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You scored as SG-1 (from Stargate). You are versatile and diverse in your thinking. You have an open mind to that which seems highly unlikely and accept it with a bit of humor. Now if only aliens would stop trying to take over your body. Coming on December 1, 2005: Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? The Sequel </td> SG-1 (from Stargate) 88% Moya (from Farscape) 78% Bebop (from Cowboy Bebop) 78% Millennium Falcon (from Star Wars) 69% Serenity (from Firefly) 63% Nebuchadnezzar (from The Matrix) 50% Enterprise D (from Star Trek) 44% Galactica (from Battlestar: Galactica) 44% Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? v1.0 created with QuizFarm.com

Stargate? Bugger all that. I put "never" on joining the military, didn't I? I'd hate being on SG-1.

My consolation is that I got almost as high scores for Moya (Farscape) and the Bebop (Cowboy Bebop). Really, though, if I had to pick, I'd pick Serenity (Firefly). Only because Faye and Spike would drive me crazy, and as much as I'd fall in love with the crew of Moya (I totally would, they're so my people), Moya also gets shot at more than Serenity and the Bebop combined. I don't know if I could survive on Moya, in the literal sense. I'd be as naive as John was starting out, but wouldn't have the super-genius to make up for my naivte. Serenity, though... I could be happy on Serenity. I'd like most of the crew (I probably wouldn't like Jayne at all, though I love him as a character), and there'd be just that right mix of adventure and banality.

If I had a preference, running from the list above... here's how I'd rank my preference.

Serenity
Moya
The Millenium Falcon (because Han Solo is just slightly less likely to drive me crazy as Spike, and doesn't secretly brood like Spike does)
The Bebop
SG-1
Enterprise D
Galactica
The Nebuchadnezzar


To me, Galactica and the Nebuchadnezzar are practically the same in terms of survival rates. Galactica nudges faintly ahead because they probably have better showers and clothing that comes in more than brown, black, white, and grey.

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Opening line:

"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense."
--Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling


I was browsing the internet and came across some people gnawing on the furniture over HP's first opening line. Since I read that book like 20 years ago and never bought it (I only own the 5th), I had to hunt around google for a while to find what the opening line of HP actually was.

Looking at it, I have three thoughts:

1) she totally ripped that introduction from Tolkien's descriptions of the residents of the Shire, didn't she? That two-line description could be half of Hobbiton. The Sackville-Bagginses! You know it.

2) doesn't everyone know it's spelled "thankyouverymuch" ?

3) even forgiving number two, there has to be something wrong with the grammar of that part of the sentence. There's something.


For myself, I don't have a worst opening line. But my favorite opening line is still (has for several years now) been this bit, from Clive Barker's The Thief of Always:

Chapter 1: Harvey, Half-Devoured

The great gray beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive. Here he was, buried in the belly of that smothering month, wondering if he would ever find his way out through the cold coils that lay between here and Easter.

Now isn't that an awesome opener?

Hmm. You know, that book would make one creepy kid's film. ...OMG, Hayao Miyazaki should do it! Oh, that'd be a PERFECT movie for him. He'd get the sense of visual wonder, and imbue it with the eerieness that the book has but most American children's movies shy away from.

Or it could be done by M. Night Shayamalan. If he could restrain himself to stay loyal to the text.

Edit: OMG! Score by Danny Elfman. Yeah. That'd be rad.

#1 thing you don't want to hear when you go to the dentist

Dentist: "Blah blah... pocket getting deeper...blah blah... surprised cause you're so young... blah blah... gums separating from tooth enamel... blah blah... ...Now, I don't mean to scare you--"
Rashaka: "You're scaring me!"


Turns out to not be that big of a deal. I just need to floss my back teeth better and use mouthwash, and it should fix itself.

Nevertheless.

I never want to hear the words "I don't mean to scare you" uttered in a dentist's office again. I don't have the stomach for that kind of strong language.