| So much shiny today! Must keep posting! |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|02:41 pm] |
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This is my new favorite thing in the world.
Must make into icon. And I think I will order everything on their site just to thank them. |
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| Unless they suspect your mad photoshop skillz... |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|07:20 am] |
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| | I got nuttin' | ] |
I just saw something about a local event thingy that will provide some free medical services for those who are unemployed. At the end it states, "You must provide proof of unemployment."
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"Yeah, here's a photo of me sittin' on the couch playing Nintendo yesterday afternoon. See the timestamp? Two p.m." |
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| "You know, this isn't Lysistrata. I LIKE it, but it isn't Lysistrata." |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|12:28 pm] |
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| | "Bet Torgo's changing back there." | ] |
Torchwood, I'm just 13 episodes away from finishing Avatar and I'm also trying very hard to get some writing done; did you have to have a mini-marathon this week? You couldn't have checked my schedule first? Nooooo, you couldn't, could you. I can't even save the episodes for later because I won't be able to read half my flist's posts, that's all anyone's talking about.
But Children of Earth is a great deal of fun. Shouldn't be complaining. I'm a little bewildered as to why everyone thinks it's the best Torchwood stuff evar; it's typical, solid Torchwood to me, which means it's fun and you've got to turn off your brain a bit and eat up the Captain Jack Bi-fabulous fanservice as it comes. Which I've never had a problem doing for Torchwood. MOAR BOYKISSING POPCORN PLZ. |
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| Current anime/animation experiences |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|05:53 am] |
I have given Fullmetal Alchemist (the original series) three episodes, and that's one more than I gave Bleach, and it doesn't have me, so, I'm stopping. I will give the new version of the series a try.
And I had thought 07 Ghost had me with the first episode--military-in-training BFF boys! Lost amnesiac royalty! He-killed-my-dad revelations!--but then episode two changed the setting and started inserting the supernatural stuff in handfuls, and that's a story I no longer care about so much.
Who was it who asked me to check out Soul Eater? I watched the first episode. It's cute and well-done! But it's not dark enough to hold me. (No, I can't explain why something needs to be "dark enough" and yet I can't get enough of Chi's Sweet Home/Chi's New Address. The rest of you are free to tell me why.)
Those of you gleeful that I'm watching Avatar, I've finished the first season and am squee-dancing as I wait for more discs to arrive. It's wonderful.
Back to mainlining Hikaru no Go. I've read the manga and am reliving the joy and tears all over again now that I'm watching the anime. (The manga's so huge I can't even remember how some of this s**t goes down and I'm on the edge of my seat every episode. That's a series.) |
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| I gotta draw the line, dammit! |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|08:36 pm] |
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Just read the lastest translated chapter of the Kuroshitsuji manga. Arrrrrgh, Ciel Phantomhive, you will NOT give me an emetophilia fetish! No no no NO!
(Hurt/Comfort, it's just a form of hurt/comfort, must keep telling myself that. Calm down lil bobcat.) |
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| Chess In Concert |
[Jun. 12th, 2009|06:39 am] |
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| | The Arbiter's Song. DUH. | ] |
I am SO EXCITED for this. The original concept album is one of my favorite musical scores in existence. I did see the U.S. version of this years ago and while I didn't hate it, I was open-mouthed "bzuh?" at the changes. And Tim Rice says on this website that this new concert version of this goes back to the original story and score as closely as it's ever likely to (he likes the addition of a few bits that have made it in there over the years, particularly Someone Else's Story).
It's airing on PBS on Wednesday. For those who need more motivation, lookit the cast, guys.
I might just pre-order the DVD unwatched. |
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| Sheesh! But everyone's right, it's good. |
[Jun. 3rd, 2009|06:54 pm] |
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Sooo...I popped in my Netflixed DVD of Avatar: The Last Airbender and let out a yowl of anger when I found there was no option for the original Japanese audio. I went to the web to find an English subbed version with the original language audio.
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...Guys, I swear I did not know. I had assumed it was anime! |
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| Anime Rec: Baccano! |
[May. 31st, 2009|11:58 am] |
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| | The title's supposedly Italian for "confusion" | ] |
I went into Baccano! knowing next to nothing about it except that it was recommended and that it used non-linear storytelling to good effect. Sold!
I can't say that I loved it; more that it was fascinating and I couldn't get it out of my head and I'm watching the series again because I want to, not just because you kind of have to if you want to catch all the answers. *imitates Golde in Fiddler on the Roof: "If that's not love what eeeeeeees?"*
But I do love funky story structure, when it works. The series caught me from the opening credits, showing off a huge cast of characters with names attached, as if to say, "Yes, they all matter, and it'll be clear later." The characters make this series. And all of them are at least a little bit crazy. Some are a LOT crazy. Some of those are my favorites.
The first half of the first episode provides a framing structure; two characters unconnected to the narrative trying to piece the story together. It drew me in right away. It might not work for everyone; when I showed the opening to the S.O. he so disliked these two characters he didn't want to watch any more. They aren't endearing, but I had thought it was plain they weren't going to show up again except for providing the framing structure.
If you want more details, the site for the English release has lots of goodies like summaries and character profiles and such.
 
 
Images found on nekosasu's blog. |
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| Quick con report: Anime North 09 |
[May. 25th, 2009|08:48 pm] |
New icon to celebrate the weekend. 
Anime North was fun, especially the company. Hung with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nimori and moon_child02. (There may have been cosplay. There may even be evidence.) I bought swag, mostly buttons, bags, and bookmarks of Death Note, Kuroshitsuji, and Hetalia fanartwork--the kind of nonlicensed merchandise you won't find on eBay; that's what makes it special.
I also had an epiphany about fandom swag: there are items you want, items that are too cute/cool/nifty to pass up, and then there are the items that you don't really want but you fear that if you don't have them you are by definition Not A Real Fan, because a Real Fan would HAVE that, would never be able to pass it up, what are you thinking you're a shallow horrible fan how dare you call yourself obsessed. If you leave them on the shelf unbought you feel like Pinocchio, protesting your realness. I'm learning to get over that feeling in the name of 1) money and 2) shelf space.
I saw the first two episodes of Bleach, so now at least I know the premise of this very popular series. It's good and it's humorous, but it didn't quite hook me: a bit too lighthearted, a bit too mainstream...nothing that left me saying, "F******CK, I gotta watch this." (What I'm now calling "The F*ck Factor.")
And nimori informs me that there is no fandom confession of mine that will shock her any longer, now that she knows I love Chi's Sweet Home. Hee. |
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| Anime North! |
[May. 21st, 2009|04:02 pm] |
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| |  here! | ] |
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| | chi ep 23 | ] |
I am at Anime North this weekend! Physically there, now. Anyone else here for this? |
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| Death Note fans will get it. |
[May. 19th, 2009|09:11 pm] |
The S.O. wants to know who I am and what has happened to his girlfriend.
Me: I started watching a new anime last night. Tiny little two-and-a-half-minute episodes. About a lost kitty.
S.O.: ...an evil kitty?
Me: In the first episode the kitty wanders away from mama cat and gets lost.
S.O.:...and ends up in slavery?
Me: And in the second is taken in by a nice family.
S.O.:...who are kitten torturers?
Me: And in the third she gets a bath.
S.O. No geopolitical conflicts? No world domination?
Me: And in the fourth she plays with a shoelace and has a nap.
S.O.: MY GOD, MAN, WHERE ARE THE POTATO CHIPS? |
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| F'rinstance, I knew zero about the Opium wars between England and China before this. |
[May. 16th, 2009|12:46 pm] |
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Reading some of the remarkable Hetalia fanfiction out there (like that written by puella_nerdii and mithrigil), and having it brought home to me yet again how cruddy my history knowledge is, it occurs to me that there ought to be a large Hetalia fanfiction project where everyone signs up for major world events and writes their segment dual-purposed: 1) teach the reader what they need to know about that event in history via the narrative, and 2) provide yummy anthropomorphised slash porn. Wouldn't we all have paid a LOT more attention in history class with that kind of text? |
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| Plus ça change... |
[May. 12th, 2009|05:34 am] |
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| | I'm in ur mirror universe, goin' warp 9 | ] |
Will be seeing Star Trek tonight, so I will finally be able to look at all your squee-filled spoilery discussions. I can't be the only one dying of laughter to see all the bewildered "Is it all right for me to be writing Kirk/Spock; won't the universe/internet collapse in on itself in a time loop singularity?" posts. |
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| Non-spoilery Let the Right One In notes. |
[May. 11th, 2009|06:12 am] |
So I watched Let the Right One In, as I said I would once I discovered that the two characters actually shared the same gender (for more discussion on that, see the last post [and I first typed that as "for moe discussion," and maybe that's just as accurate]).
This is the quiet sort of film that I may or may not like, even if I recognize that it's very well-made, and in such a case the film's make-or-break will be the ending. In this case, I really loved the last two scenes. They fulfilled the story structure in a way that I thought worked exactly right, and so I did like the film. Thanks to all those who encouraged me! |
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| Yeah, yeah, I know, and I still don't have an iPhone either. |
[May. 1st, 2009|06:13 am] |
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| | baccano! ep 6 | ] |
Dreamwidth? Sure, whatever, sounds like all the cool kids are doing it. I haven't set up a dreamwidth account but I did use open ID to login with both amanuensis1 and amanuensis (and confirmed the email address, yes). And have been told that'll net me accounts sometime soon. If it doesn't, I'll make puppy eyes at people for invite codes, but for the moment I'll wait in line like the rest of us plebeians. |
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| Some things should remain obscured! |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|07:23 pm] |
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I am an X-Men fan from way back to issue #175 (went back and read everything from Giant-Sized X-Men #1 on up, though I dumped the series in anger when X-Factor debuted) and also a Hugh Jackman fangirl and I loved all three of the X-Men movies, but I've got negative interest--actively negative, as in "can't hear you la la la"--in the Wolverine film that's opening soon. I don't want Wolverine to get an origin. A good percentage of Logan's charm is him getting only bits and snatches of the dark past surrounding him; take that away and I'm left muttering, "Oh, you ruined it."
There's likely to be some long-lost love, too, isn't there. Yick. |
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| Fullmetal Alchemist: a poll! |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|06:36 am] |
So I thought perhaps I would watch both series of Fullmetal Alchemist concurrently. That is, one episode of the first series, then one episode of the newer, back and forth. Since I've been told the new one is a reboot and not a sequel.
Poll #1388578
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWatch 'em both together? |
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| Shallow Twilight DVD visual review. (Uncut and hotlinked like whoa. I am the scum of the internet.) |
[Apr. 17th, 2009|11:12 am] |
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| | in the hall of the mountain king | ] |
So I watched Travelogue of the Pacific Northwest oops, I mean, Twilight, and while I haven't run off to buy action figures or anything it was nevertheless a good time. (Marked especially by all the pretty. LOTS OF PRETTY.) It turns out the main character is easier to watch than she is to have her head lived in in first-person prose for an entire three-hundred plus pages, and, whaddya know, threading some plot and foreshadowing through the story is better than flinging it at the reader three hundred pages in. The cinematography's lovely; they do a great job making the Hot Sexy Undead ethereal and icy.
Someone explain to me how Robert Pattinson could be so charming in Goblet of Fire and yet unappealing in this? Whose idea was it that the man should speak only in Neanderthal mutterings? Yipe. Bad choice. I did not, as a result, care much about Edward. However, I did get stellar squirmylust from this:
WOO DOGGIE HOT VAMPIRE CLAN DADDY YES ME ME NEXT TURN ME NEXT PLEASE.
Something about Vampire Clan Daddy makes everybody standing next to him look even more OH YES YOU TOO ARE YUMMY. Which means I had the hots for her:
And for him:
See what I mean?
But even beyond him there was still more pretty to be had.
Yes, she's lovely and sniffable.
And both of these: 
I want a pillow fight with those two. We can keep on our pajamas, a pillow fight alone would be marvelous!
And oh my yes this:
TELL ME YOU WOULD NOT GO WITH THAT TO PROM.
Can I ship Carlisle/Eric? Helloooo, internet, anyone else out there on board that? *yells into ether, hears hollow echoes from fanabsence* Oh, well. |
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| Heathen's Random Musings |
[Apr. 12th, 2009|07:21 am] |
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| |  beyond reach | ] |
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Passing church blurb/sign thingy which reads, I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR:
"...is that a palindrome or something?" |
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| Planet of the Dead (only a casting spoiler) |
[Apr. 11th, 2009|06:23 pm] |
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| | code geass amvs | ] |
Re: the latest Doctor Who episode: I loved it, and my non-spoilery detail reaction is damn, but ten extra pounds looks good on Michelle Ryan. She was beautiful in Jekyll, and now she's truly nommable. *noms* |
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| Even before the scene with the banjo. |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|09:25 pm] |
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Oh, my god, I AM the new Kelly on The Office. Oh, that's totally me. Anyone else watching this? |
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| KUROSHITSUJI FIC: His Butler, Belated (~2500 words, Necrophilia, Chan) |
[Apr. 5th, 2009|09:50 pm] |
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Title: His Butler, Belated
Author: Amanuensis
Pairings/Characters: Sebastian, Ciel, Undertaker, and Grell all appear in this. And they all get some.
Categories/Warnings/Enticements: Humor, Smut, Necrophilia, Chan, Spoilers for the end of the series
Rating: TI for Tastefully Icky
Summary: I said Necrophilia and Chan and you still want a summary, too?
Words: ~2500. Beta thanks to nimori and fabularasa.
*****
( 'London Bridge is falling down...' ) |
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| Semi-serious question. |
[Apr. 5th, 2009|01:35 pm] |
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So, if you were writing a fic that contained necrophilia, and contained chan, would you even bother coming up with a clever title for it or would you just call it "That necrochan fic" and have done? |
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| Could have been worse; it could have been Ann Coulter. |
[Apr. 3rd, 2009|09:34 pm] |
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Last night I dreamt I was in an intense sexual relationship with comedienne Lisa Lampanelli. I was trying to tell her that her I didn't care for her humor all that much--too many dumb puns--and that I wanted us to be taking more precautions about STIs, but I...couldn't talk much at the time and that's all I'll say about that.
I don't even know what she looks like. |
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| Sarah Jane was my Che, and that's all I'm sayin'. |
[Apr. 3rd, 2009|07:54 pm] |
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What are the chances that in the 1980s two Doctor Who fans independently wrote full filk versions of Evita? Both called it Whovita, of course. I wrote one and never showed it to a soul because, like, sucky 'n' embarrassing 'n' such. And I just learned today there's another one out there. Wild. |
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| Kuroshitsuji Season ender (episode 24) |
[Mar. 28th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
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Kuroshitsuji ending: Dear god, I totally LOVED that. Bless them for not messing it up.
*runs about in emo circles* |
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| I had to Google it to get the real spelling. |
[Mar. 28th, 2009|07:12 am] |
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| | most recent 24 episode | ] |
Every time someone on mainstream television mentions "the Kardashians" my brain trigger wants to know when Star Trek got this new surge in popularity. |
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| Battlestar Galactica non-spoilery reaction |
[Mar. 21st, 2009|08:09 am] |
1) When BSG does indulge in cliché, it does it with style.
2) Watching the finale makes me want to run back and watch the whole series again from the beginning, and that does not always happen with a beloved series. I've turned my back on entire adored series in the past after finales that left me sulking.
3) Thanks for giving me conclusions I wanted, conclusions I liked better than those I thought I wanted, hurting me a little in good ways, and for keeping the ribbons and bows down to a tasteful, albeit sparkly, few.
What a fantastic series.
Spoilers will be indulged in the comments. |
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| sick feeling |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|07:19 am] |
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When I saw Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale, I said, "She's the actress I want them to cast as me in the movie of my life." I really, really, really adore her.
God, I want her to be okay. |
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| Don't trash this book! I've read this trilogy four times! |
[Mar. 11th, 2009|09:14 pm] |
I need to make a Public Service Announcement, because a lot of you have seen this post. Ron Miller's Bronwyn trilogy (Palaces and Prisons, Silk and Steel, and Hearts and Armor), is an effin' awesome set of books. Ron Miller writes clever plot, rich prose with a good deal of self-mocking tongue-in-cheek, and there are two sex scenes in the middle book that he deliberately writes in an over-the-top, overly purple, substance-altered haze of text. If you take these scenes out of context, they have the potential to sound ridiculous. I'm begging you, if you read these and judged, have the courtesy to consider that they make much more sense in context, when you see what a skilled author he is, and that he's doing this deliberately.
/psa |
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| Watchmen movie |
[Mar. 8th, 2009|08:43 am] |
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Watchmen is, in my opinion, a fan's dream of a film: slavishly faithful to the original, coupled with a talented director's vision of what works onscreen and what fits into a two-hour-plus timeslot. I'm a fan, and yesterday I watched my dream. Am very, very happy. Patrick Wilson (Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl) and Jackie Haley (Rorschach) in particular carried the film beautifully.
Spoilers will be indulged in the comments. |
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| KUROSHITSUJI FIC: Dance With Me (Deathfic, PG-13) |
[Mar. 4th, 2009|08:20 pm] |
After Kuroshitsuji ep 20, nimori said, "Now I want a fic where Sebastian systematically takes out the rest of the cast, and, and, y'know, pretty much any bystander that looks at Ciel for more than 2 seconds."
Title: Dance With Me
Author: Amanuensis
Summary: Sebastian has learned jealousy.
Rating: PG-13 for violence
A/N: Spoilers for the anime of Kuroshitsuji up to and including episode 20. Warnings for (lots of) character death. About 1500 words.
( Lady Elizabeth is the next. ) |
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| NO MORE EXCUSES |
[Feb. 26th, 2009|07:22 pm] |
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| | episode 25. YES, AGAIN. | ] |
Okay, all you holdouts, all nine U.S. release volumes--all 37 episodes--of Death Note are out on DVD as of this week; you have NO FREAKING EXCUSE any longer. I compel you all to watch the series. Buy it from Amazon. Buy it used from Amazon. Netflix it. Get it from iTunes. DON'T MAKE ME STAY ON CAPSLOCK.
THE DVDS ALSO COME WITH ACTION FIGURES |
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