Overactive Imagination

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever music player you have on random.
Step 2: Post a line/stanza from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly


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Wow, so most of them were guessed correctly! Here are the ones nobody got:

14. A Bad Dream by Keane
15. A Better Place by VAST
18. Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Cleawater Revival
19. If You Want Me by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (from the "Once" soundtrack)
20. Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups. (kinda surprised no one got this one)

Also stolen from everyone.

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

Stolen from everyone. Seriously.

I know I don't blog and such a whole lot, but.


What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist/"friending me"? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head?

Post this in your own journal and see how you have surprised people!

Nothing like a healthy dose of character assassination to brighten my day.

( Rage worthy spoilers )

And now for something completely different.

Ive been wanting to do some non-Naruto stuff for a while, so here's the first based on the poll I did.
( Sanguine Secrets )



Bigger version at DA



edit: so apparently no one on my flist likes Vampire Knight. Which I know isnt true, but... Lol.

For all of you who dont lurk much at deviantART, I put a poll up asking everyone to pick a couple for me from a list of my favorite non-Naruto pairings. You can vote at my DA journal, or just leave a comment here.

The list of couples to choose from are:

Zuko/Katara (Avatar)
Renji/Rukia (Bleach)
Haji/Saya (Blood+)
Mugen/Fuu (Samurai Champloo)
Allen/Lenalee (D. Gray-man)
Zero/Yuuki (Vampire Knight)
Luffy/Nami (One Piece)
Soul/Maka (Soul Eater)
Simon/Nia (Gurren Lagann)
Fakir/Ahiru (Princess Tutu)

Been a while since I did art for Vespertine, so I'm making up for it with two from the latest chapter. Steamy and steamier.

Not Worksafe. Hope you like. XD

( Wildfire )

( Slow Burn )

as usual, bigger and higher res versions are at DA

OMFG why does Sasuke keep getting credited for killing shinobi HE DIDNT KILL!!!??!?!?! Zabuza was killed by a bunch of thugs and finished off by Kakashi. Deidara killed himself. Why does everyone think Sasuke--who doesnt last more than 30 seconds with the Raikage and Mizukage and only escapes through some new fucking hax (kinda like w/ Deidara...)--did these things!?

I want to sympathize with Sasuke, but its continually impossible. Fuck you, Kishimoto. Sasuke needs to DIAF now.

That is all.

stoled from alory_shannon

NAME A FANDOM AND I'LL TELL YOU MY:
- OTP
- Runner-up
- Honorable mention(s)
- Crack pairing(s)
- Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't

Sharing is Caring:
For one week, recommend / share:

Day 1: a song
Day 2: a picture
Day 3: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy


"The future depends on what we do in the present."
- Mahatma Gandhi

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Day 1: a song
Day 2: a picture
Day 3: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

Text Message Breakup. If youre not familiar with Liam Kyle Sullivan/ Kelly vids, check them all out. XD

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Day 2: a picture
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Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

ThinkGeek. Like me, many of you are a little (or a lot) on the nerdy side. So much cool stuff here, but their Tshirts and apparel are by far the best. I seriously need to get several of them. XD

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Day 3: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

I had this one in mind anyway, but ironically, some of the things I've been posting about lately make this rec relevant and necessary. The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. In my opinion this is the best vampire series currently being written. Its everything a vampire story should be, without all the cliches. Rose is a strong and charming heroine that everyone can identify with. Its a bestselling series, but I'm honestly surprised its not more famous. It blows Twilight out of the water in terms of plot, characterization, and overall skill on the author's part, and its targeted at a similar audience.

I actually want to recommend all of Richelle Mead's work. She has two other urban fantasy series that are geared toward adults. All of her protags are strong, fiesty, independent women with very relatable personalities and traits. Her plots are engaging and well thought out. Her writing style is very real and down to earth, which I think is why we can all put ourselves in the heroine's shoes.

I'm currently reading the new, 4th book of the VA series (will probably finish today). If anyone has read them, or reads them soon, I'd love to discuss them with you! :D

I finished the series, after a crazy week long marathon. Overall I loved it. I love stories where everything is connected and has a purpose (Lost is another one of my favorite shows) and when its all over you can look back and see it all fall together. I really think its one of the best shows ever aired, for the many messages it conveys as well as the depth of the characters that makes us truly care for them - even the bad ones. Its so rare to have such a large cast of characters and have almost every one of them invoke real feelings in the audience. BSG is one of the most emotionally impacting shows I've ever watched. There were times - especially season 3 - when everything was so screwed up, but in the end I'm mostly happy with the way it all turned out.

( Series spoilers )

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For one week, recommend / share:

Day 1: a song
Day 2: a picture
Day 3: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

Here's something many of you can appreciate.

Stolen from redbrunja :

Sharing is Caring:
For one week, recommend / share:

Day 1: a song
Day 2: a picture
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Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

Song rec: This was actually kinda hard because I have several new music loves at the moment, but I went with Fruit Machine by the Ting Tings because its the most fun. XD

I just got the entire Battlestar Galactica series, and stayed up way too late last night watching a good chunk of the first season.

...WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO WATCH THIS???

( Kinda spoilery, but not really. )

1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series'.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.

These aren't strictly my top ten, as some of those are so obvious there's nothing to guess (When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced...) So I used few that wouldn't be on top of my list, but are still some of my favorites.

I will be seriously impressed with anyone who gets a certain few of these.
~

1. The sun was already sinking into the deep green of the hills to the west of the valley, the red and gray-pink of its shadows touching the comers of the land, when Flick Ohmsford began his descent. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Guessed by purplekitte .

2. The play-- for which Briony had designed the posters, programs and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crepe paper--was written by her in a two-day tempest of composition, causing her to miss a breakfast and a lunch.  Atonement by Ian Mcewan. Guessed by syl_luvs_silver 

3. The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Guessed by purplekitte .

4. In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Guessed by purplekitte .

5. 1801- I have just returned from a visit to my landlord--the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Guessed by vermelli .

6. The sun was going down. The fiery circle shone past the acanthus-crowned columns of a ruined temple. The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt. FINALLY guessed by gin_neko .

7. In my time I have been called many things: sister, lover, priestess, wise-woman, queen. Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Guessed by purplekitte .

8. It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Guessed by hoshika .

9. Tika Waylan straightened her back with a sigh, flexing her shoulders to ease her cramped muscles. Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Guessed by purplekitte .

10. Renowned curator Jaques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. Guessed by purplekitte .


PS: doing this meme has made me want to reread some of these again. XD

Stolen from thatreevesgirl .


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