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wApr 14, 2009 | |
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I am behind in responding to comments, etc. I've been reading all kinds of commentaries on the season finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and have added ones I like to my memories. My most recent favorite is here, by wrdnrd is still accepting submissions for a zine on class here. As for this Dreamwidth business.....I am very grumpy about all of this moving nonsense! I just settled down here and am already cross-posting on Blogspot! (Technically, cross-posting from Blogspot to LiveJournal). I guess I should register with an OpenID account (I don't have an OpenID account?!) so that I'm entered in the lottery, as I seem to keep missing my chances when friends post with, "I have an invite code! Post here!" I do not use LiveJournal at work! :[ I registered for a Delicious account so that I can help out with a collaborative project, but I don't really understand it yet. Am I just supposed to bookmark websites I frequent on a relatively frequent basis? It's not supposed to be used for articles I read an enjoy (like Digg), is it? I figured out how to embed it in my browser, and that's about it. Labels: class issues, delicious, dreamwidth, i'm bad at the internet, livejournal, tv: sarah connor chronicles scribbled mystickeeper at 10:15 PM 
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wApr 11, 2009 | |
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Terminator: More finale thoughts So, I was actually writing play-by-play notes last night while I watched the episode. As usual, they mostly contain caps lock. Also under the LJ-cut are links to various LJ posts and articles on the Internet. I was talking to Also....it really bothers me that people compare the cancellation of Terminator to the cancellation of Dollhouse. Yes, I'm watching that show too, but even in the few episodes it has to tell a good story, it really...isn't. In fact, it's just uncomfortable and insulting most of the time. In my mind, the two are not comparable. Crying Whedon fans make me cringe - he really got his chance this time around, and in my mind, is blowing it. Anyway! OMG Joshua Malina back into original!Will Bailey mode! I LOVE HIM! "I wanna know if being around them all the time can give you cancer." OMF John Connor is so smart! I never thought about that shit! But why wouldn't he have it, too?? I liked Sarah's conversation with the priest. AND OMG THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK. But it makes so much sense that she would believe in devils, but not really in God or faith. 11% of her mass in 6 weeks?! That seems....impossible! How can that happen? "You're not perfect; you're a machine." BWAH! WAIT, OMG!! THEY GOT THAT GIRL! THAT GIRL! OMG OMGOMG I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Orders from Sarah. Will they obey? No fucking way. "Hasta luego." OMG I LOVE CAMERON!!! LOL Ellison brought in to John Connor and his first in command. THEY ARE SO BAD-ASS. John Connor is so bad-ass! "You've said enough, Mr. Ellison. I won't ask you again." And John is equally firm in his stare, but creeped out that Cameron is freaking out. OMG WILL BAILEY BELIEVES HER! I LOVE WILL BAILEY! She can't really believe that John will leave her, can she? OMG they both said, "We'll see" - SO CREEPY LOL John and Cameron are still heinous together. "Don't do that." HOLY SHIT, sex and power. HOLY SHIT. WTF METAPHORS. HOLY SHIT. This sexually charged scene was probably my favorite in the entire episode. Holy crap. And then there is John with the truck....YES I LOVE THIS FAMILY. RIGHT THROUGH THE GATE. "Yeah, bad John Connor; GROUND ME." And then, this conversation, with John and Sarah. Will it be their last one? THIS SHOW CANNOT BE CANCELED. "I love you," and it's so....omg, this series. SARAH AND ELLISON EXCHANGE MADE ME CACKLE LIKE NONE OTHER. "Will you join us?" AND SHE CLOSES THE DOOR?! WHAT THE FUCK?! NO! NOOOOO! Of course the eel is part of her, too! And what will cause John to freak out, in the end? Losing Cameron. "You lying, Terminator bitch." LOL. "I'd watch who's calling who a bitch." "He's got her chip....He's got her." WTF he goes to Cameron over his mom??? I guess he does. Poor John. On top of everything else, he's in love with metal. OMG WILL DEREK BE HERE?? Can't the kid get some damn pants? Seriously? OMG IT'S DEREK! OMG DERK OMG I LOVE DEREK. WTF THEY DON'T KNOW JOHN CONNOR ANY MORE. OMG IT'S KYLE REESE! OMG OMG I LOVE THIS SHOW! OMG AND CAMERON. With a smile, of course. But the dog isn't barking....??? WTF IS GOING ON? A spark and a crackle, and an "I love you too, John." THAT CANNOT BE THE END. Terminator: Salvation commercial Interesting! It's so gritty and bad-ass, and Bale somehow looks like Thomas Dekker. AND THE MOVIE IS TERMINATOR TOO. It's too bad it isn't in the same timeline as ours, though, :( STILL, I will watch that shit. Even if there is no Cameron and no Sarah. Redefining Women's Work - coffeeandink coffeeandink on "Adam Raise a Cain" Josh Friedman talks the philosophy of Sarah Connor. [Pre-finale article] The Terminator Wiki entry for this episode, which has an elaborate Q&A at the bottom of the page, in case you were at all confused, or have questions. [It helped me accept that my interpretation was wrong!] An LJ post with instantaneous thoughts on the finale, plus discussion in the comments. TV by the Numbers: Say Good-bye to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Disheartening, yes, but it also explains how awesome the show is. If you like the show....Addresses and e-mail addresses. ALSO....Dreamwidth is super annoying to me. I was on Blogger. I was settled there! And then I was like, okay, LiveJournal, you will be my main platform. I've been blogging for so long that moving all my posts manually and locking the private ones is taking MONTHS! And now, everyone's moving to Dreamwidth anyway, making it impossible for me to still add you people's posts to my memories. IT IS VERY IRKSOME, INTERNET. Labels: dreamwidth, livejournal, tv: dollhouse, tv: sarah connor chronicles scribbled mystickeeper at 9:31 AM
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wJan 1, 2009 | |
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Why is everybody surrounding my apartment loud? Doesn't anybody else work tomorrow?! I had meant to clean my apartment much more than I actually did today. Ryan is visiting me this weekend, so hopefully I....do that at some point. Increasingly, personal posts of any nature are being made behind locked posts at LiveJournal. So if any of you want to read anything besides my thoughts on books, manga, anime, movies, and video games, I suggest getting an LJ account and letting me know what your handle is, so that I can friend you and let you in (if I want to, of course!). I tried to go see the movie "Milk" late afternoon, but it was sold out. So instead, I went to Gretchen's apartment to join her, her girlfriend, and Sandy in a game of Starfarers of Catan. I liked it a lot! I like that game more than Settlers of Catan, I think. I started to do a year-end report on all of the books I had read this year, with stats on male:female, white:people of color, manga:books, and whatever. But after I had counted everything, I realized that I never got around to using my syllabi to update my booklog with all of the stuff I had read for class, :( Anyway, my completely booklog is kept here, where it lists what I've read for the last 7 years or so. You'll have to scroll a lot to get down to where the table actually begins, unfortunately. Blogger doesn't perform well with tables, and the post is literally too long to be made in LiveJournal. BWAHAHAHA. I'll update it whenever I take the time to find those syllabi. I guess this is why it's a New Year's resolution, and why it isn't already accomplished. Current Music: Protege Moi - Placebo Labels: blogging, books, friends, livejournal scribbled mystickeeper at 10:59 PM
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wNov 18, 2008 | |
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Paragraphs are different to me than line separators, but you couldn't tell by this post I fucking love eggnog. It's the perfect combination of sweet and creamy and I love the way it coats your throat with goodness.* Whenever I happen to be standing in my kitchen (read: the area between the bar and the wall with fridge/sink/stove that is in my one-room efficiency), I pop the carton open and snag a mouthful. Amazing. Why is this beverage only available during wintertime? I think it would be equally satisfying on a hot summer day. *First person to make a "That's what she said" joke gets stabbed. Are the Japanese just like, ridiculous health conscious? Every time someone gets a cold or a fever in manga, it's like they've been diagnosed with about-to-die-liver-cancer. What's with all of the people passing out all the time? How come every time someone falls down in the hallway, they land in the nurse's office with cotton balls and cleaning stuff. I feel like I should feel guilty about not working on Ghost Hunters in nearly a week. But I was suddenly desperately wanting to devour books, so I'm just going to let it happen. I'm not giving up on the story, though, and would still like to write a bunch more this month. Remind me to kick myhself in the butt and do something. Lately, I have the strong urge to read Moby Dick. Nevermind that I have detested everything I've read by him thus far....I think Herman Melville is different than Charles Dickens, for me. I think he's redeemable. I'm sure he'll find redemption in my mind through Moby Dick. Now I just need to get me a copy of Moby Dick and hope it doesn't suck. I had other things to write about, but alas, they are saved on a Notepad document at home. Oh no, I hope LiveJournal is still up! Rejoice, loyal blog-readers of mine who refuse to go over to LiveJournal! LiveJournal.com is down for the next three hours for some server-transfers, so you get to see this post before any of them! Still, they have more points in my book because they leave way more comments than you guys do, :D Labels: a: melville herman, anime, blogging, food, ghost hunters, japanese culture, livejournal, manga, nanowrimo scribbled mystickeeper at 11:01 AM
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wOct 29, 2008 | |
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Baby's First LJ Community Check the LiveJournal for this post. Labels: livejournal, nanowrimo scribbled mystickeeper at 3:51 PM
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wSep 29, 2008 | |
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Please enjoy my beautimous new LJ layout. I tried to make a custom mood theme last night, but it didn't work, :/ I uploaded the pictures to my LJ gallery....can you not link to LJ images? Even from within LJ? That seems pretty silly to me! I need a new image-hosting service anyway, though. I've been using my University's for the last four years, but I'm obviously not a student any more. I still have follow-up Geek.Kon posts to make. For now, I have a few hobby-related goals: 1) Read more novels. It's been scientifically proven that nothing will impair my manga-reading habits, so I think I'm just going to spend more time focusing on novels while at work, and not worry that I "won't have time for" manga. Today, I've been tearing through Octavia Butler's Dawn, first in the Xenogenesis trilogy, which we are reading this month for Wiscon book club. I also have piles of unread books, now including the books recommended by Sarah Monette, not to mention Sarah Monette's own books! 2) Watch more anime. I kind of miss it, and I think I've now figured out that I can get TV shows like Arrested Development from the library, and should use my Netflix account for watching anime series. Last night, I watched the first three episodes of Veronica Mars. It was pretty good, I think I'll enjoy watching this show. Please don't spoil me! I'm sure I've picked up a few spoilers through LJ-osmosis, but overall, I know nothing. I'll be glad to watch this series for fun, and don't really feel the need to blog extensively about it, as most have you have either seen it or already heard of it. For now.....LOL to the Paris Hilton guest role in episode two. Isn't the canon couple from this series Veronica/Logan? He's such an asshole! So far, the only redeemable quality they've established is the way he's stood up to the biker gang. For now, I really appreciate the biker gang vs. preppy Orange County boys. And, of course, Veronica herself. WIN. Labels: book clubs, goals, internet, livejournal, tv: veronica mars scribbled mystickeeper at 11:24 AM
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wSep 28, 2008 | |
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Guys, I can make polls now! (Okay, only on LiveJournal) Okay, I'm exhausted and am so not changing all of the LiveJournal usernames to actual names, so just read this post at my LiveJournal instead, kthx. Labels: anime, anime: tsubasa, blogging, geek.kon, livejournal, tv: heroes scribbled mystickeeper at 12:07 AM
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wSep 27, 2008 | |
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I am off to work! So, I finally took advantage of the sale and got myself a paid LiveJournal account. I have so many icons now! It's pretty much amazing. I'm wondering why I got 35, instead of 30? I mean, I'm okay with it. Just wondering. Geek.Kon is today. Looking forward to socializing, and possibly making a purchase or two. I hope to see some of you guys there. I was trying to decide which bag to take with me today, and then the answer came to me clearly: "Duh! My Mokona bag!" Labels: internet, livejournal scribbled mystickeeper at 8:35 AM
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wJun 26, 2008 | |
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Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? So, I found Allyson Beatrice's Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? quite interesting. The book is about Internet cult fandom, exploring societal norms on the Internet, and how communities are created. Beatrice specifically focuses on the Buffy fandom, so references to people such as David Fury, Tim Minear, and Joss Whedon left me slightly awe-struck. It was interesting to read about the Buffy community in its hey-day. For the most part, my intersections with fandom occur on LiveJournal. It's an interesting tool for social networking, because the entire premise is that everyone has their own journal - their own story, their own space, each with their own set of rules. Each person controls the conversations they initiate, the people on their honored "Friends List," etc. So for me, it was interesting to be reminded of what Internet forums are like, as I haven't spent time on one in years (unless one counts the UW Anime Club forum, but as we all know each other in real life, issues like trolls never occur). I like how Beatrice desribes the Internet as a great way to find other people with similar interests. Internet communities coalesce around a common interest, and sometimes a secret shame. From breast cancer survivors to people who have a diaper fetish, a community of people gather to discuss whatever it is that consumes or interests them. If your community revolves around a "dorky" topic, it's difficult to admit to others what you're typing out into the broadband in your spare time. She also takes care to point out the strange stigma surrounding genre-fiction fandom. And yet, there he was, waering Michael Jordan's game uniform. No one in The Coffee Bean blinked, or stared, or whispered. No giggles or pointing. No name-calling. Nothing unusual. Beatrice points out a couple of commonly-known Internet "laws" about rules, such as Godwin's Law (as an online discussion grows larger, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches) and Snacky's Law (whenever two or more groups of people are arguing, inevitably, someone on one side willcompare the group on the other to "those bitchy girls who made everyone's life hell in high school."). I just finished watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time, so I miss out on knowledge of community reactions when the show actually aired. I never knew that a certain character's death upset so many people. However much I liked the character, it was a damned good episode. Also...fictional characters can provide great inspiration to other people, but I can't imagine being so wrapped up in a fictional life that I would issue death threats and the like. I also hadn't been aware that the movie Serenity was so unprofitable. I also found it interesting that the author found the original Firefly pilot script and premise awful, in that it was too depressing (if I read her correctly, I could be wrong). I love the premise of Firefly, but then, I like my shows dark. Anyway, if you're interested in understanding Internet fandoms a little more, I recommend the book. I also recommend it if you're interested in Joss Whedon's work in any way. Beatrice spearheaded the fan movement to save the TV show Firefly, planned parties attended by Joss Whedon and various actors and writers, and has made some great connections throughout the years. Thus, she has some great stories. As an added bonus, her writing is funny and smart, and the book was a quick read. Labels: a: beatrice allyson, books, internet, livejournal, tv: buffy, tv: firefly scribbled mystickeeper at 8:42 AM
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wApr 22, 2008 | |
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I find it highly amusing that his username is "ferret." This post is so heavy on LiveJournal usernames that I'm just going to direct you to the post in my LiveJournal. For those who have missed it, in addition to blogging here in this blogspot page that I've always had, I also copy and paste my posts to my LiveJournal. LiveJournal is more community-centric than Blogspot is. Each post that I make has one of fifteen user icons (selected by me) attached to it, and my LiveJournal friends leave a lot more comments than you guys do. Just sayin'. Labels: epic fail, feminism, livejournal scribbled mystickeeper at 5:07 PM
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