MORNING WARM-UP
Dec. 11th, 2010 10:33 amI am sure this has already been fansubbed; don't care. This was my 20-minute warm-up this morning. Creative liberties have been taken; also don't care. The tradition of Phoenix Wright is to discard cross-language accuracy in favor of internal consistency + lulz.
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney: Trailer
Can be viewed on the second tab, right next to 'TOP', once you've dragged open the book. (The book is entitled 'The Witch Trial'.)
( Spoilers within! Yes, they spoiled their own game in the trailer. Not that much. STILL! )
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney: Trailer
Can be viewed on the second tab, right next to 'TOP', once you've dragged open the book. (The book is entitled 'The Witch Trial'.)
( Spoilers within! Yes, they spoiled their own game in the trailer. Not that much. STILL! )
Stumbled across from the shelves today
Nov. 23rd, 2010 02:00 amBattle On!
An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at XENA: Warrior Princess.
An entire published book of Xena episode synopses and light commentary, occasionally snarking about character interaction and each with a 'Reality Check' (lol) cross-check of inaccuracies against history and myth. Never going into analysis or any particular insight; it's just for fun. Cute.
The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Second Edition
c. 1999
I love this. Not only is it hideously out of date, this shiny red hardcover is a relic of its economic era. Chapter 12: Rating of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities is written by the vice president of one of the four major rating companies. Of course. Who else knew anything about it?
An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at XENA: Warrior Princess.
An entire published book of Xena episode synopses and light commentary, occasionally snarking about character interaction and each with a 'Reality Check' (lol) cross-check of inaccuracies against history and myth. Never going into analysis or any particular insight; it's just for fun. Cute.
The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Second Edition
c. 1999
I love this. Not only is it hideously out of date, this shiny red hardcover is a relic of its economic era. Chapter 12: Rating of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities is written by the vice president of one of the four major rating companies. Of course. Who else knew anything about it?
Who wants to book a bus and a hostel to Washington DC with me on October 30th?
10/30/10. Rally to Restore Sanity: a Stewart/Colbert stunt. Because politics is farce.
10/30/10. Rally to Restore Sanity: a Stewart/Colbert stunt. Because politics is farce.
Adolescence of Utena: The ghosts.
Dec. 17th, 2009 04:28 amI UNDERSTAAAAAAAAND. Everything, or close to everything, after the duel with Juri. I think I even get why the story was told this way!
( Incoming. )
( Incoming. )
I'm in Shibuya!!
Jan. 1st, 2009 01:59 amSpending the middle part of my day in Shibuya was the RIGHT choice. Navigating by way of little more than my experience in a video game set herein... also turned out awesome! I went into the 109 building solely on basis of it being an important TWEWY landmark, and god damn, people. That building is an experience in itself. It's an inside-out living organism, kind of a writhing flowing pulsating being of chatty shoppers and cheery store clerks and coats and hats and fashion gnomes and pretty boots and faux fur and a million other things. Storefronts sprout so thickly you start to wonder that they don't strangle each other. Brands call for attention, look at me, look at me! and end-of-year sales dial everything up to a code-yellow urgent.
SHIBUYA IS COOL, okay, there are lots of people everywhere . Yes I am a city girl. Scramble Crossing is the kind of area I am absolutely comfortable passing through. And alright, Shibuya in particular would be overstimulating on a daily or weekly basis, yes, because it's like Times Square, times six, only made for real people. Right now, though, I am soaking up the sheer density in stores and people and ads and streets and ideas and chatter and glorious, plush, well-dressed humanity in ways I didn't know were really in me.
Hell yes, Tokyo! I don't know if I want to live in you again, but you are a hella nice city to pass through!
SHIBUYA IS COOL, okay, there are lots of people everywhere . Yes I am a city girl. Scramble Crossing is the kind of area I am absolutely comfortable passing through. And alright, Shibuya in particular would be overstimulating on a daily or weekly basis, yes, because it's like Times Square, times six, only made for real people. Right now, though, I am soaking up the sheer density in stores and people and ads and streets and ideas and chatter and glorious, plush, well-dressed humanity in ways I didn't know were really in me.
Hell yes, Tokyo! I don't know if I want to live in you again, but you are a hella nice city to pass through!
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Dec. 28th, 2008 01:47 amDid...
Did you know Starfire was once framed for the murder of Nelson Mandela?
y-yeah. Me... me neither.
HOW SO AWESOME, EIGHTIES?
ps DOCTOR WHOOOOO your Agatha Christie episode was beautiful and executed with SUCH tender loving care. I was so so impressed. Also Donna rocks, she is just awesome, hooray for Donna. More moments like all the ones she does. I was ttly not sure about her as a companion after just the Christmas special, but face it, she's fantastic.
Did you know Starfire was once framed for the murder of Nelson Mandela?
y-yeah. Me... me neither.
HOW SO AWESOME, EIGHTIES?
ps DOCTOR WHOOOOO your Agatha Christie episode was beautiful and executed with SUCH tender loving care. I was so so impressed. Also Donna rocks, she is just awesome, hooray for Donna. More moments like all the ones she does. I was ttly not sure about her as a companion after just the Christmas special, but face it, she's fantastic.
Meme ganked from
zionga
Dec. 1st, 2008 06:48 pmPut your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.
Limited to English, and sometimes I stretched the one-line limit. The sheer proportion of English songs I have that are relentlessly silly may have biased the meme toward awesome. I claim full responsibility.
( Tom Lehrer, yeah, Paul and Storm, sure, but I think it was the Evil Dead musical that made this one. )
Limited to English, and sometimes I stretched the one-line limit. The sheer proportion of English songs I have that are relentlessly silly may have biased the meme toward awesome. I claim full responsibility.
( Tom Lehrer, yeah, Paul and Storm, sure, but I think it was the Evil Dead musical that made this one. )
Paneldump five: MEME EDITION
Nov. 16th, 2008 11:51 amAll the memes I see going around tend to involve 'what do you think of me' or 'what do you think of this' or so on. And thusly.
Pick any one of the panels below and I shall give you
a) My thoughts, in-universe
b) My thoughts, meta-style
c) My thoughts on yaoi
d) My thoughts on YOU. Using the panel. Somehow.
Whichever you prefer.
Bonus round: try and identify where they're all from! Or at the least the nonobvious ones. =D

( And-a one two three four five TEEN TITANS GO! )
Pick any one of the panels below and I shall give you
a) My thoughts, in-universe
b) My thoughts, meta-style
c) My thoughts on yaoi
d) My thoughts on YOU. Using the panel. Somehow.
Whichever you prefer.
Bonus round: try and identify where they're all from! Or at the least the nonobvious ones. =D

( And-a one two three four five TEEN TITANS GO! )
Oh, Saturday.
Nov. 8th, 2008 02:27 pmWatching Daily Show/ Colbert Report election coverage. ♥ It's funny AND comforting, now!
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Oct. 27th, 2008 09:46 pmI took a walk the other day, down the river as far as the road went. It's been raining and the current was good in a couple places.
I saw a small brown duck letting the current carry him backwards around a little clump of vegetation. He was paddling just enough to send himself into a slow spin.
He wasn't actually quacking 'Wheeee!' but I think it was implied.
I saw a small brown duck letting the current carry him backwards around a little clump of vegetation. He was paddling just enough to send himself into a slow spin.
He wasn't actually quacking 'Wheeee!' but I think it was implied.
so this may not be NEARLY so brilliant when I look at it tomorrrow
but FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, here is Lina's drunken ramblings on the state of Japanese politics.
[12:52am] DK: Well, I guess they have their own political ISSUES at the moment
[12:52am] Arkstar: YEAH
[12:52am] Arkstar: just a BIT
[12:53am] DK: Didn't the head of the government resign or something
[12:53am] Arkstar: YEAH
[12:53am] Arkstar: not that this was a NEW thing
[12:53am] Arkstar: but it was kinda, 'jeez what NOW, you crazy old men'
[12:55am] Arkstar: and also 'okay, so our ruling party is kinda made of senile dumbasses. What's the alternative?'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'uh... we never had one.'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'uh, humn. well. Did we actually need a prime minister?'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'idfk, what does one do'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'NOT MUCH'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'then I guess NO'
[12:56am] Arkstar: there you go, that's Japanese politics right now
[12:56am] DK: wow
[12:56am] Arkstar: there's a play written but the actors are all retired.
[12:57am] Arkstar: yyyyep.
ps I have a bruise on my thigh the size of two quarters. Go me. Fuck you, bike accident, even if I am glad you weren't even serious enough for me to fall all the way over. And NO, I didn't bike while DRUNK, this was this afternoon. >///
but FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, here is Lina's drunken ramblings on the state of Japanese politics.
[12:52am] DK: Well, I guess they have their own political ISSUES at the moment
[12:52am] Arkstar: YEAH
[12:52am] Arkstar: just a BIT
[12:53am] DK: Didn't the head of the government resign or something
[12:53am] Arkstar: YEAH
[12:53am] Arkstar: not that this was a NEW thing
[12:53am] Arkstar: but it was kinda, 'jeez what NOW, you crazy old men'
[12:55am] Arkstar: and also 'okay, so our ruling party is kinda made of senile dumbasses. What's the alternative?'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'uh... we never had one.'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'uh, humn. well. Did we actually need a prime minister?'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'idfk, what does one do'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'NOT MUCH'
[12:55am] Arkstar: 'then I guess NO'
[12:56am] Arkstar: there you go, that's Japanese politics right now
[12:56am] DK: wow
[12:56am] Arkstar: there's a play written but the actors are all retired.
[12:57am] Arkstar: yyyyep.
ps I have a bruise on my thigh the size of two quarters. Go me. Fuck you, bike accident, even if I am glad you weren't even serious enough for me to fall all the way over. And NO, I didn't bike while DRUNK, this was this afternoon. >///
