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[04 Dec 2009|11:23am] |
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[music| Bommie - You and I
I recently got back into manga... thanks to my awesome cousin Denise when saw her on Thanksgiving. I've read one called Black Bird. I'm still reading that one though it reminds me A LOT of Love Monster. But it's cool anyway. I'm a huge fan of Mitsuki Kako. She writes beautiful love stories! Too bad she only has 3 series out and I'm about read her last one. I hope she writes more. She is so awesome.
BTW...
NEW LAYOUT! Made by me! YAAAAAAAAAAY! ♥
A.O.I ( aka Hachi )
Latas everyone!
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[04 Dec 2009|01:53am] |
So on Tuesday (I think?) I posted Chapter 8 of the Founders fic on Tamarind Chutney (LJ), FanFiction.Net, the Archive of Our Own, and Skyhawke.
I think this was the last chapter I posted before I stopped posting/writing it for a while and then decided to revise years later, although I didn't stop writing it for a while, I don't think. The chapters I've written since are better, I think, and in the final revision, once I've completed the fic, I expect to remove at least a chapter's worth of material.
Anyway, that plus this chapter -- which is mostly about the characters' pasts and what went wrong and what, miraculously, didn't -- made me think about where I was when I started writing this fic. I came up with the characters (roughly) in middle school, actually, although they've changed drastically since then, and thematically it's really such a high-school-me story. It's full of insecurity and ego, and ego covering up insecurity, and in some cases insecurity covering up ego. Body issues and self-loathing are a big deal -- which perplexes me a bit, since I didn't notice that until I dealt with my own Fat Shame -- and the six main characters are (each in their own way) clinging frantically to academic interests because the world around them is so incredibly hostile and they want to be in a place where people aren't like that. And I'm really glad that I'm no longer in the severe Godricky stages of self-loathing, because that stuff is exhausting to deal with, and more interesting to write now that I'm not quite in the middle of it.
And now for some music:
"The Mountain," Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
I was born in a forked-tongued story / Raised up by merchants and drugstore liars. / Now I walk on the paths of glory / One foot in ice, one in fire.
This is for Godric, and his "wait, how did I even get here? I started way over there!" moments. Sometimes you just do things and stuff happens, and suddenly people think you're, like, a real person with a brain or something.
"Compute," Soulwax
Every time this happens, / Some representative of instinct / Slips you his business card and leaves you / To figure out what it means.
This is for Helga, who, in this chapter, has spotted a hole in her assumptions about her and her friends' lives, and is having trouble not picking at it, even though it itches like crazy.
"The Return to Oz," Scissors Sisters
Please help me, friend, from coming down / I've lost my place and now it can't be found. / Is this the return to Oz? / The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws.
I think of this as a Salazar song, but it could really apply to a lot of the characters, especially in this chapter, which is about being an adult and remembering being a kid, and wondering what even happened back then, anyway, because the way you remember it is almost certainly not how it was.
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[02 Dec 2009|07:59am] |
[mood|  okay ]
[music| BIG BANG - Love Club
I've missed these! YAAAAAAY! QUIZZES! ♥
Your Feng Shui is Decent
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Your home is a comfortable enough place. After all, it is your home.
Truthfully, though, it may be a bit too cluttered and stale.
Try rearranging your furniture, donating unwanted items, and bringing in some natural elements.
You may be surprised how much more relaxed you end up feeling.
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Your Inner Blood Type is Type A
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You seem cool and collected, though a bit shy.
You are highly driven and a perfectionist, but that's a side you keep to yourself.
Creative and artistic, you are a very unique person who doesn't quite fit in.
People accept you more than you realize, seeing you as trustworthy and loyal.
You are most compatible with: A and AB
Famous Type A's: Britney Spears and Hilter
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Your Birth Month Says You're Balanced
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Peaceful and harmonious, you seek the gentle side of life.
Your warmth and consideration touches many.
Your soul reflects: Purity, modesty, and faithfulness
Your gemstone: Amethyst
Your flower: Iris
Your colors: Purple, yellow, and light blue
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You Are The Star
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You represent the ultimate in truth and purity.
Insightful and illuminating, you provide guidance for others.
You also demonstrate unselfish, unconditional love.
You posses many spiritual gifts, including the ability to heal.
Your fortune:
Your future is looking brighter by the day.
The near future will be a time of both hope and healing.
Luck is about to come your way, perhaps the best luck you have ever seen.
Life is about to get a lot easier and much better!
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You Are Basil
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You are quite popular and loved by post people.
You have a mild temperament, but your style is definitely distinctive.
You are sweet, attractive, and you often smell good.
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You Are Destined to Be Thin
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Even if you aren't thin right now, you have great habits that will ensure you're thin for most of your life.
You have a great relationship with food and eating. Don't change a thing.
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That's all for now! That was totally fun! ♥
gotta gotta go! ♥
A.O.I ( aka Hachi )
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[01 Dec 2009|02:13pm] |
[mood|  under the weather ]
[music| Jang Guen Suk - Promise
i just had to post this...
OMFG! WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?!
That girl is getting some serious hate right now but not from me. At least she was lucky enough to kiss those lips. LOL! xD ♥
WHA! Can't stop blushing! latas! *MWAH*
gotta gotta go! ♥
A.O.I ( aka Hachi )
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[30 Nov 2009|04:40pm] |
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People do not teach their children boundaries these days. For example, by the time I seven or eight I knew not to go crawl up in the bushes in front my neighbor's house, peek into the window, and make scratching noises and hiss at the cat in the window. The little shits in my neighborhood, however, can't seem to grasp the concept that doing that is wrong. I'd go out there and give the little bastards a piece of my mind if I wasn't sick and in my pj's.
I guess I shouldn't have expected manners from the brats considering how, a year or so ago, they thought it would be fun to randomly open the front door and let the cats outside. It was unlocked because it was daylight and my dad and I were both home. That, of course, does not happen anymore; the front door is locked and/or barred at all times now. As it should be, honestly.
Maybe it's because the kids on the cul-de-sac I live in are mostly boys. (There are a few girls and I haven't had any problems with them.) I don't know. I do know that if it happens again, I'm going to scare the crap out of 'em. And if their parents say anything to me, well, I'll just tell them they should teach their kids not to peep into other people's windows.
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[30 Nov 2009|09:24am] |
[mood| HUNGRY!!!!!!!! ]
[music| Jang Guen Suk - Goodbye
"If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives
Be kind anyway
People are often unreasonable and self-centered
Forgive them anyway
If you are honest, people may cheat you
Be honest anyway
If you find happiness, people may be jealous
Be happy anyway
The good you do today, may be forgotten tomorrow
Do good anyway
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough
Give it all anyway
For you see, in the end it is between you and God,
you and your heart, you and love
It never was between you and them anyway"
By Mother Teresa
I finally got to see the last episode of You're Beautiful subbed in English. It took me a couple of days but I finally got see it. Now I'm left with the same feeling I got when I finished the last novel of the twilight series - NOW WHAT?. I was very satisfied with the ending of the kdrama. So many fans are speculating that there may be a second season of the series whereas I highly doubt that. There could be a spin-off but they can't continue where they left off. You're Beautiful has become one of my favorite dramas, but it can't compare to Boys Over Flowers which I think is the top kdrama this year. Maybe I should check up on IRIS but I want to wait until that series is over so I can focus on it better than waiting week to week for a new episode. Thank GAWD Korea has a 13 hour time difference between us I don't go completely crazy. I started to pick up manga again. I'm starting one right now so in the next post I can tell you about and whether it is good or not. It's about monsters. Yum. ♥
youtube vid post! ♥
This is funny. They just got parts of the drama and added somethings that makes it look like 2NE1 tv. can't find the first part though. ;(
I loved this and I've watched it 3 or 4 times already. Such a funny fmv with a sog that does not even fir with the series. xDDDD
WHOOT! JGSxPSH! xOOOOOOOOOO
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AWESOME Fanvid! My favorite one made from this drama. I ♥ JGS!
gotta gotta go! ♥
A.O.I ( aka Hachi )
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[29 Nov 2009|06:14am] |
For the health and sanity of Nrys/Iriock/Second Chance systems and relationships, I think we need to set some ground rules and expectations for when we all are face to face next time.
Things I need for my own sanity (and this is for BOTH other systems):
1. Time to myself at least once a day, for at least 2 hours. I realize now that I really do need it. It helps my mood and it makes me HAPPY to see the people around me, instead of resentful that I didn't get any time to myself.
2. For everyone to just pick up after themselves, so we don't feel like we're spending all of our time taking care of the house. We want to have fun too. Picking up after yourself doesn't mean putting things in piles, but putting things AWAY where they are meant to go. I try to keep the house up as much as possible, but when no one is doing their part, it gets utterly ridiculous really fast.
3. Dishes done by people who are NOT ME when I cook. And in a timely manner. This means either you all can do them together, or you can take turns. I don't care HOW they get done, just get them done, and get over it. We're all adults. Let's act like it.
4. Not eating out every meal. Or even every other meal. It's unhealthy, and we gain weight every time, and it makes this body VERY ill.
5. No pets bought on a whim. Every time, we then spend the rest of the year figuring out how to take care of said pets and feeling bad that they aren't getting as much attention as our own pets. I love animals, and we get caught up in the moment. Please let's keep Iriock sane by not making this an issue anymore.
6. Not spending $300-500 per week during the time Second Chance is here. It throws our budget off for 2-4 months and causes stress and panic. I'd like to NOT have that be a problem.
7. A pre-determined plan for at least 30% of the time. And not just "I want to get out of the house" but things like "On the weekend of the ______th, I would like to go to St. Louis, because I hear there's a great art show/game/festival/etc." MY trying to plan things out for everyone doesn't work, because I just don't care enough to plan it all out. It's not my tourist vacation. I'm more than willing to go wherever people want, even to drive all over hell and back, but I REALLY don't want to plan it. Nor do I want it to be expected that I'll pay for plans. If you find a really cool plan, and it's going to cost $10-$20 bucks a person, either expect to pay for everyone to go, or to at least run it by everyone to verify we have that kind of money. We are po' folks. Let's keep it in mind.
8. I REALLY don't want to hear whinging about how little money there is for things. I stress and panic about money. Tell me your budget and either let me keep track of it (and I WILL make you stick to it) or don't tell me the budget and simply say "there's not money for that". Trust me, it will save us ALL a lot of stress.
9. I hate being told who can be out when. Let's knock that off. Multiplicity in Iriock is an organic thing. People will come and go and sometimes you won't know them, or like them, and you're just going to have to DEAL with it. That means sometimes people won't get time they want. It means sometimes in the middle of a "scheduled time", you may get kids/animals/walk-ins/frienamies/etc you aren't expecting. Roll with it. It'll make everyone happier if they feel they aren't being BANNED from being out.
10. Each relationship between the bodies is important. Nyrs doesn't disappear from Iriock's life just because Second Chance is in the house. This is really to remind US. Because we SUCK at figuring out how to balance our life. We are going to try to do a LOT better at this, by taking time to spend JUST with Nyrs sometimes when Second Chance is here. That isn't a "I don't want to spend time with SecC", it's "I want to have a marriage left when SecC goes back to the UK". Because... um, I almost didn't this last time. Or the time before. Or the time before that. And I'd like to NOT spend 6 months trying to get my relationship back to some semblance of normalcy.
Okay, that's it for now. Now it's you all's turns. Post the things you need. And I assure you that this will get longer as I think of more. Discuss it in the comments, bitch, rant, growl.. whatever. Feel free to say "you're being really harsh" or "amen" or even "Fuck off, Iriock people" if you want to. I'm cool with it. I'm just wanting to open a dialog the three of us haven't had yet.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
(To those of you who celebrate it, that is.)
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[26 Nov 2009|11:58am] |
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...Look, Captain Jack Harkness, intergalactic manwhore, has done some pretty awful things in his long life.
BUT SINCE WHEN DOES HE RAPE PEOPLE?
Is there some part of relevant Whoniverse canon that I am totally missing? If so, could someone please tell me what it is, so that I can KEEP MISSING IT?
(I mean, aside from that thing with Owen in the first episode of Torchwood. That scene is made of ick. And if you agree, don't google for discussion on it, because half the forum threads are full of guys going "lol, that was funny, you guys are taking it too seriously, I wish I had that stuff." I guess this is the Axe/Lynx demographic.)
...Okay, skimming the fic, the author seems to have gotten the Time Agency mixed up with the Rape Agency, and Jack ("Seth") has had some kind of horrible personality transplant and should be on every Sexual Offenders list ever. 0_o Never mind. I did see the Rape/Non-Con warning, but I saw that it was a Big Bang fic (and therefore long) and assumed it had something to do with the plot/character arc.
And that was depressing, so I leave you with this cheering fanart.
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[24 Nov 2009|10:48am] |
[mood| HUNGRY!!!!!!!! ]
[music| B.E.G - Sign
I saw NEW MOON on saturday!!!!!!!
The movie was frikk'n AWESOME! I loved it from the first second to the very last!!! I still love the first movie, I just think this one is a tad bit better. I so want to see it agian!!!
My sister's fiancé Ben Lopez was laid to rest yesterday. I went to the viewing on Sunday, but I didn't go to the funeral. Dina is doing fine. She's very strong.
His memorial stuff is here: http://www.mem.com/ContentDisplay.aspx?ID=17832637
He was a great guy. I only met him a few times and he was always so nice. RIP Ben Lopez.
The KDRAMA You're Beautiful is wrapping up this week with one episode tomorrow and the other on thursday. *siiigh* ;) TOTALLY looking forward to THANKSGIVING! ♥
Youtube vid post! ♥
Ironic... isn't it, Nana-chan? xD
Well deserved! WAY TO GO 2PM!!!
LUV THE NICKHUN! ♥
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A.O.I ( aka Hachi )
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[22 Nov 2009|10:31pm] |
So last week I posted about the Archive Of Our Own, which if you missed it is being called AO3 because AOOO sounds like a basset hound. But I didn't really post as a reader. It didn't occur to me because I had just spent several days uploading all of my fanfiction there. (Well, that I still like. I actually do have two Greek mythology fics that I haven't posted there, but the second one is a sequel to the first, which was written in high school and has some gender issues I'm really not proud of.)
Anyway, after all that posting, I had kind of expected people to read my fic, but I hadn't actually gotten around to reading their fic.
And omg you guys, AO3 is great for fic-reading. At least for me.
( AO3 as a reader. )
Anyway. Having said all that, Chapter Seven of Between Here and Now and Forever is posted on:
The Archive Of Our Own
FanFiction.Net
Skyhawke
LiveJournal
In honor of this, ( more YouTube music links! )
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