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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:00:28 GMT

Well, this comm looks interesting. I think I'll go browse my bookmarks to find something to rec for the current theme (case fic).

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Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:45:34 GMT

Oh my god, there's going to be a Wild Adapter OVA! *_____* Excuse me while I breathe into a paper bag.

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:32:20 GMT

I just finished reading Hellsing.

Someone should write me a Kuroshitsuji/Hellsing crossover because I want to see Grell and Rip being instant BFFs in the middle of a bloody battlefield.

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my precioussssssss....

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:14:05 GMT

I got two lovely Yuletide fics! *____* It was my first year participating and omg, two Noblesse fics, the surprise almost killed me! ...Well, okay, maybe not literally but I was so pleased and surprised! Apparently I've been very nice this year.

The Expected Change (1023 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Noblesse (Manhwa)
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: Rai had refused to hibernate again and now, Frankenstein was beginning to think that it would only be a matter of time before the consequences became apparent.

Devotion (1015 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Noblesse (Manhwa)
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: Frankenstein thinks to himself about the nature of his relationship with Rai.

Thank you very much, Yuletide Santa (or Santas if there's two of you)! :D

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The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:59:09 GMT

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

The White Queen tells the story of a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who, catching the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of London whose fate is still unknown.

You'd think I'd run screaming at the sight of the words "a woman of extraordinary beauty", but I was in the mood for historical fiction and I thought that I could try this one since it was new in the library.

I gave up around page 50 since nothing interesting had happened by then. Life is too short to waste on yet another mediocre love-at-first-sight romance novel. There's nothing wrong with liking them or, indeed, in the romance novels themselves if they're well-written. This wasn't. Elizabeth wasn't a likable character and the first person narrative was very distracting instead of immersing.

Even worse for a novel which is supposed to be historical, there was no sense of time or place. I might have continued reading if the setting would have felt like 15th century England, but it didn't. The characters might as well have lived in the Lalafantasyland in the year of the Unicorn.

Note to self: avoid novels with "extraordinary beauties" in the future. It never ends well.

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Supernatural 07x08

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:07:05 GMT

Was I... supposed to find that funny?

( because I didn't )

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[book challenge] part of the body

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:25:16 GMT

While browsing my tags I realized that I'd completely forgotten a book meme I started last year. ...Oops? Well, back on the metaphorical horse it is! This'll count as part of the body since bones are, in fact, part of the body.

Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs

crime/mystery

A forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, her relationship with Det. Andrew Ryan on the rocks, welcomes the distraction of an unidentified New Brunswick skeleton from Québec's cold case unit. But when the bones are determined to be that of an adolescent girl, Brennan is convinced they belong to her childhood friend, Évangéline Landry, who disappeared at age 15. Now Brennan must come to terms with Évangéline's possible death, while trying to ignore her feelings for Ryan as they investigate a series of teenage abduction murders that could be tied to the mysterious bones.
- says Amazon. com

And because I'm feeling lazy, I'll just copy+paste my Goodreads review (you can connect to Goodreads with your Twitter! omg technology):

I do like the series as a whole and Tempe as a character, but this book was a disappointment.

It seems that when Reichs chooses an issue she wants to write about, she will write about even if there isn't enough plot for a whole novel. I think this might have been better as a short story: the main plot would've been tighter and the unrelevant side "plots" would've been absent.

Or maybe a stricter editor would've helped. For one, maybe Tempe's never ending questions would've been cut out. Readers can actually think, the author doesn't have to tell us what we should be asking. Also, when every chapter ends in a dramatic cliffhanger, it loses it's effectiveness in about three chapters.

Still, this was entertaining enough a read and I know I'll read the next Tempe book, too. I wasn't too bored, I finished this and at no point did I want to throw the book against a wall.

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One for the Money trailer

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:07:46 GMT

You know what's wrong with this?

Everything!

It's nothing like I imagined in my mind when I read the book. That has to be some kind of a record, right? Nothing is right, not the actors, not the settings, not the humour, nothing. Did I mention the actors? Not one of them looks like I imagined them, not Stephanie, not Ranger, not Morelli, not even Grandma Mazur.

These books are my favorite popcorn for the brain reading and I would've loved to see a movie version that was actually good. But no, of course not, silly of me to think they'd put some thought into it. They should've made this ten years ago and cast Sandra Bullock (always my Stephanie), Dwayne Johnson (Ranger) and Queen Latifah (omg she would've been perfect Lula). Or, you know, someone else than those people you see above.

In conclusion: damn it. >:(

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AFI's 100 most romantic movies

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:20:24 GMT

Another 'Top 100" list, this time AFI's list of 100 most romantic movies of the last 100 years (very heavily skewed to the 30s-60s era of Hollywood).

Bold the ones you've seen, italicize the ones you mean to see, underline the ones you couldn't make it through.

( Read more... )

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help a n00b!

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:41:44 GMT

Does LJ have a code like this?

And by this I mean something like user name=brad site=livejournal.com which would give a username/link from LJ to DW/IJ/whatever with appropriate userhead? I could swear I've seen the DW community circle thingy somewhere on LJ but IDK what coding the poster used or where I saw it.

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NPR survey for the top 100 Sci-fi/Fantasy books

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:15:52 GMT

Stolen from viridian_magpie.

Bolded - have read
Underlined - read a book from a series or stopped reading a single book at some point

( Read more... )

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Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:46:58 GMT

There needs to be a fic along the lines of

( Doctor Who 06x07 spoilers )

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I bet driving would be much funnier if everyone had one of these

Thu, 26 May 2011 19:51:16 GMT

from this article

Context: The car's been seen in several cameras (police & city's) around Turku and the police ask people to call if they see it. XDDD

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but luckily we have this very convenient angel nearby

Sat, 07 May 2011 17:26:13 GMT

Placing bets!

( SPN 6x20 )

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Yuletide in summer for Asian media fandoms: y/n?

Thu, 05 May 2011 21:16:58 GMT

So, there's this new small Asian fandom exchange thing (DW mirror) and I'm sort of tempted to participate.

It's like Yuletide except it's in summer and it's for Asian media. Which doesn't mean just anime and manga, so one could enter, say, Korean manhwa and Chinese dramas. I know there are people on my flist who follow Chinese and Korean dramas, you might be interested?

What makes this really tempting is that it's only 500 words in July, so it should be doable. And I could just go and throw in fandoms I'd like to see represented and then decide later whether I want to write or not. Hmmm...

I'm currently considering 07-Ghost, Ao no Exorcist, Beelzebub, Karneval, Noblesse, Petshop of Horrors and Wild Adapter. If you decide to jump in, feel free to take some off the list! It's not like I'm reserving them or anything since they're meant for everyone. :P

Since people have already requested fandoms like Pandora Hearts and Yu Yu Hakusho, it seems that the fandom doesn't have to be non-existent. Just small-ish and/or old and not very active anymore. Following that logic, Gintama, Saiyuki and Soul Eater should be okay, too, right?

...No, I wasn't asked to pimp this, I'm just pondering aloud. Though if you want to spread the word, do it. It's probably the best way to get the word out when the target fandoms are small.

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Run, Bertie, run!

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:59:58 GMT

Snagged from indeedsir to which it was posted for a good reason: this is probably what happens to Bertie Wooster all the time.

Beaver Valley Times, October 28, 1946

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Nitpickers United

Mon, 02 May 2011 19:50:06 GMT

I have this particular problem with almost every live-action scene that takes place in cold climate. Oh, wait, it's not my problem, it's the director/costumer/whoever's.

( What's wrong in this pic? (which is from Game of Thrones s01e03, but IMO not all that spoilery, just two characters standing around and you can't even see their faces) )

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asldkfnmikernj CAN'T WAIT

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:24:08 GMT

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random lolz

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:10:03 GMT

Hilarious, and also reminded me that there are people with truly attractive voices. I wish I had one. Also on the list: Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry.

Stolen from veronicacode and reposted for the pretty:

( a cover of an upcoming Saiyuki novel )

And something someone wrote on a forum: Taidat olla pihalla kuin puutarhaletku. XDDDDD

A rough translation: You seem to be out like a garden hose.

Means that you really, really don't get something and unfortunately loses most of the funny in translation. I've only heard people (like me) saying that someone else is out like a snowman, so this version has novelty value. Much like saying that someone doesn't have all her Moomins in the valley. ...Okay, that'll never get old. XDDDDD

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just leaving this link here. clicking it may lead to a trip to the nearest bakery

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:46:39 GMT

~♥~sweet, sweet torture~♥~

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ooooh, shiny!

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:48:54 GMT

You know The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra? The sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender?

( Here's the first picture of Korra. She looks *awesome*. )

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sparkle like a Cullen!

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:05:50 GMT

I just watched Twilight (it was on TV) and I made notes.

( that didn't sound ominous at all! )

...I'm almost tempted to watch the sequels. Just to see if they're as bad, not because I enjoyed this (well, okay, I enjoyed the snark)!

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Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:04:14 GMT

Today's NSFW lolz brought to you by weepingcock:

The day King Arthur discovered that his wife was having an affair with Sir Lancelot, the air was hot and humid, like the inside of a vagina. It was unusual weather, and it helped to sear the memory into his mind.

And it gets even better (or possibly worse) after that!

I suspect that the general interest in weather forecasts would increase considerably if they were presented like that. "Wind will pick up in the evening and feel like a good spanking on the ass. The temperature drops during the night and the morning is as cold as a witch tit."

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craaaaaaaaaaack

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:42:24 GMT

Sometimes it's so worth following capslock_bleach. XD

( spoilers for the latest Bleach chapters. the One Piece half of this crossover is not much of a spoiler anymore. )

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aslkdjenfjhrbejhgt

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:26:49 GMT

via lower_tadfield:

Pleasepleasepleaseplease make it so goooooooooooood, not like that weird movie script. *_____*

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