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| Monday, December 1st, 2008 | ||
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karadin |
6:18p | THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS My secret to writing Genesis sexfic isn't listening to Gackt, his model, but James Bond Theme Songs, which you know would also work for Rufus ShinRa anywhoo, this is the title song of the same name, sung by the German band A-Ha, and it's better than I recalled. ;D |
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karadin |
11:50a | Hacking into Live journal accounts With some of the recent journal and community hackings (we don't knowabout the most recent one yet), the cause has apparently been thatHotmail is recycling closed email accounts. If you had a Hotmailaddress validated for your LJ account, and you close the Hotmailaccount, a hacker can then sign up for the same email address and useit to gain access to your LJ account. So! If you have a Hotmailaccount you no longer use, and it's not the first validated emailaddress on your account, you can remove it at the Email Management page. For this to work, you will need to be able to change the email address on your LJ account back to a working email address that was validated beforeyour Hotmail address. In general, it's a good idea to remove any emailaddresses that you no longer control from your Email Management list. If you have a Hotmail account you no longer use, and it isthe first validated email address on your account, or you no longerhave access to any earlier email addresses, it's important that youmaintain control of the Hotmail account. Don't close your Hotmailaccount, and if you have closed it, sign up for the same address again.Hotmail's FAQ says they may permanently delete accounts if you don'tsign in for 210 days (120 days to email message deletion, 90 more daysto account name deletion and possible reuse), so you should probablysign in every couple of months just to keep the account active. |
| Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | ||
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karadin |
10:42p | In your spare time We have a challenge over in the community ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gackt_army to create a stage costume for Gackt. This challenge began when he announced his tour, but not what the theme would be, which is we now know, a revisit to his Nazi SS uniform from the Rebirth Tour of 2001.I can't win challenges because I am the General Mod overthere, but I did make some entries for fun, and I'd like to see Gackt in these.  |
| Friday, November 28th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_wank [ wtf ] |
5:49p | "So long, suckers!" Zac, aka Anime News Network's Answerman, has announced his retirement in the form of an epic flounce. As a crusty old douchenozzle myself, I gotta say - I LOL'd. |
| Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_wank [ gusty ] |
9:46p | A little Thanksgiving-themed wank for those celebrating the holiday! And heck, I guess those who don't can enjoy it too. I'd like to think of myself as a fair gal. So Furaffinity, a website for furry-themed art, changed its top banner for the holiday. Rather than the usual theme for these sorts of things like some character chasing a turkey/a bunch of people sitting down to a meal/a disappointed dude watching the Lions lose game number 5 million, they decide to instead go a different route. Namely by having their two mascot characters laying on a couch looking morbidly obese. On the original artist's upload there are both positive and negative comments along with much proclaiming that their fetish is NOT OK. Within minutes there are many journals on the subject. Some displaying total disgust about the subject manner while others tell everyone to (pun intended) lighten up. In one journal the head of the site, Dragoneer, mocks the people who are complaining about the banner: "Thousands of angry furries who can not take a joke are lining up!" He also edits the news post announcing the banner change to have what is supposed to be a link to a forum post discussing the subject, but is instead our old friend the Rickroll. There IS an actual discussion thread in the forums however, with the title "New Banner is tastless and disgusting". The poster of this thread, Rilvor, wants to start a petition to have the banner removed. Rilvor: "I would like to start a petition to have it removed. That banner makes me physically ill every time I see it. I do not appreciate having such content in this fandom, which I make a point to avoid, thrust into my face." The thread so far contains five pages of arguing over whether the banner is disgusting or not and people reminding others that it's only going to be up for 24 hours. ETA: Thanksgiving is over, and as expected, the banner is gone. However journals about it continue to appear! "All this pissing and moaning about the banner. I like the banner. I don't like the banner. Journals and forums and fucking petitions. You know what? People in DR Congo and Somalia are being attacked by rape gangs and war lords, their families are being murdered. People in North Korea are starving to death on the street. Massive terrorist attack in India. Etc." |
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venivincere |
9:15p | Strangely Accurate Meme + Rounding the Dark Side First, the strangely accurate meme:  Second, Tomorrow is American Thanksgiving. If you celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful day. If you don't celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful day. I've got tomorrow and Friday off work, a fest fic to finish and get betaed, and some housecleaning and laundry to do, not to mention running the Advent Wreath-making this year on Sunday morning at church, watching my friend BA give her talk at her Advent Tea on Saturday afternoon, plus looking at all the animals and kids in the Christmas program at church on Sat. PM. So I will be maintaining radio silence and won't check anything, not LJ/IJ, not Twitter, not email until Sunday evening. If it's an emergency, text me or call me. *hugs flist* See you on the other side. Current Mood: busy Current Music: blessed silence |
| Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | ||
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karadin |
6:18p | Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Fic and Art  Cross the Rubicon Author: Karadin Fandom Final Fantasy Crisis Core Pairing Genesis/Zack Gen/other implied Gen/Zack/? Rating M for Mature Warnings explicit m/m sexual description Genre boyslove romance first-time unrequited love Disclaimer characters and world intellectual property Square Enix The author accepts no remuneration for this work of fiction Illustrations Karadin copyright 2008 all rights reserved Part One of Two - can be read as a stand-alone Word count 8,236 Synopsis: A heartbroken Corporal Fair finds consolation with a surprisingly romantic General. Third Class SOLDIER Zack Fair had never visited the First Class floor, much less a General's private quarters before. He shuffled his feet out of guest slippers to let his bare toes sink into the deep carpet with a sigh. Perhaps if more of the lower Classes were allowed to see the privileges of rank - a six room suite in ShinRa Tower, high enough so the constant miasma of pollution over Midgar never reached the windows - they would grumble less over the constant drills and exercises. ( Read more... ) |
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karadin |
4:54p | Cloud is Numb Yep, one of the most covered songs in fanvideodom - Linkin Park, but in this case, IT FITS, the story of Cloud Strife, who for some time, was part Zack Fair, the SOLDIER who died to protect him, so enjoy. And ANGEAL cameo for the WIN!!! With the stunning visuals of Advent Children and Crisis Core. |
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karadin |
4:43p | Some things can be better than the sum of their parts BELIEVE - Tribute to Zack Fair |
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karadin |
2:19p | Gacchan happy and smiling! Gackt-san was a revelation in this recent television appearance, a far cry from his uber-cool demenor on the Kinki Kids shows of four years ago. In this show, Gackt visits a 100YEN (1 dollar) shop, and brings with him a wallet carrying 2,000,000YEN of his own money! He and his co-stars must guess which items on a table are only worth 100YEN, and if they cost more, they have to pay for them! Gackt is bright and cheerful, and silly! And as we know, he HATES to lose! Watch and giggle. Other 3 parts can be found by clicking on small icons. |
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fandom_wank [ annepackrat ] |
11:02a | It was sweet, and then the beak fell off. I think the theory that Meg over at Cute Overload occasionally posts questionable content just to fuck with her viewers maybe true. Yesterday, Meg posted this video which tells the touching story of a dog who comes to a farm as a puppy and the duck (a male duck named Sheila) who adopts him. Unfortunately, Sheila eventually dies of old age. That's where it gets weird. Sheila's owners decide to get the duck embalmed and present the stuffed results to the dog, who is very happy to see his friend again. So happy, in fact, that he knocks her fake beak off. The video ends with one of the owners dragging Sheila's corpse so the dog can chase after it. ( And of course, all hell breaks loose in the comments. ) ( You're all horrible people and I'm never coming back here again! ) And then someone reveals that the video was fake, made as commercial for an Argentinian Internet Provider. Their tagline translates to "Internet you talk about." ( This commercial is animal cruelty! ) There's more to the thread, including discussions on the merits of giving ducks wheels, people quoting sketches about parrots who are pining for the fjords, and the vegans also weigh in toward the end. I'll leave the parting shot to Sara here: If dragging my preserved body around the yard made my friend that happy, I'd be fine with it. ETA: Link to commercial fixed, sorry. ETA 2: The Duck Drags Back: We have more angry flounces! ( Apparently these people missed the comments about how the whole thing was staged and that the whole McKenzie / Sheila friendship was made up. ) Current Mood: Dramatic |
| Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 | ||
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karadin |
7:43p | Don't you love when a MASH works? GOLDENEYE - Muraki Kazutaka Style hopefully, if you aren't a fan of YAMI NO MATSUEI, you might be after watching. |
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karadin |
7:37p | Opinion - Please Britney Keep The Clothes On I watched the new video by Britney (how many comebacks do I get?) Spears, just like watching a train wreck. For the song being a scold to a man 'womanizing' Brit is the one who is whorish, and looking tired and old. No need for the graiuitous and frankly, not hot nudity-which had some titilation value when she was tighter and barely legal. She's never been about the music, so that isn't really concern, especially as the song is throwaway. The old stuffs not working, so try something new, baby. |
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karadin |
7:01p | You Can't Get Cooler - THE JAMES BOND THEME SONG BY THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA The music better than the visuals from the fan cam, but hell, not complaining! |
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jordangrant |
2:06p | Owned (HP/DM) -- Post 71  Title: Owned Rating: Adult Summary: The Malfoys have always been owned by the Potters. HP/DM. Deathly Hallows compliant although the epilogue is ignored. Warnings: Slavery, dominance/submission, slash, angst, romance. Since this story spins off of canon, Harry's in a relationship with Ginny when we begin. Disclaimer: Based on JK Rowling's Harry Potter works, the full canon except the DH epilogue. No infringement intended and not for profit. Feedback: Yes, please. ---- This story is based on a prompt provided by lothy.---- Latin incantation and translation provided by fabula_rasa.---- Owned banner art by quill_lumos.---- Thanks to triomakesmehot, quill_lumos, hogwartshoney and clauclauclaudia for the feedback and valuable comments.Author's Note: Whew. This post -- over 10,000 words. I feel all Malfoyed out! *g* ( Continue Reading ) Current Mood: Focused |
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karadin |
10:58a | Ah Gackt, you keep me humble I will not rant today. I will bask in the awesomeness that is Gackt, and be thankful we share the same lifetime together. And that goes for the rest of you too! THE WINNER of the ASSLICKING MINION COMMENTS CONTEST is [Bad username: aibiona_shashenka]! (Because she pointed out all the aspects of me that make me awesome) So she gets the fanart of her choice, hopefully smutty, cos I'm in that mood and its GENESIS RHAPSODOS fault. Anywhoo, off to get some cash, think about grocery shopping, think about Thanksgiving, which we are hosting but with a smaller number this year, and maybe get some decs up, there is snow outside so I am not sure of the lights. and then, try to get the Genesis/Zack 6,000 word plus Smutfic of doom with its artwork up! Wish me luck. And best to all of you! Current Mood: amused |
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karadin |
9:52a | All Hail Gackt Sama  |
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karadin |
9:27a | Cranberry Gingerbread PS- I was hunting through my old cooking magazines for this recipe - but I found the recipe by going to Epicurious! So spare yourself the hassle of digging through your boxes and shelves! Epicurious-http://www.epicurious.com/ * 3 cups all purpose flour * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder * 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon * 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger * 3/4 teaspoons baking soda * 3/4 teaspoons salt * 3/4 teaspoons ground allspice * 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves * 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature * 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar * 2 large eggs * 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsulfured light molasses * 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk * 2 1/2 cups cranberries, coarsely chopped in processor * 1/3 cup chopped crystalized ginger (optional) Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9x2-inch pan; dust with flour. Sift first eight ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in molasses. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Fold in cranberries and crystallized ginger. Spread batter in pan. Bake until springy to touch, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack. Serve warm or at room temperature with whip cream and a sprinkling of cinnamon. |
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karadin |
9:06a | Easy Mini Mincemeat Pies These are nice tidbits, as they are very rich, you can serve with a brandy hard sauce, or custard. makes from 12 to 18 pies, depending on how large you make them. 2 packages pre-made sugar cookie dough or make your own (you may mix 3 tablespoons grated orange peel into dough if desired) powdered sugar (for rolling out) 1 large jar prepared mincemeat of choice (add tablespoon or two of good brandy to mincemeat if desired) 1 egg beaten (for glaze) 1 tablespoon water (for glaze) Roll out chilled cookie dough on surface dusted lightly with powdered sugar, place sheet of plastic wrap or waxed paper on top of dough to keep it from sticking to rolling pin. When dough is 1/4 inch thick, cut into 2 1/2 inch rounds with round cookie cutter or use a drinking glass with similar diameter. grease standard muffin cups - (you can also use mini muffin tin if desired) if using standard, the pies will not reach the top of the tin. Take a dough circle and press it gently into the bottom of each muffin cup, don't worry if the edges fold in, press edges back against side of cup. Try to keep the thickness of dough even as the pies are really juicy. Fill each cookie dough cup with a heaping teaspoon of mincemeat. Whisk egg and tablespoon of water in small container for glaze, brush edges of each pie with glaze, to glue the remaining dough rounds to the tops of each mincemeat pie. Make a small X in the lids of the pies, and top with glaze. (If desired, these can be kept chilled for 4 hours) Bake in 375 degree oven, bake until golden, about 15 min. Leave on rack for about 5 minutes, use sharp paring knife to loosed each pie from tin, best served warm, but will keep wonderfully for a day or two afterward in a tin. |
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karadin |
8:30a | Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas Anyone want to share? I am watching a cooking show (Tyler's Ulimate on Food Network) where he's making a roasted sweet potato and roasted banana side dish with brown sugar crumble on the top, I might try it! Anyone got any other ideas for stuffing and sides? I have some great recipes, I'll try posting them today, since we all have to go shopping! |
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karadin |
8:12a | Not Your Twilight Vampires  |
| Friday, November 21st, 2008 | ||
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karadin |
8:01p | Okay, now this is making me bang my head against a wall. STALKERS. First off, many friends on my lists throughout the years have complained about being STALKED. This is not the problem. The problem begins with the fact that women are trained from birth to be polite, put the concerns of others before themselves AND not make a fuss. So if a man for any reason, comes within your physical space (and this is at least arms length for strangers) DON'T ALLOW IT. The predator, opportunist, perv, call it what you will, is testing your reactions, seeing how far he can go. When a girl or woman is quiet, curling into herself, even making conversation to be polite, this is allowing him to get intimately close. It is within your rights to get someone you don't want out of your personal space. This is what a cop taught me. Put your arm out, putting this space between you and the person harrassing you and shout, STOP. Don't worry about being polite, don't worry about making a scene. This is your peace of mind, and your personal safety that is important. NEVER BE AFRAID TO MAKE A SCENE. If this does not work, take steps backward, keeping your arm raised, keeping eye contact with the harrasser and shout GO AWAY! and CALL THE POLICE! This should be enough to make the harasser leave you alone. Every time you answer questions regarding your work, where you live, if you have a boyfriend, this is a means to engage and get closer to you. Do not engage or make conversation, be strong and LOUD from the start and you can avoid further harrassment. If the person continues to follow, go to a crowded area, like a shopping mall where people are. If you see a policeman walk over to him. If you have a camera phone, snap the harassers picture, but only from a distance and not where you are being seen. You should not have to change your pattern of behavior, but never allow them to follow you to your workplace or home. Go to a place with lots of people, and if you can, call to state that you will be late to your appointment and if possible, get a lift or a cab or a bus away. I guess the most ABSURD thing I heard in comments was someone saying well, hey, at least this proves you're attractive. Attractive has nothing to do with it, it's being a mark they see you as someone they can approach, engage and harrass, this has nothing to do with physical attractiveness! there have been so many cases of women who had men follow them enough that it lulled them into a false sense of security, only to be dragged off into an alleyway. Forewarned is forearmed. |
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karadin |
7:11a | TV Tropes -Guide for Writers Ever wonder if your new original premise has been used before? Hop over to Tv Tropes Wiki and do a search, it not only covers Tv, but anime, manga, games, and from many different countries. Thanks clockworkhands for the link! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M |
| Thursday, November 20th, 2008 | ||
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karadin |
8:50p | Gackt Macro |
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system |
4:46p | S2 Layout Issues Hi, Guys. I know a good many of the S2 themes are kinda hosed right now. Something changed with the LJ migration to their new data center. The Bloggish and Style Contest themes have their CSS hosted at LJ. That's by LJ's design, with how the code is distributed. The code is set to use LJ's CSS proxy to handle the access and display of the CSS settings. Since LJ's move, though, the CSS proxy has been kaput. But the CSS itself at LJ is still working. Until we can find a way around all this, a couple users have a way that you can use the Custom CSS in your customization area to get your layouts pretty damn close to the original for that layout and theme. You'll enter two sets of code in that area. The first one would be the code from this URL: http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/the Just go there, copy it, and paste into the custom CSS box. And the second set you enter will be from the direct CSS URL for your specific theme. You can locate this URL by viewing the source of your journal in your browser (View Source code). If you scroll down to the <link rel="stylesheet" section of the source code, you'll see the direct url to your theme's CSS at livejournal. Go there, copy that code, and paste it after the base-weblog.css code above. Make sure you have "No" selected to use the included base code (it's a dropdown), and that the URL field above the custom CSS box is empty. Click to save changes, and your theme will display much as it is supposed to. There is occasionally an element like a border that doesn't come through, but it's pretty close. As an example of the CSS URLs, this is the one for the Baby theme for the Bloggish layout: http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/lilia/theme-baby.css The CSS URLS will be start with http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml with the rest varying by theme and layout. I'll still be looking for an alternative to having to futz with custom CSS, but in the meantime, that method of applying the CSS will get your Bloggish and Style Contest journal themes put back together pretty well. Thanks, Robin |
