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Sooooo I didn't go to sleep until eleven thirty and probably didn't fall asleep until at least midnight. Because I fail. Then I woke up at six, wrote a Good Omens drabble in VERY TINY HANDWRITING (smaller than usual, even), and went back to sleep. My alarm went off at eight, but I reset it to nine thirty and went back to sleep. And actually woke up at nine thirty. And that was my morning, yay.



This book ("The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie) amuses me so much.

"My grandmother had no use for all the gay bashing and homophobia in the world, especially among other Indians.
'Jeez,' she said. 'Who cares if a man wants to marry another man? All I want to know is who's going to pick up all the dirty socks?'"


That, and the frank discussions of masturbation.

"And maybe you're thinking, 'Well, you really shouldn't be talking about masturbation in public.'
Well, tough. I'm going to talk about it because EVERYBODY does it. And EVERYBODY likes it."




In answer to the grandmother's question...

Ford/Arthur -- Arthur would pick up the socks.
Crowley/Aziraphale -- Aziraphale would pick up the socks (and Crowley might set the socks on fire occasionally, because pyromania is funtimes).

Brody/Hooper -- I guess Hooper would pick up the socks, just because Brody is probably used to Ellen doing that for him.

House/Wilson -- Wilson would pick up the socks.

Batman/Ironman -- Bruce would probably pick up the socks... and then Tony would probably build a robot to do it for them.

I can't think of any more pairings off the top of my head. But I'm curious... who are other people's pairings, and who would pick up the socks? Or if you disagree with any of my assessments, tell me why, haha.

(Maybe I should post this on the OTP and/or fandom meme comms? Dunno.)

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[info]romankate wrote:
Feb. 18th, 2009 05:17 pm (UTC)
Best entry ever.

I keep hearing about Alexie's book, but nothing's grabbed me so far until now. The grandmother's quote did it for me. I will now find.

And I love the idea of having the socks be a meme! Post post!

Starsky/Hutch: Hutch gets to it eventually. Starsky goes sockless until he does, has no clue why.

Jim/Blair: Blair stomps his foot and tosses his hair until Jim picks them all up every last one of them. He faints dramatically when Jim misses one.

Tony/McGee/Kate: McGee, naturally. But Tony likes to fuck with him by sliding some under the desk and hiding a few behind the couch cushions until Kate complains about the smell.

And the idea of a Good Omens drabble in teeny tiny handwriting is just a picture unto itself.
[info]murderofonerose wrote:
Feb. 19th, 2009 05:15 pm (UTC)
It's a fun book. It has drawings that interact with the story, rather than merely illustrating random things, which I love it dearly for.

Hehehe, I think all of these sock stories need to be written. (I have a bad habit of goading people I know into writing these sorts of drabbles... Last year it was utensils. This year, socks! Next year, THE WORLD.)

I nearly pulled a magnifying glass out -- the only reason I didn't was because I don't actually have one. How I managed to write that small, in the dark, half asleep, and still legibly I will never know. XP
[info]spuffy_girl wrote:
Feb. 18th, 2009 11:20 pm (UTC)
Wilson would so pick up the socks.
[info]murderofonerose wrote:
Feb. 19th, 2009 05:18 pm (UTC)
He would. He'd do it passive aggressively, making sure House was there to see, and House would be like, "What? I'm not the one who decided wearing socks makes them dirty, or that gravity ensures they'll end up on the floor. You'll have to take that up with god."
[info]muselolita wrote:
Feb. 19th, 2009 12:01 am (UTC)
I totally saw this at fandom_memes and I'm gonna do it along with some others in a little bit. <3
(Anonymous) wrote:
Feb. 19th, 2009 04:14 am (UTC)
socks
The Disciples: Peter would pick up the socks. He'd complain. Jesus would forgive him.

The Beatles: Ringo.

The Stones: Surprisingly, Mick.

The Fantastic Four: Reed Richards, of course. He could stretch and even find the ones that have vanished (not vanished) in the dryer.

Jason Vorhees/Freddy Krueger: Vorhees, cause Freddy would just eff them up with his knife-fingers.
[info]innervoice_chan wrote:
Mar. 3rd, 2009 12:45 pm (UTC)
Re: socks
Peter would pick up the socks. He'd complain. Jesus would forgive him.

Okay, I have to admit this made me laugh out loud. XD
[info]sd_kon wrote:
Feb. 19th, 2009 11:46 am (UTC)
I think Hooper would attempt to pick up the socks, forget every once in a while, and after getting sick of finding them in the freezer Brody would succumb to picking them up himself. And then Hooper would laugh to himself.

And Wilson, definitely =D

Nick/Greg (CSI): Hmm. Probably Nick, though Greg would get nagged and nagged.

(Only one I can think of in this state of mind xP *tired*)
[info]kumquat_chan wrote:
Nov. 8th, 2009 05:11 am (UTC)
LATE COMMENT IS FASHIONABLY LATE THANKYOUVERYMUCH.
Leeetsee....
Wil/Chuck- Wil, of course. But Chuck would do it once just to mess with him.

Daniel/Kelley- Daniel. Kelley ain't touchin no socks. Also, the belly gets in the way. But mostly because Daniel is whipped.

Skwisgaar/Toki- Skwisgaar, because HOMG IT MUST BE NEAT AT ALL TIMES!!!!

Nathan/Charles, Charles/Pickles- Charles. Obviously.

Nathan/Pickles- No one. Ever. They would just buy more socks, and continually push the old socks under things and let them disintegrate into nothing.

Conner/Murphy- Conner. Murphy would throw them and wherever they fall, they stay. Which leads to socks in the toilet and on the ceiling fan.
[info]murderofonerose wrote:
Nov. 8th, 2009 05:20 am (UTC)
Re: LATE COMMENT IS FASHIONABLY LATE THANKYOUVERYMUCH.
Oh lord, Chuck putting away socks would turn into an epic game of hide and seek. And missmatched socks.

Hahahaha, he is so whipped. Good thing he likes her better than his last girlfriend.

Pickles would leave the socks until they decompose and start growing things! He hopes to grow mushrooms, and then try to smoke them. Unfortunately for him I don't think it works that way.

And then Connor would kick him in the shin for throwing socks in the toilet, and then they'd get into a wresting match. Loser has to fish the socks out and do laundry. After some sex times. ;P
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