One of the most common expressions I was v happy to receive on my Moscow photograph posts was surprise at how verdant and welcoming the city looks in Summer. And it does, and it is, because things are definitely changing for the better -- or worse, my grandmother would argue, being a product of all that propaganda and limiting experience -- at a ( Read more... )

Cool kids danibennett and ladyjaida made a post about everyone's favorite show from 1996, GAINAX'S Mahou Tsukai Tai OVA!

Having influenced such later greats as, say, FLCL and Haruhi Suzumiya, this maginficent little six-episode romp is about ordinary kids who form a magic club. After about four episodes of high school drama and general hilarity, they find themselves ( Read more... )

ANOTEFORALL (and especially for the poor kids putting up with me on aim): My space bar got all brokenand shit. Gotmoney for new keyboard. Spentnew keyboardmoney on rum. Spacebarstillbroken ( Read more... )

Someone made a vidjatape of us. Let me show you it.



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CHOICE QUOTES FROM CON:- I asked Rob to get us two Long Island iced teas from the bar. He came back 2 hours later with two slurpees and a box of donuts ( Read more... )

It's dirty how excited I am about MY NEW FFXII ICONS.

<--- Idea credit for GIP goes to bigbigtruck. ALWAYS.

EDIT: Special for my homies:


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Really excellent Balthier and Fran fic.

Because ficwriting like this, ficwriting in general even, especially this early on in fandom development, must project some form of META, parameters of future ideas, and it's like rabbitprint is READING OUR MINDS, MAN. No shagging. Family. No sex objects. Mutual exploration. And THAT BOND, oh that bond.

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MP3'S OF ( Read more... )

I was organizing my old photos today. THIS IS NOT OK:

( HOW COLLEGE SWALLOWED MY SOUL: A brief pictoral journey. )

YIPPEE KI AY. Someone's already had time to say my review sounds "pitchfork-like." DOUCHES ( Read more... )

FOUR AND A HALF ANNOUNCEMENTS:

01}. THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN, via baka_angel: AN EPIC ON THE CELLULAR LEVEL. Actual education video. ACTUAL. EDUCATIONAL. VIDEO. Made in 1971 when the world was run by hippies. AWESOMELY! (Oh god it just keeps going, innit.)

02}. OSHI I have finagled myself a modest little audition to write for AURGASM. ...BALLS, ( Read more... )

PIMP: bigbigtruck has finally put together her MONDO SUPER EFFIN SWEET BLEACH MANGA FST.

Wow. I'm all turned on and stuff. Merely 12 volumes in, and she NAILS IT. O SHEEEEEE. This listing is just so cool, trendy and dancy and fighty, cock rock meets French Electroclash ("Danse sur la Merde" = Kuukaku? WHY NOT) meets post-punk. Melty.

SAMPLE SONG REC I'VE ( Read more... )