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    Friday, July 25th, 2008
    shiegra
         		11:52p
    So I uh. Went to see Hellboy II.

    ......

    **DIIIIIIIIIIES**

    IN JOY.

    I HAVE NEVER LOVED A MOVIE SO MUCH. IN MY LIFE.
    kytha
         		11:20p
    comics, batman fic recs, the avatar finale
    People who responded to my five found things writing meme? You are all insane and I love you. Working on finishing up what's there so far, then I'll round them up and post them into a consolidation post of some sort.

    I suppose it's suicidal of me to say so, but if you do want to make any further requests, now would be the time. :P



    Graphic Novels/Series I've Read Recently:
    - Transmetropolitan (heard of it off [info]scans_daily, finally checked it out, holy shit I don't know if I should envy Spider Jerusalem his passion for journalism or stick to writing about kittens. I wish I could come up with something more coherent for this, but I can't.)
    - The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (which gave me a shiny look at the whole script-to-graphic novel process, which was really interesting.)
    - Fables: The Good Prince (is this the last volume? I knew that character was going to be more than just a bit player the minute I saw him. ♥ WAY TO GOOOOO)
    - Watchmen by Alan Moore(?) (whoa, that was pretty neat. Also, the trailer makes much more sense now, and I'm oddly excited. I can't say I totally appreciated what it was about, really-- it's something on a different level than the average superhero comic-- but what it was was an incredibly engrossing story, and the characters all felt, I dunno... Real, at least for some parts of the comic.)



    Three Batman fics I've really enjoyed reading over the last few days:

    The Space Between Dreams and Reality by [info]acidic_flower (movie-based, post-movie)
    What happens when your worst nightmares are inescapable?
    Fairly shameless, straightforward Batman/Joker NC-17 action. Did I mention it's all happening in Bruce's head? It's all happening in Bruce's head. Much to his personal dismay.

    Night Terrors by [info]smilesawakeyou (movie-based, post-movie)
    “Then kill me,” he murmurs, feeling Him swallow. “I’d love to be your first.”
    I would honestly have to say this is my favorite fic out of all I've read thus far, and I've been reading a lot. Disturbingly quotable, spot-on narrative for the Joker. Minimal mention of one-sided Joker/Batman aside, this fic is worth reading for having one of the few Gordon and Joker exchanges that feels real enough to be something lifted right out of the movie.

    The Endless Dance by someone on FF.net. (comics-based, after most of the brouhaha that makes it so that comics-based Batman/Joker would be something pretty much tantamount to non-consensual carnal relations with one's quadruplegic little sister. Or something. I dunno.)
    He thinks that once upon a time, he had been able to control himself around the clown.
    I may have recced this before; I certainly know I pimped it to [info]hopswitch. The point is, I like it. There's nothing romantic or shippy about it, unless you like your romance hardboiled and possibly run through with several sharp objects (and can see pairing hints a microscope couldn't pick up) but from what I've read of the comics recently and what I dimly remember before (the stuff that wasn't just taken off the cartoon, that is) the vibe I get off this rings absolutely true. Joker does get under Batman's skin in a way no one else can. And it's a neat look at that.



    I finally watched the Avatar finale. Thoughts on it are pending (aside from 'the bending fight scenes would look fucking gorgeous in a live-action movie', or even just a full-length animated feature) and there are flaws (more individual-interaction-wise than any real problem with the finale's flow) but more importantly, I would like to direct your attention to (non-spoilery, I promise, for the post if not the comments) WOLFBATMAN. Or basically, you know, Avatar/Batman crossover with Sokka as the Wolfbatman.

    ...it's more awesome than it sounds, really.

    If the Avatar movie's tone is anything like the middle/end of the finale, I think I'll like it. I dunno, the humor is cute, and the characters are genuinely engaging, but I love Avatar most when it takes itself seriously. Cheesy or not, it's the real introspective/emotional moments (... er, except, perhaps, for 'The Beach') that reach into my chest and play friggin' hackysack with my heart.

    Like [info]scratchmist said, sometimes you just need a heartbreak. :D
    Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
    kytha
         		6:53p
    [meme] five found things
    Give me:

    1. A line from a song or a poem.
    2. The title of a book.
    3. A color.
    4. An emotion.
    5. An animal.

    And I will write you a slice of original fiction no longer than 500 words.

    I need the practice. :|
    Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
    kytha
         		10:19p
    [writing] snippets, new and old.
    Old crap dug up from Notepad files on my computer; things I always mean to finish, but don't. Today I would also like to share with you a quote from my old Biology teacher on Gregor Mendel:

    "Maybe he wanted to peas the lord with his peasful experiments; maybe he wanted to make peas with God."

    WHAT MEMORIES.

    ( August '07: The Professor and Cecily (excerpt) )

    ( August '07: Ethennan and the Boy. )

    ( Last Week or So: UP in the Rain (do you remember this day, UP-ians? nah, i didn't think so) )

    ( Neuro and Yako: a connoisseur's tongue )


    When I was very young, my mother imparted to me a piece of what she considered to be very sound advice.

    "Men, Julia," she said with feeling, "Are like books. The good ones stay with you forever. The bad ones make you wonder why the hell you let them waste so much of your time."

    Not being particularly interested men or in books at the time, I listened to her tirade over a bowl of Cheerios, attention rapt-- and promptly forgot all about it.
    Monday, July 21st, 2008
    kytha
         		7:52p
    I haven't even watched the Avatar finale, but this (spoilery, mind) boggles my mind in every possible way.

    To quote the friend who showed it to me:

    X: I GOOGLED POOP
    X: AND I GOOGLED FRIED CHICKEN
    X: POOP HAS MORE RESULTS THAN FRIED CHICKEN
    X: SO IT MUST BE MORE POPULAR AND MORE DELISHUS THAN FRIED CHICKEN AMIRITE?!
    X: LOGIC
    X: THERE IS NONE

    Avatar-related luls: Rite heer.



    Nightmarishly enough, I'm writing Dark Knight fic, for [info]hopswitch no less. Hide the children now.



    Argh must sketch something for that summoning contest SO MANY IDEAS SO LITTLE TIMMMME. Actually, though, if I like settle with having no sleep like I used to, I'd be able to do this like a shot. Shit, I must be getting old if I can no longer effortlessly stay up until 3 am.

    OH GOD I ONLY HAVE LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF UNTIL I'M OUT OF MY TEENS. Sorry, that realization makes me D8 D8 D8 every time. I thought I'd be published by 20. I thought I'd be somebody by 20.

    Weird how things turn out.



    Oh lol [info]outinspace, I ttly posted this entry 4 u but apparently forgot to actually set the friend's group it was meant to be screened to. :D LOLOL I INCLUDE YOU IN THE 'internet friends' group... :| I was wondering why that post wasn't getting replies, lmao.



    final edit, because I'm a h0r:

    ( RL PICTURES WHOOOO )
    kytha
         		11:07a
    I just finished Baccano!

    sfsafkjldsjfas;fjdsaf why and how are Ladd and Lua so cute. Claire and Chane, too! THAT IS JUST SO UNREASONABLE. WHAT. WHY ARE THE PSYCHOS CUTE.

    Isaac and Miria just make me giggle nonstop, though. They're so. Out of place. XD

    /hunts up fic. :|
    Saturday, July 19th, 2008
    kytha
         		10:27p
    the dark knight + book rambling
    Quick rec: Family Man by Dylan Meconis, if you haven't read it already. Delicious history-referenced comic about werewolves that actually focuses more on the awesome wackiness of the academia of the period than the whole turning furry with the moon thing? Fuck yes. (Linda, it is probably relevant to your interests.)

    My verdict on The Dark Knight, which I pushed my parents into watching with me tonight (damn it [info]razzberikazi, you should have taken me to the premiiiiieeeere ;A;): ttly worth watching, for serious.

    It's the first near-three-hour movie I've sat through without ever getting up for a break, and this is coming from someone who times her bathroom breaks whenever something horribly painful (in the way excessive on-screen distress tends to match your empathy buttons a little TOO well) is happening. The Dark Knight was full of such moments, but there's something hypnotic about the story.

    ( cut for more, potentially spoiler babble )

    It's strange that such a dark movie should leave me walking away with such good, positive feelings about humanity, but I guess it depends on what you take away from the movie's events. orz It's pathetic, but I was ttly crying at the end not because of what happens at the end, but because I was desperately glad my like. Worldview was reaffirmed, or something. LOLOLOL IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN WITHOUT BEING REALLY SPOILERLY I GUESS.

    Also I guess I should just admit I liked the Joker a lot more than what is probably healthy for me arrrgh.

    In other news, I'm slowly working through Baccano! (so far: omg Isaac. omg Miria. OMG (ps. Jacuzzi is cute? oAo) I think the reason I picked up le pirated DVD in the store was seeing this series on [info]shiegra's list, and so far I am quite enjoying it) annnd after that I guess will be Dragonaut: The Resonance (picked up on impulse because of cute boy and svelte girl on the cover! Also, the giant robot. Mmmmmm.)

    LOL AND OMG. I finally got curious enough to read Twilight because my roomie had it. It's... uh, I can't say it's good, but it's not eyesearingly bad, either-- though they weren't kidding about the sparkling vampires. Wow. I think I've read worse: I think the main issue it presents for me (much like the Darren Shan series, which I enjoyed anyway) is a single fundamental problem common to books of this genre:

    Vampires + First Person Narrative = IMPOSSIBLY ODIOUS DESCRIPTIONS OF EVENTS AND PEOPLE

    ( rambling cut about narrative choice, silly vampire stories, etc )

    I also realized lately that I'm not really fond of books whose narratives start out with 'I KNEW I WAS WRONG WHEN' or 'I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT'... ... ... possibly because... it reminds me of my old R.L. Stine Goosebumps books, which were really awf-- oh geez, thinking of it in that way explains so much. XD
    Friday, July 18th, 2008
    shiegra
         		6:34a
    Vacation time! To return on the 24/25th, or rather so late on the former it's practically the latter.
    kytha
         		4:50p
    My birthday is coming up and all I can think of that I really desperately want are:

    a) the knitting markers mentioned a few entries ago orz
    b) more yarn because it costs like the souls of 10 infant children to get enough of it here
    c) more cutely-patterned cloth, because the desire to make cute clothing is overwhelminnngggg
    d) a small portable sewing machine I can shuttle between home and the dorm.

    I don't even want a Nintendo DS as badly as I want these things SOMETHING IS SO WRONG WITH MEEE

    another thing i could think of is 'MOAR SAIX/VEXEN, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE' but that's a given. :|;
    Thursday, July 17th, 2008
    shiegra
         		5:58p
    fanfic
    Title: Happy Goodbyes
    Author/Artist: [info]shiegra
    Rating: PG13
    Word count: 488
    A/N: Any questions about timeline could perhaps be answered with this statement: I envisioned it right before the canon events that would give this snapshot the most cruel irony. Also, lamest title ever.
    Prompt: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - Tsuna/Kyoko - gentleness - depend on it

    My first Kyoko/Tsuna kinkfest entry.
    Friday, July 18th, 2008
    kytha
         		6:49a
    For my own reference: hot library smut. (What, it's not MY title.)
    Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
    kytha
         		4:12p
    I have never wanted any knitting-related items with such brutal yearning as much as I want this and these and these.
    kytha
         		3:58a
    Sam's Internet: Trippin' like a Villain since 1808.

    Thanks for the help with homework, [info]sorceressakemi. Alas, if only all my discourses on the internet were so productive (sup eway).

    Also, found this through 'kemi too: Will It Blend? I like the glowstick one in particular, it's cool.

    Um, what else. Oh yeah, sewing a petticoat with test fabric (handsewn, as usual; is anyone even surprised?) is fun so far; I magically managed to cut straight pieces. Who'da thunk.
    Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
    gryvon
         		1:01a
    Mucho Stuff for Sale
    So thanks to a few financial unpleasantries, I'm selling off a lot of stuff to cover rent and bills this month. All prices are negotiable. Shipping starts at $5, though anyone near Buffalo, NY can arrange pick up in person.

    Pictures available by request.

    Comment here with orders or email gryvon@gmail.com. Please include email address in comments.

    Donations also happily accepted. Will exchange fic for money, whatever pairing/series you want (as long as I am familiar or can become familiar with it). A buck a page, or other arrangements.

    Paypal is preferable (my account does accept credit cards) but check and money order (or cash if local) are also acceptable.








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    ( DVDs, non-Anime )

    ( Video Games )

    ( RPGs )

    ( Manga, yaoi )

    ( Manga, non-yaoi )

    ( Pencilboards, Clear Files, Clear Posters )

    ( Artbooks )
    Monday, July 14th, 2008
    kytha
         		5:53a
    Dreaming of dying is one thing; dreaming you're going to be executed via getting your head chopped off (next to your mom, no less) is another.

    lmao there was this old lady harrying me to write my last words faster; I was shaking so bad I had to keep rewriting it. orz Guess what, all I was writing my username/password combo on LJ and 'If you're reading this, I'm already dead.'

    Moooorbidity. Just for kicks, I looked up dream meanings:

    Beheading may symbolize punishment, punishing ourselves, unconsciously, as a result of guilt feelings or emotions. The dream may be showing you a negative pattern in your life that needs to be death with. It could also symbolize a need to get free of a too dominating head-you rely too much on your intellect and neglect your instincts.

    Dreaming about death is very common and it can be interpreted in many different ways. Death is usually a symbol of some type of closure or end. It implies an end to one thing and a beginning of another. Death dreams usually have positive symbolism. If you are the dead person in your dream, it could imply that you would like to leave all of your worries and struggles behind and begin anew. Dreaming about someone that you care about may express your fear about losing them. Dreaming that one of your parents died may express fear of loss, but it also may be an unconscious valve through which you release anger and other negative feelings. In some cultures dreaming about death and dying is a very good omen that represents longevity and prosperity.

    Deep water, oceans, seas, large lakes often symbolize the collective unconscious. Smaller bodies of water may symbolize the personal unconscious.

    Also, who the fuck is Paracelsus, and what is that name doing in my dreams. I kept thinking it was a dungeon in a videogame of some kind (for some reason, I kept imagining TWEWY) but Google tells me it's some awesome medical alchemist dude who used to be called Hohenheim. Wat.

    Current Mood: indescribable
    Saturday, July 12th, 2008
    shiegra
         		11:47p
    I watched Bloodrayne the first at a cousin's house on some channel or another, and I thought it was spectacularly bad. Totally random sex whut? But the second one has Natassia Malthe in it, and I find her spectacularly attractive and not a bad actress to boot--I know, I know, shallow honest the second is more important--so I got it from netflix. It doesn't seem bad yet, though I'm only a little bit in. Cliched but fun.
    Sunday, July 13th, 2008
    kytha
         		12:47p
    my capacity to injure myself physically is astounding

    because they've been renovating the inside of the house, i've lost track of where they moved some things

    and when I turned a corner too fast, pulling a towel off my head

    i rammed

    into

    a post

    INSIDE MY OWN HOUSE

    orz

    i was a little stunned for a while and now i'm bleeding from the knee-- the same one that got cut open when i was running along the sidewalk at up

    gj sam

    gj.
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