Wtf: Bedroom Meme

[black_sluggard]

At adja999's request:

1.What's on your door?
A calendar. Got a picture of a streetcar or a bus. I think it's New Zealand. Oh, and apparently it's been there since September of last year, so...yeah.

2.What's under your bed?
Ugh, really wish I could unsee this: Dropped pencils, an empty ginger ale bottle...and a huge friggin' hairball that my cat, Zoe, horked up who knows how long ago. I don't have carpeting in my room (which is nice, come summers) so I should be able to chip that off the cement with a hammer or something.

Oh, and an extension cord, because only two of the outlets in my room actually work, and they're never where I need them.

3.What's interesting in your bedside table?
Several loose issues of various Vertigo titles, and a copy of Alan Moore's On Writing Comics (from when I was going to, you know, actually read all of it). Some candles in case of a black out (or for summer when it just gets too hot to have the lamp on). A stuffed rabbit I've had since I was a kid. His name is Wilbur. That would be less creepy if that wasn't the name of an actual rabbit I once had that looked exactly like it. Who was also my first childhood memory of "Oh, hey, things die, don't they?"

In the drawer there is a pen for the composition book I keep with me at all times for story ideas (or, as my roommate Tony calls it, "the Porn Book"). A small pen knife, a six-sided die, a joker from a deck of cards, a Rush mix tape (yes, a cassette tape, when was the last time you even saw one?), couple of plastic spiders...and a ballpoint pen sketch of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z.

4.Do you have something(s) under your pillow?
Another pillow. Yeah, that one's not interesting.

5.Do you have something(s) interesting on your walls?
A paper-mache mask I made back in high school, a Ouija board, a battered Nat-Geo map of the British Isles, an amateurish needle-point of a knight on horseback (I got board and the floss was handy...) and a copy of Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer.

♥ Frazetta. ♥ ^^

6.Do you have a tv/computer in your room?
Not currently. I moved my TV a few days ago to see if my grandmother could use it for cable. She can't. I might put it back in. I might not. I don't have antenna/TV in there, so I can't use it for anything. Well, there's an old VCR in there. But it doesn't have a remote, and I hate just sitting and watching TV when I could also be working on something, and I work on things better when there's no sound so...I never really used it.

I do have a small "desk" (or, you know, two short filing cabinets with a board on them that I can set shit on) and a tray for when I take my laptop in the room. The desk is currently covered in laundry (I should probably dig my computer scanner out of there... *sigh*) and the tray is currently empty because my lappie is usually in the dining room or living room.

7.Do you have shelves? What's on them?
Yep. One is overburdened with books and comics, and an asston of binders full of past story ideas I'm probably never going to work with (a lot of it is from high school, anyway, but still), a plastic knight's helmet from a birthday ages ago.

The other is just a small screw-in shelf that has a bunch of random junk on it. Batman Pez dispenser, plastic figures of anime characters from some cheap fast food kid's meal, a glass swan candle holder (while not as significant as spiders, swans are kind of special to me), a digital camera I never use because my mom's is better, and the ticket stub from when my sister and I went and saw Rammstein in Oakland last May.

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[adja999.livejournal.com]

ARGHHHH

Okay. i'd typed up a whole comment to this entry. Very long. So long I thought I was going to have to split it.

now it's frozen and I don't know why (well, heck, I do. I haven't restarted my computer since january :/).

It seems fine if I reload the entry. So... here is the end of it.

I hope I can post the beginning later. (It's actually completely frozen. Can't copy/paste.)

here's the end: "Speaking of music, I was doing the dishes earlier (I know! Fascinating, isn't it?!) and listening to an old ipod I just found and recharged. And BAM "That song is SO Destiel."
And then I was, inner ranting again about how it sucks that I don't know how to make fanvids (because I'm bitchy when it comes to quality, too. Picky bitch.) because I have so many random moments like that. "This is Sam singing." "The person that wrote this is a Spn fan, has to be!" or something.
And then I wanted to slap myself because it never occured to me to simply to a fanmix. Duh! So... if I did get around to it. Would you be interested? Are those things you snatch? I do, I've found out great songs/artists that way, but I don't know how popular they are."

[black_sluggard]

I haven't really checked out fanmixes in the past, but that was before I wound up making a couple for Life and Zeitgeist. And also the fact that I usually skim the selection of artists and find no interest whatsoever... Maybe one or two moments of "Well, at least they're okay", and the rest is pop junk I just can't stomach.

So if you make one up, I'll probably check it out since I already know you've got decent taste in tunes. ;)

[adja999.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH!! After 5 hours of glitching, the Alec 2.0 finally realized what was wrong. As usual, flash was fucked. As usual, it took Alec ages to realise it while being slow as hell.

Anyway, here's part one:


1. That reminds me of a piece of stand up I'm working on (and OMG, I just typed 'one night stand' instead. wtf?). A girl says she just came out of jail and it's because of a battery charge. She hammered her boyfriend on the head. She complains that the hammer shouldn't have been on the table in the first place. Had it been a newspaper, it would have all been fine. Then she goes on to explain that her bf is unbelivable because in ten years he's done nothing in the house. Squat. She put in the shelves, she did the new tiles... And that day, he used a hammer to put a nail in the wall for a goddamg callendar. A kitten fighting a ball of string. And she says she's very happy. Because she was in jail for eighteen months, so that calendar...

2.What's under your bed?
Oo
Well, it's a good thing I made you look, isn't it? :P

I don't have carpeting in my room (which is nice, come summers)
Huh. Unthinkable here, but I understand the appeal.

only two of the outlets in my room actually work, and they're never where I need them.
Never.

In my last appartement (only counting the ones I lived in on my own), which was ~320 square feet (online converted) I had one outlet on each side of where I placed the bed. Which was nice and all. A double bed, one table on each side, why not. But they were the only plugs in the place. Besides the one for the washing machine which is a different voltage.
Rats.

3.What's interesting in your bedside table?
Who was also my first childhood memory of "Oh, hey, things die, don't they?"
I laughed. It's bad. I'm sorry. But it's still funny. Sorry!

(or, as my roommate Tony calls it, "the Porn Book").
See, mine has tabs and categories. (fandom>pairing>story)

couple of plastic spiders...
Oooh. In my room at my parents' place I have two glow-in-the-dark skelettons (cause that's very lifelike. oO) that are leftovers from my brother's days. So about... 30 years ago.

5.Do you have something(s) interesting on your walls?
Ouija board
Ugh. So jealous. I always wanted one, but was never able to get my hands on one that was affordable and didn't look cheap.
I also forgot that I have a map of Middle Earth on my wall. *cough* I thought it was too dorky to mention, but I feel I can at least tell you.

God, back where I had a working laptop (it still does, technically, but I need to take it appart and vaccum the inside, it overheats like crazy), it followed me pretty much everywhere. Now it's my iphone. Which makes me actually consider a tablet. It's insane because I mostly used it for a) quotedatabase, b)instagram, c)emails, d)FF.net, looking up shit on wikipedia exactly WHEN I wanna know and before I forget. So it's not like I have a vital need for it. Nor do I enjoy the fact that, since it's a tablet, the µ$£#% keyboard takes half the screen.

7.Do you have shelves? What's on them?
an asston of binders full of past story ideas I'm probably never going to work with
You have NO IDEA how much that makes me feel better. :)

Batman Pez dispenser I'm still looking for the one with a witch head. I'll let you guess why. :P

while not as significant as spiders, swans are kind of special to me
You want to expand on that? On both? I'm curious, so if you feel like it... ^^

I need to catch up on Rammstein. I'm pretty much stuck to Mutter and never got past. But I have this weird obsession with singing the right lyrics and knowing what I'm saying that it actually takes some effort for this specific band.

[adja999.livejournal.com]

So if you make one up, I'll probably check it out since I already know you've got decent taste in tunes. ;)
Well... don't get your hopes up too fast, missy. There is some Avril Lavigne and Glee soundtrack in my itunes. (I can't help it, I *was* in Glee club in highschool!)

[black_sluggard]

2.What's under your bed?
Oo
Well, it's a good thing I made you look, isn't it? :P
Debatable. *shudder*

I don't have carpeting in my room (which is nice, come summers)
Huh. Unthinkable here, but I understand the appeal.
Yeah. It's nice when it's warm, but come winter it bites hairy nuts and I have to put down throw rugs just to keep it livable.

(or, as my roommate Tony calls it, "the Porn Book").
See, mine has tabs and categories. (fandom>pairing>story)
Yeah, I'm nowhere near organized. I just label the particular story in the margins and separate note bits with a line. And a bookmark that I keep at the point where I haven't put the notes into the computer yet.

Ouija board
Ugh. So jealous. I always wanted one, but was never able to get my hands on one that was affordable and didn't look cheap.
I also forgot that I have a map of Middle Earth on my wall. *cough* I thought it was too dorky to mention, but I feel I can at least tell you.
It is a cheap one, but I was desperate for stuffs on the wall.

an asston of binders full of past story ideas I'm probably never going to work with
You have NO IDEA how much that makes me feel better. :)
I literally hang on to every story idea I've ever had. This includes the really, really shitty ones I began in middle school that are like...Twilight bad. With warring vampires and werewolves, characters with improbable names (like "Alpha" and "Claw") and transparent examples of author philosophizingI was very stupidly anti-Christian when I was a tween. Now I'm just anti-stupidity—which occurs in Christians, Pagans, and all and sundry to more or less equal degrees.

(Though it's still more annoying in Christians because they're louder, and more numerous. Consider that Sturgeon's Revelation, as applied to religion.)

I need to catch up on Rammstein. I'm pretty much stuck to Mutter and never got past. But I have this weird obsession with singing the right lyrics and knowing what I'm saying that it actually takes some effort for this specific band.
I have the same issue, but since I know some German it's not as hard for me with a bit of practice. Kenna does not, and does not have this problem, and in fact manages to be about three times as obsessed with them than me, on average.

Mutter was good, but if you only check out one other album, make it Liebe ist fur alle da. I think it's the most awesome one. XD "Haifisch" is probably my favorite song.

[black_sluggard]

while not as significant as spiders, swans are kind of special to me
You want to expand on that? On both? I'm curious, so if you feel like it... ^^
I've always been fond of spiders...at least since middle school, when I started naming the ones in my room and pissed my sister off. I'm not sure I really have a reason why. I loved Charlotte's Web as a kid, but it was far from my favorite cartoon. Anyway...I've always sort of considered spiders my "spirit animal", guess. Solitary, quiet, mysterious (psh). I use a stylized spiderweb as my icon most places that I use my "main" screenname (Hazgarn), and it's what I use to sign my artwork.

The swan is a little more complicated (and not a bit weird).

I've talked about the comic I've been developing (and which I swear, one of these days I'm going to actually start), "Fear of Falling". It's based on characters created on that Buffy MUD I played years ago. The swan is a recurring motif in the comic. It relates to the main character in it, Lohengrin Krieg (named after the Swan Knight in the opera, Lohengrin). Apart from the name connection (which is due to his father being a fan of Wagnerian opera), it lifts some plot from Lohengrin. It is also heavily influenced by Matthew Borne's production of Swan Lake (which is interesting for the detail of both the swans and the prince being played by male dancers).

Lohen's mom, Odilla (an alternate version of the name "Odile", which is the Black Swan in many productions of Swan Lake), walked out on him and his father when he was six. His father then suffered a breakdown and committed suicide a year later. And he grew up with the stigma of his father's insanity, because prior to his suicide Richard Krieg had told some people that the reason his wife ran away was because she was a faerie he'd captured long ago.

Lohen later finds out that this "weird" story actually slots in pretty well with the "facts" known about Odilla Weiss-Krieg, who his father had apparently smuggled out of East Germany back in the late '70s...from a region of Bavaria called Schwangau, which translates to "Swan Country". That his father, a professor of mythology, had gone there researching the origins of the myth of the swan maidens, which are similar to selkie myths in that if a man steals their feathered robes as they bathe, they are obligated to stay with him as his wife.

So, yeah, he may have to reexamine his beliefs both about who his parents were, and what that makes him, which (in addition to zombies, curses, ancient gods, cranky alchemists and batshit insane—though otherwise well-meaning—necromancers) is pretty much the plot.

Oh, and then there's the big gay crush he' starts developing on his police partner, Santos...

(And this was all years before the first season of Castle even aired, so crazy obvious kink is both crazy and obvious.)

I don't know if you've ever had a character you've written seem to take on a life of their own and help you out at odd times. Lohen has seemed to subconsciously distract me at hard times in my life. Like, when my sister left for an extended thing on the other side of the country, I felt "guided" in a weird way to read this one book I had but never even looked at before. It was Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the Forest, which is based on the fairytale "The Seven Swans" (which has always been a favorite of mine), and thus spends a lot of time ruminating on how the protagonists misses her own siblings. It was like I needed that book, and he handed it to me. Similarly, he kept me distracted for the entire night my mom was in the hospital after her heart attack by demanding I draw him. The portrait is still one of the best things I think I've ever done.

[black_sluggard]

Nobody's perfect.

(and also, I may or may not still have Katy Perry's E.T. on my iPod thanks to ifshadowsoffend, so it's not like I've got room to talk anymore...)

[adja999.livejournal.com]

I like that song. Or maybe it's not really 'like', but...(/insert explanation) I've studied music and how tunes can be constructed to be hits, i.e. a tune that sticks to your head.
I find E.T. does that a lot.
Also, i like the clip. maybe not the floating in space, but the world it creates. :D
Not judgy.

[adja999.livejournal.com]

Ouija board
It is a cheap one, but I was desperate for stuffs on the wall.
I don't mind if something IS cheap, I just don't like that it looks 'cheap'. For example, here, most boards you'll find are plastic. (wtf?), and when you knock your knucles on them, it sounds hollow. Like... Barbie, supernatural edition. No thanks.

I literally hang on to every story idea I've ever had. This includes the really, really shitty ones I began in middle school that are like...Twilight bad. With warring vampires and werewolves, characters with improbable names (like "Alpha" and "Claw") and transparent examples of author philosophizingI was very stupidly anti-Christian when I was a tween. Now I'm just anti-stupidity—which occurs in Christians, Pagans, and all and sundry to more or less equal degrees.
1. I have stories that date back to highschool. Time in which I didn't even know fanfiction was a thing, because I didn't have internet access.(that was a miserable time). They're in French, for Pete's sake. And BAD French. And they're mostly... spuffy, btvs gen and Andrew/Dawn(because I can't unsee that ship no matter how unpopular it seems to be).
2. I think "Claws" or "The Claw" was my frist screenname. I was looking for something threatening or something. I can't remember what i was trying to emulate, but yeah...
I seem to recall one Alpha that was pretty cool, though. *squish*
3. I think narrow and intolerant view points, whether they come from religion, red-neck-ness or lack of education, are the most aggravating and dangerous thing there is.
When it comes to religion, when I was an early teen, I had this project for a short movie in which something "The First" (btvs) like, that could change forms, would talk a priest into suicide.
And then I realized that I couldn't actually get those cool effects unless I have thousands in budget so I turned to writting.

I have the same issue, but since I know some German it's not as hard for me with a bit of practice. Kenna does not, and does not have this problem, and in fact manages to be about three times as obsessed with them than me, on average.
My sister is INSANE about them. She has the Live Aus Berlin on a loop in her room (DVD version). I don't even know when she manages to listen to something else. Oo (because she does)
I get some German. I did learn it for fourteen years. (I'd given up during twelve of those, but I still assimilated some stuff inadvertantly... :P) I don't have to translate "wollt hier das bett in flammen sehen?" to know what it means, but some lyrics...

Mutter was good, but if you only check out one other album, make it Liebe ist fur alle da. I think it's the most awesome one. XD "Haifisch" is probably my favorite song.
I'd be at a loss to tell you which album I prefer so far. I don't think it'd be Mutter, though it's possible my favorite song would be on it. So yeah...
Alright. Taking notes. It comes after RosenRot, right?

[adja999.livejournal.com]

I've always been fond of spiders...
I like big hairy ass spiders. I had one in a glass box growing up.
I'm a fan of rats. I couldn't tell you why except that 'they're adorable' and 'they freak some poeple out', so.. maybe it's the same. ^^


Matthew Borne's production of Swan Lake (which is interesting for the detail of both the swans and the prince being played by male dancers).
I didn't know that. I like the idea, I've read a bit of what they say about it on wikipedia, it's interesting that he thought guys would fit better as swan and look 'less helpless' in gender definition. I like it.

Wow. It's like... a mental break down that goes just a little bit off kilter and explains reality with supernatural.

crazy obvious kink is both crazy and obvious.
Those are the best.

I don't know if you've ever had a character you've written seem to take on a life of their own and help you out at odd times. Lohen has seemed to subconsciously distract me at hard times in my life.
The whole story is pretty touching, and I don't think it's weird at all. More like pretty awesome.
I'm going to make note of that book, and try and find it. I'd love to see a scan of that portrait someday. Especially if it's that significant. ^^

[black_sluggard]

It's sticky, but she also introduced it to me in reference to Sui Generis, aka the alien!Javi fic, so now I just flail epically whenever it comes on.

*sighs and sweeps self respect into dustpan*

[black_sluggard]

I think it's their most newest one, since that's what they were calling the tour last year.

[black_sluggard]

There were a couple of potholes in the post linking to the Matthew Borne ballet and the portrait. If you go to my deviantart (hazgarn.deviantart.com) he'll be right on the page looking at you all surly like.

Wow. It's like... a mental break down that goes just a little bit off kilter and explains reality with supernatural.
Even worse, it was a mental break down that disguised the fact that actual supernatural stuff had gone on at one point. "Oh, my mom actually was some kind of non human entity? Well he still locked himself away doing "research" and practically forgot I existed before he killed himself, so..."