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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mistercreepy | |
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top 5 moments, scenes, songs, lines, chapters, lyrics, casting decisions, elements, etc. etc. that you really liked in movies, literature, songs, albums, art, etc. despite being indifferent to or disliking the overall piece ¤:  hungry
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zarla | |
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So over the past two days I've apparently listened to Fireflies 175 times, mostly in a row. Other people do this with songs they like, right? Thanksgiving was nice, and I made a lemon version of the amish bread that was apparently a hit, from what everyone said. I didn't actually have any myself just yet, but there's some downstairs I should try. I hope it turned out okay. I ran out of milk so I used 1/4cup instead of 1/2, but everyone said they couldn't tell the difference so hopefully it wasn't too important. I wanted to make a big kind of thanks post yesterday, but I was so tired I ended up going to sleep instead. Today I woke up feeling very sad for reasons I can't quite place or talk about, but I'd feel bad not saying something anyway at least. But I guess it's something that can be summed up pretty succintly anyway. I'm thankful that I have such a loving and awesome family, that I'm fortunate enough to have my health and food to eat and people that care about me. I'm thankful for their support, and I'm thankful for yours too. I don't often mention it, it's probably obvious enough if you read between the lines, but I'm more insecure about some things than I tend to let on. Support from other people for whatever it is I'm doing always seems bizarre, almost unwarranted, but it's always appreciated. I expect people to abandon me for almost no reason at any moment; instead having your support when I go into some random fandom or another or babble about some stupid nonsense no one cares about is I can't think of the word for it right now but I'm thankful for it, that I know so many kind people. I only hope that I somehow brighten your days in return. That something that I do or say can make you smile when you feel down, as a way of thanking you for being there for me. If that makes sense. Unrelated, but man there is someone on youtube that holds a hilarious grudge against my Pikmin videos for some inexplicable reason. They keep spamming my userpage with ZARLA YOU SUCK AT PIKMIN I BET YOU NEVER EVEN BEAT TITAN DWEEVIL YOU ARE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE and they leave random insulting comments on the actual videos themselves, and I find it quite puzzling to be honest. Those videos aren't for them, so I don't particularly care if they like them or not and I've never responded to them in any way, and yet they seem insistent on flailing at me uselessly in comment after comment, screaming their hatred and rage for me like if they just do it loudly and long enough I'll eventually care about it and acknowledge them. I have no intention of doing that as you may guess, but it's still rather odd. I suspect they may be a sock for someone trying to drive traffic to their Pikmin videos, but honestly even thinking that hard about it is boring enough. IT'S YOUTUBE, WHO CARES?? Tags: pikmin
¤:  melancholy
♫: 26795. Owl City - Fireflies
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 i am thankful for:* the music that richard youngs is making lately. * coffee and scones on a drizzly morning. * "an artist whose canvas is murder":
* doris lessing's the golden notebook, even if it did take me 400 years to finish. * whoever played drums on television's marquee moon. * the intense ass-whuppin' those smug freakonomics nerds are getting over bio-engineering and climate change from just about every reasonable expert in the field. * the general, thirty-something-ish "stability" that's settling in on my life (respectable job, committed relationship, etc.). i feel pretty cool and collected lately, but not in a complacent way. i think i finally feel like an adult. * this photo:  p.s. is it me, or is "pardoning the turkey" the dumbest tradition ever? it bothers me in the same way that pep rallies and motivational speakers and customer service representatives bother me. there's nothing more repugnant than rehearsed pleasure. Tags: personal
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garconniere | |
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 tomorrow is my last class with my very first english class, the one i started teaching way back in september. can't believe it already! i feel a bit accomplished about it, excited to be able to go swimming on tuesdays or thursdays now if i feel like it, to have a bit more time to myself. a lot has changed since i accepted my first teaching contract. i finished my calls; i had to call about a dozen students for 20 mins every week and i am so glad that shitty contract is out of my life. a few of the students were real gems, and one even made me cry after our last call! she was amazing. it was great to see her confidence grow, and to be reminded of why i like teaching in the first place. she made me a mix cd of her favourite brazilian music (she's from brazil, and we talked a lot about it) and i felt really lucky to have taught her. what a sweetheart. anyway! after this week, my schedule will look like this: lundi: cap rouge, 12-1:30 mardi: ste foy, 4-6 mercredi: cap rouge, 12-1:30, ste foy 4-6 (cours privé avec elodie) jeudi: vestiaire, 4-8 vendredi: ste foy, 3:30-5:30 so in grand total, i only work 13 hours in a week. which seems ridiculous, like duh julia of course you can't make ends meet. but it feels like so, so much more. factoring all my prep work and travel time, it turns into more like 30. the other big issue i have with the way i'm working now is that i'm working for three different companies, and even have one private client now. word gets around when you teach english. problem is, it pays SHIT. the rate itself is not bad, (i get paid anywhere between $15-$40 an hour, but the $40 ends tomorrow wah wah) but for the amount of prep work, travel and how hard it is to juggle all these different students at different levels is stressing me out way too much for too little pay. the only job i truly enjoy is le vestiaire, because it is a five minute walk, it's community based volunteer work, i get to organize a thrift shop! but it pays nothing. i wish i could find a balance of both. the fact that i have no money is my first and last thought every day. can i scrounge up enough change for bus fare? will i be able to focus teaching in class since i have no food to bring for lunch? i can't remember the last time i've had such terrible money anxieties... probably second year (2005) when i was a full-time student working part-time at a shit convenience store. it really does a number on your self-worth to work, yet still not be able to pay rent, buy food, let alone reward yourself for your efforts every once in a while. it is a luxury to have a beer these days, when it feels like i need it most. if i'm unemployed and poor, i can accept that. i get off my ass and find a job. but if i'm working hard? and have nothing to show for it? i feel really worthless and anxious. i'm still paying simon back for oct/nov rent... and it's dec 1st on tuesday. ugh. on top of that, like clockwork every 6 months or so, i'm having issues with the national student loan centre. hopefully it will all be sorted out tomorrow, fingers crossed knock on wood. my loved ones have been really good at being supportive, though. i really can't complain there. they invite me over for dinner because they know my cupboard/fridge is bare, they come over and watch comfort movies with me, and we make music together. those things are lovely and free. and honestly, i am very privileged... i have a roof over my head, and good people who love me and who i can depend on if it really came down to it. this will change in 2010, though. i can't keep living like this, as much as i try and convince myself otherwise. it's showing in my moods and in my body. my body is hating on me, i grind my teeth so much more than normally, even when i'm awake my jaw just feels constantly clenched. my back aches, and the fact that i can't afford to put fresh veggies and fruit in my belly every day just makes it worse. I WILL MAKE THIS CHANGE. affirmative thinking. actions! but! instead of all mopey mopey mopey, here are some good things!- justyne is coming to visit me! she arrives on sunday and hopefully we'll have good weather and have a lovely time together. she has only been to québec city once before, earlier this summer. - my friend jonas is playing a show tomorrow night and is crashing at my place... with a bunch of other lovely people i haven't met yet! should be fun. i love slumber parties, especially when i don't have to get up super early the next day. - learning lots of new songs on the ukulele. - wonderful postcards from faraway friends. - yeah, it sucks that simon is gone (left for mexico last week for work) but it is nice to have an empty apartment every once in a while, to only have to clean up after yourself. not gonna lie, already miss the guy like crazy though.  also look at how long my hair is! haven't cut it in nearly a year. ♫: scout niblet - uptown top ranking
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zarla | |
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YES I FOUND IT I FOUND IT THE BEST POKEMON BATTLE LOG EVER I'M REPOSTING IT SO I CAN KEEP IT FOREVER lol that's pathetic. If you want a good log, you haven't seen anything until you see this. Battle Log: Battle Mode: Ruby/Sapphire Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: Self-KO Clause Rule: Apply PP Ups Rule: Stadium Mode Rule: Battle Timeout Rule: Unrated Obi2Kenobi (lol) sent out First Pokemon ( Lv.100 Unown)! PyroGeologist ASB sent out Groudon ( Lv.100 Groudon)! Groudon's Drought intensified the sun's rays! [SS] FoxtrotUUniform has started watching. Begin Turn #1 Groudon used Swords Dance! Groudon's Attack sharply rose! --------------------------------- First Pokemon used Hidden Power! (40% damage) It's super effective! --------------------------------- The sunlight is strong. Groudon's Leftovers restored its HP a little! End of turn #1 Obi2Kenobi (lol)'s First Pokemon: 238 HP PyroGeologist ASB's Groudon: 66% HP Mr Iggeh has started watching. Mr Iggeh: This battle has not finished initializing. Please wait a few seconds and try again. Begin Turn #2 Groudon used Rock Slide! (234 damage) --------------------------------- First Pokemon flinched!--------------------------------- The sunlight is strong. Groudon's Leftovers restored its HP a little! End of turn #2 Obi2Kenobi (lol)'s First Pokemon: 4 HPPyroGeologist ASB's Groudon: 72% HP Mr Iggeh: ._. TheNewGuy has started watching. Obi2Kenobi (lol): Woot! PyroGeologist ASB: lol Obi2Kenobi (lol): It can survive Swords Danced Groudon Rock SLide PyroGeologist ASB: DRUG'D Mr Iggeh: wait TheNewGuy: lol Obi2Kenobi (lol): Unown...
Obi2Kenobi (lol): You need to Focus.
Begin Turn #3
Groudon used Rock Slide!
Groudon's attack missed!--------------------------------- First Pokemon used Hidden Power! (39% damage) It's super effective! --------------------------------- Obi2Kenobi (lol): Good job The sunlight is strong. Groudon's Leftovers restored its HP a little! End of turn #3 Obi2Kenobi (lol)'s First Pokemon: 4 HP PyroGeologist ASB's Groudon: 40% HP Mr Iggeh: how Mr Iggeh: did Mr Iggeh: u lose Mr Iggeh: 3 pokes TheNewGuy: lol Mr Iggeh: on turn 2 Begin Turn #4 Groudon used Overheat!
Groudon's attack missed!--------------------------------- Obi2Kenobi (lol): lol
First Pokemon used Hidden Power!
(40% damage)
It's super effective!
Groudon fainted!Obi2Kenobi (lol): Good job PyroGeologist ASB: WHAT THE FUCK O_0 Tags: pokémon
¤:  hungry
♫: 26795. Owl City - Fireflies
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scarletgeryon | |
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i just spent 20 minutes looking up lyrics to placebo songs. why am i an emo 12 year-old?
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
i'm in the basement, you're in the sky,
i'm in the basement baby, drop on by.
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I'm going to take a deep breath and say this out loud, because I still don't fucking believe it. When you hear the word "Chickenfoot," you think, maybe, of an episode of Invader Zim, about an insane, filthy man trapped in a chicken suit. Or, you know, you may think of an actual chicken's foot. I don't know what else you'd think of, honestly. But would you ever dream there'd be a time when the word "Chickenfoot" would actually mean Joe Satriani, the bassist for Van Halen, Sammy Hagar and the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers who looks like Will Ferrell? Yeah, me neither. Nonetheless, I present you with the only song of theirs that charted at all (and is listened to entirely by fuckheads as old as the band who think that "young punks" should "take note" and/or guys who subscribe to Guitar World)... "Oh Yeah" And I thought Jay-Z needed to hang it up...well, I mean, he DOES, but these guys needed to, like, a decade ago, individually, not form a SUPERGROUP. ♫: LITTLE RICHARD "Slippin' & Slidin'"
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zarla | |
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Aaaaaa so many things I need to do all piling up all of a sudden. :OO IT'D HELP IF I'D STOP SLEEPING TOO MUCH I had weird horrible nightmares for half of last night, then had strangely complex dreams afterwards involving a strange RPGcast that included a teen Otacon, Huey Dewey and Louie, I THINK Strago, and probably some other people that I can't recall right now? ANYWAY IT WAS VERY STRANGE I went to Alix's apartment to see what it was like the past few days and also to play Shadow Complex, since Alix has been on my case to play that for ages since it is apparently just like Super Metroid. AS ANYONE WHO'S KNOWN ME FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME KNOWS, I HAVE A VERY DEEP AND ABIDING LOVE FOR METROID so I was intrigued by this. And true enough, Shadow Complex is very much like Super Metroid in terms of the system. The map system works on the same basic square setup as Super Metroid, which ?s for squares that have secrets and all that, and the upgrades to your dude follow the same basic pattern Bombs -> Grenades Ice Beam -> Foam Speed Boots -> Friction Reducer Missiles -> Missiles And you can wall jump, sort of. But that's kind of where the similarity ends for me. Shadow Complex focuses on a guy. Well no wait, let me do this correctly. Shadow Complex starts with you controlling a black dude in a super suit. There's a shootout, some ridiculous evil person says he killed the vice president, your black dude seems mildly inconvenienced by this, cue title. Game actually starts, and who are you? SOME RANDOM WHITE GUY, WHAT A SURPRISE. I for one am shocked, shocked. I haven't beaten the game yet but the black dude has apparently vanished into the ether, never to be seen or mentioned again. Perhaps he will be the final boss or something. Anyway your main guy is some white hipster douchebag who's so bland and unlikable that I'm not sure he has a name, or if he even has a name, I don't care what it is. He has a girlfriend. GUESS WHAT HAPPENS TO HER. IF YOU GUESSED SHE GETS KIDNAPPED SO HE HAS TO RESCUE HER, YOU WERE RIGHT! She also gets beaten up so she can't walk, so you have to leave her behind in hiding and continue on without her after you rescue her. But then she gets kidnapped again, oh no! But then you rescue her again. And then she leaves, but you stay because you have ~unfinished business~. ( where could this be going??? )OH YEAH by the way guys if you try and friend me on Steam, let me know who you are. :O I DON'T KNOW WHAT WEIRD ALIASES PEOPLE USE ON STEAM MAN also i wouldn't friend me hoping for scintillating conversation or a way to finally get around my avoidance of any kind of chat program, since i'm usually doing something that makes me less than chatty with a few exceptions. SPEAKING OF WHICH, SORRY IF I DON'T REPLY TO THINGS VERY QUICKLY Need to do those christmas cards and that filler art, fix Fallout and work on that thing, finish that comic plotline I've had half-finished for like two weeks, did I owe someone a request or something? I think some chick wanted me to draw her Sue, I could do a quick boatchibi in oC or something. I really need to learn how to say no to people someday. AH WELL, IT'LL MAKE HER HAPPY Also I have fallen in love with this song. It's very Postal Service, if you've heard any of their stuff. I LIKE BOOPY SYNTHPOP LIKE THIS SHUT UP Man I've felt so shaky and tense lately, idk what that's about. I feel like there was something else I wanted to talk about but I can't remember it now. Ah well.  totally high off the fumes y/y Tags: art, if you squint it could be a review, metroid
¤:  unimpressed?
♫: 26795. Owl City - Fireflies
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poor_skills
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So a friend of mine is dealing with harassing phone calls from a creditor. She made some sort of arrangement (deferment?), they forgot about it or something, which made her behind, so she made another arrangement whereby they take some money out of her checking account automatically every two weeks. They call several times a day, every day, still. She misses most of the calls (she works regular business hours, Monday through Friday), but she gets them on the weekends. They'll phone, she'll answer, she'll inform them of the payment arrangements, and most of the time, they'll back off immediately upon verifying the accuracy of what she's saying. Usually, they stop the phone calls for the day, but they'll always start again the next day. So I told her she doesn't need to deal with this, if she doesn't want to, and dug up the language for her to put in a letter to mail to them to make them stop. I figured some of you might benefit from it, too, so I thought I'd post it here. There's no need to pay anyone (at least in Louisiana) to "make the phone calls stop," as so many businesses advertise; just write them a letter with the correct information. ( Read more... )Now, this is for Louisiana, but I'd be surprised if at least some of the other states don't have similar statutes. Ours are searchable online, so perhaps yours are, too.
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Various Artists 10 ZIP 72.0 MBNow That I've Found You Jack Buchanan and Elsie RandolphLife At The Water's Edge Officer!nowhere girl B-MovieMy Time Roberto CacciapagliaTouch Lori & The ChameleonsPour celui qui viendra (Version 33t) Marie LaforêtAlla ricerca del piacere (seq. 9) Teo UsuelliSecond Indian On The Moon AreknuteknyterneTo Have and Have Not Ronnyeyes ColdreamsProfi NeonbabiesPoema do Adeus Miltinhoskirts up! oszibarackHai Toshi o Mitsumete Aoyama Kazuko
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Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complimentary moist lemon-scented cleansing square or handy freshen-up wipette. Language is the breath of God, the dew on a fresh apple, it's the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning sun when you pull from an old bookshelf a forgotten volume of erotic diaries; language is the faint scent of urine on a pair of boxer shorts, it's a half-remembered childhood birthday party, a creak on the stair, a spluttering match held to a frosted pane, the warm wet, trusting touch of a leaking nappy, the hulk of a charred Panzer, the underside of a granite boulder, the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean girl, cobwebs long since overrun by an old Wellington boot.
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