| China apparently doesn't like Livejournal |
[16 Jun 2008|10:23pm] |
Message posted c/o Chrissy's mom:
Chrissy says:
Hello all. I know I've dropped off the face of the livejournal planet-- first I was busy and then I was in China, where livejournal is securely placed behind the Great Firewall (meaning blocked to all Chinese internet access), hence why this message is being posted by my mom. China's been fun. I'll probably put up more description/pictures when I get back and have more time and access.
SHANNON: Sorry for not contacting you. I couldn't figure out how. What's your current email? Email works fine, so if you tell me that, I should be able to communicate without any problems. We still want to hang out next weekend when we're in Kyoto. Most likely we won't be doing anything too involved since we're kind of exhausted, but wandering around Kyoto with you seems nice. If there's anything specific you want to do, please let me know. The most important question is how should we meet you? I assume you'd be coming in from Kobe by train, so should we meet you at the train station? If so, what time? Send me an email at jiang1ling2@gmail.com and let me know what you're thinking. Thanks!
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| In a Sea of Grey |
[02 Apr 2008|01:12am] |
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Will be displayed in the lobby of the school theater to go along with a play they are doing in May. I didn't think I'd finish this quite so quickly...
It's been forever since I've worked with markers, and I was relived to find out that my prismacolors still work. I wasn't able to get the detail I originally intended, but I sort of like the blocky, abstracted feel it ended up with.
Feel free to analyze meanings and such. I feel like I put a lot in this subconsciously that I didn't quite intend, so I'd like to see what you come up with.
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| Request for a friend |
[22 Mar 2008|04:26pm] |
My friend ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jamuko is trying to raise money to get to Anime Expo this summer and meet up with some old friends, so as a fundraiser, she is offering to do art commissions.
Information is here!
Here is an example of her recent work:
If you like utterly adorable arts, jamuko is your girl! You can contact her via her LJ or deviantart page (info link above), or email her at jamuko@gmail.com. She doesn't have set prices, so it's basically whatever you and she can agree is reasonable. She doesn't tend to insist on high prices, though.
So if you like super-cute art and have a few dollars to spare, think about it, k?
[P.S. As long as I'm pimping art, I also am willing to do comissions if you are looking for non-chibi things. But get something from her first, alright?]
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| Whoever wrote this is brilliant |
[22 Mar 2008|03:07am] |
if(computer.fail==true){
background.setColor(blue);
user.frown();
sys.shutdown();
user.scream("OH, FUCK YOU");}
...I know it sounds silly, but read that out loud.
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| Dreams |
[21 Mar 2008|02:54pm] |
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So last night was filled with a couple of poignant and highly depressing dreams, which I remember considerably better than usual.
( The first )
( Then I had another dream )
God, I woke up like "no, no, no, no, NO, dammit" and was really depressed. I guess the one with the yak worked out okay, but man. I have no idea where these came from, aside from maybe the stay thought I had sometime yesterday that I get along really well with animals because I'm really empathic. But it's not like it was something I thought about a lot.
Anybody out there and expert in interpreting dreams? I feel like these ones deserve an explanation.
[edit]Yep, definitely Tibet and a yak.
This is a Tibetan yak, and almost exactly what he looked like. He was a bit lighter color, though.
I've decided the first one (the one that was blocking my path) was a water buffalo. It just took me a while to actually place the mental image with a name.
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| Fic: Ashe/Penelo, The Sleep of the Innocent |
[20 Mar 2008|09:46pm] |
So, first in what will probably become a line of fics exploring assorted lesbian relationships in FF12, because they are not often written and I wanted to see if I could make it work. This one only sort of gets there in the making it work category, since it’s all sort of just tumbling around in Ashe’s head, but I like how it turned out. Oddly, I feel more comfortable with this than any other pairing I’ve ever tried to write Ashe in. I have yet to wrap my mind around what Penelo’s take on this would be, though.
Hooray for writing fics in a little notebook while eating lunch at California Pizza Kitchen with mom and grandma. I kid you not. It hasn’t been edited much from that, either.
I’m not sure why headcanon = Ashe never sleeps.
Special thanks to logistika_nyx for planting this idea in my head. It never would have occured to me otherwise.
Title: The Sleep of the Innocent
Characters/Pairings: Ashe/Penelo, sort of
Rating: PG, I think?
Summary: Penelo sleeps; Ashe ponders.
( ”Read )
[edit]So I just skimmed back through the game script and discovered that I was not misremembering that Fran and Ashe basically never interact with each other with the exception of jointly providing occasional exposition. I guess I have my work cut out for me as a fanfic writer, huh? I'm not sure what to make of that pairing. All thoughts on it thus far have turned Fran kind of scary. We shall see.
In other news, Fran/Penelo is obvious when you're looking for it! I was surprised how much there actually would be to work with there. Somehow it's simultaneously too obvious and too far-fetched to be especially interesting, though.
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| FFXII Prompt fest |
[20 Mar 2008|02:10am] |
So there really isn't any way to live up to wet!naked!Basch. But I miss the constant flow of mostly hilarious little stories, so here we go with some vague attempt at round two! I couldn't decide on a topic that felt like a solid winner to me, so here are a random few that came to mind (I swear they get weirder as the list goes on...)
Direct rip-off:
-wet!naked!Balthier
Inside joke #1:
-mischievous!cross-dressing!Fran
Inside joke #2:
-vacationing!girl-crazy!Dr. Cid
Or, you know, just for the hell of it:
-wet!naked!Dr. Cid
And thanks to my dear friend jamuko:
-any character in a jester suit
(Don't ask me, I don't know)
[edit]One more inside joke to add:
-confused!bikini!Fran
The way this works:
1. Pick one of the above.
2. Pick a prompt.
3. Write! 100 words minimum, approximately comment length (4300 characters) maximum, but you can go over if necessary.
4. Post up more prompts so other people can share the joy madness.
Anyone can write! Friends, friends of friends, random passers-by, the more the merrier! And now I sit back and hope that this becomes at least somewhat popular.
Rating can go up to M. If you are reading, please be aware of that fact. You have been warned.
Starter ideas are up in each category. Have fun!
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| Trident Splash Apple-Raspberry Gum OR I warned you |
[03 Mar 2008|01:06pm] |
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Galway: I guess I'll try the Apple-Raspberry kind even though this type of gum sort of scares me.
Me: I will warn you, the Apple-Rasperry flavor is somewhat odd. I mean, try it, but I didn't like it.
-a moment passes, Galway begins making strange faces-
Me: I see you're having about the same reaction that I did.
Galway: Oh my god, the monkey that crawled into my mouth to die had a strudel in his pocket!
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| Memeness |
[20 Feb 2008|07:32pm] |
1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.
( Have fun! )
Comments are screened.
Also, I am taking requests for doodles and ficlets, if you want me to draw or write something.
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| Whoo, class |
[13 Feb 2008|11:16am] |
Hehe, I'm in class. I love this class. It makes me feel smart because I barely have to pay attention.
Hooray, intro computer programming.
In other news...
...I'm gonna die in Chinese tomorrow...
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| Those We Know and Those We Don't Part 3 |
[12 Feb 2008|09:26pm] |
Part 1 here, part 2 by logistika_nyx here.
Title: Those We Know and Those We Don’t – Part 3
Claim: Basch (this is partially from Balthier’s POV, but I think there’s enough of Basch to count)
Rating: PG
Themes: 18. Bhujerban Madhu, 22. Friends, 26. Rain, 38. Travel, 82. Song
Summary: Trip to Bhujerba to just after the bit with Bagamnan in the Lhusu Mines. Various incidents and conversations make Basch and Balthier wonder about each other’s pasts.
The trip to Bhujerba passed in silence, with no mishaps or difficulties of any kind.
( ”Read )
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| All you writers out there |
[10 Feb 2008|11:49pm] |
I want to see what you guys come up with when I give you a random sentence that popped into my head earlier today.
Here is your prompt: "His lips tasted of coffee."
Do whatever you want. Fanfics, originals, it's up to you. Use the sentence or just use it as inspiration. It just seemed like a good prompt.
And of course link me if you write something.
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| Right, almost forgot... |
[07 Feb 2008|12:39pm] |
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!
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| Oh my god.... I can never play Animal Crossing again... |
[05 Feb 2008|09:38pm] |
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For all of you who have ever played Animal Crossing, READ THIS.
It's BRILLIANT.
They took Animal Crossing and turned it into a horror story. And... just... it's so well done. Probably best not to read it right before you go to bed, especially with the alternate ending.
Totally gonna have Animal Crossing nightmares. XD
But really, it's not that scary, it's just impressively well done.
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| Damn, that was amazing... |
[05 Feb 2008|02:44pm] |
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Ok, so I was playing random videos on youtube just for background music while I did homework. In which case I don't usually pay attention to them, but I was kind of glued to this one.
Seriously, go watch it. It's nuts.
And I have to say: Best use of treadmills ever.
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| Whoo... |
[31 Jan 2008|02:40pm] |
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Assorted Sweeney Todd |
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Three days in, and I'm already slacking. This can't be good.
Seriously, I have an attention span of like five seconds right now. To illustrate the point, I got distracted in the middle of writing that last sentence.
Argh.
Come on, brain. I'm in school again. Work for me, dammit.
Not to mention I just stopped at a stand that was selling bangles to riase money to send to a support foundation in India, which was kind of cool. Of course that means I now have twelve jingly bands of multi-colored shiny on my wrist, which helps my concentration oh so much.
...right, back to Chinese homework.
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| Memes and such |
[26 Jan 2008|12:22am] |
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I really can't remember if I have anonymous posting enabled, but I will make sure to check after I post.
Leave me an anonymous comment pouring your heart out. Say anything. Tell me your stories, your secrets, those things no one ever asks but you wish to tell. Tell me about your love, your hate, your indifference, your joy. Tell me about what's inside of you when you're reading through these entries on your friends list, and tell me why you continue to come back here. Tell me anything. Tell me what you really think of me or yourself. Anything.
Post anonymously. Speak honestly. Post as many times as you like
To Sylph/Ruina: I sort of have you in mind here if you need somewhere to dump random thoughts. I know stuff has been bothering you recently and I want you to know I'm perfectly willing to listen if you need to talk, here or by other means. *hugs*
I just remembered that anonymous doesn't work on friendlocked posts, so I will put other memes in a separate entry.
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| Go, minions. |
[12 Jan 2008|01:32am] |
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THE (✔)POSITIVE-NEGATIVE(✖) MEME
I've decided I don't quite like who I am when I'm at home. I'm glad I'll be going back to school pretty soon.
I also need to get new mood icons.
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| My Slanguage |
[07 Jan 2008|09:50pm] |
Your Slanguage Profile
Your Slanguage Profile
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Canadian Slang: 50%
Aussie Slang: 25%
Prison Slang: 25%
British Slang: 0%
New England Slang: 0%
Southern Slang: 0%
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...I have no American slang (unless you count "prison," whatever that means). Does this seem odd?
I'm also mildly suprised I don't have any British in there either. |
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