Mistress Spanks-a-Lot

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:50:13 GMT

I haven't studied really studied much for Orchestration, and the exam is on Thursday. I figure I'd just wing the listening test.

On the upside, I can sorta transpose shit now. I have a feeling I'm going to bomb this exam.

Um.

I'll ... study later today.

BIG BANG IS COMING TODAY AAARGH. Time for some last minute proofreading and editing and wiki-ing. Or something. (It'll have to go up at dreamwidth because LJ doesn't do fic posts that are 20k long.)

D=

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:01 GMT

it iz my birfday and i drank beer and watched star wars in canberra. (I am not drunk.)

And now we're watching West Wing.

PEE ESS: DEAR wintersjuly YOU ARE SO SEXY

ILU <3

BB now. x.x

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:10:15 GMT

I had an incredibly strange dream this morning.

In it, giant robots from space bore a resemblance to generic decepticons (in a really dream-like way) came to Earth to bomb it lots.

Understandably, this sucked balls.

So then I dreamed that all the denizens of Earth, which included the military of an unspecified country, Ariel, the mermaid king (who didn't actually look like Triton as far as I can recall), Christopher Pike (the king and Pike might've been the same thing. I can't remember, I was too busy freaking out), somebody who was kinda Ben Stiller-ish, and a lot of mermaids.

And basically, the Decepticons launched this glowing balls of light that would hover for a bit, then spin crazily, then REDUCE EVERYTHING TO ATOMS.

And there was this really really really really really ginormous robot. Basically, the existence of the Decepticons was discovered when humanity discovered these gigantic wheels attached to what appeared to be two ginormous metallic boots. And then they discovered that it was a giant robot on wheels! I'm not sure how we successfully managed to destroy the robot, seeing as it was giant, and reduce things to nonexistence with its gaze as well as stomped on things, but somehow we did, and it fell into the sea again.

(I do not know why it was in the sea in the first place.)

So then the Depticons got wildly pissed at us. But we fought back! And a lot of the battles took place under water, because the merpeople, while as fragile as human beings compared to the Deceptions, were like 293847328974238947328947 times stronger than humans. So what would happen would be we'd gang up on a decepticon and then like RIP ITS LEGS OFF and then RIP ITS ARMS OFF and then we'd RIP ITS HEAD OFF.

YEAH.

And then for some reason we had to head back to our secret headquarters, which was near my old house in Preston, and Pike said stuff, and I reminisced about how he was a really cool Principal, like, the Best Principal Evah from Macrob or anywhere else, Or Was It Sienna, and then my mother came to pick me up and I was like MOTHER I HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD and she was like YES DEAR NOW COME HOME.

And then I was like DECEPTICONS ARE EVERYWHERE! NOBODY CAN BE TRUSTED!

I think she thought I was crazy because she still kept driving us home.

But then we passed by these two kids who were running the fuck away from something, and that something was this youngish teenage boy. Like, 12-13. But! He had a malevolent presence.

And somehow, somehow, I knew this kid was a decepticon. So I said to mother "start driving away from that kid really fast, please", except she didn't. In fact, she slowed down to a snail's pace.

I can only determine that my mother's presence in this dream was to create tension.

The Decepticon was like RIGHT NEAR US, so then I freaked out and got out of the car because it was gonna kill us anyway, and around this time, I worked out that this dream was a dream because at first I got my neck broken. But then my brain was like "I DON'T WANNA DIE" so that scene got redone to me doing some cool martial arts and then utilising mermaid magic to run really fast all the way back to base.

Except, mermaids don't run fast, they swim.

So that worked out weirdly. Mostly, my neck got broken again.

So then I decided I should try out my 1337 ninja skills! ... Yeah, my neck got broken again.

Anyway, suffice it to say, I think I died several times before my brain was just "Fuck this noise" and I was suddenly back at HQ safe and sound and that decepticon (creepy 12-13 year old kid) was dismembered.

And then Pike Speeched and my mother let me stay and she had to move into HQ too.

And around that time D called me up to ask if I was turning up to lunch, so my dream got cut off.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:38:16 GMT

why do i have so many tags?

ETA: Ficjournal layout has gone all funky.

Son of ETA: ... GUYS GUYS DID YOU KNOW THAT GMAIL COMES WITH A "REPLY ALL" FUNCTION?!

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:30:39 GMT

Dear Diary,

Today I had pizza and it was gud. (It had asparagus and cheese and salami on it. I nommed it hard.)

Now for a list.

1) I need to do my orchestration by Tuesday. My spidey-senses are telling me that I won't be getting any sleep on Monday night.

2) I need to do my workbook for Instrumental Teaching. ... I'll start that on Tuesday. Organize all my notes. Call up friend (which I've been meaning to do for the past month). Wahwahwah.

3) I still have to do my taxes. FML.

4) bigbangbigbangbigbangbigbangLDSKFSDLKJFL

5) Piano practice.

6) I'M GOING TO CANBERRA! ... For coffee. Which I don't drink.

For some reason I am in a low state of anxiety. This may or may not have to do with my taxes.

(TAX IS THEFT.)

Uh, goodnight.

I'm still alive.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:47:46 GMT

So like. Two months ago (June? July? ... Maybe four months ago) I saw Star Trek, and it is the greatest movie ever and I love it so hard.

So hard that I signed up for the Big Bang.

(BUT IT'S HAPPENING!)

And I'm actually writing shit. I think I should write more often, and do different projects and stuff. I'd like to be more prolific.

In other news: I'm alive, but somewhat fucked for piano. LUCKILY I HAVE SIX WEEKS TO UNFUCK MYSELF.

Also, wanna dye my hair.

ilu all, let's have fun. <3

HAR HAR HAR WE'RE SO FUNNY

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:01:18 GMT

So like. I was playing this game. Kingdom of Loathing. KoL is a game that likes to take the shit out of MMORPGs, and also has a tendency to pun.

eatsyourface: Deep Fat Friars' Gate Quest ("Trial By Friar")
liraniel: harharhar
liraniel: this joke dispriest me.
eatsyourface: your puns are nun too bright, tbh.
liraniel: we should stop monkeying around on this issue.
eatsyourface: maybe if you could paws to consider what comes out of your mouth?
liraniel: we shouldn't make a habit of this.
eatsyourface: now now. it'd be cruel to altar our friendship based on preconceived notions of what constitutes acceptable forms of conversing.
liraniel: it would indeed be churchlish of me.
eatsyourface: yes. so please refrain from wining and wafering on about this, because it's breaking my *heart*.
liraniel: this conversation will pray on my mind later.
eatsyourface: try not to let it crucify you.
liraniel: i hope you aren't propheting from my misery.
eatsyourface: i confess, the thought did not cross my mind until you raised it.
liraniel: what a messiah we've made of this subject.
eatsyourface: oh well. we're hardly the first to take this angel in conversing.
liraniel: if we keep this up it'll be time for satan claus to come again.
eatsyourface: he's such a ho-bag.
liraniel: maybe our communion should come to an end?
eatsyourface: do you not wish to cement our friendship further?

… And then we ran out of puns.

I’d apologize, but it’d just be a lie.

=D

hrm.

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:43 GMT

Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?...

Mary Gentle (b. 1956)

11 High-Brow, 5 Violent, 1 Experimental and 9 Cynical!

Congratulations! You are High-Brow, Violent, Experimental and Cynical! These concepts are defined below.

Mary Gentle is a UK author whose work has received some acclaim. Her great break-through came with 1984 fantasy novel Golden Witchbreed, which depicts the travels of a UK envoy on a planet, Orthe, where the inhabitants have, by choice, abandoned a high-tech society for a seemingly less advanced way of life. Though nominally science fiction, the novel is generally called fantasy, partly because Orthe has the feel of a fantasy world. Nothing is what it first seems to be on Orthe, however, and the envoy's journey across the planet gradually reveals a vividly imagined alternate society, where nothing is ever over-simplified or, for that matter, easy. Gentle revisited Orthe in 1987, when the sequel Ancient Light was published.

Since then Gentle has written the White Crow sequence, starting with Rats and Gargoyles (1990), which has received some acclaim, not least from other writers; China Miéville, for example, put it on his list of "50 science fiction and fantasy novels socialists should read". She has also written Grunts! (1992), a novel set in a Tolkien-like fantasy world, but told from the point of view of the orcs, as well as several other books.

Gentle is not one to shun away from difficult issues in her works and is equally unafraid of discussing and depicting violence. Neither has she settled to writing the same kind of story over and over, and, while being at her best a great entertainer, she has the ability of twisting and bending fantasy environments and themes at her will, making unafraid a key-word of her career as a writer.

You are also a lot like Gene Wolfe.

If you want something more gentle (no pun intended), try Philip Pullman.

If you'd like a challenge, try your exact opposite, J K Rowling.

Your score

This is how to interpret your score: Your attitudes have been measured on four different scales, called 1) High-Brow vs. Low-Brow, 2) Violent vs. Peaceful, 3) Experimental vs. Traditional and 4) Cynical vs. Romantic. Imagine that when you were born, you were in a state of innocence, a tabula rasa who would have scored zero on each scale. Since then, a number of circumstances (including genetical, cultural and environmental factors) have pushed you towards either end of these scales. If you're at 45 or -45 you would be almost entirely cynical, low-brow or whatever. The closer to zero you are, the less extreme your attitude. However, you should always be more of either (eg more romantic than cynical). Please note that even though High-Brow, Violent, Experimental and Cynical have positive numbers (1 through 45) and their opposites negative numbers (-1 through -45), this doesn't mean that either quality is better. All attitudes have their positive and negative sides, as explained below.

High-Brow vs. Low-Brow

You received 11 points, making you more High-Brow than Low-Brow. Being high-browed in this context refers to being more fascinated with the sort of art that critics and scholars tend to favour, rather than the best-selling kind. At their best, high-brows are cultured, able to appreciate the finer nuances of literature and not content with simplifications. At their worst they are, well, snobs.

Violent vs. Peaceful

You received 5 points, making you more Violent than Peaceful. Please note that violent in this context does not mean that you, personally, are prone to violence. This scale is a measurement of a) if you are tolerant to violence in fiction and b) whether you see violence as a means that can be used to achieve a good end. If you are, and you do, then you are violent as defined here. At their best, violent people are the heroes who don't hesitate to stop the villain threatening innocents by means of a good kick. At their worst, they are the villains themselves.

Experimental vs Traditional

You received 1 points, making you more Experimental than Traditional. Your position on this scale indicates if you're more likely to seek out the new and unexpected or if you are more comfortable with the familiar, especially in regards to culture. Note that traditional as defined here does not equal conservative, in the political sense. At their best, experimental people are the ones who show humanity the way forward. At their worst, they provoke for the sake of provocation only.

Cynical vs Romantic

You received 9 points, making you more Cynical than Romantic. Your position on this scale indicates if you are more likely to be wary, suspicious and skeptical to people around you and the world at large, or if you are more likely to believe in grand schemes, happy endings and the basic goodness of humankind. It is by far the most vaguely defined scale, which is why you'll find the sentence "you are also a lot like x" above. If you feel that your position on this scale is wrong, then you are probably more like author x. At their best, cynical people are able to see through lies and spot crucial flaws in plans and schemes. At their worst, they are overly negative, bringing everybody else down.

Author picture by the talented artist "Molosovsky". Visit http://www.flickr.com/people/25360041@N06/ for more!

Take Which fantasy writer are you? at HelloQuizzy

I HAVE THE ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS OF A LEMMING

Wed, 27 May 2009 13:02:17 GMT

50 page document due in this Friday.

I have twenty pages of it down. These were notes I had to type up.

I need to make shit up for at least another ten pages.

And the last twenty pages are basically photocopies of annotated sheet music, which I guess isn't so terrible.

I also have a minimalist assignment due.

I have a thirty minute exam tomorrow, which is basically me teaching someone with an examiner watching to make sure I'm not an incompetent. As I have the organisational skills of a lemming (see title) I left it too late to find somebody, had the bright idea of using my actual student, canceled on my student, then was left floundering as I realized that the friend I had was too competent to fake herself out as a preliminary to grade 4 student, then promptly had a meltdown, at which point D gave me the number to a singer who also plays the piano (and ~~dances~~ does physics).

Um.

Fri, 15 May 2009 15:25:19 GMT

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any* pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level. If you absolutely can't write, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to offer drawings or icons or something instead. Last bit ain't mandatory.

Fandoms I can/will write for: FFVII, Bleach, Dresden Files

... That's actually a really short list. x.x

(But er. This is a response to another fic post request thing, so. If you want, ask ahead. =D)

Tue, 12 May 2009 14:21:13 GMT

Good news: I have a spanking haircut.

Good news, part 2: the net is now working.

Good news, part 3: as is my phone.

Bad news: I had to pay my taxes.

Bad news, part 2: They were overdue. By a month. Oops.

Possibly Good News: It may be that I can get a $900 tax bonus? I don't freaking understand how it works.

Possibly Good News part 2: It may be that since i was a first time tax payer, I might not get penalised for paying my taxes late? (Because, seriously. Paying a $100 fine for a $56 tax thingy would SUCK.)

May post pictures of Rufus later on.

Life update

Sun, 10 May 2009 23:27:15 GMT

Good news: Won a mini laptop. (ACER Aspire one.) I called him Rufus.

Bad news: have been without net for about a week and a half. Am surviving by reading all my books and playing Freecell.

Bad news, part 2: my telephone line also died. I could survive having no net, if I had somebody to call, and I could survive having no telephone, if I had the net, but now I am CUT OFF AND AAAALL ALOOOOOONE!!!

lsdkfjdslkfsdklf

HI I ROCK

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:32:18 GMT

THIS TOOK ME ROUGHLY 4.5 HOURS OF PUTTING TOGETHER. ALMOST 100% ME. BUT I NEARLY GOT DONE IN ABOUT 3.5 HOURS INTO THIS.

WHY, YOU ASK?

If you look at the first picture, you will notice the base. I put the drawer in the cupboard together first, because the instructions said so. Then I did the cupboards. Then I did some other stuff. Then I did the actual desk. Then I did the platform thing (that my moniter is sitting on) with the cd cases. Around this time, my mother, who was just passing by, very kindly pointed out to me that THE BOARD I'D PAINSTAKINGLY PUT IN (CIRCLED IN BRIGHT RED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE) THAT WAS ACTING AS A SHELF IN A CUPBOARD THAT I'D PUT TOGETHER 3.5 HOURS BEFORE WAS BACKWARDS SO THAT THE UNSIGHTLY BACK WAS VISIBLE.

I was like D=

And then my mother said, "... I'm not sure you want to take apart the entire thing just to fix that?"

So with great justice and determination, I put on the platform thing, tipped over the desk, and using my great intelligence and skill at carpentry, undid a few screws, slipped out the bottom, reversed the shelf, and LIFE WAS GOOD.

Yeah.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:42:08 GMT

1. I have just completed the rough copy to my Music Techniques homework. It sucks, but it's 2minutes long, it's done, and all I need is the opening bars of fur elise, a new score, AND THE PAIN AND TRAUMA IS OVER.

2. I'm supposed to hand in some sort of draft tomorrow for writing through character.

2b. I have not written some sort of draft for writing through character.

2c. FUCK.

2d. I don't think I'll have time to write it tomorrow! Or I'll have like two hours!!!

3. I'm really tired.

Eta: STILL NO IDEAS. GOING TO BED NAO.

lit crit wank

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:35:41 GMT

Dear Freud

Blow me, then go die in a hole.

NO LOVE
ME

=====

Dear Kristeva and Lacan

You smell like incomprehensible feet

NO LOVE
ME

=====

In other news, I can relate my readings this week to pop culture (Watchmen and Avatar) SO EASILY.

gigglefit

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:10:22 GMT

THIS MUST BE READ NOW. (I refer specifically to the comments.)

Ah, nostalgia

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:51:54 GMT

Rereading old fic that I haven't read in several years.

Man. Someday, I'd love to create worlds like in FFVII and FFXII.

I am aware that I am repeating myself a lot in these entries! =(

I'm really tired.

Bleach 353, again

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:30:45 GMT

I need to own the volume with this chapter in both languages.

And this chapter has only emphasized to me again what I've always believed: KT = master at characterization.

Bleach 353

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:19:33 GMT

Dear Kubo Tite

You are God.

Love,
Me

stuff, life

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:36:19 GMT

Tomorrow, I have Novels. I haven't done the readings. (I ... cbb. May try on public transport tomorrow.)

I did however hack up the dialogue exercise. Basically, I need to eavesdrop on somebody, then dialoguefy it into something perferably from the novel that I will write, then bring it in and discuss. Or something.

... I just took a scene out from my workshop for Writing Through Character. ^^;;

(But to be fair, I've probably used the line "Maybe it was really good sex" at some point in my life?)

This weekend, I was sick, but not terribly. Slightly coughy, slightly fevery, runny nose, achey throat. I'm getting out of it. =)

Am getting sucked into various games on facebook. D=

Decided to start writing somemore Bleach meta today, with ebontane acting as co-writer/wall-bouncerer/proofreader/point-adderer. (Did not practice two hours of piano.) I would, at some point in time, like to do some sort of character analysis of Orihime. But the stuff that I'm doing with ebontane is stuff that has popped up in various discussions, but likely has not compiled into one big fappin' essay.

(Iz not new stuff.)

I'd also like to do some small revision of the feminist essay (I prefer the word 'egalitarian') that we did for Bleach last ... June? July? It was during exam period. ^^;;

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:35:50 GMT

DONE. DONE. DONE.

Unfortunately, I do not think I will get heaps and heaps of praise heaped upon me. But I think people will laugh. =D

My betas already confirmed for me what I really really really really (x million) wished wasn't the case; that what I want to do will take at least 2000-7000 more words than I have to spare.

So I have to take one little event that was mentioned in it and turn it into a story. (It'll work? I just wish we could write more than 3000 words. Weep.)

There's also a noticeable lack of scene setting (I kinda really suck at this) and little mention of appearances, though I think that's a tad less important. (I'll go into appearances of other charas, but not the main chara, because the main chara doesn't really. Need that.)

And I'm going to have to write action scenes.

Fap.

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:35:20 GMT

FUCK MY PIECE FOR WORKSHOPPING IS DUE TOMORROW AND I HAVE NO PRINTING CORD AND IT ISN'T WRITTEN oh noes

Oh, Square.

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:32:07 GMT

See the trailer for Advent Children: Complete.

Final Fantasy VII gives me such intense joy. (And it drains my back account. Or it will, when I buy the sheet music, the game, ACC... ... ...)

(... Actually. Final Fantasies in general make me joyful. PS2, HERE I COME!)

Merlin 1.1

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:03:50 GMT

OK SO

I broke down and decided to watch Merlin. And am now watching it as I type this. Plz excuse typos.

Merlin is not as dorky as I thought he would be. (He still be dorky.)

The castle was so copy-pasted. (Still purty.)

OH MY GOD IT'S UTHER! UTHER-SEXYVOICE!

OH MY GOD, is Lady Blue Morgana? Because she's very pretty.

Well, shit.

OH MY GOD MY BROWSER FROZE WHAT THE FUCK GIMME BACK MERLIN.

*whimpers*

... *eats the rest of my wasabi cheese*

WHOOOO IT CAME BACK!

Investigative!Merlin is investigative.

ooooh hey magic!

"You're not meant to be here til Wednesday!"
"... It is. Wednesday."
I thought Gaius would be more. Well. Less floofyheaded. (Which isn't a bad thing.)

Can I see Arthur yet?

"Dear Gaius, my boy is magic, please, sic him on somebody who needs him."
And thus, a tv series was born.

... Lady Blue IS gorgeous.

Uh oh. Ominous voices in the forest.

OH MY GOD. IT'S EVE MYLES.

EVE MYLES!

I like her like this.

Man. That witchlady is so creepylooking.

OH MY FUCKING GOD, VEOH, WHAT IS WITH THE PAUSING!

Waterspillage.

Yum. Sammiches.

Where is Arthur?

I see him now. Uh oh. He's a twat. Dickhead.

Manly standoff! Bahahaha Merlin! OH NO! HE GOT PWNED!

"Who do you think you are, the King?"
"No, I'm his son. Arthur."
Ouch. *snigger*

Eve Myles is spanking at creepy.

Creepy voices calling for Merlin are creepy!

... Creepy voices are Gaius. Hahaha.

Oh man. Arthus IS a twat. *howls*

Gwen! Gwen! She's so sweet!

Ahahhaha! Gwen! Foot! Mouth! Keep digging!

OH MY GOD! IT'S JERKFACE!

MERLIN! JUST STOP! STOP FIGHTING! ARTHUR'S A TWAT! BUT SO ARE YOU! YOU'RE GIONG TO GET PWNED.

"How long have you been training to be a prat, My Lord?"

... Hahahaha, does anybody see the irony of Arthur defeating a sorcerer with a broom?

"There's something about you, Merlin. I can't quite put my finger on it."

"If I can't use magic, I might as well die." Man, you are such a selfish emo prat. YOUR MOTHER! THINK OF YOUR MOTHER! THINK OF THE ONCE-AND-FUTURE Pr0N!

Creepy voices, again.

... Seriously, who the hell sleeps with a lit candle? Right next to bed? That's dangerous! Dangerous!

... Magical bouncing die? Comeon, guards. Get a clue!

Holy crap! Flying dragon!

"Arthur is the Once and Future King who will unite Albion."
"... Right."

Merlin! I thought you wanted to be SOMEONE! TAKE YOUR -

... right, I forgot you had a huge hate-on for Arthur. XD

"No way. No. There must be another Arthur because this one's an idiot." WELL SAID!

... Oh, the poor dragon has a chained leg. *tear*

Haha! Haha! Special delivery to Morgana! Only hilarity can come of this!

... OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MERLIN. JUST SAY YOU'RE NOT GWEN.

YOU ARE A SILLYBILLY PERSON. WITH A REALLY STUPID FALSETTO.

... Oh no! The poor singer!

"God have mercy." Seconded, Arthur. Seconded.

"I like much more ordinary men like you!" Oh Gwen! <3 Oh Gwen! <3

... Is Eve Myles lipsyncing, or singing? Voice still pretty.

Oh nuo people sleeping!

COBWEBS!!!!!

MERLIN YOU DUMBASS! DO SOMETHING!

Merlin! Yay! Win!

... Uther <3

Reward: "You shall be Prince Arthur's manservant!"
"FATHER!"

BAHAHAHA SHARED LOOKS OF DISGUST FTW!

Thus ends my thoughts on Merlin.

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:10:23 GMT

Oh dear, I have been roped into preparing for the first big group workshop Writing Through Character next week.

That I don't mind; ... ok, I lied, I do mind, I like staking out the competition because I am competitive like that. But I mind more the fact that the entire assignment is 3000 words long and I only get to show half that, maximum. Less concrit for development, boo. =(

Also, Perfect Potion looks interesting.