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My LJ has gone through a palindromic journey: it started off as a strictly RL tool (pre-Facebook!) and then became a mostly fandom-based platform and now, it appears, all I do is talk about RL again. SORRY GUYS. My L is very R, these days.
So in the spirit of nostalgia, a meme! Stolen from
liminalliz.
My username is: fahye - pronounced FAYE - commonly misspelled as 'fayhe'. I chose an LJ username on very short notice at the end of Year 10, when I had just watched Cowboy Bebop, and I basically threw an 'h' into Faye to make it more unique and so more suitable as an online handle. It's had good staying power; I'm known by it in fandom circles, I answer to it automatically in real life, and it's close enough to my real name that I can just sign all my emails 'F' without thinking about it.
My journal name is: La Fahyette, which is just different enough from fahye to not look totally stupid when set next to it, and is silly and punnish and...I like it.
My title is: broadcast me a joyful noise, which is from 'Bad Day' by R.E.M. I love the song and I love this lyric in particular, it's so strong and hopeful, and it's snuck into the middle of a chaotic chorus about counting your blessings even in the midst of a stressful life. WHICH IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS.
My subtitle is: ancient and naïve astronomies which is from Don DeLillo's Ratner's Star: 'a nullifying plunge through history's other end to all those ancient and naïve astronomies of bone and stone'.
My default userpic is:

[potc] under the windings of the sea
by spiffed_icon - 'do you think death could possibly be a boat?'
From PotC: At World's End, which I loved disproportionately to its actual worth as a film due to my obsession with concepts of death involving oceans and boats (see also: turn your sail). The keywords and comment are from two of my other favourite things to explore this concept: Dylan Thomas's poem 'And Death Shall Have No Dominion' and Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
Plus, the icon is just gorgeous! Tilted horizon, pale sky, vivid sea, a silhouette and a sunrise.
So in the spirit of nostalgia, a meme! Stolen from
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My username is: fahye - pronounced FAYE - commonly misspelled as 'fayhe'. I chose an LJ username on very short notice at the end of Year 10, when I had just watched Cowboy Bebop, and I basically threw an 'h' into Faye to make it more unique and so more suitable as an online handle. It's had good staying power; I'm known by it in fandom circles, I answer to it automatically in real life, and it's close enough to my real name that I can just sign all my emails 'F' without thinking about it.
My journal name is: La Fahyette, which is just different enough from fahye to not look totally stupid when set next to it, and is silly and punnish and...I like it.
My title is: broadcast me a joyful noise, which is from 'Bad Day' by R.E.M. I love the song and I love this lyric in particular, it's so strong and hopeful, and it's snuck into the middle of a chaotic chorus about counting your blessings even in the midst of a stressful life. WHICH IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS.
My subtitle is: ancient and naïve astronomies which is from Don DeLillo's Ratner's Star: 'a nullifying plunge through history's other end to all those ancient and naïve astronomies of bone and stone'.
My default userpic is:
[potc] under the windings of the sea
by spiffed_icon - 'do you think death could possibly be a boat?'
From PotC: At World's End, which I loved disproportionately to its actual worth as a film due to my obsession with concepts of death involving oceans and boats (see also: turn your sail). The keywords and comment are from two of my other favourite things to explore this concept: Dylan Thomas's poem 'And Death Shall Have No Dominion' and Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
Plus, the icon is just gorgeous! Tilted horizon, pale sky, vivid sea, a silhouette and a sunrise.
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- Dexter
- Six Feet Under
- Torchwood
- Pushing Daisies
- Supernatural
- True Blood
- Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes
- Buffy
- BSG
I also love any show where the dead are prominently featured characters -- hi, Slings & Arrows!
I can't believe I haven't watched Dead Like Me.
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I agree with everything on that list (except I don't watch TB or Life on Mars), and add Carnivale and Sarah Connor Chronicles.
I miss Pushing Daisies SO MUCH.
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I don't know if becoming a doctor is a cause of this fascination, or a result of it, or if their development was more tangled and organic. But it's true: medicine requires an ability to face death and to help people as they deal with it, and also a willingness to strive to maximise the quality of life that people do have. As an existentialist, this is very important to me.
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IT'S ONE SYLLABLE, INTERNET.
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Maybe I should watch it later, although somehow last night I ended up downloading Independence Day, Star Trek and the second Robot Chicken Star Wars Special, plus an album by Adam and the Ants. Living on my own means there's no one to curb my internet use. XD