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Questions Post #8, Poll #2: Emo
And save me from my real life.
Jossverse
Didn't Tim Minear (or David Greenwalt?) explicitly say in an interview that Fred was included in Connor's birth scene to fill out the role of the Virgin Mary? If so, can someone link the interview? Who?
How else is Connor's birth scene like the birth of Christ?
Why is Connor so fucked up?
What are the shower facilities like on Serenity?
Technicalities
Why does semagic close itself automagically so often?
Where on semagic does it tell people's birthdays?
Do you have to have PhotoShop to make cool graphics?
Isn't PhotoShop expensive? Did you all dl it? Isn't that illegal? Does that bother you?
Life
When I interrogated the mirror this morning I found that my hair had built a large but well fortified battlement atop my head, intent on defeating that mighty insurgent, the comb. But HAHAHAHA! The comb played the villainous hair for a fool, foiling its nefarious scheme of mischief and mayhem by not aproaching, instead retreating to the eternal peace of its crowded kingdom, the drawer. Wherefore the miscreant hair reared it's ugly split ends, as in a banner of victory, mocking the cowardly comb with wild abandon and occasional snarling.
Meanwhile, my oft treacherous jeans took the opportunity to sway the allegiance of my much beloved shirt, a shirt which I have lovingly attended with the tender ministrations of a friend and ally, the kind of ally who knows you must be kind to anything you put against your boobs. But alas, that sneaking and insideous zipper, so intent on degenercy and disgrace that it descends, drops, falls, without the least provocation, and despite my better efforts to raise it back up into the light, to Eden and to heaven and the proximity of my naval with a safety pin, that zipper connived with its foul intent to disrobe me by stealing away yet another buttor from my beloved shirt. It became, if you will, a turn-shirt, exposing my vulnerable flesh to the wanton eye.
And then, what should happen but the coffee maker, spying the way my hair had taken to with my scalp, and the way my abdomen was bared of all defenses, judged me but a weak accomplice at best, and issued the poorest, most watery of coffee... an underhanded move--not out and out villainy (decaf) but still, a blow, a crippling blow indeed.
[Poll #704339]
OMG NO I REALLY, REALLY NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW:
Anything going on with you? Fic bits you want to share? Stories? Jokes? Adventures in clothing, coffee, and hair? Thoughts about wearing hardware store shirts with other people's names on them? Odes to the dodo bird? Your favorite quote? Words you keep meaning to start using, but don't? Phrases? What you did last summer? How many licks it takes? The meaning of life?
I demand from each of you either one thing very clever, be it prose or verse, original or repeated -- or two things moderately clever -- or three things very dull indeed. And I engage to laugh heartily at them all.
*clings madly to lj*
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As for your poll about "emo," I feel slightly too old to really understand it fully. I didn't really become aware of the whole thing until recently. It seems you have to be very mopey and glum to be emo? So, in other words, a teenager?
My Space is another phenomenon that seems to be linked to teenagers. At least that's what I read about in the paper -- words of warning directed at parents. "Warn your teen not to reveal private information!!!" etc. Also about how it's full of sexual predators. Yikes!
To complete my ignorance of your poll subjects, I never learned to like coffee. I am, however, a tea addict. In fact today I got another shipment of tea from my favorite tea bar, which sent me (*counts up on fingers*) 900 g of tea leaves. That should last me a few months. Starbucks only matters to me when I'm desperate for a pastry!
If you ever figure out why Semagic sometimes closes itself, please let me know too! I see someone told you about how to do the birthday thing. You might want to know that under "Journal", then "Edit Friends" you probably want to click on the "Update from server" occasionally. This just updates all your flist info, including their birthdays.
I don't do fancy icons, but my brother is a graphic artist. My understanding is that there are multiple versions of Photoshop. The full version is indeed very expensive. I *think* you can get smaller versions for cheaper, but I don't know how *much* cheaper.
I am just not good with the clever or funny, although I wish I were so I could divert you after your battle with clothing, hair, coffee... But I will tell you that I'm reading a book that somehow I think you might like. Ilium by Dan Simmons. Hmmm, here's a review if you want to check it out. The reason I think you might like it is the mixture of science fiction and literary references.
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I'm still not sure what emo is. Some people say it's music, some say it's teenage angst, some say it's more undergrad or grad age angst, a slightly more intellectual angst, and when I first heard the term it was to refer to those snobby intellectual types who think that only the things that're uncommercial and untrendy are cool. I don't know!
I have a My Space account. Apparently because I'm an emo teenager. Yis.
I'm sad about you and coffee. It makes me want to cry. (Why is the thunder so ANGRY?) I love tea on rainy and cold days, and chomomile tea when I can't get to sleep at night, but OMG coffee. Sbux has good tea though.
under "Journal", then "Edit Friends" you probably want to click on the "Update from server" occasionally.
Thanks!
I *think* you can get smaller versions for cheaper, but I don't know how *much* cheaper.
My mom got an old one...it was given to her so I don't know how much it's worth...but an example of how old it is? It's on floppy.
To hell with funny, I find you highly entertaining. That sounds like an awesome book. Sounds like I should go read the other one by him because if I read this one I'll be waiting for Olympus to come out and waiting is never good. I definitely love books with lots of literary references...I usually don't get them all, but it makes me feel all special. And intimidated. Like T.S. Eliot. Poor guy.
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Geez, how *many* floppies?
*envisions several dozen*
Olympus is actually already out. I waited for it to be published myself before plunging into Ilium, because I'd read a review that said Ilium was a cliffhanger.
That being said, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion were *incredibly* good. I didn't like the following books nearly as much but they aren't very necessary to the story. The first 2 books form a closed sequence in my opinion.
I don't get all the literary references either, but YES -- just exactly like T.S. Eliot -- special *and* intimidated. Hee! And these books actually make me want to run out and read (or reread) all the books they reference. Except for the Proust. I doubt I'll be reading that anytime soon. Although, I have to say Simmons actually makes him sound appealing...
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Oh, good! Yeah, I read the part that said Ilium ended on a cliff-hanger and i was like, no way I'm reading that until the next one is out. Glad to hear it's finished.
I hate it when a series peters out. Now I know to read only the first two of the Hyperiod series--thanks!
I've never read Proust. I've always meant to, though. And yeah, I always want to go back to the references to read/reread them with the source that references them in mind. There is a book for Gravity's Rainbow that is a reference key...it's longer the Gravity's Rainbow itself, that book is so chock full of references...