It totally cracked me up how Robin is a girl in this musical. I think I would die of happiness if Batman: The Musical ever happened.

Terry: C'mon, it took me weeks to get tickets for this show. It's schway!
Bruce: It's schwarbage.

I love cranky old Bruce. I love Terry! I just really love this show. Its badass intro. And its villains (Okay, so they weren't the original Batman villains. They were still pretty good.). And Terry's supporting cast. ♥

( Violaswamp asked me some questions for that one meme. And a Which File extension are you? QuizCollapse )

I'm so tired. But pleased! I handed in my scientific review and did the presentation and they got a 8,5 and 9 respectively (and got a prize for it!). I handed in my interview with a geriatric patient. I did my body examination test today (had to show all the ways you check the head and neck) and got an Outstanding (I also had to go to the library and copy all the bowing directions for the symphony we're going to do next, which took way too long). Now I just have to wait for my exam grade. Tomorrow is my day off but I know I have to do so much homework. I just can't afford to get behind, now that our new semester started (Infections and Immune diseases, which started off with HIV week). Boo.

Also, I've been giggling over this sporking of Frank Miller's All Star Batman and Robin (the source of the "I'm the Goddamn Batman" panel). I'd read the original in the bookshop and was baffled about how bad it was (and sad because Jim Lee is a good comics artist) but this just makes it all better. Part One, Part Two and Part Three (contains the most WTF image in comics ever). You don't have to read the comic to read the sporkings. They're understandable (with pictures!) and the guy who did the mocking did it in a brilliant way.

ETA: OMG, Young Justice Animated Series?! \o/

Meme from violaswamp:

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then re-post this and spread the love.

Uni won't stop torturing me with work. ;_; (But for what it's worth, tomorrow I'll have finished my very first scientific article ever. About gene silencing therapy for Huntington, even. It sounds riveting, no?)

I did find some time to visit the annual book festival. They always have a pretty big stand with English pockets which was satisfying. They also had row upon row of paper-related knickknacks. Usually I avoid those but the product at the end of the aisle caught my eye. I am now the proud owner of a wax seal set. I can make stamps like Tommen now! I just need someone to write a letter to so I can actually use it. XD
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Hilarious videos, found thanks to journalfen communities:
Hornets from Hell. You may have heard about the Japanese Hornet (if you haven't, let's just say that they're horrible and leave it at that). Bees have figured out a really sweet way to kill them. By baking them.
Pachelbel Rant. Eloquent and funny explanation on why Pachelbel's Canon in D SUCKS. And I don't even play the cello (I've always felt really sorry for the cellists though. It doesn't often happen that the cello part is even more boring than the viola part). I just had to play the first violin part over and over and aaargh-
I don't even know how to describe this. It's a violin cadenza and it makes me want to pick up my violin again.

Also, I haven't watched Pokemon in years but this is so awesome: Pokemon drawn in sumi-e style. Holy shit, Jigglypuff is so freaky. And she (?) is not the only one.

If you'll excuse me, I'm going to finish watching Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman on YouTube. I hope it won't depress me like Return of the Joker did (poor Tim...)

INTERNET HAS BEEN ACHIEVED! It only took about two weeks of whining to get my dad to do something about it. BUT NOW WE HAVE IT! (no more going to uni or cycling through the snow to the old house, yay)

1. I read To Kill A Mockingbird yesterday and I thought it was perfect. Kind of heartbreaking (The trial, Boo Radley, "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'") and well, awesome (ZOMG Atticus! Calpurnia! Miss Maudie!). But I might be wrong. I mean, I'm not really knowledgeable about American Lit. WHY didn't we get to read this book in English classes instead of, I don't know, Like Water For Chocolate? But my teacher would've probably ruined it (like she ruined Pride and Prejudice and Beloved. Too. Much. Analysis.)

2. I need to see the movie. Gregory Peck as Atticus? Yesplz.
(My mother also wants to see it.
My brother:"Who is Gregory Peck?"
My mother: "A wonderful actor."
Me and mum at the same time: "He was so handsome!"
Me: Wow, this is awkward)

3. I so get Terry Pratchett when he mentioned (in Hogfather) how people don't love winter, they love the protection against the cold. It's really easy to see this when you don't have any heating in the living room and kitchen (floor heating problems. Will be fixed in a few weeks). I really wish this hadn't happened in the coldest winter in 15 years. :(

4. Lack of internet led to me devouring an insane amount of books. I just want to say that when it comes to London phantasmagoria: China Mieville's Un Lun Dun >>> Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Sorry Neil, but Neverwhere was kind of boring and mediocre. It took a while to get used to Mieville writing a YA book (I'm still baffled about this) and the start wasn't the best but ZOMG, it became awesome very quickly. (Also, I think it's nice to note that the main character is the UnChosen, an awesome London girl named Deeba Resham and it passes the Bechdel test a thousand times.). The book was genuinely funny and imaginative and the characters are frankly more interesting than the characters in Mieville's adult books (still love them, though).

5. We had to hand in our Tchaikovsky music. The next piece we're going to play is... Rodeo (by A. Copland). It's for the annual Mother's Day concert. I, uh, had to get used to the idea of playing rodeo music (after all the Romantic music we played) but it's actually pretty good. It also has several viola sole! (This always factors into how much I like a orchestral piece. XD)

6. We have cable again! This means we have BBC 1 and 2 again! My brother and I think Total Wipeout (hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram) is one of the most hilarious shows we've seen recently. (Seriously)

7. Sorry to the westerosorting people for not being there during Family Feud. Couldn't make it and didn't expect it to happen so soon. :(

First of all, happy new year! I don't do new year resolutions (I'm happier that way) but you do have them, good luck! :D

We've moved to our new house! It might've been smart to realize that getting wifi would be very low on my dad's to-do list (What with having to clean the entire house and try to fit everything in). So I haven't had any internet since Monday and probably won't be getting it soon (so I still have to catch up on my flist). (I"m now in my old house which does still have internet) I guess I'll have to do all my work in the medical library the next month. Our new house is so much bigger and so neat, like one of those white picket fence houses, and I miss our old cozy little apartment. I feel like such a class traitor, LOL.

Annnyway:
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Feel free to ask me what I thought about certain books in that list. I still have to write down my thoughts on some of these books. But now I have to go. *really rushed*

It's apparently Student Day in Iran. Or, as my parents said, Beat The Crap Out Of Students Day (They would know, they were the students. >_>)

( Stuff about med school and nursing home. And No To Berlusconi DayCollapse )

Every few years I try to get into DCU comics, especially the Batman related ones but... I fail at it. The really weird discontinuity and dozens retcons (not to mention the fact that most characters don't have just one personality) just confuse me. I guess I'll just have to stick to the cartoons (Especially Batman Beyond ♥). Anyway, I was cruising through scans_daily (both the IJ and the DW version) and it made me discover Black Cat's Bat and Sons fancomic. GUYS, YOU TOTALLY HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT. It's the best thing ever and possibly my favourite version of Batman. Batman and his weird four sons (The three first Robins and TERRY, the Batman in Batman Beyond. This just fills me with glee.). The Rivalry story is so awesome. This is so ridiculously hilarious and cute. And the other JLA members are so awesome too, like Superman and Wonder Woman and, well, ALL of them. (Also check out the Mr. Bat-mom comic. HAHA!)

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Okay, and there is this character meme going around on jesteros. I had to relinquish my Aemon and Samwell award but I got nominated for:

Rodrik the Reader
Asha
Kevan
Sarella
Jon
Loras
Garlan
Tom O'Sevens
Meera
Willas
Jaqen

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Guys, type in "vampire" on DeviantArt. I've been going through countless pages of results and I'm still laughing. (Some are even good! But seriously, café vampires, golden vampires, vampire wolves, vampire demons, vampires based on Cameron from House, vampires traced from Bill Kaulitz pictures, MySpace vampires. The list goes on. This shouldn't be so hilarious.)

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And I made this ASOIAF fanart drawing!

Yeah, nothing going on, two more free days till my short period of mandatory working at a retirement home starts. Haven't done much save cycling and squeeing over a skirt I bought.

Oh right. Random: I've been listening to Public Image Ltd for months now but discovered that Johnny Rotten is the lead singer only yesterday. It was kind of a surprise.

In case you didn't know, the Eurovision Song Contest has a Junior Version. I don't actually watch it because watching sugar sweet acts with rabidly smiling kids gives me diabetes. But my mum was channel hopping and we ended up watching the results. Listening to the commentator Cornald Maas flipping out over the Netherlands winning was the fucking funniest thing today.
Cornald: *gasp* TWELVE POINTS?!
Cornald: Belgium THANK YOU FOR THE TWELVE POINTS :D (Me: See, it's not just the Eastern Euros who know something about cronyism ;D)
Cornald: SO CLOSE, BELGIUM AND ARMENIA ON OUR HEELS.
Cornald: ZOMG WE WON. For the first time in 33 years we won some kind of Eurovision Song Contest.
Mum: *dies* It's a kids contest, for heaven's sake.
Sahar: LOL. A terrible wrong has been put right! XD

ETA: Turns out it was Sipke Jan, not Cornald Maas. This doesn't quite stop the funny for me.

And then I saw the act. Man, if this is the winner then I'm glad I didn't watch the acts. Just... look at those clothes. That dance. "Be-dabe-die-du"? (I think I cracked up at "Beetje lazy achterover, dat is me wat te chill"). I feel bad for ragging on kids but it's nice to know that the Junior version maintains that same level of quality as the normal Eurovision Song Contest. (Read: No quality whatsoever. XD)
(Okay, I admit it, I watched some of the others. LOL, the Belgian girl yodels in her song. Ahahahaha!)

P.S. Vote on my stamping app if you're a member of westerosorting. >.>

Your result for Guess The Language Test...

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24 of 24 Knowledge!

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I guess being an ESLer finally pays off :P
(Though honestly, the only hard one was East European centered languages. And even that wasn't too hard to do. Mostly it's just knowing the looks of a language, really. Like, Finnish has a ton of umlauts. Middle Eastern languages are so easy to recognize it isn't even funny. I was gratified to see Dutch pass the revenue and Farsi in the first picture. :P)

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Thank you, Simone Lamsma, for letting me discover Ysaÿe. His violin sonatas are awesome.

Today I saw UP (in 3D! So pretty!), finally, in the cinema with my nerdfriend. It was all I could do to keep the tears (some bits were just so sad) in because I didn't want him to see me crying but it was hard. The dogs were hilarious, though. We just couldn't stop laughing at the alpha dog's squeaky voice. Well done, Pixar, well done. (ALSO, TOYSTORY 3. I WANT.)

Afterwards we loitered around in the city shopping centre and visited the second-hand book store. There I saw Tad Williams's entire Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy for just 10 euros and in pretty good condition. Are there people here who've read those books? Because that's a pretty sweet offer if the books are any good. (I also saw some Storm Constantine and C.J. Cherryh books. *rubs hands*)

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Also, I'm kind of in love with the music of Peter Fox. My life is so much better now that it has German dancehall music in it. SWING! Who says white people can't rap? XD. And I looove this song. I totally need to improve my German, it would be such a shame to let years of German lessons go to waste.

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Decided to change my default icon to something less political. Well, actually, it's Alfred J. Quack, the show with characters like Dolf the Nazi crow and Winnie the black duck. So maybe not that neutral. But certainly very cute.



... Yeah, I got nothing. This used to be one of my favourite shows when I was small (It was a joint Dutch-German-Japanese project) but I totally forgot about all the serious themes (fascism, apartheid, growing up) until my mother told me about it. It even has a character reminiscent of Michael Jackson. I think I need to watch it again. Here's the intro! Children cartoons were so much better in those days.

*wanders off*