What up eljay? Howz it bin hangin?

( In the world of Music )

Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

They Weren't There by Missy Higgins. It's so beautiful.

Day 15 → A fanfic
Wow. How to choose?

So I'm going with shameless self-promotion.

The One Hundred and Forty-four Thousand People of Israel.

Written by me (omg!). It's set post apocalypse, but is AU from 4.10 (Heaven and Hell) onwards. Basically, Ruby's still good and Alistair and Uriel are still alive. Though they aren't featured characters, just ( Read more... )

Day 13 → A fictional book
The Phantom Tollbooth. Norton Juster.
"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo remarks glumly. But his glumness soon turns to surprise when he finds in his bedroom an enormous package marked: 'One Genuine Turnpike Tollbooth'.
Having nothing better to do, Milo points his little car towards the strange ( Read more... )

Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Now for something... a little different.

So, I do this thing when I'm at parties (usually parties or events that involve alcohol) where I remember a lot from my night. And write it down. And compile a list of quotes that succinctly reflect that night and how much awesomeness was made.
This is from November 2009. ( Read more... )

I'm like, 500 words into my bigbang, and it's halfway dead. Sigh. But I can't do too much on it until my dad brings back home his documents on schizophrenia symptoms. Apparently, all his articles are at work, and we have no other books on it at home, and I don't trust the internet for more than cursory research on the matter. I tried looking in my ( Read more... )

Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
This photo makes me both angry and sad because it depicts everything wrong with this world.
For me, homelessness in a city like Sydney (approx. 2 hours from where I live) is worse than the situations of third world countries, or natural disaster devastated areas, or victims of sexual abuse. It isn't because ( Read more... )

Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
 This photo was taken back in June 2007 by a friend fo mine, with another friend's camera. It makes me happy because it reminds me of the event that took place- my year 12 retreat. Over the course of three days, my grade became inexplicably closer than we could have realised. 
This moment was during a lunch break ( Read more... )

Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
 If you haven't already done so, check out A Very Potter Musical by the University of Michigan. It's funny, charming and satirical, and sheer genius. You can't help but love it.

Day 05 → Your favorite quote
After much deliberation and quote reminiscing I have decided on the following. As much as I enjoy quotes with substance (say, from heavily thematic novels... or Descartes or Plato or Shakespeare) this one brings me pure enjoyment:

Before you insult someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you do insult them... ( Read more... )