Mnem's new reading list. Brought to you by the BBC + dead white guys

Saw this in a friend's Facebook note, thought it looked cool, didn't dare make my own note about it 'cause she and I aren't really that close anymore and it woulda looked stalkerish, wanted to share it anyways, stole it with a fiendish laugh, deleted unnecessary line breaks and dumped it here. To wit, this is a list of 100 rather important books, of which the average person, according to the venerable British Broadcasting Corporation, has only read six. Six. For shame. There is something wrong with this generation.

Anyhoo, it is now my goal to finish reading through this list by the end of high school, which shouldn't be too difficult as a) I read like a maelstrom (case in point: finished Vonnegut's 302-page Hocus Pocus in roughly three hours last week) and b) I've already gone through quite a few of these books. Bolded Struck-out items have been read in full and italicized ones have been begun and then tossed aside or simply read in excerpt form. (And my own addition: underlined bolded ones are ones I really really reeeaaally want to read.) Feel free to snatch the list and vaunt your own literary accomplishments. No credit required, because it never was  mine anyways, but your soul would be nice.

Commence Operation Meme!

Because I am sad and need a life and want to keep this thing alive without getting my hands too, too dirty. This is basically just a variation on the ever-popular iPod quiz game (pose a question and hit fast-forward in shuffle mode to get a nonsensical song-title-as-answer). More fun than it looks.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "ARE YOU OKAY" WHAT DO YOU SAY?
Ready -- Kelly Clarkson

2. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Welcome To Mystery -- Plain White T's

 (Mwahahahaha.)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
This Is Our Town -- We The Kings

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Always Running Out Of Time -- Motion City Soundtrack

(True.)

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Don't Stop Me Now -- Queen

(Outta my way!)

6. WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
The Birds They Put In Cages -- Tina Arena and Garou

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
She Had The World -- Panic! At The Disco

(Wondering if I should feel

threatened, flattered, or sad.)

8. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Night Drive -- The All-American Rejects

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
She Is -- The Fray

10. WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Easy Tonight -- Five For Fighting

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Laziest Girl In Town -- Lisa Ekdahl

(Chronos: -enters room-

Mnem: -swivels-

Mnem: -SHING-

Chronos: o_O)

12. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Real World -- The All-American Rejects

13. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
One Day -- Trading Yesterday

14. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Alright -- Five For Fighting

(Hehe.)

15. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Somebody Told Me -- The Killers

(YES.)

16. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?-
Why Worry -- The All-American Rejects

17. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Leave Out All The Rest -- Linkin Park

(Ostracizing people is a skill.)

18. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Pressure -- Paramore

(Not my biggest, but it's on the list.)

19. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Beautiful -- Trading Yesterday

20. WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
Like A Song -- Lenka

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances -- Neeme Järvi: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

(Fate is trying to tell me something.

If only I knew what...)

~Mnemosyne

My life according to Paramore

I already put up the AAR version of this meme on my LJ, but I got bored approximately thirty seconds later and decided to have a fling with my other favourite band's song titles. Expect a Queen version too eventually. (I'm not a complicated girl.)

Anyhoo, for those of you who haven't been touched by the Great Meme God In The Sky, this is the one where they throw questions at you and demand that you answer using only song titles from a specific artist. More taxing than it looks, really, but kind of fun.

Mnem's list:
1. Are you a male or a female? Whoa
2. Describe yourself: For A Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic
3. How do you feel? Crushcrushcrush
4. Describe where you currently live: Brick By Boring Brick
5. If you could go anywhere, where would you go? Where The Lines Overlap
6. Favorite method of transportation: Turn It Off
7. You want: The Only Exception
8. Your friend is: Feeling Sorry
9. You and your best friends are: Born For This
10. What's the weather like? Here We Go Again
11. Favorite time of day: When It Rains
12. If your life was a tv show, what would it be called? All We Know
13. What is life to you? Playing God
14. Your fear: Misguided Ghosts
15. What is the best advice you have to give? Never Let This Go
16. Thought for the day: That's What You Get
17. How would you like to die? Conspiracy
18. Your soul's present condition: Brighter
19. Your motto: Let The Flames Begin

~Mnemosyne

Hell is gone and heaven's here, with silly music memes galore

Another funny little meme where all you need is a working copy of iTunes. Set it on shuffle and write down the first lyrics of the first twenty songs. This is what your poem is made up out of. The twenty-first first lyric (no, that wasn't redundant) becomes your title. My example:

Hell is gone and heaven's here

Me no bubbletious
Sands and gears, oh, how the daisies bloom
Do you remember when we didn't care?
Hey there baby, make up your mind
I wish I could cross my arms
Skylark
This is a tale that takes its place in Paris fair, this year of grace
The buttons on my phone are worn thin
Guess this means you're sorry
Tafari tries to get a job
Drew looks at me
Back me down from backing up
I'm staring out into the night, trying to hide the pain
Step one, you say "We need to talk"
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Things are looking up, oh, finally
You used to talk to me like I was the only one around
Sure you ride the finest horse I've ever seen
One, two, three
We were both young when I first saw you

Lyrics pulled from

"Let Me Entertain You", Robbie Williams

"Kids", Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue
"Umbrella Beach", Owl City
"Another Heart Calls," All-American Rejects
"Now Or Never", Lisa Ekdahl
"Tidal Wave", Owl City
"Skylark", Monica Mancini
"The Age Of The Cathedrals", Bruno Pelletier
"Why", Secondhand Serenade
"My Life Would Suck Without You", Kelly Clarkson
"Proud To Be A Dread", Des'ree
"Teardrops On My Guitar", Taylor Swift
"Straightjacket Feeling", All-American Rejects
"Home", Daughtry
"How To Save A Life", The Fray
"Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 - Hallelujah Chorus", Karl Richter: London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
"Looking Up", Paramore
"Used To", Daughtry
"Ride On", Christy Moore
"Summerboy", Lady Gaga
"Love Story", Taylor Swift

The scary thing is that it's not a halfway bad poem. Methinks I have stumbled on a new way of acing Creative Writing assignments... >:D

~Mnem

Re: Mnem's Game

Mnem told me to give a shot at it, so I did.

This is the Wikipedia article I got -- click here.

The quote I got is --

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

-- Charles DuBois

Therefore, my album name is 'What We Could Become' by 'Alameda Terminal'.

Album cover --

Let me make this clear. I DO NOT OWN THIS PHOTO.
The photo can be found at this link -- click here.

This photo belongs to Flickr user JumpinJack. I am in no way claiming this as my own.

-Chronos 'Yes, I like disclaimers because it prevents me from getting sued.'

Let's play a game...

Stole this from a forum post on GOS, which was in turn stolen from the inimitable TV Tropes. -cheeky grin- That's two of my obsessions right there. Oh, Internet, you amaze me! :P

Here's how you play (no cheating!):

Go to Wikipedia and click "random article". The article you get will be your band's name. If it actually is a band's name, or a musician's name, then you have permission to hit F5, because pulling a real-life artist spoils the fun.

Now go here. Scroll down to the last quote and write down the last four words of said quote. This phrase, no matter how nonsensical it may be, is your album title.

Finally, go here. Third photo on the first row will be your album cover.

Here's what I got when I played--

Link here.

Presenting Won't Get Much Sleep by Corografia Açórica. Creepily appropriate cover, eh?

~Mnemosyne