parallel synchronized randomness

--- absolutely random.

2013-03-21T08:39:58Z

There's basically no other place in this world where people would understand me if I said that I'd simply adore following an on-screen relationship between Spencer Reid and Maura Isles.

Hell yeah ^^.

(o44) let's talk about tv shows.

2012-03-31T13:47:47Z

I decided that, once I manage to get my paws on more free time, I should use it judiciously. Which means, of course, on screentime!

This is a rec post.

Kindly step forward and name 1-5 shows that I ABSOLUTELY need to watch. State a reason or two; their main theme; perhaps a lead character or ship, or an actor/actress who's doing marvelously within. If you go further and post a picture, a trailer or a .gif, I'll be even more grateful.

The shows can be either new or old - to my utter shame I find almost the second day that there are shows which have been existing for ages and I failed to watched them.

Thank you ^^.

(o40) hungryyy for the games ^^

2012-03-28T19:54:37Z

The first time I actually want to buy a (more expensive) book this year, and it's not available :/. And it's not a single book; it's a trilogy. Apparently The Book Depository doesn't have THG box set on stock, and it won't happen too soon - I need the box set as it's cheaper than the individual books altogether, and it has to be this site as it has free delivery in Romania. Harrr. TOTALLY UNFAIR.

So, please, if you know of any other places who might have the set available for a price under 20 EUR, and with free delivery, do let me know. It makes panda super-sad not to own the preciouses ;___;.

Also, hit me with prompts here; I have way too few for the time being!

P.S.: On a second (overwork-driven) trought, I'd like to try something. I currently have no less than 144 people who list me as their friend even if I don't - for various reasons, most of which I can't even remember. I'll add them all; then I'll wait ^^. Somehow I think some good things will come out of it.

(o39) already tresspassing >.>

2012-03-27T20:26:52Z

Please reinforce that READING THG FIC WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO TRANSLATE IS FORBIDDEN. Er.

Also: pleaaase point out some good icons/banners/graphics to me. Pretty please. All I seem to find is either blurry or FO. I like minimalistic cropping, sharp edges and colours, witty text. And Peeta.

Buuut. With the indulgence that you'll most likely have them by the end of next week, prompt me?
(she said the magic words!!!)
--- it's been two bloody years since I last wrote something. I'm that bad.

Fandom. Character or Pairing. Rating. Prompt of Choice

Eligible: THG, quite obviously - HP (forever, it seems) - Twilight (up to Eclipse b/c I'm that lazy) - Gilmore Girls - Inception - The Witches of Eileanan - Jacqueline Carey's verse - A Game of Thrones (books - mayyybe series too).

No-gos: Slash (my attempts are lousy to say the least), incest (unless motivated - see AGOT), extreme gore, rape, non/dub-con, sexual intercourse with underage people... er, the usual, I guess?

Surprise me.

[o28] quick question!

2012-03-08T21:03:53Z

Would there be people living/having lived in London on my f-list? Native Brits would be just as precious, I reckon :) I'm asking because I might prove myself in need of a great deal of historical/local knowledge related to London buildings and other places during WWII. So - you know - just asking; for the translation I'm about to start.

[o25] communication.

2012-03-05T20:36:14Z

Um. This is going to sound a bit odd - perhaps.

A while ago I soother my pen-friends. I'll be present. Active. Creative. I just needed to go through the whole kicking-the-healing-process-in-gear thing beforehand. I think it might be a good time now, what with spring attempting a comeback. Finally.

Anyway, as I spend most of my time at day and at night in front of a computer, I think I might need to keep myself busy with entertaining stuff as well. Like chatting to friends. So, um, if any of you uses YM (Yahoo Messenger) or any other swift communication means besides FB and TW - not going back there! - kindly let me know. For the sake of your privacy I will have the comments screened.

Thank you!

(bonus)

2012-02-27T12:21:25Z

Notice too all my pen-friends

I'm very sorry for my lack of reply so far. I know the excuse of having a completely messed-up life at the moment is thin, but that's exactly what's happening. Presently I'm struggling with a high volume of work, while trying to decide if letting my husband go away from me, and possibly from us, for the rest of our lives, is the only thing I could do.

No promises, just attempts: you should all have your letters answered by next week.

[o20] a question.

2012-02-20T14:55:50Z

On a completely different note from my previous post:
DO YOU GUYS KNOW A GOOD RP COMMUNITY?

* preferably on LJ or on a website; not that I have anything against IJ or something alike, but I'd rather not create a hundred new accounts;
* preferably featuring existant characters, not original -- I'm too tired at the moment to try and be TOO creative >.>;
* fast-paced, but respecting different time zones, and not without flesh.

Any recs, please?

[o16] fandom makes the world go round.

2012-02-13T11:17:08Z

I feel the urge to start writing Iain/Elfrida fic. But of course, none of you will know them ;___;. Then what's the point, and where's the Eileanan fandom hiding, so that I actually have the odd reader expressing a more or less virulent opinion on my poor writing?!

[012] new fandom woes

2012-02-06T15:17:36Z

I wonder why each time I fall into the welcoming arms of a new fandom I don`t seem to find any clue of other followers >.>

Has any of your heard of The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth? And if you actually have, do you know any sites where I can learn more about the world-building, mythology and sources of inspiration?

Thank you; there is still hope.

[oo5] hrrr

2012-01-05T18:50:45Z

The year seems to be kicking off well: I am almost done with the Romanian version of Il corsaro nero and La regina dei Caraibi -- both written by Emilio Salgari -- books that inspired one of my favourite childhood/teen movies, Il corsaro nero, starring a stunning Kabir Bedi and a lovely bunch of multicoloured and multilingual "coast brethren". Er.

Also, I began watching a show, which is quite amazing, given my short attention spam these days >.>. As usual, when I take up to something, there`s scarcely a decent comm around; not to mention DECENT ICONS *pouts*. If any of you watches Rizzoli & Isles, can you lead me to an icon treasure, by chance?

(open for discussions as soon as I finish the first season)

[oo4] hungarian music stays cool;

2012-01-05T08:20:21Z

I know I`ve asked about your Good Reads profiles before, but perhaps there are some of you who acquired new ones or joined in the meanwhile -- so, throw them at me, please?

Here I float: Jules stays Jules. Feel free to drop by, visit, befriend, comment and suggest. Thouuugh, at present, I might be a woman with a mission, reading-wise. There`s this awesome thing, accidentally discovered while attempting to clean my HDD, and I plan to find out who ALL these women are/have been, and to read at least one book written by each. To my utter shame I know only 7 of these authors directly, and have previously heard about a dousin -- perhaps.

Aaand another thing: do you know any nice friending memes going on?

[oo2] why oh why delilah...

2012-01-03T12:01:07Z

I am certainly related to Darth Vader; at least my sickened sinuses claim so >.>

On a different, albeit not happier, note: I DISLIKE being paid wayyy less than I deserve for any translation work I perform. Also, uploading 117 userpics proves to be humonguously difficult. The difficulty? Making up my mind about which should I use and to what purpose.

Any difficulties for you this year, so far?

Any remedies for nasty colds?

Any---thing else? ☺

[oo1] as you may notice ---

2012-01-02T12:02:01Z

--- I am quite optimistic regarding the post count of 2012: I started with oo1 (just to reach oo7, of course!) - which means I be planning to go over 100 this time. Let`s all keep our fingers crossed for this ☺

I began the year with Operation Cleaning. I`m currently sorting out communities I want to keep watching/being a member of, and communities I`ve fallen apart with (mostly fandom-related, as now I really don`t have time for fandoms). This being said, as breaking news, ugly_boy was nice enough to pass me over the moderation/ownership of learn_languages, so if you`re a linguaphile like yours truly, feel free to come and take a look!

Also, I have two important announcements:

; one - I`d like to get some recs concerning your current favourite communities, NON!fandom; I`m mostly interested in writing, creativity, psychology, music, cinema, books, traveling, culture, languages, what happens in the world, dreams, mythology and art.

; two - once again, feel free to de-add me ☺ as a friend if you feel we don`t have anything in common or if you`re sick of the space I occupy in your friends list.

That be it, for now, eh. See you later!

o54 --- batman! batman!

2011-12-23T08:16:33Z

today, the 23rd of december, is the beginning of the new era *g*.

the number 23 being one of my all-time favourites (i need to take the time to explain this whole numbers idea one day), i decided it was a good day for science. and so it is: for 6 months i'm the proud owner of a paid account + 70 extra icons, b/c you can never have enough of those. it wasn't actually that cheap for me, given the times, but i thought it would be worth it. i wish this action to keep me motivated in order to start posting like i once used - though better would also be recommended.

ohai. cookies? for meee?

o52 --- kitty woes ;___;

2011-12-02T07:47:32Z

dear friends,

if last time i posted i was launching a call for pen-pals, this time i'm crying for help.

this question will concern mostly kitty owners (or, better said, people owned by kitties *g*) who have some experience (perhaps more than mine) - or perhaps vets etc. to make a long story short, i have two cats, both of them over 1 year old now. i've been taking care of them since they were waaay smaller, and they did cause a lot of trouble, but w/e. the plan is to take them to the countryside, at my father's, once they have the antirabic shot and spring comes. come march, they'll be gone into freedom. till then...

what's been happening for two weeks now goes like this: the cats share a litter. it's a huuuge one and they never minded sharing it before. until a short while ago, when, during the night, one of them pooed next to the litter. the situation repeats itself every night, even if the litter is shining with cleanliness every half a day :/. moreover, one day i found two sets of poo in their now usual corner. yesterday i cleaned the spot with a substance they don't like, hoping they'd stop; no they didn't. during the night i hear them scratching the tiles, "covering" the poo.

i have two theories about this: either they're becoming territorial and they need to mark their own space with something (they're both unsterilized), either they're somehow unhappy with sharing the litter (even if they were perfectly fine with sharing it till now). there's the possibility for them to wish to draw attention, as well.

what should i do? have you ever been confronted with such a situation? what worked?

o51 --- this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!

2011-11-26T20:08:41Z

hello again, to everyone who still bothers to read this journal, whenever the odd post pops in their friends list.

i, er... was thinking... if anyone would be interested in pen palling/exchanging letters with me. i used to do this since i was, like, 10, starting with kids in my country and continuously expanding till i got to the record of having 'round 30-odd pen pals within the world, some on different continents, some of very different ages, some writing in different languages etc. it was awesome; it was a huge part of me. so...

what i'm interested in is, mostly, to exchange ideas, feelings, suppositions, as well as simple news and impressions over stuff; i am also quite a lot into swapping stationery and handmade stuff (tiny, non-expensive things), as well as into writing in different languages. english asides, please, PLEASE write to me in german, french, and even spanish or italian. i would appreciate the practice more than you'll ever know.

i have so many things to share >.>, and so little time. buuut.

from the 1st of december (which also happens to be the national day of my country) i won't be working at the school anymore; this is a huge relief as well as a huge detractor for me. i will, however, be signing a contract as an english trainer for a private company, and i'll continue the tutoring. at the same time, my main aim is to try and focus on translation - continuous improving, that is - and mostly to brush off my poor suffering life.

so DO tell me, would you like to be pen pals? :D

o46 --- where i despair.

2011-08-31T20:19:12Z

dear friends,

i have a very urgent request to any of you who might be in possession of the following item:

national curriculum of england and wales for modern foreign languages (mfl), ks 2, 3 and 4, as up-to-date as possible.

i have been charged by my superiors @ my new school to design a full template following this curriculum by FRIDAY >.>, and the national site has nothing but .pdf versions for ks 3 and 4 from 2004... so please, if anyone can help me, i'll be eternally grateful!

o43 --- in awe.

2011-08-02T07:22:52Z

Sometimes I need to sit down in awe when discovering that badass writers have life companions. I was aware of this where Stephen King was concerned, and I've recently been virtually introduced to Yoko Murakami; but Larsson?! Apparently, they've shared a life since he was 20 till he died, and left this whole issue over copyright & all behind.

Allow me to be still for a while; still in awe.
(any other examples you might know?)

o39 --- the 4400 disappointments.

2011-07-22T18:34:25Z

i really adore these two;

apart from that, i will have a lot to say once i'm done with the 4400. let's just say that everything happened the same way as with many other shows: it started off promising and it died a slow painful death. too bad. and this one? it actually escalated things so badly i was madly disappointed by mid-season 2.

o38 --- one of those surprising public posts.

2011-07-17T06:36:49Z

So I just had one of my revelations. Surprise, surprise >.>
~~apparently it also made me capitalize my letters again!~~

You know, 5 years ago I've been to the States. To be more specific, I attended a conference in West Palm Beach, FL. It was an internaitonal event featuring students and chaperones worldwide, and it was the first time I actually got my nose out of the country. Heck, yes. It was quite an experience to be 19, to win a national competition, and be assigned three kiddos to take care of while flying across the Big Sea O.o. Three plane transfers >, three plane transfers <, a lot of haggle re: passports, The Philly Monstruous Monster (a.k.a. 'shiiit, we only have ONE HOUR to transfer???), the loss of luggage, American Airways (arghhh, those blankets were horrible!) etc. Buuut there were cuuute Macedonian kids with Pierre Cardin ties to crush on, and eventually there was beer, and vodka, and smoking Camel at, like, 40 degrees Celsius at 7 a.m. (culture shock :D) - and having to present my PASSPORT to buy the Camels. Huh *is amused*. There was also holding hands with a black person for the first time (and he was from Bali, or Bahamas, or something) while dancing the hoola to win an activity; to me, that was like whoaaa - I've only seen one real black person before, when I was 7-8, at a mountain spa in my father's current city of residence.

There was a lot about America :). I didn't like Miami (don't shoot). I'm not your typical seaside afficcionado - and the sand was BURNING, I swear! I did like the sugar cane plant, though; aaand what else? Peanut butter. And Starbucks. Though ever since I've only had Starbucks once while in Madrid, and there it was 4 times more expensive. Europe has its downsides, too.

But. This wasn't my point. At some stage, I do plan to visit the US again. But not Florida. Or California. Too sunny, too hot. I'd like something mountaneous; or the South, just because I'm totally into the Civil War and that part of American history. Or something close to a Native American reservation. You know. Wild nature & all. The thing is, plane tickets are humongously expensive etc. Buuut. This isn't the purpose either, to complain about expensive plane fares.

I NEED TO ASK.

The majority of my LJ friends are Americans. I'm also leaving this post public. I'd like you - those who have the will and time - to come here and perhaps tell me a little bit of info about their state; or their city (I'll find out where it lies, har har). My American geography is SHAMEFULLY NONEXISTENT. My history is only based on the Civil War, broadly 'documented' on North and South and Gone With The Wind. It's high time I understand something more about the US than just consumerism and Coke.

What think you, friends? Help me, you will?

--- anything will do; urban legends; quirks of the locals; particular expressions; have you been enrolled in an Ivy League school? (I have a fascination for Ivy League, as well as for boarding schools); are there little towns like ~~Hell's Mouth~~ Sunnydale etc.?

TELL. ME. I. HUNGER. FOR. INFORMATION.

/over and out

o33 --- another public post: granted.

2011-07-09T17:30:14Z

the hall smells of pizza; it's a good thing. life has taught me that there's a symbol in every pizza, sometimes.

i just had this random but viciously correct thought: I SHOULD WATCH/READ/LISTEN TO things i WANT TO. like, you see, i often find myself procrastinating (badly!) and simply scrolling up and down a random list of anime, shows, films, books etc., of which - perhaps - 5% actually MEAN something to me.

this bad habit needs to stop.

there are a whole lot of things i need to know, i.e. how does that band sound; what did that writer blurt; or what does THIS button do. in this respect i need to say goodbye to gratuituous randomness and start getting a grip.

* note --- besides the list i might have in mind, i gracefully accept recs of any sort. so have you been into a specific music genre/band/artist lately? have you got a book you've been in love with since you were 14? or do you know a taste-arousing recipe you feel like sharing? please. come here. there are no cookies, just two cats and the lingering smell of pizza.

BUT I NEED YOUR TWO CENTS.

o32 --- torchwood iv: miracle day.

2011-07-09T10:50:05Z

torchwood IV: miracle day
_-_first episode_-_

state of mind after watching: quite disappointed ;__;

reasons thereof? well to begin with, the official trailer doesn't give too much in, and is allegedly way more spectacular and dramatic than the episode itself. you know, my first reaction during the 49 minutes or so was: huh? i'm bored. i NEVER get bored when torchwood's on.

but now i got bored.

the only interesting thing is the actual plot. having no one dying on earth and captain jack suddenly mortal is indeed something worth watching for. but this asides? torchwood was wrong to kill off some of its most-loved characters; now it's trying to survive on (at least imho) two leads who are far from being my personal favourites.

and let's be honest. things were alright till gwen began handling a biiig gun while carrying her baby in tow. that says a lot. i don't know whose fault it is, but it's gone a biiit too far for my taste. gwen comes across just as hysterical and unstable as always; that poor husband of hers is always left aside when sparkling!jack appears. come on.

ethical aspects asides, i'll try to watch episode two. if it's as exaggerate and empty of content as this one, i'll politely refuse the rest.

i miss this mofo >.>

o27 --- can't they chew bubblegum instead?

2011-07-02T05:53:54Z

not another one!
celebrity must really make you unhappy :/

but with this guy i have a special connection. i used to have an on/off obsession with him which included collecting every single shot and its mom (bonus: naked youth shots with looong hair), compulsively talking about him, hunting his most obscure films (like that one with liam neeson and clive owen - i have no clue about its name) etc. etc. etc.

a former livejournal beta of mine used to call his eyes serial rapist's eyes. now the comparison doesn't make me bounce, but there's something between insanity and glory in the way jrm is looking/watching/gazing in some of his works or candids.

i still have gaps in my jrmology. for instance i still haven't finished the tudors, where there's much more eye candy than just him. i don't know why i can't bring myself up to actually finish outstanding series like this, or like rome. or doctor who. or --.

so cut it, jrm. figurately speaking. get a grip. you're too young, and too talented. there are other ways.

this is the picture i was talking about

see the eye thing?

aaand my man does actually look like him. occasionally *is amused*.

o23 --- does this sound like posting?

2011-06-28T07:33:09Z

I have to give Lena Heady what's hers: she does make a pretty fierce Cersei Lannister.

This was my original choice for Cersei --- Diane Kruger. She's still the one aricipogonici and I are using at our half-dead stamping community asoiaf_stamp asoiaf_stamps . All in all the image is not very far from Heady's, yet it's a pity I can't compare their acting too.

In my Romanian blog I already began to list comments regarding the appropriate or less appropriate casting of characters IMO. In all honesty I need to say that 80% of the actors are fine choices; on the other hand I feel like a re-reading is really necessary. 's a pity the weather and the lack of a drama-free RL prevent me from doing so, for now. Improvement has been spotted. Here's hoping its quality and quanity alike will grow.

On a side note, it's quite funny to learn that they have filmed in Mdina, the old city capital of Malta. As it happens I visited it last September, when I had no clue that there was going to be anything remotedly related to Thrones/ASOIAF happening there.

Life has this gift of surprising us all and we always need to be ready.