I had consigned my fanfiction to the dumpster of sad, trivial memories until last week, when I received a message from a young writer on FF.Net requesting beta-reading. From me! Imagine that. I totally forgot I had signed myself up as a provider of such service. This innocent message stirred the fire of creative longing in me. I finished editing her chapter and now am currently reviewing my unfinished stories for several communities I'm a member of. Suffice it to say I've been kicked out of all except my own,
[02] -- Click "random article" : That is your band's name.
[03] -- Click "random article" : That is your album's name.
[04] -- Click "random article" 15 times : these are your album tracks.
Band Name: The Rotters Club
Album Name: HMS Serapis
Track list:
01 -- Ernest Pollard
02 -- Supervisor Call Instruction
03 -- Veniamin Fleishman
04 -- Hana Bank-KOLON Championship
05 -- Tom Berryhill
06 -- Collaborator
07 -- Boiling Points of the Elements
08 -- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
09 -- Caché
10 -- Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax
11 -- Alfonso Fadrique
12 -- University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences
13 -- Yukio Mishima
14 -- Courtois Creek
15 -- Dioxaphetyl Butyrate
Lol this is pretty awesome! Everything seems to fit into the "HMS Serapis" theme. The names I came up with are possibly the people on board the ship. Track 07 could apply to navigation as well. Tracks 02, 06, 09 and 10 can be some sort of tribute to the weirdness of TOOL. Track 14 could be like the ending destination of the ship (although how a ship can fit into a creek remains to be seen). Awesome selection! I love this. Lol and also as a play on the "band name", the names I fond could belong to the Rotters Club too.
At the bookstore, I make a beeline for the Fiction section and choose books either by cover art or by the summary. An example of the former is Chuck Palahniuk’s “Haunted”, which had the face of a wide-eyed, open-mouthed woman plastered on the front along with the familiar black-and-white “Parental Advisory” sign. For the latter, I go through my favorite authors’ books and pick the most appealing summary among all of them. Since I have a tendency to devour even their lamest book simply because it’s their work, I run out of reading material quickly. When I need a change of perspective, I check out novels by modern Japanese authors because they’re usually offbeat and quirky. After exhausting these three methods, I’ll open a couple of my favorite authors’ books and read its reviews. If another author liked the book, I would definitely check out some of his books because we’re probably thinking along the same wavelengths. I’ve tried this a couple of times and ended up enjoying my newfound discoveries.
Definitely goes down as one of my favorite movies ever. I can't wait to see "The Darjeeling Limited" now. :)
( Happy shiny song )
Anyway, as much as I love NIB 2, I try to avoid listening to it. Why? Because
Twice when I listened to the tape (yes, tape) while driving, I got into accidents (I sideswiped a jeep and I bumped a concrete post). The first time, I thought nothing of it. But the second time around, I linked the tape to my propensity for accidents. Added to that I always got honked at or made wrong turns whenever the tape was playing. So I kept it safely tucked away for a year. Seriously! I'm supersitious. I mean, this is Sabbath we're talking about. I would not be surprised if it's some weird portal to another dimension.
Straight to my frustration of the year. Last night, I made the horrible mistake of listening to one of the songs on Youtube - and I mistakenly erased four pages worth of personal messages a forum I'm on. They were from a dear friend too.
Here is a link to the song, if you're interested. It's one of the awesomest rock songs ever.
System of a Down - Snowblind
GAH. x_x
Career Cruising Meme
Instructions:
1. Go to www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers - Password: landmark
3. Take the 'Career Matchmaker' questions at the upper left corner
4. Post the top 10 results.
My results:
1. Private Investigator
2. Career Counselor
3. Courier / Messenger
4. Fast Food Worker
5. Film and TV Crew
6. Social Worker
7. Recreation Therapist
8. Art / Music Therapist
9. Ecologist
10. Addictions Counselor
Pretty spiffy results xp. I didn't know I was a therapeutic person.
Comment here and I will reply to you and tell you what icon of yours I associate with you. Once I reply, please repost this in your own journal, because I want to know what icon you associate with me.
Comment and tell me:
1. Name:
2. Birthday:
3. Place of residence:
4. What makes you happy:
5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
6. Do you read my lj:
7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it:
8. An interesting fact about you:
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. Favourite place to be:
11. Favourite lyric:
12. Best time of the year:
13. Weirdest food you like:
14. Do farts make you laugh:
Recommend
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A band, a song and an album:
Me
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you.
I did some research and found out that Huo Yuanjia is actually a real person and the movie was loosely based around his life! Isn't that amazing.
This goes down as one of my favorite movies ever! I love the morals preached here. :P
Shocked...the Minneapolis bridge collapse earlier this evening. I'm praying there aren't anymore casualties. So far there are 6. The news reports around 30-50 cars were on the bridge when it gave way. It's been one of my greatest fears to have a bridge collapse under me while I'm crossing it. I'm thankful for all the brave people rescuing the victims now...
These puzzles sidetrack me from my writing! :P
Everyone is invited to join the community! Please advertise to your friends as well.
much love,
blinkie
I made a new fanfic community called '10settings'. Problem is, I'm really bad at layout and html, so I'm looking for a co-moderator who can, aside from co-modding (duh) do the 'dirty job' of setting up the profile page and accompanying tags. I want the page set-up in a week or two's time. If you're interested, please drop me a line here. Thank you! :)
Rita, I know you're an expert. Help an old lady out? LOL
-blinkie
This is the source of all this madness! http://www.spinner.com/2007/03/27/the-wo
Madness which I will happily post here, of course :P
My personal favorites being the ones by REM, Michael Jackson, and Slayer. :P
Haha! Check this out for hilarious signs from around the world :)
You are... 3% unique (blame, for example, your interest in gto live drama) and 19% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy tool). When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is conventional.
Your overall weirdness is: 13
(The average level of weirdness is: 27.You are weirder than 23% of other LJers.)
Find out what your weirdness level is!
"A writer writes sentences. A wannabe makes excuses."
Now how's that for inspiration? And you don't have to be a writer to appreciate it. It's universal! If you happen to be, say, a mechanic? Just look in the dictionary to replace the first sentence. It'll look something like, "A mechanic fixes cars. A wannabe makes excuses." A doctor? No problem! "A doctor cures patients. A wannabe makes excuses." And a call center agent? Voila! "A call center agent goes to work. A wannabe makes excuses." The list goes on. So if you find yourself slacking off and pitching a tent over your couch, just remember: do I want to be the next top model? Yes or no, I really don't care because that line made absolutely no sense. (But if you ponder it deeply, it just might. I'm getting into my Lotus position.)
http://www.starcraft2.com/
I'm so excited I'm shaking! I think I'm going to FAINT! After almost a decade and a LOT of false hype, it's FINALLY HERE! I'm so excited! And having cable internet now *ahem ahem*, I can finally play online when they release it!
*SQUEEEEAAAAAL!!!*
