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[Nov. 27th, 2009|12:01 pm] |
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Hey! Do this poll.
Poll #1491134 because a poll is faster than comments
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6Did you get your card yet? Ticky box?
There is a truck or some kind of construction or something really obnoxiously loud going on outside my window. Sleep is out of the question. So... polls and playing around with my new toy omg so many apps to play with, lol. |
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Today's post is brought to you by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) skinship and the letter O |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|11:44 am] |
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o1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
o2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
o3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.
skinship assigned me 'O'!
K. Nakamura - Overworld: The overworld theme from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES
Nightwish - Over The Hills and Far Away: w00 Nightwish! Rock out man!
Royksopp - Only This Moment: Kind of sad, but I really love this song!
Japan-X - Okusennman (Metal): I love this version of the song. The song may be sad if you look up the lyrics, but this version really fits it, I feel. Also, less screechy off-key singing than the original.
Vitas - Opera 2: I have no idea what he's singing about, and I have never been able to find a translation of this song into English, but damn does this guy have a fine set of pipes, yeah? |
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| Thanksgiving Bits and RWP |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|09:47 am] |
Thanksgiving was lovely with company of Lizs18, T. and later C. However, I
would have had more fun were I not so tired that I fell asleep at 9pm.
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Henceforth, I am at the office and still incredibly groggy and tired despite
having a giant pile of caffeine. Tired of being sick for sure and bored, but
am currently amusing myself by looking up Solstikamas gifts for friends and
family. This means I usually find something I want, too. Currently looking
at Dirty Coast:
ZOMG: I need this:
https://hb-secure.com/dirtycoast/product_view.php?id=187
True Blood fans (again, like me) may also dig this one:
https://hb-secure.com/dirtycoast/product_view.php?id=171
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Anarchic splendor at the office: one woman came down to the IT department
(all four of us) and said “I’m not calling you if my machine breaks or I
can’t get email; I’m going home.” As she steps out, “…and don’t you
dare fix it!”
It feels like The Breakfast Club.
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Now, for RWP:
Reading: Under in the Mere which I had misplaced so could not
finish:/ Lo, it is here now.
WritingTweaking and editing my sacrifice story and writing some other
ideas. Wheee!
Wearing: Black cardigan, BPAL Chrysanthemum Moon shirt, black skirt,
skull and rose bloomers, red/black striped socks, pearlized black clog boots
(which make me feel very very glam indeed), BPAL’s Lilith and the Jarocho
and earrings (red floral drops)from Element and Artifact.
Planning: Visit to DE this weekend with a stop at Between Books
(!:)), sleep tonight, reading and knitting a neck warmer.
How about you? What are you RWP? |
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[Nov. 27th, 2009|08:14 pm] |
There was once a man named Alfred Tennyson
He loved wine and truffles, also venison.
Mint sauce, roasted ham,
and leg of sweet Hallam,
Comprised his favourite gastronomic benison |
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| and there weren't any scary crowds... after Walmart, anyway |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|08:37 am] |
Black Friday shopping: success. :D
I got my iPod Touch with a minimum of fuss. I think the majority of Auburn's police force was standing around inside Walmart. xD
My haul from Best Buy was particularly pleasing: S1 of Big Bang Theory, 40 Year Old Virgin, Iron Man, Fanboys, and The Dark Knight for under $40. Julia got a bunch of movies and the new Mario Bros. for the Wii. :D
I only got one sweater vest from Old Navy, because they didn't have the nice beige argyle one in my size. I got two dress shirts, one white and one black, two v-neck tops in green and red, and a very cute purple and grey sweater. And I got my dad's Christmas gift.
And I got a Star Trek calendar for 2010. Original flavor, naturally. :D
I spent too much money but I am very pleased with the results!
....now, I think I'm going to go back to bed. |
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| HEARTS IN EYES |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|03:27 pm] |
Okay, so I was totally going to hold off until ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) queenbitchfest was done with and then do one big recs post, but aaaaaah, Boys Keep Swinging is so amazing I couldn't wait. It's every teen movie you ever loved plus the ones that were awful only this time the premise is done right plus everything that's wonderful about taking a bunch of characters and putting them in an AU and seeing them be perfectly themselves in a new context.
QueenBitchFest is an anonymously-posted fic challenge, which is nice because I'm pretty good at making people dislike me and once I know someone dislikes me it's hard for me to read their fic, so this way I get to enjoy everything without feeling uncomfortable due to the idea that the author holds me in contempt or loathing. (NO SERIOUSLY THIS IS VERY STRESSFUL FOR ME A LOT OF THE TIME, AND I AM CLEARLY NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH SUCH CONCERNS. I RUIN MY OWN FANDOM EXPERIENCE BY BEING GENERALLY HORRIBLE IN ALL WAYS AND A NASTY BITCH, BUT I PROMISE I DON'T SET OUT TO BE THAT WAY IT JUST KIND OF HAPPENS.)
The story I wrote for the Fest isn't up yet, and since it is the most blatant example of LOL MARY WROTE THIS ONE that you will ever see in your entire life, I'm sure it will be obvious as soon as it appears. But once the whole Fest is over, I will do a big giant recs post of everything sparkly, I promise. |
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| New Moon |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|11:20 pm] |
So as anyone who has met me knows, I think beating up on Twilight for being terrible is like beating up a cripple, its just too easy but I do it anyway. (OMG not literally please don't hurt me)
It seems I got my comeuppance, to an extent. I saw New Moon.
*Buries face in hands*
And I actually enjoyed it. I enjoyed the love triangle, I got Bella's fixation on Edward and friendship/flirty thing with Jacob, I drooled over Jacob's inability to keep his shirt on, I adored ADORED the action scenes (btw, Jane was apparently played by Dakota Fanning and I think she must now play a Gothic Red Riding Hood or else).
I mean, yeah, there were a lot of silly and lame parts. But the thing is, I think I wouldn't have even noticed those if I hadn't gone in DELIBERATELY INTENDING to tear it apart. That's right, I went in planning to tear that movie limb from limb MST3K style and I got sucked in.
I hate myself for liking that movie. That doesn't mean I like the series, but I still feel like I need help. Psychiatric help.
There's a hotline or something, right? |
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| HAPPY THANKSGIVING and Big Lipped Alligator Moments |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|09:52 pm] |
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, FOLKS!
Next, art based off vaguely and incoherently based off of the current idea I have that everything/most everything of the movie 'All Dogs Go to Heaven' is in Charlie's imagination. I have two working theories, but they're both very odd.
And, with 'All Dogs go to Heaven' comes the Big Lipped Alligator Moment....Well, I was reading TVTropes today, and wound up reading this section.--For those unaware but don't want to get sucked into TVTropes, they describe a BLAM as this: Big-Lipped Alligator Moments, ... occur when something completely random happens. This has to happen in a story that, even if comedic or fantastical in nature, is otherwise fairly straightforward or follows its own sense of logic. This relatively normal story is then shot full of some kind of drug and veers sharply into Mind Screw territory. And then upon exiting the scene that bizarre moment is not considered unusual and has no bearing on the rest of the story. )
There is some problem with this. The BLAM is not...a BLAM. Which is to say that it has influence on the plot-- It causes Ann Marie to stay in while Charlie and the Alligator have a duet, which causes her to get sick, which leads to Charlie sticking around her instead of taking care of business, which leads to Itchy getting beaten up, which leads to The Big Confrontation (why hi, there, A.A. Milne capitalization) between Charlie and Itchy, which leads to Ann Marie running away, which leads to...etc, until it finally, finally leads to Ann Marie getting adopted/Charlie dying.
What's more, in the first song there is a line that goes 'Look out when you hear this sound: Arooooooooo!'; howling is a threatening sound, thus the sound that Charlie uses in the alligator's mouth, thus the sound that ultimately gets him released.
Good scene or not, it is connected to and has influence over the plot and (while random in the first viewing) isn't random in multiple viewings because of the audience knowing it acts as a catalyst.
Just me?
Finally, anyone else writing for smallfandomfest? My prompt's Doc/Marty: amplification. |
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