tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:142944skygiantsskygiantsskygiants2015-12-15T03:49:15Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:142944:426930skygiants @ 2015-12-14T17:25:002015-12-14T22:50:12Z2015-12-15T03:49:15Zpublic26Last night I went to Zoolights with <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://genarti.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://genarti.dreamwidth.org/'><b>genarti</b></a></span> and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://jinian.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://jinian.dreamwidth.org/'><b>jinian</b></a></span>. This is an recurring holiday season event during which a local zoo gets itself gussied up in the evenings, drapes lights all over everything, serves overpriced vaguely festive fair food, and lets you check out the nocturnal animals and have photo opportunities with reindeer. <br /><br />The animals were excellent, the reindeer also so, and the hot apple cider as tasty and overpriced as one would expect. Eventually, we ran out of nocturnal animals to bother and wandered into the region marked "Lights and Sights!" <br /><br />Well, there were absolutely lights, and there were also ... certainly sights ... <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://skygiants.dreamwidth.org/426930.html#cutid1">Cut for images and fridge horror</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS, CHRISTIAN FRIENDS. I'll be over here, with the gambling and fried foods.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=skygiants&ditemid=426930" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:142944:314172skygiants @ 2013-01-08T00:06:002013-01-08T05:08:04Z2013-01-08T05:08:04Zpublic22If you follow me on Twitter you've already gotten spammed with this, but I'm sorry this is going on every social media platform I own:<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/19ING9kPgEU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /><br />LES MIS 2D FIGHTER COMPUTER GAME<br /><br />Featuring player characters such as Enjolras, Eponine, Jean Valjean, and ROBOJEAN. Why? WHY NOT.<br /><br />My favorite part is when Marius uses his special move to summon an army of undead skeletal revolutionaries to defeat the police.<br /><br />(That's not even true, my favorite part is when Eponine dramatically whisks away her cross-dressing jacket right before starting battle. BUT THE UNDEAD REVOLUTIONARIES ARE ALSO GOOD.)<br /><br />YOU'RE WELCOME<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=skygiants&ditemid=314172" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:142944:285297skygiants @ 2012-05-14T14:57:002012-05-14T20:07:43Z2012-05-14T20:07:43Zpublic25So I am done! DONE WITH EVERYTHING, or at least everything that isn't optional extras like conference applications and so forth which I am not worrying about at this time. The point is: ONE YEAR DOWN, one to go. <br /><br />In celebration of having turned in my archiving-apocalypse paper I guess it is only fitting that I take today to talk about the magical gift that fell into my lap courtesy of <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://genarti.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://genarti.dreamwidth.org/'><b>genarti</b></a></span>: <i>Tomes and Talismans</i>, otherwise known as AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OKAY.<br /><br />So <i>Tomes and Talismans</i> is an educational TV series from 1986. It is meant to teach children about the value of LIBRARIES! <br /><br />But because the nice people at the Mississippi Broadcasting Corporation don't want the kids to be <i>bored</i>, the story has a plot, and the plot is: ALIENS CAME TO EARTH AND SCARED AWAY ALL THE PEOPLE AND RAN AROUND DESTROYING EVERYTHING.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://skygiants.dreamwidth.org/285297.html#cutid1">My classmates kept asking me if I was making this up. I am not making it up, and I have screencaps to prove it.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />For any of you library-minded individuals who may be interested in investigating this gem of a series, or feel that you need a refresher on the proper use of microfiche in preventing the apocalypse, it is all <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Pb0BdT8Qo">up on YouTube</a> for your viewing pleasure.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=skygiants&ditemid=285297" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:142944:251579skygiants @ 2011-08-12T00:36:002011-08-12T04:42:01Z2011-08-12T04:47:06Zpublic4So <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://genarti.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://genarti.livejournal.com/'><b>genarti</b></a></span> and I were talking about the AMAZING TASTE we had as thirteen-year-olds last night, and one thing led to another, and, to make a long story short, Gen has just given me A PRESENT that I generously feel the need to share with you all!<br /><br /><br /><span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://genarti.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://genarti.livejournal.com/'><b>genarti</b></a></span>:<br /> <i>"I am beautiful," Firesong said, admiring a mirror while he adjusted the silver crest of his glorious hair. On his shoulder, Aya preened his own wing.<br /> "I am more beautiful," sighed Edward to an exquisitely crafted pool of water. "But my heart is a monster's. This is the gorgeous chiseled face of a killer, Firesong."<br /> "Now, now, boys, you're both pretty," snapped Elspeth, and she stormed off to soak in a hot spring.<br /> "She's got a point," said Firesong.<br /> And then they made out.</i><br /> THERE YOU GO.<br /><br />(Gen says, to save what little reputation she has left, I should add that I requested it, but actually what I requested was Edward Cullen/<i>Vanyel</i>. I am okay with her edits though.)<br /><br />ANYWAY, in honor of this gem, I am declaring OPEN SEASON on hilarious crossover pairings of overwrought YA heroes and heroines. EMBRACE YOUR INNER THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLDS, MY FRIENDS. (Gen has also promised to try her hand at Edward Cullen/Neko-sensei! >:D)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=skygiants&ditemid=251579" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:142944:230046skygiants @ 2011-04-12T22:13:002011-04-13T02:21:54Z2011-04-13T02:21:54Zpublic2Three posts in one day! WHAT IS THIS MADNESS. But <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://gramarye1971.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://gramarye1971.dreamwidth.org/'><b>gramarye1971</b></a></span> has instructed me to post the photoshopped romance novel book cover she purchased from me for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://help-japan.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://help-japan.dreamwidth.org/'><b>help_japan</b></a></span>, and I am not one to ignore Shannon's dictates.<br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://skygiants.dreamwidth.org/230046.html#cutid1">Below the cut!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=skygiants&ditemid=230046" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments