Dec 14: December Meme

Behind on the December Meme again, but here goes!

Dec 14: What's a typical day like for you? alexisjane

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Dec 15: December Meme

Dec 15: What's a really unusual/random fear you've had, and what has it taught you? septembers_coda

As always, with the very interesting questions! I had to put a lot of thought into this one, because although I've had A LOT of fear in my life, there's usually been a good reason for it, but I thought of one: The first time I ever traveled without someone else making all the arrangments, I was PETRIFIED. I just had no idea what to expect--whether you had to make hotel reservations ahead of time or be stuck sleeping on the streets, or if you could find a hotel when you got there (turns out it can be either!), and I mainly had SOO many fears about the rental car. But like I said, I usually had a reason for having fear; I must have sensed something coming, because when we went into the bank for literally four minutes to exchange some money (we were in Canada), when we got back to the car, someone had dented the bumper! I'd already been freakin' melting down, and now my worst fear had been realized. I hadn't been able to enjoy the trip at all, so incredibly anxious about everything, with a horrible headache.

The next half hour or so was a miasma of horror, and then, when I was pushed to the breaking point, I just had to let it all go, everything. If the worst happened, well, so be it. I'd come all this way and spent all this money; the least I could was have some damn fun, so I did. I learned you can't control everything (indeed, in some situations you can't control anything, and travel tends to be like that).

That was the first bud of an adventurous spirit I developed over the course of other travels (during some of which disaster did indeed strike to varying degrees, like the time a semi came inches from flattening us), when I learned to roll with the punches, have a devil-may-care attitude, and enjoy every minute as much as possible ... because it could be your last. ;-)

As it turned out, in my hysteria to be so careful with the rental car, when they gave us the diagram of the car as we picked it up on which we were supposed to mark all the already existing dents and such, I'd drawn a big, thick line RIGHT in that exact spot on the bumper due to a long, thin scratch I'd seen there, so it all worked out perfectly. Serendipity, baby! I learned to trust in that, too.

Good question; thanks for asking!

Dec 16: December Meme

Dec 16: Favorite SPN vid (funny or you know... in character) and some totally random vid that makes you smile every time you see it ;) gorkonelka

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Dec 17: December Meme

Dec 17: what is your favorite demon in spn and why ? emmatheslayer

Meg, hands down, because she was funny and sassy and evil but later on kind of good, and then at one point she was also Sam--how can you resist after that?? I always felt like there was so much potential there for redemption, especially since she'd already come so far. (People mentioned their wish that they'd used her for the trials instead of Crowley, which would have been great.) But Lilith is a close second; I loved the idea of an adorable little girl being the most terrifying demon of all, and that actress did such an awesome job with the part.

Thanks for asking!

This 'n' that

Only three more questions left to answer on my December Meme, unless someone else jumps in and asks another unexpectedly (which, let's face it, ain't too likely, seeing as how I'm hearing echoes around here. Hellooooo-oooo-ooo-ooo!)!

Saw the final Hobbit movie today, which wasn't bad enough to warrant a scathing review like the one I wrote a year ago for the second one, but there were a couple of scenes that were so over the top, I was like, "Wow, people are gonna be chortling about these for years." But it was enjoyable, in an old-Hollywood sort of way, and I like over the top, so it didn't bothuh me. Hot damn, the Thai food we ate after was hot! (I requested mild, but the chef didn't take any of our requests into account for some reason. I picked about ten hot peppers out of my dish--same as my buddy, who asked for his "extra spicy." Hmm ....)

And I just wanted to thank those who left me love on the Love Meme--all those comments are still sitting in my inbox so I can read them whenever I need a lift. Thanks, guys. <3