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I watched  Battlestar Galactica 2x 19, kinda anti-climatic after Downloaded, but it was to expect and now there's one week to wait until the finale...By the way does anyone remember how Baltar called Six on Caprica before the attack in the miniseries?  I'm pretty sure we heard her name then but I can't recall it. 

Secret/hidden names is an old plot device in literature and of course it was used in the Jossverse, obviously in Ats with the Jasmine arc and  a bit more subtly in BTVS with Anne and with Dawn and the Key arc, which was foreshadowed in Buffy's dream in Restless but also, according to me, in Willow's deam when Tara and Willow wondered about the kitty and her name, a name she hadn't told them yet!

Weeks ago I read a thriller by John Katzenbach, The Analyst, that besides being a good mystery novel, made me remember AT LAST a fairy tale from my childhood I'd been trying to recall for months. I think I even asked [personal profile] syderia about it once, although in such a confusing way that she couldn't help me. 

The Analyst
  is about Dr. Frederick Starks , a psychoanalyst who receives an anonymous letter one day from a villain who calls himself Rumplestiltskin. Starks is given  30 days in which to guess the villain's identity. If he can’t guess it, Rumplestiltskin will begin killing off people close to Dr. Starks, and he’ll keep killing, unless Starks kills himself. 

The  fairytale was written down by the Grimm Brothers. Because I'm lazy, here's a summary from Wikipedia:

In order to make himself appear more important, a miller lied to the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold. The king called for the girl, shut her in a tower room with straw and a spinning wheel, and demanded that she spin the straw into gold by morning or be executed. She had given up all hope, when a dwarf (or mannikin) appeared in the room and spun straw into gold for her in return for her necklace; then again the following night for her ring. But on the third night, with nothing left, the strange creature spun straw into gold for a promise that the girl's first-born child would become his.

The greedy king was so impressed that he married the miller's beautiful daughter, but when their first child was born, the dwarf returned to claim his payment: "Now give me what you promised". The queen was frightened and offered him all the wealth she had if she could keep the child. The dwarf refused but finally agreed to give up his claim to the child if the queen could guess his name in three days. At first she failed, but before the second night, her messenger overheard the dwarf hopping about his fire and singing:

"Today I bake, tomorrow brew,
The next I'll have the young Queen's child.
Ha! glad am I that no one knew
That Rumpelstiltskin I am styled."
In case you wonder to where I was leading you...I wrote this whole entry just to justify post something I nicked from [profile] beanbeans, a meme about what your name means !

Find there

My Result )
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Joe-Tony Curtis-Junior: Why would a guy marry a guy ?

Daphne-Jack Lemmon: Security.



What was meant to be a joke in a hilarious maracas scene (Lemmon's morceau de bravoure)has become strangely a response full of wisdom nowadays as many rights and privileges are tied to marriage.

But damnit weren't Marilyn's outfits daring in that movie, smutty even! Her dresses made her look almost topless which is funny considering her conversation with Daphne/Lemmon about breasts on the beach!

ETA for stealing a new meme from [livejournal.com profile] spacedoutlooney

AFI Movie Meme )
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Nicked from [livejournal.com profile] syderia

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Frenchani!

  1. Tradition allows women to propose to frenchani only during leap years!
  2. It took frenchani 22 years to build the Taj Mahal.
  3. The Eskimos have over fifty words for frenchani.
  4. The fingerprints of frenchani are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene!
  5. All swans in England belong to frenchani!
  6. South Australia was the first place to allow frenchani to stand for parliament.
  7. The state nickname of Iowa is 'The frenchani state'!
  8. An average beaver can cut down frenchani every year.
  9. Americans discard enough frenchani to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet every 3 months!
  10. It is impossible to fold frenchani more than seven times!
I am interested in - do tell me about

it's even better with Chani )

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Get your mind out off the gutter! I'm simply avoiding the papers I should have marked during the holidays so I decided to do what nobody asked me to...Answer the fandom meme for BTVS and Ats, since it's actually the only fandom I know and belong to (I watch other shows but I don't know the fandoms).

 

BTVS )

 

Ats )

What would be your answers?

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and I'm already tired and kinda depressed (I'm back from my sister's). The news on tv don't really cheer me up. So Churchill thought of letting the Mahatma die in 1943? Mmmm...

I'm stealing a BTVS meme from Dandy, a friend from the Buffy Cross and Stake Spoiler Board.

What's the worst thing each of the characters below did?

What's the best thing? (I'm talking morally here.)

Feel free to add characters.

Buffy

Giles

Xander

Willow

Joyce

Angel

Drusilla

Spike

Mayor

Faith

Ethan Rayne

Willie the bartender

Oz

Dawn

Ben

Cordy

Wesley

Riley

Anya


 

My answers )

Hee!

Dec. 15th, 2005 06:19 pm
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Nicked from [livejournal.com profile] spacedoutlooney
You should learn Hindi

QuizGalaxy Language Quiz!

You should learn Hindi. You like to be able to speak to people wherever you travel if even just a little bit. You are very versatile and like adventure.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com
Actually I can count in Hindi and I know a few words....

Hee!

Dec. 7th, 2005 03:16 pm
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Oh Great Cthulhu!

I have been an extremely sedulous devotee this year.

In December, I recruited [info]enigmaticblues as a new cultist (30 points). In February, I bombed a cultist gathering (-100 points). In May, I legally changed my name to Randolph Carter (-40 points). In October, I defiled the grave of that traitor, Lovecraft (90 points). In November, I made a burnt offering to the Dead Dreamer (100 points). In January, I fed [info]anaross to a Shoggoth (250 points).

In short, I have been very good (330 points) and deserve to be eaten first.


Your humble and obedient servant,
frenchani


Submit your own plea to Cthulhu!
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List two songs and the memories they bring back.
Then tag three people to do the same in their journal.

I think I did a similar meme months ago, and it was more than 2 songs...Ok I'll try not to repeat myself.

2 songs )

Do the meme if you want to, I'm not tagging anyone.

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I know it's several entries in a row! But this is the last one, I'm heading to bed soon.

What are your top 5 shows (in order) that you're watching right now? They have to be shows that are currently airing new eps (where you live).

1. The Shield

2. Nip/Tuck (technically season 3 isn't airing yet here, I donwload)

3. Lost (ditto)

4. Rescue Me

5. True Calling (season 2 is airing on French tv)

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This one has been around for a while

LJ interests meme )

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