Good for time a-waistin'...

[coley_merrin]

This is when you get to ask me anything. I mean anything, this time -- fandom things, real life things, things you think you should know, things you think I should have told you a long time ago. Anonymous posting is permitted but screened. This post is unlocked, so anything that is too personal will not be answered.

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[crystaltear.livejournal.com]

Do we only get one question each? (If so, that isn't my question! XD)

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Oh darn, you used it up. XD As many as pleases you, hehe.

[crystaltear.livejournal.com]

I almost hit submit without saying it wasn't my question. It would have totally been funnier then XD

Okay! Question: If you had to choose between QMi or ShiHan happening IRL (in a magical world, lol), which would you choose?

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

lol...funny all the same. XD

Hmm, in magical world...

...Oh bias. It'd probably be SiHan for their ~fated~ We, Forever-ness. Even if I'd be sad they were on the other team, it sure would be pretty to watch them fall. XD

[racaiaeru.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. If I could ask you anything, it would be... Um.

What are the best and worst parts of writing?

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm.... I think this changes from day to day a little. But the best, most of the time, is really actually writing. Seeing the images in your head and sort of breathing the story... Watching the story form and seeing the characters being true...

Of course when it doesn't come down right, that can be the worst part. XD But then you hand it to someone and say "HELP!" and they tell you how to fix it. (or let it percolate at least) Feeling blocked or hopeless... Definitely isn't fun. :\ But when the sun peeks through... it goes right back to the best part, and the hopefulness, and all is well again. <3 It's definitely perseverence, but the rewards far outweigh the bad parts. <3

[mardigrasmaven.livejournal.com]

Lol, I just realized I don't know your name. ^^;

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Jen! Well. Jennifer, but mostly Jen on the internets. (one of a zillion, that's me~) XD

[mardigrasmaven.livejournal.com]

Woot! K-dokes! Now I won't feel like an idiot anymore. XD

[wobaozhewo.livejournal.com]

Why do you tolerate me??? (This is so legit DDD:) hahaha.

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

You realize this is only legit if you're looking for compliments, don't you?

....Why do you tolerate me? (A silly question answered with a question?)

...You tell me when I don't make sense (or my fic...both). XD And put up with my crazy. And. Make me write pairings I never thought of and let me pretend for a second it could be good. XD (don't kill me XD XD)

*straight and narrow*

[wobaozhewo.livejournal.com]

lol, I'm sorry for pushing blohyuk on you T_T and who else? i'm fairly sure that the kihae is not my fault :| and the henhae... wasn't that all you? xD

I am too adamant. -is sorry, but also not really. cause i can't be sorry to my otp ;_;-

Which doesn't segue well into the next question: How do you have time to watch so much TV (it seems) AND write? Concentration of a machine?

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Despite the evidence, I really can say no, you know. :P And besides, how short and awkward would the HenHae have been without them? XD So. I'm not sorry.

...You watch out, I'll pin KiHae on you, too.

I waste. An extraordinary amount of time on my television. When I consider how much I would be writing if I didn't watch tv...

No. I'd be reading books if I didn't have tv. I can't write while reading, but tv has commercials, and lulls and talky boring patches, and so voila. :D

...Now ask me if my writing quality suffers for the tv and the answer may be different.

[wobaozhewo.livejournal.com]

I find it's hilarious we're IM-ing. and yet. lj commenting at the same time.

heyheyhey. how is the kihae MY fault :| I mean. Yes OTP FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. but I never hoisted their flag and waved it in you face like I did with blohyuk!!! (... did i? >___>)

Anyways. Your writing quality only deteriorates in terms of how many hours of sleep you've had (or how many hours you've been awake). and even then, it's minuscule and mostly typos. D:

I must see how this new season will affect your fic. haha. :D Entertainment. I can has it?

[myiuchan.livejournal.com]

Why Japan? XD I don't remember if already said why, so I'm asking!
I've always wanted to know because you kinda made me want to go too, but now I'm already planning some trip to China with my friends. (Oh, SJ-M what you did to me ):<) What is like really troublesome because I know Japanese, but I know next to nothing of Chinese.

LOL at me because I'm not even your lj friend and i'm asking ;-; I'm inconvenient like that, sorry. )))):

[bitmoo.livejournal.com]

daskjhdkaj oh bb, I was thinking about asking something too but couldn't come up with anything XD *hugs you*

and oh our trip to china :O~~~<3 I need a job D:

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Spontaneous questions can be hard. XD When the offer gets posed to me I sit all, ?_? haha. <3

...I need to retain my job so I can make it to China. XD XD *wishes us all luck!*

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

No worries~~! :D That's why it's unlocked!

I took a couple years of Japanese in college, and knew some Japanese from manga and anime (and Japanese music) so the desire to go to Japan has been around for a long, long time. So even though I've forgotten some of what I learned, I really wanted to go. <3 (And so glad I did. <3)

Ahhh, China. XD I could absolutely tell everyone I met, "Hello, I love you, thank you," in Mandarin, and after that it gets dicey. XD XD (I could also probably call for a waiter. :P lol) But I'm with you on the China plans... Super Show & SJM... Oh yeah. <3

[littletsuki.livejournal.com]

So, I'm curious about real life matters...O_o It might be too personal, but...

What's your job? You talk about it a bit, but you never actually say what you do. ...I don't think.

For some reason I feel like it has something to do with computers. I don't even know why.

On a related matter, what was your major in college?

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Nope, not too personal! XD

I don't really have an official job title or anything... I am more of a jack of all trades. XD I do website work and editing, document editing, trying to keep people on schedule and despairing... So yeah, it's mostly technical/computer work. Really whatever they need of me. :)

And... totally unrelated... I majored in history. :) Took all sorts, Asian, European, American... So I'm well rounded. If I remembered all of it. XD ...Which makes my icon a little morbid. XD;;;;;

[littletsuki.livejournal.com]

I think it's always really interesting how people major in one thing and end up doing something totally unrelated~!

History, I like it! I recently developed an interest for Industrial Age East Coast America. It may have been a core class, but my teacher was awesome! :) I do wish we could take all kinds of classes in college, besides those for your major. I mean, you could take them, but the $$ would fly away~! But yes, I want to take world history!!

That icon is all kinds of lols, but I'm glad that it doesn't apply to your writing. Deathfics = T_T

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Yeah... That whole planning thing in college works so well. XD For some, it's whatever gets us out the door quickest...

The industrial age! That is interesting. :) A good teacher really makes all the difference. I tried to wedge in as many classes outside of my major as I could, haha. Taking basic world history was what got me started in the major. XD

...Deathfics. -_- Might as well knock me on the head as read them. Come find me coockoo land if I ever wrote one. XD

[afuji.livejournal.com]

hey jen! :D
What was the very first asian drama that you watched? What is your favorite drama right now?
Ummm... do you have any recent plans to go to Asia? What is the first thing you would do it you could go(and wehre!)?
*ponders more questions*

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

The first asian drama I watched was actually the live action Sailor Moon, haha. XD Does that count...? XD The first one besides that was actually called Itoshi Kimi he, which I watched in its entirety without subtitles. XD;;;; Do you mean favorite drama over all, or favorite recent one...? Favorite overall would definitely be the Taiwan version of Hana Kimi (followed by Korean drama Kim Sam Soon). The last drama I watched in its entirety was the the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, but there's a Taiwan drama I've been meaning to watch though I forget the name. I'm not up to date on any new dramas. ;_; Any recs... (new or old)?

Kind of hoping against hope that we might get to go to China this fall or early next year. I'd love to see the great wall and the forbidden city and just... Yeah. So many things. So much history. <3 Of course it's scary since I know a thimble's worth of Mandarin. I'd love to see Seoul as well, and... Could I just travel around forever? XD Japan was really easy in the language way. XD Of course, I'd love to go back to Japan. ;_; It was amazing, and there would be so many more things to see...

...sorry I rambled on, haha. XD

[bitmoo.livejournal.com]

So, since myiuchan asked you about Japan, I thought I might ask something along this line too... what about japanese music, which artists do you like? :) are you into japanese rock? can I recommend you stuff? XD

Hmm, this is actually fun, I think I might steal this meme and post on my LJ too :D (maybe not with the anon post allowed)

[coley-merrin.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... Japanese music. Most of my exposure to Japanese music has come through anime openings/endings and drama music. Which means I could probably list on and on and on forever with random names. Of course I know Arashi, haha. Buck Tick and X-Japan. (tohoshinki? :P) My music brain isn't working today. Haha. But you can absolutely recommend stuff! <3 I love to find new music and people's recs are about the only way I can find anything out. XD XD *under a rock*

[crystaltear.livejournal.com]

I have more! :D What is your favorite song that Cookie has sund (either from his own stuff or AI)? Also, what song by someone else do you wish he would sing that he hasn't?

[melodykai.livejournal.com]

Would you ever go back to school to study abroad? If so, which country would you go to? I can't stop my brain from dreaming about studying abroad, even if I know I'll never go

If you were sent to witness a historical moment, which one would you want to see in person?
Likewise, if you could meet a historical figure, who would you pick?
And for fun, if you could live in any century, which would you pick and what country would you pick? (cannot be this one, and I'll let 20th century slide if you have a good answer that doesn't involve any years in which you've actually lived)

What can I do to get you to move Hankyu up on the priority list? I wants historical fic. ;_____;