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I'm so cold [26 Jul 2008|12:53pm]

ericadawn16
[ mood | sick ]
[ music | Spongebob Squarepants ]

It's pretty bad when you're quoting cybermen, but the last few days, that's exactly what I've been doing. Last night, I decided to play the trick on autumn at work where you touch someone with really cold hands to scare them. They felt really cold to me, but she yanked back and said, "You're burning up."

Oops, stupid fever...

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Between God and the Devil [26 Jul 2008|05:08pm]

sunsetdawn20
[ mood | excited ]

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life @ 12.41pm [27 Jul 2008|12:41am]

anyasy
1. The 'rock star' presidential nominee [speaks in Berlin].

2. [Dating site]: with a lol.

3. [Philip Tolemo] with a series of photographs. This was amazing, and so sad.

4. Many things happened to Russ: a highlight:
- Cat singed himself on the stove. This happened via me cutting up chicken next to the stove, and cat jumping up to take a closer look, and sitting down, oblivious, next to the fire, watching me with his @___@?? expression. I smelled burning fur... -_- He was bathed. Think he was far more upset over that than smelling of burned cat.

lolcat )

5. Games
- Finished Neverwinter Nights 2.
Gameplay: Buggy. The AI is incredibly buggy, and stupid. Scaled casting does not work properly, or does not work at all (warlock). People will walk over traps, or follow even though you tell them to stay, or keep staying even after you've told them to follow. This makes the Near/med/Far follow distance setting semi-useless. Furthermore, Taunt seems to have no effect, and bosses, more often than most, will simply go for the most squishy. Some cutscenes are buggy, and have to be saved beforehand.

However, I did love the return to party-based gameplay, and you can have 2-4 people in your party (ending up with all your friends, in the final battle, which was a challenge to micromanage). The interaction with objects and people, however, hasn't changed much from NWN 1, and the repetitive companion dialogues can get abit weird (eg you can ask "Who are you again?" in Act III to your friends, rofl).

Graphics: Not bad! ;o Esp the spells.

Plot: Impressive (for a non-Japanese RPG). There were quite a few twists, some of which I didn't expect. The characters tended to be engaging, some of whom had very interesting side quests, and even the Sim City part in Act II was fun.

Difficulty level: Felt hard, some of the fights, esp vs the Red Dragon, and at the very end if you don't prepare properly.

spoiler reviews )

- Have World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King beta. So far, very pretty! Prettier than the Warhammer Online beta, anyway.
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[26 Jul 2008|10:03am]

sweetsorrowful
I finished reading Nana all the way up to date online. It left me really really depressed this time. I woke up this morning wanting to read more, and then I realized that I was done until the new chapter comes out. I read over 20 chapters in the past two days, and it was shock after shock after shock of plot twists.

I decided that I need to get down to business today.Enough goofing off. We're visiting a college next week, I think, and I need to get started on essays and such. I also really need to finish my Gold Award stuff. I need to finish my badges, write all of my leadership and career hours down. I still won't be ready until I get a job. I'm hoping that I can get one for after school this year. Fingers crossed!

I have an idea for a series of books. Since I have such a hard time writing it out, I thought that maybe I could buy a notebook to put all of my ideas in. I guess it would be easier to just type them, but... I don't know. It might be fun. If I got a notebook, I could sketch pictures of the characters and get some practice on my drawing too.

I'm thinking about possibly going into college undecided and taking a bunch of random classes to help me decided what I want to do. But I could do the same thing with a major- the classes can appeal to all my interested. For example, I'd like to take a class about Japanese culture. Tufts has a class about Anime! But, then again, even if I got in, I don't think I'd be able to go. Too much money. I don't think I'd get in anyway.

My house makes strange creaking noises at night. It's annoying. I hate not being able to sleep at night and waking up at 10 A.M. Usually 8:00 to 11:00 is fun time. 11:00 to 12:00 is lunch time. Then, if I have work to do, I start work around 1:00 or whatever. Depends on how much work I have. This new sleeping pattern makes me lazy.
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SGA 5x03 Broken Ties [26 Jul 2008|01:38pm]

katie_kibble
[ mood | uncomfortable ]

Spoilerness )

Altogether, lots of good character moments that made the episode good.
Next episode looks to be a very good one and my kind of episode ^^

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Happy Birthday Liv! [26 Jul 2008|01:14pm]

greeneyespurple
[ mood | creative ]

Click to enlarge.

Yes, it was a hard job to get him to do that photoshoot ;)

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[26 Jul 2008|11:25am]

th_esaurus
[ mood | blah ]
[ music | audio bullies - face in a cloud ]

HOT. HOTTTTTT.





Things I am worried about:

- Laurie. I don't like the character anyway, and I just feel all the promotional stuff of her right now is very sex appeal-ish. She and Sally are the only women in this, really, and while Sally is meant to be quite sexual, Laurie isn't. I feel like Snyder is saying to the fanboys, "Look! We have kickass superheroes AND hot girls! FUN FOR EVERYONE!!!" But then, maybe this is just my dislike for Laurie in general bleeding through.

- Dan's Nite Owl costume. It just looks so comedy, and I don't know if I can take it seriously.

- Veidt. First of all, I don't think the actor is old enough. He doesn't look to me like he has the presence to pull this off. And his costume is also really silly. I guess I'll have to reserve judgement here.

- Rorschach's mask. I'm not worried that they won't pull it off, because I think they will. I think it's going to look awesome. I just think it's going to freak me the hell out.

Also, they are really pushing Eddie as a main character - possibly even the main character. This seemed odd to me at first, but on my re-read of the graphic novel, they are totally right to do that. He's the catalyst for everything.

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Семь минут несерьёзности на тему первородного Sünde [26 Jul 2008|11:44am]

dr_shinigami
[ mood | amused ]
[ music | Eisbrecher ~ Mehr Licht! ]

Nota Bene:
Кажется, мне пора вести тематическое сообщество, с таким массивом материала...)))
Простите меня, други, ровно дышащие к немецкому индастриалу: я не виновата, что у меня так много френдов из Дойчляндии, окэ?)) И я не виновата, что означенные немецкие индустриалисты как-то недетски жгут и кушают наш мосххх, попеременно, передавая друг другу вилочку... короче, я предупредила - мне ещё до отпуска как-то вылавливать выходящий завтра релиз Unheilig, так что дальше будет ещё веселей, а пока...



Пока - который сутки уже явно день Eisbrecher.
Я уже говорила, что утечка нелимитированного альбомного промо-материала имела место быть: логично, что "паству" колбасит, а авторы - отжигают в рекламных целях.

Многие дамы со мной согласятся: брутальный мужЫк с красивым голосом, плохим зрением, бодрящим ледорубом наперевес и с филологическим образованием в комплекте - это само по себе сильно, а уж когда тема названия альбома (Sünde/Грех) сопровождается фразой: "...на своей первой исповеди я рассказал о тайной страсти к игрушкам других детей, запрещённым ТВ–шоу и столь вожделенном просмотре раздела женской одежды в каталоге «Quelle». Священник пробормотал что-то про десять вялых «Отче наш» и сказал приходить снова только тогда, когда научусь солидно грешить", то истерика обеспечена.))

Но это не всё.
Поверьте, даже тем, кому группа параллельна, и тем, кто ни в зуб ногой в немецком, будет весело: народ выложил подкаст записи одной из лЫрических песен.) То, как маленький Ноэль гоняет большого Алекса, чтобы тот выдал ноту по системе Станиславского, или рожи, которые строит герр Алекс, когда из колонок слышно его явно лажающий вокал - это уже угар без перевода, но уж фразочка: "Поспорим, Раммштайн так не загоняются, а просто пишут, как получилось?!!"... вы меня поняли.)))
СМОТРЕТЬ РОЛИК (КАК В МУКАХ РОЖДАЛАСЬ HERZDIEB))
Становится понятно, почему на вопрос: "Вы довольны своим новым альбомом?" Алекс ответил: "Да! Мы его УЖЕ НЕНАВИДИМ!!!"))
Отдельный ассоциативный ржач - это, конечно, related videos по правую руку от ролика.) Как туда затесалась гражданка Вера... боюсь предполагать.)))

mp3 [promo]
Herzdieb
Heilig
Mehr Licht!

Улыбайтесь, оно тематично.)))

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Pride (Pirates Of The Caribbean Fanfic: Greitzer/Beckett/OMC/OMC) [26 Jul 2008|05:39am]

kittymay
[ mood | nervous ]


Title: Pride

Author: Kitty

Rating: NC-17

Word count: 1800 approx

Characters: Cutler Beckett, who is around 28. Adrian Greitzer who is around 35, and two male characters aged around 38 and 22 respectively. Also allusions to Greitzer’s past history. If you want to know more, read Ecchipiro’s ‘Glory’, where you may make the acquaintance of one Admiral Miller : 0

Warnings: Dubious consent. Master/slave, bondage, drug use, physical abuse, mental abuse and SLASH. I think that’s it. Don’t like, don’t read, and all that. You know the drill by now.

Disclaimer: Greitz and Beckey are Disney’s. The other two are unfortunately my responsibility.

Comments: The last and most difficult of my challenge fics. So…I was asked about ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ that Greitzer gets up to after the events of ‘Ivory’. Well…Beckett’s torture continues at the hands of the nasty Lieutenant…and it looks as if someone else is about to get in on the act…

This is the third instalment of the Thirty-Three series (Thirty Three, Ivory). There should be a fourth at some point.

For

[info]ecchipiro

… with love and thanks for kicking around the psychology of certain characters with me late into the night : )




Pride )

 

 

 

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[26 Jul 2008|12:08am]

nomore_noless
[ mood | exhausted ]

If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

LOVE YOU ALL. MWAH! ♥♥


I am so far behind on my friends-list. :/ Sorry, y'all. There are also some memes I lack the time, and mental-awareness, to complete. I still want to talk about The Dark Knight, too. I've seen it four times now and still think it's The. Greatest. Movie. Ever. XD

Oh... Thursday night mum and I went to see Jurassic Park at an outdoor theatre. It was fantastic outside, under the stars, in the cool air, and with the crickets chirping. I made dino-shaped hamburgers, and we had gummi dinosaurs for a snack. LOL at us. It was sort of a birthday celebration for me, since we don't know if we'll have time for anything next week.

My bro is coming up here for a few days next week; he'll get here on my birthday and leave next Friday. (It's not for my birthday, it just happens to be when he can get time off.) I'm taking one of those days off while he's here and will take him and mum to work to watch TDK for free, with free popcorn and icees, haharr. All I really want for my birthday is a Batman-themed cake. :)

Chrissy... I got the postcard Thursday and the package Friday. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING!! :D I absolutely adore Paperchase products... how did you know?? :) And, of course, I'm totally in love with the Stig keychain. I really appreciate everything. *HUGS* I've been meaning to email you about the hockey schedule, but I just haven't had time to, only getting a few minutes to be online here and there. We're planning on going to the November 14th 'Canes at Thrashers game; we'd leave sometime Thursday morning (the 13th), so I'm free that afternoon and evening. Friday morning we're going to hit some malls, Friday night is the 'Canes/Thrash game, Saturday morning mumsy and I are going to the Aquarium, and Saturday evening we're going to the Gladiators game. We'll be leaving for home first thing Sunday morning. We're going to be staying at the same hotel we usually do, which is a few blocks from the Glads' arena/Discovery Mills area. I hope you and I can arrange to meet up at some point. I can't wait to see you! XD

Anyway... I will send you some more Top Gear-related stuff, if you want me to, when I get finished with them. Plus, there's James' wine thingy dvds, or should I save them for when I come down?

ETA: I forgot about Doctor Who... AGAIN. Damnit. :(

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C100 Batch 7 [26 Jul 2008|11:48am]

alassenya
Four snippets from 2001. For the complete prompt table and chronological list, go here.

79 Desert )
52 Fire )
39 Taste )
49 Club )

TTT will resume next week.
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A clbuttic article. [25 Jul 2008|06:21pm]

hannahrorlove
[ mood | blah ]
[ music | "Mad Men" - Season One, Episode Eight ]

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[26 Jul 2008|01:23am]

th_esaurus
[ mood | sore ]
[ music | the strokes - automatic stop ]

I don't even ship these two at all, but I had to draw this. I DON'T KNOW. The Joker's face is so fun to colour. Also, spoilers?

TASTES LIKE CHICKEN. )

I've been drawing a lot lately, but I haven't been drawing anything decent ):

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True fact from my friends: [25 Jul 2008|08:06pm]

moonangelchan
[ mood | drained ]
[ music | Utada Hikaru - Colors ]

Apparently I don't get angry like most people, I just radiate it, whilst punctuating the ominous feeling with a murderous version of my "you are stupid" glare.

Post script: last week I watched The Dark Knight with aforementioned friends. My feelings on it: \o/, and more, so much more.

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Drama queen meets Lord [26 Jul 2008|01:08am]

greeneyespurple
[ mood | lethargic ]
[ music | I feel super ]

Yes, I have been listening too much of it today. Yes, I am hyper. And yes, Cutler would like this over-dramatized entrance too (even though he would spank me for it rather than thank me, which you know, would be terrible ;). So there:


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The Queen's speech at three, an EastEnders wedding, and nuts. [25 Jul 2008|07:01pm]

argyleheir
There comes a time in every non-music blog when the non-music blogger must pay homage to that most cracktastic of Hallmark redundancies: Christmas in July. I'd apologise and say something like, "I got nothin'," but y'know, I knew I was gonna post these three weeks ago. So, um, stay cool?

Dogs Die in Hot Cars - The Christmas Song (BBC Air, Scotland)

Grandaddy - Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland

Shonen Knife - Space Christmas

Curtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
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Random Song Meme [25 Jul 2008|06:08pm]

niphaeriel
[ mood | melancholy ]
[ music | Not telling! ]

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post your favorite line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
NOTE: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING! And cheating is BAD!

1. "Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me, il nome mio nessun saprà!" (My secret is hidden within me, my name no one will know!)

2. "I will not wear the willow, I will not lower my eyes; though he's not on my pillow, I know where he lies...I know where he lies."

3. "What if I'm a crowded desert; too much pain with little pleasure? What if I'm the nicest place you never want to go?"

4. "Let the evening air in, and dim the lights; reality's fading, as our minds fly..."

5. "An i natha, an i naun ului; a chuil, ann-cuiannen, am meleth perónen." (For what might have been, for what never was; for a life, long-lived, for a love half given)

6. "Horses bred with star-laced wings..."

7. "I will give you my red colour, to take away your sickly pallor, for you are so very choleric of complexion, please beware the mounting sun and all dejection..."

8. "The law won't arrest you, the world won't detest you, you never did anything any man wouldn't do."

9. "We are the lost, we are the lonely, but we're the holiest of the holy."

10."...despised by They, I'm almost Me, I'm nearly human, look at me; I'm almost a human being."

11. "Closing time; every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."

12. "Did I rock the family boat by dining on the help? Aren't I just the little beast? Well I can't stop myself!"

13. "Strayed into myself, to find this sort of faint star that shone, even in this divide of where I'd come to be displaced; but maybe here, where time is fleeting I'll try to fly, but not to stray."

14. "L'amore in noi superera, gli ostacoli e le maree delle avversita." (And with our love, through tears and thorns, we will endure as we pass surely through every storm...) (Or something.)

15. "As the willow bows to her majesty, all the forest flowers love her mystery..."

16. "We've been dreaming, but who can deny? It's the best way of living, between the truth and the lies."

17. "And you will weep, when you face the end alone; you are lost, you can never go home..."

18. "Every noble family has their own house elf; they don't ever cause a stir, they take care of themselves; ridiculously obedient, they always stay put-- and to get out my frustrations I just kick them with my foot!"

19. "Across the sea, a pale moon rises; the ships have come to carry you home."

20. "Silence holds the stars a while, they smile sadly for her where she falls; just the time before the dawn, the sea is hushed, the ocean calls her-- day has taken her and now she's gone..."

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[25 Jul 2008|10:15pm]

th_esaurus
[ mood | tired ]
[ music | mint royale - singing in the rain ]

Three!

1) I am terrified that my story so far is completely boring, and the protagonist has no personality, and his love interest is a dick, and the backstory chapter I am writing now is really pointless. I sort of want to throw it at someone to read in this early stage so that if they agree with all that, I can scrap it and start again (even though this too is a TERRIFYING THOUGHT christ how can people do that?), but at the same time I want to hide it away until it's getting towards done. I DON'T KNOW.

2) Some quotes and things from the Comic Con Watchmen panel, because I am still psyched:

The moderator then noted that Wilson had to "fall out of shape" to play Night Owl. "It was pretty cool when everybody else had to get all ripped, and I could sit back with a carton of Haagen Dazs and a couple beers." He also said "you always pull for Dan, you always want him to pull through."

Wilson also noted that the art helped him find the personality of the character, including his humor. "You see the sense of smile," he said of his downtrodden character. "That's something you don't get in adapting a regular book." He also said his putting on the suit "makes you look like a badass, makes you feel like a badass... which is probably just what Dan felt."


O DAN ♥

On the Comedian, Morgan said, "I think he's hilarious. He does things you wouldn't normally do as a person, but like Dan's character I think you pull for the Comedian," he joked. "Putting that cigar in my mouth really got me into character and put me in the mood to kill people."

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, you are crazy and your character is a psycho, and I want to say YOU ARE WRONG to this, but a part of me is like no! No! Now you've started pondering the Comedian more lately, you think he is a kind of awesome character too! SO, DAMN YOU, JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN.

3) I really want to read some Joker porn. But I don't know how it could work, and I'm scared of seeking some out because it will all be terrible. But I want it anyway.

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Jack Sparrow - just your typical trickster? [25 Jul 2008|11:05pm]

ladyofthesilent
[ mood | contemplative ]

Inspired by a discussion over at [info]potc_discussion, I've started wondering whether my reading of Jack Sparrow is too far removed from canon to be considered a valid interpretation of the character. This is not to say he's completely AU-based (in fact, my take on the character doesn't contradict anything that has been said or done in CotBP, DMC or AWE), but it has been pointed out in this discussion that Jack Sparrow is your typical trickster, only fascinating and magical as long as reality doesn't touch him.

To be perfectly honest, Trickster!Jack is fun to read, but does nothing for me; and least of all, he inspires me to write fanfiction. Of course, Jack is somewhat of a mystery, but that's exactly what makes me want to give him a backstory. I don't want to mess around with the trickster, I want to see a human being behind the mask. Having never been one for fantasy of the LotR-kind, I can only write about people that feel *real* to me, which somewhat excludes tricksters, superheroes and other character-types that are more or less one-dimensional.

I'm not criticizing people who want to see Jack in this light, I even enjoy reading their fics from time to time, but in general, I prefer a more realistic take on the character - which, to be sure, is not what Johnny had in mind when he compared him to Bugs Bunny.

So my question is: Do you think that my (or your) reading of the character is still valid, even though it probably contradicts the actual intention of the writers/actors?

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*epic sish* [25 Jul 2008|10:05pm]

sunsetdawn20
[ mood | frustrated ]

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