center></center>You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind. You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life. Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling. And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

Lifted from Sarah, and because she tagged me:

List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

1. It Makes No Difference - My Morning Jacket
2. I'm Gonna Find Another You - John Mayer
3. Can't Let Go - Landon Pigg
4. I Try - Ben Taylor 
5. Sail Away - Randy Newman
6. Walking After You - Foo Fighters
7. The Long and Winding Road - Ray Charles & The Count Baise Orchestra

So, that lame joke aside, here's the quiz:

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more.
Literate Good Citizen
Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm
Book Snob
Fad Reader
Non-Reader
What Kind of Reader Are You? Create Your Own Quiz

1. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
2. We're So Far Away - Mae
3. Something - The Beatles
4. I Found A Reason - Cat Power
5. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
6. Good Night Elisabeth - Counting Crows
7. What A Difference A Day Made  - Jamie Cullum

Rules: If you´re tagged you must list 6 random facts about yourself - 3 true 3 false, so people can guess which are which. Then tag 6 people to do this meme.

1. I've seen all 3 LOTR movie a collective 20 times in the theatre
2. I'm a raging anti-dentite. 
3. I've seen Dave Matthews Band in concert 8 times.
4. I went to a Britney Spears a concert.
5. Country music rocks!
6. I play the drums. 

I'm not going to tag anyone, because at this point, I think everyone's done it.

THE RULES
Pick 11 of your favorite movies.
Then pick one of your favorite quotes from each movie.
Post the quotes in your journal.
Have those on your friends list guess what the movie is.
Either strike out the quote once it has been correctly identified or place the guesser's user name directly after the quote.
Extra points for knowing the actor or character's name!!!

1. The end? No, death is not the end. It's just another path, one that we all must take; the grey rain curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass. And then you see it: white shores, and beyond - a far green country, under a swift sunrise. - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - roxstar18

2. That's because we're uncool. And while women will always be a problem for us, most of the great art in the world is about that very same problem. Good-looking people don't have any spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter.

3. You're not hopeless - Lost in Translation (Bob) - wingzer0

4.  Y'all got on this boat for different reasons, but y'all come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything, I know this - they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'. I aim to misbehave. - Serenity (Captain Mal Reynolds) - jeanniefillion

5. Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in The Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus but it still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car. - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller) - anonymous

6. Here's looking at you kid. - Casablanca - roxstar18

7. What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? - High Fidelity (John Cusack as Rob Gordon) - azuremonkey

8. Bitches man! - Say Anything... (Little Kid by the Gas 'n' Sip) - azuremonkey

9. You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die. - Shakespeare in Love (William Shakespeare) - wingzer0

10. If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like. - Garden State (Sam) - this_ismy_diary

11. I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time. - A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown) - wieimmer

My Life is a Movie: THE SOUNDTRACK

Opening credits: They Call Me the Seeker - The Who

Waking up: I Can See Clearly Now - Jimmy Cliff

Average day: Lie in Our Graves - Dave Matthews Band

First date: Wonderwall - Oasis 

Falling in love: The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra

Fight Scene: Calm Like A Bomb - Rage Agains the Machine

Breaking up: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Bob Dylan

Getting back together: Please Do Not Let Me Go - Ryan Adams

Secret love: Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

Life's okay: Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

Mental breakdown: See You in the Shallows - Thrice  

Deep thought: So What - Miles Davis

Flashback: Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi

Partying: Touch the Sky - Kanye West

Happy dance: Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie

Regretting: Where to Begin - My Morning Jacket

Long night alone: Aqueous Transmission - Incubus

Death scene: In Dreams - Howard Shore (from "The Fellowship of the Ring")

Ending Credits: Tie between "Into the Mystic" - Van Morrison or "io (This Time Around)" - Helen Stellar 

annnnnnnnnnnd 

7 Songs I'm Digging Right Now!!

1. Aqueous Transmission - Incubus
This fantastic song is so relaxing, everytime I listen to it, I just want to close my eyes and relax. The instrumentation is wonderful.

2. Goin' Against Your Mind - Built to Spill
This great, epic song - long, heavy with guitar and it really gets you moving. 

3. Please Do Not Let Me Go - Ryan Adams
I love all of Ryan's songs, but I love this one in particular. It's so beautiful and straight forward, with this twinge of melencholy. 

4. No Other Way - Jack Johnson 
One of Jack's quieter songs, but I can't argue with the lyrics and the whole vibe. I'm totally into relaxing, so this song just works. 

5. All At Once - The Fray
I went to high school with two of the guys from The Fray (and may be going to one of their weddings) and this is one of my favorite songs on the album. The chorus about "the right thing and the hardest thing are the same," is so true. 

6. You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles
One of the most underrated Beatles songs from "Abbey Road." The lyrics, as most things by the Beatles, kick ass, and...come on, it's the Beatles.

7. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - The Beach Boys 
I sort of consider this my theme song these days. From one of my favorite albums ("Pet Sounds"), this song just feels...right. Listen and enjoy.

Everyone and their brother have already done this, but what the hell: post in comments 

1. name:
2. birthday:
3. place of residence:
4. what makes you happy:
5. what are you listening to now/have listened to last:
6. do you read my lj:
7. if you do, what is particularly good/bad about it:
8. an interesting fact about you:
9. are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. favourite place to be:
11. favourite lyric:
12. best time of the year:
13. Do you remember when we met?
14. Have I been a good friend to you?
15. Tell me something you've never told me before.

PLUS
1. one thing you like about me:
2. two things you like about yourself:
3. put this in your lj so i can tell you what i think of you.
4. post a picture you (if possible):

I never do these, but I'm bored, and I got tagged for one, so I'll do them. 

I almost never do this - mostly because I never get tagged - but jeanniefillion is always so awesome and comments on my stories, so here it goes. So: Calmacil is an Elvish name, means "Bright Sword," and he was also a King of Numenor as well, if memory serves. And the 20 comes from the fact that there are 20 Rings of Power in The Lord of the Rings. So now, you all know how much of a "Ringer" I am =) 

I'm probably going to break decorum here, but I'm only going to tag a few people (please forgive if this is a cardinal sin of LJ), so: wieimer, aniraangel, kid_bom, neroli66, shirehobbit2002

So, here I am bored at work, and a ton of quizzes at my fingertips pilfered from aniraangel. I'll cut it, so you can check 'em out if your interested (which why you would be is beyond me). I only posted a few of the dozens I took =)

( Tests galore )

Well, while I'm still waiting for my beta to be done, I thought I'd do this, just to let everyone know I'm not dead or anything.
List 7 songs you're way into right now, no matter how much they suck, in no particular order. Then tag seven people who have to do it too.

1. 2000 Miles - Coldplay
2. Dream Girl - Dave Matthews Band
3. Another Kind of Green - John Mayer Trio
4. Vienna - The Fray
5. Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket
6. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
7. Marching Bands of Manhattan - Death Cab for Cutie