Going to try my hardest to keep this updated for the year, but I'm curious how many movies and plays I see in a year and generally tracking my viewing habits.

Edit: Expanded to include games and other forms of entertainment

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A comment on Ginia's HMD thread made me realize something; I really need to flesh out Ginia's world more. All the basics are there, the rules are there, but I need to get all the details out of my head and down on paper as well as tweak the things that aren't working or aren't clear. So here's me kinda dumping some thoughts out and trying to get organized.

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Copied from my tumblr:

Next week I’ll be traveling to Taiwan for a two week stay then flying over to Japan and staying there until August. In an attempt to actually do something with this tumblr and keep a record of my trip, I’ll be making this a travel blog of sorts.

The facts:

-I’ll be in Taiwan from the 23rd of May (well, arriving the 24th) and staying through the 5th of June. On June 5th, I’m flying to Tokyo and I’ll be staying in Kisarazu in the Chiba prefecture until August 31st. So 13 days in Taiwan, 86 days in Japan. (If you’re coming from the US, visiting as a tourist, and not planning on working or studying, you can spend 90 days in Japan without needing a visa.)

-I’m taking $2,000 US, but I don’t plan on using more than $1,000 US ($200 in Taiwan, $800 in Japan). I’ll be keeping a daily record of my spending and I’m trying to keep to a budget of sorts (I can spend 444 Taiwanese dollars a day in Taiwan (or 15.37 US) and 757 Yen a day in Japan (or $9.30 US) without going over 1,000 dollars).

-The plane tickets were given to me as a graduation present from my mom I’ll be staying with family in Taiwan and my boyfriend in Japan so this cuts down on the cost of living as well as the overall cost of the trip. I realize entirely this would be a very expensive trip if it wasn’t for those two factors so I’m very thankful.

-I’ve been in Taiwan before so I know what to expect and I speak Mandarin Chinese. I’ve never been to Japan before and I’m teaching myself Japanese so I can be somewhat competent while I’m there.

-I won’t have internet while in Taiwan so there’ll be a two week pause followed by a flood of information once I land in Japan and have internet.

So there are the basics. My next post will be on packing and preparations for the trip. Stay tuned!

This started out as making some icons for a friend's RP account. I probably went overboard.

[33] Mark Ruffalo (21 icons, 12 variations)

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So I have a bit of a favor to ask everyone.

I'm currently taking an advocacy for the performing arts class for my senior project and one of the presentations I have coming up is some data gathering followed by a call to arms.

Under the cut are fifteen questions that if you could take the time to answer, this would really help me out. You don't have to go into detail, yes or no answers are fine, and this will be completely confidential.

All comments are screened.

Thank you so much in advance!

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Here are 30 icons made from the first part of Assassin's Creed: Lineage. Giovanni heavy, mostly color variations.

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Edit 6/29: Human Hakkai added for comparison purposes.

Both are these are pretty old, but I thought I'd post them anyway. The Kenren was one I did awhile ago (it's actually my first attempt at really coloring a page) and the Gojyo was one I finished in chat a few days ago.

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Confession. Ayla is not one of my favorite characters from Immortal Rain. She's probably one of my least favorite characters. But this chapter cover? Had to be colored.

Consider it a practice piece. I don't claim to be an artist of any form, I just like doing these in my spare time.

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This is for you, Yume. ♥ My apps are supposed to be graded more harshly than all the other apps since I'm the head mod SO RIP IT TO SHREDS. ????

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Several years ago, I took a sci-fi/fantasy class (WHICH WAS AWESOME) and we read a story called "Bill, the Little Steam Shovel" by Joe R. Lansdale. It's a children's story for adults and probably one of the best stories I've ever read. Why?

Because there's steam shovel porn.

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Starcraft 2 to be released as a trilogy

Considering it'll be released as separate discs that will have to be purchased, here's hoping for either reasonable pricing or enough content on each disc to make it a full game and not just like the campaign from the prior games. Still, I have to go WTF at this (and glad I'm sharing a copy with my brother).

And the Rock Band 2 merc creator? So very fun. Pictures to come later.

Was going to post this yesterday, but then LJ went down. Boo.

For awhile I've had a character sitting around in my mind and finally I found something to put him down into. The actual story is one that runs parallel with Ginia and Erika's canon story since they take place in the same world and even go through some of the same locations. As for whether Ginia and Erika will be making an apperance in any form, who knows. Maybe a cameo of some sort.

Title: Synthication
Series: Original
Rating: PG-13 (up to R in later chapters, future warnings include drug usage, violence, sexual content, and language)
Word count: 2,153

[Carrying a cocaine-filled plastic bag double-wrapped in brown paper and tucked into a secret pocket inside a thick coat during the prime time of city patrols was begging for trouble]

This is a piece I've been sitting on for awhile. There's a dynamic between Erika and Ginia I've always loved writing about. In some ways this is an unfinished piece, but at the same time, I don't know if there is a proper ending for it.

Series: Aubergine Dreams/Original
Characters: Erika Rosenfel and Ginia Solana
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Word Count: 768

([There's a sense of grace and serenity in the older woman Erika cannot understand])

Rock Band 2? HELL FUCKING YES. Played it yesterday for around 14 hours and you know what? I'm still not bored and there's still so much to do. And once the new drums and guitar arrives? It's going to be even better. Proper review and ramble to come once we have all the new instruments.

And in traditional form, I base my Rock Band characters off other characters. My default is always named Blaze, but this time my second character is Tyler Mercer. Who is looks a bit more like Bon Jovi. Huh.

....And Wrath of the Lich King finally has a release date. November 13th, one week right after Gears of War 2.

......CURSE YOU GAMING GODS, CURSE YOU.