I greet you with a meme!

[stillane]

Or, well, I'll get to it by the end, anyway.  In the meantime,  what I've been up to:

1. Averting homicide, a.k.a. working on a presentation with my group for class. Note to self: do not henceforth agree to a topic on which one member feels very strongly, or at least not one that that member feels very strongly about. Thankfully, we got through it with no bloodshed, and even managed to turn the fact that we are renowned for loud disagreement into entertainment during the presentation. I know of a few groups that adore each other, and a few groups that despise each other, but ours is unique. We fight like... I'm not going to say it, because the cliche police will hunt me down, but we fight messily, and yet at the end of the day there's a weird kind of affection among us.

2. Wondering just how bad I look on a daily basis. I will be the first to admit that I'm not big on the everyday girlyisms; on a good day, it's a sweater and slightly trendier jeans, most likely with wildly chaotic semi-curly hair. We all dressed up for today, though, and no fewer than five people commented on how nice I looked. On the one hand, yay! Compliments! On the other... they all sounded really surprised. Huh. *raises eyebrow*

3. Finals. Next week. Ew.

And that's pretty much it. Have a meme.

Gakked from ignipes  and laceymcbain :

1. The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together.
5. Post your cover, along with these instructions. In the comments your friends will tell you what kind of music you play and the name of the album's single.

I'm a little bit in love with the quote the title comes from: "It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more." - Woody Allen

So... who am I and what do I sound like?

Comments

[enname.livejournal.com]

I have no skills with... programs, but I am vastly amused and largely disturbed that as a name I am 'Villers Bretonneux.' Bring on bloody battles of WWI. A title I am 'be frightened by absurdities' (the full quote as actually about how to be a philosopher one must not be so frightened of them) ... and the cover was a drake.

Pfft, not everyone has to dress to the nines everyday of the year. terribly hard work and many have much better things to do with their time. I am sure you are lovely in all states.

[stillane.livejournal.com]

Drake as in duck? Combined with your title, that's a little awesome. What is more random than a duck?

I'm not quite sure what kind of music to give a combo like that. Maybe a bunch of frustrated classical musicians gone punk?

and many have much better things to do with their time.

True. *nods* At least here there's a large population of people who care just as little as I do. We have the usual fashion conscious set, but they're heavily augmented by fleece and boots (mostly out of necessity). Plus, cow-stained coveralls are the great equalizer. *g*

[enname.livejournal.com]

Indeed, drake as in duck. A very happy, well fed looking duck on some blue water. It was making me sort of boggle what with my memories of photos of the aftermath of Villers Bretonneux (never keep a good aviation enthusiast historian down by failing to know things) ... totally random. lol

Don't frustrated classical musicians tend to go jazz? I think it would be more entertaining if they were punk, or perhaps frustrated western classical musicians gone japanese noise. Only I feel that the album title is too.. nice for that.

(I did mean to thank you for the music btw, gorgeous, gorgeous sounds .. and hey look, now I have working speakers to go with it all!)

Someone told me the other day that I was all fashion conscious or some such thing.. much to their horror they hadn't realised I've had pretty much the same clothes for the last 10 or more years. Not my fault I can mend!! Gah, wearing a dress does not make me well dressed.. just means it is over 110F :P

*snerk* cow-stains make everyone equal, I will agree. There ain't no flip skirts and sandals when with cows, unless you are fond of dirty legs and squashed toes. So does mud and other interesting accoutrement from farms and animals. Mind you I still refuse jeans .. hurts!

[feartheotter.livejournal.com]

We fight like... I'm not going to say it, because the cliche police will hunt me down

Now that's an interesting series of thoughts....
What was the topic, out of curiosity?

On the other... they all sounded really surprised. Huh. *raises eyebrow*

Bah. But you know my feelings on this subject. :)

In the comments your friends will tell you what kind of music you play and the name of the album's single.

DEFINITELY progressive rock, possibly progressive metal.
The single title would have to be something like: "The Hallowed Halls of Charon's Churches, Part IV: The Welkin Casts Its Darkening Shadow Upon Our Land"

[stillane.livejournal.com]

What was the topic, out of curiosity?

Organic dairy farming. Two of us were very anti, while the rest of us weren't particularly passionate on the subject one way or the other. Unfortunately, this lead to a huge problem trying to find pro arguments that didn't make the anti people (or, well, person, since the other was reasonable) have a cow. (Heh.)

Bah. But you know my feelings on this subject. :)

You, sir, are biased. *g*

"The Hallowed Halls of Charon's Churches, Part IV: The Welkin Casts Its Darkening Shadow Upon Our Land"

Oh. Oh my, yes. Hee. Could there be costumes, too? It just wouldn't be right without costumes. *g*

[eccentric_hat]

I'm getting this sort of electric-folk vibe from your album cover, something a little experimental but grounded by a solid rhythm. Please bear in mind I don't really understand musical genres at all. I love the way the image and the album title play off each other, though. I think the album's hit single would have some deceptively simple title like, I don't know, "Purses," and then it would play off of that in devastatingly clever ways.

[stillane.livejournal.com]

Ooo. I like that. Now I want to go ponder the deeper implications of accessories. *g*

The one downside to this meme is that it creates so many bands I would love to hear and never will. *sigh*

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Well done for getting through a group presentation without killing your peers - I only achieved harmony for the first time last semester, and up until then, I'd thought it was a myth.

Your band is certainly a northern European (Swedish, Norwegian, German, maybe even Russian) prog rock band. There's lots of operatic shrieking from the hot, dark-haired female lead singer, backed up by cheerful hairy guys who wish they could have been in Pink Floyd, and lots of references to Norse mythology, obscure fairytales, Beowulf and Tolkien. Possibly they debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest, before they shot to fame in their native country and enjoyed moderate success in Britain and Canada.

[stillane.livejournal.com]

up until then, I'd thought it was a myth.

Yep. Successful and peaceable groups are like yetis. (Yeti? How do you pluralize something that doesn't exist?) You hear about them from time to time, but the chances you'll actually run into one are sadly small.

Honestly, though, I can't complain too much. I've had great luck with group projects for the last several years. The last one I can remember doing was on fandom, actually, and it was a blast. They had to get the metaphorical hook to get us to shut up, and we got to assign fic as class readings. *g*

Your band is...

Oh. That's fantastic. Kind of like the mutant lovechild(e) of Lordi and Evanescence, only happy. Hee. I love this meme.

[babelmira.livejournal.com]

But that's the thing about dressing down. When you dress up, it's got a bigger wow factor

[stillane.livejournal.com]

This is true. *nods* I am merely lurking in order to make my eventual stunning reveal more impressive. I have to tell my mom that next time she laments her children's lack of daily prep work. *g*