tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-07-04:1659705intrigueingintrigueingintrigueing2015-02-17T05:05:32Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2012-07-04:1659705:8650Maybe his head would explode?2015-02-17T05:00:26Z2015-02-17T05:05:32Zpublic6I remember when I was younger I used to always laugh at the bits in Sherlock Holmes stories where Holmes would deduce some person's belongings successfully because all the belongings made sense together. I'm sure he could have made lots of deductions about people's bookshelves. I don't know about mine though. Here are all the books just on my bedroom bookshelf, in the order they're sitting in at the moment, from left to right and up to down (which doesn't include all the books of mine in the apartment). What would Holmes deduce about me?:<br /><br />Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" (Calvin and Hobbes collection) by Bill Watterson<br /><br />Pogo by Walt Kelly (no title, copyright page says these strips are from 1949-1951)<br /><br />Transmission of Light by Zen Master Keizan<br /><br />The Best Illustrated Cocktail Recipes<br /><br />Don Quixote Volume I by Miguel de Cervantes<br /><br />Don Quixote Volume II by Miguel de Cervantes<br /><br />The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams<br /><br />Zebra Three #1 (Starsky & Hutch fanzine)<br /><br />Zebra Three #3 (Starsky & Hutch fanzine)<br /><br />Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore<br /><br />Avengers: The Kree/Skrull War<br /><br />Five Great Short Stories by Anton Chekov<br /><br />The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle<br /><br />Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics)<br /><br />"Is This Your First Purge, Miss?" (Doonesbury collection) by Garry Trudeau<br /><br />The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler<br /><br />Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain<br /><br />Helen's Babies by John Habberton<br /><br />The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook (why the fuck isn't this in the kitchen...)<br /><br />Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J .K. Rowling<br /><br />GRE Premier 2015 with 6 Practice Tests<br /><br />The Complete Works of Beatrix Potter<br /><br />The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Thornton W. Burgess<br /><br />The Adventures of Grandfather Frog by Thornton W. Burgess<br /><br /><br />IDK?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=intrigueing&ditemid=8650" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-07-04:1659705:3811Episode Selections from all the TV Show Fandoms2014-11-09T20:03:08Z2014-11-22T03:58:35Zamusedpublic2I recently found in my documents a 1/4 finished entry for a very old LJ meme (at least three years old and probably totally defunct). It asked to pick your favorite TV show fandoms and then answer the questions:<br /><br /><strong>Show Title:<br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong><br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality:<br />An episode everyone likes that you don't:<br />An episode no one likes that you do:<br />An Underrated Episode:<br />The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly?<br />First Episode You Ever Watched:<br />Impression the </strong><strong><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong>Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong><br /><br />I decided to fill as many of them out as I could think of:<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><strong>Show Title: </strong>M*A*S*H<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> Abyssinia Henry<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen<br /><strong>An episode everyone likes that you don't:</strong> No Idea<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>Again, no idea<br /><strong>An Underrated Episode:</strong> Sticky Wicket<br /><strong>The Series Finale:</strong> <strong>Good, Bad, or Ugly?</strong> GOOD!<br /><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched:</strong> The Light that Failed<br /><strong>Impression the <strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong> Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> I had no idea how much the cast had and would change, so good, but slightly misleading<br /><br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>Star Trek: The Original Series<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> The Trouble With Tribbles<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>City on the Edge of Forever (big surprise there...)<br /><strong>An episode everyone likes that you don't:</strong> I, Mudd<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>Assignment: Earth<strong><br /></strong><strong>An Underrated Episode: </strong>Where No Man Has Gone Before<br /><strong>The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly?</strong> There was no finale, but "Turnabout Intruder" was terrible, and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" was great.<br /><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched:</strong> A Private Little War<br /><strong>Impression the <strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong> Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> Slightly misleading. My 11 year old brain couldn't get past the pastel unicorn yeti monster.<br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>Star Trek: The Next Generation<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> Remember Me<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>The Best of Both Worlds<br /><strong>An episode everyone likes that you don't:</strong> Um, I dunno?<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>Rascals<strong><br /></strong><strong>An Underrated Episode: </strong>The Wounded<br /><strong>The Series Finale: </strong><strong>Good, Bad, or Ugly?</strong> A-maz-ing!<br /><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched:</strong> Brothers<br /><strong>Impression the <strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong> Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> Good! 'Course, I thought Data was a bad guy for the first half of the episode...<br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> Far Beyond the Stars/In The Cards (sorry can't choose!)<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>In the Pale Moonlight<br /><strong>An episode everyone likes that you don't:</strong> Don't know about episodes, but the arc at the beginning of season 6 made me more irritated than I think anyone else was...<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>The Magnificent Ferengi (and all the other Ferengi episodes and goofy episodes except that one sex change one)<strong><br /></strong><strong>An Underrated Episode:</strong> Take Me Out to the Holosuite <br /><strong>The Series Finale: </strong><strong>Good, Bad, or Ugly?</strong> Simultaneously Good and Ugly<br /><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched:</strong> Civil Defense<br /><strong>Impression the <strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong>Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> Good!<strong><br /><br /></strong><strong>Show Title: </strong>Starsky & Hutch<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> Gillian<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality:</strong> Sweet Revenge<br /><strong>An episode everyone likes that you don't:</strong> Tap Dancing whatchamacallit (except the tag, of course!)<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>Starsky vs Hutch (come at me, bro)<strong><br /></strong><strong>An Underrated Episode:</strong> The Specialist<br /><strong>The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly?</strong> Awesome! (see above, duh)<br /><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched:</strong> Bloodbath<br /><strong>Impression the <strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong> Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> Pretty bad and misleading except for the partnership aspects. <br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> The Zeppo <br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>Hush<strong><br />An episode everyone likes that you don't: </strong>Prophecy Girl<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>Bargaining I and II<strong><br />An Underrated Episode: </strong>Anne<strong><br />The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? </strong>Good...slightly ugly<strong><br />First Episode You Ever Watched: </strong>School Hard<strong><br />Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? </strong>Fucking 100% perfect<strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>The West Wing<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> In the Shadow of Two Gunmen I and II<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>Two Cathedrals<br /><strong>An episode everyone likes that you don't:</strong> 25<br /><strong>An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>The Midterms<strong><br /></strong><strong>An Underrated Episode:</strong> Stirred<strong><br />The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? </strong>Bleh, okay sorta I guess. I don't really consider seasons 5-7 canon...<strong><br />First Episode You Ever Watched: </strong>What Kind of Day Has It Been?<strong><br />Impression the </strong><strong><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong> Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? </strong>Dude, it was, like, a massive literal shoot-em-up cliffhanger...<br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>Doctor Who (New)<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> The Doctor's Wife<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances<strong><br />An episode everyone likes that you don't: </strong>The Girl in the Fireplace<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>Boom Town<strong><br />An Underrated Episode: </strong>Amy's Choice<strong><br />The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? </strong>No finale yet!<strong><br />First Episode You Ever Watched:</strong> The Empty Child<strong><br />Impression the </strong><strong><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong>Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> Way too amazing<br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>Doctor Who (classic)<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:</strong> The Curse of Fenric<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>Genesis of the Daleks<strong><br />An episode everyone likes that you don't: </strong>City of Death<strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>The Happiness Patrol<strong><br />An Underrated Episode: </strong>Warriors of the Deep<strong><br />The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? </strong>Pretty good<strong><br />First Episode You Ever Watched: </strong>An Unearthly Child<strong><br />Impression the </strong><strong><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong>Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong> Great!<br /><br /><strong>Show Title: </strong>The X-FIles<strong><br />Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: </strong>Dreamland I & II<br /><strong>Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: </strong>Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose or Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"<strong><br />An episode everyone likes that you don't: </strong>Squeeze, sorta<strong> </strong><strong><br />An episode no one likes that you do: </strong>All the mytharc ones, I guess?<strong><br />An Underrated Episode: </strong>The Unnatural<strong><br />The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? </strong>Whatever. I had kinda thrown up my hands at this point...<strong><br />First Episode You Ever Watched: </strong>The Goldberg Variation<strong><br />Impression the </strong><strong><strong>First Episode You Ever Watched </strong>Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?</strong>! Pretty good but not spectacular<br /><br /><br />And that's all that I have the time or energy for right now. 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