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November 16th, 2009

10:59 pm - Huzzah for gratuitous absurdity! Huh. It takes a new Doctor Who episode to remind me just how much of flist is from Doctor Who fandom. Still, at least the reactions are (mostly) interesting. So anyway, on Saturday I went to my first ever Hen's Night, for Katie who is due to be married next weekend. And it was a lot of fun! There was copious alcohol (Well, it was set up to be a cocktail party), and party bags with... amusing party favours. And a completely ridiculous headband. And we got to play some amusing games, such as an innovative new take on Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, known as, erm, "Pash the Poster". Unfortunately, it was a Twilight poster. There was a great deal of RPattz mockery, though. Oh, and we also got a bit of Katie-related TMI courtesy of a drinking game! And we had a burlesque dancing lesson, which was a bit different. So yeah, fun night. I wonder how the next one I go to will compare, though I hear it is schedules to be somewhat... different. In other news, it turns out that fa11ing_away did actually break her wrist, so she has a lovely cast now. Current Mood: chipper Tags: fandom: doctor who, friends

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November 13th, 2009

10:45 pm - And that would be the end of that And so endeth my Internship. Last day and all today. At least it ended on a good note. If by "good note" one means "had very little work to do, so spent most of the day messing around on the Internet and chatting with people who came up to ask how I liked my time there. And to compliment my haircut." (Yeah, I got my hair cut the other day. It is now... much shorter than it used to be. Possibly the shortest I have ever had it. I was going to take a picture to show you guys, but I couldn't get a decent one - as always, I Do Not Photograph Well - so no camwhoring for you.) Anyway, back to Interning. My supervisor gave me what sounded like a decent enough write-up. And we had an ice-cream party for my last day. No, really - at afternoon tea, someone brought in ice-cream and mini cones, and we ate that. Which was very nice of them. So now I just need to do the reflective essay, which will be easy. Huzzah! Also: Have a meme. Leave me a comment saying "UNICORNSICE-CREAM!" I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better. Update your journal with the answers to the questions. Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions. I grabbed this from robotlove, and she asked me the following questions: ( Check out my ~*~amazing~*~ answers behind the cut ) I reserve the right to ask people exceedingly stupid and/or random questions if they respond to this meme. Current Mood: tired Tags: fandom: anime/manga, interning, memes, uni

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November 11th, 2009

11:10 pm - What, me post about FMA? Really? Huh. Free time, I'd almost forgotten what that was like. Not that I'm entirely free - I still have to study for my (one) exam, and write up my reflective essay or my internship. But classes are done, all my other assignments are done, and as of this Friday, my Internship will be done, too. So, yeah. I actually have a bit of time to kill now. Which would be fun if it wasn't so damned hot. So in order to take advantage of this shiny wonderful thing, today I... slept in really, really late. And fa11ing_away and I went to the pool. I haven't been to the pool in ages. While I am on that note: Happy Birthday, fa11ing_away! *\o/* For the more fannishly inclined, I am now all caught up on my FMA, both manga and new anime. For the new anime, while I agree with the people who were somewhat disappointed at how some of the manga stuff on Ishbal was cut (there were some really, really good scenes), I'm not exactly going to raise a fuss, given it's entirely likely we may get more flashbacks later. I'm not sure how several straight episodes of flashback would mess with the stories pacing (The Ishbal stuff would really be more suited to a movie adaptation, anyway). And as of the most recent episode... I really need a Kimblee icon. Because man, seeing him animated reminded me of what a brilliantly menacing psychotic bastard he is. Shine on, you entertainingly batshit whacko! I also confess to being highly amused by this. As for the manga, ( Oh look, chapter 101 spoilers ) ...Huh. Had more to say on that chapter than I expected. Current Mood: content Tags: fandom: fma, friends, spoilers, uni

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November 9th, 2009

08:30 pm - I'M MELLLLTING! Did someone forget to tell Summer that it isn't due for another month? Because Sweet Tinkerbell Jesus, sometimes I really hate freaking Melbourne WeatherTM. 34 degrees. Ack. Also, BRB flipping out over what the hell I can wear to Interning tomorrow. What do professional people wear in 30+ degree weather, anyway? 'Twasn't all sucktastic, though. Creative Writing is finished! For, um, ever. Two majors down, huzzah! I even got a reasonable amount of sleep and everything. Which just leaves me with finishing up Interning stuff, and studying for my one exam on the 26th. Much less stressful. Oh, and my upcoming series of Hen's Nights to attend, which shall be... interesting. Never been to one before, and suddenly there are two in two weeks. Incidentally, I fixed up the settings on my Egypt Photos so they are now actually viewable to the public. (Thanks for pointing that out, fa11ing_away) Jordan pictures from that trip will go up... sometime before the forthcoming Cambodia trip. So, what's new with you guys, since I am no longer distracted by procrastination my assignments? Also: HOW ABOUT THOSE FMA SPOILERS? Come on, raws and scanlations! Current Mood: hot Tags: assignments, creative writing, fandom: fma, friends, interning, picspam, uni

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November 7th, 2009

04:41 pm - Be afraid, be very afraid? So, I'm reading this psych paper on the appeal of movie monsters (For my short Radical Fiction essay, I'm talking about Frankenstein), and I come across a reference to a book it cites, about the effects of movies and fear. A book which was written by one Jonathon Crane. Yes, really. Well, I was amused. I wasn't expecting that at all. Current Mood: amused Tags: assignments, fandom: comics, lolarity, wtf?

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November 5th, 2009

11:18 pm - Fitting icon is fitting Someone threw a boot at John Howard? Why did no one tell me about this earlier? That's hilarious! Pity no-one got it on film (or that it was apparently a fairly bad throw). ...Let me have my petty amusements, okay? Also, I have apparently filled up my iPod. (Well, pretty much. It's 80 gig and I have only 50MB space left, so...) Which is rather impressive. And kind of scary. But hey, it means I have 16,126 songs which I can carry around with me to listen to whenever I please. ...Yeah, that's a lot of music. Current Mood: amused Tags: links, lol politics, lolarity, randomness

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November 4th, 2009

11:43 pm - Totally not playing "How Gratuitous Is Your Post" I have new icons! Erm, again. Yeah, yeah, I know, 199 icon spaces and it still isn't enough. Ain't life grand. Speaking of life, right now it's sort of incredibly dull, though I do have a few things of interest and/or educational necessity coming up. Which is what I get for being spectacularly uninterested in the Melbourne Cup. (I wasn't in any sweepstakes, so really...) So instead I've been doing gratuitously Internetty things. Like, say, finding new icons. Or, after a certain conversation on my flist, going on an interesting AMV hunt. Which was... interesting. I think my best find has to be this. "This" being a remake of the Utena OP with, of all things, Code Geass characters. And despite the kind of crack sounding concept, it actually pulls it off very well. Though I think trying to work out which character is substituting for which might make your brain explode. My favourite bit is probably the montage that is presumably set during the R2 21 one-month timeskip. Because LOL) And to go off on a completely unrelated tangent - Well, not so unrelated, since it's also gratuitous and Internetty - I have been uploading my Egypt photos today. Yes, it isn't a proper post for them, and yes, this is ridiculously, ridiculously late. But hey, you can look now. At some point soon I'll pick out some of my favourites and do explanations; for now, feel free to look through them and ask about any of them that strikes your curiosity. Current Mood: awake Tags: fandom: anime/manga, gip, links, picspam

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October 31st, 2009

10:09 pm - NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BATZAKU! This is why khallandra is my favourite. Gold star for you, BB! Thanks for the lulz! ...Very fitting for Halloween, doncha think? Kind of makes up for my complete absence of Halloween parties. There was, however, a rather appropriate lightning storm a few minutes ago. And on the way home from Interning yesterday, our tram went past a car that was randomly on fire. At 7 pm. In the middle of Melbourne. What is less entertaining is the fact that, according to fa11ing_away, our washing machine is dying. Yeah, that really bites. Current Mood: cheerful Tags: fandom: anime/manga, fandom: comics, ipartment, links, lolarity, randomness

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October 29th, 2009

09:59 pm - The Good, the Bad and the BATZAKU And that'd be the end of classes for the year! Huzzah! Which just leaves me with my Interning (and reports for that), finishing off my Creative Writing and studying for my one exam. Which is not too bad at all, really. It rather helped that my last two pracs consisted of, well, today we presented our poster on Hurricane Ivan. (I spoke for a minute. Oh, the hard work...) And yesterday, instead of getting the normal Wednesday Weirdness, we basically turned up, got marked off the roll, got asked by Charlie if we wanted to talk about our pieces, said no, and were told to leave. So instead we went to the pub. Again, ~hard work~. Of course, instead I had deal with freaking Melbourne Weather. I swear, it was freezing just the other week, and now we have 30 degree days forecast? What the shit. ...And I have a very limited supply of hot weather clothes to wear to Interning. Ack. In more exciting news, apparently khallandra is drawing me a picture of BATZAKU! Just as planned! ILU, BB! ♥ She is obviously a goddess in human form, and should be worshipped by all and sundry. Current Mood: hot Tags: assignments, classes, fandom: anime/manga, fandom: comics, interning, uni

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October 26th, 2009

05:58 pm - IN WHICH I SHAMELESSLY TRY TO ATTRACT FANARTISTS SO, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME THING FOR SOMEONE TO DRAW A PICTURE OF? BATZAKU! BY WHICH I MEAN SUZAKU KURURUGI. AS BATMAN. WHICH WOULD BE HILARIOUS, AND AWESOME AND THUS HILARIOUSLY AWESOME. WHY HASN'T ANYONE DRAWN THIS YET? IF SOMEONE DRAWS THIS FOR ME OR CAN CONVINCE SOMEONE ELSE TO DRAW IT, I WILL LOVE AND ADORE THEM FOREVER. SRSLY, GUYS, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS. WHERE DO ALL THE GOOD FANARTISTS HANG OUT? REMEMBER, BATZAKU. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MADE OF AWESOME. THE ABOVE POST IS ENTIRELY THE FAULT OF ypaladinofchaos AND HIS CRAZY CONTAGIOUS BRAIN Current Mood: crazy Tags: fandom: anime/manga, fandom: comics, lolarity, my brain is crack, request to flist

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October 23rd, 2009

10:41 pm - I like words. But I like sleep more Either I had an incredibly boring week, or I have just been too lazy to post. Or both. Well, "tired" probably explains most of it. (need moar sleep). Though when the highlight of your day is being amused over the LOL ENGRISH of "fungus salad" at lunch time, there's probably a distinct lack of thrilling heroics in your life. ...I think I am just trying to ignore the fact that I'm going to The Sister's college Valedictory Dinner tomorrow. God, that is just wrong in so very many ways. Give me something to talk about, flist. Current Mood: tired Tags: i need sleep, teh family

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October 18th, 2009

10:17 pm - What I did on my weekend Well, that didn't go too badly at all. Didn't even end up with epic sleep failure like I expected, either. But yes, there was a weekend! And I actually did things! I am astounded, too. On Friday was fa11ing_away's thing. Which initially looked like it was going to be a washout, because of all the piking pikers, but people did eventually show up. Gradually, and mostly quite late, but hey. There was chatty funtimes and silly and pizza and alacamahols. I drank my blackberry vodka I got in Jordan! Um, all of it. Which may kind of explain why fa11ing_away cut me off at like 11. Though I'm not sure anything can explain why she made me wear that pirate hat. Such is life. But 'twas fun. Then on Saturday, I went to Armageddon. Which was also fun, though I think I have been to better cons, even in my limited experience. The panels I went to were alright, though there weren't many I was interested in, and yet again I ran into That Person I Run Into At Conventions, which makes three for three conventions this year (Her name is Matty... I think. I hope it is, because she remembered my name) I caught up with connikins at the end of the day, and we hung out for a bit, and had something to eat over at Crown. I ended up buying some comics and a few manga volumes (Utena and Detroit Metal City, to be precise, and yes I can see the contrast there). And a Dr Horrible DVD. And some cat ears, because they made me dawww. Considered buying some DVDs from Madman, but the ones that interested me were still a bit too expensive for my liking. Maybe I'll wait until JB Hi-Fi has a sale (or Anime shop of dubious legality gets some new stock) As for the signings, I got Nicola Scott to sign the trade of Secret Six I just bought (She was fun, actually). Over at the animation signings, I got autographs from Laura Bailey aka Lust, and Travis Willingham aka Roy Mustang, who is very nice but spelt my name wrong. Incidentally, I chatted with them both about Brotherhood, and recording has started. Oh, and Travis has watched up to episode 19, and he is very much looking forward to recording that. Really. There was evil laughter involved. Oh, and in what is becoming a convention tradition, I got photographed by some random dude, and I also got asked who I was cosplaying as. Which is slightly more justifiable than previous times, since I was wearing a kimono and a top hat. ...You know, one of these days, I am actually going to do what I have been tempted to, and claim that I am actually cosplaying as a character from some incredibly obscure (and completely fictional) anime no-one in Australia has heard of. Of course, that would entail having to come up with a name for it. And the character I am pretending to be. And possibly a plot if anyone asked. Flist, you are totally welcome to help me invent a bullshit anime. And today, there was the horror of having to go into Uni to complete our group assignment. Which actually went quite well (apart from the "going into Uni on Sunday morning" part of things). I basically just had to redo my work so I was citing things in footnotes rather than in text, and then help write the intro. And someone else is going to hand it in tomorrow, so that's that completed. Took less than two hours, even. And that was my weekend. Onto reading that new Hitchhikers-Book-that-isn't-written-by-Douglas-Adams. Thus far, I don't hate it. It's not Douglas Adams, but I don't hate it. Any further opinions are pending. So... hows about that new FMA:B episode? I hear Shit Went Down. Current Mood: calm Tags: assignments, fandom: anime/manga, fandom: fma, friends, ipartment, randomness, shopping, uni

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October 15th, 2009

10:46 pm - I'm totally sending bad karma in their direction right now Oh God, CLASSMATES! >:( You know what really bugs me? When you are doing a group project for Uni, and your group specifically decides (and emails everyone as a reminder) to ensure you work is uploaded the Thursday before it is due, so you have time in class for edits and reformatting and conclusions and stuff. And half the people don't bother. And it's due on Monday. GRRR! So now I have to head into Uni on Sunday morning, so we can meet up and sort that stuff out. Which is irritating and blatantly not fair. I finished my section on Tuesday ...Which means weekend reworking. I'll have to go to Armageddon on Saturday, since I don't know how long it'll take on Sunday. As far as I can tell, the only thing I'll be missing out on is the AMV winners, which is sad, but livable. And on Friday evening, fa11ing_away has decided to have an impromptu... something. Which will involve alcohol. Which I don't mind (Hey, party type things are always fun), per se, I just hope I get enough sleep. ...I have a social life again. No idea how that happened. Current Mood: annoyed Tags: assignments, classes, ipartment, plotting

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October 14th, 2009

11:01 pm - The fact I seem to have conversations like this fairly regular probably says something about me Back to Creative Writing I do go! Didn't quite manage to top last week in terms of Wednesday Weirdness - but then again, what would? Instead we got to ponder the mysteries of the Post-Grad only lift (Seriously, how do they enforce that? What would happen if undergrads tried to use it? Do the Post-Grads have some secret hideout?) Oh, and had a nice long discussion about the censorship guidelines for the Farrago (The Uni Magazine) from one of our class members. Which included discussions of such amusing incidents, such as downloading porn so people could trace it for illustrations. And having to use a protractor to measure the angles of penises in a photograph to ensure they aren't erect. ...Yeah, are all student magazines like that? We also got such charming quotes as follow (from the tutor, no less): - "Does it need a bit more psychotic violence?" - "I would like a bit more violence to balance out the sex." Oh, Creative Writing, never change. ETA: Also saw most recent FMA:B episode. Recap episode, I know, but it could have been worse. Also the new OP and ED look glorious on shiny shiny fullscreen. ( My attempts to interpret some of the mindfucky aspects of the recap episode ) Current Mood: amused Tags: classes, creative writing, fandom: fma, uni

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October 13th, 2009

10:08 pm - I do appreciate a nice memory So, today on the tram into the city for interning, I met up with a guy whom I vaguely recalled from my time at IH. First year, residential college, oh back in the day.... So we got chatting, about what we've been up to since then, our respective degrees, what we've been up to, what we are going to do after exams, etcetera and so forth. Nice little chat and all, ended up lasting for fully half my tram ride. Just one problem: I hadn't the faintest idea what the guy's name was. I still don't know what it is. In fact, the only things I can recall about the man in question are that he lived on my floor at IH. And that he looked quite good shirtless. (What, of course it's more important to remember what a guy looks like shirtless than what his name is. Duh. It's an inevitable consequence of communal co-ed bathrooms.) Which made for an interesting start for the day. Everything seemed kind of dull from there on in. Current Mood: nostalgic Tags: interning

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October 11th, 2009

09:02 pm - Things which are awesome: The new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OP. That is all. *runs off to flail some and wait for the icon makers to get cracking. Eeeee, Olivier! Briggs! Pimpsuit Kimblee! Other awesome shit! ETA: And both the new OP and ED can be found here. Also featuring lots of shiny screencaps (and spoilers for a recap episode, so...) Current Mood: excited Tags: fandom: fma, squee

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October 10th, 2009

11:25 pm - A post that isn't entirely about FMA! FMA scanlations are up! But not on OneManga for some reason. Huh. ...And yeah, the flipping out from the fanbase was kinda justified. (If overshadowing some of the other major shit that went down in this chapter). So taking it from the top, ( Away into SpoilerLand ) Yeah, lots of epic in FMA these days. Anyone willing to take a guess on how many more chapters we will have? And to talk about something that isn't Fullmetal Alchemist: You know, I don't normally buy hamburgers. Well, vegetarian, duh. But I saw this one when I was in the city today, and I just could not resist. A picture of the hamburger I bought: And one with my copy of Unseen Academicals for scale: ( Doesn't everyone want to buy a giant plushy hamburger? ) How could I possibly resist? Current Mood: thoughtful Tags: fandom: fma, picspam, shopping, spoilers

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October 9th, 2009

11:51 pm - And now for your regularly scheduled fangeekery To move away from Real World WTFery for a minute, I shall now return to that wonderous thing that I call for today at least Notes from AnimeLand. ...Which was what I originally intended to post about today, before Obama + Nobel Peace Prize = LOLWOT? Also, what's this I hear about bombing the moon? Anyway: - The Raw for chapter 100 of Fullmetal Alchemist is out, and the fandom has collectively imploded. Again. Which is kind of understandable given that going by the summary and the two pages I've seen, I don't think there is a reaction you can have that doesn't include a combination of O_O, HOLY SHIT, I CAN'T BELIEVE ARAKAWA JUST DID THAT, WRRRRRY, and WHY IS IT NOT NEXT MONTH YET? Evil cliffhanger. Yet another evil, evil cliffhanger. - So there's going to be a Haruhi Suzumiya movie. Which is nifty, given Haruhi + film budget + that story could be very interesting. If people get over Endless Eight, anyway. So that'll be going on my to watch list. (Personally, I think someone just twigged that given Haruhi's massive fanbase, they could make twice as much money if people actually had to pay for tickets to see it the first time as well as the DVDs and merchandise) - There's also a Trigun movie coming out at the same time. Which is technically old news, but I'd forgotten about it until now. And on a vaguely related note, anyone going to Armaggedon next weekend? I was thinking I might toddle down there on one of the days (probably Sunday, though I may change my mind). Current Mood: cheerful Tags: fandom: anime/manga, fandom: fma, links

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08:41 pm - Didn't see that coming Am I going crazy, or Obama just win the Nobel Peace Prize? ...I think cedara was right here. When the Conservatives find out, I am going to need so very much popcorn. Current Mood: surprised Tags: wtf?

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October 7th, 2009

09:58 pm - Apparently the universe decided there was not enough COMPLETELT RANDOM SHIT in my life Aaand back to University I do go. *sigh* Or, I should say, went, since today was Radical Fiction again. And my (half-finished) piece was one of the pieces that we workshopped today. Which meant argh, everyone went and read it and I had to read the first page out loud. Which is never fun. On the plus side, no-one had anything too dreadful to say about it. Which is hopefully means they thought it was pretty decent (as opposed to it appalling them to speechlessness). But that was that. Otherwise, Creative Writing decided it wanted to try and earn back it's Wednesday Weirdness reputation again, so aside from my workshopping we ended up descending into a pit of insanity on par with the vampire incident. Only worse. Because our recurring topic of discussion was ...sperm. Yes, really. I don't think I have any words, really. (This time was very definitely not my fault. Blame the person whose workshop piece started it all.) And now for a dramatic subject change, because imagining my mothers face when she reads this is making me giggle. Flist was right! The end of the last weeks FMA:B really was completely epic. It was sort of simultaneously awesome and tearjerkery. Oh Ed. Oh Al. ♥ Also: Whole lotta Xerxes flashbacks there. They really are foregrounding that particular bit of backstory. Which will be fun when a certain chapter gets animated. ( Manga spoilery bit ) And your mildly ridiculous fannish comparison for the day is: Suzaku and Lelouch = Glinda and Elphaba. Discuss. (This crazy though was brought to you via this Suzaku and Lelouch fanvid set to For Good from the Wicked musical. Which, if not the most technically spectacular fanvid I have ever come across, still managed to make me cry. I was having an emo moment, okay? And the song's kinda a tearjerker on it's own, anyway Since I know there's at least one person on my flist who hasn't finished Geass, the vid has spoilers to the end of R2) Current Mood: silly Tags: creative writing, fandom: anime/manga, fandom: fma, lolarity, randomness, uni, wtf?

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