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I'm glad that I learned how to hold a guitar yesterday. Turns out, I bought a right-handed guitar.

This morning, I am grateful for:
- the rain
- music
- coffee this morning
- email
- my furry critters, lost and present

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AU100

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 12:42 PM
001.Beginnings 002.Middles 003.Ends 004.First 005.Last
006.Hours 007.Days 008.Weeks 009.Months 010.Years
011.Red 012.Grey 013.White 014.Black 015.Blue
016.Purple 017.Brown 018.Green 019.Pink 020.Colourless
021.Friends 022.Enemies 023.Lovers 024.Family 025.Strangers
026.Teammates 027.Parents 028.Children 029.Birth 030.Death
031.Sunrise 032.Sunset 033.Too Much 034.Not Enough 035.Sixth Sense
036.Smell 037.Sound 038.Touch 039.Taste 040.Sight
041.Shapes 042.Triangle 043.Square 044.Circle 045.Moon
046.King 047.Heart 048.Diamond 049.Queen 050.Joker
051.Water 052.Fire 053.Earth 054.Air 055.Spirit
056.Breakfast 057.Lunch 058.Dinner 059.Food 060.Drink
061.Winter 062.Spring 063.Summer 064.Fall 065.Passing
066.Rain 067.Snow 068.Lightning 069.Thunder 070.Storm
071.Broken 072.Fixed 073.Light 074.Dark 075.Shattered
076.Rebirth 077.Paralysis 078.Disease 079.Agony 080.Healing
081.Blind 082.Deaf 083.Lost 084.Found 085.Missing
086.Choices 087.Life 088.He 089.She 090.It
091.Birthday 092.Christmas 093.Thanksgiving 094.Solstice 095.New Year
096.Writer‘s Choice 097.Writer‘s Choice 098.Writer‘s Choice 099.Writer‘s Choice 100.Writer‘s Choice

Crossover 100 - Sephiroth/Cloud

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 12:39 PM
001.Beginnings. 002.Middles. 003.Ends. 004.Insides. 005.Outsides.
006.Hours. 007.Days. 008.Weeks. 009.Months. 010.Years.
011.Red. 012.Orange. 013.Yellow. 014.Green. 015.Blue.
016.Purple. 017.Brown. 018.Black. 019.White. 020.Colourless.
021.Friends. 022.Enemies. 023.Lovers. 024.Family. 025.Strangers.
026.Teammates. 027.Parents. 028.Children. 029.Birth. 030.Death.
031.Sunrise. 032.Sunset. 033.Too Much. 034.Not Enough. 035.Sixth Sense.
036.Smell. 037.Sound. 038.Touch. 039.Taste. 040.Sight.
041.Shapes. 042.Triangle. 043.Square. 044.Circle. 045.Moon.
046.Star. 047.Heart. 048.Diamond. 049.Club. 050.Spade.
051.Water. 052.Fire. 053.Earth. 054.Air. 055.Spirit.
056.Breakfast. 057.Lunch. 058.Dinner. 059.Food. 060.Drink.
061.Winter. 062.Spring. 063.Summer. 064.Fall. 065.Passing.
066.Rain. 067.Snow. 068.Lightening. 069.Thunder. 070.Storm.
071.Broken. 072.Fixed. 073.Light. 074.Dark. 075.Shade.
076.Sun. 077.Trees. 078.Sea. 079.Desert. 080.Island.
081.Mountain. 082.Cave. 083.Wet. 084.Dry. 085.Hot.
086.Cold. 087.Choice. 088.He. 089.She. 090.Home.
091.Birthday. 092.Christmas. 093.Thanksgiving. 094.Independence. 095.New Year.
096.Writer's Choice. 097.Writer's Choice. 098.Writer's Choice. 099.Writer's Choice. 100.Writer's Choice.

Get Your Motor Runnin'

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 6:29 AM
Up early again today, waiting for my Dad to pick me up to go to the Harley-Davidson museum. Will post pics later.

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Aug. 30th, 2008

  • 6:25 AM
CURLY'S GOLD NEVER DIES

http://www.myspace.com/curlysgold

MOTHER FUCKERS

Just put a new stupid song up there, may take a bit for it to come up.

Lotr fic: "April Fool", Chapter 3

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Wow! Look! It's fanfiction! I already thought it had become extinct!

Title: April Fool
Disclaimer: Nothing mine and will never be.
Pairing: Glorfindel/?, Lindir/?
Rating: PG-13 (for now)
Word count: 836/3279
Warnings: none
Summary: A simple April Fool joke has far worse consequences than Glorfindel intended

Previous Chapters:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

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twitters du jour

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 7:19 AM
how many tweets can I post in one day?

  • 22:03 That was an interesting long day that wasn't really very interesting. Sleep seems like a good idea. Then wake up and work, repeat. My life. #
  • 23:19 Hooray an pro life chick running for VP.... I'm sorry but please gods NO! Where's my obama-biden bumper sticker already? #
  • 00:30 Two more practice days.... Then its on for real. Let's see how I can do ! #
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What a load of shirt!

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I placed my order for the Threadless sale last night, and it has been shipped! I was somewhat tipsy when I did it so I couldn't locate some of the shirts I wanted, but I still scored:
Bone Idol
Afternoon Delight
What Would Macgyver Do and
Interpretive Dance

I'm quite please with myself ^-^

~~

I met my brother's new girlfriend last night...and she is a vegetarian! Also she is quite nice.

I also painted the Dragonforce emblem on my brother's cast (he may or may not have broken his arm...the cast is a pre-emptive measure.) in Skull White, Boltgun metal, and Mithril Silver.

asad 30

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 6:30 AM
Oh
could be the light
could be your smile but
no it does
appear you are naked

oh look
we match

shall we wear each
other and laughter?

Aug. 30th, 2008

  • 8:25 PM
Playing that Chocobo Tales game. It's fun, and it's distracting me from...other things. Which is good.

Ugh. Don't you hate it when people act innocent to try to get others to take their side?

Fred & Cyd - Girl Hunt Ballet

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 4:39 AM

Originally published at Jandy's Meanderings. You can comment here or there.

If I could have one piece of anatomy from another person rather than my own, I might well choose Cyd Charisse’s legs. I mean, dang.

(This clip from The Band Wagon’s “Girl Hunt Ballet” brought to you by my being unable to stop watching incredible 1950s musical numbers once I start.)

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They call me Itchy

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 3:22 AM
I can't sleep. I'm itchy all over! I think I've been breaking out in hives the past few nights but I can't say for certain 'cause I've never really had this problem before. If I was gonna be the almighty creator of hives tho, this is what I'd call them. They started on my lower back, moved all the way up, down my arms, and now we're on my neck and even my scalp I think. This is like the worst form of torture. I just want to roll around on the carpet and scratch and scratch and scratch until I die!

Anyways, I think I'm gonna get this

Along with some good zombie/horror readage, but I don't know what yet.

One tweet at a time...

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 5:33 AM
  • 07:05 Today's xkcd has made me very happy. #
  • 08:21 They pay the sysadmin/techs $70 an hour. They pay me $12, but keep giving me sysadmin and tech tasks to do. Fuckers. #
  • 11:58 I have way too much work to do to be this distracted by fun. #
  • 14:08 @calixies Because the awesomest people on campus won't be there, duh. ;) #
  • 14:09 Co-worker: "Does Telus do, like, wireless cell phones? Like the mobile type?" #
  • 14:43 Yeah, I just pissed off a client's 10-year-old daughter. Whoops. #
  • 15:15 @calixies You should call him! Don't keep him all hypothetical. You'd love it! #
  • 15:55 @calixies Awww, you still wub me! :-D #
  • 16:49 @warwick Actually, I just made to-do lists for each staff member here designed to force them to comment on finished tasks. #
  • 21:04 There's no way I could explain how much I love this place without waxing poetic about my clothes line, so I will spare you all. #
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247 / Betty Smith - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 10:26 AM
I had never heard of this novel before Trin sent it to me, though it is apparently a well-loved classic in the States. A rather sweet, sentimental story about a poor immigrant family in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. I can see why it was such a success when it was first published, and I was rooting for Francie to succeed, but much of the prose style jarred with my own sensibilities—lots of ecstatic declarations about the joys of life despite hardship and overly-explained emotions on the part of the characters. It reads as very old-fashioned now, and while I found it an enjoyable read, there wasn't enough about it that grabbed me as new to make me love it.

^_^

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 3:59 AM
So lol a few days ago a "health care policy advisor" for McCain told the Dallas Morning News that "nobody in the United States is technically uninsured, because everyone has access to hospital emergency rooms."

Then the McCain campaign told everyone that he's not actually an official campaign adviser, even though he apparently helped write McCain's health care plan.

'cause, you know, access to those ERs doesn't actually guarantee treatment. If the doctors don't consider one's condition as an emergency, well, one's out of luck. Sry suckas, see ya later.

I guess if I ever forget that people are stupid, this'll remind me.

sauce

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So! <3 Totally not official and announced yet, but [info]lanerose, [info]giving_ground and I hijacked the [info]blind_go chat today, and the result is....[info]trail_hunter.

Everything's tentative as yet - we're trying not to compete with [info]subrosa_tennis and [info]blind_go timelines, but Hunter x Hunter is a fandom that totally DESERVES MORE LOVE, so yes. Do watch [info]trail_hunter if you count yourself among the many who have fleetingly hoped that THIS FANDOM HAD MORE FIC. HisoHiso approves.

before we begin...

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 10:05 AM


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will complete this entry this afternoon, until then .. enjoy some more Arabic pop.

p.s. Ignore the wedding the theme, although I do like the arabic/western trad. cross over
focus on zee sentiment.
I like it when the 'western' guy breaks down crying into a hankerchief.. haha!

Rough update

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 6:54 PM

Again, talking about my feelings again because, shit, I have nothing else to talk about. I feel detached from everything. I feel lethargic yet wide awake at the same time, like I want to run for a few thousand kilometres, but I also want to curl up and sleep for a few weeks. I'm feeling 'oh-so-lonely', yet can't be fucked being in a relationship right now.

That 'talk' with my mum probably about how I'm not pulling my weight or whatever, which I've been stressed about all week, didn't happen

I don't know if I like the path I'm heading down. And unfortunately, as fun as she is, I think it's all Maz's fault. Ah fuck it. I'm determined to slow down, because it's draining me financially. I think it would be interesting to see how far I can push my body, although I won't do it.

Going to a mate's place tonight, but I dunno how the hell I'm getting there :S

I'll work it out. I always do ; )

lemonchiffon's daily bleats

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 4:02 AM
  • 10:19 @fiercecupcake .....and...silence! blink blink. #
  • 10:22 Yeah, I'm fucked again. Will get fucked over once again. #

This icon is not my fault, I swear

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 1:58 AM
Interesting link of the day: Scientific American studies how people become experts.

Still requesting more prompts. Naturally, the silliest of the prompts is turning out to be the longest (thank you Chris!), as I've managed to find an actual storyline that just suffers from a lack of a denouement. Still mulling the others, but I did jot down some notes.

Last of the Amazon order hit today, but it was too late to save me from a ridiculous sunburn on the left side of my face. Really, sun, I was only outside for 3 & 1/2 blocks! On a bike! [info]ren_sama thinks it there might be a possibility of a chemical burn, since we had a spare the air day, but I'm dubious. After the epic nap this afternoon, the redness faded considerably, but the Kol remains displeased.

I was not displeased at work today. Our small fan broke a blade, and the break in balance of the mechanism caused it to JUMP AROUND. Seriously, it was vibrating itself around in circles. I could not stop laughing-- further prove I will laugh at just about anything.

August roundup of reading

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 10:04 AM
It has been a good month, especially since I have started using my mp3 for books instead of music when I go tramping with my hound in the woods. Takes a while for the penny to drop with these new-to-me gadgets.

Fiction:

219 – Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley *****
220 – The Likeness by Tana French ***
226 – Soddit by A.R.R.R. Roberts ***

Non-Fiction:

216 – Deadly Feasts by Richard Rhodes ****
230 – The Ice Museum by Joanna Kavenna **
231 – Great Tales to Tell Small Kids by Andy Riley

Audio Fiction:

215 - The Death Maze By Ariana Franklin ***
218 – The Woods by Harlan Coben **
222 – ‘Tis by Frank McCourt ***
225 – Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn ***
233 – Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn ***

Audio Non – Fiction:

214 - Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda – autobiography ***
217 - The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson ****
229 – A History of Ancient Greece by Eric H Cline *****

Audio Drama:

221 – A Collection by A A Milne *****
223 – It’s Better with Animals by Mike Walker ***
224 – Steinbeck in Avalon by Ray Brown ***
227 – Albert’s Bridge by Tom Stoppard ****
228 – Carry On Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse *****
232 – Funeral Games by Joe Orton ****
234 - The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James

Aug. 30th, 2008

  • 4:09 AM
Oh, yeah, women are going to say, "Oh! His VP has a vagina! I gotta vote for McCain!" Because we're shallow like that. [/sarcasm]

Dannenfelser added that having Palin on the ticket will attract women voters and some of the Hillary Clinton supporters who aren't happy with Barack Obama.

“The majority of American women support commonsense restrictions on abortion. Adding Palin to the GOP ticket will resonate with independent women voters nationwide," Dannenfelser told LifeNews.com. "By choosing the boldly pro-life Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has taken his stand as the one true, authentic pro-life ticket.”


Adam Serwer at TAP says it best:

"The pick of Palin is dripping with transparent condescension, the notion that the enthusiasm behind Hillary was simply the result of her being a woman, that it had nothing to do with what she actually stood for, and in that sense it's equally sexist. Palin is essentially a hard-right ideologue, and therefore nothing like Hillary as far as substance is concerned. It's not very different from running Alan Keyes against Barack Obama in 2004. The conservative media reaction has already engaged in paternalistic language, with FOX News reporting on television that "McCain broke the glass ceiling," implying in fact, that the pick had nothing to do with Palin or her qualifications, but merely her gender. It's fitting that the party positing affirmative action as a program that picks people exclusively based on race or gender rather than qualification should do something similar given an opportunity for political advancement. While Obama is promising change through policy, not simply through the circumstances of his birth, the McCain campaign thinks his appeal is simply visual and demographic, and therefore something they can exploit."

Featured Video: The Broadway Ballet

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 2:48 AM

Originally published at Jandy's Meanderings. You can comment here or there.

I went to hear John Williams and the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl tonight, and while of course John Williams’ music is awesome and it was great seeing all the clips of Indy and Star Wars and Close Encounters along with the live orchestra, the highlight for me was when Stanley Donen turned up to introduce selections from his films with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Fred’s dancing-on-the-ceiling number from Royal Wedding, the barn dance from Seven Brides (the travesty of the night, though, was that they showed this in the pan-and-scanned version - with the director sitting right there!), Gene on roller skates and with Jerry the Mouse and in the rain. But even though I knew they’d do “Singin’ in the Rain,” I secretly hoped they’d do some part of “The Broadway Ballet” instead. They didn’t. So I must do it instead, with the aid of lovely YouTubers. I love the whole thing, but obviously the parts with Cyd Charisse stand out. (It’s fourteen minutes long, and thus won’t fit in one YouTube video; part two, with the romantic flowy veil part, is here).