Kalliel
02 July 2008 @ 07:11 pm
[Meme] Naruto Number Questions  
EDIT: In other Naruto-related news, [info]konohastars is opening soon! For Naruto fans on my flist, I'd really love it if you went to check it out. The modship is fantastic, and I think if we could get a few more players this could be a really good thing. In particular I'd like to see either an Itachi or a Sasori, to keep Deidara in line, or J-rock-idol!Gaara. >.> It's not a huge time commitment; you're only required to post once a month, if that's what fits into your schedule.

If it turns out it's not your thing, you can always opt out. But I think just trying it out for a bit would be really great. ^_^ My RP journal is [info]deidalus_wings (Deidara); the profile houses a copy of my application, if you'd like to get a better idea of what this is.

Plus, because it is a new RP, virtually any character is still up for grabs. The exceptions to this are as follows: Naruto, Sasuke, Deidara, Ten Ten, Kiba, Konohamaru, and Sakura (status pending). :3



These are the answers to one of those memes where you list characters from a series from 1-12, then answer the questions based on the numbers you've assigned each character. (The following link anchors will only work if you are viewing this entry as an individual page, i.e. in reply-mode, not on your f-list. Alas.)

Have you ever read a Six/Eleven fic? Do you want to? (Zetsu/Gaara)
Do you think Four is hot? How hot? (Deidara)
What would happen if Twelve got Eight pregnant? (Orochimaru gets Temari pregnant)
Can you rec any fic(s) about Nine? (Shikamaru)
Would Two and Six make a good couple? (Naruto/Zetsu)

Five/Nine or Five/Ten? Why? (Sasuke/Kiba or Kiba/Sasuke)
What would happen if Seven walked in on Two and Twelve having sex?(Kakashi walks in on Naruto and Orochimaru having sex)
Make up a summary for a Three/Ten fic. (Kisame/Kiba)
Is there any such thing as One/Eight fluff? (Itachi/Temari)
Suggest a summary for a Seven/Twelve hurt/comfort fic. (Kakashi/Orochimaru)

What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted Four to deflower One? (Deidara/Itachi)
Does anyone on your friends list read Seven slash? (Kakashi slash)
Does anyone on your friends list read Three het? (Kisame het)
Does anyone on your friends list write or draw Eleven? (Gaara)
Would anyone on your friends list write Two/Four/Five? (Naruto/Deidara/Sasuke)

If you wrote a One/Six/Twelve fic, what would the warnings be? (Itachi/Zetsu/Orochimaru)
What might be a good pick-up line for Two to use on Ten? (Naruto --> Kiba)
When was the last time you read a fic about Five? (Sasuke)
What is Six's super-sekrit kink? (Zetsu)
Would Eleven shag Nine? Drunk or sober? (Gaara/Shikamaru)

"One (Itachi) and Nine (Shikamaru) are in a happy relationship until Nine (Shikamaru) suddenly runs off with Four (Deidara). One (Itachi), broken-hearted, has a hot one-night stand with Eleven (Gaara) and a brief unhappy affair with Twelve (Orochimaru), then follows the wise advice of Five (Sasuke) and finds true love with Three (Kisame)." What title would you give this fic? Name three people on your friends list who might read it. Name one person who should write it.


( Answers under here! )

Nothing quite like a dumb, yet incredibly amusing meme to brighten up your Wednesday!
 
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Kalliel
26 June 2008 @ 09:22 am
[Personal] School Results + Summer Plan  

I love you Ms. Chiu; really, I do. ♥ THANK YOU. SAT II scores also came out today:

SAT II Math IIc: 700

It's not a spectacular score by any measure, but it's a hell of a lot better than I imagined getting. Now I'm stuck between studying for a retake, or saying, "Screw this, I'm just going to study calculus and be done with it." Because my previous SAT II scores haven't been that remarkable (660 Chemistry, 760 US History).

In your experience, f-list, how important do you think your SAT II scores were?

But anyway, actually receiving report cards/test scores is my signal that summer has Officially Started. There are a lot of things I want to get done in the next two months, so in order to complete all of them (or as close to that as possible) I broke them all down into their respective months. You probably don't actually want to read this; this is for my personal reference.

( Summer 2008 To-Do List )
 
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Kalliel
21 June 2008 @ 09:29 pm
[Naruto] Advertisements (RP, IRC, Videos)  
[info]propelledjimmy and [info]okotachi have created a new Naruto AU RP called [info]konohastars! If you want to experiment with role-playing, this is an excellent place to start! Further details can be found on the comm page, but many main characters are still open.

Naruto fandom, for me, has for the most part been about trying new things. Enjoying other people's cosplay, liking humor/crack, and now role-playing--especially in an AU setting--are things I haven't ever done in any of my other fandoms. So it's a fun and refreshing new start. ^^ Even if it doesn't seem like your kind of thing at first, it never hurts to try.

The other new thing I've tried in Naruto fandom is IRC. You know you want to join! The link leads to an information page for [info]hieronymousb's Naruto-themed IRC channel. It's technically supposed to be a Naruto/Gaara channel, but you are welcome even if you don't care about the pairing so long as you don't bash it or mind other people discussing it, obviously. Discussion ranges from lolsome to genuine serious analysis. It is the only place where the finer aspects of Naruto can be found alongside this picture. <--Sasuke Can See You. XD

In that vein, 28 July 2008 is fandom-proclaimed Naruto/Gaara Day. If you're interested in joining the festivities and making an AMV/art/fic, July 28th is the day to do so! As a disclaimer: No, I don't ship Naruto/Gaara. But just as in FMA fandom, I will read anything so long as it's well-written. :D

And here is a Naruto video my sister and I made on Thursday, to celebrate our first full day of summer vacation:

Always Use the Buddy System a.k.a. What Did They Do With Itachi's Body?

Also available is an interesting video I made with my classmates titled 羽毛球ＥＸ, which features some of the most laughably poorly spoken Mandarin ever to grace the planet. But it's all the more humorous for it, so I'm not complaining.
 
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Kalliel
11 June 2008 @ 06:17 pm
[Fan Fic] & there lies the firestarter - Sasuke, Itachi; PG (K+)  
wtf, more of these two? X_x Fucking Uchiha. XD

& there lies the firestarter
Naruto fan fiction

Genre: character study, gen
Rating: PG (K+) for brief language
Characters: Sasuke, Itachi
Word Count: around 400
Notes: For Week #15, “Rebirth” at [info]naruto_contest. Rebirthing isn’t always for the better.
Warnings: Based on chapters 384-402.

( The world is all cracked ground beneath him. )

My first Naruto fic; I’m not really sure what to think of this one. First, I was going to do Orochimaru; then, I was going to do Gaara. And somehow, that morphed into...Sasuke? O_o As far as writing it goes, god was it painful. I made myself physically ill trying to imagine what these past few chapters must have felt like for Sasuke. Not pleasant—and actually a bit pathetic, really. XD

Constructive criticism is much appreciated!
 
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Kalliel
09 June 2008 @ 04:30 pm
[Fan Art] Sharingan Sharing An (Naruto)  
According to some posts on ye olde f-list, today is Itachi's birthday. :D Being that I rather like him, I thought it was an excellent excuse to illustrate a really horrible pun my sister and I thought up. Thus "Sharingan Sharing An" was born. Click the thumbnail for the full version of the picture!



Sasuke perched
like an infant bird on the stool, holding it
fast in one hand while the other took
the offered sweetbun.
"Itachi nii-chan should have more birthdays.
I only like sweet things on your birthday.
They only taste good when you give them to me."

Itachi smiled (maybe), and brought
a sweetbun to his lips.


What, exactly, is the pun? An (餡) is red bean paste, which is sometimes placed inside of buns. Thus, for Itachi's birthday some decade ago, they are celebrating by... sharing an.

You know, sometimes I get the feeling that I'm not nearly as hilarious as I find myself. :P Ah, lackaday. Happy birthday, Itachi. ♥
 
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Kalliel
04 June 2008 @ 09:21 pm
d/dx Itachi(Sasuke) where Sasuke = 2*Orochimaru + 1  
And now, a demonstration of something slightly less than effective studying.

[Food] Chain Rule




Crow = f(x) = Itachi;
Hawk = g(x) = Sasuke;
Snake = x = Orochimaru.

d/dx f(g(x)) =

[d/dx f(g(x))]*[d/dx g(x)]


Itachi = (Sasuke)^2 and Sasuke = 2*Orochimaru +1.

Therefore,

d/dx Itachi(2*Orochimaru +1)^2*(2*Orochimaru +1)

d/dx Itachi(Sasuke) = 2(2*Orochimaru+1)*(Sasuke).

Posted for the semi-demented lulz of it all.
 
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Kalliel
03 June 2008 @ 08:06 pm
[Personal/Meme] Maths and Memes and BLEACH  
My summer writing project is going to be Multi-Part Bleach Fan Fiction. Would anyone like to be my beta/canon-checker/would-it-be-in-character-for-[person]-to-do-this? person? :D It takes place directly after the Soul Society arc, so you don't need to have read/watched past that.

Genre: gen, divergent timeline, psychological, action/adventure
Rating: R (for violence, language, and...mindfuckery?)
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, Ichigo, Aizen. Also: Ukitake, Ichimaru, Tousen, and Rukia and Renji if I can fit them in somehow*.
Summary: Aizen never left Seireitei; veiled in Kyouka Suigetsu's power of illusions, he is still searching for something key in Soul Society. Hitsugaya is certain something isn't quite right, but Genryuusai and the rest of the Gotei 13 are either suspicious of or worried about Hitsugaya's apparent lack of sound judgement.

So he turns outside Soul Society for assistance--Ichigo--to unravel the true secret of Aizen's betrayal.

*I have it in my mind that the dynamic trio needs to stick together, but I also prefer to focus on a smaller body of characters, and the current cast is already too expansive for my taste.

Problem? It's going to be a multi-part fic. In my four years of Internet-fic writing, I have never actually finished anything longer than a oneshot. So this job might require you to blackmail me into finishing and such. XD I hope that doesn't scare anyone away, though! I'm sure there are a lot of people that wouldn't mind inflicting bodily harm on me.

( SAT II Math IIc and Min/Max of Polar Coordinates Questions )

Third order of business: In your journal, list 5 of your favorite songs that begin with that letter. [info]propelledjimmy gave me the letter 'G'. Anybody want a letter?
 
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Kalliel
29 May 2008 @ 04:31 pm
[Fandom] Fic Recs (Bleach, Fire Emblem, FMA, Naruto)  
Because [info]elisanwhatnot wanted fic recs, I decided I might as well do the whole shebang. Fandoms are listed alphabetically. Fics are the best fics for said fandoms that I could find in my most recent sweep of LJ/FF.net. I've decided the following:

--Most of the Bleach good!fic is IchiRuki. There is no such thing as an amazing Hitsugaya fan fiction.
--There are exactly two good Orochimaru/Tsunade fics in all of FF.net--which, given the volume of Naruto fic there, says a lot about my newfound OTP. =_=;;
--Itachi is the unfortunate victim of a small country's worth of bad!fic. D:
--So is Deidara.
--The Godchild side of FF.net is scary.

( Bleach )

( Fire Emblem )

( Fullmetal Alchemist )

( Naruto )

I hope you enjoy/benefit some of these lovely fics. Like as not, there's probably a little something for everyone here. :)

( This is what I want to write this summer: )

And now, to pose a question: What do you have on your to-write list (if you have one; maybe it's just me who never finishes anything)?
 
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Kalliel
28 May 2008 @ 07:35 pm
Fandom is...  
Written by [info]hesychasm 22 March 2006:

Fandom is focus. Fandom is obsession. Fandom is insatiable consumption. Fandom is sitting for hours in front of a TV screen a movie screen a computer screen with a comic book a novel on your lap. Fandom is eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome and not enough exercise and staying up way, way past your bedtime.

Fandom is people you don't tell your mother you're meeting. Fandom is people in the closet, people out and proud, people in costumes, people in T-shirts with slogans only fifty others would understand. Fandom is a loud dinner conversation scaring the waiter and every table nearby.

Fandom is you in Germany and me in the US and him in Australia and her in Japan. Fandom is a sofabed in New York, a roadtrip to Oxnard, a friend behind a face in London. Fandom talks past timezones and accents and backgrounds. Fandom is conversation. Communication. Contact.

Fandom is drama. Fandom is melodrama. Fandom is high school. Fandom is Snacky's law and Godwin's law and Murphy's law. Fandom is smarter than you. Fandom is stupider than you. Fandom is five arguments over and over and over again. Fandom is the first time you've ever had them.

Fandom is female. Fandom is male. Fandom lets female play at being male. Fandom bends gender, straight, gay, prude, promiscuous. Fandom is fantasy. Fandom doesn't care about norms or taboos or boundaries. Fandom cares too much about norms and taboos and boundaries. Fandom is not real life. Fandom is closer than real life. Fandom knows what you're really like in the bedroom. Fandom is how you would never, could never be in the bedroom.

Fandom is shipping, never shipping, het, slash, gen, none of the above, more than the above. Fandom is love for characters you didn't create. Fandom is recreating the characters you didn't create. Fandom is appropriation, subversion, dissention. Fandom is adoration, extrapolation, imitation. Fandom is dissection, criticism, interpretation. Fandom is changing, experimenting, attempting.

Fandom is creating. Fandom is drawing, painting, vidding: nine seasons in four minutes of love. Fandom is words, language, authoring. Fandom is essays, stories, betas, parodies, filks, zines, usenet posts, blog posts, message board posts, emails, chats, petitions, wank, concrit, feedback, recs. Fandom is writing for the first time since you were twelve. Fandom is finally calling yourself a writer.

Fandom is signal and response. Fandom is a stranger moving you to tears, anger, laughter. Fandom is you moving a stranger to speak.

Fandom is distraction. Fandom is endangering your job, your grades, your relationships, your bank account. Fandom gets no work done. Fandom is too much work. Fandom was/is just a phase. Fandom could never be just a phase. Fandom is where you found a friend, a sister, a kindred spirit. Fandom is where you found a talent, a love, a reason.

Fandom is where you found yourself.
Original text here.
 
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Kalliel
19 May 2008 @ 10:00 pm
House, M.D. Season Four Finale  
I am not ashamed to admit it: I cried.

Again. And again. And again. The most accurate statement, actually, would be that, indeed, I am still crying, more so than I was before.

I had a bit of forewarning from [info]elystia's House post, so going in I knew that I had something dangerous coming. But that hit on so many levels, in so many directions, with so many different characters.

( I am going to miss-- )

And maybe this is the hopeless romantic in me, but I thought the letter at the end was particularly poignant. I actually discussed this with Holly earlier, albeit not quite with this particular scenario in mind. The written word, letters received after the fact, that bed.

There is a reason House, M.D. is the only television series I watch despite the fact that I rather hated the last half of the third season, and the fact that melodrama was running so high all of the fourth that EVERY EPISODE was "the episode you never thought you'd see".

It is episodes like tonight's that make it all worthwhile.

And there is no way in all hell I am going to be able to write my English paper like this. If I'm not over this by tomorrow, I'm going to need to stop watching television or something.
 
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Kalliel
11 May 2008 @ 06:26 am
Happy Mother's Day  


I actually drew this last week, because I was thinking about someone. ♥

( Fall gently, snowflakes / Cover me with white / Cold icy kisses and / Let me rest tonight. )

And happy birthday, [info]eyesofthenight! (Unfortunate that it's a Sunday though. But you can always pounce on a liquor store and buy drinks TOMORROW! XD)
 
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Kalliel
01 May 2008 @ 07:51 pm
[Contest] [info]fma_exchange 2nd Anniversary Contest  

FMA Exchange 2nd Anniversary Contest


Theme: thousand word picture



A picture is worth a thousand words--or so they say. For FMA Exchange's 2nd Anniversary contest, choose at least one of the three pictures linked below and write a Fullmetal Alchemist fan fiction based off of it. Aside from that, you can do anything! Your interpretation of the image is up to you.

( Images to Choose From )

( Additional info and parameters )

( Prizes an Judging )


Due date: 30 June 2008. (For any time zone confusions: I live in California, USA. If you post anytime before 7am PST, it's fine.)

So if you're interested, go for it! :D If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! I'm also looking for possible judges, so please comment if you're interested in that as well.

To my flist: I miss you guys! ;_; Sorry for disappearing (especially you, Mei <3<3<3) but life SUCKS right now. Busybusybusy. Honestly? It's kind of starting to piss me off. :P SEE YOU MAY 18TH, MAYBE. Possibly more like June 18th. Now, to give the March/April round of FMA Exchange some semblance of order...
 
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Kalliel
20 April 2008 @ 04:59 pm
[Meme] One-sentence Character Clues  
Write a short fic (5-50 words) for each of your favorite characters/relationships. Do not use any proper nouns! Then have your f-list guess which fic represents which character/relationship! If someone guesses wrong, reply another 'short' for that character/relationship until all off them have been correctly guessed.

Fullmetal Alchemist

1. Rain comes down, but he doesn't feel it. He might as well not exist at all. (Alphonse)

2. He doesn't like to think about anything. He tried once, only to find he didn't have any of the answers. Now he pretends the answers don't matter; that they never have. (Envy)

3. The hem of her dress skims the tops of her feet like rushes and wind. She will have to move again. Explaining to her seamstress her sudden loss of height may prove difficult--that she looks astoundingly like the seamstress' young daughter even more so. (Dante)

4. Sweat drips down the back of her ear and neck, and the sun goes down. But she won't stop until she's made something worthy of him. (Winry)

5. Alchemy is just a parlour trick, and he is just the strong man, waving his little flag under the great, striped tent. (Armstrong)

6. Only once has a city truly fallen in a single day. Once, when her initial despair had boiled over into bloodlust and he was newly awakened to an infantile sort of loathing. Their shared vengeance ensures his loyalty (though it's she who taught him hatred). (het) (Dante/Envy)

7. “I like the pockets,” he said defensively. He thrust his fists into the apron pockets so deeply his brother could see the contours of his knuckles from the outside. His brother says that doesn't change the fact that it's the silliest, frilliest thing he's ever seen.(yaoi) (Elricest)

8. “Sir,” the lieutenant said slowly, with all the formality due her station. “Do you mean to imply that you are dating your best friend’s daughter?” (het) (Elicia/Roy)

Naruto

1. Do you remember what freedom is, little bird? (Deidara)

2. He has never been so stunned in his life -- at the highest peak, all there is is a long fall down.

3. He can see almost everything -- the power of friendship, as stupid as that sounds; the way an invisible wind proves strongest (always); that girls are maybe just as much trouble as they're worth. But still: Just once, he wishes he could see ghosts. (Shikamaru)

4. Some people are only themselves; they mean nothing, are seen as nothing. But still, he thinks 'just oneself' is enough. He knows it.

5. He isn't ready to die. Death means you have no regrets. (Orochimaru)

6. He is decent company, as far as S-rank criminals go. Most of what he says doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense, but he's the sort who speaks not with words but through silence. (gen partnership) (Itachi+Kisame)

7. They've now spent more time apart than they have spent together, but she won't let go. She knows those memories are gone forever--that it's never going to be the same. But part of her is dying for the chance to paint another heaven, and the first step is bringing back the hawk. (gen threesome) (Naruto+Sakura+Sasuke)

8. So this is 'trust', he thinks; he assumes it's better than love. And he knows it's better than power. (gen partnership)

Bleach

1. He doesn't hate summer, not really. He can feel the dark black thread on his back attract the sun's heat; it reminds him that those threads mean something. That it's his duty to give action to that meaning. (Hitsugaya)

2. We are the cogs that turn the wheels. It's taken her an eternity to see that, but now she sees it everywhere. (Rukia)

3. If there is a path here that is sure, is strong... Then it is a miracle, and he will follow it.

4. He'd always thought that his bright, loud vice-captain would outlast him. Hoped it, even. (gen partnership) (Ukitake+Kaien)

5. Red threads are passed around and around, exchanged between hands, until they've crossed over so many times the ties cannot be broken. Two out of the three think it's the stupidest thing they've ever done, ever, and they're not afraid to say so. The third is not afraid to defend her creation to the last, though by now she's so tied up in the ribbons even she is cursing them. It's that that makes them strong. (gen threesome) (Ichigo+Rukia+Renji)

6. When she comes to him, he sees not the past, but a thousand, scattered snapshots of the all-enduring present. (gen relationship)

( Twilight, Gravitation, and Godchild/Cain Saga )

I more time than I should have with this. >_< Time to study like a crazed madman.
 
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Kalliel
22 March 2008 @ 07:33 pm
[Fandom] re: Bleach chapter 315  
( DUMBasses. [cut for spoilers] )

I'm sorry; this just strikes me as a bit silly. D:
 
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Kalliel
20 March 2008 @ 05:49 am
[Personal] March 2008 SAT Scores  
My mother already called me an obsessive freak because I woke her up at 5:30 to tell her this, but I'm elated, okay?

Critical Reading: 800
Writing: 800 (80 MC, 11 essay)
Mathematics: 720

Total: 2320

Ohmygod. :DDDDDDD So not taking this bitch again. *happydance*
 
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Kalliel
19 March 2008 @ 09:28 pm
[Livejournal] Content Strike, March 21  
Livejournal Content Strike, Friday March 21, so sayeth [info]raihu, who got it from someone else, who got it from someone else. Now y'all are getting it from me. XD

Succumb to peer pressure and participate, yo. I mean, who posts on Fridays, anyway?

But before penciling this into your day planner, read this, too. It's amusing, yet very sad, because it's mostly true.

In fact, at this very moment, I am typing on LJ in an effort to avoid beginning edits on the Schutzstaffel, or SS, or short story. (And to all of your unfortunates tormented by the same assignment, NO I AM NOT CALLING MY SHORT STORY THAT. XD)

Also: SAT scores come out tomorrow morning, holyshit.
 
 
Kalliel
29 February 2008 @ 03:52 pm
[Personal] SAT Woes  
If there is one thing studying for the SAT has taught me, it is that I am the biggest dumbass this side of the continental divide. :D

One, I should have studied much more than I have. Whether this would've been physically possible given my schedule for the past few months, I'm not sure. But I still feel as though it would have been amazingly beneficial to have done so.

And two:
  • I cannot read (rather, I cannot read the words that are actually on the page; I think I must make up half of the things I've allegedly 'read'--really!).
  • I don't know what Standard Written English is.
  • My diction sucks.
  • My ability to mix solutions is nonexistent.
  • And I can't do normal probability, either. Permutations and combinations, yes. What the likelihood of pulling a red marble twice in a row is, I haven't a clue.
  • I don't even know what a prepositional idiom is, for one thing.
  • And I'm really not sure what an antecedent is, either, except that it comes after something.
  • I can't derive formulas from word problems. I don't even understand the logic behind them, given the answer. I mean,
    A manufacturing plant has m production lines producing a total of x widgets per day as a production goal. On Monday, n lines were down. How many additional widgets over their expected quota when all lines are working does each of the remaining working lines need to produce to meet the x widgets-produced goal for the way?

    Apparently, it's nx/(m - n)?


The list could go on, but I suppose it would be more efficient of me to just start looking these things up, wouldn't it now?

EDIT:
 
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Kalliel
21 February 2008 @ 03:44 pm
[Personal] So not studying.  
I'm feeling particularly fangirlish at the moment. Blame Ms. Chiu and her inability to prove any theorem she's every tried to teach. If it can't be proved, then how is it supposed to make sense?

Nevertheless, Miss Holly is much too good to me:



Lord of the Flies Tomato?

I ♥ my Holly. (And dude, I still have your FMA DVDs. I did finally watch the commentary, though I don't think it was all that interesting. It was the two directors giving a general overview of the series. As it turns out, one of them directed all of the episodes I hated [The Alchemy Exam, the Greed/Wrath arc], and the other directed all the episodes I liked [3, 25, the EOS]--and he loves Envy! :D)
 
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Kalliel
09 February 2008 @ 08:53 pm
[Fan Fic] Gestalt - Hei/Ed, PG, post-series AT  
Gestalt
Fullmetal Alchemist fan fiction

Genre: drama, post-series, alternate timeline
Characters: Edward, Alfons
Rating: PG (K+) for language
Word Count: 3000 or so
Summary: Heiderich draws the short straw and is sent by his colleagues to fetch ‘Railroad’: he had only one leg. His right side was curiously caved, as though he were missing an arm, and he looked markedly more dangerous than any beast imaginable.
Notes: Written for [info]esteltinuviel in the November-December session of [info]fma_exchange The prompt was essentially, “Ed x Hei, emphasis on characterization (not plot). Romance/angst.”

The Hei backstory I’m using for this story is that though he was attending University prior to Edward’s appearance, he didn’t get rocketry into his head until later. At that point, his dormant ambitions to become a legacy (or whatever it was he wanted in the movie?) are awakened. At the same time, Edward’s ambitions begin to take on tangible form—in this same backstory, Edward ends up in Germany after his final transmutation, not in London with Hohenheim.

Warning: This is the most gen romance story ever written in the history of mankind.

( Circles scrawled in coal (now dripping as the rain seeped in) peered at me from every surface. And as to the artist? Until he turned those golden eyes of his on me, I couldn’t even be sure he was alive. I couldn’t help but feel I’d stumbled into the witches’ den. )

I figured as long as Hei wasn’t rampaging in Kenya with a poleax, my vision of him couldn’t be that craptastic. …But you never know. Honestly, though? I just read over this piece from start to finish for the first time, and I actually like it. The beginning is choppy and a little hard to follow, but I think the flow improves as the fic progresses. The main thing that bugs me is the random other!Edward mentioned about halfway through. It reads like, OH HAY THAR. PLOT DEVICE, HO! I tried working that out, and I couldn't get it less so. Ah, lackaday. XDD

Constructive criticism is applauded and will be put to good use!
 
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Kalliel
04 February 2008 @ 02:50 pm
[Personal] Semester Resolutions  
Well, I can honestly say I suck at math now (though I already knew that, eh heh). Funnily enough, I'm not as disappointed as I thought I would be. I didn't cry (:P), I'm actually not mad at Ms. Chiu, and even more surprisingly, I'm not mad at myself.

I missed an A in Ms. Chiu's class by 4 points (or rather, 1.2%).

Ah, lackaday.

In place of New Year's Resolutions:

Semester Resolutions 2007-2008



Spaced Study. Instead of completing my daily work, reserving all 'fun' things and large projects for the weekend, I'll space my work so that when the weekend comes, I don't feel as though a) I've wasted a lot of time (have you ever tried to check a week's worth of f-list? Horrible - no matter how much I love you guys. XP) or b) like I've spent the entire weekend doing homework.

So I figure I'll do my real homework, using LJ checks and such as breaks so that I can keep up the pace. And I'll study for the SAT/do important projects in chunks during the week, instead of 'saving' them for the weekend.

Active Learning. I'm going to ask questions during class when I don't understand something, instead of giving up. No more "Screw this; I'm so confused! I'll just figure this out at home, because Ms. Chiu fails at life." Even if she does, at least she'll know I'm making an effort. And I'm going to participate in English discussions, and share some of my ideas regarding the pieces we're discussing.

And I'll take the psych textbook notes prior to the lecture like she assumes we do. I will attempt to care about this class, and treat it as AP US History's equal, even though it isn't. =_=;;

Presentation. I'll make sure my notes are more legible than they usually are, so that I never say, "Good god. I can see this page of notes perfectly in my head, and I know the answer's on there, but I can't read my freaking handwriting!" in the middle of a test. ([info]wopfan and her English notes could benefit from this, too. XD <3<3<3)

Before moving on to the next lesson, I'll make sure that I fully comprehend the material - enough so that I can 'teach' or 'present' it to someone else. For all of the confusing problems, I'll write instructions for myself so that when I go back to review, I'll be able to remember how to solve the problem, and thus save time by not reinventing the wheel every time.

Et Cetera. I'll format my English notes differently. Instead of copying good quotes sand building thematically off of them, I'll make sure to note specific, concrete examples I can use to support my ideas. Because no matter how well I know the book, the details tend to vanish from sight when I go off on some 'brilliant' tangent. :P

Free time. ...Ahahaha. I will take 5-10 minute breaks every day that constitute free time. If there's no time for that, I'll switch to another subject for 'break time'. Otherwise, I want to:

- write at least 100 NON school-related words a day (be it fic or Toxicum, or anything)
- work on the MAR website, and start organizing fund-raisers for our literary magazine
- play an active role in the creation of MAR's pencil/paper-RPG-turned-strategy-board-game
- improve on [info]fma_exchange, my [adoptive] baby. I love this thing, and my biggest fandom goal is to have it succeed.

And I need to:

- go running every day, seeing as soccer just ended (hallelujah!)
- actually study for Japanese school. Because, see, it's getting to the point where we'll go over something, and the only thing I'll be able to do is relate it SOMEHOW to Bleach. BLEACH!)
- start working on my Gold Award with [info]sledmoose
- actually plan things for the GS meetings; organize things for the TI camporee
- think about what colleges I want to apply to
- learn to drive


Phew. Outlining it like that makes it seem much more organized; I definitely need to print this out. O_o

Practically, I'm not sure how well this is going to work out, but I'm going to try my hardest to make it work.

But dude. In a week, I have to give an oral presentation about "phonemes, morphemes, and grammar in relation to the structure of language" for psychology. I have no idea what a phoneme or a morpheme is, and I just looked them up on the Internet and I haven't a clue where I should even start learning about them! And naturally, our teacher is absent for the week. LOVELY. (Except the substitute said that today we were watching a film on false memory and cognitive interviewing, and we were to turn in an essay about it tomorrow. Which makes me wonder if she gave us the normal Psychology lesson plan. I mean, last time I checked phonemes/morphemes/grammar =/= memory, false or otherwise.) The semester's been in session for all of one day and I'm already confused!

Edit: ACTUALLY, I HAVE A BETTER QUESTION. Is 'syntax' interchangeable with 'grammar'? Because I'm reading this article that refers to phonemes, morphemes, and syntax as the building blocks of language. So are they the same, or is one inclusive of the other, or are they completely different? O_o

Thank you to [info]all_who_i_am for answering my grammar question~
 
 
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