Oh, look! A meme!

[sophieisgod]

Okay, I'm biting the bullet and applying to hogwarts_elite. Wish me luck!

1. Leave me a comment saying something random, like the lyrics from your current favourite song, or your favourite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

bishwop asked me...
1. If you could bring back anyone from the Harry Potter universe from the dead, who would you choose? Only ONE, though.
Eurgh, tough question. Well, much as I would love to, I really can't bring back Lupin without Tonks, because ANGST and WEEPING and DEAR GOD MY SOUL. Whereas bringing back Fred would lead only to awesome, because then the twins would be whole again.

2. Describe one happy moment and one sad moment in your life.
HAPPY: I don't really have one 'ultimate happy moment'. I suppose the times when I'm at my happiest is when I'm with my friends, and we're all dancing like prats to an excellent song and laughing for little or no reason. It's like those shots in films where everyone's laughing and the camera pans round in slow motion. Those are probably my favourite times, the ones where you think 'I hope I know these people forever'.

SAD: The saddest I've ever felt is at my granddad's funeral, when my dad was reading out a speech he'd written. It wasn't so much that my grandfather was dead, because he'd had a stroke and he'd been fading for over a year, it was that my dad was reading this tremendously beautiful and personal speech, and he was crying.

3. What is your favourite song?
Impossible question! Seriously, there is no way to just pick one. Anything by The Smiths, really. Although, if I could only pick one song where I completely love everything about the music and the lyrics and EVERYTHING, then "Wake Up", by Arcade Fire. Especially the line 'We're just a million little gods causing rainstorms, turning every good thing to rust... I guess we'll just have to adjust'

4. You are only allowed to watch one thing on your television screen (including TV and Film) for the rest of your life. What do you choose?
Oh no. If this happened in real life I would cry for the rest of time. I suppose anything by Baz Lurhmann would be both stunning and pretty damn cool. But there really is no contest; LOTR trilogy (Extended Edition, natch). It's got great performances, pretty men, stunning scenery and a fucking epic story. What's not to love?

5. Do you have any big fears or phobias? If so, what are they?
Oh, I'm scared of absolutely everything. Fire, elecricity, motorbikes, large animals... You name it, I'm afraid of it. I think my main phobia is danger. I mean, I love rollercoasters but I will not go on spinning teacups if the safety bars looks dodgy. I'm a complete and utter wuss, I really am.

Comments

[spybarbie.livejournal.com]

I almost applied there.

You should check out hogwartsishome, I'm sorted there (Yay Slytherin) & it's pretty darn sweet.

[clouded-logic.livejournal.com]

Damn, I still need to do that other meme! Remind me tomorrow!

Spin around like a crazy elf, dancing to himself...

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR APPLICATION! *throws Phelps-enchanted luck at you* ♥

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

*catches with one hard, because is hardcore*
THANK YOU! And if I get in, you most definitely have to apply, yes you do.

♥Jarvis Cocker. I bet the Phelps twins can dance like hippogriffs, because they can do everything.

1. If you had to lose either your sight or your hearing, which would you choose, and why?
2. How do you feel about the decline of Seth as a character during the later seasons of The OC?
3. What would your Animgaus be?
4. Favourite song lyric?
5. What's the greatest love story of all time? Other than you/Phelps twin, obviously.

[clouded-logic.livejournal.com]

But it's scary! What exactly do you join for anyway?

Of course they can. Whilst riding horses and playing golf and having forearms all at the same time.

Wow, you have awesome questions. I promise I will update. :D

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Um... it looks cool? And it seems to be a comm which likes to discuss things... and I like to discuss things... and it looks cool! And they have common rooms! COMMON ROOMS! And I kinda want to see where people think I'd go. But you should probably ask Lily :)

*prods you* UPDATE!

[clouded-logic.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. It seems like a lot of trouble to go to just for getting into a Common Room :P

I would, but I'm being distracted! *continues Looking at you*

[tirwen-star03.livejournal.com]

Good luck, I'll be pulling (and voting) for you :D

Ok, umm, something random: *tries hard to think of something not twin-related* My dog never, ever, ever lets me cut her nails. We have to drag her to the vet to get it done.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll need it! And I'll resist the urge to, y'know, FORCE you to proofread my application, because I know you have to be objective and all that because I have read the rules, yes I have. *nods*

1. What piece of music would you want played at your funeral?
2. What's your favourite icon you've ever made, and why?
3. If you could do some crazy death deal and swap Fred for any surviving 'good' character, would you? If so, who?
4. If you could see any concert, ever, what would it be?
5. What's your ideal career?

[tirwen-star03.livejournal.com]

Does it actually say you're not allowed to ask someone to proofread your app? 'Cause I've seen members post links to their friends' apps (posted in their personal journals) and ask other members to look them over before those people apply...

expectolilium@gmail.com, if you want to. ;D

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you crafty Ravenclaw, you. I shall send you a copy post haste :)

[tirwen-star03.livejournal.com]

groovy :D

[edge-of-night.livejournal.com]

i love that song 'wake up'. good choice. i couldn't choose at all! EVAR! i would choose the LOTR extended trilogy, too though for me film. i love those films like so much, i don't know what.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Faramir! he is my very favourite.

Do you want questions? If your journal's getting over-memed you can just post the answers in a reply if you'd prefer. :)

1. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
2. Who's your favourite Bluth?
3. According to your profile you're 'a quarter of a century old'... How different do you think the world will be when you're a hundred?
4. Who is the One True Darcy?
5. Best book you ever read?

[edge-of-night.livejournal.com]

He's my favourite, too! From the first time I read the book even. Just a great character.

oh! I forgot about the questions, I can answer them here, my journal is a bit meme-fied. lol

1. Somewhere in the UK. :)
2. How can I choose? Um, GOB and George-Michael. Sorry, I know you said favourite Bluth singular. lol
3. Well, if I'm blessed with such a long life, I think it'll be very different. Look how different it has become just in my short lifetime. I don't think it'll be quite as space-agey as some of these movies predict, but I think it'll be quite different.
4. You mean, like which of the actors? If that's what you're looking for, then I guess I'd say Colin Firth. lol
5. I'm quite partial to Jane Eyre, but I also quite enjoyed Everything is Illuminated because it was so different from anything I had ever read.

[edge-of-night.livejournal.com]

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Lord of the Rings trilogy, too. I love those books.

[thedreamygirl.livejournal.com]

lalalalala.

Or does the randomness have to be more specific than that? If so then:

Set The Fire To The Third Bar.

Also, as much as it pains me to say, your answer to number one is true enough I suppose. :/

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Yay, Hana! I do so love that song.

1. What makes a real hero? Other than being Hiro from Heroes or Bono, obviously.
2. Favourite John Cusack performance?
3. Best birthday present you ever got?
4. Favourite Busted song? This is based on the assumption that the 'busted' listed in your interests is the awesome pop-punk boyband.
5. If you could only eat one food for the rest of time, what would it be?

[thedreamygirl.livejournal.com]

I know; it was you who rec'd it to me in the first place. *lol*

Excellent questions - of course I mean the awesome band! - I shall answer them on my LJ soon.

And I shall of course be pulling for you if it is important, but what is hogwarts_elite?

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Year 3000 = TUNE!

I wouldn't call it 'important', lol, it's a sort of uber-Harry Potter comm and they make you write a scary application and then people vote on it! Eep!

I watched Singin' In The Rain again! Gene Kelly's arse! Oh my.

[psychie.livejournal.com]

My surname translates to 'slayer of turks'. LOLZ

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Hah! Mine means 'peddlar'... not *quite* as glamourous, really.

1. What's your favourite lyric by The Smiths?
2. Damon or Graham?
3. Rosencrantz or Guildenstern?
4. Best film not in the English language?
5. Vampires or werewolves?

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

erm...
My favourite sandwich filling is butter, ham, two types of tomato, thin slices of cheese and sweet red onion chutney in a baguette. :)

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Sweet red onion chutney is the best thing to put on a sandwich, ever! I like to slice a baguette, spread that on, then add tomato and goats cheese and bake it for ten minutes. It makes my tongue dissolve with awesome.

Questions!
1. What's your favourite piece to play on the piano?
2. Which do you prefer, Nine or Ten?
3. Is Hugh Laurie better when he's being British or American?
4. Favourite place you've been on holiday?
5. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

(I must try that sometime)

1. My favourite piece /has/ to be the second movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique. Seriously, that makes me all kinds of happy inside.

2. Well, I /love/ Nine's character to all kinds of awesomeness, and he had a much better relationship with Rose, in my opinion... but you CAN'T argue with David Tennant, eh?

3. BRITISH all the way. I mean if you've seen him in Blackadder you won't be able to argue. And British people are generally cool ;)

4. That's gonna have to be Malaysia; it's where my mum comes from and my family live so it's got all sorts of significance for me, and also the food is kick-ass. I love my family to bits; my cousins are great, we speak in a Chinese-English mix.

5. I am still growing up :) I want to be a doctor or some kind of writer... or both!

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Hah, I was thinking about Sonata Pathetique when I was writing the question! Although, I must admit, I prefer playing the first movement, because I like to play LOUD. :)