| note to self: bring clothes in more promptly in future |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|06:23 am] |
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This morning I went in to take my laundry off the clothesline, and found that over the course of the last day or so, something had taken up residence in my pants.
There is very little that is more unsettling than shaking out one's unmentionables and seeing a giant-ass black widow spider go flying off.
I do not consider this an auspicious start to my day. |
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| [Lost] The Shape of Things to Come |
[May. 26th, 2008|01:02 pm] |
( The Shape of Things to Come )
okay, yeah, that was kind of an important episode. |
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| pass it on |
[May. 26th, 2008|11:45 am] |
(Via ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rubynye)
So in my home state of California, the courts recently decided it is unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples marriage.
I'm still in a state of disbelief, personally- when I first heard about it, for some reason I thought that they were just overturning DOMA: no longer legally defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but still not taking the leap to legalizing gay marriage- a positive step, but effectively changing nothing. But apparently no: on June 14th, 2008, gay couples will actually be able to get married. Like, for real. It hasn't really sunk in; I keep waiting for someone to jump out and yell "Psych!"
Or "Constitutional Amendment!"
The second, of course, is happening- the Governator is getting lots of calls from people who are not terribly keen on The Gays and our perverted desire for legally supported monogamy.
So please, call and give your support for gay marriage. You don't have to be from California; you don't even have to talk to anyone- it's entirely automated and takes about three minutes.
The number is 1-916-445-2841; press 1, 5, 1 to get to the particular issue, then press 1 if you want to support upholding the court decision and are against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. You have to wait until they read the menu options- you can't just press 1-5-1 before hearing anything- but it's still really easy. Please pass this on. |
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| [Lost] catch-up |
[May. 26th, 2008|01:21 am] |
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| | CRY MOAR, JACK | ] |
Catching up on the Lost episodes since the hiatus.
( Something Nice Back Home )
( Cabin Fever )
( There's No Place Like Home )
wait, it looks like I missed an episode, because ( spoiler ) But we don't have that one recorded. D: D: D:
and damnit, I don't have BitTorrent on the loaner comp. But it's on the ABC site. Phew.
...Episodes currently unavailable? D: |
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| [star trek: TNG] everyone in the future is an asshole |
[Apr. 6th, 2008|11:28 pm] |
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| | I mock because I love, really. | ] |
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| | "Make it so, number one!" | ] |
So I've been watching seasons one and two of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and- man, Picard's kind of a dick sometimes.
I mean- consider:
*Data's evil android brother shows up*
Picard: With another android on board, we can't assume Data's first loyalty is to the Enterprise!
Data: *is unfailingly loyal to the Enterprise*
Picard: *does not apologize*
*Two Klingons show up*
Picard: With other Klingons on board, we can't assume Lt. Worf's first loyalty is to the Enterprise!
Worf: *is unfailingly loyal to the Enterprise*
Picard: *does not apologize*
Captain Kirk would not approve of these shenanigans, Picard.
(on the other hand,
Q: I'm going to offer Riker supernatural powers!
Picard: Riker will never accept your offer! I have complete confidence in his integrity!
Riker: *accepts Q's offer*
Picard: *gives Riker a very stern talking-to.)
But the whole series is a little odd thus far. I mean, it's been awhile since I've seen the original series, or maybe I'm expecting more sophistication because it was produced later, but man. Every time someone uses the holodeck, they're all "Wow! A holodeck! Isn't this amazing?" as though it were the first time they'd ever seen one. And when they look through Geordi's visor to provide a visual on a ship he's exploring, Picard spends half the time expressing shock at how weird Geordi's vision is. It was a little embarrassing, frankly. Do they not give sensitivity training in the future? I'm just seeing Picard in an important diplomatic meeting with the Klingons for the first time and insulting their foreheads.
It's not just Picard, though. I'm watching the "Deanna has a mysterious pregnancy!" episode and- no one seems to be reacting like a human being.( spoilers for The Child ) |
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| boo. |
[Mar. 27th, 2008|09:33 pm] |
So alas, the internets lied to me about the price of the apartment, which was a leeeetle bit out of my price range. By about three hundred dollars. *sigh* Once more into the breach, I guess.
I can hear my non-stoner roommate talking to my stoner roommate in aggravated tones. Probably about his smoking and slobbishness. He doesn't seem terribly receptive. I can't hear words, just tones, so I don't know for sure. I'm just keeping my head down. I hate this- I got so pissed at my last roommate because he never told me about stuff that bothered him and now here I am, doing the same thing. I just don't have the energy to deal with him right now. Part of it is that I know it'll be wasted energy - he has no intention of doing anything but exactly what he feels like doing. Still, part of me says I should talk to him because it's The Right Thing To Do. Just so I can say "Well, I tried!" It's a small part, though.
In other news, I just found a toenail clipping on my bed that isn't mine.
I have got to get out of here. |
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| home it's where I want to be |
[Mar. 25th, 2008|12:40 pm] |
(Backstory: Having become tired of my roommates, who are a) drama-prone stoners and b) slobs, and my landlord, who is completely incompetent when he isn't being batshit crazy, the cats and I have decided to seek out new lodgings.)
So I've managed to make an appointment to check out an apartment today- an apartment! by myself! no roommates! in my price range!- and I am vibrating with anxiety here. I'm nervous as hell, and I don't know if they'll require a credit check, or what it would turn up if they do, and it's not like I can get a letter of recommendation from my current landlord, because, well. Batshit crazy. but I really, really want to *find* somewhere and eeeeek.
I'm trying to psych myself up so I can fool people into thinking I'm a responsible adult.
*breathes* Think apartment-getting thoughts for me? |
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| TALKING TO PEOPLE IS HARD |
[Mar. 18th, 2008|07:09 pm] |
so, uh, how 'bout that not-disappearing thing, eh?
Christ, I don't know what it is about communicating with other human beings that is stressing me out right now. *flails* But I'm really tired of it, so, you know. Once more into the breach.
My hibernation has mostly consisted of me reading a lot of Lifehacker, playing a few text-based adventure games, and reading waaaay too much Sentinel badfic. Or- not even badfic, just- mediocre fic. Long, with tragic misunderstandings and trauma and mystical soul bonds and crying and people using "rosebud" as a euphemism for asshole and oh god, I can't even tell what's actually decent and what's ridiculously over the top anymore. I have consumed so much h/c in the past few months. It's left my brain a little queasy- like eating a whole tub of ice cream in a sitting. Except for two months. I'm almost afraid I won't be able to even *recognize* goodfic anymore, or be able to- focus on it, I guess.
Mind you, I've never seen an episode of The Sentinel in my life, and now I'm contemplating watching it just to see if I picked on what's canon and what's fanon. (Guesses- Jim calling Blair "Chief" along with an assortment of other nicknames- canon, but exaggerated. Blair calling Jim "Big Guy"- entirely fabricated. I also suspect Blair is somewhat less of a fragile flower than portrayed. Also- what the hell does 'techno-trash' even mean asdgkjfgl.) But if I watch it, it's entirely possible I won't be able to read the fic anymore, which was what happened with due South. Hm.
so yeah. That's me. How are you? I have missed pretty much everyone and everything, so... ys. I'll try to work my way back, but if anything exciting's happened to you-all recently, I am all ears. Or the textual equivalent, anyway. |
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| [heroes] "I'm comfortable with morally grey." |
[Jan. 12th, 2008|11:42 pm] |
So after losing track of the show midway through season one, I'm catching up on Heroes. It... seems to be having some of the same issues with women that it was before, but either the show got more interesting or at the time I was just too fed up with it at that point, I don't know. But at the moment, I am tentatively giving it another chance.
( Possible spoilers up to 'The Hard Part'. ) |
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[Jan. 2nd, 2008|09:44 pm] |
Happy new year, all! I got stomach flu. XD I'm better now.
In a more auspicious start to the new year, my asshat roommate appears to have finished clearing himself out. Huzzah! Now here's hoping the next one is an improvement.
I really hope that the next roommate is a girl, in any case. I really miss living with other girls. It feels odd to say, because intellectually, I have experienced the same obnoxious habits from both boys and girls and I know that they are both equally capable of being annoying in many ways. And I have no complaints about the typical 'guy' things- yeah, the kitchen and bathroom was (were?) a mess, but that's because of asshat roommate, not the other guys.
Still, it's a little odd being the only girl in the house. Even all the cats are male.
...anyone know of any fangirls looking for a room in the San Fernando Valley area?
(need to finish uploading my icons to IJ. hnf.) |
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[Dec. 23rd, 2007|01:33 pm] |
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| | bah, humbug. | ] |
Iiin retrospect, it was probably unrealistic to expect to be able to post a sketch daily during a time of year when I have family gatherings coming out of my ears. Aheh.
As is often the case, my life at present can be summed up by Friday's edition of Dinosaur comics.
...speaking of which. *dashes* |
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| [sketch] Toon!Tim |
[Dec. 20th, 2007|11:45 pm] |
( Read more... )
PS thank you for comments on yesterday's sketch; I will try to get to them soon but tonight I am tired.
good night. *falls over* |
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| so there was this thing I used to do, where you put marks on paper and made shapes...? |
[Dec. 19th, 2007|08:41 pm] |
In an attempt to keep myself from disappearing again, I'm going to try posting once a day. To avoid simply spamming you all with inanities, I'm going to try pairing that with a sketch a day, so I can get back into the groove of that. May not be good sketches, mind you, and they won't all be fannish. Probably there will be a lot of naked people and weird monster-things and still-lifes of napkins. The non-fannish stuff I'm going to lock so as to preserve my (hypothetical) Sekrit Identity for my original art. I'm not entirely sure how that's going to work, though- some people have moved to IJ, and my plan was to post all of this there and link it in LJ. But for flocked stuff, that makes it a little harder. Because I don't want to leave behind people who don't have an IJ account. And I don't like the idea of splitting the comments all that much. At the same time, I'm still not clear on what LJ's deal is, but thus far I haven't seen much to convince me I want to give it money again. And yet-- basic account! Five icons! (and no comic icons wtf.) Damn you, LiveJournal! You are seriously hindering my attempts at being popular on the internet. Or rather, posting six second scribbles of my cats on the internet.
I was planning to put up a poll about this, but my paid account expired. This whole conscientious consumerism thing is rather inconvenient.
So for the moment I'm going to avoid all of that and crosspost a fannish image of a fully clothed adult! woo, avoiding the issue!
( yaay, sketch. ) |
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| o hai u guys |
[Dec. 18th, 2007|06:30 am] |
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| | I don't want to go in the cart | ] |
Uh. Hi.
So my brain kind of hijacked me into gafiation a couple months ago. Not just fandom, either, but- sort of social gafiation. Or hibernation, I don't know. Anyway, it sucked and I'm kind of sick of it.
I've been... really seriously cut off. I used to wonder about people who had no idea what was going on with current events- I'd always assumed that unless you somehow... just absorb what's going on, like osmosis. I didn't know how people could manage to be so clueless. It turns out it is remarkably easy, which scares me a little. But I am completely cut off from what's going on- in the world, in fandom... I haven't even been lurking. I've just been- gone. LiveJournal could have decided to ban all adult content, and Steph could have come back from the dead and Dick Cheney could have revealed that he is in fact an evil robot and I wouldn't know it. And I don't know what's going on with you all, either. Which is... part of what makes it hard to come back, I guess? because I feel like I'm a few steps behind. I don't know how the situation with LJ's developed- I'm posting from Semagic here, so I feel a little bit like I'm posting into a void. I don't know what's out there. But- I miss fandom. And my flist. So. Um. Hi.
So how are you? |
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| [art] no, really. art. Cass, Steph, Jason, and Robin!Steph+Huntress |
[Aug. 22nd, 2007|02:27 am] |
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| | hopeful | ] |
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| | but how do you plan for a bank full of nuns? | ] |
Oh, hay! Art!
Lest you think I might actually start producing fannish content on a regular basis again- I actually did these sketches a few months ago, during my training for work and didn't scan them until now. They aren't much- I hadn't drawn in a long-ass time when I drew these- but I wanted to share anyway.
( 5 medium images, 1 moderately NSFW due to breastage. )
Yaaaay, art. *goes to bed* |
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[Aug. 20th, 2007|08:46 pm] |
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| | neurotic | ] |
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| | Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash | ] |
I'm working on the website- and, incidentally, how much do I love that CSS means that I can just start with the content and pretty it up later? So, so much. Nested tables, be gone from my sight! Or site, as it were. In any case, I'm coming upon my eternal dilemma that hits me whenever I try to get my art into a collective, which is to say- how do I *organize* it? Chronologically? By medium? By character? By character seems to make the most sense, considering that most fans are probably more likely going to look for 'all pictures of Tim' versus 'all ballpoint pen sketches', but... what about people I only have one picture of? Do they get their own page with one lonely image? Do I file them under miscellaneous? What if there's more than one person in the shot? Do I file group shots separately? But then, that kind of misses the point of being able to find all pictures of one character in one place. I could categorize by series- so groups of Batfolk could all be on the same page, but then there's the inevitable crossover. Would a hypothetical shot with Tim and Kon and Cass be Bats, or YJ/TT? Should I just have a link to it in each category? That seems ridiculously redundant.
The whole thing makes my brain itch. Organizing problems could be solved by going with medium or chronology, but that seems to be more for my convenience than for the viewers, and then I get twitchy about *that* and-
-yeah, is it any wonder my non-fannish website's been under construction for five years? |
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[Aug. 19th, 2007|05:11 pm] |
So I'm going about setting up a website for my art, so it'll have a home. yay. I'll let you know when it's up.
Off to brush up on my html/css!
Anyone have recommendations for an FTP program? |
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| neuroses! :D |
[Aug. 15th, 2007|09:04 pm] |
I have this tendency to labor excessively over things that really only need to be a few sentences. Today I had to write an e-mail to a customer that was basically "Hi! I know I told you I would e-mail you about issue X today, but person Z hasn't gotten back to me. I'll let you know what's up as soon as I do. Sincerely, Red." Yet somehow it took me twenty minutes to write it because I kept over analyzing my sentence structure. ("I apologize for the delay, but- no, maybe- I was unable to ascertain the status of- no..."
I am dithering similarly over this form to apply for webspace. All I really need to say is 'Hi! I am an artist in DC comics fandom. I would like space for my arts, thank you!'
And yet.
And on that note, hey! If you're looking for webspace, you might want to check out ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) voxpopulli- the owner is offering free webspace for fans. She doesn't say how long she'll be offering, but the paid rates look pretty reasonable anyway- I'll probably upgrade, once I can. |
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| Big Love, again. |
[Aug. 15th, 2007|12:04 am] |
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| | the happiest girl in the whole USA, Rhonda? | ] |
Oh, I am so fond.
( Margeeeeeeene. Spoilers for Big Love s2, up to the latest episode. )
Um. Still want to write more things! About stuff! But. Later.
ALSO. And randomly. I have only seen a scattered handful of BSG episodes past season one, but we seem to keep hitting ones that are hitting weird buttons for me, and I don't know if this is because I'm seeing them in isolation and should watch the rest to get context or whether I should avoid at all costs. Also, I am deeply bothered by the appearance of Ray Kowalski and Al Calavicci. It's giving me fannish whiplash. I keep expecting Sam to leap into a guard or something and fix the Cylon problem, as well as learning a Valuable Lesson.
...damn, now I want to watch Quantum Leap.
hi i kind of slept through IBARW because i suck. i will post things, i swear. |
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