Imaginary Gardens

So I finally watched Batman Begins. ( Read more... )

( Batquotes )

Links of the Day:
The Dark Knight Cast and Director Remember Heath Ledger by Scott Huver
Heath Ledger Peers Into The Abyss in The Dark Knight by Scott Foundas
5 Actors Who Could Never Play Convincing Normal Dudes by Disractedbywords
Cillian Site.Com

* Scott Foundas, ibid

( Short rant on female health (TMI) )


Yays, no TMI from here on out :)

I haven't been doing anything today, really, although I should be working on my Project Proposal. I'm just a bit off on my daily routine, a bit on a downer. So many things to do! At some point I'm going to have to lug the laptop to the Lipsius building to snag their wireless and chat with mom. (One flatmate's rewiring the internet at home, which means we're shit out of luck until she'd done.) I feel like I should be out and about doing something, but really if I were here actually working that would be most excellent. Alas...

On a related note, I've discovered that you can totally watch a film with only 94% of it down. I watched Brokeback Mountain again last night (and despite trolling and googling, I can't find any First Reactions entry of mine to this, so I must've not posted about it, which is strange). Ye gods. I'd forgotten how emotionally crushing and engaging it was. ( Read more... )

ETA: I just got this in an email about the Self Study oral exam:

Me: If you could also explain a bit as to the nature of the oral exam, I'd be very grateful.

Responder: As to the nature of the exam: please ask your fellow students how it went in their particular case. They are the most reliable source.

Argh! First off, as if all my friends had taken this exam already. Second off, how hard is it to say, "Well, we ask extensive questions about a few chapters" or "We ask your opinion on general topics" or "We ask for extensively backed up arguments". Seriously.

ETA2: I just emailed Mom Green and Purple Argyle, Of All Things (comments, accompanying essay and glossary included) because I'm stupid and have no sense of emotional self-preservation. Also, I kind of want to show her how fandom isn't made of fail. My just reading fic was a bizarre, time-wasting concept for her. ETA2b: Talked to Mom. She was like, "Wtf's argyle?" and "Omg it's in slang!" She skimmed through it - reading the comments mainly - and says she'll try to read it. (Her English has gotten waaaay rusty.) ♥.

ETA3: I'm getting random crack-addled images of where and how the Joker (re)applies his makeup. Damnit brain, you're not made for crack!


Links of the Day:
News: Barack Obama's Speech (full text) and the biography that came prior.
Brokeback Mountain Screencaps
Batman Comics shared, including Arkham Asylum
TDK Favid: Sexyness of the Dark Knight
qthewetsprocket's Review of Peter Pan
ack_attack's call to arms for a Lost Caption Contest, with links to previous contests.
batman_lulz's Spoof Video
mentalhygiene's TDK Fanfic: The Devil's Own Friend
donnathebeast's TDK Fanfic: All There Is, Batman
tellshannon815's Lost Fanfic: The Men With Blood On Their Hands
failoh's Lost Fanfic: (Tell the Truth) I'm Trying to Build a Wall
12_12_12's Lost/Heroes Fanfic: Puzzle Pieces


* Jack Twist, Brokeback Mountain

I like:
a) to move it (move it)
b) big butts (and I cannot lie)
c) the way you move
d) the nightlife, baby
e) you the way you are
f) the way she do it
g) you

Meme via apiphile: ( Read more... )


Links of the Day:
News: Deported Mexicans Face Broken Lives: Over the past five years, deportations from U.S. to Mexico jump 60 percent
Ed Norton Screencaps and Promotional Stills
Lost Season Four Character Times
Lost DVD Extras and Blooper Reel
( YouTube )
Cafepress: Fandomsecrets - the most awesome shirts evar!
Japanese recipes: Gyoza, Yakitori, Okonomiyaki, Gomaae
hardvice's Post on Homosexuality and Why Searching for a Biological Cause May Not Be a Good Idea
khallandra's Various Headers
wtf_nature on BigFoot Hoax, the amazing calming effect of oil over water, seal sounds or Pink Floyd trapped under ice?, a mangy dog, mutant coyote, hairless warthog, or chupacapbra? (Money making scheme? Yes.)
greygirlbeast's Blllboard Music Meme Post
yo_mawari's Doctor Who/Life on Mars Fanfic: Morpheus Rising
( The Dark Knight )


* Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ye gods. I've been sitting in the computer lab for the past near seven hours and most of that has been spent staring at the computer screen in boredom. It's probably taken me more than a good hour to read a single article, and there's still another pending. (Plus omg thinking! and planning!)

I don't know what's wrong with me today. Maybe I'm still dragging my feet at the whole, "holidays are over" concept, and at the sheer terror of what I've got lying in wait this semester. Going back to being a social leper isn't cool either. Well, no, not leper. Just that I don't interact with anyone all day, every day, unless it's an uberspecial day and I've actually made plans with someone. That'll be tomorrow (Elisa) and Wednesday (Lander), with a chat with Leslie also sometime next week.

Whatever. I'm so, so bored. I guess I could go outside and walkabout and check out stores (goodbye to the Spanish opening hours! everything's closed now!) or something.

*needs lovin'* *gets coffee instead*

Also, at the risk of taxing y'all with my "omg I wrote shit!" moment, a word on the Green and Purple Argyle, Of All Things Experience, the idea, the writing and the reception, and what it all means to me.

The Conception: ( Read more... )


The Writing: ( Read more... )


Reception: ( Read more... )


Where Do We Go From Here?: ( Read more... )


Links of the Day:
Dark Knight Is The Best Superhero Film Ever by Mike Scott, movie critic, The Times-Picayune
Popular Mechanics : The Myth Busters on the Internet (Lost Myths
windiain's Doctor Who/Discworld Fanfic: How to Successfully and Repeatedly Get Yourself into Dire Situations
lozenger8's Life on Mars Fanfic: Three Films He Never Saw (All the Way Through), Think Big Thoughts But Derive Small Pleasures, Five Times Ruth Forgave Sam
joonscribble's Torchwood Fanfic: Devil in the Details (Emails)
gaiafaye's TDK Fanfic: No, Sir, They're Not Aerodynamic (Crack)
fanficfanfare's TDK Fanfic: It Ends Tonight (Joker/Harvey)
polskipiwo's TDK Fanfic: Perverted Justice (Joker/Rachel, Harvey/Rachel)
psychorolute's TDK Fanfic: Joker vs. Sweeney Todd (with two version, slash and non)
bacchae23's TDK Fanfic: ΔS (Joker)


* Henry David Thoreau
** Named after the tiger of Calvin and Hobbs. Greaser's a variation of names I tried dedicated to ursulav's gearworld. Somehow Gear didn't have the right ring.

I'm back to being bored in the computer lab, reading Classics in Environmental Science and procrastinating. Oh, how I have not missed this. I seem to have skipped lunch, too, but only because I stretched breakfast into noon, by which time I finally got dressed and skedaddled. Oh, and I posted Green and Purple Argyle, Of All Things to darkknightfic. Response has been awesome - I keep breaking out into squee and surprise that, yes, people did like it.


The Love/Hate Meme, c/o aelora:
1) Post a list of five things you currently love/like, and five things you currently hate/dislike.
2) They can be people, places, things, ideas, whatever.
3) Tag five people to do this

( See sheep meme! )


Links of the Day:
Neil Gaiman's I Google You Song sung by Amanda Palmer
Comics: Pirate Monkeys Inc's Response to Mary Sues, Harry Potter Version
Buggydoo's Blog Contest: Humiliating Moments In Parenting.
Why We Deserve Better Villains - And How to Get Them
Advice to American Tourists in England - Hee!
On Fanfiction Ratings
IMDB's Top Films
Georgian Jewlery.Com
19 terrifying incidents involving fish, excluding sharks.
wtf_nature chronicles the suspected Bigfoot corpse finding: Part 1 and Part 2; Lina Medina, the World's Youngest Mother (5 years, 7 months and 21 days); Sled Dogs and Polar Bears
irisbleufic's Good Omens fics (including Your Assignment, Should You Choose to Accept It) and TDK/Sandman Fic: Rivalries
entangled_now's compilation of TV squicks
qthewetsprocket's Great Mary Sue Post
karjack's Deconstructing Doctor Horrible
( TDK )


* "Jhonny the Homicial Maniac" or "Squee!", Jhonen Vasquez