ALEXithymia
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend ~ Paul Sweeney
I've been reading for a very long time. I love being able to tune everything out and get lost in some fantastical world where I can picture everything clearly in my mind, as if I've been there... more »
I've been reading for a very long time. I love being able to tune everything out and get lost in some fantastical world where I can picture everything clearly in my mind, as if I've been there... more »
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend ~ Paul Sweeney
I've been reading for a very long time. I love being able to tune everything out and get lost in some fantastical world where I can picture everything clearly in my mind, as if I've been there before.
Alexithymia (n) Difficulty in experiencing, expressing, and describing emotional responses. And FYI, I got it from Anberlin's song "Alexithymia"...it also describes me pretty well. The word that is, not the song.
Basic Information:
1. My name is Alex, I'm 14, and I'm a girl. Just to get that out of the way...
2. I love listening to music. Paramore, Anberlin, Breaking Benjamin, Pearl Jam and Fuel; my fave bands, in that order.
3. I'll read pretty much anything, but I do say I like fantasy and fiction the best (realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, etc.), but I'll read nonfiction stuff too, as long as it holds my attention.
Flatter me and I may not believe you.
Criticize me and I may not like you.
Ignore me and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me and I will never forget you.
Random things about me:
1. If I say "Heepwah", it means "all things good". I learned it at camp. :D
2. My favorite shows are Top Gear and So You Think You Can Dance, and my guilty pleasure is Ace of Cakes and American Idol. And I love you all on here so much, that at the end of my ramblings, I've included tons of Top Gear quotes. You're welcome!!
3. I like science fiction movies a lot. They don't really scare me, I guess because I know that they're ficiton. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings..I love it all!!!
4. I really like food. I like making it, eating it, arranging it prettily...seafood is probably a favorite of mine..and CHOCOLATE!!!
5. I like video games. Now when I say that, I don't know what you picture, but I love Rock Band, Age of Empires III, Star Wars Battlefront II, Call of Duty...that kind of stuff. I also get pretty into it too...standing up, yelling at the TV, screaming when I get shot because it was so unexpected....probably pretty good entertainment if you can convince me to play, ha ha ha.
6. Roller coasters are AWESOME!!
7. I don't like milk. Chocolate milk is good. White milk is bad. It's okay in cereal, just bad by itself.
8. The numbers 84 and 5 are my favorite numbers...yeah, they're symbolic, but I'm not going to tell you what they symbolize. Hahaha!! :P
9. I'm a perfectionist, but I put stuff into piles and then I never do anything with the piles, they just get bigger, so I guess that's where I can be messy.
10. I have a cat named Saphira. I didn't necessarily name her after the dragon, but I needed a name, and Saphira sounded good, so BAM! that's how she got her name. Although, now whenever people come over, they always give me a hard time about how hard her name is.
And now (as promised) Top Gear quotes!!! But to fully understand them, I've gotta give you a little background on the show and the presenters. The show is about cars. Now I don't know the first thing about cars, they all seem exactly the same to me, but the only thing that keeps me watching are the hosts: Jeremy Clarkson (Jezza), James May (Captain Slow), and Richard Hammond (Hamster, Hammond). They are British. They are hilarious. Jeremy is rather opinionated, doesn't like Americans, and is extremely tall. James has a strange sense of style, long hair, and is kind of a perfectionist. Richard is very short, only about 5'7" or so, and he's also the youngest. They always have certain challenges that they must do with an extremely low amount of money or really bad vehicles. Sometimes they travel, they've gone to Japan, Botswana, Vietnam, America a few times....and those are always the best to watch. So here we go...and also, links are underneath some of the quotes so you can watch it for yourself.
This is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! ... Not that we'd ever name a car on Top Gear..... I wish I hadn't said that....
--Richard Hammond
Richard: (voiceover) "We were having fun, but then we discovered we were travelling with Bill Oddie"..... Why have you got a pen?
Jeremy: It’s to tick them off when you've seen them! Horn Bill, Southern Yellow Bill; let’s have a look at your car.......ITS MASSIIIIIIIVE!!!!
Richard: Don’t knock Oliver!...I mean don’t knock my car, That’s a fine... he's a fine...
James: What did you call it then?
Richard: em.... Oliver’s a friend of mine and I thought he was talking about him...
James: HE’S GIVEN IT A NAME!!
James: "Can I just say, you(indicating Richard)look like a gay cowboy, and you(indicating Jeremy) look like a gay terrorist."
Jeremy: "You look like a terrorist with a broken windscreen wiper and your face is ridiculous."
Jeremy: Look! It's a Hippo's head!
James: Well, it's probably a whole hippo just its body is under the water.
http://www.topgear.com/us/videos/more/botswana-or-bust
[[James May plays sad music on keyboard]]
Jeremy: It’s a story really of a young chap who went to Africa and fell in love with a 43 year old Opal Cadet called Oliver and they would sit for many hours under the stars telling each other they had eyes like pools of mud and now he's decided to ship him.. it, ship IT home...
I've always said that if my children buy a bike, I'll burn it. If they replace it with another one, I'll burn that one too. Now when they buy a bike, I'll completely understand...and then burn it.
--Jeremy Clarkson
You cannot even begin to comprehend the bounds of my forthcoming genius...
--James May
Jeremy Clarkson: “I can guarantee you that won’t stop the Mini, partly because that isn't substantial enough and mostly because you've built your wall on this slope and the Mini’s coming down that one ha-ha, did nobody tell you?"
Hammond: "Obviously not because I’d of built it over there!
Now the interesting thing about this car is that under the bonnet it doesn't have an engine. What you get instead is a small field mouse called Gerald. And if Gerald runs round his wheel really very, very, fast, you’ll get from nought to 60 in 18 seconds!
--Jeremy Clarkson
(on the phone with emergency services)
Yes, I am going to be eaten by dogs...and I am a pregnant woman and I am all on my own.
--Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy: Men of the D5481, this is our darkest hour. We will not allow Adolf Hammond to ruin our plans for this great, this wonderful, this mag-
(James throws his hard hat at Jeremy)
James: SHUT UP
Jeremy: Gravity is a cruel and unpredictable mistress.
James: No it isn't. It’s a constant all over the world.
Jeremy: Don't give the money directly to children; they might spend it on something like jelly.
Hamster: Or sweets.
James: Or cheese.
(on caravanning trip)
Jeremy: Can I just say guys, I've got a king sized bed at home.
Richard: I like it.
James: I like it. It's nice... it's homely.
Richard: No, I'm alright with caravanning!
[A train is heard in the distance]
Jeremy: Oh good a train!
Richard: Nice, that's nice.
Jeremy: Listen. How often is that gonna happen all night?
James: It's alright. It's romantic.
Richard: Don't say things like that! I'm on the same bed as you!
http://www.topgear.com/us/videos/more/three-men-a-dog-and-a-death-trap
(talking about his GPS on the Japan special)
Amy’s back!!!!! She’s BACK!!......... I pressed all the right buttons and she’s BACK!!!
--Jeremy Clarkson
[Amphibious Cars]
James: Is that your car?
Jeremy: Yes.
James: It’s upside down.
Jeremy: Don’t give me technicalities.
(Dover to France challenge)
Jeremy: Let’s go at slack water!
James: Yes!
Richard: Yeah! When the waters slack!
Jeremy: Yeah!
Richard: What's slack water?
Some say he’s a CIA experiment gone wrong and that he only eats cheese. All we know is, he’s not The Stig, but he is the Stig’s American cousin!
You’re wearing tights. I can’t take lectures on physics from a man in tights. Dancing, yes but physics, no.
--James May
Jeremy: Ooh. Just before we do the news, we've had a letter. Got to share it with you... um... Here- pink note paper- all the I's have got little circles on them- ready? Dear Richard...
Richard: [very calm thus far] Oh, right.
Jeremy: [reading] Yeah, I watch Top Gear; I think you're the best looking guy on the program.
Richard: [frowning] That's hardly an achievement, is it?
Jeremy: You're cool- fair point- [he means that it's hardly an achievement to be the best looking guy, not that Hammond is cool] You're cool, good looking, ace hairstyle, wicked clothes...
Richard: She said that? She sounds all right!
Jeremy: Best wishes... that's ah- that's um, Stuart.
[Audience laughs]
Richard: It's a modern world, that's all right.
Jeremy: But it gets better, because would you like to know Stuart's address?
Richard: Not really, no...
Jeremy: The Folkston Wing, Her Majesty's Prison, Broadmore.
Richard: Broadmore?
Jeremy: He's getting out soon and he wants to know-
Richard: But he could be watching now! Shut up!
Jeremy: [Raising a hand to shush Hammond] No, listen- 'What did you do with all of the shirts from the last series; can I have them?'
Richard: No! No you c- Or wait, yes, I- How long's he gonna be... at that address...? Do we know?
James: Um, it's better than that. Stuart, come on in! [Richard is terrified] No, I'm kidding.
Richard: I don't like that.
(during the news)
James: The only thing I keep in my car is a little paintbrush for cleaning dust out of the switches.
Hammond: You’re scaring me, mate…
James: And I always like to have the air vents lined up so they’re really completely symmetrical.
Hammond: Stop talking now!
James: And if anybody moves them…I get really angry.
Hammond to Jeremy: He does genuinely scare me. « less
I've been reading for a very long time. I love being able to tune everything out and get lost in some fantastical world where I can picture everything clearly in my mind, as if I've been there before.
Alexithymia (n) Difficulty in experiencing, expressing, and describing emotional responses. And FYI, I got it from Anberlin's song "Alexithymia"...it also describes me pretty well. The word that is, not the song.
Basic Information:
1. My name is Alex, I'm 14, and I'm a girl. Just to get that out of the way...
2. I love listening to music. Paramore, Anberlin, Breaking Benjamin, Pearl Jam and Fuel; my fave bands, in that order.
3. I'll read pretty much anything, but I do say I like fantasy and fiction the best (realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, etc.), but I'll read nonfiction stuff too, as long as it holds my attention.
Flatter me and I may not believe you.
Criticize me and I may not like you.
Ignore me and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me and I will never forget you.
Random things about me:
1. If I say "Heepwah", it means "all things good". I learned it at camp. :D
2. My favorite shows are Top Gear and So You Think You Can Dance, and my guilty pleasure is Ace of Cakes and American Idol. And I love you all on here so much, that at the end of my ramblings, I've included tons of Top Gear quotes. You're welcome!!
3. I like science fiction movies a lot. They don't really scare me, I guess because I know that they're ficiton. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings..I love it all!!!
4. I really like food. I like making it, eating it, arranging it prettily...seafood is probably a favorite of mine..and CHOCOLATE!!!
5. I like video games. Now when I say that, I don't know what you picture, but I love Rock Band, Age of Empires III, Star Wars Battlefront II, Call of Duty...that kind of stuff. I also get pretty into it too...standing up, yelling at the TV, screaming when I get shot because it was so unexpected....probably pretty good entertainment if you can convince me to play, ha ha ha.
6. Roller coasters are AWESOME!!
7. I don't like milk. Chocolate milk is good. White milk is bad. It's okay in cereal, just bad by itself.
8. The numbers 84 and 5 are my favorite numbers...yeah, they're symbolic, but I'm not going to tell you what they symbolize. Hahaha!! :P
9. I'm a perfectionist, but I put stuff into piles and then I never do anything with the piles, they just get bigger, so I guess that's where I can be messy.
10. I have a cat named Saphira. I didn't necessarily name her after the dragon, but I needed a name, and Saphira sounded good, so BAM! that's how she got her name. Although, now whenever people come over, they always give me a hard time about how hard her name is.
And now (as promised) Top Gear quotes!!! But to fully understand them, I've gotta give you a little background on the show and the presenters. The show is about cars. Now I don't know the first thing about cars, they all seem exactly the same to me, but the only thing that keeps me watching are the hosts: Jeremy Clarkson (Jezza), James May (Captain Slow), and Richard Hammond (Hamster, Hammond). They are British. They are hilarious. Jeremy is rather opinionated, doesn't like Americans, and is extremely tall. James has a strange sense of style, long hair, and is kind of a perfectionist. Richard is very short, only about 5'7" or so, and he's also the youngest. They always have certain challenges that they must do with an extremely low amount of money or really bad vehicles. Sometimes they travel, they've gone to Japan, Botswana, Vietnam, America a few times....and those are always the best to watch. So here we go...and also, links are underneath some of the quotes so you can watch it for yourself.
This is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! ... Not that we'd ever name a car on Top Gear..... I wish I hadn't said that....
--Richard Hammond
Richard: (voiceover) "We were having fun, but then we discovered we were travelling with Bill Oddie"..... Why have you got a pen?
Jeremy: It’s to tick them off when you've seen them! Horn Bill, Southern Yellow Bill; let’s have a look at your car.......ITS MASSIIIIIIIVE!!!!
Richard: Don’t knock Oliver!...I mean don’t knock my car, That’s a fine... he's a fine...
James: What did you call it then?
Richard: em.... Oliver’s a friend of mine and I thought he was talking about him...
James: HE’S GIVEN IT A NAME!!
James: "Can I just say, you(indicating Richard)look like a gay cowboy, and you(indicating Jeremy) look like a gay terrorist."
Jeremy: "You look like a terrorist with a broken windscreen wiper and your face is ridiculous."
Jeremy: Look! It's a Hippo's head!
James: Well, it's probably a whole hippo just its body is under the water.
http://www.topgear.com/us/videos/more/botswana-or-bust
[[James May plays sad music on keyboard]]
Jeremy: It’s a story really of a young chap who went to Africa and fell in love with a 43 year old Opal Cadet called Oliver and they would sit for many hours under the stars telling each other they had eyes like pools of mud and now he's decided to ship him.. it, ship IT home...
I've always said that if my children buy a bike, I'll burn it. If they replace it with another one, I'll burn that one too. Now when they buy a bike, I'll completely understand...and then burn it.
--Jeremy Clarkson
You cannot even begin to comprehend the bounds of my forthcoming genius...
--James May
Jeremy Clarkson: “I can guarantee you that won’t stop the Mini, partly because that isn't substantial enough and mostly because you've built your wall on this slope and the Mini’s coming down that one ha-ha, did nobody tell you?"
Hammond: "Obviously not because I’d of built it over there!
Now the interesting thing about this car is that under the bonnet it doesn't have an engine. What you get instead is a small field mouse called Gerald. And if Gerald runs round his wheel really very, very, fast, you’ll get from nought to 60 in 18 seconds!
--Jeremy Clarkson
(on the phone with emergency services)
Yes, I am going to be eaten by dogs...and I am a pregnant woman and I am all on my own.
--Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy: Men of the D5481, this is our darkest hour. We will not allow Adolf Hammond to ruin our plans for this great, this wonderful, this mag-
(James throws his hard hat at Jeremy)
James: SHUT UP
Jeremy: Gravity is a cruel and unpredictable mistress.
James: No it isn't. It’s a constant all over the world.
Jeremy: Don't give the money directly to children; they might spend it on something like jelly.
Hamster: Or sweets.
James: Or cheese.
(on caravanning trip)
Jeremy: Can I just say guys, I've got a king sized bed at home.
Richard: I like it.
James: I like it. It's nice... it's homely.
Richard: No, I'm alright with caravanning!
[A train is heard in the distance]
Jeremy: Oh good a train!
Richard: Nice, that's nice.
Jeremy: Listen. How often is that gonna happen all night?
James: It's alright. It's romantic.
Richard: Don't say things like that! I'm on the same bed as you!
http://www.topgear.com/us/videos/more/three-men-a-dog-and-a-death-trap
(talking about his GPS on the Japan special)
Amy’s back!!!!! She’s BACK!!......... I pressed all the right buttons and she’s BACK!!!
--Jeremy Clarkson
[Amphibious Cars]
James: Is that your car?
Jeremy: Yes.
James: It’s upside down.
Jeremy: Don’t give me technicalities.
(Dover to France challenge)
Jeremy: Let’s go at slack water!
James: Yes!
Richard: Yeah! When the waters slack!
Jeremy: Yeah!
Richard: What's slack water?
Some say he’s a CIA experiment gone wrong and that he only eats cheese. All we know is, he’s not The Stig, but he is the Stig’s American cousin!
You’re wearing tights. I can’t take lectures on physics from a man in tights. Dancing, yes but physics, no.
--James May
Jeremy: Ooh. Just before we do the news, we've had a letter. Got to share it with you... um... Here- pink note paper- all the I's have got little circles on them- ready? Dear Richard...
Richard: [very calm thus far] Oh, right.
Jeremy: [reading] Yeah, I watch Top Gear; I think you're the best looking guy on the program.
Richard: [frowning] That's hardly an achievement, is it?
Jeremy: You're cool- fair point- [he means that it's hardly an achievement to be the best looking guy, not that Hammond is cool] You're cool, good looking, ace hairstyle, wicked clothes...
Richard: She said that? She sounds all right!
Jeremy: Best wishes... that's ah- that's um, Stuart.
[Audience laughs]
Richard: It's a modern world, that's all right.
Jeremy: But it gets better, because would you like to know Stuart's address?
Richard: Not really, no...
Jeremy: The Folkston Wing, Her Majesty's Prison, Broadmore.
Richard: Broadmore?
Jeremy: He's getting out soon and he wants to know-
Richard: But he could be watching now! Shut up!
Jeremy: [Raising a hand to shush Hammond] No, listen- 'What did you do with all of the shirts from the last series; can I have them?'
Richard: No! No you c- Or wait, yes, I- How long's he gonna be... at that address...? Do we know?
James: Um, it's better than that. Stuart, come on in! [Richard is terrified] No, I'm kidding.
Richard: I don't like that.
(during the news)
James: The only thing I keep in my car is a little paintbrush for cleaning dust out of the switches.
Hammond: You’re scaring me, mate…
James: And I always like to have the air vents lined up so they’re really completely symmetrical.
Hammond: Stop talking now!
James: And if anybody moves them…I get really angry.
Hammond to Jeremy: He does genuinely scare me. « less
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