"But Dragovian," you might say, "you are not a Stargate fan." No, no; I don't talk about Stargate (or, for the most part, SPN). Those are huge and thriving fandoms, and I can fully get my fix without having to do anything but watch the fans, like a lioness with a herd of gazelles. Sure, sometimes I'll run one down and drag it back to my friends list, but I certainly don't want to be in the middle of them, because that's a good way to get one's head kicked in. You might notice that even the fandoms I talk about (those rare ones that aren't fandoms of one), I don't participate in, for the most part. The baby Dragovian doesn't play well with others.
August 20th, 2008
"But Dragovian," you might say, "you are not a Stargate fan." No, no; I don't talk about Stargate (or, for the most part, SPN). Those are huge and thriving fandoms, and I can fully get my fix without having to do anything but watch the fans, like a lioness with a herd of gazelles. Sure, sometimes I'll run one down and drag it back to my friends list, but I certainly don't want to be in the middle of them, because that's a good way to get one's head kicked in. You might notice that even the fandoms I talk about (those rare ones that aren't fandoms of one), I don't participate in, for the most part. The baby Dragovian doesn't play well with others.
So, about the puppyverse. Yeah. So.
...Genesis just poked and said "Hi." Meaning that the walking encapsulation of monomania is going to show up to try and muck everything up.
*sobs* So between Hojo having a Plan B and Genesis on general principle, yes. DOOMED. Once everything starts gelling instead of the current inchoate soup of plot ideas, I. AM. DOOMED.
...I hate you all.
At least there are no tentacles.
ETA. Yup. Doomed.
( DOOMED. )
...and that is the last of the snippets you bottom-feeding enablers get. Girl's got to have SOME surprises for the actual fic. >XDDDDD
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Fandom/Pairing: Final Fantasy VII - Zack/Cloud
Rating: PG-R this section for glossed m/m smexins and Cid's foul mouth
A/N: So I was going to try and post the whole thing together, but the last section is still giving me grief, so you can have this part for now!
Summary: Fantasy AU. Zack and Cloud are blood brothers - two souls bonded by one fate. But what happens when one brother is lost and the other has to sacrifice everything he is to try and save him?
( Flying, Cloud quickly learned, was not one of his preferred methods of travel. )
Zoe’s Tale on Kindle
For all you Kindlers out there: Zoe’s Tale is available on your favorite e-reader.
And now, before you query me about other books, formats, etc: My electronic books primer. Please read.
Update: It’s available on the Sony Reader, too.
Update: Also Mobipocket.
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I also got myself a little something because the price was an absolute steal and they called to me.
( Gem show swag )
Oh. My. God.
OLD people are listening to this song now!
I think
For those who didn't happen to know about this gem, it's on YouTube. (Embedding disabled, darn it.)
Aha! But THIS one is embeddable!
EDIT1 And if the embed borks on this one too, here's the link.
EDIT2 And if THAT doesn't work (DAMN YouTube!!)...just imagine Kermit the Frog singing "Hurt". Nuff said.
EDIT3 AHA!!! Go to the source: SadKermit.com.
I was redownloading stuff for my iPod, since I made the unpleasant discovery that most of my Jay CDs are STILL in Gunma (as are most of my Gackt CDs. GAH) and since I can't go without Jay, yeah.
So, yes, Jay GET.
...and in case you somehow missed it, Jay Chou/Zhou Jie Lun is my most favoritest singer EVAR. Anything this man puts out, I will buy, because all of his music is YES as far as I'm concerned. I can not do enough to spread the Jay love, and I assure you, now that I have mp3s again, none of you are safe, because I will be uploading to fanpush Jay Chou onto all of you. You have been warned.
Now, as much as I love Jay Chou, I love to MOCK another singer, Wang Leehom. See, I hate Leehom. He's the biggest poser who ever walked the earth, and it's practically a personal affront to me that this man is a big star. Hell, he grew up in upstate New York and plays violin...and tries to be a gangsta thug. He even has a song called "Not Your Average Thug" with the line "I got love for the ghetto" in it. Well, he's definitely not your average thug, he's mommy's special little thug, and while he may have love for the ghetto, the ghetto has no love for him and wants to see other people.
Even one of my friends with no Chinese at all heard one of his songs and went, "OMFG, what a poser." I seriously double dog dare Leehom to go sing his "imma gangsta! :D" shit in Bed-Stuy. Or East Lake Meadows in Atlanta. Or COMPTON. ...yeah, thought not.
Anyway, after getting my Jay fix, I went in search of the, like, three Leehom songs I like ("Da Kai Ai" [Breakthrough Love] especially, and guess who wrote that song? JAY! :D ...which is probably why I like it--my brain broke so bad when I heard the song and really, really liked it, then I found out Jay had written it, and it all made sense) plus the ones I like to mock (Not Your Average Thug, Ya Birthday, I'm Lovin' It). And came across a link that had 'rare' Leehom songs, and like a fool--or like the proverbial cat, curiosity get the better of me.
OH GOD.
LEEHOM COVERING ELVIS.
And Leehom covering "Stand By Me." I...I used to like 'Stand By Me'. *sobs*
...I refuse to listen to Leehom's acapella group cover of "I Want Your Sex" and "Just a Gigalo" I REFUSE.
*sobs* I hate the entire universe now. Just so you know. HATE.
...and I will be inflicting the Leehom mocksongs on y'all too, just so you can join me in the mockage, because Leehom must be mocked. MOCKED.
ETA - Leehom has a Japanese CD. One of the songs on it is one of the few songs I like by him, "Ni hen wo," only slowed down and made all sad, and it's breaking my brain.
Clearly, I must be a masochist, to still be listening to Leehom. But it's like an aural trainwreck and I just can't stop. *sobs*
It Has Been Revealed
You will no doubt recall, all of you, that I have been making cryptic pronouncements about a thing that I have done, which was evil yet awesome, which was to have been visited upon one of you.
Now it has been revealed — and it is this:
Yes, yes. A black velvet Wesley Crusher, delivered to none other than Wil Wheaton himself.
Wil tells the tale here. Trust me, you want to read it.
How do I feel?
Evil.
And awesome.
BWA HA HA HA HA HAH HA!
Man, that’s cathartic.
(Many thanks to Bill Robison, of VelvetPaintings.com, for helping to pull this off. Folks, when you think of velvet paintings, for you or your loved ones, think Velvetpaintings.com. That is all.)
Thus far today I've posted a letter, had breakfast, drawn a string of doodles (that are ALL YOUR FAULTS,
...And this is my day off. XD
(Also, proof that knitted'Mis is a proper 'Mis no matter how this turns out - I was having no end of trouble actually sewing his legs on properly and essentially had to re-sew them back on, and as I finished I was working up into one of those moments when you think something like 'It looks terrible and it doesn't look like him
...And then I sat and looked at him for a moment. Then I picked him up and gave him a hug, and peculiarly enough that made me stop worrying completely. I think he's going to be fine. ^_^)
Now, I need to get on and actually book these coach tickets, or I'm going to be stranded at Heathrow when I come home. *bustles*
- stories should have a minimum length of 200 words. For further rules check out the rules post
- tables can be viewed here and I hope you find one interesting enough to join in on the fun.
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Comment here for questions.
- For questions, check out this post
- Rules can be found here
DATES:
Claiming: 16 August until 20 August 2008
Posting Period: 19 August until 18 October 2008
There are only about 12 hours of claiming left, until sometime tomorrow morning. The time was slightly extended since only two out of 34 prompts have been claimed so far!
Go here for the rules, questions and more
New!
New!
The first challenge is about the CSI episode "Big Middle" and entries are due on 29 August (Friday)!
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song. (Skip the instrumentals, the remixes and the mashups)
Step 3: Let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from. (The main playlist is system-wide, so anything goes!)
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Aaaand, I’m going for 30 here – 20 just seems stingy, but 50 is more than our work-addled brain can deal with tonight.
1. Hey, mister see the sister
2. I see you watching
3. Mou daijoubu mitsu no ato kimi wo dakishimeru
4. Well I was there on the day
It Could Be Made Into a Monster if We All Pull Together As a Team
A little birdie tells me that The Last Colony made the New York Times Bestseller list for mass market paperbacks. It’s on the extended list (i.e., “the part of the list we don’t actually publish in the book section”) but apparently it still counts. So: Hey, I’m a New York Times bestselling author now. Go me.
For everyone who bought the paperback of TLC in the last couple of weeks: Thank you. You’ve made my day. And you’ve sent my marketing and publicity people over the friggin’ moon. For which I also thank you. They’re excellent at what they do. They deserve good days too.
August 21st, 2008
I love Alan Moore
The problem with Diana Prince
Vampirella ReVamp
Comics in Public: A Social Experiment
A Serious Note
Blogging Isn’t Enough
Sexual Harassment @ ComiCon
The Dark Side of Fandom
Genderbending in Tights and Cloaks
50 Things I Love About Comics!
Something is Better than Nothing
Assualt, sexual violence and the confusion around this issue
Thursday WHO’S WHO: Valda (The Iron Maiden)
Conventional Behaviour
Need for a Policy Change at SDCC
A grab bag of links and miscellaneous stuff:
Yet More Reason Why Kirby Was King
Hysteria
Grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change
Math is hard!
Comic Book Divas
My Favorite Blog Comment Ever
Minus Jane Foster, Plus Sif
Would You Want This Superheroine In Your Corner In A Fight?
Fashion! Turn To The Left! (watch out for the dog...oops)
My Dragon*Con and Decatur Book Festival Appearances
As many of you know, I and Tobias Buckell will be parachuting into the Atlanta area on Labor Day weekend to show our faces at the Decatur Book Festival and at Dragon*Con. I now have some idea of my appearances at both, so here they are:
SATURDAY, 8/30: Decatur Book Festival
11:15am -12:00pm: Young Ones to Watch (Kevin J. Anderson, Tobias Buckell, Cherie Priest, John Scalzi), Old Courthouse Stage.
The panel description reads: “Sci-fi master Kevin Anderson will lead this event showcasing three up-and-comers from the next generation of speculative fiction.” Personally, I think it’s nice that at age 39 I still somehow qualify as “young.” I’ve been told that after the panel it’s likely there will be some sort of signing thing going on, so if there is, that’s what I’ll be doing. Regardless, any panel with me and Cherie and Toby is bound to be a hell of a lot of fun.
SUNDAY, 8/31: Dragon*Con
11:30am - 12:30pm: Reading (Roswell Room, the Hyatt)
I’m going to read the first chapter of The High Castle, which is the upcoming novel set in the universe of The Android’s Dream. It went over pretty well at ArmadilloCon. If there’s any time left, and there should be, I’ll answer questions and the like. I’m up against 42 other events going on at the same time, including appearances by Adam West, George Takei and Sean Astin, so let’s just say I’m pretty sure I’m the undercard event in this slot.
So please come see me read, won’t you? Apparently, the room won’t be crowded. You can stretch out and get all the sleep you missed the night before trying to sleep on a hotel room floor with six other people! Which I am led to understand is a Dragon*Con tradition. Which I won’t be partaking in: I have my own room, thank you very much.
No, you may not sleep on my floor. Stop asking. Sheesh.
2:30pm - 3:30pm: Signing (M301 - M304, the Marriott)
You bring it, I’ll sign it. But for form’s sake, it’s better if I wrote it. Books will be available in the Dealer’s Rooms, from what they tell me.
Unfortunately I have to airlift out of Atlanta early Sunday evening, so if you want to say hello, dropping by either one of these will probably be the best way to do it.
So: Will I see you in Atlanta?
White House missing as many as 225 days of e-mail
20 Aug 2008 // The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a recovery effort will be completed by the time the Bush administration leaves office, according to an internal White House draft document obtained by The Associated Press.
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