Empithrymancy

[active_apathy]

No prizes for properly translating the subject.

Today, today I have a meme. It's seemingly all over my flist, so I'm not going to name a vector for its memetic spread. It's the random-songs-answer-questions one; it's likely you're familiar with it, so no rules for you.

1. How does the world see me?
   
   The Imperial March, composed by John Williams.
   
   Um...
   
   ...
   
   
2. Will I have a happy life?
   
   River's Dance, composed by Greg Edmonson and appearing in Safe, the fifth episode of Firefly.
   
   Firstly: WTF Winamp? I can't really do much with the lyric of anything instrumental. And secondly, River looks pretty happy in that scene, at least until Simon gets kidnapped.
   
   
3. What do my friends really think of me?
   
   I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together, from Once More With Feeling, the musical episode of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
   
   My friends apparently can't decide what to think, but they do apparently think that bunnies are teh eeebil. However! They have great faith in a group ability to face everything but the aforementioned bunnies.
   
   *changes post icon*
   
   
4. Do people secretly lust after me?
   
   I Want You, by Savage Garden.
   

   Ooh, I want you
   I don't know if I need you
   But, ooh, I'd die to find out

   Um... apparently. But secret != dying to find out, so... no?
   
   
5. How can I make myself happy?
   
   I Want to Kill You, by Darling Violetta.
   

   I...want...to...kill...you
   When you least expect it
   I'll bash your brains in
   When you least expect it

   Well, it could be worse. For this question I clicked the skip button thinking "not First Orgasm, not First Orgasm..."
   
   
6. What should I do with my life?
   
   Halflife, by Lacuna Coil.
   

   I don' t want to be just a cure for a need
   Here into my prison I'm searching the key
   My horizon so hard to be outlined
   Riding all my time I'm still draining my day away

   *ponders* I don't think Winamp knows either. Grr.
   
   
7. Why is life so full of pain?
   
   Das Altbier Lied, as performed by die Toten Hosen.
   

   Ja, sind wir im Wald hier? Wo bleibt unser Altbier?
   Wir haben in Düsseldorf die längste Theke der Welt, jajajaja
   Ja, sind wir im Wald hier? Wo bleibt unser Altbier?
   Wo ist denn der Held der mit seinem Geld die Runde bestellt?

   Apparently, life is so full of pain because a German punk rock band has no beer. Who knew?
   
   
8. How can I maximise my pleasure during sex?
   
   In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly.
   
   I'm guessing this means it should take a while, it should be thoroughly exhausting, and no-one will ever be sure what was said and what it was supposed to sound like.
   
   
9. Will I ever have children?
   
   Dies Irae.
   
   Seriously. Dies Irae. The K. 626 version of it, but still: Dies Irae. Clearly, if ever I reproduce it'll be the end of the world.
   
   I'm really not seeing the bad.
   
   
10. Will I die happy?
    
    The Bridge of Khazad Dum, composed by Howard Shore, from the soundtrack for LotR:FotR.
    
    So: no. But apparently I'll come back afterwards, slightly bleached.
    
    
11. What is some good advice for me?
    
    Dirty Business, by the Dresden Dolls.
    

    She's the kind of girl who looks for love in all the lonely places
    The kind who comes to poker pockets stuffed with kings and aces
    She's the kind of girl who only asks you over when its raining
    Just to make you lie there catching water dripping from the ceiling

    At least it's considered Poor Form™ to shoot poker cheats these days. I hope think.
    
    
12. What is happiness?
    
    Everybody Wants to Rule the World, by Tears for Fears.
    

    Help me make the most
    Of freedom and of pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world

    I'm not entirely sure this one works; whenever do rulers of worlds look happy? When do they take time to skip through the garden, or to hug a puppy, or to find somewhere and read a good book without some pesky champion of the peasants coming to ruin everything?
    
    You'd think it'd be the way to be happy; you could make an edict saying that the first responsibility of all citizens is to ensure that their ruler by right of large complicated superweapons (ie, you)  is properly happy, but no. It's always 'raise taxes!' or 'burn down the village!' or what have you. You'd be better off as a professional provider of water to potted plants.
    
    
13. What is my favourite fetish?
    
    Trading Station Robbery, from David Newman's Serenity score.
    
    I have no idea what it's trying to say; I was secretly hoping for something like All of the Above.
    
    
14. How will I be remembered?
    
    Only When I Sleep, by the Corrs.
    

    But its only when I sleep
    See you in my dreams
    You got me spinning round and round
    Turning upside-down
    But I only hear you breathe

    Apparently, at bedtime. Which could be kind of cute, vaguely insulting, or ridiculously creepy, depending on just who seems to want to be doing this nocturnal dreaming.

And thus endeth the meme, yea.

Comments

[icanseethebunny.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Apparently our library has Serenity, but so far I haven't had any luck with the Firefly soundtrack. I mayyy have to suck it up and order it online. Sighhh.

Anyway. Fantastic. Consider yourself friended. :)