Below are the most recent 12 friends' journal entries.

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
nam_jai	3:30p	Because I'm bored writing a boring review of a boring book... And I have different icons here, so I feel like doing this meme here: MAH ICONS. default oldest newest saddest happiest angriest cutest sexiest funniest fave ship fave fandom fave animated best quote best textless best stolen idea use the most favorite DO THE MEME. Coding can be found here Current Mood: did I mention bored? (Comment on this)
lab	12:43p	Meme stolen from musesfool: Footnote: My memory of this year starts at around November, aka the TIME I STARTED TO LIVE AGAIN, so this list may seem a little end-of-the-year-focussed. Your main fandom of the year? Dexter. Your favourite film watched this year? Probably XXY, though I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man. Your favourite book read this year? A difficult question this year, since I hardly remember any kind of fiction reading. On the non-fiction front, I have to say that I'm in love with Stephen Jay Gould's The Mismeasure of Man, because, while not new, I only realised the scope and brilliance of his argument when confronted with the context. I got to appreciate Zygmunt Bauman (esp. Dialectic of Modernity and Wasted Lives) and Andrea Smith's Conquest. Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide broadened my horizon with the elegance of detailed historical feminist research and the bluntness of a sledge hammer. One publication that I awaited anxiously and that lived up to my expectations was Jan Philipp Reemtsma's Vertrauen und Gewalt. Versuch über eine besondere Konstellation der Moderne. [Violence and Trust. An Essay on an exceptional constellation of modern thought.] Your favourite album or song to listen to this year? José James: The Dreamer, Parov Stelar (& band): Shine, Gotan Project's new live album, Sisters: Gender Riots, Nneka: Heartbeat, and, last but definitely not least: Buraka som Sistema: Kalemba (Wegue Wegue). Your favourite TV show of the year? Pushing Daisies, though True Blood and SPN S4 were strong contenders this year, too. Your favourite LJ community of the year? Hm. Wasn't around much. Your best new fandom discovery of the year? The only new thing that makes me want to write fic at this point is True Blood - and I'm mainly interested in Pam & Eric as badly dressed Sapphire and Steel clones - (I'm too heartbroken about the Pushing Daisies cancellation) and maybe Lucifer; but I'd like to finish that one first. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year? Pushing Daisies! Cancellation! What the heck! Also, House, and the whole anticlimactic something that was Dexter S3. (Of course, the whole trainwreck that's Heroes and Grey's, but these were anticipated) Your TV boyfriend of the year? Either Josh Lyman or one Sgt. Doakes, mentally added in all Dexter's S3. Your TV girlfriend of the year? Charlotte "Chuck" Charles. Your biggest squee moment of the year? Werecollie! Boston Legal's final episode! (I'm going to miss that show so much) The most missed of your old fandoms? The West Wing and Weiß Kreuz. I've got serious cravings for good stories in both of them. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to? I hear a lot about Entourage, Life and Merlin. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year? Dexter S4! True Blood S2! BSG comes back! Also, Massive Attack may just finally - finally finally finally - publish a new album (MA are one of the only bands I still feel genuinely fannish about) and there's a Blur reuinion up the alley. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
pishbadlarr	7:38p	( Random BabyPish picture ) No reason! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
deliciouschaos	1:38p	the sky is falling! EVERYONE RUN AND FLAIL, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LJ! BACK UP EVERYTHING! CYBERSQUAT ALL YOUR NAMES! DON'T YOU ALL KNOW THAT LJ IS POWERED BY THE DRAMALLAMA? FEED THAT FUCKING DRAMALLAMA! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
nam_jai	10:34a	New Year's resolutions, of sorts Recent news is finally compelling me to follow through on my vague intention to double-post between here and LJ, and use my JF account, what I paid for and everything. And so, here I am, double-posting this utterly fascinating information! **** I joined the YMCA this weekend, and I'm still all thrilled by the novelty of it. I was really not getting enough exercise, and I've been feeling it -- not just in tighter clothes, but in a general "bleah" physical state and lack of energy. Naturally, this got even worse when the weather started to prevent me from taking my bicycle out. So this seemed like a good way to keep me active through the winter months. It's not far away, but I wish it wasn't so very hilly between the YMCA and my house -- in warm months, I could ride my bicycle there, go swimming, and ride home! I haven't gone swimming yet, because I don't have a swimsuit that currently fits me. :/ A lot of the machines have TVs attached to them now, so I also had the idea that I could combine my TV appointments with workout appointments -- watch Supernatural while on the treadmill, for instance. Or, if that proves too complicated, I can also load up my iPod with Old Who and continue my watching-in-order project combined with the exercising project. Things to keep me from getting bored. Krista, do you have a family YMCA membership? When you and Tyler come to visit, maybe we could go swimming! Maybe. The "rules" for letting kids swim seemed oddly draconian, but the whole reason I found out about this YMCA was that I went to a kids' party there, and surely not all the child guests swimming at the party were previously vetted and tested? Current Mood: Frivolous (Comment on this)
Monday, January 5th, 2009
notjo	11:34p	THIS IS MY HAPPY FACE OMG! OMG! Guess what? I am totally taking the most awesome class evar this semester. It's my Intellectual & Cultural History Seminar course, and it's on the history of broken families, and I get to use fairy tales as some of my primary sources, and I realised (this is not something new & unique to me) that the modern version of fairy tales is superhero comics, and perhaps Mary Sues, and I am SO HAPPY OMG!!!!!!! Hi! Happy New Year To Me! (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
also_not_a_pipe	1:22a	I'm... confused. My knowledge of Dr. Who comes solely from fandom_wank, David Tennant pic spams, and the Nightmare Fuel section of TVTropes (Dr. Who is a show about a hot guy who goes around having terrifying adventures wherein he saves the day by being fucking gorgeous and he may or may not fancy a woman named Rose or a The Master who I don't think is the same as the ones from Buffy or Manos: Hand of Fate, which makes people argue. Also sometimes there are kittens. And I think he's some kind of immortal alien, but not the kind like in the Highlander series). I saw part of one episode, the one with the cute little white things. I had no idea what was going on, but I sort of liked it and haven't been able to find it ever again. But I thought that David Tennant was the last incarnation or whatever they are of the Doctor. Aren't there only ten? Where did this eleventh one even come from for people to get all het up over? Current Mood: baroo? Current Music: Simon and Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Philippic (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
pishbadlarr	8:47a	Last night was the second night in a row I haven't gotten much sleep due to being plagued by horrible dreams. I don't normally have any problem with dreams, and in fact normally I enjoy dreaming immensely. So what gives, brain? Why so cruel? :( (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
themadmermaid	8:44p	A ton of recs. Ok, here are the recs that I mentioned posting o so long ago... most are from smutty_claus but there's a few random things I've run across as well. They are in no particular order. The Four Faces Hermione Granger Wore While Fucking Draco Malfoy by Anon. Obviously, this is Draco/Hermione. This story has a creative premise, and I really liked the way it ended. The White Road by perverse_idyll. Snape/Harry, also Lily/Snape in a totally unconsummated sense, Lily/James. One day, comfortably set up in the afterlife, Lily Evans Potter switches on the telly and gets hooked on the Harry Potter show. This is a fabulous story and I can't describe it in a way that would do it justice. I am going to yank the comment I left on it and repaste it here as it highlights what I really loved about it: I really enjoy fic that both complies with canon and subverts it at the same time, and you took up the threads of existing details and wove them into something different while making it seem very believable.I also loved your characterization--you incorporated the standard bits we all know about the characters while pushing them past that and making them grow, especially Lily. Shh by Anon. James/Lily, James/Lily/Sirius. Under the Invisibility Cloak, Lily and James can do whatever they want without his friends seeing. Lily isn't sure she ought to like that quite so much. Inventive smut. But really, it made me think of how unrealistic it was that Invisibiilty Cloak Sex isn't canon. What would YOU have done with one when you were in high school? This House Will Fall by Anon. Sirius/Bellatrix, implied Sirius/Remus. All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. - James Thurber Warnings: Angst, (light) bloodplay, incest, canon character death, violence/disturbing content This is the kind of darkfic I like: an exploration of the inexplicable choices we make--the darker emotions that drive us and what happens when we follow where they want us to go. Nice Day for a White Wedding by Anon Artist. This is Ron/Ginny, so of course it's incest. I don't have any particular fondness for the pairing, but it's a great piece of art. Possession of the Heart by romaine24. Pairing(s): Harry/Scorpius (Harry/Ginny Harry/OC OC/Scorpius) Summary: Harry loves his life and would never want it to change. But when violence upsets the very foundations of his world, he finds himself turning to the one person whose heart he's protected from the start. Epilogue Compliant. Warning(s): Character Death (not Harry Scorpius Draco), Violence Honestly, I read this on a whim when I saw it come up on that community, and I'm glad I did because it's a really well-written story, and very touching and emotional without being fluffy and silly. Time and Turn Enough by Anon. Ron/Pansy. Ron finds what he needs in the most unlikely place. A leisurely, serious romance between Ron and Pansy that had me tearing up several times. A Single Step (Or Three) by Anon. Neville/Luna A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, even if it's a trip that Neville's not sure he's willing to take yet. The main selling point for me in this fic is the way it folds into canon. What happened at Hogwarts while the Golden Trio was camping for-freaking- ever? How did Neville step forward and become a badass? This fic has some plausible answers to those questions and a romance between Neville and Luna to boot. The Education of Teddy Lupin by Anon Artist. Teddy/older women, Tonks/Fleur Warning:Infidelity. This is a lovely piece of art, and the premise is pretty amusing too. This is the Night by Anon. Harry/Ginny, some Sirius/Ginny.Harry is dead and Sirius Black has reappeared. But Ginny is haunted by dreams hinting that all is not what it seems. Warnings: Potentially disturbing content. An interesting little what-if tale, with a Ginny that I really liked. Jouissance by Anon. Draco/Rose. Draco, in atoning for the sins of his past, has lived a life of duty without passion. His life has been a good performance until he meets Rose. This is the story of their fatal, erotic obsession. Warnings: (alphabetically) abuses of power, angst, character death, cross-generational relationships, disturbing content, drama, explicit sexual scenes, guilt, incest (past event), infidelity, lust, obsession, underage sex (past event, not Draco/Rose). Author's notes: DH-compliant. EWE-skewed. Plot liberally borrowed from Josephine Hart’s "Damage", her first person narrative has been transposed to third. Italicised text from "Damage". bewarethesmirk requested Draco as insane, obsessively lusting after Rose with no hint of Draco/Rose as a legitimate, lovey-dovey pairing. This wish has been granted. This is an intense fic. Imagine it as Draco's turn as Humbert Humbert and you about have it. Moonlight Composition For Two by Anon. Cuthbert Binns/Irma Pince. Who and How are oft-times not so important as the Whither and Wherefore. Warnings: the expected character death. consensual sex. This was such a sweet little story, and the writing style is perfectly suited to the characters. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 26th, 2008
negativecosine	12:59a	Yuletide (mostly so I can find these later) An Arrangement of Superstitions, Dogma: Bartleby/Loki with Metatron, Rish, oddly cute and angry. In Case of Emergency, Hitchhiker's Guide: Ford/Zaphod, R, in which Zaphod is predictably infuriating. Talking, All We Ever Do, RPF of Oscar Wilde and "associates," PG-13ish, clever and aesthetic and somehow everyone still manages to die. For wherever you go, I will go, V for Vendetta: Valerie/Ruth, R, angsty and pretty. Holy crap a whole bunch of fic for: Stoppard's Arcadia Sound and the Fury xkcd (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
harrylovesron	11:26p	(Crossposted from my LJ.) After much effort and hassle, I got my hands on a copy of the movie "Cheaters' Club" after seeing a clip from it in Chris Violette's demo reel, because yeah, he's totally tied to a bed in it. |D And of course, there are caps. His character had a total of 3 minutes or so of screentime, but OH DEAR GOD was it worth it. DEFINITELY NSFW SCREENCAPS BELOW. POST IS ALSO IMAGE-HEAVY. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY NOSEBLEEDS OR BRAIN BREAKAGES RESULTING EITHER. ( Rrrrawrf. ) MERRY CHRISTMAS INDEED. Gaarrroooo. Current Mood: naughty (Comment on this)
Friday, December 26th, 2008
stromatolite	3:44p	Merry Christmas, everyone! It is gorgeous outside. I woke up early enough to see the sunrise. Now I'm at (Comment on this)