Stamp or no stamp

[jadeites_lady]

Just cruising around lj - noticed a few other communities - ones that "stamp" you a certain house or character, both HP and non-HP related. Should I try? Do I want to be stamped? It would, of course, just be for fun. Do I want to fill the applications? Do I even like applications? *grumble* Should this be a way to get used to filling

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[ladybluestar]

You could always find a beta over at harmonylibrary. :)
I rather enjoyed The Bourne Identity, though keep meaning to read the books.

[jadeites_lady]

It's a book? well, considering Hollywood has no "new" ideas, it shouldn't surprise me. I asked Alex at witherwings.net, and he's either going to beta-read my fic himself or find someone for me (it's for the challenge :) 'course, I can't have a judge read it. ;) I'll let my sister know it exists in book form; she'll probably want to read it -she's a bookworm.

[ladybluestar]

Perhaps not.
Well, its much easier to build on previously established success, than create something new.

[traceria]

I'm so sorry you had a poor B&N experience. :/ I can't help but walk out with a new book in hand should I step foot inside in the first place!

The Bourne Identity is good, but I understand the mood thing completely. I've really been in a fantasy movie mood lately. I'm so glad Howl's Moving Castle comes out tonight (as does GoF ;]). More Myazaki....woo hoo!!! Have you seen it and/or read the book it's based on? Diana Wynne Jones is a fantasitic and entertaining writer of young adult fantasy. I'm 25 and I enjoy her! :D

I'm sure I should know what it stands for, but what is NCIS?

[jadeites_lady]

hmm.. I'm not sure. Navy Criminal Investigation S.. (scene, science, squad, something like that - what else starts with an 'S'?) I'll have to look it up. It was a spin-off from JAG. (Judge Advocate General?... do I have to look that up too?), I think.

I haven't seen any of Myazaki's stuff yet. I've been meaning too - since it's getting rave reviews and even Oscar nods... but never got around to it. And that's a book too???? God, I'm so out of it.

[traceria]

My parents used to watch JAG. :)

Oh, every film is worth the hours spent viewing. (Beware of The Cat's Return, though. I have a friend that really likes it, but I thought it was rushed. Then again, it's Myazaki's protege (or what have you) that directs it instead of him.) I'd list my personal favorites, but then you'd just be getting a list of most of the films anyway. ;) Check him out...soon! :D

[jadeites_lady]

here it is: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. That's what it stands for :D

[sevarem]

I'll beta your H/Hr fic if you like. Reading about alternate pairings can be fun. Would you mind terribly if I send over my Frangelina fic in a while?

As for stamping comms, I think they're kind of pointless. You fill out an application, a bunch of people vote and you get a little graphic saying you've been "stamped" as whichever character. And then you're done. I suppose you could put your stamp in your lj profile.

If I were to be stamped, I'd try to rig it so I could be Professor Angelina Ginny McGonagall. That'd be awesome.

[jadeites_lady]

Sure, I'll read your Frangelina fic. :) Let me figure out how to send you my H/Hr one. I usually put it in my journal (backdated so no one really reads it, or friends-lock-it). Or I could just email it to you.

I kinda figured that about stamping comms, but I thought it might be "fun" (and also give me something to do ;) and create my own 'stamps' if I don't like theirs ;).

Your triple stamp would be quite an image :D

Chiming in on the Howl's Moving Castle love train

[calledinvain]

the animated movie just came out on DVD, along with P&P - but I just bought GOF, so my DVD budget is going to have to wait.

I'll try and post a few snippets from the novel in my LJ, but it is my favorite DWJ novel, as well as one of my top ten favorite books, period. I read it when I was in junior high and have carried it with me ever since.

It's just a perfectly done fantasy/action/comedy/drama with a great heroine and hero (?) and romance done sparingly but well. You just want to find out more about the main characters.

also, stampppppp?

Alright.

Re: Chiming in on the Howl's Moving Castle love train

[jadeites_lady]

you created your own stamp????? God, is there anything you CAN'T do? ;)

I think I want to be calledinvain when I grow up. ;)

and is that a scene from the movie (the one they're walking in the background)? I don't remember seeing it in any screen caps at all. or is that another behind-the-scenes thing?

[xuvious]

lumos_sorting is also quite good, I've heard.
I've never seen Bourne Identity. I usually love sci-fi movies but this one seemed boring.

[jadeites_lady]

my mind boggles with all the communities ;)

I thought Bourne Identity was more action than sci-fi. It's like those spy-flicks. Spies? Are they working for the 'good guys'? or are the 'bad guys' pretending to be 'good guys'? and what to do if you're a spy and lose your memory- who do you trust? etc. I'm still not in a "mood" to watch it... maybe because GoF just came out on dvd.

[smammers]

It is more action-y and spy-ish. I didn't think it was all that great -- in fact, I tried to watch it with my best friend three times before we stopped falling asleep during it. I can't even remember how it ends.

death and vengeance, I think.

[calledinvain]

I saw it in the theaters and pretty much just for Karl Urban. I think this was fresh off my, "Why....he's quite attractive, isn't he? He's so much better looking as a brunet than a questionable blond Nordic warrior!"

Ridiculously handsome, that man - and not a word of dialogue in English. It was pretty awesome.

The plot was pretty easy to figure out within five minutes of viewing - Blah blah save the woman he loves, he's been made - but BY WHO? BY WHO? Explosions and violence occurs as Matt Damon takes on the entire CIA etc, etc.