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Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn-offs.
Day Eight: Three turn-ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession

I don't think I need cuts for the rest, as they're all under five, right?

1. My parents

2. [livejournal.com profile] elenuial

3. My sister

4. Mark Hamill (seriously, I can explain if anyone cares.)

5. My father's sisters - Jamie and Ellen. They helped raise me.

Date: 2010-12-28 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zapf.livejournal.com
I care. I'm incredibly curious.

Date: 2010-12-28 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redfishie.livejournal.com
I was wondering too.

Okay, the deal with Mark Hamill

Date: 2010-12-28 08:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazliya.livejournal.com
And it's not because Luke Skywalker was my first hero. There are a lot of reasons.

1) Now, I knew him first as the Joker in the Batman cartoons, and he was my joker. The only one I ever really believed in. True, Heath Ledger did an amazing job, but I just couldn't invest myself in his portrayal. But whenever the Joker was onscreen in those cartoons, I was glued to the set, and I would sometimes close my eyes and simply listen to the cackling and snap-delivered lines. It wasn't just the writing; Hamill knew how to hit the right notes for the demented villain.

When [livejournal.com profile] elenuial started playing Arkham Asylum, I heard the first few lines of "Hey, Bats! It's good to be home, eh? Where's the welcome party?" and a laugh, and I came barreling into the room. I knew that twisted giggle.

It was Hamill's joker; my joker.

Even now, when I'm fully an adult, I still get the shivers and butterflies when I hear that voice. He's one of the few people who makes me feel that way - like a ten-year-old fangirl. It's an amazing feeling. Even with Avatar and Metalocalypse and Robot Chicken, I still do a little happy dance when I hear him. He's incredibly talented - and although some people might not consider them on the same level, to me it's like listening to a concert cellist sit down at their instrument.

So, as [livejournal.com profile] elenuial played right into the Joker's trap, I sat on the couch and stared rapt at the screen as I tried not to get so excited that I'd cry.

2) He didn't get sucked up into the Hollywood machine. It would've been so easy after Star Wars - and I'm sure it was hard. But he was done, and he told everyone so. He stuck to smaller roles, theatre, and the occasional cameo, and lived a largely peaceful life outside of the public eye. He might've been a richer man if he'd capitalized on his Luke Skywalker fame, like I expect most of the cast of Harry Potter to do. But people would only see those movies because of the "Luke Skywalker as a sociopathic killer!" factor, and I think he knew that. Or he valued his privacy more than fame.

Either way, he got to do what he really always wanted to - voice work - and be celebrated for it. No one pushed him into cranking out overproduced blockbusters. He went against the flow, and didn't let himself get swept up into the machine. Mark Hamill is *the* living example I look to of exercising control over your life and using that to enjoy it. And finding something you enjoy and excelling at it.

3) For a long time, he autographed whatever you sent to him. He's had to stop, with all of his commitments and family and whatnot, but still.

I mean, there are more reasons, but these are just a few. He's kind of my role model, if I could ever say that I had one.
Edited Date: 2010-12-28 08:35 pm (UTC)

Re: Okay, the deal with Mark Hamill

Date: 2010-12-28 10:56 pm (UTC)
mindways: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mindways
...Now, I knew him first as the Joker in the Batman cartoons...

I have always been fond of the Joker as a character/antagonist. (I own this, which is rather dated by now, but still cool.) For a little while, Jack Nicholson's Joker in the Batman movies was my standard for film/TV... but when I went back and re-watched it later, Jack N's performance rather suffered from comparison to the animated series.

I didn't find out that it had been Mark Hamill doing the awesome voice acting there until years later!

Re: Okay, the deal with Mark Hamill

Date: 2010-12-28 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] offside7.livejournal.com
I've always loved his version of the Joker. I was just watching an animated Batman movie and listening to the Joker, thinking... "Not bad, but that's no Mark Hamill."

Re: Okay, the deal with Mark Hamill

Date: 2010-12-29 06:13 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] darkoni
Whenever I hear the Joker's voice in my head, it's always Mark Hamill. That was half of what I based Sebastian on. The other half was Tennant's Dr. Who.

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