Tidings of woe!

[active_apathy]

So, I had an interesting experience tonight.

I got to perform emergency maintenance on my computer following an interesting crash right in the middle of writing a reply email. Gmail's autosaved drafts, oh, how I love thee.

So, yes. One week of actual summer, I start dying from the temperatures and and my computer starts developing fun new heat issues. So, I've rearranged some bits to help with heat exchange, rearranged the desk to help airflow, and I'm going to go and buy it new fans tomorrow, because overheating computer bits? Do not want.

Also, last night, my obligatory 'one surgery before bed' in Trauma Center actually worked out to be just one. 5 kyriaki operations in 10 minutes? WTF, Trauma Center. WTF.

I got through 4 of them before the time limit, which was apparently enough to pass with a C. Whee. But, seriously, 5. In 10 minutes. So, I spent some of today practising the whole excise-and-burn thing for the kyriaki until it was down to about 1:50ish. It's still a little slow in spots, but I want my S, gorrammit.

Also, a handheld game shouldn't be quite so immersive. (But it's good that it is.)

Lastly, stolen from ryttu3k, the fandom character guessing meme thingy, which I choose to call...

The Fandom Character Guessing Meme Thingy!

The game is simple: I list up to 20 films or books or movies or TV shows or $OTHER, and you guess my favourite character(s) from them. Where I can't decide, the number of right answers is given [in brackets].

So!

1. Firefly - Kaywinnit Lee Frye (kdsorceress)
2. Battlestar Galactica [2] - Kara Thrace (captainsblog) and...
   
3. Veronica Mars [2] - Cindy Mackenzie (thesnark) and...
   
4. Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Elphaba (thesnark)
   
5. The Princess Bride [2] - Inigo Montoya (fireflyfailure) and Fezzik (palmer_kun)
   
6. The Dresden Files [2] - Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (palmer_kun)
   
7. The Amulet of Samarkand (and its sequels)
   
8. I'd say Heroes, but everyone already knows the answer
   
9. Harry Potter [2]
   
10. Dragonlance - Raistlin Majere (palmer_kun)
    
11. Planescape (the setting) [2]
    
12. Planescape: Torment
13. Grey's Anatomy [2] - Cristina Yang (thesnark)
    
14. House [2] - Gregory House and James Wilson (thesnark)
    
15. Shade's Children
16. Questionable Content [2] - Dora Bianchi (palmer_kun)
    
17. The Thief games
18. The Old Kingdom trilogy - Mogget (frenzied)
19. Pirates of the Caribbean [2]
20. Monsters, Inc. [2]
    

Comments

[thesnark.livejournal.com]

I'll try:

Firefly: River.
Battlestar Galactica [2] um...uh... *flail*
Veronica Mars [2] I'm going to go with Mac and Logan.

Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba
The Princess Bride: hmm... Vizini.
The Dresden Files [2] again....*flail*
The Amulet of Samarkand (and its sequels) see above flailing

I'd say Heroes, but everyone already knows the answer

Harry Potter [2] Hermione, Sirius
Dragonlance *more flailing*
Planescape (the setting) [2]
*still more flailing*
Planescape: Torment *yet more flailing*
Grey's Anatomy [2] I am the only person in the Verse who hasn't seen this show, but I can at least name one character, that being Dr. Dreamy or whatever. I'll guess whomever Sandrah Oh plays.
House [2] House and uh...Robert Sean Leonard dude.
Shade's Children Quoi?
Questionable Content [2] Oh that web comic thingy that my fiance reads...I don't know the names of any of the characters.
The Thief games okay, I give up on the rest of the list.
The Old Kingdom trilogy - Mogget (frenzied)
Pirates of the Caribbean [2]
Monsters Inc. [2]

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Firefly: No
VM: Mac, yes. Logan, no.
Wicked: Yes!
TPB: No
HP: No
Grey's: So... you mean Cristina Yang? Yes, she's one.
House: House, yes. And... *googles* Hey, I didn't know he was Neil Perry in DPS. Also, yes, the other one's Wilson.

And... that's about it for the ones you guessed. You did pretty well, I think.