| Stuff that bothers me when I think about it... |
[Sep. 22nd, 2009|07:36 pm] |
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| |  confused | ] |
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| | "The Elfin Knight," Anna Underhill | ] |
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| Bits and bites |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|12:15 pm] |
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| | Freeze (Korean vampire miniseries) | ] |
-I have no proper con report for Azkatraz, as the gist of it goes, "Glomped this person, glomped that person, glomped those people," and has no anecdotes of crazy doom to entertain you. Plain, delightful fun that does not make for clever blog posts. Not that I'm complaining in the least. Those of you who made my weekend awesome, you know who you are.
-I did remember that it was Harry's birthday yesterday. But when it came time for cake, I was craving an egg tart. If I sang over it, that counts, yes?
-In my travels I saw some in-flight films, among them Monsters vs. Aliens. There were some joke-went-on-too-long, they're-pausing-too-long-for-audience-reaction flaws, but it was still oodles of fun and my favorite new oath is Hugh Laurie as Mad Scientist Cockroach Guy (still the consummate gentleman) crying, "Hawking's Chair!"
-Anime series I am currently giving a try: Monster. Tortured ethical protagonist. Ristorante Paradiso. Cute gentlemen waiters of middle age in glasses. Variety is important.
-Why I have not yet finished watching Avatar: Because there's a large joy-post coming shortly to celebrate my love for it before I reach the end. |
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| Unless they suspect your mad photoshop skillz... |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|07:26 am] |
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| [ | mood |
| |  bemused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 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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| Know why I never post on fandomsecrets? I like sharing my shame. |
[May. 2nd, 2009|08:22 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | slash, stuff | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  disappointed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | elisabeth, "yami ga hirogaru" | ] |
From the trailer, I wanted rather badly to see this film:
...and then I learned the one on the right is not a boy. Now I'm no longer interested.
Migod, could I get any more shallow. |
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| Heathen's Random Musings |
[Apr. 12th, 2009|07:25 am] |
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| [ | mood |
| |  beyond reach | ] |
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| | tropic thunder | ] |
Passing church blurb/sign thingy which reads, I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR:
"...is that a palindrome or something?" |
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| Even before the scene with the banjo. |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|09:29 pm] |
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| [ | mood |
| |  identifying | ] |
| [ | music |
| | flushhhhh | ] |
Oh, my god, I AM the new Kelly on The Office. Oh, that's totally me. Anyone else watching this? |
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| Could have been worse; it could have been Ann Coulter. |
[Apr. 3rd, 2009|09:36 pm] |
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| [ | mood |
| |  over-sharing | ] |
| [ | music |
| | okane ga nai | ] |
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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| Feeeeed meeee. |
[Jan. 27th, 2009|07:43 pm] |
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| [ | mood |
| |  picky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | masterpiece classics' wuthering heights | ] |
Anyone have recommendations for an energy bar that actually tastes like dessert?
1. I just want something to carry in my purse while travelling, not to sustain me on a 10k marathon.
2. Taste is priority. Clif Bars taste like cardboard, granola bars are bone-dry, chewy granola bars are sickeningly sweet.
3. Ideally it will serve two purposes: it'll cure hunger pangs if I'm a couple of hours away from a meal, and it can also function as dessert.
I guess I want a delicious chocolate brownie (or cookie or cake slice) that isn't just a straight sugar hit. Am I going to find anything like that in energy bar form? |
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| I'm waiting for the "Merlin's hairy scrote" to make a crossover. |
[Jan. 18th, 2009|09:15 pm] |
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| |  geeky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 24 current season, third hour | ] |
You know what's odd about being entrenched in Harry Potter fanfic and then reading fanfic in the Merlin universe? Every time someone names the title character in dialogue, I think they're cursing.
(I still think the show's horrible, but I can't resist some of the fanfic authors.) |
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| I would have bought a Dodge Monaco for this man. |
[Jan. 14th, 2009|08:44 pm] |
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| | kyou kara maou ep 31 | ] |
Ricardo Montalban, 1920-2009
Ohhhhhhh, I LOVED this man. Loved him. As in "kissed the tv screen when he was on it" love. Loved him as Mr. Roarke, loved him as Khan, but loved him even more as the villain in Zorro. I'll miss you, Mr. Montalban.
And, yes, I heard about Patrick McGoohan. Also sad. |
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| That deep purr? Formative. |
[Dec. 26th, 2008|10:05 pm] |
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| |  pervy | ] |
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| | why do we even HAVE that lever? | ] |
Eartha Kitt, oh. Catwoman/Batgirl was some of my earliest non-con femmeslash. I'm gonna miss her.
*pops The Emperor's New Groove into DVD player* |
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| "Solar System Blues" sounds like the title of a Cowboy Bebop episode, doesn't it. |
[Dec. 25th, 2008|06:40 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | stuff, yuletide | ] |
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| |  northern hemisphere | ] |
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| | la vie en rose audiodrama | ] |
On December twenty-first, I looked at the noon sun (it was actually out), looking diluted and wan as if it were only an hour or two to dusk, and thought, "But now you're going the OTHER way." Solstice always gives me that relieved feeling, like I've just averted a disaster. (Maybe that's another reason I liked the film Sunshine so well.)
I was/am made of fail in getting holiday cards out this year; if I get my act together I might still get 'em out for New Year's (it's part of "the holidays" too!), BUT I got my Yuletide story in early (plus one ficlet) so I'm not going to beat myself up too badly.
Woo. Day off today. Yay! Smooches to all, whatever you celebrate. *smooch* |
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| Multiple fandom geekeries. |
[Nov. 1st, 2008|07:49 pm] |
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| | nerdy | ] |
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| | cg ep 5 English dub | ] |
You know you're happily entrenched in geekdom when your greeting exchanges with your friends and sweethearts on Halloween go like this:
"Happy Halloween!"
"Well, Happy Harry Potter's Conception Day!"
"Oh, yeah, and Happy Lily and James's Deathday!"
"And while we're on the subject, Happy L's Birthday!"
"Oh, yeah, I forgot that one!"
And, OH DRAT IT. Secret #154. For a minute I thought I had made fandom_secrets! In a complimentary way! But they don't mean my story, they're referring to cimorene's Nemo/Gill fishslash, it's in the comments. But I should be satisfied, cimorene said I inspired her inna first place! |
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| Girls' Costume Warehouse video |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|12:59 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | halloween, humor, stuff | ] |
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| |  *giggle* | ] |
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| | toccata and fugue in some key I'm not used to | ] |
Before Halloween can come and go, time to link again to my favorite costume-themed video.
(Language is NSFW.)
Girls' Costume Warehouse!
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| Do their mothers know? |
[Oct. 8th, 2008|08:37 pm] |
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| |  :D | ] |
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| | 1776 (I haven't watched this since junior high) | ] |
Because my local public library files manga in age-appropriate sections, and has its own section for graphic novels, and tags titles with the first three letters of the name--why, yes, I do find it entertaining that the manga of xxxHolic is labeled on its spine with GRAPHIC TEEN XXX, why do you ask. |
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| Domine Kira |
[Oct. 1st, 2008|11:05 am] |
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| |  vengeful | ] |
Oh, for--Bah, someone's apparently using my email address to disguise the origin of their virus-laden spam, so I'm getting a million "Mail undeliverable" emails in my inbox. The two consolations are that: 1) this kind of thing usually dies down within a day or two, and 2) I'm pretending to be Mikami from Death Note every time I hit the delete key. "Sakujo! Sakujo! Sakujo!" Heh heh heh. |
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| Maybe writing about it will purge it. Eh, fat chance. |
[Jul. 27th, 2008|07:18 am] |
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| | depressed | ] |
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| | going back to effing BED | ] |
I had it again last night. ( The nightmare. ) |
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| That's a name that lets you wear a cape, y'know? |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|08:23 pm] |
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| |  shopping for capes | ] |
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| | "Dani California," RHCP | ] |
I'm not that into mecha--not into it at all, actually--but I'm going to have to watch Code Geass for at least a bit, because I understand the protagonist's name is Lelouche. Lelouche. How cool a name is that? I'm changing my own name to that right now and I don't even know anything about the guy. |
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| And I really, REALLY like J R-M! |
[May. 11th, 2008|01:56 pm] |
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| | dorky | ] |
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| | wait--there's a bare backside now! | ] |
You know you're a serious grammar bitch when you're watching The Tudors and the sight of a mostly naked Jonathan Rhys-Meyers doesn't even make you lift your eyes to the screen, but a later scene in which one character uses the word "enormities" correctly sends you into squealing delight. |
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| Personal thoughts on some recent hue & cry. (If you haven't heard about it, doesn't really matter.) |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|06:31 pm] |
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| |  sleepy | ] |
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| | Cloverfield (just about to watch!) | ] |
Why do nudists advocate nudism?
It's not, I hope, because that way they get to LOOK AT NEKKID PEOPLE ZOMG. It's because they think the cultural taboos on nudity are silly. Who decided what body parts we must cover up? Why are bare buttocks obscene, and bare feet are just feet? Why do some cultures think it's immodest to expose one's hair? Are certain parts sexual only because we've fetishized them to be so? Do we like it better because we have?
If these parts were not taboo, would it be taboo to touch them? To exist in a polite society we have a standard that people are generally not touched without their consent. But we seek that consent often. We extend our hands for others to take them and shake them. We open our arms and lean in for a hug. During meaningful conversation, we seek to deepen communication by reaching to touch one's arm, one's shoulder. We are a society that does touch and considers it acceptable to do so as long as the other person sees it coming, does not withdraw or speak against it, and as long as the touch is on a body part not considered taboo.
So what if we took the taboo off body parts?
If I were out in public with you and you were someone I knew and trusted and you ran your fingers through my hair, I would be in touch-related ecstasy. I would sigh, "Ooh, do that some more," and if you continued, no one would run over and arrest us. They might think we're odd, but because you are not touching a body part considered naughty or dirty, we could have a field day. Fondle my breast or buttock or genitals in public, however, even if they're covered with clothing, and there will be cries of, "Stop that! There are children here! You can't do that in public! Etc.!" Why is that obscene, but the other is not?
If I proposed that we do a social experiment where we treated the public touching of sexual body parts with the same politeness we do non-sexual body parts, would people think that was interesting? Refreshing, liberating? They might. Could there be disapproval? What about people who did not want to participate? Would they fear I might label them as "hopelessly stuck in society's arbitrary rules," and be unhappy at such negative labelling? Might people think I just wanted to get my hands on their naughty bits?
They might. I would be hesitant to propose such an experiment. |
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