- 00:43 Can't sleep. Wide awake. Playing with aliens in Scribblenauts and listening to 4 Guys 1 Up. twitpic.com/vf0ms #
- 17:46 Playing WITH the full "Abbey Road" medleys AND family who intimately know the songs is how it should be done. twitpic.com/vd75c #
- 19:59 Why do people TOTALLY funk up the coding for quoting (not using the built-in button to do it) and don't preview before posting junk code? #
- 11:55 @TanookiKuribo I totally crossed out "Merry" and wrote in "Meri" on this year's card to her... >.>... and every other year. #
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And thanksevercool, lelola, and castor who had sent me LJ snowflakes ^^.
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dragonix_814 so much for your polar bear card!!And thanks
evercool, lelola, and castor who had sent me LJ snowflakes ^^.I've read Danse Macabre after trying almost three years to stop reading Laurell K. Hamilton's books. Part of it is the fact that I'm slowly running out of new things to read, and part of it is a continuing love for Edward and Asher that persists despite Hamilton's best attempts to ruin them for me. (Maybe not "best"; I'm sure she could try harder, but I'm hoping she doesn't.)
Anyway, getting back to the book, I was kind of amazed at how magnificently Hamilton failed at plot. I think she attempted at creating conflict with her "Oh, no! We've invited a whole bunch of uber-vampires to the ballet! What if they do vampire stuff?" Considering the earlier books had Anita, oh, I don't know, doing her job, helping solve crimes, this kind of sham plot just doesn't work for me. The whole book just smacked of ways for Hamilton to put her Mary Sue in sexual situations and give her even more outlandish powers to make her Super Special.
I mean, it isn't bad enough that Anita is the man in the relationship when it comes to her eight- or nine-man harem, but my god, they seriously fall all over themselves to apologize to her when they, god forbid, forget that whatever personal disaster Anita is having trumps their own thoughts, feelings, and personal trauma. I mean, why can't vampire books contain healthy relationships? Honestly, Nathaniel I would have expected that kind of behaviour from: He's submissive, and he was practically brainwashed. (Not by Anita, but her being an uber-dom doesn't exactly help with the brainwashing, no matter what she tells herself to let her sleep at night.) But, getting right back to it, Asher and Richard were just pathetic in this book, probably because they are some of the only characters that show any attitude.
The portrayal of Ronnie and Meng Die was pretty disgusting, too. They play the part of the jealous "other women" and exist (in this book, at least) only to allow Anita to play the victim. They are both rather promiscuous women, and either claim vocally to be jealous of Anita and her lovers, or simply act that way in a very obvious way. And uh. God forbid if anyone calls Anita on being a complete whore. Clearly she isn't. I don't feel like going back through the book to count how many sex scenes there were, but the book took place over the span of a weekend, and there were probably around ten sex scenes, most of them involving multiple partners, two of them involving brand-new lovers.
I don't really have a conclusion for this. Except that the one good thing that happened in the book was that Asher got his hyenas, and that made me happy. Though he had to become retardedly obsessed with Anita to have them. Lkajds f;alksjd fsldkjf sdf
Anyway, getting back to the book, I was kind of amazed at how magnificently Hamilton failed at plot. I think she attempted at creating conflict with her "Oh, no! We've invited a whole bunch of uber-vampires to the ballet! What if they do vampire stuff?" Considering the earlier books had Anita, oh, I don't know, doing her job, helping solve crimes, this kind of sham plot just doesn't work for me. The whole book just smacked of ways for Hamilton to put her Mary Sue in sexual situations and give her even more outlandish powers to make her Super Special.
I mean, it isn't bad enough that Anita is the man in the relationship when it comes to her eight- or nine-man harem, but my god, they seriously fall all over themselves to apologize to her when they, god forbid, forget that whatever personal disaster Anita is having trumps their own thoughts, feelings, and personal trauma. I mean, why can't vampire books contain healthy relationships? Honestly, Nathaniel I would have expected that kind of behaviour from: He's submissive, and he was practically brainwashed. (Not by Anita, but her being an uber-dom doesn't exactly help with the brainwashing, no matter what she tells herself to let her sleep at night.) But, getting right back to it, Asher and Richard were just pathetic in this book, probably because they are some of the only characters that show any attitude.
The portrayal of Ronnie and Meng Die was pretty disgusting, too. They play the part of the jealous "other women" and exist (in this book, at least) only to allow Anita to play the victim. They are both rather promiscuous women, and either claim vocally to be jealous of Anita and her lovers, or simply act that way in a very obvious way. And uh. God forbid if anyone calls Anita on being a complete whore. Clearly she isn't. I don't feel like going back through the book to count how many sex scenes there were, but the book took place over the span of a weekend, and there were probably around ten sex scenes, most of them involving multiple partners, two of them involving brand-new lovers.
I don't really have a conclusion for this. Except that the one good thing that happened in the book was that Asher got his hyenas, and that made me happy. Though he had to become retardedly obsessed with Anita to have them. Lkajds f;alksjd fsldkjf sdf
- Mood:
rawr
It's a time of celebration! No, not Christmas. Aiba Masaki's birthday, duh! Hee, I like how Arashi members conveniently timed their birthday's around holidays. It's very festive.
( Somehow he seems to always have more than enough curiosity. )
( Somehow he seems to always have more than enough curiosity. )
- Mood:loopy
yo seriously I'm not gonna front
this is my live journal and all...
and let me just say that I pretty much hate going to New York City every time I go there.
Is it because I have to deal with the Chinatown bus? Is it cause I always spend too much money just getting around and eating shit? Is it because I don't have a bike there? Is it because my friends that live there don't ride bikes and we just take subways all the time? I don't even know.
I am just ... not ... feelin it. Maybe if I could get a ride up and back every time I'd be chillin, but this last time has just pushed me over the edge. I'm tired of leaving at 8pm and not getting home to 11:30 or some shit. It's just not fun. And what did I do? Walk around a bunch in the cold. Where are some peoples in NYC to show me the way on a bike? Seriously.
Additionally, why did I not realize the whole wide world of ALL MY FRIENDS ARE IN BANDS before like a month ago? It's my fault. Maybe people invited me a while ago to shows that I just didn't end up going to. I think that's it, mostly. I was doing other shit at the time. But jesus christ, late to the draw or what.
this is my live journal and all...
and let me just say that I pretty much hate going to New York City every time I go there.
Is it because I have to deal with the Chinatown bus? Is it cause I always spend too much money just getting around and eating shit? Is it because I don't have a bike there? Is it because my friends that live there don't ride bikes and we just take subways all the time? I don't even know.
I am just ... not ... feelin it. Maybe if I could get a ride up and back every time I'd be chillin, but this last time has just pushed me over the edge. I'm tired of leaving at 8pm and not getting home to 11:30 or some shit. It's just not fun. And what did I do? Walk around a bunch in the cold. Where are some peoples in NYC to show me the way on a bike? Seriously.
Additionally, why did I not realize the whole wide world of ALL MY FRIENDS ARE IN BANDS before like a month ago? It's my fault. Maybe people invited me a while ago to shows that I just didn't end up going to. I think that's it, mostly. I was doing other shit at the time. But jesus christ, late to the draw or what.
- 08:50 Near as I can tell, I'm the only one in the office right now. But someone's here to have turned all the lights on. Ghost or no? #
- 10:07 I started playing Torchlight yesterday. Never played Diablo before in my life. Halfway lost, halfway loving it. Any newbie guides out there? #
- 11:13 Not a HUGE Castlevania lover, but appreciate it. AU getting Rondo of Blood on Wii's VC, and we're still waiting on The Adventure ReBirth :( #
- 16:27 New vgconvos blog post: "A Very Zelda Christmas Memory" -- bit.ly/6Wj8iC #
My mom was on the phone with my cousin when I got home from work last night. And she related a story that I found absolutely awful. My cousin is seeing a man who has three kids of his own. And apparently the kids' maternal grandmother sent them some Christmas gifts they must have already been allowed to open. Because this is what they got. The little girl (I think she's around 9) got a brush and a box of macaroni and cheese, the older boy (13) got a stick of deodorant, and the little boy (not sure how old he is) got a can of baked beans.
There…just aren't any words. When I heard it last night, I wasn't sure how to respond, and I'm still rather horrified. I mean, I understand that the economy is shite for a whole lot of people. But grandma, whoever she is, could have spent the same amount of money she did on that crap, at the Salvation Army, or even the dollar store, and actually have bought something that would actually be appropriate to give to a child for Christmas. If not toys, since they're not exactly functional, then at least clothing, which doesn't generally cost much at places like the Salvation Army or Goodwill.
And the worst part (or maybe not the worst, but equally as bad as everything else), is that she wrapped everything. It wasn't like it was in a gift bag or something, but she actually wrapped a box of macaroni and cheese like it was a real gift. I'm seriously curious whether this woman is in possession of her full mental faculties. I…can't even imagine what kind of person thinks that a box of macaroni and cheese makes a good Christmas present.
There…just aren't any words. When I heard it last night, I wasn't sure how to respond, and I'm still rather horrified. I mean, I understand that the economy is shite for a whole lot of people. But grandma, whoever she is, could have spent the same amount of money she did on that crap, at the Salvation Army, or even the dollar store, and actually have bought something that would actually be appropriate to give to a child for Christmas. If not toys, since they're not exactly functional, then at least clothing, which doesn't generally cost much at places like the Salvation Army or Goodwill.
And the worst part (or maybe not the worst, but equally as bad as everything else), is that she wrapped everything. It wasn't like it was in a gift bag or something, but she actually wrapped a box of macaroni and cheese like it was a real gift. I'm seriously curious whether this woman is in possession of her full mental faculties. I…can't even imagine what kind of person thinks that a box of macaroni and cheese makes a good Christmas present.
- Mood:
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- 08:25 Free John Nolan live EP up on Bandcamp (includes some Straylight Run material) -- bit.ly/68svWc #
- 09:31 I'm frightened by the fact that someone found @daizex on Google through a combination of "Zarbon" and some of these other horrific words. #
- 09:58 @Hujio Are you crazy?! I couldn't WAIT to get rid of my stupid moving truck! I like being able to SEE on the road! #
- 11:28 No more podcast listening today. It's all awesome music from the entire year to talk about on @lofipodcast tonight w/ @atomx & @gambitt1982. #
- 11:56 I'm still shifting around my Top 10 albums. Numbers 4 and 5 just swapped slots after giving a re-listen. #
- 12:20 @SausageofPower Which one in particular? Sad to hear that, since they apparently re-recorded six songs for future "Rock Band" DLC :( #
- 12:29 @SausageofPower Dunno. A couple of the "hits", apparently. Not a lot of info. bit.ly/5T1Cdl #
- 12:44 SHOCK! My number one album was just stricken from the list because it came out in 2008, unbeknownst to me. Music fanboy card handed in. #
- 18:20 Going back and listening to The Format's "Dog Problems", which I disliked upon release, now that fun. is a thing. Whoops. I missed out. #
- 20:10 We're about to start broadcasting/recording our @lofipodcast end-of-2009 (and the decade!) special episode! stickam.com/lofidelity #
- 22:34 @pwolfamv She does now! I win! :D #
I am so fucking annoyed. Like. I'm going to try to explain this in a way that doesn't devolve into capslock and expletives, but at the moment my thoughts are a little garbled. Still. Even though this all happened Friday.
A male coworker and I went to see Avatar Friday, because it was raining all day and so we didn't have to work. We had been planning to go see the movie for about a week, but since we conveniently had the day off, we went to an earlier showing than we had planned. A few things I should clarify, I think. The coworker in question is a nice enough person, but he is nearly old enough to be my father, is a self-confessed hillbilly from Kentucky, and is not someone in a million years I would consider dating. See, I don't necessarily consider myself a shallow person, but there is also one thing I cannot overlook. Bad teeth are bad, and a guy could be Christian-Bale-hot and if he had bad teeth, I just wouldn't be interested. I don't mind crooked, but cigarette-stained and about-to-fall-out-of-your-head-they're-s
Alright. So I'm driving to the theatre. And coworker convinces me that since I'm doing the driving, and I had bought the gas, that it was only fair that he buy my ticket, but I would be buying my own lunch. Reluctantly, I agreed. Since we were seeing a matinee, the tickets weren't as expensive, and it actually seemed like it might be a fair trade. But then, at the restaurant, the bastard refused to let the waitress split the bill, and then refused to let me see the bill, to see what I owed. So I sat at the table until the waitress came back, so she could show me her copy of the bill, and then he wouldn't take my money. I wanted to shove it down his fucking throat.
This may not seem like a big deal to you. I should probably just be gracious and happy that he wanted to pay for me. But I think the only way I could feel more violated is if I had been dragged into a dark alley and raped. I. Got. Handled. Not in a physical touching way, but in a "You aren't capable of deciding things for yourself, so I'll just take care of everything" way. It is positively infuriating to be treated like a girl, rather than being treated like a person. Oh, and this is the best part. After I drove him back to his place, he had the gall to suggest that we should do it again sometime. Which is not only something you say to someone you're dating, but also THE LAST FUCKING THING I AM GOING TO DO. Now that he showed me where the movie theatre is located, I am going to go BY MYSELF in the future. I don't need some dumb fucker to take away my power of choice in the name of "chivalry."
A male coworker and I went to see Avatar Friday, because it was raining all day and so we didn't have to work. We had been planning to go see the movie for about a week, but since we conveniently had the day off, we went to an earlier showing than we had planned. A few things I should clarify, I think. The coworker in question is a nice enough person, but he is nearly old enough to be my father, is a self-confessed hillbilly from Kentucky, and is not someone in a million years I would consider dating. See, I don't necessarily consider myself a shallow person, but there is also one thing I cannot overlook. Bad teeth are bad, and a guy could be Christian-Bale-hot and if he had bad teeth, I just wouldn't be interested. I don't mind crooked, but cigarette-stained and about-to-fall-out-of-your-head-they're-s
Alright. So I'm driving to the theatre. And coworker convinces me that since I'm doing the driving, and I had bought the gas, that it was only fair that he buy my ticket, but I would be buying my own lunch. Reluctantly, I agreed. Since we were seeing a matinee, the tickets weren't as expensive, and it actually seemed like it might be a fair trade. But then, at the restaurant, the bastard refused to let the waitress split the bill, and then refused to let me see the bill, to see what I owed. So I sat at the table until the waitress came back, so she could show me her copy of the bill, and then he wouldn't take my money. I wanted to shove it down his fucking throat.
This may not seem like a big deal to you. I should probably just be gracious and happy that he wanted to pay for me. But I think the only way I could feel more violated is if I had been dragged into a dark alley and raped. I. Got. Handled. Not in a physical touching way, but in a "You aren't capable of deciding things for yourself, so I'll just take care of everything" way. It is positively infuriating to be treated like a girl, rather than being treated like a person. Oh, and this is the best part. After I drove him back to his place, he had the gall to suggest that we should do it again sometime. Which is not only something you say to someone you're dating, but also THE LAST FUCKING THING I AM GOING TO DO. Now that he showed me where the movie theatre is located, I am going to go BY MYSELF in the future. I don't need some dumb fucker to take away my power of choice in the name of "chivalry."
- Mood:
pissed off
- 11:29 YouTube comment of the day: "Nobody gives a shit for this lil' change U MORAN!!" #
- 17:07 Of course. Days after recording & editing the CD review with @Hujio, "Only a Chilling Elegy" gets used as an insert song in "Kai". #
- 21:54 Re-watched Harry Potter 3 w/ pizza & beer, putting up the podcast, listenin' to some "BATTLE SPECTACLE MEDLEY". All is well. #
It's the kind of thing that should come to mind pretty easy, but I'm having a tough time thinking of one.
Is there any anime character (preferably a halfway recognizable one) that is in a situation where he (a male character) is holding a gun and either is or can be taken as if he's robbing / holding up / mugging someone?
Please no Bebop or Trigun :P.
Is there any anime character (preferably a halfway recognizable one) that is in a situation where he (a male character) is holding a gun and either is or can be taken as if he's robbing / holding up / mugging someone?
Please no Bebop or Trigun :P.
- Mood:
thoughtful
- 21:18 RT @lofipodcast Details on the recording of the end-of-year/end-of-decade episode of lo-fidelity! lofidelity.info #
- 11:17 @castortroyamv I see those kinds of folks, too! IS IT ME, THOUGH?! #
- 11:28 No longer much of a fan, but I can't deny that I'm excited for Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue" in Rock Band next week... ^^;; #
- 00:02 Holy shit. Closing programs before heading off to bed, and I just saw Carddass on AIM. WHOA. All of, like, two of you will understand that. #
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