an inarticulate expression of awe

Hello, Korra!

gambitia — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:36:28 GMT

Lol, Avatar.

The ship wars have begun anew. It's so stupid, and yet the temptation to jump in and start screaming is so strong. Goddamn shippers are stupid.

Also: Korra's got muscles. Muscley muscles. HUGE goddamn muscles.

Also also: Lol at all the fanart appearing before we even see her face. Am I horrible to hope she has some sort of disfiguring scar or bizarre tattoo or birthmark on her face, just so all this fanart will end up being really, really wrong?

MOVIE YUE

gambitia — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:25:45 GMT

She fucking terrifies me. LOOK AT HER. Something is horribly wrong with those eyes.

Also: if nothing else, Appa looks amazing in this movie. You're now only at -42 points or something, M. Shyamalan!

EDIT: Haha, I just realized the creature I was mistaking for a Klingon is actually the Blue Spirit XD Oh, such a silly-looking costume.

EDITEDIT: Dammit, with that realization, now all of the FN characters look like Klingons.

Hello, Livejournal, It's Been Awhile

gambitia — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:28:33 GMT

I do not understand how I can HATE everything I see or hear about the Avatar movie* and yet be so INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

It's like Watchmen--even though I did not like the movie, I was excited for the DVD and bought it because OMFG WATCHMEN. Even though I was disappointed in the comic, I waited anxiously for the movie's release! To this day, I will occasionally rewatch the trailer and be filled with this sensation of overwhelming awe--the same overwhelming awe that I experience when watching the Avatar trailers, even though I hate virtually** every aspect of them, from the music to the voiceovers to the scenes!

I think I must be in love with the IDEA of an Avatar movie or something, because there's no other explanation for this confusing mix of emotions.

*Not James Cameron's or whoever's shit. I have an irrational aversion to that movie and refuse to see it.

**The only aspect of the trailers I do like is the bending effects. SO PRETTY 0_0

Ghost Town; Part 1.00

gambitia — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:03:19 GMT

I'M DOING A SIMS LEGACY, OKAY?

I THINK I HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

The premise? Through breeding and maybe a few "accidents," get a town populated only by ghosts.

I don't know why people are hating on playable ghosts. I love them.

Our quest begins with two women!

The first is Monopoly Dryden. Insanity and white hair run in her family; she wants nothing more than to take over the world with her ghostly spawn. Even I am more than a little terrified of her.

Traits: Insane, Evil, Light Sleeper, Hopeless Romantic, Mean-Spirited
LTW: Become the Emperor of Evil
Lover of cookies and the color white

The second, Cassidy Jones. Throughout the game, I have come to think of her as a useless, whiny little harlot, and as such don't feel like telling you much about her!

Traits: Flirty, Hates the Outdoors, Commitment Issues, Perfectionist, Easily Impressed
LTW: Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, but...
Lover of mac 'n cheese and the color lime

Since the point of their existence is getting knocked up by some ghostly men, I send them scurrying to the cemetery posthaste. Cassidy, little outdoors-hating bitch that she is, promptly runs back home. Fine. I can deal.

Monopoly and I, being on task and not afraid of the wild outdoors, first come across this man. Basil is his name, and he is instantly on the list because he makes me think of Basil Fawlty. Monopoly thinks her life will be nothing but sunshine from here on.

But I'm sensing some compatibility issues.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen. Shucks.

Although I'm not sure I can blame Basil, as he's faced with this. ~~I told you she's scary~~

The first night was unsuccessful, and Monopoly woke up angry. She went into town to terrorize small children...

...while Cassidy picked lettuce from her teeth.

Poor kid. If you've seen her, it's too late for you.

"I'm going to beat on you..."

"...until my pal the Reaper comes to drag your sorry carcass into the netherworld. Capice?"

Later that night, Monopoly heads out to the graveyard again and goes exploring while she waits for the ghosties to come out. I don't know why she's complaining, she found a piece of plutonium.

The ghosts still aren't out by the time her misadventures in the catacombs are done, so she mocks their gravestones.

And the ghosts themselves, once they show up.

This boy over here is instantly on the list for thinking evil thoughts. Or perhaps he saw just Monopoly. Either works.

They swap tricks for scaring people, and I think that everything is going swimmingly.

Whatshisface wants to know why Monopoly is interested in a dead guy.

Monopoly replies that she just likes ghosts.

Whatshisface wonders if she'd still be interested in him if he was cremated.

Disapproving Lady disapproves. Watch out for her--she comes back.

Meanwhile, I sent Cassidy off to work, because she may as well be helpful. She joins the Business career, and her outfit looks stupid with her hat.

Monopoly spends the day reading in bed, until it's time to go out ghost-hunting again.

"I would stab you with my ninja skills..."

"Except you're dead."

"Six feet under, in fact!"

Monopoly claims this man as her own, seeing as how (a) he's the first man to let her get this far, and (b) he came up as "romantic interest," which didn't happen with any of the others! His name is Ransom Clavell. I like the cadence. Monopoly and Ransom...yeah, I could do that. They go steady.

Unfortunately Ransom is in too bad of a mood to do anything but flirt. Damn.

Cassidy burnt her waffles. I made her eat them anyway (How else will she learn?!).

I'm not sure Mono should be around knives.

But I do love her stink-eye. If left to her own devices, that's all she does.

Another nightly outing! Gaylord attempts to sneak past Monopoly...

But it's too late. She's seen him. As he's hungry, she invites him over. Ransom didn't come out, and you can't blame a girl for hedging her bets.

Look at that self-satisfied smile! She knows exactly what she's doing.

But it wasn't meant to be, as Gaylord vanished shortly thereafter.

Cassidy, being a gold-digging whore, invites over her rich boss Gunther Goth. He's ugly and old, and I stop those shenanigans immediately. Wait 'til he's dead, sweetheart.

Monopoly ventures once again into the graveyard. This ghost man randomly fainted; the little ghost girl was unruffled and stole his book.

Ransom wasn't out again, so Mono talked to his gravestone instead.

Disapproving Lady is out disapproving again. Monopoly's had enough of it.

"YOU'RE AN ABOMINATION!"

Monopoly wins the ensuing fight handily. "THAT'S RIGHT, STAY DOWN, BITCH!"

Monopoly decides she needs to stay in shape so she is always assured victory over her nemeses. She has a bit of trouble--perhaps it's because she decided that her long formal gown was appropriate work-out gear.

The next night, we get Ransom to come over. PROGRESS! He hasn't come out the last six game-nights, so the relationship kind of stagnated. Monopoly thinks evil thoughts.

They were progressing wonderfully until he vanished.

So, we must wait another night.

Ransom at least had the decency to not disappear for a week again, but he is decidedly not in the mood.

He isn't the next night either. He thinks Monopoly is being "creepy." At this point, nearly 2 and a half weeks have progressed in-game, and I'm only still going after him out of sheer stubbornness.

Cassidy, knowing what Monopoly has been up to every night, advises against marriage. You'd think she was just looking out for her roommate, but no--Cassidy has constantly been rolling wants to flirt with Monopoly and make-out with Monopoly. WTF? Go mack on your old dead boss if you're bored and stop screwing up my plans!

Monopoly starts throwing up and I irrationally hope she somehow got pregnant through osmosis. But she didn't.

She's just been rummaging through the neighbor's garbage a lot.

I also just noticed how afraid she looks when she sleeps. Awww, poor baby!

The next night, we get Ransom ON THE BED!

The mood is ruined once they start talking...

...and Ransom quickly retreats to his happy place. COME ON! THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS!

Tired of Ransom and Monopoly's seemingly impossible relationship, I go send Cassidy trolling for men. This guy's thinking he's rich. Cassidy's thinking she's a gold digger. Excellent.

Monopoly, perhaps jealous of the ease at which the relationship progresses, does not approve.

She's watching them.

Monopoly decides to vent her anger on the local ghost population.

"FLIES FEED ON YOUR ROTTING CORPSE!"

Both sims realize the other is evil...

...and they bond over their shared trait!

Then they start fighting.

Monopoly wins, of course.

In other news, That Guy is proposing to Cassidy.

Don't look so excited there, Cass.

Guess what the first thing Monopoly does once they're married?

Attagirl!

Cassidy's LTW is to see her rich husband dead. I oblige her with a Husband Trap.

Monopoly comes out to watch.

And chat up Death.

Ransom is resurrected, and is now under my control, meaning I can make him have a baby whether he wants to or not!

So I do.

Ransom, bored, then goes off to play video games on the sweet-ass laptop he apparently had in his inventory the whole time. Now might be a good time to list his traits:

Ransom Dryden (nee Clavell) (He and Monopoly got married. I apparently took no screencaps!)

Traits: Absent-Minded, Flirty, Loner, Workaholic, Hopeless Romantic (How the fuck did I have so much trouble getting this dude in bed when he's both Flirty and a Hopeless Romantic?!)
LTW: Be a Forensic Specialist
Lover of Indie music, french toast, and the color irish cream

Apparently ghosts can get jobs in law enforcement, so I make Ransom go get a job.

An old lady mistakes him for her dead husband.

Ransom gets this a lot whenever he goes places.

Since he's a cop now, I make him ditch the mohawk in favor of something more professional. He's a looker, y/y?

After his first day at work, I make him clean all the toilets. Why?

His oh-so-pregnant wife is vomiting all over them. SUCCESS!

The ghost of Cassidy's husband, whose name I really don't feel like remembering, wanders out every night. I confuse him and Ransom quite a bit.

Mono realize she's pregnant, and promptly changes into her maternity gear. Which consists of a slip and...stiletto heels?

Cassidy is more excited about the baby than Monopoly is. Which is good, I suppose, because she'll be babysitting the brat.

I'm not sure that's safe if you're pregnant, Mono.

It's time for the baby, and Monopoly is all ready in her formal, easily-stained white dress. Smart choice there.

Monopoly comes out of the hospital looking like this. She's ENTHRALLED at the prospect of being saddled with this kid, clearly.

But, I'll give her some credit: when she came out of the hospital, she instantly got the "A GHOST!" action, but she waited through the cab ride, until she got home and climbed upstairs and put the kid in the crib before freaking out.

And so I present to you, Othello Dryden. He only took 4 weeks of in-game time to get. Kid better be a fucking rocket scientist.

Next time: The takeover continues!

HE CAN DO THAT

gambitia — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:39:37 GMT

Such a crappy icon. YET I ADORE IT. BECAUSE...HE CAN DO THAT.

It happens to be 12 KBs too big for LJ. I'll fix that later.

No, I have no idea where the baby blue text came from. It was going to be fire engine red...and it came out baby blue. Huh.

Yesterday was a good day

gambitia — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:53:25 GMT

I saw Trek yesterday! IT WAS GOOD.

I also ran to the comic book store, and thus was finally able to catch up on my Runaways. We went to the movie early, because, you know, popular movie on a Friday night, so I was reading comics book whilst waiting for Star Trek to start.

I was basking in my geekitude.

***

Star Trek was a good movie. I can't say it was Trek, because there is a certain way of cinematography and pacing and music that the movie completely failed to grasp (probably because Abrams doesn't watch Star Trek :P). But it was a good movie.

Heehee, I love Uhura!

Why hello there, where have you been?

gambitia — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:46:34 GMT

I, uh, need to re-watch Avatar. Right now.

My Japanese homework isn't going to get done, is it?

Screw you, GIMP

gambitia — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:23:29 GMT

So, I tried to update my version of GIMP to the latest version.

At first, I was unsuccessful because "lib.432ufafjfidoabewhatever was in use and could not be modified"! So, I closed all programs. Same error message. So, I restarted my computer.

Now, I can't update because "I don't have the necessary permissions"! Okay, fine. I repaired my permissions.

I still don't have the necessary permissions *headdesk*

WTF, GIMP?! Don't fail me now!

I'm going to go play Fable or something *grumbles*

EDIT: Haha, posted this, tried one more time to install GIMP before giving up, and it worked xP Gotta love computers...

Doctor Who

gambitia — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:00:30 GMT

Thanks to the wonder that is my Netflix subscription, I have started watching Dr. Who (the revamped newer series, not the old one, because I can't stand old skool special effects). I really knew nothing about Dr. Who, aside from that it was apparently a series that lots of geeky people liked. Being myself quite geeky, I checked it out.

's good stuff *nodnod*

If you voted for me change is on the way!

gambitia — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:44:22 GMT

Yeah, so that video is awesome and I wanted to show you all my shiny new userpic of it (the video is embedded over here).

Whenever I'm reminded that Obama is president, I still grin stupidly because...as one LJer put it "You know how everyone is worried that Obama is too awesome? It may be because he's actually too awesome."

Nonsense post is nonsensical.

Watchmen

gambitia — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:27:52 GMT

So, I finished Watchmen.

...

Yeah. Not a very satisfying conclusion, imo.

Made an icon post...

gambitia — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:45:18 GMT

Mostly Runaways, with a side dish of Jean and Scott

I want to icon more...but I never do.

Well, crap

gambitia — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:56:31 GMT

I was all excited for new Scrubs. And...hated the new episode. Just...not a fun episode. And I watch my Scrubs for the lulz, not the deep stuff. Oh well.

I have discovered boxing on the Wii. Good lord, it is cathartic.

I have cravings

gambitia — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:50:25 GMT

My college diet must be deficient in something, because I've had wicked cravings for carrots and cheese since I got back. I snack on carrots and cheese constantly.

String cheese is nummy.

I'm sitting down and reading Watchmen. This is my third attempt; the first two were aborted when I was distracted roughly 5 pages in xP

Yes, I'm late

gambitia — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:29:30 GMT

1. It bothers me that Gambit's eyes in the Wolverine movie are not Gambit eyes--they are normal eyes. Canon fail. It also bothers me that the movie looks like a suckfest--a pretty suckfest, but it's all going to be mindlessly beautiful violence. Hugh Jackman is letting me down here.

2. I really don't like the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon. It's just so average. It's watchable, but it is predictable, angsty, recycled plots; bad animation, and worse voice-acting.

3. Sometimes, I just remember out of the blue that Obama will be our president soon. I am then suffused with happiness.

4. Thanks to my b-day and Christmas, I now own every single season of Scrubs. This show snuck up on me (I ignored it for years), and now it's my crack. It's tied with Venture Bros for my favorite show of the moment.

5. Continuing in that vein, I have decided that the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend are a wonderful couple. Except, she's now Queen Butterfly (I think? They never exactly renamed her after she married the Monarch, which they kind of had to, since she's no longer his girlfriend). These two may actually beat Mai and Zuko in the lame-but-sweet department.

6. I saw Marley and Me. It made me cry not one, not two, but three times. Tears were streaming down my face.

This is our president, guys.

gambitia — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:10:58 GMT

In theory, I disapprove of judging a president by looks. It should be irrelevant, you know?

But damn...our president is fine.

Our flag is still here

gambitia — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:41:21 GMT

I'm on the campus of a highly liberal college.

There is a wild party going on out in the quad at the wall. I went out. There is dancing and congo drums and booze and smoking and some guy has one of those freaky big long Australian flute thingies.

We had an impromptu singing of "Star-Spangled Banner." And it was one of the most moving moments of my life.

I'm not sleeping tonight.

I CAN HAZ AN OBAMA?

gambitia — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:14:03 GMT

GUYS.

GUYS.

GUYS.

I THINK I'M GOING TO WEEP WITH JOY.

So I'm Taking A Japanese Class

gambitia — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:51:28 GMT

Prettiness aside, I fail to find the point in having a language that is SO. FUCKING. DIFFICULT. to write.

Gah, I hate Japanese homework.

Knowing Venture Bros, they did it for the jollies

gambitia — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:53:34 GMT

I just watched the entire 3rd season of Venture Bros IN ONE DAY.

Regarding the season finale: NOOOO, BROCK!!!! NOOOOO, 24!!!! CURSE YOU, HUNTER!!!!

God, I love this show. 24's death is even better considering that they devoted an ENTIRE EPISODE to how he was now a main character and thus invincible xD And then they blew his head off. Literally.

Such a good show...

How Unfortunate

gambitia — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:46:10 GMT

College has drastically changed my internet habits. I'm so behind on everything it's not even funny.

Also, the Harry Potter movies are far more enjoyable when you fast-forward over the parts that have to do with Harry. Hmm.

We found a bat

gambitia — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:16:32 GMT

Yep. The girl across the hall in my dorm room found a bat on the ground who was having some serious issues flying. I came over and looked at him, and she went to get a box and I carefully picked the little guy up.

I probably have fleas now. Oh well.

We put him in the box and decked it out bat-style (read: put a chopstick across the top so he could hang upside-down) and he's now in her room.

The funny thing is, I was just talking as I walked back from my work-study about how cool it would be to have a bat. There are bats all over campus, which has apparently re-triggered my love of bats.

Poor baby. His name is now either Avery, or Luther. Not sure which.

It's like high school with a better vocabulary

gambitia — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:28:56 GMT

I have a new AIM handle. AIM won't let me log onto my old account anymore, so I gave up and got a new one.

I'm now postmortempower online. It is SO eighth grade, but...oh well! I ENJOY THE ALLITERATION

What are your guys' screennames? I lost them all :(

I like how I act as if I actually am ever logged onto AIM.

Sums up college so far

gambitia — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:20:40 GMT

No, I was not having sex with corn, IN CASE YOU WERE CONFUSED. Fight the blur!

Will take dorm piccies later, my roomies are asleep right now and I don't want to be taking pictures of them sleeping because that's weird.

Moved in!

gambitia — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:22:33 GMT

I moved into my dorm today! IT IS HUGE.

I shall show you pictures! Later! After I've taken them!

It's HUGE, you guys. Like, you have no idea how BIG it is.