MOON HUBRIS

REGRETSY

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:35:13 GMT

REGRETSY! Where you can find the WTF things listed on etsy.com

NSFW!!!

Birds do it

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vampire fail

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:22:49 GMT

Twilight pretty much already fails completely, but stubble? How did no one catch that?

Drow Doctor

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:19:10 GMT

Drow Doctor by ~roosb on deviant ART

I figured it would be fair to draw an image of the character in the OTHER game I'm playing before I draw another of my Legends of the Five Rings character.

Sadly, if I draw EVERY character I have in the works, there will be 2 more pictures before I can draw my L5R PC again...

L5R Character

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:45:59 GMT

Shinosuke L5R by ~roosb on deviant ART

HP6

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:15:19 GMT

Harry Potter 6 was crappy.

I wish I had AJ's silver tongue when it comes to writing movie reviews, but I don't.

Imagine all the things a movie needs, like drama, a climax, or giving a shit about the characters, now get rid of those, and add in a truly wretchedly written book. There you go.

Better than Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, but only by a HAIR. If I could have cut and hour from the plot, and changed a little dialogue, I would have LOVED T2: Rolling on the Floor, but no amount of cutting could have saved HP6: giving less than Half a shit about Snape.

REMEMBER HIM? SNAPE? Like, the main character in book 6? He gets maybe 5 minutes of airtime.

LAME.

gay romance and fantasy

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:53:35 GMT

I'm outlining a new, much more interesting [to me] novel. One of the main reasons the first novel I began to write had such halting progress was both my lack of a good outline, and my lack of real interest in the characters. I've gone back to the first novel I imagined, and starting from scratch on that.

With that said, I've encountered a major thematic stumbling block: MALE HOMOSEXUAL ROMANCE. This is:
A-something I enjoy reading
B- something that doesn't show up very often in fantasy novels

The story really suggests that the main character and the guy he spends a lot of time with are more than friends. Do I let the romance happen between the lines? That might sell better, but be much less honest. I really despised Rowling for not making an explicit stance on Dumbledore being a homosexual. It's relevant to the backstory! I don't want to be another one of those authors (JKR) who only say in interviews that a character is one way or the other.

Can a fantasy novel have gay romance in it without being a Gay Romance? I want to say yes, but I have a feeling most people who read books would say no? I wouldn't want that to be why someone does, or doesn't read the book.

Ethically, do I have a responsibility to portray this romance? I'm not contriving to make these characters fall in love for some political statement, it's just the kind of romance I prefer.

No matter what, the love story will be there, the question is, is there a really compelling reason to hide it? More compelling than any ethical or narrative obligations?

f-list meme

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:08 GMT

taken from ali_wildgoose

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I WANNA KNOW YOU...I want to know 33 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine...You're on my list, so I wanna know you better! :)

1. Can you cook?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Do we know each other outside of lj?
11. What is your favorite sport?
12. Negative or optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Best thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you:
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the macerana?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22. What color eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
28. Do you remember how we met?
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for yo

northwards, ho!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:14:32 GMT

I'm off to the frozen and desolate northlands. Once there, I shall valiantly eat BBQ, attempt to drink lightly, and endeavor to chit-chat with my relatives. GOD SPEED.

fuckin' kaboom

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:11:49 GMT

Billy Mays is dead! Who's next?

(this is a NSFW dub of a Kaboom commercial, fucking hilarious)

home againhome again, jiggety jig

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:52:20 GMT

I'm back home in North Providence, and it's good to be back.

It was a long, arduous journey, but mostly free of drama. My only big annoyance was all the layover time I had, both in Japan and Chicago. I wanted to sleep, but I also didn't want to miss my flight.

I'm home now, and it's relax-o-clock. Of course, I woke up after only 5-6 hours of sleeping, but I'm going to fix that with a nice postprandial nap. delightful.

I look forward to seeing everyone local, asap.

My birthday is on Friday (the 26th) for those of you who care about stuff like that.

essays

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:47:14 GMT

I keep meaning to post essays that are particularly great, but never really get around to it.

Well, here you go, with all spelling, puntuation and line breaks intact:

Q: What's your favorite food?

My favorite food is meat.
There are many kind of meat
Example, of the fish, chi
cken beef, pork
Usually my house ate the meat
twice a week. When I was
eating meat, I was so happy.
Meat is decious. And meat
has protein, so it is good
for our body. I love meat
forever.

He's in 2nd grade! I'm pretty impressed, especially since his speaking is not nearly this good. He might have gotten help, but still.

video

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:02:56 GMT

I've been posting a lot of videos, and I'm sorry that's really the only thing anyone hears from me.

With that said, this is the funniest and most enjoyable music video I've seen maybe all year, maybe longer.

NSFW due to carnage, it's actually glitter, but someone at work may not realize that. Also there is a cat-man. CATMAIGN.

STAR TREK: TNG

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:37:57 GMT

I just finished watching season 3, episode 16, "The Offspring", where Data makes himself an android daughter.

I'm big enough to admit, the ending made me cry.

the amazing octopus

Mon, 18 May 2009 18:11:32 GMT

I shudder, in both delight, and delightful revulsion.

I'd like some sunglasses like that...

Thu, 14 May 2009 15:53:15 GMT

WHEN is dance-fighting not a good idea?

OK, I lied.

Sat, 09 May 2009 15:42:36 GMT

I lied about not having more to say about Star Trek.

I went to see the partial-birth-abortion that was WOLVERINE on Tuesday (which I had off for Children's Day). What a load of crap THAT was! I didn't see a single character portrayed to my liking, although I was pleased to see Gambit finally make a fucking showing.

I didn't have even remotely high standards for Wolverine, and I was STILL disappointed.

Star Trek, on the other hand, hadn't already burned me (I'm looking at YOU, X-Men 3...). I had high expectations. And I was STILL pleased.

Now, to qualify. I am not a Star Trek Original Series fan. I never got very into it, of course I did SEE quite a few episodes, but no where near my near complete survey of Next Gen episodes (which were on two separate channels back to back, so I could easily get in 3-4 hours a day after school. sad but true).

On the other hand, I'm a much bigger fan of X-men, so nitpicky details bother me. BUT! Wolverine's PLOT was also very bad.

Plotwise, Star Trek was very engaging. I had a smile on my face for 95% of it, and the other 5%, I don't think was aimed at me (the big space monsters on the ice planet, for example.)

I think the (SPOILER) establishment of an alternate timeline for events via time travel was a very elegant way to change the canon.

Acting-wise? Very pleased.

My friend said to me, "It's nice to see that crony-ism is strong in Starfleet.

I was extra-double impressed by McCoy and Scotty! But Spock delivered on all of it's promises.

All I want now? MORE.

STAR TREK

Sat, 09 May 2009 15:30:04 GMT

STAR TREK WAS AWESOME.

that is all.

no wait.

STAR TREK WAS FUCKING AWESOME.

that is all.

wow, that was just as bad as I thought it would be...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:11:11 GMT

You know when someone evaluates something poorly, and you just can't take their word for it? No matter how much you may trust them, you have to watch/eat/listen to it. When it is inevitably poor, there is both chagrin at not listening to them, but also satisfaction at making your own opinion.

I just finished SEEKER, THE DARK IS RISING, which I knew, both from reviews and my own instinct, would be wretchedly bad.

AND IT WAS.

Do I feel chagrin? Yes. Also satisfaction? Yes.

But my unstoppable rage is that it was a truly offensively poor adaptation of one of my favorite books. If you havent read the Dark is Rising sequence, I recommend it most strongly.

Just avoid the movie.

(Now I'm going to rewatch The Pirates of Darkwater.....which would make a GREAT movie....if adapted correctly)

more about the writing journal

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:20:18 GMT

some people have already friended my new writing journal,

whitecrescent

THANK YOU!
There's actually something for you to read now.

to anyone else willing to read 5 minutes of my fantasy novel per week, please take a look.
I have the first bit up, and I'm very excited about being read.

Writing Journal

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:46:15 GMT

I am restarting an old writing journal:

whitecrescent

It conveniently used a place name from the last story I was writing, which then got recycled into the new novel, so no need to rename! Thank goodness.

I intend to post as if I was serializing the novel, a la Dickens, etc. I hope this will encourage people to read, as they will be posted in lengths that shouldn't take more than 5 or so minutes to read. I'm aiming for one passage/week.

I also plan to post illustrations of the characters and the world.

I hope I can get some feedback. I'm not yet comfortable with showing my work to strangers. I know that's a little silly, since the ultimate goal is of course publication, but the story is still in its infancy, and isn't yet up to rough handling.

As of now there isn't anything, but there will be a scene up ASAP.

sickness in a foreign land

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:36:03 GMT

Sickness in a foreign land is not enjoyable. I wisely brought my favorite cold remedies, nyquil and dayquil, but some things could not be brought. Like, my mom, or chicken soup that is guaranteed to have no tripe in it.

They also do not have ginger ale, or tissues with aloe--not that I have found. Bear in mind of course, that I cant read Korean, so unless something states it's purpose clearly either in English or in body language, I won't buy it.

I went home yesterday halfway through work, and I should still be out, but I'm going to stay. Luckily it's Friday.

In less pleasant news, the good ship My Novel has been running out of steam, and my unblemished record of 500+ words a day was broken, first by computer issues, then my the wicked influenza. Maybe this weekend I'll try to muscle down and get to it, etc.

In the meantime, I am counting down the minutes before I can go home. (both for the day and for the year.)

Don't get me wrong, I feel alright, but alright-for-someone-with-the-'flu... so not great.

WTF VIDEO

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:59:41 GMT

I rarely watch videos with my mouth agape. Torn between "wow that's the GAYEST thing I've ever seen" and "wow, this is the most epic awesome version of A Midsummer Night's Dream ever"

the song is more on the gay side, but it being NSFW would be more towards the epic.

AJ, JB, Nikki, for both the good and bad reasons, I recommend you watch.

TV meme

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:38:19 GMT

Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever.
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Underline the shows you own on DVD (at least one season). (I am also counting things I "own" via torrenting.)
4. Post your answers.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

AFK

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:04:30 GMT

I'm moving today, so no internet for a while. I'll be on at work of course, but before and after work are no longer internet times. SADNESS. I'll get it back ASAP.

I'd like to propose a toast, to ME!

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:31:17 GMT

10,000 WORDS
HURRAY!

Free fundraiser
thermometer
for your original fundraisers

OK. that's pretty pathetic! But It's incentive to keep going.