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Mar. 14th, 2007 10:17 pmHAPPY PI DAY!
I'm fairly sure that Pi Day is my husband's favorite holiday. Not because he's an engineer, but because he gets a pie on Pi Day. Last summer I froze about two pints of blueberries for making him a blueberry pie, just for today. Most blueberry pie recipies call for a double crust, so I made a double-crust apple pie over the weekend to practice. It turned out very nicely, and so did the blueberry pie, which I had to make last night because tonight I have class.
To be logical about the pie on Pi Day, it seems that Pi Approximation Day (22/7, July 22nd) would be better for the pie, because a lot of fruit is in season and is cheap. Also it is more excuses to have pie. (it's really a pity that I don't like fruit pies.)
I'm fairly sure that Pi Day is my husband's favorite holiday. Not because he's an engineer, but because he gets a pie on Pi Day. Last summer I froze about two pints of blueberries for making him a blueberry pie, just for today. Most blueberry pie recipies call for a double crust, so I made a double-crust apple pie over the weekend to practice. It turned out very nicely, and so did the blueberry pie, which I had to make last night because tonight I have class.
To be logical about the pie on Pi Day, it seems that Pi Approximation Day (22/7, July 22nd) would be better for the pie, because a lot of fruit is in season and is cheap. Also it is more excuses to have pie. (it's really a pity that I don't like fruit pies.)
House hunting
Feb. 26th, 2007 01:09 pmWe had a pretty full weekend. Saturday we went to see "Letters from Iwo Jima," which was very good, though we didn't know it was all in Japanese! (Not that this was a problem, except that we were sitting in a row behind a guy with a big head, and we had to move b/c his noggin blocked the subtitles.) It's funny, after watching so much anime, I feel like I should understand Japanese by osmosis or something.
( house hunting )
( house hunting )
GNAAAAAAAAARGH
Feb. 23rd, 2007 12:11 pmDear Volkswagen Service Place,
Please cash my freaking check. It's been almost three weeks since I paid for my CV boot repair, and still you have not cashed it. This is bad because every time I look at my online balance, I think "OMG I AM RICH TIME TO SPEND SOME MONEY," but in actuality, I am $400 poorer than it looks like. If it were one of my friends who hadn't cashed the check, I might be more understanding b/c sometimes it's hard to get to the bank, but you are running a business and that's a good chunk of change not to put in your pocket.
Get on with it, and stop allowing me to think that it's Time to Buy A PSP I Don't Need.
--me
Please cash my freaking check. It's been almost three weeks since I paid for my CV boot repair, and still you have not cashed it. This is bad because every time I look at my online balance, I think "OMG I AM RICH TIME TO SPEND SOME MONEY," but in actuality, I am $400 poorer than it looks like. If it were one of my friends who hadn't cashed the check, I might be more understanding b/c sometimes it's hard to get to the bank, but you are running a business and that's a good chunk of change not to put in your pocket.
Get on with it, and stop allowing me to think that it's Time to Buy A PSP I Don't Need.
--me
The Bleach breakup CD
Feb. 22nd, 2007 02:04 pmOK, all you shippers, here's a rainy day activity for you.
I have been kicking around the idea of the "Bleach breakup CD" for some time now. Meaning, a song that is Teh Angst for the couple in question. Here's some examples:
Ichigo X Rukia: "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" by Stars
Ichigo X Orihime: "China" by Tori Amos
Renji X Rukia: "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon
So I'm asking all of you - if you can think of an angsty breakup song for your favorite ship, post it here. Even if it's one I already have, I'm interested. There could be a fst in here somewhere, with credit of course.
I have been kicking around the idea of the "Bleach breakup CD" for some time now. Meaning, a song that is Teh Angst for the couple in question. Here's some examples:
Ichigo X Rukia: "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" by Stars
Ichigo X Orihime: "China" by Tori Amos
Renji X Rukia: "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon
So I'm asking all of you - if you can think of an angsty breakup song for your favorite ship, post it here. Even if it's one I already have, I'm interested. There could be a fst in here somewhere, with credit of course.
Christopher Eccleston to play the Rider in The Dark is Rising
Perfect casting for the Dark Rider. Don't like who they picked for Merriman, though. Merriman should be older and look more like Ian McKellen.
OH PLEASE, NOBLE COLLECTION, PICK UP THE SIX SIGNS OF LIGHT FOR LICENSING SO I CAN PUT THEM ON MY WALL KTHX.
Perfect casting for the Dark Rider. Don't like who they picked for Merriman, though. Merriman should be older and look more like Ian McKellen.
OH PLEASE, NOBLE COLLECTION, PICK UP THE SIX SIGNS OF LIGHT FOR LICENSING SO I CAN PUT THEM ON MY WALL KTHX.
Dear FFXII Entites of All Kinds,
WHY WON'T YOU SPAWN WHEN I WANT TO GET HALCYONS GODDAMMIT?
I just spent the better part of half an hour wandering around the Giza Plains looking for the entite that I KNOW hangs around in the area, and the bitch won't appear. But it was awfully friendly when my guys weren't high enough to take it on.
Gah. This loot system is for the birds sometimes.
WHY WON'T YOU SPAWN WHEN I WANT TO GET HALCYONS GODDAMMIT?
I just spent the better part of half an hour wandering around the Giza Plains looking for the entite that I KNOW hangs around in the area, and the bitch won't appear. But it was awfully friendly when my guys weren't high enough to take it on.
Gah. This loot system is for the birds sometimes.
Weekend and other schna
Feb. 13th, 2007 11:41 amGot together this weekend up in New York with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jaina and fadingembers for a peek at jaina's new digs and a very belated Christmas. It was my first trip to the gargantuan Palisades Mall, which is like an entire block of surburbian big-box stacked four stories high. That having been said, we had a fun trip to a Japanese restaurant where the dishes travel along a conveyor belt and you are charged based on the number/color of plates you have at the end. Mitsuwa definitely makes better udon, but the overall experience was very entertaining. We also hit Kinokuniya, and I resisted the urge to buy every book on kimono in the store and instead settled for another Cosmode, a book, and a Bleach cell phone charm.
Husband is in Scotland for the week, so I'm on my own to sit in front of the TV and eat Cocoa Puffs out of the box. It's lonely, but I am taking the time to clean some crap out of the attic and decide whether it belongs on eBay, on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
garagesalejapan, on the giveaway table at work, or in the trash. The giveaway table at work continues to astonish me - I have put some of the strangest shit out there to take, and someone always picks it up.
Chugging right along in FFXII. If I didn't want to do any more hunts or sidequests or find any better weapons, I could probably finish the game in another night or two. The loot is getting better, and I was very pleased with myself to have won a Diakon Halcyon, until I read that all it gets you is one lousy Holy Mote. One thing I want to know, who is it that's carrying around all that Foul/Maggoty/Festering/Forbidden Flesh? You can bet it's not Mr. "I Want A Bath Now, Biatch" Balthier. Maybe it's a very elaborate hazing prank they are playing with Vaan. Also, my mind needs to stop making Suzanne Vega's "The Queen and the Soldier" into an Ashe and Basch song.
Just to see what all the fuss is about with "old-school" FF gamers, I bought "Anthology" and "Chronicles," partly to stave off the acquisitive part of my brain that wants a DS or a PSP or both. I haven't started them yet, so we'll see whether a recent fan can appreciate the old stuff. If they don't pan out, I'm definitely going to run through VS again. :D
jaina and fadingembers for a peek at jaina's new digs and a very belated Christmas. It was my first trip to the gargantuan Palisades Mall, which is like an entire block of surburbian big-box stacked four stories high. That having been said, we had a fun trip to a Japanese restaurant where the dishes travel along a conveyor belt and you are charged based on the number/color of plates you have at the end. Mitsuwa definitely makes better udon, but the overall experience was very entertaining. We also hit Kinokuniya, and I resisted the urge to buy every book on kimono in the store and instead settled for another Cosmode, a book, and a Bleach cell phone charm. Husband is in Scotland for the week, so I'm on my own to sit in front of the TV and eat Cocoa Puffs out of the box. It's lonely, but I am taking the time to clean some crap out of the attic and decide whether it belongs on eBay, on
garagesalejapan, on the giveaway table at work, or in the trash. The giveaway table at work continues to astonish me - I have put some of the strangest shit out there to take, and someone always picks it up. Chugging right along in FFXII. If I didn't want to do any more hunts or sidequests or find any better weapons, I could probably finish the game in another night or two. The loot is getting better, and I was very pleased with myself to have won a Diakon Halcyon, until I read that all it gets you is one lousy Holy Mote. One thing I want to know, who is it that's carrying around all that Foul/Maggoty/Festering/Forbidden Flesh? You can bet it's not Mr. "I Want A Bath Now, Biatch" Balthier. Maybe it's a very elaborate hazing prank they are playing with Vaan. Also, my mind needs to stop making Suzanne Vega's "The Queen and the Soldier" into an Ashe and Basch song.
Just to see what all the fuss is about with "old-school" FF gamers, I bought "Anthology" and "Chronicles," partly to stave off the acquisitive part of my brain that wants a DS or a PSP or both. I haven't started them yet, so we'll see whether a recent fan can appreciate the old stuff. If they don't pan out, I'm definitely going to run through VS again. :D
Anyone who likes snow, photography, or both should look at this website:
SnowCrystals.com.
Some samples:
(bet you all never knew that snowflakes could be cylindrical!)
SnowCrystals.com.
Some samples:
(bet you all never knew that snowflakes could be cylindrical!)
Anime garage sale
Feb. 6th, 2007 04:50 pmDoes anyone remember the name of the community that was for selling off anime and anime-related items? I have some stuff that I'm having trouble getting rid of.
TIA!
TIA!
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THIS, BECAUSE I'M DOING IT AS HARD AS I CAN!
This is possibly the most retarded thing I have ever read. Especially if you have actually seen Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
HOSHIT IT'S A LITE BRITE, EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
If you don't know what a Mooninite is, watch this:
Mayhem of the Mooninites
This is possibly the most retarded thing I have ever read. Especially if you have actually seen Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
HOSHIT IT'S A LITE BRITE, EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
If you don't know what a Mooninite is, watch this:
Mayhem of the Mooninites
even more emo kitty
Jan. 31st, 2007 04:00 pmIM IN UR SHOWER
WHAT CAN I DO :(
I'm torn between feeling bad for the cat (the poor thing is clearly terrified and upset) and being amused.
WHAT CAN I DO :(
I'm torn between feeling bad for the cat (the poor thing is clearly terrified and upset) and being amused.
WTF, Livejournal
Jan. 30th, 2007 09:09 amDid anyone else get a signup for an Old Navy newsletter upon trying to login?
Fuck you, LJ, I give you $35 a year. I don't want ads.
Fuck you, LJ, I give you $35 a year. I don't want ads.
Barbaro euthanized this morning
I really thought he was going to make it, but recent events didn't look so good. Poor pretty boy. They can't even continue his line, because thoroughbreds have to be fathered the old-fashioned way.
I really thought he was going to make it, but recent events didn't look so good. Poor pretty boy. They can't even continue his line, because thoroughbreds have to be fathered the old-fashioned way.
Even on Fandom Wank!
I bought four LUSH bath bombs over the weekend when we visited New York: one Sex Bomb, one Blackberry, and two Happy Pills. Last night seemed like a good night to try one, because husband was engrossed in a movie I didn't find interesting.
Initial thought: "Waaaah! It's fizzing all over the tub like a highly fragrant firecracker! Cool! And it smells nice and makes the water all purply!"
Final thought: "Oh fuck, that purple dye is sticking to the sides of the tub. Dammit, that means I have to scrub out the bathtub. At 10:30 at night."
Conclusion: unless it's time to clean the bathroom, I'll stick with my Vitabath.
I bought four LUSH bath bombs over the weekend when we visited New York: one Sex Bomb, one Blackberry, and two Happy Pills. Last night seemed like a good night to try one, because husband was engrossed in a movie I didn't find interesting.
Initial thought: "Waaaah! It's fizzing all over the tub like a highly fragrant firecracker! Cool! And it smells nice and makes the water all purply!"
Final thought: "Oh fuck, that purple dye is sticking to the sides of the tub. Dammit, that means I have to scrub out the bathtub. At 10:30 at night."
Conclusion: unless it's time to clean the bathroom, I'll stick with my Vitabath.
Blog for choice day
Jan. 22nd, 2007 05:12 pmA little late to the party today thanks to a funeral.
I'm posting today in support of a woman's right to choose.
Most people don't understand Roe vs. Wade. They don't realize that Roe vs. Wade is actually a well-thought-out decision that said something basic. In short, the state and the government have no right to meddle in a woman's personal medical affairs before a certain point. Those personal medical affairs include pregnancy. It is a woman's right to decide whether or not she is capable of supporting a child, regardless of how that child was conceived. Whether the woman is ending a pregnancy for the right reasons or the wrong ones, it is not the government's right to play nanny.
I consider myself lucky. I live in a "blue" state, in a fairly liberal area. I learned about birth control in all its forms in school, something that may not be true today. I took my pills regularly, I did my best - and still, like almost every other sexually active woman I know, there was a scare. When that scare came, there was no question what I would have done if the monthly visit hadn't arrived.
The funny thing is that polls show that most Americans do not want to outlaw abortion. When it comes down to them and their scares, they want the option too. They just don't want their friends and their church and their neighbors to know that they want the option. Deprived of their names, they admit how they feel. It's that nasty double standard rearing its head, where it's God's will to create eight embryos in a dish and implant them in one womb, but it's against God's will to relieve the suffering of a rape victim.
I'm not entirely comfortable with late-term abortions, but I also know that the majority of late-term abortions are done to protect the life of the mother, and the vast majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Those gory photographs the pro-lifers tote around? Not a common example. And I'll bet you that that screaming maniac outside the clinic would be the first to tote her pregnant daughter in, because the rules don't apply when it's your family.
But your family is everyone's family, and you can either support choice, or you can expect a return to back-alleys and coat hangers. You choose.
I'm posting today in support of a woman's right to choose.
Most people don't understand Roe vs. Wade. They don't realize that Roe vs. Wade is actually a well-thought-out decision that said something basic. In short, the state and the government have no right to meddle in a woman's personal medical affairs before a certain point. Those personal medical affairs include pregnancy. It is a woman's right to decide whether or not she is capable of supporting a child, regardless of how that child was conceived. Whether the woman is ending a pregnancy for the right reasons or the wrong ones, it is not the government's right to play nanny.
I consider myself lucky. I live in a "blue" state, in a fairly liberal area. I learned about birth control in all its forms in school, something that may not be true today. I took my pills regularly, I did my best - and still, like almost every other sexually active woman I know, there was a scare. When that scare came, there was no question what I would have done if the monthly visit hadn't arrived.
The funny thing is that polls show that most Americans do not want to outlaw abortion. When it comes down to them and their scares, they want the option too. They just don't want their friends and their church and their neighbors to know that they want the option. Deprived of their names, they admit how they feel. It's that nasty double standard rearing its head, where it's God's will to create eight embryos in a dish and implant them in one womb, but it's against God's will to relieve the suffering of a rape victim.
I'm not entirely comfortable with late-term abortions, but I also know that the majority of late-term abortions are done to protect the life of the mother, and the vast majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Those gory photographs the pro-lifers tote around? Not a common example. And I'll bet you that that screaming maniac outside the clinic would be the first to tote her pregnant daughter in, because the rules don't apply when it's your family.
But your family is everyone's family, and you can either support choice, or you can expect a return to back-alleys and coat hangers. You choose.
Quick hit FFXII thoughts
Jan. 9th, 2007 05:06 pm1. Is it wrong that I want one of those shiny Final Fantasy XII Potions? It is a silly item, but the blue glass is pritti! And I could put it on my windowsill and no one would know it was actually nerdy!
2. I am fully expecting Balthier or Fran to smack Vaan in the back of the head at some point in this game, and I will laugh and laugh. Not that I dislike Vaan, but he's so very clueless. (hint: never ask a lady her age. Never.)
3. One of the biggest laughs at Ohayocon was Vaan's Clueless Moment when Balthier suggested he might trade something else for the ring.
4. Those little bunnies hopping around are too cute. They squeak and wiggle. I can't kill them.
5. All the Viera are bunny-ladies. Where are all the boy bunnies? They are, after all, bunnies. You know.
6. It has become very clear that the game designers watched the original Star Wars trilogy several times and said, "Hey! George Lucas stole this plot from Japan; let's steal it back for a Final Fantasy game! We'll have an Empire and Jawas and everything!" Because Balthier "watch your mouth kid, or you're gonna find yourself floating home" = Han Solo, and Fran = Chewbacca, and Vaan "aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper" = Luke Skywalker, and Ashe "if money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive" = Princess Leia, and Basch "you're my only hope" = Obi-Wan Kenobi and Penelo is.. er.. ok, I don't have an equivalent for that one.
7. When I first met Balthier, I thought he was strong in teh ghey, because all FF males are teh ghey until proven otherwise. I don't think so now. He's metrosexual. Furthermore, to quote Jay and Silent Bob, he's a "smooth pimp who loves the pussy." I'm sure of this.
8. I talk to the game. As in "OK, WHICH ONE OF YOU ASSHOLES STEPPED ON THE TRAP?"
9. We need a cameo by Arseley. Seriously. That would rule.
2. I am fully expecting Balthier or Fran to smack Vaan in the back of the head at some point in this game, and I will laugh and laugh. Not that I dislike Vaan, but he's so very clueless. (hint: never ask a lady her age. Never.)
3. One of the biggest laughs at Ohayocon was Vaan's Clueless Moment when Balthier suggested he might trade something else for the ring.
4. Those little bunnies hopping around are too cute. They squeak and wiggle. I can't kill them.
5. All the Viera are bunny-ladies. Where are all the boy bunnies? They are, after all, bunnies. You know.
6. It has become very clear that the game designers watched the original Star Wars trilogy several times and said, "Hey! George Lucas stole this plot from Japan; let's steal it back for a Final Fantasy game! We'll have an Empire and Jawas and everything!" Because Balthier "watch your mouth kid, or you're gonna find yourself floating home" = Han Solo, and Fran = Chewbacca, and Vaan "aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper" = Luke Skywalker, and Ashe "if money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive" = Princess Leia, and Basch "you're my only hope" = Obi-Wan Kenobi and Penelo is.. er.. ok, I don't have an equivalent for that one.
7. When I first met Balthier, I thought he was strong in teh ghey, because all FF males are teh ghey until proven otherwise. I don't think so now. He's metrosexual. Furthermore, to quote Jay and Silent Bob, he's a "smooth pimp who loves the pussy." I'm sure of this.
8. I talk to the game. As in "OK, WHICH ONE OF YOU ASSHOLES STEPPED ON THE TRAP?"
9. We need a cameo by Arseley. Seriously. That would rule.
OK, I'm late to the party, but I have FFXII.
Am much enjoying the small resemblances to Vagrant Story, especially Vaan's spellcasting move (though, come to think of it, Squall did the same thing) and the little sparkles surrounding the spellcaster. I have noticed one glaring deficiency, though: NO ASS PANTS. We need a male character with Arseley-brand ass pants.
I'm not very far along in the game yet - don't even have Gambits yet - but it seems from many of you other players out there that Gambits seem to allow you to walk away from the game if you set them right. That's not very exciting. It seems like a complete 180 from FFX-2, where if you were not Button Masher Supreme, the monster would eat you before you got your Super Duper Mega Pretty Pretty Princess Attack off. (Though I am ashamed to admit that I spent a good portion of yesterday working through the FFX-2 Chocobo dungeon.)
Husband asked whether it's hard to go from a game where you have many of the good powerups back down to a game where you're still a rookie, and whether it was more fun to be the rookie. Nah, it's fun to have the powerups.
Am much enjoying the small resemblances to Vagrant Story, especially Vaan's spellcasting move (though, come to think of it, Squall did the same thing) and the little sparkles surrounding the spellcaster. I have noticed one glaring deficiency, though: NO ASS PANTS. We need a male character with Arseley-brand ass pants.
I'm not very far along in the game yet - don't even have Gambits yet - but it seems from many of you other players out there that Gambits seem to allow you to walk away from the game if you set them right. That's not very exciting. It seems like a complete 180 from FFX-2, where if you were not Button Masher Supreme, the monster would eat you before you got your Super Duper Mega Pretty Pretty Princess Attack off. (Though I am ashamed to admit that I spent a good portion of yesterday working through the FFX-2 Chocobo dungeon.)
Husband asked whether it's hard to go from a game where you have many of the good powerups back down to a game where you're still a rookie, and whether it was more fun to be the rookie. Nah, it's fun to have the powerups.
