Responses to Association Meme

[fightingthecage]

From wanttobeatree


1. Milliways

Omg, Milliways. Srsly. You know what? Before Milliways, I had a writing life. I wrote a lot. Fanfic, mainly but still a lot of it. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I JOINED MILLIWAYS?! I stopped. Completely. And got so sucked in by that damn game, there are no words to describe it. I was unemployed at the time and just used to stay up all night so I could play with people in the US. And I would still do that now, if it weren't for the baby.

I love Milliways. It's not perfect and I've come across some nastiness on occasion because of it. I sort of regret losing my writing mojo to it because people used to like my fics, damnit. But it's so much fun. The people in it are, for the most part, made of awesome. And you get to take your favourite characters and get them to interact with more of your favourite characters and see what happens - how can that not be amazing? I missed it like fuck when I was a) without computer for the first half of 2007 and b) then in too traumatised a state to really play and then, c) getting used to having a young one about. But now my main pup is back in, I'm LOVING IT.

...and can't go to bed before 3am any more, it seems. Fucking Milliways.

2. 24

*grabs Show and holds it tight* I've never loved a show this much. The West Wing came close but...no cigar. SPN just can't cut it in terms of taking over, probably because I'm inherently more interested in spies and guns and things blowing up than ghosts and demons and what not (possibly because demons, in particular, scare the fuck out of me). Anyway. 24 wins at life. The way they've taken Jack from being a relatively normal guy, to the twisted, fucked-up , tortured, broken soul he is just makes me happy. OK, S6 wasn't great. Every show has a season that doesn't quite measure up. I think they could have done a lot more with Jack's family and there are often a lot of holes in it. But to be honest, I think I wouldn't really notice them if it weren't for fandom pointing them out.

Jack Rocks. He's badass. They've put him in impossible situations over and over again and he breaks himself, over and over again to try and do what's best. He puts country over his own life and he's lost just about everyone close to him. The way they've brought him back and made him function again makes me glee. I'll always watch 24, even if it starts to suck, and I'll always love it.

3. Rugby

I played rugby from age 14 to 20. Not so much when I was 19/20 because I was sick of it by then and had gone off to Uni, been abroad etc. But the first few years of playing were fucking amazing. I was very good at it. My coaches told me I'd be the youngest player ever to play for England. Rugby gave me my first taste of drinking, my first fist fights, my highest level of fitness ever, my first properly broken heart and, unfortunately, an injury that changed my life. After my last game (Nov 18th, 1998; I'll never forget it), I went through times of hardly being able to walk, I lost my chance to get into the Army, I lost all my fitness, couldn't do sport, hampered my later efforts at martial arts and made me depressed as fuck. I cracked two discs that day, within two minutes of the start of the game - and carried on playing. So it's my own fault. Being in the front row of the scrum, a back injury was probably the worst thing I could get and keep playing on it, but there you go.

People think it's an incomprehensible game but it's not when you're actually playing. I loved it so much, you put your body through so much. It's not just running, it's tackling and pushing and pulling and sprinting and jumping - you get battered out there on the field. And then you get back into the club and get battered on the beer as well. Awesome. :)

4. Lancashire

Eh. I live here. I probably will for many years to come, due to circumstances. It's not the place I would have chosen to settle down but Steve lives here and I'm not taking Evie away from him and that's that.

It's quite a nice county. The people are a bit depressing but they are anywhere in England, bar London possibly. I'm gutted that I live so close to the sea - it rarely snows here. One of the reasons I moved up North is because I wanted snow! It's pretty though, and it's an historic county due to the War of the Roses way back when. It'll do, for now - there are worse places to bring a little girl up in.

5. AC/DC

TREE, I LOVE YOU FOR THIS ONE!

AC/DC are...fuck, I don't know. I bought Back in Black somewhere around 2004, because I knew it was one of those albums everyone was supposed to own. I listened to it and found it wasn't at all like I thought it would be; I was expecting it to be much heavier. So I didn't listen to it again for about two years. And then, on a bus coming home from college one day, I found the Metal playlist on my ipod because I wanted to listen to Ozzy Osbourne. A few minutes later I realised that the song I had on was fucking amazing - 'Shoot to Thrill' by AC/DC. I put the album on, listened properly and it's been a full on love affair since then.

They sing, almost exclusively, about sex, drugs alcohol and rock n roll. That's about it. There are some references to the Devil in there, one song that is almost a ballad (one in, like, fourteen albums) and the rest are just full-on, kickass guitar with risque lyrics about shagging and drinking and fighting and it's just fun. It helps that I love guitar more than life itself, and that Angus Young is a genius. It helps that Brian Johnson's voice is pure sex to me and it also helps that I like drinking and getting laid and partying and having fun and tearing it up. Their music makes me happy, it revs me up, it gives me a buzz before going out, it's about life the way I used to live it and the way I wish I still could, sometimes. Jeez, that whole time before I hooked up with Steve, and after, I was high all the time and drunk most nights and it was a blast - AC/DC are my soundtrack to that whole time.

And I'm buying a ticket to go see them at Wembley tomorrow - CAN WE SAY EXCITED OMG!!! \O/

Other people don't like them; I get the piss ripped out of me all the time at work because of how much I listen to them. And I dont give a crap because they're my boys and I love them. :)

Comments

[ceitfianna]

I had no idea you'd played rugby, wow. I've only watched the game but I have such respect for the players, its a hard fought exciting game.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Yarr! I played a lot. And it's really really great. I get tempted to play again every now and again but I think I'd just injure myself again and nothing's worth that amount of pain.

[mulefa.livejournal.com]

I miss your fanfic :(

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks mate. I miss writing it. Blame Milliways! It's all it's fault.