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yay weekend!
May. 27th, 2005 12:47 pmOff to the boat for the weekend. See you all Monday!
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jaina for the anime meme
May. 27th, 2005 08:50 am1) Total number of fandoms I like:
Like as in "got involved and wrote fic and stuff?" Four to six. Like as in "got fangirly over?" That would require too much thought to count out.
2) My first fandom ever:
Probably "Star Trek." I loved Star Wars best, but I went to a Star Trek convention at 16, so that probably counts more towards fandom points.
3) My most recent fandom:
Samurai Champloo.
4) Five fandoms that currently mean a lot to me (in SEMI-order of preference):
1. Samurai Champloo
2. Trigun (not so much for the anime any more as for the friends)
3. RahXephon
4. Tekken (b/c of imminent cosplay)
5. Utena (again, imminent cosplay)
5) Tag five people:
scathachdhu, angstymcgoth, ladyofthewood, tiggymalvern, uiggu
Like as in "got involved and wrote fic and stuff?" Four to six. Like as in "got fangirly over?" That would require too much thought to count out.
2) My first fandom ever:
Probably "Star Trek." I loved Star Wars best, but I went to a Star Trek convention at 16, so that probably counts more towards fandom points.
3) My most recent fandom:
Samurai Champloo.
4) Five fandoms that currently mean a lot to me (in SEMI-order of preference):
1. Samurai Champloo
2. Trigun (not so much for the anime any more as for the friends)
3. RahXephon
4. Tekken (b/c of imminent cosplay)
5. Utena (again, imminent cosplay)
5) Tag five people:
scathachdhu, angstymcgoth, ladyofthewood, tiggymalvern, uigguStolen from mistressrenet: Anime meme.
Bold what you've seen all the way through; italicize what you've seen part of; underline what you own; add three of your own.
( cut for length )
mistressrenet: Anime meme.Bold what you've seen all the way through; italicize what you've seen part of; underline what you own; add three of your own.
( cut for length )
Wait in Vain, my Samurai Champloo fanfic, is up!
(Spoilers for the end of the series and ep 11)
Many thanks totiggymalvern for the critique and beta. (You were supposed to have been thanked at the end, but FF.net chopped the end off because it doesn't like email addresses.)
Read! Any reviews would be happily accepted, becauseI am a review whore I like knowing how ppl liked my fic, even if they didn't.
(Spoilers for the end of the series and ep 11)
Many thanks to
tiggymalvern for the critique and beta. (You were supposed to have been thanked at the end, but FF.net chopped the end off because it doesn't like email addresses.)Read! Any reviews would be happily accepted, because
Stolen from bash.org
May. 25th, 2005 12:56 pm[Unspawny] The ultimate game would be a game sorta like The Sims.
[Unspawny] Except it would be called 'Angst'.
[Unspawny] And you would see how many angsty people you can befriend, screw over, and then befriend again.
[frog] you just described Livejournal: The Game
[Unspawny] Except it would be called 'Angst'.
[Unspawny] And you would see how many angsty people you can befriend, screw over, and then befriend again.
[frog] you just described Livejournal: The Game
This page took me all night to create. Dragging and dropping umpty-eighteen fics into 700-px wide tables is not the most entertaining way to spend an evening.
If anyone knows how to fix a background image in a table cell and adjust its opacity, can they pls tell me? I know a teeny bit of CSS now! Go me!
In other news, Season 2 of Samurai Jack is out. Watcha!
If anyone knows how to fix a background image in a table cell and adjust its opacity, can they pls tell me? I know a teeny bit of CSS now! Go me!
In other news, Season 2 of Samurai Jack is out. Watcha!
feed my ego!
May. 24th, 2005 11:17 amWhy am I on your friends list?
Then post this in your LJ to see what people say about you.
Then post this in your LJ to see what people say about you.
weekend update
May. 23rd, 2005 11:17 amIt's always nice to spend 'em mostly at home.
It ended with a bit of excitement, though. I was bouncing around the kitchen last night and whacked the back of my hand into a chair. Husband was afraid it had been fractured (he's had that happen before, most notably from hitting his brother in the head when they were kids. Although his mother was not amused, the hospital staff was) but it turned out to be OK. They gave me a brace to put on it, which makes typing difficult, and if I want to work in the lab I have to put a glove on under the brace.
Friday we went to a coworker's house to his Movie Night. He was drunk off his ass when we got there, which amused the hell out of me. We had fun with croquet and the movie, but we had to leave early because husband got cold. He is not too good at planning ahead for contingencies. I'd brought a blanket, but it didn't seem to help.
Saturday we were supposed to help my folks bring the boat around to Red Bank, but there's a leak in the forward cabin that Silverton has to fix. Instead, we visited them for the Preakness and had dinner with them, my uncle, and my aunt. My uncle looks ill, he's losing weight b/c he's having trouble keeping his food intake up after the surgery.
Sunday, my husband and I met up withfadingembers and jaina at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers to see their Japonisme exhibit. The exhibit was very small, so we spent more time looking at the Soviet propaganda posters and puzzling over the modern art. Afterwards we went to lunch and it took forever. When we got home, I went online and had the rare pleasure of catching fireceremony for cosplay chatter and potential con plans (well, if I move to Boston, which is becoming more and more of a possibility.)
And that's about it!
It ended with a bit of excitement, though. I was bouncing around the kitchen last night and whacked the back of my hand into a chair. Husband was afraid it had been fractured (he's had that happen before, most notably from hitting his brother in the head when they were kids. Although his mother was not amused, the hospital staff was) but it turned out to be OK. They gave me a brace to put on it, which makes typing difficult, and if I want to work in the lab I have to put a glove on under the brace.
Friday we went to a coworker's house to his Movie Night. He was drunk off his ass when we got there, which amused the hell out of me. We had fun with croquet and the movie, but we had to leave early because husband got cold. He is not too good at planning ahead for contingencies. I'd brought a blanket, but it didn't seem to help.
Saturday we were supposed to help my folks bring the boat around to Red Bank, but there's a leak in the forward cabin that Silverton has to fix. Instead, we visited them for the Preakness and had dinner with them, my uncle, and my aunt. My uncle looks ill, he's losing weight b/c he's having trouble keeping his food intake up after the surgery.
Sunday, my husband and I met up with
fadingembers and jaina at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers to see their Japonisme exhibit. The exhibit was very small, so we spent more time looking at the Soviet propaganda posters and puzzling over the modern art. Afterwards we went to lunch and it took forever. When we got home, I went online and had the rare pleasure of catching fireceremony for cosplay chatter and potential con plans (well, if I move to Boston, which is becoming more and more of a possibility.) And that's about it!
it all makes sense
May. 20th, 2005 04:08 pmYesterday, I was thinking about how fadingembers said that Jin and Shino would have pale, quiet babies.
Then I started thinking about what kind of babies Mugen and Yatsuha would have.
Then I thought about Jay and Silent Bob.
IT WORKS
fadingembers said that Jin and Shino would have pale, quiet babies.Then I started thinking about what kind of babies Mugen and Yatsuha would have.
Then I thought about Jay and Silent Bob.
IT WORKS
Subject: Anna Williams Tekken 5 outfit
Quandary: To stitch or not to stitch?
Pros: Already have 5 yards of absolutely perfect scarlet brocade with anemone flowers on it
Already have pattern
Cons: Cannot paint bird
omg lazy
what the hell con am I gonna wear this to anyway?
Resolution: fingers are itchin' for a bit of stitchin'. w00t.
Quandary: To stitch or not to stitch?
Pros: Already have 5 yards of absolutely perfect scarlet brocade with anemone flowers on it
Already have pattern
Cons: Cannot paint bird
omg lazy
what the hell con am I gonna wear this to anyway?
Resolution: fingers are itchin' for a bit of stitchin'. w00t.
Dear stomach, please stop feeling so yucky. I don't feel like heading across the street to pick up some Pepto, and my bottle of Mallinckrodt bicarb seems to have gone AWOL. I have not eaten anything strange in the last 24 hours, so quitcherbitchin.
Weekend update
May. 16th, 2005 03:26 pm*yawn* I could have used another day off, you bet.
Joy and wonder, we had a weekend where we didn't have to visit any family! It's so nice when that happens!
Despite my best efforts to stay in on Saturday and snooze, husband and I went out for a drive to Rutgers, specifically to the Cook Botanical Gardens. It was a special time to go, since approximately eleven years prior, a scruffy floppy-haired engineer with the most beat-ass car you ever saw showed up at Bunting-Cobb dorm to take a young, self-absorbed bleached-blonde out for a study break. They made it as far as a nice sitting-rock by a stream in the Cook gardens, and then talked for about three hours. The rest, as they say, is history.
This time, we walked through some of the nature trails and scrambled down to the banks of the Raritan. On our way out, we saw three bridal parties having photos taken, and there was an outdoor wedding reception at the Log Cabin. Nice day for it - May can be so mercurial in its weather!
Sunday was our busy day out of the two. Husband and I had both registered for the Midland Run, which is a large fitness/fundraising event that takes place very nearby where we live. Husband has already run two 5K races and one 5 mile, but this was my first go at it. I've only been running steadily for about a month and a half, but I'd done the distance twice without dropping dead. It was an enormous event, and we were glad we could walk there. We picked up our number bibs and a computer chip that logs you when you finish - kind of like EZPass, I guess.
( about the race )
Joy and wonder, we had a weekend where we didn't have to visit any family! It's so nice when that happens!
Despite my best efforts to stay in on Saturday and snooze, husband and I went out for a drive to Rutgers, specifically to the Cook Botanical Gardens. It was a special time to go, since approximately eleven years prior, a scruffy floppy-haired engineer with the most beat-ass car you ever saw showed up at Bunting-Cobb dorm to take a young, self-absorbed bleached-blonde out for a study break. They made it as far as a nice sitting-rock by a stream in the Cook gardens, and then talked for about three hours. The rest, as they say, is history.
This time, we walked through some of the nature trails and scrambled down to the banks of the Raritan. On our way out, we saw three bridal parties having photos taken, and there was an outdoor wedding reception at the Log Cabin. Nice day for it - May can be so mercurial in its weather!
Sunday was our busy day out of the two. Husband and I had both registered for the Midland Run, which is a large fitness/fundraising event that takes place very nearby where we live. Husband has already run two 5K races and one 5 mile, but this was my first go at it. I've only been running steadily for about a month and a half, but I'd done the distance twice without dropping dead. It was an enormous event, and we were glad we could walk there. We picked up our number bibs and a computer chip that logs you when you finish - kind of like EZPass, I guess.
( about the race )
Oh and one more thing
May. 15th, 2005 12:17 amIn re-watching the first ep of SC tonight, I realized that the guy who gives Fuu a light is the same guy who Jin saves at the beginning of the episode. I hadn't noticed that before, and it wraps that bit up in a neat package, since that guy has a vested interest in helping Jin and giving the finger to the magistrate.
piled higher and deeper
May. 13th, 2005 09:24 amhttp://www.phdcomics.com/comics/comics.php
THIS IS SO GODDAMN TRUE.
THAT MEANS I'M ONLY 22. THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
THIS IS SO GODDAMN TRUE.
THAT MEANS I'M ONLY 22. THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
Meme from everybody
May. 10th, 2005 10:44 am1. Reply with your name and I will write something about you.
2. I will then tell what song/movie remind me of you.
3. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, it would be...
4. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
5. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
6. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. Put this in your journal
2. I will then tell what song/movie remind me of you.
3. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, it would be...
4. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
5. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
6. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. Put this in your journal
When I was a kid, I read voraciously, and was always having one book or another taken away in class.
As I got older, I didn't read quite as much, and with the advent of the Internet, somehow the number of books I read a year fell off dramatically. It was bothersome - like I'd lost a talent.
On Friday after work, I went to Borders and picked up a copy of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," intending to make it last for a weekend.
It didn't last an hour and a half.
It was good to know that was still possible - to be so engrossed in a book that you can't stop reading even for dinner or a trip to the potty.
As I got older, I didn't read quite as much, and with the advent of the Internet, somehow the number of books I read a year fell off dramatically. It was bothersome - like I'd lost a talent.
On Friday after work, I went to Borders and picked up a copy of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," intending to make it last for a weekend.
It didn't last an hour and a half.
It was good to know that was still possible - to be so engrossed in a book that you can't stop reading even for dinner or a trip to the potty.
Yesterday's civics lesson
May. 5th, 2005 01:05 pmLast time we picked up the mail, there was a flyer waiting for us announcing a town meeting at the local town hall regarding helicopter use at the nearby Somerset Airport. The flyer made it sound like Somerset Airport was in line to become the next Newark Airport, and there was a good deal of scare tactic involving how the comings and goings of helicopters and gliders at the airport was going to devalue property and be annoying and OMG TEH HELYCOPTRES ARE GONNA EAT UR BAYBEEEZ.
The issue had caught our attention once before during the local elections, when a rich fat cat in Bedminster tried to win a council seat so that he could block a Medevac heli from being based in Somerset Airport, which I believe borders on his estate. Which is kind of ironic, because you can bet that Mr. Fat Cat would get the best lawyers in the state on his side if he happened to get in an accident and there weren't sufficient facilities to get him to RWJ Hospital trauma center in time.
( So, we decided to go watch the fireworks... )
The issue had caught our attention once before during the local elections, when a rich fat cat in Bedminster tried to win a council seat so that he could block a Medevac heli from being based in Somerset Airport, which I believe borders on his estate. Which is kind of ironic, because you can bet that Mr. Fat Cat would get the best lawyers in the state on his side if he happened to get in an accident and there weren't sufficient facilities to get him to RWJ Hospital trauma center in time.
( So, we decided to go watch the fireworks... )
Lego Ferrari pit stop
If someone did a stop-motion pit stop with these a la "The Perils of Doc Ock" (at Spite Your Face) I would be SO ded from cute.
If someone did a stop-motion pit stop with these a la "The Perils of Doc Ock" (at Spite Your Face) I would be SO ded from cute.
