of the most upbeat and generous people I know. Healing. Aussie.
2. Birdhouse In Your Soul by They Might Be Giants from Flood.
3. Not a specific character, but one of Elizabeth Moon's Conspiracy Of Aunts from various of her novels, more specifically The Organising Aunt.
4. GIFTED.

[lirion.livejournal.com]

I'll be in this :)

Cutest

[thorfinn]

1. As morganjaffit wrote... You always glow. Fierce. Protective. Hot (no, not "hawt" in that tawdry way). Snuggable.
2. Cherry Pie by Warrant, if only because you must be the reason it exists on my computer.
3. Hard not to say Lirion Violet, but that's cheating. More like Galadriel, in the Silmarillion, back when she (and the universe) was young.
4. CUTEST.