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1. Local foundation took my futon, my fold-up table, my fold-up chair, and my bookcase.
2. Dad's taking the printer and giving it to my grandmother.
3. If the person interested in my computer doesn't offer a good price on it (or changes their mind), I'm giving it to my sister.
4. Someone's taking the loft bed Monday, theoretically. If not I suppose I can have that donated as well.
5. I have lots of donation things packed and ready to go, and when it's closer to moving day I'll do that with the rest of the stuff. (Right now, I kinda still need things for cooking.)

So things I still need to get rid of:

1. The shredder (T might want it IDK she hasn't responded yet.)
2. The microwave oven.
3. The balcony chairs.
4. The bike.
5. The plastic storage containers.
6. The wooden cubbies, which I need to throw away but am not sure how because I don't think, even disassembled, it can go into the compactor. In retrospect, I wish I had just gone with plastic because then I could have taken it to the recycling center.

I guess this experience has been useful because I'm at least learning how to deal with stuff when you want to move out and have stuff you need to get rid of? And also that my dad's obsession with aesthetic should be ignored when living in a temporary situation (even if that situation is almost three years.) Because at some point you're gonna have to get rid of shit. If I ever got stuff again along those lines it would mean I thought I was never going to move and it'd be permanent cabinetry installations and shit.

Too bad I don't see 'broke' coming off of the list of things I am any time soon.

bjornwilde

Tweet from Bryan Singer suggests X-Men & Avengers sharing a character? Is this going to mean the XMCU and MCU as going to fold into each other?

gorgeousnerd

As promised, here's the story I posted last night:

"So gimme all you've got (I can take it)" (AO3 | DW)
Bandom (MCR), NC-17, 2400 words, Ray/Frank, for

bandom_meme
Ray's played a bunch of different types with Frank, and he doesn't always take the lead. But he's usually the virgin, not the teacher.

Yay porn! Yay roleplay porn where people are pretending to be sex workers! I needed to write something that wasn't me trying to tie in themes and build things and everything that my BBB is. It felt great to write.

And if you haven't done so yet, feel free to drop me a number at the AO3 work meme! :D

Crossposts: http://cho-malfoy.livejournal.com/1111048.html

umbo

So, as you may or may not know, I am in the midst of trying to get ready for my sister's visit here in less than a month. This has involved things like ordering furniture--already bought bookshelf; have ordered this buffet, which should (hopefully) arrive in a couple of weeks (sister arrives 6/18). I also bought frames for my Collings Foundation certificate (from when I flew on the B-24 last year) and the two photos they sent with. Those arrived yesterday, and I put the stuff in them today, and now I have a dilemma about where/how to place them.

I have several pictures and descriptions up on Twitter, and would love the feedback of those of you who aren't over there!

This is possible grouping #1 of the pictures/certificate

This is grouping #2. The certificate & the picture of the B-24 by itself are both 8.5 x 11, and the picture of the three planes a little smaller--so the frames are pretty big.

This is the current set up in my dining room

And this is the set up in the living room.

The buffet, when it arrives, will most likely go under the family pictures to the right of the table, although I may reverse things once I see how big it actually is.

My questions are:

1. Which grouping do you like better?
2. Should the pictures go above the tv, or should I move the Navajo rug to over the tv and put the pictures where it is now?

So, what do y'all think? It feels like a kind of major decision (not least because it's going to be a pain in the ass to hang anything behind the television), so I'm feeling the need for feedback.

Note: for those who don't know (because you weren't reading me last spring), my default icon (the one I'm using here) is a photo I took of the B-24's propeller. My two posts about the flight I took (the one the certificate is for) are here and here (second one has lots of pictures).

Current Mood: curious
Current Location: home
Current Music: writing playlist
Crossposts: http://umbo.livejournal.com/1356496.html

bjornwilde

For days after the death of Master Tyvokka, Quinlan tried to meditate and find peace but it was elusive. The young padawan had tried everything; lightsaber forms, silent meditations, moving meditations, even floating meditations--though he always had trouble with that one. All met with inconsistant success. The times he was able to reach peace were few but always the death would cross his mind, disturbing his center and he would experience the visions of his parents death all over again.

Finally, his master, Tholme, gave up trying to lead the boy to peace and instead took him away from the Jedi Temple to yet another mission. Perhaps the boy would find peace in activity.

( Second, perhaps more triggery draft behidn the cut... )

dragonfly

http://liviapenn.dreamwidth.org/530961.html

lokifan

This has been an unfun week in some ways: either LJ was down or the internet was, plus a south-Vietnam-wide power cut that lasted for hoooours yesterday while I died from lack of air conditioning.

BUT. On the plus side, there have been cool celebrations and exhibitions and that to mark Buddha's birthday. I'm just sorry I missed the lighting up of five giant lotuses in front of a monastery last week. But today was a parade!

I didn't know about it, and I caught it on my way home from work on a motorbike so I couldn't take a picture even if my camera wasn't kaput :( Apologies. It was cool, though - floats with enormous lengths of plastic and real flowers with multicoloured fairy lights threaded through them, people sitting on them waving Buddhist flags, these big images of smiling Buddhists pasted on the sides of the floats. Lots of people were just on their motorbikes with big Buddhist flags, too, and people sticking out of cars to wave them, and light-up Buddhas beaming away everywhere.

It was a very Saigon sort of parade: God forbid the main roads, or any roads, be shut for it. So there were the floats, and people on motorbikes with flags around them, and also people just trying to get from A to B. I was going the other way up Cách Mạng Tháng 8 so I could get a pretty good look, but it was a near-traffic jam. Once I was at the junction I got to see floats going at their top speed, just part of the traffic, until they were out of the way and could slow down to an elegant 3 miles an hour :)

That was entertaining. Work was slightly more stressful; good lesson, got three more planned. But it's occurred to me that ( one of my students might be on the autism spectrum )

Let's do my preferred variety of the Alphabet meme: I make a list of the letters of the alphabet, and you give me stuff you want me to talk about, beginning with any letter. I'll cross out each letter as I get a subject to discuss. It can be any topic: fannish or not, deep or not, WS or not. I'll make a post about those subjects in the next week or so. You can give me as many topics as you like!

( alphabet list )

Current Mood: full
Crossposts: http://lokifan.livejournal.com/268337.html

omens

Some tv-watching sketchbook pages, for kicks. The red is Person of Interest and drawn while I watch, so they are quicker and aren't super recognizable (cept I rather like the Fusco and Rico bits, they have great faces) - the blue is Supernatural drawn while paused and still not too recognizable because I'm new at their faces, okay. :P

( sketch sketch sketch )

I RAN OUT OF INK (sorry, Bobby) ;_______;

Also you can where's-waldo my child :-O

ETA: the LOSERS because I'm doing a Losers big bang!!! :-O It is going to be amazing.

( LOSERS )

astridv

I made these a while ago and never got around to posting the pics. I'm still not really happy with the quality of the photos but I hope the layers and three-dimensionality come through somewhat...
( pics behind the cut: 3xSGA, 1xFMA, 1xAvengers )
Preview:

Crossposts: http://astridv.livejournal.com/413530.html

velshtein

( green lantern v5 #20 )

Current Mood: happy
Crossposts: http://niklaus.livejournal.com/838150.html

reflectedeve

( Spoilery squee for the Elementary finale! )

Sadly, I found the Doctor Who finale to be a bit meh, but that's been fairly common this season.

Meanwhile, this whole Kindle Worlds thing has been showing up all over my fannish and professional circles, and ... I'm just having a lot of trouble mustering up the energy for it. I mean, I realize that this is a bit different, because it's a company as big as Amazon ... but I feel like we've seen all this bullshit before, and it never really seems to go very far. Mostly I think I don't feel like dealing with yet another round of people from the non-fan side of my life talking about fandom (especially since some creator-types inevitably get judgy, bleh). I guess I'll keep a lookout for a decent round-up post.

On a completely different note! Still on the lookout for any particularly funny/awesome/FAVORITE band/musical artist interviews and articles, if anyone feels like sharing! Badass ladies (of any age or genre) especially. :D?

Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: me and jane doe (charlotte gainsbourg)

marina

Yesterday was... a thing that happened, and I am so extremely exhausted today, again :/

But during lunch I went out and enjoyed my university's Student Day. Basically a giant party the Student Union throws once a year on campus, and all classes are cancelled. There's tons of stalls, street food and concerts from leading israeli artists.

So, HaDag Nahash were performing at lunch. I've mentioned seeing them at Student Day 2011. I love their music so much, and they played some old stuff and some new and I sat on the grass, in the shade, and enjoyed the breeze and got myself a glass of champagne and a hamborger and just... spent 40 minutes taking everything in. It felt like sticking my head into a tub of medicine for all the things that ailed me. Just... music and food and nature and fresh air. *Happy sigh*

I've shared their music before but really, I can never have it posted enough times on my journal. As they tend to be extremely political in their songs I won't even try to translate or explain the meaning, I'll just leave these here and are you not to want to dance your ass off when you hear the beat.

At 7pm Ivri Lider, the dude who did this amazing cover of "I Kissed A Girl" is going to perform, and I plan on seeing him with

cesy and

shedonit.

Crossposts: http://sabrina-il.livejournal.com/1383310.html

omens

1) Give me a pairing or a couple of characters
2) Give me an AU setting. (non-AU is awesome too, just indicate)
3) I will write you a three-sentence fic. Or drawble something.

EH?? Or the ao3 meme? I have cleaning to avoid!! And until Bunny gets s2 of PoI that means YOU. (And Supernatural...... did I say I was watching Supernatural? :( #badlifechoices Damnit.)

No seriously, though. We're going to visit our new city next week on a house-hunting trip, by which I mean: lounge in hotel pools and watch overpriced movie rentals in uncomfortable beds while I fret about my cats and strangers looking at my messy home.

._________. I really hate leaving home.

But: air conditioning? :D? Dunno how many houses we'll actually look at. Rentals are kinda overpriced there because it's a university city. We are hoping we will luck out with base housing (2 for 2 so far!) but it's a pretty small base. Augh, moving. It's no fun, guys.

Current Mood: tea and coffee

spiralsheep

Is this a post of...
1. historic photographs?
2. film stills?
3.

spiralsheep's awesome life?

( 14 more small images )

( Train spotters and history buffs this way.... )

Current Mood: Science!

innerbrat

Demon Knights and Supergirl are my biggest piles yet to be claimed. The former in particular surprises me. Paul Cornell! Vandal Savage! Questing for the right for princesses to marry each other!

So the first on this list is technically DC, but it’s not DCU and that’s how I roll:

~~Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre:~~ Written by Darwyn Cooke, drawn by the amazing Amanda Conner. An origin story for Laurie Jupiter, about growing up with an ex-superhero for a Mom and breaking out on your own. Obviously relevant to me, as a Black Canary fan. [Deuce]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the end of Season 8, the beginning of Season 9. Also Angel and Faith, which is a season 9 spin off.

Cinderella: Fables are Forever A Fables-universe spy story starring Cinderella and… well, that would be a spoiler.

The Guild – One shot ‘origins’ for the characters of Felicia Day’s web series.

House of Mystery – the last few arcs of Matt Sturges’ fantasy romp. Lots of fun, and definitely a title I miss.

Stumptown: The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case – The second arc of Greg Rucka’s PI series, so-starring Mim Bracca from Fistful of Rain. Actually, what the hell, I’ll throw in Fistful of Rain in paperback if you want. This is an amazing four-issue story, and contains the best car chase sequence in comics that I’ve ever seen.

Saucer Country: Paul Cornell’s 14 issue story about an alien abductee (also an hispanic woman) running for president. Conspiracies! Aliens! Politics! This is also great.

This post can also be found at Thagomizer.net. Feel free to join in the conversation wherever you feel most comfortable.

malurette

Mééé. Bide et Musique a le sens de la cruauté. Sérieusement, Il est trop tard comme chanson-thème pour saluer le décès de Moustaki ? Je... je crois que j'aurais préféré La philosophie Batucada, personnellement. S'ils l'avaient eue dans leur base de données.
~~Mon frère a proposé Ma Liberté oui mais ça se heurte au problème que Serge Reggiani l'a chantée aussi ?~~
Well. Je crois que je vais mettre B&M en pause et écouter plutôt radio-Nostalgie, ce week-end.

Current Music: Joseph ~Georges Moustaki

derryderrydown

I currently have 208 works archived at the AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 208 (the first thing I posted there), and I’ll tell you three things I currently like about it.

In other news, my List of NHL Stories What I Want To Write (Or Bully Someone Else Into Writing) is getting ever longer, helped by that picture of Geno wearing Neal's hoodie.

fajrdrako

genusshrike

What did you just finish reading?

The May issue of Apex. Which includes a nice poem from the perspective of an abandoned robot trying to give itself away ('The Busker, Broke and Busted', by Shira Lipkin), which obviously I liked.

The essay this month was Sigrid Ellis's 'Kicking Ass, Taking Names, Bubblegum Optional' which is on finding empowerment through badass action heroines in movies with some extremely sexist elements. (She specificly discusses Resident Evil 3, Jennifer's Body and Sucker Punch, none of which I have actually seen.)

Which you would think I could relate to, but actually, the defensiveness just made me feel kind of awkward. I guess I've never been in an argument with someone who wanted to tell me something I liked was irredeemably sexist. Also, I have a friend who owns a movie called Raped by an Angel, so really ... I probably have a skewed sense of what movie-habits people might find problematic!

In terms of the short stories ...

I quite enjoyed 'Ilse, Who Saw Clearly', by Lily Yu, which is told as a fairy tale – a man comes to a village in the winter, selling eyes. Only one person does not give hers in exchange for the brand new eyes, and she is the one who has to set out in search her village's eyes, after summer comes, and the eyes all melt away. It was a pretty low-key story, with more human selfishness and frailty than villainy.

It was also one of the three texts I encountered the word 'peripatetic' in in the last few weeks ...

'The Binding of Ming-tian', by Emily Jiang, was told in many little vignettes. I don't think I really got it.

'Come to My Arms, My Beamish Boy', by Douglas Warrick is the story of an old man with Alzheimer's, and his death. (skip) Alzheimer's is the pain theft of memories by something supernatural. Which is a romantic thought, and not one I cannot ultimately buy into.

And the last story was 'Tight Little Stiches in a Dead Man's Back', by Joe Lansdale, which I disliked. There's also an interview with Lansdale, where he talks about his inspiration for the story: 'I always loved all those old science fiction movies where the world changed and was full of mutations the day after the bomb. ... I wanted to nod to all of that, but approach it from a kind of literary story; a variation on Two People in Connecticut Are Having Trouble With Their Marriage.'

The latter part probably explains my dislike. Sorry, guy partially responsible for the bomb, I am not that interesting in your guilt about your dead daughter and your angst about how your wife doesn't love you any more!

What are you reading now?

First Cut 2, which is a collection of interviews with film editors, edited by Gabriella Oldham. I'm really enjoying it – they're all really interesting interviews, and she asks good questions. I'm finding the interviews with people who mostly edit documentaries especially interesting, although I am not someone who watches many documentaries. Part of that may be because documentary editing has more in common with vid editing than fiction-film editing does!

I'm not familiar with most of the work being discussed in the book, which is probably a pity, but it hasn't been off-putting at all.

(Also, I like that everyone in the book is introverts! Not that that's really surprising, it's just kind of nice :D)

What do you expect to read next?

Next, let's pretend I'm going to read Hidden Agendas: What We Need to Know About the TPPA, by Jane Kelsey. Which is a short, ebook-only non-fiction book – Bridget William Books (small, NZ non-fiction publisher) is apparently doing a bunch of them, which really pleases me. Publishers making good choices for the future! Also, they are in the process of digitising their out-of-print books so I will be able to buy a copy of 'A Woman of Good Character: Single Women as Immigrant Settlers in Nineteenth Century New Zealand' which I started reading when I was on a work placement and never got to finish.

hey_legousa

My brother wants to go to Anime Boston because he enjoys spending my money and, whoops, online registration is no longer open. I have never been to a con of Anime Boston's size before, so I have some questions:

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