We just got the Interwebz fixed at my house and I'm reveling in the wireless glory of it all. As far as fannish things go, I've tried to fill the void left by Avatar with something else, to no avail.

( I'm addicted to YA novels. Please don't laugh. )

And finally got my fandomsecrets post submitted correctly and included! WOOHOO non-tech savvy me! Finally, my usually-used-at-work Photoshop skills came in handy for something fun. :D ( Read more... )

With the finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender coming up this July, I got to thinking about how I happened to get into the fandom at a fairly opportune time. Part of that is just luck and timing in terms of when I discovered the program. The other part of that is the fact that, since this is an American production, there wasn't a time-lag between ( Read more... )

So, a couple of weeks ago, I went to a new media and technology conference for universities. It was interesting...in its own way, I suppose. Anyway, the CTO of Six Apart, the company that used to own LiveJournal, spoke about the future of social media. Afterwards, I went up to ask him a couple of questions, namely to ask him why Six Apart sold ( Read more... )

Or, two movies that I'm interested in...

So, it's hit the blogosphere that Leonardo DiCaprio is producing a live-action version of Akira. Ain't It Cool? News and The Anime Blog are reporting the leads with DiCaprio as Kaneda and Joseph Gordon Levitt as Tetsuo. As both leads are great actors (I love Levitt from Third Rock from the Sun), my only ( Read more... )

I don't think I've mentioned it here, but the hubby got a gigantic (46") LCD HDTV with all his birthday/Christmas money. So, of course, we had to get the hi-def cable to go with it. Oh, and did I mention the PS3 that plays Blu-Ray discs? And don't forget the Blu-Ray version of Paprika that he got for me...

( Why Rena spends too much time on her ass... )

I just realized that it has been some time since my last LJ post, so you've been forewarned that this will end up being a looooong post (use of LJ cuts employed where necessary, though). I've been crazy busy with work-- it's like all of our university's faculty have decided that they MUST get a news release written about their latest event, study, ( Read more... )

So, I just put in my vacation requests for this summer and couldn't remember the dates of the San Diego International Comic-Con and hopped onto their page really quickly. Of course, I couldn't help but check out the programming page to see who was already lined up...And of course, I practically started jumping up and down in my little office out of ( Read more... )

So, I was just traipsing along in LJ, glancing through updates from my friends when, lo and behold, I come across this shit...Looks like some moralizing group is organized enough to have LJ strikethrough/permanently disable user accounts and communities based on "questionable" adult-themed posts and interests. Even something as innocent as ( Read more... )