There seem to have been a lot of “list memes” floating around lately, that is, lists of book or movie titles that compulsive bloggers such as myself then feel, um, compelled to comment upon. Here are a couple I recently picked up from Jaquandor and SamuraiFrog, respectively…
Another movie meme, again via SamuraiFrog, whose post is only one generation removed from the original source of this one. I’m not familiar with The Sickness Cinema blog, but I like their touch with a meme. So, without further ago, The First (as in inaugural) Sickness Cinema Meme:
I’ve seen an unusual number of attractive movie-related memes over the last couple of weeks, but, as you may have noticed, I’ve been somewhat preoccupied with other matters. Still, no good meme can go unmeme’d, so bear with me now as I launch into a veritable orgy of meme-ing. Or something to that effect. Basically, I’m trying to warn you that there’s a mess o’ memeage coming down the chute. But you probably gathered that already, didn’t you?
The first up is a pretty high-falutin’ one that I borrowed from SamuraiFrog. What do I mean by high-falutin’? Well, just wait until you see some of the questions and then tell me that anyone but a total film fanatic and/or snob would even know who or what they’re about. I don’t think anyone would consider me a slouch in the film-buff department, and even I had to look up quite a few of these. Nevertheless, I gave it a shot…
Continuing on with the fun and games, it’s not often that a silly Internet quiz generates exactly the answer you were hoping for:
how jedi are you? :: by lawrie malen
But then, the questions on this quiz are pretty leading…
Via the SamuraiFrog.
I’m such a sucker for these meme/booklist things. Sigh.
Courtesy of Jaquandor:
…it’s a list of books most often marked “Unread” on LibraryThing, indicating books people have copies of either so they can say they own them, or in the best intentions of reading ’em someday if only James Patterson would quit churning out must-read thrillers or whatnot. (Like I’m any different!) Anyway, the instructions are to bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones you read for school, and italicize the ones you’ve started but not finished. I’ll add another two rules: strike the ones you know you’ll never, ever read and don’t even own a copy of, and mark with a star (*) the ones you own and really, genuinely intend to read one of these days. OK? OK!
(Note: I made a few minor editorial changes to Jaq’s set-up; hope nobody minds!)
To this set of instructions, I’d also add a mark to indicate the books you do not own but would like to read one of these days. Let’s make that one a plus sign ( +).
Alright then, shall we?
The text that didn’t get reproduced from the quiz site (and which inspired the title of this entry) reads: “You are a Master! You’re either an old man or a serious throwback!”
Um, yeah. We won’t comment any further on that…
This will probably surprise no one:
Created by OnePlusYou
Yeah, nothing unexpected there. The next one, however, surprised me very much, because I’m willing to bet the incidence of profanity in my spoken usage is much, much higher:
Created by OnePlusYou
And finally something that’s good to know, just in case it ever comes up:
Created by OnePlusYou
Normally, these Internet quizzes come about as close to describing “the real me” as my newspaper horoscope, i.e., they’re so ridiculously generalized that they could be about anybody, or they’re so far out in left field that they’re most assuredly not like me at all. But every once in a while…
What Your Pizza Reveals |
 People may tell you that you have a small appetite… but you aren’t under eating. You just aren’t a pig.You aren’t particularly picky about pizza. It’s so good… how could you be? You fit in best in the Western part of the US. You like food that’s traditional and well crafted. You aren’t impressed with “gourmet” foods. You are dependable, loyal, and conservative with your choices. You are a flavorful and bold person. You should consider traveling to Spain. The stereotype that best fits you is geek. You’re the type most likely to order pizza to avoid leaving your computer. |
What do you think? Close?
Just for kicks, here’s another one:
Here’s kind of a strange meme that I ganked from SamuraiFrog. The instructions are:
1. Go to photobucket.com
2. Type in your answer for each question into the PhotoBucket search bar.
3. Choose your favorite photo to represent your answer.
4. Copy the HTML and paste it here.
5. Answer only in picture form.
My photographic answers are below the cut, to save on load times for anyone to whom that might be an issue: