The Voss Bender Memorial Blog

Got this from lumilintu. Thought it might be fun.

a. Post a list of 10 fandoms.
b. Have your friends list guess your favourite character from each one.
c. When guessed, bold the line, include the character name, and write a sentence about why you like that character.


1. Battlestar Galactica

2. Lost / John Locke I like flawed characters. John is so strong and yet so weak. He has the island all figured out. Or has he? (Guessed by hansutin)

3. Doctor Who / Captain Jack Harkness See below. Sorry about the trick question. :P (Guessed by hansutin)

4. Torchwood / Captain Jack Harkness Fascinating character haunted by his past. Charismatic, funny, hot as hell, and slightly over-the-top. And bisexual. (Guessed by lumilintu)

5. A Song of Ice and Fire / Tyrion Lannister Cynical, disfigured, immoral son of a bitch, and yet you can't help liking him. George R. R. Martin is a genius, and Tyrion is probably the best character he has ever written. (Guessed by Thyme)

6. Master and Commander

7. Cthulhu Mythos / Nyarlathotep Nyarlathotep is the messenger of the Outer Gods, and can appear in a thousand different forms. He is cunning and manipulative, unlike most Lovecraftian deities (who usually seem like chaotic and mindless beings). (Guessed by hansutin)

8. The Lord of the Rings

9. Sandman / Death I don't know. I just like the idea that Death is really a goth chick who looks like Siouxsie Sioux and digs Mary Poppins. :) (Guessed by Tapsa)

10. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy


I find it amusing but not really surprising that there is only one non-speculative fandom among these. ;)

So guess away! I know some of these are ridiculously easy, but then others are quite difficult because I'm not 100% certain myself...

In today's newspaper there was a mention of the London 2012 Olympics, and my first thought was "oh look, a Doctor Who reference!"

Is this normal, or should I be worried?

From jautero


Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year).

List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

22nd August:

Neat facts

1770 - James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia
1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered

Births:

1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist

Deaths

1485 - King Richard III of England (killed in battle) (b. 1452)

Hee hee hee...

I am Nyarlathotep! The 999 forms of Nyarlathotep are a point of meditation for the true initiate. It is through these manifold faces that the secrets of the universe are made known. Called "The Crawling Chaos", Nyarlathotep is the disembodied ego of Azathoth and thus the universal "I" of known reality. Some of the many documented forms are; Father of Knives, Nephren-Ka, the Black Man, the Beast of the Lashing Tongue to name a few.

Which Great Old One are you?