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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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7:29 pm - Things
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First of all, I'm planning on joining the ranks of the people who exchange Christmas Cards, so if you want one (it will probably be Saiyuki-themed if I've got the time to do them), send me your address by the method you prefer (my email is in the profile page, you can PM me, reply in a comment - although they aren't screen, I warn you!-...). And take into account that I'm the worst and that the card will probably be late.
And then, a meme.
- Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
- I'll respond by asking you four questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
- Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
- Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions
The questions avierra gave me are:
1. Which do you find the most satisfying (or enjoy, get the most out of, etc.) from a creative perspective, writing or drawing?
2. If you could take the time to write or draw anything you wanted, and finish it just the way you wanted until you thought it was perfect, what would you write or draw?
3. If you could have the ideal job when you get out of school, what would you want to do?
4. What is your favorite piece of art (whether painting, drawing, sculpture... whatever you consider to be art)?
And here are the answers:
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| Friday, November 13th, 2009
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10:07 am - Weiß Kreuz Noir
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I haven't had much time to do anything these past weeks, but I wanted to advertise something that the ones of you who are interested probably know already, but anyway... do you remember this post? Well, now the time has come for the project to see the light, and even if I haven't been able yet to read all the fiction posted there, the authors are daegaer, emungere, two_point and ahpookishere, the illustrator is indelicateink (and well, myself, but that's not guarantee) and even if I didn't know ladyofshadow before, I think she's whipped up a very original and creative photo-story based on a filmnoir!Yohji cosplay. Summing up, if you like film noir, if you like Weiß Kreuz or if you like both:
Weisskreuznoir is your project!
(Yes, I'm lame and don't know how to link to LJ comms properly)
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| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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1:59 pm - SAIYUKI REC-LIST OF DOOM (Appendix)
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| Friday, October 23rd, 2009
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11:25 am - More English Doubts
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Hi!
When I was studying English, I was told that "person" was a singular noun and "people" its plural. I know that's not 100% accurate since the root of the word is not the same, but I still thought it applied. I've searched in the Net about it now, for some uninteresting reason, and found out that "persons" indeed exists and it's used in a legal context and some other especific cases. I've tried googling people as a plural and as a singular and, to my big surprise, there are many entries with "people" used as a singular as in "there's people who..."
And my question is: okay, "persons" do exist, but when you talk, how do you use all these words? I'd like to ask you, English-speaker people (or persons?), because I want to know how these words are used, and if "people" is considered a plural or a singular or what.
Help?
current mood:  sleeeeeeeepy/coño qué sueño
current music: Some shit I've got in my head
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| Sunday, October 18th, 2009
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6:13 pm - SAIYUKI REC-LIST OF DOOM (Part III)
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6:07 pm - SAIYUKI REC-LIST OF DOOM (Part II)
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Ha, ha, I have to turn in an assignment tomorrow and I've barely started, so I decided to post the second part of the list now. Procrastination is the new religion.
This second part has the title, author and link to some stories I think you should read. Does that mean that I think those are the best saiyuki fanfics out there? Well, no. First, because all the recommendations I did in the first part aren't repeated here (please, do remember that every fic by the authors I mentioned and the entries for the Saiyuki Kink Memes are a must, but I won't post them again in this second part with some exceptions like devikun's unlocked fics or a Kink entry by an author I thought I had sadly neglected in the list otherwise). Second, because some of these fics have some emotion on my part linked to the moment I read them for the first time. Those circumstances that made them especial for me won't be the same for you. Third, I included some fics I liked for how well they transmitted a feeling even if the writing style wasn't exactly awesome. Fourth, I've wanted to give you links to stories by authors you may not know or sources external to the LJ world. Just in case you like them and want to search for more of them. Fifth and last, because there are very good stories I had to leave out.
Most of them are 58 because I'm a Gojyo/Hakkai whore, but there's some 39, 53 and odd pairings here and there. I'd suggest you gave them a try, but that's a personal matter. Just take a look at the headings, since it would be nearly impossible for me to write a synopsis for all of them.
Sadly, some of the links are broken. I could email you the fics if you're interested. In the case of moonsilver, she gave me permission to distribute her fics. If you like her style, she's goa a website where she posts her original stories: Silver Fables. However, for example in the case of eris-frost, an author whose LJ was deleted, I have no means to contact the author and ask for permission, but I assume that, being a pseudonym and not leaving a note against it, she won't mind if I send you the fics. Because I honestly think they're worth. If anybody has information that contradicts this, please, let me know.
And without further ado:
( Title, author, link )
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| Monday, October 12th, 2009
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1:44 am - SAIYUKI REC-LIST OF DOOM (Part I)
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Una vez más, historias en inglés.
This last month (maybe even for longer), I've been redacting a list of recommendations for two_point, a talented writer we've finally achieved to ensnare for the Saiyuki fandom. People into Weiß Kreuz and/or LOTR might have heard of her.
After all the hard work (because, let me whine about it, it's been rather exhausting to take a look at the more than 2.000 fics I've got saved in my hard drive), I thought that I could post the list publicly so that everybody could take a peek. Maybe I'll show you something new, who knows, although I bet most of you already knows of these.
Anyway, I'm going to divide the recs into two posts. This first is dedicated to authors, comms and an epic that, in my humble opinion, has reached the category of novel. Cut because of the length.
( Authors, Epics, Comms and Memes )
current mood: sleepy/tengo sueño, coño
current music: Warcry - Donde está la luz
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| Friday, October 9th, 2009
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11:13 am - Translation needed!
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Hi to all, o, English-speakers. I need to translate some posters and I'd like to be corrected in case I'm fucking up badly. Just in case I'm being too creative. What would be the most fitting wording for this?
a) We're gathering people up to form a femenine basket team. Sign up!
b) Sign up for our basket team!
c) Cucumber, take me with you!
d) Stop searching for cucumbers .
Does it sound stilt? Any suggestion? Should I say recruiting instead of gathering up? About c) and d)... well, don't ask.
Thanks in advance!
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| Sunday, September 20th, 2009
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8:30 pm - PIC, PIC, PIC!!! (original etchings)
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Cómo odio que Internet se trague lo que llevaba hecho. Ahora no tengo ganas de volverlo a hacer, mierda. Resumiendo: fotos de mis grabados.
How I hate that the Internet swallow my posts away before I actually hit the "publish" button. Now I don't feel like writing it again. So, summing up: pics of my etchings.
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| Friday, September 11th, 2009
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5:09 am - Just a short notice
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Well, two:
First: anyone who says heavy metal music can't be danced IS LYING!!!
Second: if I've just commented on your journal with the grammatical skills and the general sense of a 14 year old on drugs, I deeply apologize. I'm just a little bit drunk. Sorry.
That's all.
current mood: drunk/borrachilla
current music: Poison - Native Tongue
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| Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
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9:53 pm - PIC, PIC, PIC!!! (Saiyuki Gaiden fanart for nouvellebrielle)
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You're all tired of hearing me say how horrible I am with birthdays. It's true, I'm horrible with birthdays. But looking at my f-list sometimes I get reminded. And as nouvellebrielle gifted me with an incredibly awesome 58 fic for my birthday (please, check it out if you haven't already, 'cause it's worth your time), I thought to pseudo-draw a pseudo-fanart for her. And I thought of a silly Gaiden piece. Don't expect wonders.
Debéis estar ya todos hasta los huevos de oírme decir lo mal que se me dan los cumpleaños, pero es que es verdad, se me dan fatal. Pero a veces en la "página de amigos" hay gente que te los recuerda. Y como nouvellebrielle me regaló un fic maravilloso para mi cumple (que está en inglés, pero que lo aconsejo si os gustan estas mierdas que me gustan a mí), pues he pensado en hacerle un pseudo-fanart cutrongo. Gaiden, curiosamente. Pues eso, no esperéis una obra de arte que no.
( 10K Love )
current mood:  normal
current music: Warcry - Donde está la luz
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| Monday, September 7th, 2009
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1:34 pm - PIC, PIC, PIC!!! (LOTR fanart)
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Sí, damas y caballeros: con todos ustedes... ¡más elfos gays!
Here's my entry for this year's Glorestor competition.
( Under The Table )
current mood: sleepy/coñoquésueño
current music: Kiss - Smashes, Trashes and Hits
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| Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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5:04 pm - Names
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Lately I'm most active in LJ-land. I'm started to fear that I need a live.
Anyway, there's a post I've wanted to write for some time now. It's about how Spanish people are named. I think this is important because it's the source of many a misunderstanding, especially on the postal mail account.
In Spain (I don't know about latinamerican countries, but I suspect they follow the same rules), people have a first name and two surnames. And we keep them all our lives, no matter who we marry. For that reason, I got very confused when I first watched "Die Hard" and the bad guys didn't relate MacClane's wife to him because of her surname. Of course they didn't, why should they? We don't have a middle name, either. But I'll talk about it later.
So, when a child is born, it receives a first name (single or compound), one surname from its father and another surname from its mother. So, if you see a Spanish name (for example: María González Pereira), you know that it's a girl called María, that her first surname is González, that her father's first surname is González, that her second surname is Pereira and that her mother's first surname is Pereira. The surnames can be accumulative. They won't appear in the register, but you can genealogically track your surnames anyway. I know eight of my family names. Royalty works in a different manner, of course (they have ass-long names, but that's another matter altogether, I'm talking about normal people here).
That means that, if you're a mailman/mailwoman and have to deliver a Spanish letter to a Spanish person living in a dorm with common mailboxes ordered alphabetically, THE LETTER TO MARÍA GOES IN THE "G" AND NOT THE "P", BECAUSE GONZÁLEZ IS NOT HER MIDDLE NAME, BUT HER FIRST SURNAME, DAMMIT!!! Or if you're the coordinator of a student interchange, DON'T ADDRESS HER AS MISS PEREIRA, BECAUSE SHE'S MISS GONZÁLEZ!!!
Do we use both surnames constantly? No. Only for official listings, burocratic proceedings, addressing letters, register ourselves anywhere and such. You only call someone by both surnames when it's an official summoning or because you're terribly pissed off with that person. But it's useful to differenciate each other, since sometimes we have the same first name and surname and it's respectful towards the mother's family.
As I said, when we marry, we marry. That changes your life, but not your name. You can be adressed as Mrs. of 'insert husband's name here' but it's rare, normally you're addressed as Mrs. 'insert your name here' (unless they don't have any idea how you're called or it's terribly important the relation to your husband).
We don't have middle names, but sometimes we have compound ones. The classic combinations (Ana María, Juan Luis, María José, María Jesús, Ana Isabel, José Antonio...) don't suppose a problem, but sometimes your parents have a weird sense of humour and bestow upon you a horrible, clashing compound name (Jorge Valero, Virginia Rosario...), then, you choose to be called by one and forget you have the other. It appears on yout ID card, but nobody has to know.
And this was the cultural lesson for today.
So, how is it in your countries?
current mood: okay/bien
current music: Kiss - Smashes, Trashes and Hits
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| Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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3:48 am - Another meme? Yes, another meme!
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Pues sí, señoras y señores, otro meme. Con la de cosas pendientes que tengo por postear (y por leer...).
Comenta y te devolveré como comentario una imagen del personaje de ficción que más me recuerda a ti. Luego postea este mismo meme en tu diario.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, another meme. As if I didn't have a ton of other things to post (and to read).
Comment and I will comment back with a picture of the fictional character that most reminds me of you. Then post the same in your journal.
current mood: relieved/aliviada
current music: Manowar - Sign of the Hammer
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| Friday, August 28th, 2009
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4:10 pm - FIC, FIC, FIC!!! (Saiyuki)
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Title: Psilocybe Author: Lauand Beta: Avierra Pairing: Gojyo/Hakkai Rating: NC-17 Summary: AU. Hakkai can make mistakes, too. Especially regarding wild mushrooms. A/N: PWP written for the Saiyuki Kink Meme IV. My most humble thanks to Avierra for the beta-work and general awesomeness. ( Psilocybe )
current mood: okay/bien
current music: Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
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| Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
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9:02 pm - FIC, FIC, FIC!!! (Weiß Kreuz)
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Title: Pieces of Black (46-50)
Author: Lauand
Beta: Bookofnicodemus
Rating: Depending on the piece. From G to R.
Pairing: When it applies, Crawford/Schuldig
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A/N: Books, you're awesome beyond compare.
current mood: good / bien
current music: Poison - Crack a Smile... And More
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| Friday, August 21st, 2009
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3:24 am - This is not a meme, this is my fucking psychological profile
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| Friday, August 7th, 2009
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11:13 pm - By the way, thank you very much to all / Por cierto, muchísimas gracias a todos
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I'd like to thank publicly to all the people who congratulated me on my birthday. Especially since I barely remember my mother's, much less my f-list's (I'm such a disconsiderated bitch...). Thank you very much to all, it's very appreciated and, considering how shitty the day itself was, it helped brighten it a great deal.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
And I'd like to thank the kind anonymous person who sent me virtual flowers as a LJ v-gift. I've always wanted to have a secret admirer. Pity that I can't send you a big hug because I don't know who you are.
And, of course, thank you very much to nouvellebrielle for the fanfic "Fairytale", I utterly loved it and I recommend it to all of you, Saiyuki lovers. You can find it here.
Thank you!
Gracias a los que os acordasteis de mi cumple ( o sea, gracias radio_phabada, aunque como lo nuestro es más RL que LJ casi me suena raro agradecértelo por Internet). Y eso.
current mood: grateful/agradecida
current music: Kiss - Smashes, Trashes and Hits
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| Thursday, August 6th, 2009
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11:28 pm - Storm / Tormenta
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This is what I see right now from my window:
Esto es lo que se ve desde mi habitación ahora mismo:
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| Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
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1:12 am - Sort of writing meme (in the literal sense) / Especie de meme de escritura (más literal que nunca)
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The other day, there was a very interesting discussion in two_point's LJ about how people write. I found the topic fascinating, because although she referred mainly to the content, many people shared about the form, too. So I decided to start a writing meme to explain how I do it. I'll refrain from mentioning again how I think I'm not a writer in case two_point decides to hit me. Short and light explanation with pics under the cut!
El otro día hubo una discusión la mar de interesante en el LJ de two_point sobre la manera en el que escribimos ficción. El tema me resultó fascinante, y aunque ella se refería más bien a los contenidos, algunos empezamos a disertar sobre la forma. Así que he decidido dar comienzo a un meme sobre escritura (sentíos libres de subir un post similar con vuestras propias formas de trabajar). Para que two_point no me agreda, no insistiré más en el hecho de no considerarme escritora (ni de lejos). Pues eso, que ahí tenéis una breve y fácil de leer explicación sobre cómo funciona mi proceso creativo. Con dibujitos y todo (scans, más bien).
( Fascinating rambling ahead / fascinante ego-rollo que te cagas )
current mood: okay/bien
current music: Mago de Oz - Gaia II (La Voz Dormida)
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