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| Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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8:25a |
 Dear Santa...
Dear Santa,
This year I've been busy!
In October I had a shoot-out with rival gang lords on the 5 near LA (-76 points). In March ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) elanor_pam and I robbed a bank (-50 points). Last Wednesday I pulled nrgburst 's hair (-5 points). In January I gave quoth_the_ravyn a Dutch Oven (-10 points). Last month I punched niiicko in the arm (-10 points).
Overall, I've been naughty (-151 points). For Christmas I deserve a spanking!
Sincerely,
sekiharatae |
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sekiharatae
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12:26a |
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| Monday, December 21st, 2009 |
sister_coyote
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5:13p |
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| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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11:28p |
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nimblnymph
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3:05p |
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sekiharatae
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12:43a |
Songs of the Season Day 23
Today we have Bing with 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas'... which has to be one of the longer titles of the season.
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| Saturday, December 19th, 2009 |
nimblnymph
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12:51p |
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| Friday, December 18th, 2009 |
sister_coyote
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2:42p |
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sekiharatae
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12:26p |
Songs of the Season Day 22
Sorry for spamming my journal so much today. ^^;
This is Brenda Lee with Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree... but the video is really the special part this time. Have fun!
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sekiharatae
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11:19a |
Why do I do this to myself?!
When I read a summary like this: As a fan I was insulted by AC. FF7 can do better than that. We can do better. So I'm writing this, which tells a different story of what happened 2 years after the game. Work in progress. Old chapters subject to revision. Criticism always appreciated. I should know I'm not going to like the story. More, I should realize that it's a pit of annoyance waiting to open up and swallow me. The 'we' is obviously meant to be 'I'. While I certainly believe I, personally, would have enjoyed ACC if it had more cloti moments, that doesn't mean I think I can do a better job of telling an FF7 story than its creators. Yes, you can argue that some of the compilation suffers from fanservice, but that statement is definitely colored by what sort of fanservice you want to see. (For example, cloti fans enjoyed the new ACC scenes, while clerith ones most likely did not.) If the summary wasn't warning enough, there is a script version of the fic that is completed. Since the novel version is still in-progress, I decided to take a peek at the ending in the script version, so see if it would be worth slogging through the 20+ chapters of the novel version. The first chapter is a 'legal notice and author's statement'... because 'disclaimer' is too simplistic I suppose. (It's what the peons use.) Said statement contains the following text (bolding and italics added by me): So take heart, my fellow disillusioned fans; by using the power of your imagination to flesh out the non-existent film I’ve delineated in these pages, you will experience but one example of the viable alternative that exists in respect to Advent Children and mass-produced culture in general. This is an alternative that transcends economic, legal, and authorial restrictions on creativity, allowing it to exist as it truly is, governed only by the limits of the imagination. For what is Advent Children’s story but another fanfic with a copyright attached to it? As long as we all have imaginations, we all have control over imaginary worlds. No single individual, not even the author, can rise above this egalitarian model, unless, of course, he can trick others into believing that his word is superior and somehow truer. There is, in fact, no objective truth in an imaginary world, which is why it is imaginary and not reality in the first place. Secondly, because the pleasure of an aesthetic experience comes from within, one’s personal interpretation and memories of that experience will always trump authorial intention in the heart of the individual. I don’t understand why so many people think authorial intention is important to Final Fantasy VII when it’s not even an auteur work in the first place.
I wouldn't be able to have a conversation with this person in real life. I'd be too tempted to slap him. First, I have a nice, extensive vocabulary, but I still think you should phrase things in easily accessible language, especially on fanfiction.net. *rolls eyes* Secondly... Another fanfic with a copyright attached to it? The author who created the world can't claim his word is superior? Not an auteur work? What planet does this person live on? Not to mention... but if you're a 'disillusioned' fan, you're not really a fan anymore... so why are you still playing in this fandom? (Possibly, just to annoy people like myself.) Add the fact that the ending is pro-clerith, and I'm left with the impression that is is just another clerith fan, but one with an impressive vocabulary and an ego to match. (He argues much the same way the rational ones do: by using loaded language rather than actual proof. In particular: if you don't agree that his version of what happens after the game is a viable alternative, that AC/ACC is just a fanfic itself, then you must have been tricked into believing your imagination is sub-par.) Obviously, AC/ACC was crap, because it didn't tell the story he wanted to see. Mind you, if Cloud had decided to drown himself so he could walk into the lifestream with Aerith at the end of ACC, I would agree that it was crap... but I wouldn't be interested in playing in this playground anymore. I'd be a disillusioned fan, you see. ;) My ability to find things that annoy me is really unparalleled. |
| Thursday, December 17th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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11:03p |
Songs of the Season Day 21
Not a lot to say today... here for your enjoyment is (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays by The Carpenters:
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| Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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10:30p |
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sister_coyote
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9:26p |
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sister_coyote
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6:37p |
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sekiharatae
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11:44a |
Songs of the Season Day 19 (a bit late)
This selection is for my husband. We went out for dinner, and in the middle of all the classy sort of tunes the restaurant was playing, the Chipmunk Christmas song came on. He was shocked, and even more so when I said that some people consider it a classic. Then he demanded to know if the Star Wars Christmas special was also a classic. *facepalm* So I said I'd post this, just for him: What do you get a Wookiee for Christmas? (When he Already Owns a Comb) |
| Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 |
sister_coyote
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8:14p |
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sekiharatae
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12:10a |
Songs of the Season Day 18
Okay, because I thought maybe something fun was in order... we have 'Who Spiked the Eggnog?' by Straight No Chaser. It's not traditional, but it's going to be at my house from now on! ^_^ |
| Monday, December 14th, 2009 |
misora
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10:50p |
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sekiharatae
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12:00a |
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| Saturday, December 12th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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10:19p |
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| Sunday, December 13th, 2009 |
nimblnymph
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12:58a |
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| Saturday, December 12th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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5:13p |
Random...
Has anyone else read Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy (which has grown to 7 books or something now...)? Because I started rereading it recently (I recommended it to my sister-in-law, and after she got on my case about recommending Kushiel's Dart without reading it -- never mind the fact that she really enjoyed it and spent an entire meal discussing it with a friend, which implies I knew what I was doing -- I thought a refresher was in order. My brain is insisting that it would make an awesome crossover with FFVII. (Cloud as a Warlord Prince? Tifa as a Queen?) On an unrelated note... I've decided to give Depression a name. Its name is now Don. (Don the Don of Depression) He's best friends with Bob, so I thought it only fitting. He's also decided to visit on his own and is busily whispering to me about how my writing sucks and that's why people who used to leave me feedback have stopped. Oh, he's a charmer, he is. |
| Friday, December 11th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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1:11p |
Cloud Cologne has arrived
Much to my surprise, I got a notice late last week that my order was shipping... and it arrived today. So, for the curious: I sprayed it on a few squares of tissue, and my initial reaction was that it was too feminine. Not quite flowery exactly, but... feminine. Flowery without the sweet maybe? Perfumey? (Hopefully this makes sense.) That was almost the only thing that struck me, and it struck me as horridly off (I don't want to know what Aerith smells like, nor what it smells like if Cloud sleeps in the flower bed for a few weeks 24/7, thank you). There was a note underneath, though, that was different, so I let it dry and came back later. Second reaction: it's very pervasive. I sprayed 2 -- count them, 2 -- sprays, and an hour later, my entire first floor smells like it to me. We have a 3000 square foot house, and I sprayed the stuff and left the tissue on the bathroom counter. I didn't walk around the house with it. Third reaction: For whatever reason, it smells more masculine the further away I am. (Which is just ODD.) Up close, it still smells rather feminine, and reminds me a bit of the make-up counter area in fine department stores. XD But a bit further away, that perfume fades into the background, and the spicy tone characteristic of masculine scents comes to the fore. Near or far, there is a note that smells -- for lack of a better word -- green. It reminds me of grass rather than flowers, so they got that part right. On the whole, my downstairs smells rather pleasant, but I don't know that it smells like Cloud. It's too smooth, if that makes any sense. I think... it smells like he might smell fresh out of the shower, if he were to put on cologne. (And you were a room away, since it smells too feminine up close. XD) I may see if the hubby will try it, so I can see what it smells like on someone, as it usually makes a difference. I'm not going to put it on myself, as my vasomotor reaction is already having a field day with the tissue. >.< |
sekiharatae
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12:47a |
Songs of the Season day 14 and 15
Well. Since I'm running late (again), I'm going to do two songs and once and hope I get back on track on Saturday. ^^; First up (we'll call it day 14) we have Jingle Bells. Everybody and his/her brother has recorded this, but I particularly like the version by the Mills Brothers... so that's the one I'm going to reference. Although the song has more verses, the only artist I've ever heard sing more than the first is Barbra Streisand. I know the second verse, but there's also a third and fourth! (O.o) My second choice for today (call it day 15) is "Christmas Is" by Bing Crosby. (Of course Crosby would show up here!) I've always liked the song, but it doesn't seem to be as popular or well-known as many of his other holiday recordings. |
| Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
sekiharatae
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11:03p |
Songs of the Season day 13
Sorry to be so late with this the last few days. *sheepish* Today I chose "What Child is This?" by Vikki Carr. No other rendition has ever compared. |
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