Tuesday
19 December 2009 @ 07:14 pm
Well, sort of. It's actually more an amalgamation of friending policies, journal credit, what you can expect to read about here, and a whole lot of random facts about me.

Cut for various space-consuming things. )
 
 
Tuesday
17 December 2009 @ 02:43 pm
fiere: main, personal journal
scarletautumn: fic, fanart & original art*
TURBID-BLUE.org: website (art, fic, icons etc)*

My art, fic, projects, and where to find them. )
 
 
mood: add me omgz
 
 
Tuesday
02 September 2009 @ 11:29 am
Packing up a year's worth of stuff, once again - I'm leaving for Toronto tomorrow afternoon. I have no idea how long it'll take us to get internet and everything in the new apartment, so I might not be around all that much for a while. Love!

Sidenote: saw Inglourious Basterds last night, what the fuck was that movie. I mean it was good, I just. What.
 
 
mood: rushed
 
 
Tuesday
26 August 2009 @ 03:25 pm
This is what I've been working on since Monday. If you were wondering. :>

(I'm aware there are a couple issues still - like the horrid white diffusion around the header & footer text, thanks to my lack of photoshop on this computer - but I'm still pretty pleased. Now it simply awaits B [info]theiving_gypsy's brilliant designs, I'll let you all know when Fanni's open for business.)(...lololol.)

Essay's done and handed in, now I have to study for my exam tomorrow (AUGH) and also start packing as I leave on Friday! Byeee~
 
 
Tuesday
21 August 2009 @ 11:56 pm
Two wildly different post recs, first of all:

Another post about rape; nothing especially revolutionary, but probably the most eloquently and clearly put I've ever seen this argument. If triggers aren't a problem for you I'd definitely give this a read (there's nothing too graphic though). Essentially:
"Women who are taught not to speak up too loudly or too forcefully or too adamantly or too demandingly are not going to shout “NO” at the top of their goddamn lungs just because some guy is getting uncomfortably close."

Sincerely, John Hughes; Marie [info]elledille sent this to me a while ago, so it's a bit old, but so lovely nonetheless. It's a post by a girl (well, woman, now) who had John Hughes as a pen pal for years, written just after he died.
"You've already received more letters from me than any living relative of mine has received to date. Truly, hope all is well with you and high school isn't as painful as I portray it. Believe in yourself. Think about the future once a day and keep doing what you're doing."

And secondly, just a note that I've been fortunate enough to spend the last couple days with two wonderful women - Alisa [info]boygeorge88 from Tuesday morning till Thursday evening, and then B [info]thieving_gypsy from Thursday evening till a couple hours ago. ♥ you both! Sadly the reality of my 2500-word essay due Monday I haven't started has finally dawned on me, so I will be retreating into hermitdom until I (hopefully) emerge victorious on Monday morning.
 
 
mood: sleepy
 
 
Tuesday
04 August 2009 @ 12:43 pm
I use the internet pretty obsessively, but one thing I've always wished existed was a service that'd help you find a specific song when you only know the tune but not the words, especially when it comes to classical stuff. Obviously I should have just googled it, because after hearing this song everywhere - movies, plays, animés even - but not quite catching the name, I randomly found Musipedia, typed in a fragment of the melody on the Flash piano, and discovered that the song that's been haunting me was Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1.

FINALLY.
 
 
mood: jubilant
 
 
Tuesday
01 August 2009 @ 01:42 pm
Am I the only person in the universe who had no idea Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman are dating? Probably yes.

In other news I'm currently at Alexander [info]edaindirith's cottage in Hvaler, drinking tea & reveling in the amount of laptops & cables strewn about everywhere. It's sunny and just the right sort of chilly outside, we have piles of artisan bread thanks to Caroline [info]leka_moya, Una [info]choco_tuna & Caroline & me are driving home later today so I can finish packing for Oxford for which I leave tomorrow, and life is pretty awesome. I need to update this thing more often so it'll be easier to remember that fact.
 
 
 
Tuesday
16 July 2009 @ 02:53 am
Re: HP6 )

I also saw Torchwood 3 yesterday, not as ready to talk about that yet I think.
 
 
Tuesday
23 May 2009 @ 01:43 pm
Via [info]sgtmian:



Emily Blunt. Paul Bettany. Elaborate costumes. That song from the end of Love Actually.

...I probably shouldn't see this movie, I'm not sure I could handle it.

I really should start responding to my 2+ month backlog of e-mails now.
 
 
Tuesday
19 December 2008 @ 07:47 pm
I was supposed to leave residence today at 5PM, even though my flight isn't until 8PM tomorrow, but they extended everyone's kick-out time till tomorrow due to the weather (EPIC SNOWSTORM FTW) so I'm unexpectedly ready to go now, only with lots more time to actually leave. Una [info]choco_tuna's gone already (though her plane hasn't taken off yet, hopefully it will despite the storm).

I'm so very ready to be home. Reading everyone's posts about already being home isn't really helping. :/

Have some links:

Gay penguins in China given own eggs to care for, after they kept stealing other penguins' - so cute! (via Nicole [info]neffable)

Video of Lykke Li & Bon Iver doing 'Dance Dance Dance' in L.A - god, I love this girl & always get ridiculously excited when her music comes on in a store or whatever; this is my favourite version of this song, it's been on repeat for ages (also KAZOO! I got one in my advent calendar and am pretty obsessed)
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mood: tired
 
 
Tuesday
16 December 2008 @ 01:05 am
Jim Henson's Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas BLOOPERS

via Coilhouse.

I was worried it'd ruin the Muppet magic, seeing bloopers, but they're all kind of still in character so it's just hilarious instead, I'm still crying a little from laughing so hard. I love bloopers in general, that's not really news to anyone, but this is in its own class of blooper reels, seriously.
 
 
mood: amused
 
 
Tuesday
11 December 2008 @ 08:39 pm
I can't believe I'm doing this, dear god, but I've realised that I won't ever be able to replicate the 50+ holiday card extravaganza of a few years back again, so. Holiday e-mails instead!

Waitwaitwait, before you complain, know that I'll try to make them as non-lame as possible - I'll still draw some cute little things, and format them like a holiday card, and write individual stuff to everyone. I'll just be saving a good wallop of postage. If you still want one, sign up below!

Poll #1313758 Holiday, er, e-mails!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 20

Would you like a holiday e-mail?

Yes!
19 (100.0%)

What's your e-mail adress?

Fandom?

Harry Potter
4 (22.2%)

Good Omens
2 (11.1%)

Something else (specify in comments)
5 (27.8%)

Something non-fandomy
7 (38.9%)



Those were the first two fandoms I thought of, feel free to suggest others. Though depending on my productivity I might not do all of them.
 
 
mood: embarrassed
 
 
Tuesday
10 December 2008 @ 10:08 pm
I'm done mostly!!! (I have to go see a show on the 13th and write a page about the lights used in it, but that hardly counts as work.) This past month has been absolutely insane, I'm still not quite sure how I got through it all. Some misc updates are in order, I guess:
  • As previously mentioned, Leeann [info]leeann_marie was here for a few days and it was glorious, even though we ended up having a lot more work to do than we thought we would. I think we managed to do most of the stuff we'd planned, though - a party or two, getting her nose & my helix pierced, eat lots of delicious food, go to a yarn store etc. I still miss having her here :(

  • Una [info]choco_tuna & I auditioned for an all-female theatre company a while back, and Una got in more or less immediately but I hadn't heard anything till a few days ago (way past the date when we were supposed to know) when I got an email offering me a spot! Though the group they put me in meets during my playwriting course (which I also got into!) it was still kind of amazing to get in, anyway. I'm still waiting to hear back if I can be in Una's group instead, so we'll see.

  • Tobias [info]treskonebb & I just signed up for a ballroom dance class for next term, which I'm kind of ridiculously excited about. It's once a week, and apparently we'll learn waltz, tango, foxtrot (ahaha, W.T.F.), jive and cha cha. I really wanted to take the swing class but it also collided with my playwriting class, so ballroom it is. :D

  • I saw Twilight last night, and I really enjoyed it! I haven't read more than excerpts of the book because I'm worried that the awful writing will influence my own, but after seeing the movie I can see what people mean about an okay story - it really is the annoying first-person narrative and endless descriptions that are the worst bits, and the movie has neither \o/ Also a lot of the music was amazing. Also also, Robert Pattinson. *cough* Finally, the baseball scene? Fucking amazing. Basically what I liked the most was the visuals, I think, which were done really well.

  • My fish, Bell (subtly named after my Leeannabelle, who picked him out) is still alive and well - he's started doing this crazy little feed-me dance whenever I get close to his bowl. So cute!

  • I'm generally feeling better and better about being in the drama program; spending my first night in the playhouse (working on our lighting assignment till 3AM, augh), going to lots of parties with program people, and doing well in my courses probably helps. :) I'm pretty confused about how to graduate in time but I'm meeting with the program coordinator to figure it out, so I'm not too worried about that.


I've also posted a bunch of art over at [info]scarletautumn, including Doctor Who & Havemercy fanart, my piece for the Harry Potter Art Project (which already made [info]hogwarts_today, yeesh that was fast!) and my final fairytale art project for my drawing course.

So yeah, pretty crazy month. I'm about to dive back into my f-list but I might as well ask too - how was your November? :x
 
 
Tuesday
21 November 2008 @ 11:34 am
  • Essay #1 - done, handed in

  • Essay #2 - done, handed in

  • One short presentation on a reading - more or less done, presenting on the 24th

  • One longer presentation + a seminar paper on it - haven't really started, presenting on the 25th

  • Midterm - was actually on the 18th but I'm sick so it's postponed indefinitely

  • Quiz - done

  • Application for theatre company - done, I have an interview on the 23rd

  • Application for playwriting course - done, I'll hear back in two weeks

  • Scene study - done today, it went really well! I basically said fuck a lot

  • Lighting assignment - not done, we're making progress though, and it's not due till the 2nd


So overall a pretty productive couple days, I'll be mostly done with this by next week. The big presentation is freaking me out a little (20 minutes of talking about someone I know nothing about!) but I have today and the weekend and Monday, so I'll be fine. *breathes*

I miss being caught up with everyone, this is not on. >:(
 
 
mood: sick
 
 
Tuesday
12 November 2008 @ 09:53 pm


I forgot to do this last year so I did it the night in advance this time, just thought some of you might like to do it too:
http://www.twloha.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11245747740
 
 
Tuesday
12 November 2008 @ 07:26 pm
:D!  
From: Leeann
To: Linn Alexandra
Date: 12 November 2008 19:11
Subject: Fwd: Greyhound Ticket Purchase Confirmation and Itinerary

YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

Translation: My love Leeann [info]leeann_marie is coming to visit from the 26th till the 30th! I have two essays, one short presentation on a reading, one longer presentation, a midterm, a quiz, two applications for programs/courses, and a scene study due, but all before she arrives, so it's all good. :D

In less amazing news, one day into my house's first game of assassins and I'm already dead. D: My don (of all people) got tipped off that my bike was in the basement and planted my name on it. Not on! I was one of the final three last year, it went on for months and I was a nervous wreck by the end of it but it was awesome. Bah.

Back to my psychoanalytic reading of a reinterpretation of the Bluebeard myth (i.e. essay one of two) it is. I wish I could just write "IT'S ALL SEX" and get it over with, but alas.
 
 
mood: excited
 
 
Tuesday
10 November 2008 @ 10:25 pm
My macbook is back, with pretty much all of my files intact, thank goodness. For some reason they decided that my music wasn't a priority? I called them and they said they'd try to recover it by tomorrow, and it's not super important but it'd be nice to not have to reacquire 30+ gigs of music all over again, especially on my crappy residence connection.

My stickies (my massive to-do lists, bank transfer info, money I owe people - basically a whole bunch of misc information that I don't have anywhere else), my hundreds of firefox bookmarks, and my copies of Office and Photoshop (the CDs of which I, ahem, seem to have misplaced) are all gone too. The stickies and bookmarks they should be able to get, Office and Photoshop not so much. I'm downloading trials of both for now and then I'll deal with it in a month.

I've spent the day reconfiguring the system to how I had it, trying to remember which programs I had installed, etc. Mainly though I am incredibly grateful that everything didn't disappear. My new little external hard drive is currently putting away backing everything up; I'm glad I got away from it with just a scare and some minor annoyance.

I'll get around to comments eventually, for now I have to focus on the two essays & midterm coming up next week. I'm pretty much booked, schoolwork-wise, clear through to December. Not doing NaNoWriMo this year was, sadly, probably a good idea.

In theatre news, my play wasn't accepted for the drama festival, and I didn't get into my college's charity show I auditioned for last week. Which brings my total number of theatre-related rejections in a row up to... six. I'm getting so much better at rejection now though, it's a good thing. Every rejection opens up new opportunities, right?

Finally, because I was so out of it I didn't even post about this, OBAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAA!!! :D*

*I wrote this on my whiteboard on my room door the night he won, and woke up the next morning to the anonymous addition of "YES WE CAN!". I'm still pretty deliriously happy, I'll get all cynical again eventually but right now it's just making me smile like a crazy person.
 
 
mood: thankful
 
 
Tuesday
08 November 2008 @ 01:51 pm
Wednesday: Macbook wouldn't go past the loading screen after I restarted it

Thursday: dropped Macbook off at computer repair store, estimated diagnosis: harddrive dying, estimated price for fixing: $250, last time I backed up my data: summer break, estimated diagnosis time: till Tuesday, essays due on Monday that I'd almost finished but not backed up: 1

Friday: tried very hard not to call computer shop 548273 times, got an extension on the essay due on Monday

Saturday: going to buy an external harddrive so I'll actually back shit up

So I won't be around a lot till Tuesday at least, just so you know. Send my baby some get-well vibes, please? (I seriously feel like my child is in the hospital, it's ridiculous and I probably wouldn't make that comparison if I actually had children but I don't, so.)

I have so little computer time now I definitely won't get around to replying to comments either, bah. ♥ you all!
 
 
Tuesday
15 October 2008 @ 11:03 pm
Augh  
My flist won't go further back than ?skip=780, so I won't be reading anything between end-of-September-ish and now. Tell me what you've been up to! I promise to actually reply to comments!

so much work make it stop (some of it's paid but still)
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mood: busy