Seven things meme

Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

mmailliw gave me:
Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Arizona, fandoms, cats, evil, cougar

1) Darth Vader: I think it's cool that I was afraid of him as a kid (especially when he chopped Luke's hand off in ESB, omg) and then when I grew up I just wanted to give him a hug! The end of ROTJ gets me every time. And ahhhhhhhhh I'm still lusting after this, especially since the CD part of my alarm became unreliable to the point of not being able to wake up to the soundtrack every morning :(

2) Anakin Skywalker: My favorite character! Most of my Star Wars merch is Anakin-related. I named my cat after him (and that was before RotS came out, even!) I love that he started (and ended, sadly) as a slave, and all the set-up for the fall we know is coming, Palpatine's master manipulation of him... he's so passionate and heroic and beautifully flawed.

3) Arizona: It's cold right now! Temps in the 70s! Expected to be 82 on Sunday :) Hehe, yeah, this is the perfect time of year to live here. I actually don't mind being outside now! I'm used to the heat -- the record, as far as I know, is 122. Usually it doesn't get above 110-115 (43.33 - 46.11 for you Celsius types). I've lived here since I was 4 years old. I believed we moved out here because there were no schools in New Jersey; actually, my parents just didn't want me to have to change schools so they timed it before I started school. Hee. Hard to imagine living anywhere else.

4) Fandoms: Star Wars and Harry Potter are my main two, though lately I haven't devoted much time to either. Been busy with other stuff >.> and a lot of the people who used to really be into them with me seem to be pulling away (or long ago pulled away) as well. That said... PALPAKIN IS STILL THE BEST PAIRING EVAR. I've also dabbled in Queer As Folk, Heroes, Lost, Firefly... maybe some others I've forgotten...

5) Cats: I have three, officially! Anakin, Snickers, and Gryffin. Unofficially, there's also Sangha, Kumal, Cassie, and the one I used to call Shelby who now seems to be Shel-shel because I swear Shelby is NOT a male name, in spite of certain people's insistence that it can be. My cats are my kids! I don't really want to have so many hanging around all the time but I CAN'T not feed them... I can't do it!

6) Evil: Haha, is this the random bit? Or because of Slytherin secondary? (We all know that Slytherins are EVIL. It's canon. *snicker*) I should probably babble about how sexy fictitious evil is or something but meh. Not feeling it. My default printer/copier/scanner machine at work is evil! It pissed me off today and made me slam its compartments and stuff. Yes, it made me. I am an abuser blaming my victim! Yes, I am the evil one. People think I'm so nice but that's what I want them to think...

7) Cougar: LOL. Yeah so I play the cougar part sometimes, but I'm really not one -- I'm not aggressive enough, for one thing. And for the record, the youngest guy I've gone out with was NOT quite young enough by a mere 2 years for the cougar definition to fit, and I realized he was too young for me (after the fact, unfortunately)... and I once accidentally went on a date with a guy 30 years older than me. Don't ask me how I didn't know it was a date until the end - I'm an idiot? Okay, that one doesn't count, but I did crush on a guy 18 years older than me at one point. See? I'm equal opportunity. Age is just a number! People's life experiences count more towards making a good match.