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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2008-11-04 10:22 pm

With Apologies To Those Who Are Sick Of The Election. But, Man, Ukuleles.

To the three persons from my English Language course who came up to me on the train platform and allowed me to join their conversation: you won't see this, but I was feeling terribly lonely after the seminar, and you are the reason I wasn't in tears on my journey back from campus today. Thank you so much; you have no idea how much you helped me.


To America: I hope you have been voting for Obama. He plays the ukulele. And he's probably got some policies and things, but, seriously, you need a president who can play the ukulele. Don't deny it. (Everyone I passed today was discussing the election. Everyone. There's not nearly so much interest when it's time to elect a party for our country.)


To self: I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU BOOKED A PLACE AT A SUPERNATURAL CONVENTION. YOU ARE SUCH A DORK. AND IT'S GOING TO DRAG YOU UP TO BIRMINGHAM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR EXAMS. AND YOU FORGOT TO FILL IN YOUR ADDRESS, SO YOU MAY NOT EVEN GET THE CONFIRMATION LETTER WITH THE DETAILS YOU NEED. WAY TO GO. (I've e-mailed the guy in charge, so with any luck I have not ruined my chances of meeting [livejournal.com profile] wanttobeatree and [livejournal.com profile] sazzlette eeeeeeeeee. APPARENTLY THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ACTORS OR SOMETHING TOO, BUT [livejournal.com profile] wanttobeatree AND [livejournal.com profile] sazzlette ARE THE IMPORTANT PART.)


To everyone on my flist: ahahaha, I love that you're all falling for High School Musical. (Pretty much all of the posts on my friendspage lately have been about either High School Musical or the American election. I FEEL A TRULY HORRIFYING CROSSOVER COMING ON.)

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! Clearly you'll have to play at the Supernatural convention to convince the people there that Supernatural needs more ukeleles.

[identity profile] bbakerb.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
... I am apparently most like Sharpay, because I prefer chocolate covered strawberries to pretzels! I WAS HOPING FOR RYAN, I HAVE TO SAY. (I should point out that the deciding factor in the quiz is what kind of snack/candy do you like best out of the list they give you. I believe this speaks volumes about the target audience. WHATEVER.) Ryan supposedly likes cotton candy and cookies with lots of sprinkles. Gabriela likes jellybeans! Chad likes licorice! UM, OKAY.

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Which one are you? I have no idea which one I'd be. I only know that for Top Gear, everyone in my family agrees that I'm most like the Stig.

[identity profile] bbakerb.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
ALSO, WE KNOW GEORGE BUSH LIKES PRETZELS. THIS APPARENTLY MAKES HIM MOST LIKE TAYLOR.

I quote: "You like to have fun like anyone else, but you do it in a totally smart and practical way!"

SOME IRONY THERE I FEEL

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Image

Tada!

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome!

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Ryan and Sharpay look alarmingly married in pretty much every picture of them together, which is rather worrying.

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
The word you're looking for is fabulous, I think ;)

[identity profile] cryforthemoon.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* Squeeeee, ukulele! :D
ext_3685: Stylized electric-blue teapot, with blue text caption "Brewster North" (J&W)

[identity profile] brewsternorth.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hee, since getting into Wodehouse I cannot think of ukuleles without thinking of Wooster yes I know he played a banjolele, or a trombone in the TV serial, shusht. Anyhow, awww! (I wonder if we'd ever see a jam session with Clinton on the sax and Obama on the uke?)

And "politics as a fandom" - perfectly encapsulates how I'm feeling about this thing. It's the series finale, and I'm having to rely on recaps from everyone else to get an idea of the 'canon'.

[identity profile] lotus0kid.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
I hope you have been voting for Obama.
Done and done ^^. It's so cool to have my voting!cherry popped on something so big people who don't even live in America can't stop talking about it.

He plays the ukulele, and is ear-twins with my favorite Doctor. I WANT THIS MAN TO BE MY PRESIDENT.

[identity profile] pointytilly.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty much all of the posts on my friendspage lately have been about either High School Musical or the American election. I FEEL A TRULY HORRIFYING CROSSOVER COMING ON.

HELLS YES. DO IT. DOOOO IT.

[identity profile] vzg.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
We are creative! We have Hell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan), Intercourse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania), and Nothing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing,_Arizona).

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
CNN's called it! BBC's called it!

Ukulele players for the win!

Re: ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES.

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Would you like my 'Riona Made Me Do It' icon? Because I don't have enough room for it (what with going a bit mad on the Stig icons lately, and being unwilling to delete Jeff or Neville or Gordon or Nazgul#5 or John Prescott or Djaq or Tosh or James or Dr. Horrible or Spock) and I want it to get used.

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
No, Riona is the Master. He has too much style to try the same trick twice.

Re: ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES.

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
I would like it very much, yes. I need it!

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Riona is Barack Obama? They do both play the ukulele.

Of course, that means Riona is Pyramid Head and freaks herself out.

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you were Richard?

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
...

So Riona is Barack Obama (which makes her the president) and they're both the Master, who is also Pyramid Head, but Riona is freaked out by Pyramid Head, who is Obama?Okay, this is even more confusing than my hypothetical Supernatural episode.

Re: ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES.

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Image

I'm afraid that there isn't much to it. I couldn't really find a good illustration to go under the text. I thought of overlaying it on a pokemanip, but the pokemon rather detract from the main statement, which is that Riona is the embodiment of evil.

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean. When I saw on a list that TGLive was coming to Dublin, I nearly sprained something freaking out until I remembered- oh, yeah, the other one. In Ireland.

And I constantly have to add 'The state, not the country' when telling people where I'm at.

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2008-11-05 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Only if you don't include the Stig.

I think I'm Richard, everyone else thinks I'm the Stig.

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