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It's been quite a busy week. Thursday night was the OK Go concert, which exceeded all expectations. Seriously, that band has perfect mastery of performance art: from their logo and floral-patterned clothes to the video backdrops they projected on a screen behind the stage to the very way they interacted with the audience. We stood quite close to the stage, and when the band headed out into the audience to perform on a platform in the middle of the club, the lead vocalist passed right between![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
schwimmerin and me. We were literally inches away! Alas, we didn't get to see the treadmill dance, but they did perform the backyard dance for A Million Ways at the very end of the concert. The only drawback was the constant standing: we arrived an hour early at the Avalon to stand in line for the concert and didn't get to sit down again until we got on the T some four and a half hours later.
Friday night was the Hunter reunion (because of Harvard-Yale), and a lot of Hunterites showed up, to the point where the table wouldn't fit us all. Many people also dropped in just to say hello. Although I must admit that the majority of the people who came were younger and I didn't know many of them. Still, there were still several people from my year and a few from the year above, and it was worth catching up with them. After I came back,schwimmerin and I decided to go rummaging for food at the parties being sponsored by Quincy and Winthrop in celebration of the Game, and we were rather disgruntled to find that Quincy was charging us poor students for the food. Isn't that lame? The alcohol was free, of course. -_- We managed to pick up some pretzels and chips from the utterly deserted party at Winthrop, but I for one was less than impressed. What is a party without good junk food?! I suppose schwimmerin and I have different priorities than other college students. >_> Anyway, klio911 arrived later that night, and we all camped out in schwimmerin's room and had a nice long chat. ^_^
Yesterday, of course, was the football game itself, and thanks toschwimmerin's careful explanations, I could actually follow the game instead of trying to piece out what was going on from my rudimentary knowledge of football from Eyeshield 21. ^_^ Unfortunately, we lost to Yale. More accurately, we were crushed 34-13. Isn't it ironic that the one year I do make it out to the Game, Harvard finally loses? Oh well. We also stopped by the tailgate prior to the game itself--schwimmerin also provided a detailed explanation of the etymology of "tailgate"--and we grabbed a quintessentially American lunch of cheeseburgers and clam chowder before the loud hip hop music drove us away.
Later, I met up withjaebi_lit for some bubble tea, and we had a lovely long conversation about almost everything, but especially about fandom. ^_^ I think we covered everything from SG:A and Prince of Tennis to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
yuletide and remixredux. It was a nice way to finish off the day before I headed back to my room to pretend to do homework.
Speaking of which, I'm extremely behind on my reading. I'm also extremely behind on grad school apps. The fact that I just woke up from an inadvertent two-hour nap does not bode well.
STEP ONE
- Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 mumblemumble holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
- Surf around your flist (or friend’s friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
My 2006 wishlist:
* The one I'm using right now belongs to the club and will return to the closet once I graduate, so I need to invest in my own set. Actually, I'm thinking about buying it in parts, starting with kote, with whatever money I can scrounge up out of my savings. >_> I, uh, also want a new shinai but I don't actually need another one yet.
I've been trying to keep track of everyone's wishlists here. Please let me know if I've missed yours!
Also, I've made up my mind to send out holiday cards this year. If you would like a card from me, please leave your address in the comments? (They'll be screened, of course.)
Yours &c.
It's been quite a busy week. Thursday night was the OK Go concert, which exceeded all expectations. Seriously, that band has perfect mastery of performance art: from their logo and floral-patterned clothes to the video backdrops they projected on a screen behind the stage to the very way they interacted with the audience. We stood quite close to the stage, and when the band headed out into the audience to perform on a platform in the middle of the club, the lead vocalist passed right between
schwimmerin and me. We were literally inches away! Alas, we didn't get to see the treadmill dance, but they did perform the backyard dance for A Million Ways at the very end of the concert. The only drawback was the constant standing: we arrived an hour early at the Avalon to stand in line for the concert and didn't get to sit down again until we got on the T some four and a half hours later.Friday night was the Hunter reunion (because of Harvard-Yale), and a lot of Hunterites showed up, to the point where the table wouldn't fit us all. Many people also dropped in just to say hello. Although I must admit that the majority of the people who came were younger and I didn't know many of them. Still, there were still several people from my year and a few from the year above, and it was worth catching up with them. After I came back,
schwimmerin and I decided to go rummaging for food at the parties being sponsored by Quincy and Winthrop in celebration of the Game, and we were rather disgruntled to find that Quincy was charging us poor students for the food. Isn't that lame? The alcohol was free, of course. -_- We managed to pick up some pretzels and chips from the utterly deserted party at Winthrop, but I for one was less than impressed. What is a party without good junk food?! I suppose schwimmerin and I have different priorities than other college students. >_> Anyway, klio911 arrived later that night, and we all camped out in schwimmerin's room and had a nice long chat. ^_^Yesterday, of course, was the football game itself, and thanks to
schwimmerin's careful explanations, I could actually follow the game instead of trying to piece out what was going on from my rudimentary knowledge of football from Eyeshield 21. ^_^ Unfortunately, we lost to Yale. More accurately, we were crushed 34-13. Isn't it ironic that the one year I do make it out to the Game, Harvard finally loses? Oh well. We also stopped by the tailgate prior to the game itself--schwimmerin also provided a detailed explanation of the etymology of "tailgate"--and we grabbed a quintessentially American lunch of cheeseburgers and clam chowder before the loud hip hop music drove us away.Later, I met up with
jaebi_lit for some bubble tea, and we had a lovely long conversation about almost everything, but especially about fandom. ^_^ I think we covered everything from SG:A and Prince of Tennis to yuletide and remixredux. It was a nice way to finish off the day before I headed back to my room to pretend to do homework.Speaking of which, I'm extremely behind on my reading. I'm also extremely behind on grad school apps. The fact that I just woke up from an inadvertent two-hour nap does not bode well.
STEP ONE
- Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 mumblemumble holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
- Surf around your flist (or friend’s friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
My 2006 wishlist:
- My own set of kendo bogu (i.e. armor) *
- The new Susanna Clarke short story anthology, The Ladies of Grace Adieu
- Snail mail of any sort, especially letters or postcards
- Participation in the second round of blind_go!
- Children's or YA lit fanfic (Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, Five Little Peppers, I Capture the Castle, etc.)
- AU fanfic for any of my favorite series (consult either the interests list or the list of series I've written for at .infinity.)
- Book recs, specifically of the guilty pleasure reading sort (having overloaded on the "serious" reading this semester)
- Manga recs (and if possible, scanslations to go with them?)
- Tankoubon for Mushishi or Nodame Cantabile
- Time to catch up on all the series I'm behind on (especially Jojo and Ravages of Time)
* The one I'm using right now belongs to the club and will return to the closet once I graduate, so I need to invest in my own set. Actually, I'm thinking about buying it in parts, starting with kote, with whatever money I can scrounge up out of my savings. >_> I, uh, also want a new shinai but I don't actually need another one yet.
I've been trying to keep track of everyone's wishlists here. Please let me know if I've missed yours!
Also, I've made up my mind to send out holiday cards this year. If you would like a card from me, please leave your address in the comments? (They'll be screened, of course.)
Yours &c.
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Date: 2006-11-20 02:07 pm (UTC)My term-time address is different. I'll email it to you at your gmail address?
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Date: 2006-11-20 10:49 pm (UTC)Wishlist. (http://sub-divided.livejournal.com/91727.html)
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Date: 2006-11-20 02:54 am (UTC)What constitutes guilty pleasure reading? One person's classic high literature is another person's guilty pleasure (I feel like all non-academic reading is guilty pleasure reading these days :( ).
OMG still working on my stupid follow up emails because I didn't do them last night (caught up on LJ instead) and didn't finish them this morning.
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Date: 2006-11-20 02:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-20 03:39 am (UTC)Snail mail of any sort, especially letters or postcards
gimme address!
Participation in the second round of blind_go!
I convinced Mousapelli to sign up! I think I win times FIVE for that. ::dances:: >>>XD
AU fanfic for any of my favorite series (consult either the interests list or the list of series I've written for at .infinity.)
You have your series listed, but not the pairings ;__;
Book recs, specifically of the guilty pleasure reading sort
Stealing Some Time (http://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Some-Time-Mark-Kendrick/dp/0595276725/sr=8-26/qid=1163993417/ref=sr_1_26/104-9212788-1951134?ie=UTF8&s=books). Yes, the cover is craptastic, but so the addage goes!!!!
Anyway, it's gay and political and delicious. And seriously, who can say no to gay sci fi?
Manga recs (and if possible, scanslations to go with them?)
Oh my GOD. Where do I start? Well, as starters have your read Basara (Tamaru Yumi)? Nana (Yazawa Ai)?
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Date: 2006-11-20 02:13 pm (UTC)Oh, you were the one who got
grovel at your feetthank you enough.As for pairings, hm, I'm pretty predictable (i.e. I go with whatever pairings I encountered in fandom first and tend to be more or less flexible with them). The one exception is AkiHika which must not be broken unless intended to make me cry.
Haha, the book looks hilarious! I'll definitely bookmark it. I've read Nana, but not Basara (although I've heard of it before).
Happy Christmas!!!
Date: 2006-11-27 07:32 am (UTC)and that Hikago fen are lazy, lazy and won't really care if she doesn't make the deadline XDSee, you say things like that and it makes me want to break AkiHika because I like to make people cry :o
Manga! As requested!
Basara: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HDQJT5PK
Clover (not the one by CLAMP ;p): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LYPK0W21
Re: Happy Christmas!!!
Date: 2006-11-27 02:35 pm (UTC)Hm, I'm not sure if I should regret saying anything about AkiHika or not...XD
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Date: 2006-11-20 05:33 am (UTC)Hm, YA lit fanfic...I'll see if any plot bunnies come my way. :3
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Date: 2006-11-20 02:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-20 02:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-20 07:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00 pm (UTC)What do you want for Christmas, by the way?
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Date: 2006-11-20 08:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-20 08:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-22 04:41 am (UTC)My cat is named after the heroCan't recall whether you read Novak's Temeraire books when that rash was going around the flist.
YA fantasy recs wanted Y/N?
Manga: LOVELESS (licensed), Silver Diamond (scanlations @ http://www.storminheaven.net/). Both fantasy + shounen ai. LOVELESS requires more tolerance of, um, catboys and psychological trauma. Silver Diamond should be safe for most audiences. XD;
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Date: 2006-11-22 04:47 am (UTC)YA fantasy recs = Y!!
I started watching the Loveless anime after
(PS: Er, Thanksgiving might delay my mailing out the Mushishi subs to you, but the CDs themselves are all burned, and I'll mail them as soon as I can stop by the post office. ^_^)
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Date: 2006-11-26 05:08 pm (UTC)Loveless anime: is dross in comparison to the manga IMO.
Will post a batch of YA recs in my LJ in order to share the love more broadly.
Thanks again for Mushishi, whenever you're at leisure to send it. :D
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Date: 2006-11-27 02:40 pm (UTC)Ooh, thanks very much for the book recs. I didn't know M.M. Kaye wrote mystery novels; I'll have to look them up. Am definitely interested in Joan Aiken (Amazon says she wrote Pride and Prejudice sequels? XD)...any specific recs?
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Date: 2006-11-28 03:19 am (UTC)Defying Gravity (complete) I don't know if you;ve read this - Tomoe/Kenshin/Kaoru as they could have been in high school, heartbreaking and genuinely good so you needn't worry yet (>D) The author also has another fun AU, Without Words, but it's incomplete >_>
Streets of Tokyo (complete) featuring Kaoru as a cop, Kenshin as a yakuza member, HIJINKS, crime and ACKSHUN through the streets of Tokyo. Very fun. Also has TWO sequels pretty worth reading. XD
Straight Edge (discontinued) The author makes no effort to conceal her dislike for Misao, so her Misao is terrible and OOC, but if you ignore that, her Kenshin and Kaoru are decent. Also, it features Kenshin/Sano/Aoshi as a rage-filled rock band and the Jupponogatana as... A SKA BAND, so. Priceless just for that. XDXDXD
Blades of Blood (complete) Some really bad luck throws Kenshin, an ordinary New Yorker into the way of a legendary blade named Battousai, cnaging his life for maybe the worse and defnitely the more exciting. Vampires, demons, ghosts, etc etc the worldbuilding is insane but at least it tries and characterisationn is decent. XD Also has a sequel that I haven't read yet.
AND NOW FOR THE AHEM. FIC WHERE YOU PRETEND THE LEAD CHARACTERS JUST HAPPEN TO BE CALLED KENSHIN AND KAORU!
Frozen Moonlight (ongoing. I think. XD) In high school, Kenshin and Kaoru meet under inauspicious circumstances when he enters her school, she finds out that he's not as ordinary as he seems, and then he tries to kill her. Five years later, she runs into a man who seems awfully familiar OH NOES. And there's also the part where he's also awfully set on SEDUCING HER HAHAHA. The paper thin plot is really just an excuse of the author to have Kenshin stalk Kaoru while she spazzes and they make out, so. XDXDXD Filter via cheesy supernatural romance. XD
Broken Pieces (complete) Kaoru is a girl with a mysterious power and Kenshin is a cold-blooded assassin who accidentally kidnaps her instead of killing her. Read: Captive/jailer tragic angsty raburabu ensues. it actually started out fun, but it degeneated into MELODRAAAMAAA. I would suggest reading this as a rather weirder Koreana drama than usual, since Korean dramas are the only thing I can think of that measure up, angst-wise. XDXDXD Has a sequel that I haven't read. XD
Tell me if you run out before the week is done, I can probably find more. XDXDXD
On Joan Aiken: I haven't read any of her books for adults, so I don't know if her Austen sequels are any good. ^^; I think she's actually better known for her children's books - I would rec Nightbirds on Nantucket, The Stolen Lake, The Cuckoo Tree and Dido and Pa for the ones with maximum GLORIOUS BATSHIT - they're all from the Wolves of illoughby Chase sequence. I can rec others, but you should probably start with that one since it has DIDO, who is GRATE, and it's her best known work.