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| | Subject: | Stormwatch! | | Time: | 06:06 pm |
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| | Wewt, storms! A couple tornadoes touched down the next town over, and the cell is skirting just south of us. Thunder, lightning, yes! I love storms. I hope it hails like it did for St. Patrick's Day. That was awesome. --Awesome, it just started pouring. Off to funville! | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Eww [Bitching Ensues] | | Time: | 01:36 pm |
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| You know you're siiiick when you can't even keep water down. D= Wonder wtf I got overnight to make me so ill. Ugh. It can't be food poisoning, because me and Mom ate the exact same thing for dinner, and she's fine. I haven't thrown up this much since... like... sometime in high school when I got stomach flu. But I've never had trouble with water before. And my stomach even rejected chicken broth. WTF? Any home remedies out there...?
I wish 7-Up hadn't changed their formula to be more "natural." The old version always made me feel better. Maybe I can get some Canada Dry or something. Maybe Propel. I am getting SO dehydrated... | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Re: Short Story, "Harrison Bergeron" | | Time: | 03:21 pm |
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| I'm going through old papers I've kept from school over the years, and I found a poor photocopy of an awesome story. I'm linking it here so I can toss the excess paper lying about. It's called "Harrison Bergeron," written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. It's such a fascinating and horrifying little dystopian tale. [Link] Hopefully, that link doesn't die.
Now to hit the word processor and type out some of my old notes I want to keep, so I can recycle excess paper. \o/ | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | When You're Bored | | Time: | 04:10 pm |
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| So, I'm bored outta my mind here. It's too hot to do anything outside, iconning is... no fun without a prompt (and I've been doing icontests like WOAH, so I'm kinda out of prompts)... and everyone else has a life. Thus, nothing to do but watch anime. Internet school = FREE TIME Sooo back in December I got a cheap used box set of season one of Magic Knight Rayearth. I'm done with three of five discs, and I'm... not really impressed. I know it's a classic and all, but... it's almost as schmaltzy as Sailor Moon. And I'm finding I'm growing out of the mindset that tolerates tons of schmaltz. (Though that doesn't really apply to Princess Tutu, for some reason. Hmmm. Odd.) Anyway, I think I'll finish the box set and then trade it in for something else. I expected a classic to be more interesting, but it's very formulaic. Nnnng.
However! When I'm done with it~ My box set of the first half of Blood+ came in the mail today~ <3 I was impressed by Blood: The Last Vampire (WHEE USED DVD STORE! I LOVE F.Y.E.!), and looked into it and was impressed enough by sample videos to actually buy it. I hope the t-shirt the box came with fits me! And after that, I also bought a cheap used box set of Witch Hunter Robin in December, so I have ample material to watch. Hopefully, I'll get interested. I hate boredom.
And I'd like to close with a note that tcg_exchange is addicting as all hell.
EDIT: Fine. The last episode managed to be interesting. Blah. I kept waiting to hear a Sailor Moon battle phrase and cheesy pop song, though. Still trading it in. | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| Well, I finally finished another episode! 747 caps plus 25 assembled pans. There are some really lovely pans in this episode; I love the ones of "Giselle" in particular. Additionally, you get six large vector traces I made from ghosted-over pans on top of other caps. Have fun with them.
A NOTE: ANY AND ALL TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCES WILL HAVE THEIR OWN DOWNLOADS. So Ahiru/Duck's transformation into Princess Tutu IS NOT included in this download. I count it as stock footage, and don't see a reason to cap it repeatedly.

The .zip is 222 MB and includes 747 screen captures at 711 x 480 resolution, 25 assembled pans of odd sizes, and six large vector traces.
[ download .zip on SendSpace ]
[ download all at Box.net 1 and Box.net 2 ]
( Sample images under the cut )
Have fun with these caps! Comments and credits would be nice, though not entirely necessary. Just don't claim these as your own work, and I'll be happy.
To be cross-posted at animepicsource, animescreencaps, cap_it and princesstutu. | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | 3am Shakeup | | Time: | 10:47 am |
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| | So, you know how I whined the day before last that I miss Ryan? Well, guess who showed up on the front porch at 3 a-freakin'-m? Turns out he was on a grand journey home when I posted that missive. Ah, how he scared us. [Banging on the door at 3am tends to be a bad thing, no?] But now we have an Army dude for a few weeks~ Yay surprise leave! Nya~ I feel happy~ | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Icin Deco Stamp Brushes | | Time: | 03:03 pm |
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HERE!
My first set of brushes, made from various symbol fonts. Intended for iconmaking use. Made in Adobe Photoshop CS. Enjoy!
Credit would be appreciated, but is not entirely necessary. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Baby Bro | | Time: | 04:45 pm | | Current Mood: | sad |
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| I miss my bro. D= Just a random sentiment. I realized today that things are too quiet around here without him. =(
( Pic! ) I know you won't see this, but you go, dude. Keep those whirlybirds flyin'! Can't wait til you come home on R&R leave! <3
Hey, Trina, and y'girls... he's grown up nice-lookin', huh? [If you recognize him...] | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Firefox Question | | Time: | 10:17 pm | | Current Mood: | confused |
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| | Hey, Firefoxies. Anyone know how to get the organized bookmarks to show up in the actual bookmark list? When I go to Organize Bookmarks and organize by name, they show up okay in the Bookmark Browser... but not in the actual web browser. Everything's a mixed up. D= What do I do? | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Manic Moodswings | | Time: | 07:36 am | | Current Mood: | wired |
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| So, though my depressive mood swings are down, my manic mood swings are up. Liek woah. Last night I got it into my head to make muffins... from scratch. OMG, THIS is the best muffin recipe EVAR. I used "dried" wild blueberries from Trader Joe's, and OMFG the result was fabulous. They're not overly sweet. Anyway, then I woke up at four AM and was so manic that I randomly mopped the kitchen floor. Then I stitched a piece of that blasted calendar. WHEE. Now I'm wired and have little to do that interests me. Damn homework. Ugh, and I also want the migraines to stop. Stupid new meds. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | PS2 Prowess | | Time: | 06:28 pm |
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| March 18th: Beat Kingdom Hearts... with a guide.
March 31st: Beat KH2. Without a guide. I feel so cool dorky.
Now what shall I play...? Hmm. Haven't played FF9 in forever and a decade... | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | *loud zombie noises* | | Time: | 08:56 pm | | Current Mood: | sleepy |
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| AUGH, I WANNA SLEEEEEEEEEP! *sob* My new meds have had me exhausted and ADD-like all day for two weeks. If I try to nap, I toss and turn. I even have to take sleeping meds at night, it's so bad. And my dooooooctorrrrr won't answer the damned PHOOOOOOONE and tell me what to dial down! WAH! *bitch-whine-swear-sob*
OTL x infinity. Srsly.
In other news, I have to friggin special order plastic canvas for that perpetual calendar. Which is fine, cos the small parts are gonna take WEEKS to make. One. Stitch. At. a. Time. Roughly 100 pieces. WTF am I ON?!
And there are only four entries at title_awards. Yes, I'm using my personal journal to pimp my icontest. WORK DAMMIT WORK--! Ahem. I mean, please join us? Ladida. Hahaha.
And I joined more icontests and a pixel TCG because I am a NetCrackhead. [I wanna affiliate title_awards with tcg_exchange, but they aren't accepting affiliaaaates! /whine] And iconning is one of the few things that keeps me awake. I swear, I have enough Kingdom Hearts icons to last... like... well, a long time. And various other things. I need to do an icon dump. Hmm~ Wait til the next round of icontests vote.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNGH. SO TIRED. OTL | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Cosplay Material Question | | Time: | 09:03 pm |
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| | Anyone have any clue what will cut glass? Thin, stained glass? | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Tags: | cosplay | | Subject: | A Cosplay Question | | Time: | 09:43 am | | Current Mood: | curious |
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| I have a question for you all.
Were I to make cosplay accessories, would anyone here BUY them? Price would be materials plus a bit for labor and shipping.
I already have ideas for Princess Tutu, Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, and Bizenghast. I just need to know if there's a market for it.
I also have a pattern for a perpetual calendar which would allow you to print out any image(s) you want and slide it/them into a frame to be the calendar picture. Anyone interested in something like that? It would enable fandom calendars that wouldn't go out of date, and can be changed as easily as printing a picture off your printer.
Well? | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | A Few Years Behind the Crowd... Plus Ladybugs | | Time: | 07:18 pm | | Current Mood: | satisfied |
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| This may seem stupid, but... I finally beat Kingdom freaking Hearts for the first time. Before Ryan moved out and took the console with him, I had only gotten to the point where Maleficent turns into a dragon. I determined that I wouldn't start KH2 until I had beaten KH, and thought it would take forever at my hour-or-two-per-day of play. But today I found out how sick Billy Zane must have been of saying, "DARKNESS!" over and over and over and over and....
In other news, title_awards had 15 members last time I checked. Eee! I hope it floats all right!
EDIT: So, I've mentioned my potted garden out back. I keep getting gnats and aphids, so I bought an insane amount of ladybugs. I let some go the other night with no ill effects. It was dusk, though. I've seen several around the front yard, migrating from the back to find food, I suppose. So anyway, I saw more gnats today, and decided to let more ladybugs loose. But I forgot until like 10 pm. And, um... wow. They've swarmed the kitchen window (by the porch light) and are ravenously feeding upon the gnats that swarm there. The neighborhood has had a lot of gnats this spring. Anyway, hopefully the swarm of ladybugs will spread around the neighborhood and munch down the gnat population. Buuuut they need to not sneak in the house. Wow, ladybug wrangling is.... difficult. | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | New Icontest Up and Running! | | Time: | 07:34 pm |
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| Hey, everyone! New icontest! mizugazipan and I have started up title_awards! First week's theme is "...For Dummies," in which you fill in the blank with whatever you want! Go check it out!
We're also looking for a third mod, so if anyone's interested before we recruit at mod_discussion... | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment  |
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