So I've been on a reading kick lately, and I fiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnallly finished Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, after having it for...two and a half months? I got it while David was here in August... anyway! I don't know why it took so long to finish it, I like it just fine, and the concept just rocked my socks, since P&P is my favorite book, and I love the zombies. I guess because it was just P&P with new zombiebits added in, it took off the urgency to finish.

Anyway, despite the promising premise, I gotta admit, I was kind of disappointed.

( Jane Austen, now with ball jokes )

Maybe I'm being too harsh, since it is what it set out to be: an "expanded edition", but ultimately it left me with the impression of a lazy author. Like, this guy got a really good idea for a book, but didn't want to write it all himself, so he just edited the original Pride and Prejudice. I think it would have been a lot better if he'd re-written it all from scratch. Kind of a waste ^^;

lol, back. not that I really said I'd be gone, but we moved again, and we didn't have the internet there for a bit. but we do now, so back~

DAMN YOU NAKAMURA DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

need more skip beat now.

Caught up on Skip-Beat! Finally! Yay ♥ I love that series. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, just tell her you love her already! Kyoukooooooooooooooooo, why do you have to be so dense? You should have given poor Ren chocolate!

...WANT MORE NOW.

That is all.

bored now. meme time.

from luinthoron
Reply to this post, and I will tell you my favourite icon of yours. Then post this to your own journal using your own favourite icon.

Random, but has anyone read Furukawa Shiori's Five? I chose it at random to read at OneManga, and it's okay, almost exactly the same as Ouran/S.A., but holy crap the character designs are weird. ITS THE EYES. The characters look like aliens. I mean, obviously there are different art styles (I mean, it took a little time to get used to Ai Yazawa's style, and I still think Nakamura Yoshiki makes heavy use of fruits/vegetables when designing her characters) but daaaaaaaaaaaaamn, dude. HUMAN EYES HAVE WHITES AROUND THEM.

/random

Bored, so stealing a meme from luintoron

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 15
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 15 T_T
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: LOL YES
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: Isn't that the point? x3
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Uhhhh, it looks like a True Blood/Bleach tie.
AND THE SECOND MOST: ...everything else?
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: None really...unless you count solo!Yoruichi as part of a ship, theeeennnn...Yoruhara?
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Not mostly...
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Occasionally
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Ummm...I guess they're okay.
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: a pain in the ass to make, and even harder to make well T_T

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Have I ever mentioned I love Supernatural? Probably. It just gets better with every season though. I didn't think I would dig the Sam/Dean split, but as long as I get my weekly dose of Dean, I'm good. I love how Dean can be dealing with the 'last night on earth' situation with an angel, supposedly the most holy and pure of creatures, and decide what he needs before he dies is to get him laid. lol fail. But at least you tried, Dean ♥ And next week? ZOMBIES? I LOVE YOU SUPERNATURAL.

Also, finished Dan Brown's new book, the Solomon Key. It was silly. Very silly. And the 'big twist' was ridiculously predictable, but I have a weakness for treasure hunts, and Brown's books satisfy that love but good. I've come to the conclusion that Brown is a good writer the way Stephanie Meyer is a good writer - they do a good job of sucking you in to the story, but eventually you realize it has about as much substance as cotton candy. Their books are like literary junk food. Although I don't loathe Dan Brown the way I do Stephanie Meyer, but I think that disgust has more to do with the ridiculous fandom than it does with the author herself. Except for the goddamn vampire weddings. Ridiculous. WHY DO VAMPIRES NEED TO BE MARRIED? WHY? THAT IS SO STUPID AND POINTLESS, YOU'RE A CENTURIES-OLD VAMPIRE, YOU DON'T LEGALLY EXIST ANYWAY, IT'S ALL EMPTY RITUAL. AND WOULDN'T YOU THINK AGREEING TO BECOMING A VAMPIRE WITH THE PERSON YOU LOVE IS COMMITMENT ENOUGH, BUT NO, THE MORMON AUTHOR NEEDS A WEDDING, COULDN'T GIVE PEOPLE THE WRONG IMPRESSION OR MORAL MESSAGE, COULD WE-

*takes anti-Twilight medication*

Anyway, ahem. Solomon Key. Pretty much what you expect from DB - bizarre physical injuries/deaths inspiring a city-wide chase involving lotsa puzzles, little-known-facts, and cutting-edge 'science', loaded with location/item descriptions that sound like brochures and characters who like to monologue Wikipedia articles. He basically re-uses the same four characters in every book he writes - LOL CRAZY villain, the supposedly smart and strong, but essentially personality-less heroine and/or hero, knowledgeable mentor who turns out to be a double-agent, etc. But you get what you expect, and I do love my riddle-ridden treasure hunts!

And you'll be happy to hear, Brown has ideas for 12 more Langdon books, all with likely the same plot, but new puzzles and exotic locations and little known facts!

It's been so long since I've done one of these, lol.

Forcibly taken from luinthoron:

Comment with a series and I will respond to you with the following.

• One True Pairing Ship:
• Canon Ship:
• "If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
• "You are one sick puppy" Ship:
• "I dabble a little" Ship:
• "It's like a car crash" Ship:
• "Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
• "Makes no canon sense but why the heck not" Ship:
• "Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:

Sounds like fun :3

Also, on a completely unrelated not, caught up with Fullmetal Alchemist manga! Yayz. *accomplished*<3

God, I hate having roommates. I mean, it's not that I hate my roommates themselves, cause I actually do like them. The thing is living with them. I'm not a social person by nature, and being around people I don't know makes me extremely uncomfortable. It's like 100x worse when said people are drunk. So living with nice but very immature people with nice but very immature and obnoxious friends who come over all the time and have problems understanding BOUNDARIES was probably not a good idea.

I'm just the kind of person who, after a late night working, wants to come home to a calm house, kick back, maybe cook something to eat, and relax on the computer or with a book or watching tv. What I DON'T want is to come home to a house full of people I don't know, with someone in my room using my computer (granted this wasn't bad tonight cause it was my cousin/roommate, who I obviously know, but I HAVE come home to my roommates' friends in my room on my computer doing unnecessary things), followed shortly by more people I don't know, who proceed to turn up the rap music on the tv, which is DIRECTLY AGAINST THE VERY THIN WALL that separates my room from the living room, and get drunk and loud and rowdy and shake the WHOLE HOUSE jumping on each other and making out with each other, even though everyone already has a SO.

*headdesk*

Okay, I know I'm boring, and a stick in the mud, but this is the place I have to come home to. I want to be comfortable here. I want to be peaceful here. I'm starting to wonder if maybe the loneliness of living by myself might be worth the peace I'd get there.

On the other hand, I still can't afford it, so it's probably moot to even think about.

/bitchbitchbitch


EDIT: MOTHERFUCKERS BROKE OUR BATHROOM DOOR. WT FUCKITY F?

So holy crap have I mentioned I'm in love with Supernatural lately? I mean, I've liked the show since it started, I love the idea and the various stories, both creepy and silly, and Jensen Ackles makes ANYTHING he's in 250% better, although I'm thoroughly convinced he's not really acting, and that's just the way he is, because he plays the same guy in every show, buuuuuuuuut I think the supafan in Tuesday's episode said it best - throwing the angels in was a VAST improvement, cause the demon thing was getting old. And wow, wasn't that the longest, most rambling sentence ever? Anyway, I love the angels.

( Months-late-Supernatural ramblings inside )

I know they're going out on a limb here, cause all the twists last season could easily have turned a lot of people off with their absurdity, but I gotta say, I'm right there with them, prophet and all. I'm loving every bit of this show nowadays. For me, it's gotten better and better each season; I love the writing, I love the characters, I love the storyline. This is my SHOW right now<3

Speaking of my shows, watched the first episode of Vampire Diaries Tuesday. Was basically what you'll think it'll be from watching the trailer. Dawson's Creek with vampires.

( /whines inside )
I've probably said before that Vampire Diaries wasn't my favorite trilogy of hers, so this failure doesn't bother me too bad. At least it wasn't Forbidden Game. God help them if they EVERY fail at adapting Forbidden Game. I WILL shoot a bitch.

Also, pimping an artist I think is far too underappreciated, Susie Suh's The Bakman Tapes was released on Wednesday, and it's a nice little EP. I've been waiting for new stuff by her forever, so I was really excited to get ahold of these new songs. To get you hooked:

My Battlefield - the song that introduced me to Susie Suh, from her first self-titled album. Still one of my favories. And lol, found a bad Supernatural fanvid. :D

Seasons Change - also from her first album. Lovely song, another one of my favorites<3

Petrified to be God-Like - another great song. Love the lyrics.

Feather in the Wind - one of her new ones! And the vid is her live. have I mentioned she's awesome?

So in short, please check her out now! She's amazing :3

So I watched Inglourious Basterds the other day. Let me just say that that is quite possibly the most misleading marketing campaign I have ever seen. I mean, with Quentin Tarantino. you usually have a pretty good idea of what you're getting, but this one threw me a bit. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just a bit of a surprise when you go into a movie expecting lots guns and silly war antics and NAT-ZI scalping and get a bit more quiet film than you expect.

( lol because describing the movie at all is a spoiler )

I dunno, I didn't hate it or anything, and scene-by-scene it was pretty interesting. I didn't feel that it was long or boring, and I enjoyed the Tarantino dialogue and anecdotes as much as I'm sure the director himself did, and individually the two stories were pretty good, but once they got together...it just didn't mesh for me. Not bad, not great.

Death Proof's still my favorite Tarantino movie.

Note to self: Watch these series-

Aoi Bungaku (definitely!)
Nyan Koi (maybe)
Tatakau Shisho: Book of Bantorra (FUCK YEAH! BOOKS WOOOOO!)
Storm of Summer (must watch season 1 first)
Kobato (<33!!!!)
Kimi ni Todoke
To aru kagaku no choudenjibou (read first)
Winter Sonata (yaaaay, it's sad right?)
White Album
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe InuYasha, if to just see how it ends.

LOL there's not way I'm gonna actually end up watching all of this...

So today I was asked by my manager to work overnights the next two days to set up a mod. So, I'm attempting to stay up overnight tonight so I can do it for the next few days, and in my quest to stay awake, obviously I've been channel surfing, and amidst this channel surfing, I see this.

Brooke Shields for Latisse.

If you don't want to watch the commercial, here's the gist of it.
This is the TV commercial for LATISSE® (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03%, the first and only FDA-approved prescription treatment for inadequate or not enough eyelashes. LATISSE® solution is a prescription treatment for hypotrichosis used to grow eyelashes, making them longer, thicker and darker.

Wow. Really? REALLY? Apparently inadequate eyelashes can no longer be cured by increasingly ridiculously thick mascara. Apparently now we need to get PRESCRIPTION DRUGS to INCREASE OUR EYELASH THICKNESS.
( caps-heavy rant inside~ )

I'm hoping I didn't offend anybody with that (because, come on, eyelashes), but I just do not get it. I can't believe anybody without that medical condition could be so desperate that they would go to their doctor and ask them to prescribe it. Does not compute.

...I'm going to go and distract myself more now. Just had to get that out.

From sellotape
- Leave me a comment saying "My Sympathy to the Parents" / "Interview me" / "Comment!" / or "Horsewaffles".
- I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
- Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
- Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

( Interview under the cut. NANA SPOILERS OF JOY )
Also, xemaya lies! I am not converted to Changmin fandom! I haven't spent the last couple of days listening to Mirotic anxiously waiting for Changmin's wonderfully melodic scream. Or watching the video waiting for the scene where he rises from the water. I also haven't been loving the crap out of Why Did I Fall in Love With Your Halo? and Sexy Purpleline. ALL LIES I SAY!

Also, these aren't Changmin icons.




Changmin + water = OTP

Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh WHOA! DOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSHITE~~~~ YEAH-HAH!

So I started reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth this morning at about 10 AM, and after various interruptions and errands and such, finished at about 1AM. I've been wanting to read it for a few months, after noticing the pretty cover in Barnes and Nobles, and reading the oh-so-familiar summary:

In Mary's world, there are simple truths.
The Sisterhood always knows best.
The Guardians will protect and serve.
The Unconsecrated will never relent.
And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village. The fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.


I thought "Awesome! Someone took the intriguing premise of The Village, and did it right! And in book form!"

I had no idea when I picked it up that it would be a post^7 zombie apocalypse book, but that was a great surprise. A few pages in and I was like "OMG The Village but with zombies in the forest instead of people dressed like the big bad wolf. EPIC." Now that I'm finished...well, somehow it managed to be a compelling read despite several pretty major flaws. Like:
( bitching and observations. WITH SPOILERS LOL )

Overall, the book ended up feeling kind of like a marathon. With a very unsatisfying ending. I think after the first half, I was reading it less because I liked/cared about anyone involved or what was happening, and more because I wanted to know how it would end. With a book like this, you're waiting for this grand ending, because there's so so so much build up. It's like, there has to be an epic revelation or great answer (think Planet of the Apes, or Sixth Sense) to make it pay off, to make it mean something, and there really isn't. It just kind of ends. Granted, there will, apparently, be sequels, but that's not much consolation. Those will be their own stories, and this will still have a weak ending. And with a weak ending, unlikable characters, and a wandering plot, all there really is to like is the premise, and what could have been.

I did like that.

Also, I need a reading icon D:

Hey, Kubo. Okay, so we've basically killed this last bad guy, right? Does that mean it's almost over? Can we move on yet? To something we ACTUALLY care about?

Also, Soifon's a bitch. Don't mess with my Urahara u.u

And happy birthday, missdeep!!!!

Kubo you suck. Can we MOVE ON NOW PLEASE. We're getting tired of the SAME GODDAMN FIGHT.

Everyone needs to just die already.

lol I was actually inspired to do icons, so I PRESENT:

71 Icons

56 True Blood ep 2.05: Never Let Me Go
15 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Samples


( Icons Under the Cut )

Twilight Manhwa by Young Kim to Be Published by Yen Press
Ugggggggghhhhhhhh. Ah, Twilight, is there anything you won't ruin?

Micott Countersues Radix over Appleseed TV Anime
You guys suck. I want my Romi Paku Deunan.

Nana's Ai Yazawa Puts Manga on Hold Due to Illness
That explains a lot. Like wtf Nana has been for the past two months.

Well thanks a lot, ANN, for being the worst (best?) bearer of bad news ever. I mean, I bet next you'll be telling me that Keanu Reeves wants to play Spike in the Cowboy Bebop movie or something. But you would NEVER do that, right?