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A rec! A rec! [02 Dec 2008|09:55am] abigail89 [ mood | enthralled ] You MUST drop everything--yes, YOU MUST--right now.. NOW! and go to see the gorgeous art I received from some incredibly talented Sexy Elf at the bestmates_xmas fest. It's Harry & Ron, but nothing that you can't pull up on your computer at work. The colours, the whimsy and sweetness, Harry awestruck by his best mate invading his personal space, the red-tipped noses--oh, it's just gorgeous and you MUST go oooh! and ahhh! and leave feedback for the artist. Happy Christmas to ME!! post comment

BloMo30: On Animation.... [30 Nov 2008|11:58pm] lore [ mood | numb ] [ music | wrrrrrr ] purplefluffycat asked "What are your favourite animated films/shorts/series/artists/styles, and why do they appeal?" Which is probably too big a topic to leave for the last day, but let's see what I can do... Films: Rock and Rule, The Little Mermaid, Toy Story, Anastasia, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, The Iron Giant, Wallace and Gromit: Attack of the Were-Rabbit, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and lately, Superman: Doomsday. Shorts: Classic Bugs Bunny ranks at the top of the list. After that, there's Felix the Cat, Wallace and Gromit, and a host of others. Series: DARIA, Jem, BTAS, The Tick, Kimagure Orange Road, Gravitation, the D&D series, Danger Mouse, Powerpuff Girls, etc. Styles: I like clean lines and smooth movement, which is why you won't find much in the way of Hannah-Barbara here. I prefer humans over animals, but obviously, there are some exceptions. As for why Animation appeals...Doesn't it speak to the child in all of us? No matter how adult the story may be, animation draws us in and puts us in a younger frame of mind. Also, animation can be beautiful in a way Real Life can never be. Animation means all things are still possible within the story. love, lore 1 comment|post comment

BloMo29: Cutting it close.... [29 Nov 2008|11:58pm] lore [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Bond, James Bond ] Loooooooooooong day. If I said things about it, I'd SAY THINGS. Company was good, though. I need to remember that I can't bring an entire city home in the trunk of my car. *HUGS* love, lore post comment

SL Publishing site url changed [29 Nov 2008|11:59am] amanuensis1 [ mood | informative ] [ music | My Own Worst Enemy eps. ] For those of you who are SL Publishing Group subscribers (are following Lord Bereshti's Concubines and the other stories there), the website's main access page url has changed. Use the following link to access it: http://slpublishinggroup.com/site/ Sorry for the inconvenience! post comment

BloMo28: Travlin' person.... [28 Nov 2008|11:43pm] lore [ mood | pleased ] [ music | AFI top 10 top 10s or something like that ] Mmm, brussels sprouts out of a ceramic mug. Well, the best friends had News. Good news! Pretty news! Sparkly vampire news! Or maybe just the sparkly.... No one got knifed during our Thanksgiving. How about yours? However, we did see two paramedic vehicles at two different houses on our hour-long drive. You just know knives were involved there! Now we're settled in for the night and the SO is watching an AFI special, all of which are designed to piss people off. Anyway! Off to labor! *HUGS ALL* love, lore 4 comments|post comment

Natterings.... [27 Nov 2008|11:06pm] lore 14:30 Funny, all the houses you discover are there after the leaves are down. Hope you all are well and in turkey comas! Love, lore # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter post comment

BloMo 27: Accepting, giving, Pringles and knives...not in that order.... [27 Nov 2008|05:25am] lore [ mood | quixotic ] [ music | whirrrrrr again ] Happy National "Gee, I hope nothing bad happens with a knife" Day! ~_^ I have a lot in my life to be thankful for; more than I have to regret. As sarcastic and slyly evil as I can be about the holidays, there is a certain peace in being with the family. I know my family doesn't understand me when it comes to this, though. We argue, piss, moan, snark and throw Pringles, but that doesn't mean I don't love them. Sometimes, they lose sight of me that way and I have to reassure them, even as it baffles me. They're my family. I love them. Just because it can be an adventure putting a bunch of Italian women and their occasionally temperamental but normally passive significant others in a room together doesn't mean the resulting melee ends in me not loving them. Besides, they usually start it! *snicker* I didn't really get to any food-giving this year, so I made sure to put a big hunk of cash in a food-collection site jar, and I'll give actual food for Christmas. I've tried much harder to spread our giving out this year, so I'm not feeling the usual guilt that comes with the end of the year and realising I haven't donated as much as I'd planned. If you see this, if you're having that twinge, remember, giving isn't as hard as it used to be, what with the writing of the checks and the stamps and all. Most charities have online sites and take PayPal or credit card donations, and you get an instant, easily printed receipt. So, again, if you're feeling it, take a moment to look a site up and give them a little somethin'-somethin'. It will banish that narsty twinge and put you ahead of the giving game. Plus, you know, good thing to do for others and your heart and all that. love, lore post comment

BloMo26: Further proof of the vile creator OTP... [26 Nov 2008|08:18pm] lore [ mood | surprised ] [ music | Pushing Daisies break ] Remember this post? Maybe you thought to yourself, "huh, Rowling and Lucas would make a pretty ironic couple." But now there's further proof that they were MFEO: Han Solo was married to a wookie. Granted, Lucas said this in 1978, but it was after Star Wars had become a phenomenon and something he kept from canon to this day. In other words, Lucas was mucking with his canon almost from year 1, because Han never mentioned a tall, hairy wife in the Brian Daley series! I can just see the headlines. "Dumbledore may be Gay, but at least he wasn't married to a Wookie!" *headdesk* And the Rowling/Lucas OTP marches on.... love, lore 6 comments|post comment

BloMo25: Hello from sunny Midway Island.... [25 Nov 2008|11:33pm] lore [ mood | awake ] [ music | zzzzz ] Actually, we're more than halfway through, but I think this week is going to feel like two. I dedicate this entry to Gojira, Karasu and The Two Who Share One Brain. "No man is useless while he has a friend." -- Robert Louis Stevenson A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. -- Fr. Jerome Cummings and one from the motherland: Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty. -- Sicilian Proverb love, lore post comment

The almost completely unspoilery eval of my Twilight read. [25 Nov 2008|05:33am] amanuensis1 [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | L. A. Meyer, guys. Right next to S.M. onna bookshelf. Much better. ] I read Twilight. Best quote I've heard about it was from dolorous_ett, who said, "It's neither as good as I hoped, nor as bad as I hoped." That's pretty much my take. I did read the whole thing, didn't hate it. Did skim the last eighty or so pages--about the time the story decided it needed more excitement. Didn't agree with that, no. It was doing better as a character piece, and I had liked the romantic development better, which--fair is fair--was not badly done. There was genuine showing, rather than telling, in a good percentage of the romance. And I don't think Bella's a Mary Sue. Mary Sues in my opinion radiate inescapable "I'm so special" self-knowledge, and Bella instead focuses on her shortcomings, which no Mary Sue worth her sparkly unicorn familiar would do. Edward is even appealing, and as for the claims of purple prose, well, maybe my exposure to genuine badfic (Summary Executions, Babb Chronicles, and ff.net, you still have no peer in entertainment) has made me grateful for any author able to string a credible sentence together, but I didn't think it was too terribly much. Not worth all the hype, nah. But not horrible. Though when an immortal impossibly gorgeous vampire does decide I should become his lifemate, I hope it's for a deeper reason than that he's keyed on the way I smell. Meh. 7 comments|post comment

BloMo24: Technically, I should give up.... [24 Nov 2008|11:33pm] lore [ mood | blah ] [ music | whiiirrrrrrr ] In all reality, I should give up on NaBloPoMo. I'm not making the kind of entries I want to make and that's not going to change by the end of the month. Realistically, I'm over-thinking it and could say "BOO" for 30 days and could still qualify it as a "win". So, today's news is: I want my chiropractor!! (owie) love, lore 2 comments|post comment

FICLET: (Junjou Romantica) Why Misaki Will Never Promise Usami... (~800 words, soft NC-17) [24 Nov 2008|08:54pm] amanuensis1 [ mood | revelatory ] [ music | True Blood penultimate ep. ] I wrote a Junjou Romantica smutlet. (It's posted anonymously over on the JR Kink Meme Part Two, but I'm not shy.) Title: Why Misaki Will Never Promise Usami "I'll Do Anything" Ever Again Summary: Misaki regrets volunteering to take Suzuki's place in bed. --Okay, he doesn't really regret it. Rating: Soft NC-17 Word Count: ~800 ( 'Usagi-san...' ) 2 comments|post comment

Work day 1 of 2 [24 Nov 2008|02:06pm] abigail89 [ mood | weird ] ( Oh, that's not good.... ) It was a busy weekend in that I was pulled all over the place. ** Got one article written (YAY!) and made more progress on my bestmates_xmas story which is taking a turn I hadn't planned on but will acquiesce to for the sake of plot development and logic (semi-YAY). **Watched part of the LSU-Ole Miss game which I turned off when it was apparent LSU was going down in flames. The season is a complete and total loss. But hey, you can't win football games without a good quarterback, and the Tigers were playing with the 4th stringer who isn't very good--and a front line that was limper than a spent dick. *spits in disgust* There's always next year. **Made significant headway on Grandma's shawl. **HeadBoy made a very good gumbo which is now all gone. **Went to church, even though Boy1 made us extremely late because he wouldn't get the hell out of bed. At 10:56 he had the gaul to ask me what was for breakfast. "That time has come and gone, my friend. Go hungry." **Worked three hours in the archives last night. I'm working an additional 2.5 hours tonight. I need to learn to say, "Too bad. You should've started doing research on a paper you've known you had to write since last spring." **Mounted two old Harry/Ron stories up on The Quidditch Pitch, including what I believe is the very first Harry/Ron story I ever wrote. Wow. Brings back a lot of memories. **Made Boy2 scrub the tub. You'd think they could see the scum and mold growing, but noooo. He actually said, "It's clean enough." GAH! After he finished it was all sparkly white again. Good thing, because the handle on the water control for our shower broke, and refused to work again, so I had to use that shower. Our shower now has a shiny new fixture, courtesy of Lowes, 2 near flooded basements, and 4 hours of cursing from HeadBoy. We finally earned enough points from our local supermarket to get a free turkey. YAY! I'm almost finished the shopping for turkey day meal. As a side note, I received from one of my nutrition magazines, a menu for a totally raw and vegan Thanksgiving dinner. Yeeeeah. Thanks, but hell no thanks. Thanksgiving is all about turkey and stuffing and sweet potato casserole and green beans and pumpkin pie with loads of real whipped cream. I'll worry about going raw and vegan on Friday. That is, if my brain decides to work. post comment

BloMo23: lore's not in right now.... [23 Nov 2008|11:45pm] lore [ mood | aggravated ] [ music | grar! ] Leave a message at the beep. *BEEP* love, lore 2 comments|post comment

BloMo22: Not quite a Quantum.... [22 Nov 2008|11:46pm] lore [ mood | melancholy ] [ music | bzzzzz ] Huh, well. Quantum of Solace was a different kind of James Bond film. I can't say I hated it, but I can't say I liked it either. The story flowed in such a way that I kept waiting for it to actually begin. And we were halfway through the climax when I realised it actually was the climax, which is pretty damn sad. And while I applaud the writers' efforts in making the Bond Girl this time around have a good chunk of plot, intelligence and capability, Bond Girl felt completely wedged into the story just to get a "movie-long" woman in there. Ultimately, we could have lifted her right out of the story and it still would have ended up where it did. Also, while I love Judi Dench as M and want to see more of her all the time, there were a few scenes wasted on her with other talking heads, and I think the writers wasted the Big Plot Point with her that came at the very beginning. She should have been focused on the BPP, but instead, she spent her time trying to rein in Bond, which we all know isn't going to happen, as then there would be no movie. All that said, this was clearly a transitional film for the Craig era, with new uber-baddies and and an ongoing subplot that could prove intriguing or get dropped like a hot potato. This film didn't drive me away from the franchise, but it was disappointing compared to expectations. love, lore post comment

[22 Nov 2008|11:54am] abigail89 [ mood | relieved ] YAY!! My essay for the archivists' journal is finished. Well, the first draft is finished. Still...YAY! post comment

[22 Nov 2008|09:48am] abigail89 [ mood | determined ] [ music | 'Weekend Edition with Scott Simon'--NPR ] HAPPY BIRTHDAY to zoanthropic!!! Russ, I hope you have a terrific day! *~* We were up late last night watching "The Spiderwick Chronicles" with Boy2 (who was more enthralled with a computer games, and made me kinda mad because he said he wanted to watch it and we ordered it for him from OnDemand). Boy1 went to IHOP with the band after the game last night (can you say 'frozen brass section?') so we had to wait up to go fetch him which meant we slept late this morning. Except Boy1 had to be back at school at 9:00 to get ready for the Christmas parade (yeah...that's another rant) because he's equipment manager. Oy vey. I was up, but just barely when this fact crashed home to us. So I pulled on the clothes off the floor, grabbed a half cup of coffee and we were out the door. I'm at school for academic Saturday; it's now 9:38. I haven't been up an hour. My body is protesting. I'm too old for this crap. *~* HeadBoy made a chicken/sausage gumbo yesterday, as is his tradition when he has a snow day. We had it for dinner last night, and it was delicious. Wish y'all could've come over. *~* Making headway on Grandma's shawl. It has to be 71 inches (I mean, 71? Who came up with that?!), and I'm around 36...I think. I need more yarn. I have been perfecting my earring making skills, and it's getting better. I sat down the other night and made 4 gorgeous pairs of earrings for gifts. My crafty soul is very happy. Making headway on all my writing projects. The journal essay is nearly finished; I'm not leaving work today until it's finished. So, with that declaration, off I go. post comment

BloMo21: BL New or used.... [21 Nov 2008|06:46pm] lore [ mood | bleary-eyed ] [ music | writing music filter ] This also came up in my reading yesterday, and I'm going to copy over my response because Quantum of Solace awaits. I have a pretty strong personal regimen about buying used and new BL books. I do both. ( Read more... ) love, lore 2 comments|post comment

[21 Nov 2008|02:30pm] abigail89 [ mood | impressed ] [ music | Snow Patrol--'Crack the Shutters' ] Oh, WOW!!! Gmail introduced themes to their pages the other day, and I selected one with a tree. Big deal...I just noticed the header changes with the weather widget I have installed in Firefox. This morning it was all snowy, and now it's partly cloudy. *is easily distracted by technology* 1 comment|post comment

Blatherings [21 Nov 2008|12:38pm] abigail89 [ mood | okay ] As a Friday surprise, we awoke to the announcement that all the area schools and colleges were closed due to snow! We weren't expecting any, but it was snowing pretty hard when we first got up. Then, we went back to sleep. But now I am at the school because there is no such thing as a 'snow day' at boarding school. ( Blather about writing and knitting ) ( Blather about Boy1 ) ( Blather about Dan ) Must write journal article. Hey, I have 309 words written! magicofisis is looking for recommendations for a nighttime tea. Must be decaff. Go give her some love while you're at it. post comment

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