LoZ OoT - Link - Gamer/Animator
[personal profile] masakochan
By 10PM tonight- I will have been 'putting the ~finishing touches~' on my latest animation project for close to 24 hours.

Hopefully I won't finish it that late. I've still got to find a reference video, draw/write up plans for the next assignment, and turn all of that in tomorrow on the website by 2PM.


...And I'm thinking at this point the main feature of all of this will be me staying awake through sheer force of will, and being a nervous wreck if I don't finish on time. You know- like usual. :D

Farewell, Chuck

Jan. 27th, 2012 10:02 pm
Chuck
[personal profile] heidi
You've been lovely, from the first episode til tonight (okay, there are a few random ones from this season and last that I haven't yet seen but everyone says they're great). You've given us Matt Bomer speaking Klingon, Jeffster, Jane sans hat, Captain Awesome, the best big sister in the world, a wonderful spy family, a beautiful Aussie with an amazing comic sense, a world of fans that saved their show time and again, and, of course, Zach Levi, King of the Nerds.

You're the show my husband and I watched together regularly and seriously; we watched in the hour before Heroes, and we've watched after that one went pear-shaped and failed and barely recovered and left. You're the best thing to cross over with Supernatural because there's something wonderful about tall Stanford dropouts/kicked-outs that makes my pulse quicken.

I will miss you, but thank you for everything.

Second thoughts on Ascendio

Jan. 27th, 2012 05:20 pm
HP hogwarts (bbb)
[personal profile] bethbethbeth
So...I've spent most of this year saying I definitely wasn't going to go to Ascendio. Orlando in July, combined with the fact that I'll still be teaching, and...yeah.

But now, I'm not so sure. Part of the reason is that Aeternitas 2013 is a no-go (the organizer's getting married and isn't inclined to pass over the reins, even though she's apparently had many offers, which...hey, it's her decision) and while there are a number of discussions floating around about possible replacements, nothing's written in stone. In addition, though, is the fact that - okay, you know how we (i.e., the HP slash community) have been grumbling - rightly or wrongly - about how HPEF programming has seemed to be antagonistic toward slash in the past? Well, this year the programming committee is...let's just say slash friendly and leave it at that. *g* And there's been an extension of the time for people to submit proposals.

Now, honestly, I know that at this point, most of the fun for us fandom geezers is just hanging out together (i.e., we don't technically need any formal programming), but...there isn't even a Snarry meetup scheduled! It's like...a crime against fannish humanity! And besides, how are we going to lure newbies into our corner of the fandom if we don't have programming? *g*

So...think about it. Frankly, I haven't even made my final decision yet. But all of a sudden, I'm leaning toward yes.

***

Oh, by the way - for those of you who use the Archive of our Own, they've recently rolled out subscriptions (like ff.net), so you can get an email alert when wips update or when favorite authors post new stories (eta: and you can sub to fandom tags too, so pauraque reminds me). I've been going on a subscription binge this past week...it's all very exciting! (note: I have a few AO3 invites, so let me know if you need one!)

***

And of course - because what would the end of January be without seven days of annoying recruitment in a row? - there's still almost an entire week left to sign up for HP Beholder!.

(no subject)

Jan. 26th, 2012 03:01 pm
[celebs] I like ecstasy of the mind.
[personal profile] bzzinglikeneon
Allow me to tell you about the dreams I had last night.

The first one was, apparently, supplying proof that Chris Evans is super gay. IDK what brought it on or who I was even proving this to, but I was basically like, "No, check this out, dude is super gay," at which point we watched a home video or low-budget movie or high-budget porn where Chris was play-wrestling with one of his buds in somebody's den, as dudes do, over his being "gay." Except at some point between the start of the wrestling and his taking off his pants to sprawl across the sectional sofa in his lovely undies, it became really obvious he WAS.

All in all, not a bad dream. The next one is the really bizarre one.

I was visiting a church, apparently to see some kind of program, which would be incredibly odd were I not trying to politely escape the whole time. Out front, who do I see but Gary Oldman, my old friend and teacher! (IDK IDK. I blame this particular combination on a HP thing we're playing right now at TR.) Gary had been in an accident and was recovering in a wheelchair. I stopped to talk to him, and we decide to leave together. I make the really bad decision to let him drive.

First of all, he's a HORRIBLE driver in general, and I start to think he might still be on some kind of pain killers because he's swerving around but acting like he's doing it on purpose. For some reason, there are animals all over on the side of the road and in the median: Deer, bears, shit like that. So Gary just randomly decides to cut completely across the opposing lanes of traffic and park (badly) on the shoulder so that we can see a black bear over there. And he just sits there kind of smiling, all self-satisfied like, "Look at what I am showing you, a bear!" And I'm going, "Holy shit, a little warning, Gary!" as I am furiously cranking up my open window because a BEAR is already on the hood of the car.

After that, I went back to the church to get my own car. I'm never letting Gary drive me anywhere again.
bunny
[personal profile] kennahijja
After weeks of silence, at least I return with fic :). This was my [profile] hp_holidaygen entry over at LJ.

Title: Saviours' Night
Author: [personal profile] kennahijja
Characters: Evan Rosier, others
Rating: PG-13
Warning(s): some disturbing themes, perhaps?
Length: 6200 words
Summary: Evan Rosier attends a masquerade ball at the Blacks' residence...
Author's Note: Written for [personal profile] alley_skywalker in [profile] hp_holidaygen 2011. With lots of love and thanks to [personal profile] lazy_neutrino for the excellent beta!

Saviours' Night )

Submit! Submit to us by Leap Day!

Jan. 26th, 2012 11:05 am
No Actual Spoilers
[personal profile] heidi
We've extended the Ascendio Programming Proposal Submission Deadline of Deadlineyness! It's a Leap Day thing, now!

As it always is at HPEF cons, Ascendio programming is by the attendees, for the attendees -- so we need YOU to submit proposals for our formal programming slate! We’re seeking proposals of all shapes and sizes, to discuss/probe issues in Harry Potter and beyond.

Our formal programming deadline has been pushed back to February 29, in order to give everyone a little more time to work out their schedules, topics and panels, BUT! All proposals submitted by the original deadline of February 1st will be considered by our vetting committee right away. Ascendio plans to begin accepting proposals in mid-February (while still allowing proposal submissions until February 29 -- we're nice like that! XD)

What kinds of things should you propose? Here are just some examples:

  • Content for our Quill Track: writing workshops, e-publishing how-tos, hot topics in publishing & YA.

  • Workshops, including but not limited to crafts, fanart & writing techniques (knitting, crocheting, drawing characters, jewelry making, scrap-booking...)

  • Discussions of fanfiction and shipping (both het & slash pairings)

  • The real-world implications of Harry Potter, transformative works and fan culture (LGBTQ, religion, politics, feminism, privilege, etc.!)


Want to know more? Check out or Call for Papers, or jump right here to submit your proposal!

And if you have any questions, you can always email us or ask us on Facebook , Twitter or here on DQ - or on our [community profile] ascendio2012 comm.
HP Beholder (femmequixotic)
[personal profile] bethbethbeth
Sign-ups for the 5th round of HP Beholder: the Harry Potter Fic & Art exchange featuring those characters who are generally overlooked when it comes to romantic/erotic relationships*, are now open!

*Overlooked due to erroneously perceived unattractiveness.

Fest sign-ups will remain open for a week...

...and feel free to share this information with your friends - the more, the merrier!

「九十五」

Jan. 25th, 2012 11:34 pm
i win some!
[personal profile] bankai

view from my dentist's parking structure - pretty, huh?


Wow, LJ - thanks for all the notifications about my past RP accounts! I forgot about... pretty much all of those. I played Zaphod from H2G2 once! He was a cool guy.

Memories. (I guess?)

I'm so hungry. I really should've eaten more earlier, I guess - but I had three root canals today! Yes, three all at once. Costing me shitloads of money! My stupid, broken teeth. I've been trying to fix them, and I fixed my car; except not because the brakes still fucking squeak. Except now they don't squeak when you press the brakes. They squeak when you take your foot off of them.

Thanks for reversing the problem, Pep Boys. I guess that's some sort of magic you have there.

My book... has officially started. :D! )

squee!

Jan. 25th, 2012 10:17 pm
karen gillan looking pretty
[personal profile] such_heights
+ At [community profile] white_lotus we've started posting fanworks for the Lunar New Year exchange - so far there are two fics, one about Ursa and one Katara/Zuko, and a vid about Toph & Azula. All highly recommended!

+ FESTIVIIIIIDS! I got a wonderful vid, Baby Got Going (Bridesmaids), which I looove and need to praise the vidder in much detail about why it's great, but have yet to find the right words. Basically it captures all the stuff I love best about the film (female friendships! ridiculous faces! hilarity!) and is really well-edited with some great timing and eeee. :D I shall have some more festivids recs later when I've had a chance to watch a few more. (I'm putting off some that look wonderful because they'll probably make me cry - so tomorrow when I'm home alone, then!)

+ Here in the UK it is the National Television Awards tonight (decided by public vote), and Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have picked up Best Drama Performance awards, hurray!

They are both looking rather fab )

+ Speaking of Karen Gillan, her biopic about Jean Shrimpton, We'll Take Manhattan, is airing on BBC Four tomorrow evening and will presumably be on iPlayer thereafter - I don't know about international airings. From the promo pictures, it's going to be extremely pretty at the very least.

picspam )

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags