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chaoua — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 22:01:56 GMT

sometimes i read music reviews and laugh because the language/descrptions... like, i get it, i feel you, but at the same it's like lol pretentious/superficial? example:

Often as swirly and indistinct as its artwork (see the shimmering dream-gaze of “Do You Believe?”, or the pretty little cut “Everything”, whose breathy male-female vocals bob in undulating melodies that fade in like a summer’s breeze), Anomie is a patiently crafted work. Happy to dwell in fragile, interlude-like ambience, so too is it in the hushed whispers of the 7+ minute album centrepiece “When It’s All Over”. The way in which its tender post-rock progressions foreshadow the track’s inevitable burst of feedback and heavy outro only compound the impression that one gets of Invisible Elephant being a more than steady helmsman.

"undulating melodies", "fragile, interlude-like ambience", like lol

2013 SCRAPBOOK

chaoua — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:31:38 GMT

~~i will make this nicer later eventually~~ pretty sure this is as nice as it's going to get

books / total: 10
january 14 / the hunger games (2008) by suzanne collins
january 18 / catching fire (2009) by suzanne collins
january 19 / mockingjay (2010) by suzanne collins

february 8 / the painted veil (1925) by w. somerset maugham
february 17 / when god was a rabbit (2011) by sarah winman

march 5 / for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (1975) by ntokzake shange

august 12 / harry potter and the philosopher's stone (1997) by j.k. rowling
august 25 / harry potter and the chamber of secrets (1998) by j.k. rowling

october 14 / dare to dream: life as one direction (2012) by one direction

november ? / one direction: where we are: our band, our story: 100% official (2013) by one direction

currently reading:
1Q84 (2009-2010) by haruki murakami
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban (1999) by j.k. rowling
kokoro (1914) by natsume soseki

films / total: 40
january 12 / dorian gray (2009)
january 15 / the hunger games (2012)
january 25 / the other guys* (2010)

february 10 / the painted veil* (2006)

march 1 / this means war (2012)
march 9 / pokemon: the first movie* (1998)
march 9 / s.w.a.t* (2003)
march 28 / by the dawn’s early light: chris jackson’s journey to islam (2004)
march 29 / life of pi (2012)

april 7 / neon genesis evangelion: the end of evangelion* (1997)
april 7 / evangelion: 1.0 you are (not) alone* (2007)
april 7 / evangelion: 2.0 you can (not) advance* (2009)
april 20 / 300* (2006)

may 4 / winning time: reggie miller vs. the new york knicks (2010)
may 10 / evangelion: 3.0 you can (not) redo (2012)

july 21 / the history boys* (2006)

august 6 / pacific rim (2013)
august 10 / harry potter and the sorcerer's stone* (2001)
august 15 / harry potter and the chamber of secrets* (2002)
august 28 / ただ，君を愛してる (heavenly forest)* (2006)
august 29 / elysium (2013)
august 30 / one direction: this is us (2013)
august 30 / one direction: this is us in 3D (2013)

september 3 / cashback* (2004)
september 4 / one direction: a year in the making (2011)
september 7 / room service (2012) [watch here]
september 7 / the beard (2011) [watch here]
september 7 / life doesn't frighten me (2012) [watch here]
september 7 / hop the twig (2010) [watch here]
september ? / harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban (2004)
september 20 / pride and prejudice* (2005)
september ? / harry potter and the goblet of fire* (2005)
september ? / 脳男 (brain man) (2013)

october 10 / harry potter and the order of the phoenix* (2007)
october ? / harry potter and the half-blood prince* (2009)
october 21 / harry potter and the deathly hallows - part 1* (2010)
october 21 / harry potter and the deathly hallows - part 2* (2011)

november 8 / rocknrolla* (2008)
november 25 / catching fire (2013)

december 20 / 劇場版 SPEC～天～ (spec: heaven) (2012)</small>

television / total: 23
january 28 / btob's mtv b+diary (2012)
february 31 / school 2013 (2012-2013)

february ? / btob's mtv diary (2012)
february ? / the romantic & idol, season 1 (2012)
february 12 / the romantic & idol, season 2 (2012)

march 2 / 커피프린스 1호점 (the 1st shop of coffee prince)* (2007)
march 8 / 이웃집 꽃미남 (flower boy next door) (2013)
march 26 / 제빵왕 김탁구 (king of baking, kim tak gu) (2010)

april 28 / the borgias, season 2 (2012)
april 28 / shinee's wonderful day (2013)

may 22 / criminal minds, season 8 (2012-2013)

august 11 / gilmore girls, season 1* (2000-2001)

september 29 / free! (2013)

october 18 / the borgias, season 3 (2013)

november ? / gilmore girls, season 2 (2001-2002)
november 18 / pride and prejudice (1995)

december 12 / 상속자들 (the heirs) (2013)
december 16 / the fall, season 1 (2013)
december 18 / ケイゾク 2: SPEC (keizoku 2: spec)* (2010)
december 20 / SPEC 翔 (spec: flying) (2012)
december 21 / SPEC～零～ (spec: zero) (2013)
december 25 / game of thrones, season 1 (2011)
december 30 / game of thrones, season 2 (2012)

currently watching:
criminal minds, season 9 (2013-2014)
exo showtime (2013)
gilmore girls, season 3* (2002-2003)
teen wolf, season 1 (2011)
we got married: naeun/taemin (2013)
we got married: seohyun/yonghwa* (2010-2011)

writing / total: 20
january / exo: kai/luhan - words aloud
february / shinee: minho/onew - of now and forever
february / exo: chanyeol/luhan, kai/lay - untitled
april / exo: kai/luhan, kai/everyone - good kitty
april / shinee: minho/onew - of a morning routine
april / exo: chanyeol/kai - love is swinging in the air tonight (married models au)
april / exo: chanyeol/kai - and i'll burn myself (married models au)
april / exo: chanyeol/kai - when it's dark (married models au)
may / exo: chanyeol/kai - warm together (married models au)
june / dbsk: changmin/junsu - future (11/30)
june / exo: lay/luhan - transformation (12/30)
june / dbsk: changmin/jaejoong - denial (13/30)
june / exo: chanyeol/kris - move (14/30)
june / exo: kai/luhan - tremble (15/30)
june / exo: luhan/sehun - restless (16/30)
july / exo: kris/luhan, kris/lay/luhan - flame (17/30)
august / exo: lay/luhan - bound
november / exo: chanyeol/kai - other side of the world (married models au)
november / exo: chanyeol/kai - promises and intentions (married models au)
november / exo: chanyeol/kai - eggs and cigarettes (married models au)

2012 SCRAPBOOK

chaoua — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:34:49 GMT

* = previously read/seen

WRITING / total: 37 (excludes ideas)

JANUARY
→ (fic) 3:02, changmin/jaejoong
→ (idea) things i don’t remember coming up with #1, shinee apocalypse au
→ (poetry) blood gloves
→ (idea) untitled, donghae/siwon communist manifesto au
→ (fic) untitled, myungsoo/sungyeol

FEBRUARY
→ (fic) contours, sunggyu/sungyeol/woohyun
→ (fic) happy jongho drabble series?, jonghyun/minho
→ (poetry) (heart) feelings

MARCH
→ (fic) untitled, myungsoo/sungyeol
→ (fic) happy jongho drabble series?, jonghyun/minho
→ (idea) untitled, donghae/eunhyuk android au
→ (poetry) thoughtlessly

APRIL
→ (poetry) "my heart is in a place not meant for loving"
→ (idea) untitled, amber/minho

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MAY
→ (fic) training school au, drabble #1, exo
→ (poetry) "the skin on my back is ugly"
→ (idea) untitled, kai/luhan/sehun/taemin
→ (idea) things i don’t remember coming up with #2, minho/onew

JUNE
→ (fic) fan gifts, dongwoo/myungsoo
→ (poetry) i lost my train of thought, incomplete
→ (poetry) by the time i open notepad, i forget most of what i had come with, incomplete
→ (poetry) "come to me, sweet face"

JULY
→ (fic) of tears and heaven, minho/onew

AUGUST
→ (fic) beginning (1/30), minho/onew
→ (fic) accusation (2/30), changmin/jaejoong
→ (fic) look (3/30), sunggyu/sungyeol/woohyun
→ (idea) things i don’t remember coming up with #3, exo teachers college au
→ (fic) outside (4/30), changmin/jaejoong
→ (poetry) thanks (5/30), incomplete
→ (fic) promise (6/30), minho/onew
→ (poetry) on the road scribble #4
→ (fic) letters (7/30), minho/onew

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SEPTEMBER
→ (poetry) "thin wrists thinner skin"
→ (poetry) dear boys,
→ (fic) knowledge (8/30), changmin/yoochun
→ (idea) untitled, baekhyun/kai
→ (poetry) "do you not see the misery stitched into my skin,"
→ (fic) summer (9/30), luhan/sehun

OCTOBER
→ (fic) companion (10/30), kai/taemin
→ (fic) untitled, luhan/?
→ (fic) borderlines, kris/lay/luhan

DECEMBER
→ (fic) untitled, kai/taemin, unfinished
→ (prose) "do you remember how you love me?"
→ (prose/idea) things i have learned
→ (idea) truth of perspective, kai/luhan
→ (prose) quiet mountains

GRAPHICS / total: 3

FEBRUARY
17. 33 | block b, dbsk, infinite, jyj, shinee, snsd, wonder girls

APRIL
30. 25 + 8w | boa, dbsk, exo, infinite, jyj, shinee

AUGUST
20. 45 + 1w | 2PM, dbsk, exo, infinite, lee hyun jae, natalia vodianova, shinee & stock

DEFAULT USERPICS / total: 3

— | oppa
© xiahrang

APR 27 | love me
© noticethat

JUL 27 | princess
© hengxing

TV / total: 15

FEBRUARY
16. Heartstrings (2011)

MARCH
02. You're Beautiful (2009)
22. Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012)

APRIL
27. Seinaru Kaibutsutachi (2012)
30. Freeter, Ie wo Kau Special (2011)

MAY
10. *We Got Married: Yonghwa/Seohyun
17. Criminal Minds, season 7 (2011-12)
26. Keizoku 2: SPEC (2010)
26. Keizoku 2: SPEC ~Sho~ SP (2012)

JULY
17. Secret Diary of a Call Girl, season 4 (2011)

AUGUST
15. Ta-Dah It's B.A.P (2012)

SEPTEMBER
21. Reply 1997 (2012)
27. Golden Time (2012)

DECEMBER
25. Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995-1996)
28. White Christmas (2011)

currently watching
B1A4's Hello Baby (2012)
Coffee Prince* (2007)
Criminal Minds, season 8 (2012-2013)
Elementary (2012)
Girls' Generation's Hello Baby (2009)
I Love Lee Tae Ri (2012)
Sailor Moon R

BOOKS / total: 6

JANUARY
02. Norwegian Wood (1987/2000) by Haruki Murakami
06. To Live (1993/2003) by Yu Hua

FEBRUARY
19. The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy

MARCH
28. No Longer Human (1948/1958) by Osamu Dazai

SEPTEMBER
26. The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

DECEMBER
06. Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

currently reading:
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Painted Veil (1925) by W. Somerset Maugham

FILMS / total: 30

JANUARY
05. Norwegian Wood (2010)
06. Gantz (2011)
09. Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
14. Gantz* (2011)
17. Gantz: Perfect Answer* (2011)

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FEBRUARY
03. Finding Mr. Destiny* (2010)
04. Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
17. The Vow (2012)
20. A Crowd of Three (2010)
25. Crows Zero (2007)

//

MARCH
04. Crows Zero II (2009)
18. The Lorax (2012)

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APRIL
13. Titanic* (1997/2012)
25. Finding Mr. Destiny* (2010)

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MAY
05. The Stool Pigeon (2010)

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JUNE
03. Mulan (1998)
09. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

JULY
??. My Wife Got Married (2008)
18. Inception (2010)
29. 21 Jump Street (2012)

AUGUST
02. RocknRolla* (2008)

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER
17. All About My Wife (2012)
25. Ocean's Twelve* (2004)
25. Julie & Julia (2009)
25. Date Night (2010)

DECEMBER
01. Dumbo (1941)
02. Bambi* (1942)
16. Chungking Express (1994)
29. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (2005)
30. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005)

friends only。

chaoua — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:15:11 GMT

me rolling through lj once a year but you can catch me at these places more