Well, another Black Friday, and nobody's been trampled to death by crazed shoppers as far as I've heard. Of course, the day's not over yet. (...I've really turned into a misanthrope the last month or so, and it seems like the start of the holiday season has really exacerbated it. I'm kinda worried about this.)
Of course, I really can't complain. I'm no more immune to a few bucks off Stuff I Don't Really Need than the next person, I just indulge my inner rabid consumer on the Internet. Although it must be said that Amazon does not play fair in this regard: I went on the site to get some CDs for my mom, and it waved 358/2 Days with eight bucks off at me. With fifteen minutes left to snag it. Dear readers, there are many temptations I can resist, but that was just dirty tactics.
*sigh* Ah well. Ten days 'til pretty boys in black cloaks on my DS, so I guess I can deal.
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Review - Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body is a tale of two movies, not of maintext versus subtext but two seperate movies fighting for dominance in which, ultimately, the oft-told (and tired) conventional one wins. This basically sums up my feelings with the movie. I enjoyed a lot of it. The actresses were very good--Megan Fox gave a lot to the character that the script didn't--and the visuals were pretty cool, but in the end it was just as disappointing as I expected it to be, if not more. That's a good review, though, without much spoilers, so if you're curious... This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/66454.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
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Fandom Primeval
Claim Blade
| 001. | Autumn. |
002. | Spring. |
003. | Summer. |
004. | Winter. |
005. | Amused. |
| 006. | Balance. |
007. | Betrayal. |
008. | Bunnies. |
009. | Cemetery. |
010. | Chocolate. |
| 011. | Cranky. |
012. | Curious. |
013. | Decisions. |
014. | Destiny. |
015. | First Glance. |
| 016. | Love. |
017. | Lust. |
018. | Energetic. |
019. | Famous. |
020. | Fight. |
| 021. | Flame. |
022. | Found. |
023. | Lost. |
024. | Frustrated. |
025. | Giggly. |
| 026. | Gun. |
027. | Knife. |
028. | Heartache. |
029. | Justice. |
030. | Leather. |
| 031. | Education. |
032. | Lessons. |
033. | School. |
034. | Teacher. |
035. | Encounter. |
| 036. | Naughty. |
037. | Monsters. |
038. | Movie Night. |
039. | Need. |
040. | Otherworld. |
| 041. | Peaceful. |
042. | Promise. |
043. | Ritual. |
044. | Silk Sheets. |
045. | Sinful. |
| 046. | Skating. |
047. | Years. |
048. | Space. |
049. | Toys. |
050. | Watching the Clock. |
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I lied :D Fic will be done tomorrow instead. It turned into a different prompt from the one I was intending to write lol.
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The Story I submitted for Lunaescence ended up not getting Published, because I had too many Spelling Errors! >.<' I knew I shouldn't have Written it so Late at Night! And I foolishly didn't make a Copy of my Work.... ;(
Most people would be Mad by this, but me, I just feel Guilty knowing that I wasted someone else's Time.... That's Moments in their Life that they can never get Back!
So I'd just like to say....
"Sorry, Hikari-Chan.... I didn't mean to waste your Time! Please Forgive me!"
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I promise I'll try and have some fic for tomorrow
( Shinies )
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1. Tory's Meat Man freaked me right the hell out. Something about the hipbones sticking out under the skin like that. *shudder* ...On a related subject, NEVER GOING DEEP-SEA DIVING NEVER EVER.
2. Okay, Jessie's cute, I like her. ^_^
3. Adam was so totally channeling Sephiroth on that last bit, it's amazing. If my Fluffiroth muse wasn't awake and yammering at me already, this would have woken him up. ...On a related subject, I need those boots.
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I got a whole bunch of books today. Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and two lovely, gorgeous, mouth-watering Lilith Saintcrow books. And two completely new ones!
One novel about a girl who loves the ocean very very much who finds out she's not quite human and her town isn't quite normal and is happy about it (and is also pretty neat, from my readings so far) and one novel about a highly proper Victorian spinster who kills vampires and compares their deaths to a souffle going flat. It is awesome so far.
All is well.
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In my Astronomy lab today, we devolved into a discussion of reality, and time as a measure, and the theory about how if we as 3-dimensional objects cast 2-dimensional shadows, we could be 3-dimensional shadows of 4-dimensional objects.
I--
AWESOME
I CANNOT STOP SMILING
THAT CONCEPT MAKES ME SO HAPPY
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"Ames," she said, laying a tender hand on his shoulder and beaming up at him. "I love you. Truly, I do. But if you ever presume to make life-altering decisions for me again, I will personally shove you into a meat packing machine."
"Amen," Clio said without ever looking up from Cosmopolitan. ...can you tell I was just reading a review of Twilight? This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/65536.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
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That is the final word count before my fingers fall the hell off. I hit the 50k, my original 75k and almost made it to 100k. Now I just have my last homework assignments to do, an essay to write for English, and some programs to finish coding. Icy/Hot, you are my friend today! Jenn
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YAYZ! I finally reached 65 Posts on the Lunaescence Forum! YAY! *Does the Happy Dance*
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I was just minding my own buisness when I came across this Topic on the Lunaescence Forums: http://community.lunaescence.com/viewtopic.php?p=10231 .
I am shocked and deeply disgusted that people would dare to steal other people's Stories and try to pass them off as their own! If you are a Member of Lunaescence you may want to look at the link above and check out the Quizilla User mentioned there. Your story may have been Stolen....
Grrrr!!!! Now I feel like Punching Someone!!!! Where is my Little Brother when I need him?!
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I know it was naive. I know it was foolish. I haven't even read the books all the way through myself! But I honestly thought my shock and horror at Stephenie Meyer was tapped out; that she had gotten all of her 'WHAT THE FUCKING HELL NOOOOO's out of me.
I was wrong. Mark of Buzznet has been reviewing Twilight, and it's a fairly stress-reducing ride, at least for those that have read the books previously and are just relieved to see somebody sane react. The gifs help.
Then we get to chapter thirteen of Eclipse, where I thank the lords I didn't read it and we get to read SMeyer writing about how Mexicans are violent awful people (as opposed to the "civilized" north), and how being a vampire automatically makes you white.
Gods above and below, how the hell is this woman too fucking stupid to understand how offensive she is?
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I need to purge my brain of this ugliness.
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Simon Woods did a decent job of making Octavian seem, if not actually regretful, conscious and even concerned in his own way, of the damage he realizes he's done to his mother and sister. He's still about as shit at social interaction as he was as a child. 'How's Octavia?' YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW, BUCKO. Too bad you totally screwed them over, huh? Kind of burnt your bridges there, honey. And his behavior after the dinner--was that the first time he realized exactly what his position with them was? It doesn't seem possible.
I did love that little interaction with Octavian:
'No, I was all sweetness and light with her.'
'Yes, that is your most disheartening manner.'
BECAUSE IT KIND OF IS.
Cleopatra's portrayal is a major fail, and the portrayal of the Egyptian court is contemptibly ridiculous.
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Neither Fictional nor Real:
So, Hollywood. Take a power structure of people who are willfully ignorant and unwilling to deal with people as people, as well as making concentrated efforts to keep us from having access to venues to tell our stories.
The argument "it's only fiction" really can only apply if you have context to understand the difference between fiction and reality. And, it's also interesting that we're not allowed to tell EITHER our fictions OR our realities, but that others get the right to do that for us, and seem amazed as if we stepped out of a comic book or something when we demand the right to tell our stories.
And it's always interesting how one group profits in reality for making fantasy about another and that group is never us. Television Without Pity - But Racism is Dandy!Not that I ever expected well of a site that Supernatural is heavily connected with, but hey. This is pretty nasty. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/64954.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
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All mental points awarded to Rome are revoked. Totally, permanently and irrevocably revoked. Infinite, infinite fail.
I mean, there were some hints previously. The conspicuous casting of Eirene vs Gaia, the skewed amount of white to darker characters in villainous/antagonist roles, the gender!fail inherent in Vorena's portrayal--she's made a prostitute, her attempt to reclaim her sexuality leads to terrible things, and she's redeemed by swearing herself chaste to a goddess. (Oh screw you, show.) Not to mention Atia's obsession with the bottom feeder.
And now their portrayal of Cleopatra.
Cleopatra was a powerful, political, canny queen, reputedly the only Ptolomeic ruler to have actually learnt the Egyptian language. She and Egypt did not exist merely as some subnote to Rome, as some ~exotic~ place all about debauchery and corruption of those fine Roman men. I was nearly nauseated at the whole scene where she had to be 'schooled' by some condescending bastard of a Roman soldier--a woman who grew up in a cutthroat family, ascended to the throne at eighteen, raised a rebellion and won an alliance that raised her once more to the throne, a woman who is intimately familiar with murderous politics.
And yet in Rome, somehow she turns into a completely amoral, depraved druggie who proclaims herself a 'slave' of Caesar and then seems to have nothing to do but sleep with and be rabidly possessive of Anthony as opposed to, say, running her country.
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Name your 15 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms. Picked up from lucifuge5 I HAVE LOTS MORE. But these are the ones that came into mind first. I also narrowed it down by picking only the ones that had definite, confirmed basis in canon.
1. Chiara/The Bear (The Wolf King)
2. Regeane/Maeniel (The Silver Wolf)
3. Leetah/Cutter (Elfquest)
4. Dante Valentine/Tierce Japhrimel (Working for the Devil)
5. Chihiro/Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
6. Sunshine/Constantine (Sunshine)
7. Jill Kismet/Saul (Dante Valentine)
8. Kamiya Kaoru/Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
9. Allen Walker/Rinali Li (D.Grayman)
10. Jaenelle Angelline/Daemon Sadi (Black Jewels)
11. Keiko Yukimura/Yusuke Urameshi (YuYu Hakusho)
12. Kaylin Neya/Severn (Michelle Sagara's Cast series)
13. Bonnie McCullough/Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)
14. Vesper Lynd/James Bond (Casino Royale)
15. Anita Blake/her awesome (early Anita Blake books)
...what do you mean, that doesn't count? Okay, fine, have an extra: 16. Sesshoumaru/Rin (Inuyasha)
...apparently I like a lot of relationships where there's equality, but the girls are unequivocably in charge. Especially when the boys are a bit dangerous/amoral/etc.
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