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I got 65% on my essay (the GPS one, not the one I just handed in). That's quite depressing, especially since I've been giving more and more thought to the idea of science journalism as a career. On the other hand, I only know of two people who scored higher and I did leave out an important effect (which I've never heard of - yay for my sources!)

Anyhow. Memes.

1. What scene in which movie is guaranteed to make you cry?

The end of American Beauty. Even watched in isolation, the second Kevin Spacey says "And Janey. And Janey." I'm a total wreck.

2. What scene in which television show makes you tear up no matter how many times you've seen it?

The one that leaps to the front of my mind waving its arms is the scene in the sports store in Home. The acting in that scene is incredible. VK's "but not enough to hold on, dad" reduces me to floods.

3. Is there any famous tear jerker of a scene that leaves you cold? Or worse, makes you laugh?

The Greta Garbo film where she dies angstily - is it Marguerite or something? Camille, that's it. So OTT.

4. Do you cry when a character on screen cries, or is it something else that gets the tears flowing?

Nope, it's the big emotional moments (I cry when Stitch is lost in the woods in Lilo and Stitch, for God's sake!)

5. One fic that makes you cry

Let me think, I know there was one recently that I had to stop reading because I didn't want to be crying in the middle of the library... Oh! Bang/Whimper by

anniesj.

OTP meme

Angel/BtVS (I have many, many 'ships so I'm restricting myself to one each)
Boyslash: Angel/Spike
Het: Angel/Cordelia
Girlslash: Dawn/Tara
Incest: Angel(us)/Connor
Threesome: Angel/Spike/Buffy
Conventional: Willow/Oz

Rare pairings
Where to start?

What the world needs is Buffy/Oz. And Buffy/Gunn. For some reason there are not huge archives filled with these pairings. Don't get me started on Buffy/Doyle, Buffy/Lindsey or Buffy/Graham. Also: Angel/Riley. Willow/Riley. Buffy/Holden. Spike/Holden. Tara/Xander. Dawn/Riley. Dawn/Oz. Dawn/Lindsey. Buffy/Tara. Angel/Gwen. Angel/Nina. Angel/Kate. Willow/Percy. Oz/Gunn. Oz/Wesley. Anya/Lilah.

There's not enough fic in general about Holden, Pike, Scott Hope or Owen from Never Kill a Boy on the First Date. Owen/Pike 4eva!

Because I'm bored, some links. If there's anything you think I might get a kick out of, drop a comment.

Links taken from my friends-list:

Everybody's reading "Confessions of a Semi-Successful Author".

caille has an article up speculating on the author's identity. I like the theory that 'she' is Joe Klein, author of Primary Colours.

I love this article. A Guardian writer says women want more gay sex onscreen.

Hysterical thread about the possibility of blimps being used in the Save Angel campaign. My personal favourite: "A little blimp should follow Jordan Levin around day and night, at work and at home, just hovering over him." Link nicked from

electrcspacegrl.

Thinkgeek.com. My credit card is trying to leap onto the desk as I type.

vark69: Sark/Vaughn. I have... issues... with Vaughn. They magically disappear when he's slashed with Sark, because Sark's just cool that way.

dolores made Pigeon Street icons! <3

My links

My memories have links to some of the fics that will eventually go on my recs site.

Online pictionary. I could waste weeks on this, except I have to wait till Kevin and

thecount_ha get online because my pictures are crap (stupid sticky mouse) and I'm too shy to play with real people who are actually good.

TWOP 7th Heaven Recaps. I've never seen a single episode of this show, but the recaps are hilarious.

Directory page at fanfic.net. Or, the perfect place for my geeky game of fanfic Russian Roulette. This links to everyone who has a Buffy story on fanfiction.net. Pick a page and a person at random. I've found some good stuff and heaps of enjoyably bad stuff this way.

greatpoets: I'm a poetry nut.

allthejellies: and a closet Buffy/Giles fan.

Silverlake is my favourite fanfic archive. So much excellent stuff.

Oh, and there's a

willowficathon (about time, thanks,

moireach) and a Baby!verse ficathon. The potential for fluff and bizarreness! (I secretly want

willshenillshe's Tara/Xander.) That's characters having sprogs, by the way, not the other Pride and the Scourge Babyverse.

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He. Sark can work miracles! Thanks for the pimp ;)

Sark is The Hotness. Give that boy a spinoff.

oh yes. Sark spinoff!!! And if that's too much to ask, just give him a make out session with Vaughn! :)

Shit. Now MY debt card wants to play at thinkgeek.com

gerrr

and :D

How, how, can I survive without a "w00t!" t-shirt? *g*

I like "42" as the answer to the universe question.

I am so gonna play here today, LOL.

Do they have a "wish list" page? *g*

There so needs to be more Buffy/Oz and Buffy/Tara. I'm even considering making a site for the former.

Ooh, I'd love that. Buffy/Oz deserves more love.

Must. Have. w00t! Shirt.

That's characters having sprogs, by the way, not the other Pride and the Scourge Babyverse.

Lemme tell you, man, when I first saw that? I thought the latter and cried a little inside.