you can't do that with a tiffany lamp!

sincerest apologies to any and all who watch thexyboombang; as is probably obvious, I spent this evening doing a MAJORLY MASSIVE update. said update was also more for my benefit than anyone else's, since it's all old/informal stuff that I wanted to finally have in one place.

again, my sorries.

you know that crazy woogly inelegant "mo' betta" Horizon site scheme LJ's been touting? yeah, the one that sucks; d'you know it?

WELL, THANKS TO xcolibur, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT!

.:: gleefully returns to the xcolibur scheme ::.

ok, so it just took skip+340 for me to get to the part of my flist I was at when I went to bed SEVEN HOURS AGO.

needless to say, I'm doing a trim. because you know what, guys, I love you, and I don't like missing or having to rush through your posts. which is what I've been having to do, lately. and that's sad.

I imagine there will be very few personal cuts, of course (though I mean, if you don't comment, and you don't post, and we have nothing in common and no relationship outside of that, I'll probably drop you but you probably won't give an ass rats, come to think of it). I will, however, be dropping a lot of communities from my watch list, so this is where I open a request that if anyone thinks he/she's found something nifty I should check out, don't hesitate to tell me. IM, comment, e-mail, brick through the window, smoke signals -- you know how to find me. BE NOT SHY, FOR I AM, IN ALL HONESTY, QUITE EASY. if a bit of an annoying whore, sometimes :*

love!

most recent outcome of the "Get It Right Or Die Trying" method of researching random shit (ridiculously peripheral details) for the sake of other random shit (fiction/tangential essay points/RP/off-the-cuff argument/etc.), this time in the realm of Numb3rs:

OK so what, exactly, gets the L.A. FBI office's attention?


(and on a less heartening note: FBI LA needs a grammar teacher.)


ETA: totally making this a Dump Post for at least the FBI part of Numb3rs--
vest
concealable & tactical body armor
thigh rigs -- .pdf

I am here, I am sore, I am safe, I have a single (well, actually, a double with a roommate who isn't on campus this semester), and THERE IS A BATH TUB. at the end of the hall, a bathroom with two showers AND A BATH TUB. of course I suspect that it will be in very high demand, but really, the fact of its existence makes me SO FREAKING HAPPY.

also, our building is Superman themed. strips of Superman wrapping paper across the corkboards, the S-logo sponge-stamped on the name-signs.

amusingly, I'd been traveling in my Batman logo tee (I have since changed because it had gotten SO GROSS).


in other news, and my last note for now, I had a retardedly sucky experience on the bus last night and am NEVER EVER EVER traveling Greyhound overnight again. at the very least, not without a Designated Travel Buddy (preferably one who can beat people up).

I HAVE TO PACK!

however, while I'm doing that, I'd like to keep my poor lonesome livejournal busy with a game of Drabble Scrabble, as inspired by elizile

how it works is this:

I: am going to list 10 words, all quite at random.

you (anyone who wishes to; more than one person can respond to any given set): are going to reply with a comment that is a drabble that incorporates at least 2 of the random words. any fandom, any pairing. or no pairing. or no fandom. heck, it doesn't even have to be a drabble; if you can use all 5-10 words in a single sentence, or if you can come up with a 2,000+-word story about these words, more power to you, and I will be rightly impressed. other options: a plot set-up, a haiku, a song, a limerick, a monologue, a random smattering of brainstorming phrases, pretty much anything else that strikes your fancy.

at the end of the comment, re-post the 10-word list, replacing the words that you used with words of your own choosing. players may then reply to your comment, following the same directions as delineated above.

most importantly, have fun! :D

words:
folklore, pharmacy, cheesecake, matador, strenuous, ill-advised, balance, llama, ladybug, pygmy

aaand... GO!

I do believe in Pluto! I do! I do!
.:: claps hands ::.

Good-natured (if sometimes cranky) intermediate-level Vidder with WMM seeks patient, detail-oriented Other to vidbitch at/with.

must be:

*.WMV capable,
*available on AIM, Y!M, or MSN
*willing & able to download drafts from YSI, watch, and offer feedback/critique/encouragement

(my usual Guardian Angel of Vidding is currently in Internet Limbo, and this is sad. and I am a bit lost. the vid is DMC, to "The Libertine" by Patrick Wolf. it has Scruffy and Swordporn and Slapstick and Timing Issues and This One Really Horrible Fade That I'll Go Back To And Fix A Bit Later. ooh, and a guy with his face all suckered off.)


does this sound like you? comment pls! or contact me at any of the names listed in my info (I'm on AIM right now, but invisible).

I opened Firefox just now all prepared to post some useless vent-y thing about how I spent the last 6+ hours dicking around with re-doing the intro bars of my vid, only to find that no wait I'm actually quite satisfied with the way I did it the first time, but.

then I read this on my MSN homepage, and cracked the hell up.

(yes, it's more shit about Snakes on a Plane, but you'll like this one. promise.)



...also, is it a little too cracky even for me that somewhere between vidding DMC and reading this article I decided there ought to be a "SNAKES ON A M*****F***ING CLIFF" icon? 'cause if it's not, I'm so making one when I get too sick of bashing footage.

lastly, I JUST SPENT 6+ HOURS DICKING AROUND WITH RE-DOING THE INTRO BARS OF MY VID, ONLY TO FIND THAT NO WAIT I'M ACTUALLY QUITE SATISFIED WITH THE WAY I DID IT THE FIRST TIME! D: