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| 2011-12-12 08:30 |
| I am not even surprised. |
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So, I was reading the newspaper and there's a case where a guy has been stabbed in the neck with a knife, and I thought I recognized the house from the image.
I was right.
It's the house I used to live in before I moved to my current apartment.
Fox? Hag? Are you at all surprised? I know I'm not. For those who haven't had to listen to my whining, in the period we lived there, there were burglary attempts, death threats across the street, and several fires, where several were arson.
I'm so damn glad I've moved somewhere where my biggest problem is that there is a drill. A very loud drill.
The details, if you read Norwegian.
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Long time, no see!
Nope, I haven't died or anything dreadfully horrible like that. In fact, my life right now is pretty good.
It's also dreadfully boring. XD I don't really see the point in updating my LJ to tell you all that "today, I archived eighteen new cases", or something like that. Nobody cares. Not even me, and I'm the one doing it.
But I'll try to update more often, because my LJ feels all empty now, and we can't have that.
So, what have I been doing?
Not much, truthfully.
I've had writer's block from hell for a long time, so I haven't written that much lately. I have gotten some done, though. I've got three new Stargate Atlantis fics up; an aquatic Wraith AU (Still Waters), a vampire!John fic for a challenge (Only One Drop) and a Wraith-centric ficlet collection that will be growing (Into the Hive). I also have a few other ones, but nothing I'm too fond of, sadly. I was doing a FFVI Big Bang fic, but due to the before-mentioned writer's block, I had to give it up. I hated ninety percent of what I'd written and it felt like I was forcing it. I hope I can go back and rewrite it some day, because the plot was kind of fun. (AU; what if Leo had taken Terra away from the Empire as a child? How would it affect things? I really do want to finish that.)
In other fandom-related stuff, I had a dream a while back that involved John Sheppard having to "borrow" what he thought was an experimental jet and ending up trying to fly Starscream. It was ... interesting.
I'm currently trying to do NaNo. I'm at 36,687 words as of yesterday, so right on course, but with little to spare. Have to do better today.
Sadly, and I say that with a grin on my face, I also recently bought Skyrim, which is not helping my motivation to write. How am I supposed to write when I know I left two wooden bowls, a ceramic pot and a lantern on my floor, and that there are many more pretty flowers for my angry war mage to go picking. Oh, and, you know, dragons to kill and stuff, but clearly picking flowers is more important. XD Must remember to thank the fox pet next time I see him, because I finally get some use out of all those hours spent watching him play Fallout 3. I haven't been this excited about a game in a good while, so I'm having fun. I can't remember the last time I wanted to spend all day (and night) playing a game last. (Actually, I can. It was FFIX. I feel old now. XD)
Also in gaming news, or not so news by now, Minecraft is still digital crack, and I don't care, because I have a house with a moat and a cactus fence, making it automatically mob-killing. Nothing like sitting safe and sound in my room, crafting stuff and listening to waves of monsters dying on my cactus fence. I might also have watched too much Shadow of Israphel, and now I kind of want to write Jasper/Lysander fic, which, I suspect, makes me a horrible person. Good thing I'm used to that.
In other news, I've gotten pretty good at that knitting thing I was doing, and have decided to pick up spinning yarn. I'm saving up for a spinning wheel, but in the meantime? I have trindles, which are these nifty tri-armed spindles that are plain amazing and lets me make fancy yarn. I should get some images some time, and spam you with sparkly green yarn.
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Because it's about time something was done to show that women enjoy comics, too. With the way DC Comics (especially Dan Didio) has been acting lately, you'd think we were back in the time where women had no public voice. You know, despite trying to stay out of these things, I keep getting more and more passionate about equal rights. I guess even asocial weirdoes has a limit to what they'll put up with.
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| 2011-07-23 17:05 |
| I honestly don't know what to say |
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Yesterday, a man bombed the Norwegian government building, killing seven, then moved on to a Labour Party youth camp where he, dressed as a police officer, shot and killed at least eighty-five children and teenagers.
More can be read here and here.
I don't know what to say right now.
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I miss roleplaying.
Granted, I don't really have the time to roleplay the way I used to back when I was in university, but I still really miss it. I met some of my best online friends while roleplaying, after all.
But even if I ignore the fact that I have no energy left when I come home from work, it's gotten difficult for me. For one thing, as I've gotten older, my tastes have changed, and I find fewer and fewer RPs that appeal to those tastes. Not to mention that, let's face it, my fandoms are pretty damn tiny, so the only RPs I can find that include them are multi-fandom RPs, which are just too big for me.
Because there's where my main problem comes in. I'm extremely awkward at social interaction, so any game where I don't know any of the players just makes me sit in a corner alone, too shy to talk to the other players because I'm terrified of saying or doing something wrong and making them angry at me. There is a reason why my "comfort zone" is playing characters like Kefka, who isn't expected to be all social and friendly. I'm good at hiding behind such characters.
In the pen and paper RP I play with real life friends, our GM did this thing where we all ended up playing secondary characters for a while, and they were randomly assigned, forcing me a bit out of my comfort zone at least. I never play heavy melee characters usually, but it was fun to do. Until the character got killed off, at least. (Our GM still owes me a Dragonblood! *grins*)
But that's with people who know me, so my social anxiety doesn't really come into play.
I wish I was brave enough to challenge my comfort zone online more.
It's probably for the best that I'm not brave enough, considering my anxiety issues. Last thing I need is to stress out and let people down.
But damn if I don't still miss it anyway.
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You know what I just realised?
The average weight of a modern-day male Dobermann is 35 - 45 kg. Now, Interceptor is a battle-trained Dobermann, or, if you look at the sprite, possibly a Dobermann-Rottweiler mix. Rotties are around 55 to 58 kg, incidentally. So it can be assumed Interceptor is probably a bit heavier than your average Dobermann, due to extra muscle. Even if he isn't, that's still substantial weight for a dog. It's about 70 to 100 lbs, if you insist on being imperial.
Where am I going with this?
According to Final Fantasy VI: The Complete, if you want to believe those measurements, Kefka is 48 kg (about 110 lbs). And I'm inclined to go with those measurements, because most of them sound reasonable. Kefka is a little on the light side, but all the rest are balanced, so it sounds like he's just intended to be small. (Actually, I think Leo should be heavier than their given stat for him. The man runs around in full plate armour, for crying out loud. That's serious heavy lifting! About 25 kg of steel. Or gold, in Leo's case. WTF, designers? Bad choice thar. Gold is SOFT. And also heavy, so actually, Leo's armour is probably heavier than steel armour the same size. Gold's about 1200 lbs per cubic foot, while steel is fairly light-weight, at about 500 lbs per cubic foot. This is also why Kefka doesn't do metal armour, mind you. Even a steel plate set would be half his weight.)
So yes. My point, before rambling took over, is that very possibly, Kefka and Interceptor is about the same weight. This amuses me greatly.
This is also me over-analyzing things. I do that.
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Yay, insomnia. Always a delight to have to go to work without having slept at all.
At least I managed to spend the night catching up on Doctor Who, and most of Sanctuary. Two more episodes to go there.
( Cut in case of spoilers! )
Of course, once I'm caught up, I'll have to hunt for new shiny things to watch until Doctor Who starts up again. Maybe I'll go rewatch some old shows.
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| 2011-06-22 09:47 |
| Oh noes! Sunlight! |
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A sure sign that you're from my neck of the woods:
You wake up to lovely, sunny weather and have a moment of distress because you don't own summer clothing. We don't need summer clothing in Bergen. We need umbrellas. Lots of them. Perfect city for vampires, this. Provided they're proper vampires. No sparklypoos allowed.
In other news, I'm still not dead. I just haven't got anything to post about at all. Nobody wants to hear that the sandwiches they sell at work are not the chicken tikka they claim to be, but rather chicken korma. And I'm sure you don't want to hear about my Minecraft escapades, either. I have a tower in Hell. *cackles evilly, then chokes*
So yes. Alive. Just very, very dull. Though I am working on a bunch of fics for ![[dreamwidth.org profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) kink_bingo, so maybe I'll have something to post sooner or later.
Also, my cell phone has the stupid and won't accept incoming calls or text messages. WTF? And I can't afford a new one until next month, which kind of sucks. Oh, well.
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| 2011-04-11 09:42 |
| Monday morning randomness |
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So, I just saw a "do you know where your G-spot is?" type ad, and my immediate reaction? "It's 1 AM. Do you know where your G-spot is?"
Yes, Mondays are always an interesting experience.
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Behold! I am still alive. At least until I run out of cake. *chuckles* Life lately just hasn't been eventful enough to write about. I get up, I get dressed, I go to work, I come back home, I cook dinner, I do the dishes, I watch something while trying to write/draw/knit/whatever, and then I go to bed. Rinse and repeat.
Weekends are only marginally better, especially since I keep getting sick on Friday evenings and stay that way the rest of the week.. This week, it was the flu.
Spent most of this weekend with a self-imposed internet restriction, which was actually pretty damn relaxing. Wrote, drew and played Diablo II/Pokemon White most of the weekend. Very soothing. Well, except for the games, because I play Diablo II to get out frustration and I'm levelling up for the Elite Four in Pokemon White, and level grinding is never soothing. Nice and quiet, though, which is nice, because my work is extremely noisy lately.
At least one of the noisiest people, a temp, has been told her contract won't be extended. No wonder, because she's disruptive as hell, always wandering around and talking to people about stuff we don't really care about, thank you very much, like her upcoming wedding. She also keeps going on Facebook at work, which is the one site we've been told to stay off, and when she's not, she's loudly complaining about everything. I'll be glad to see her go.
In other news, I just bought a Kindle, so I have that to look forwards to. I've been considering one for a while, and this month has been a little kinder in bills that most (the power prices are finally going down a little), so I decided to just buy one already. Will save me much back-pains the next time I decide I want to reread Lord of the Rings or something. Or if I want to bring my own RPG books to our next session.
I'm probably going to stuff it full of fanfic, too. Of course. *grins*
In not so good news: Since I've been sick since Friday, my apartment is a mess. Guess today is cleaning day. Yay...
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| 2011-02-02 08:46 |
| Not dead, my head just exploded... |
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No, I haven't gone and fallen off the surface of the Earth.
I have, however, had one and a half week of crippling migraine, to the point where the doctor pretty much wrote out a prescription for meds, sick leave papers and then told me to go back home and not go out in daylight until I felt better.
So if I haven't been very active for a while, that's why. Also, I apparently react to the meds by going very, very sleepy, so I pretty much get home, make dinner, eat and fall asleep.
Sorry about that. Hopefully, I'll perk up soon.
Especially since I have smut to write, and it won't write itself.
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Nothing new there.
My sister dug this up somewhere, and I felt the need to share:
That's my mum singing, from back when she was a vocalist, in 81. Most of the song is in Norwegian, I'm afraid.
That ring that's in some of the pictures? I own that now, though I can't wear it because it broke. Should see about getting it repaired some day.
And now, time to do the dishes and bake banana bread. (You have no idea how much self-control I have to exert to not write "bananananananana~" and so on ad nauseam. XD)
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In the ongoing story of amusing names at work, today held a letter for Dr. Madland. Which isn't half as funny in Norwegian, but I think in English most of the time, so I snickered a bit at that.
Also, last night saw the return of my "Arthas, Illidan and Kael'thas in villain rehab" dream, this time involving Kael wearing tight trousers under his robes to avoid unsightly lumps and the results of him bending over while not wearing the robes. Apparently Arthas' description of the sight made Illidan lament his blindness. My brain is clearly on crack.
...I might have played too much WoW lately, too. *nods* Archaeology FTW!
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| 2010-12-21 21:37 |
| Well, I should hope our departments are part of time, yes... |
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Today, breaking the monotony of an almost unbearably boring day at work, we got a letter addressed to the department of endochronology. Cue me cracking up, and nobody else at work getting why it was funny.
It's only one letter different in Norwegian, endokrinologi vs. endokronologi, so I can see that it was only a typo, but it was a very good one.
...I wonder if we have any exochronological departments anywhere. Wouldn't surprise me. The doctors are all stuck in the 18th century anyway...
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| 2010-12-13 01:50 |
| When the characters run off with you... |
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So, I've been drabbling a bit, and this is part of it. A discussion between Kael'thas and Illidan on the subject on Illidan's demon form.
"Why do you have wings, anyway?" Kael asked, batting ineffectually at one of the leathery wings in question.
Propping himself up on one elbow, Illidan tried to shrug, though he didn't quite manage anything but knocking over something in the background. "I think," he said, after a thoughtful pause, "That if I didn't have them, the weight of my horns would tip me over."
The fact that the statement actually sounded meaningful told Kael'thas that putting Felweed in wine was a terrible idea.
It's a silly little crack ficlet in which Illidan and Kael'thas are very drunk, because I didn't feel like being serious.
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Life:
Still bloody boring.
Job:
Even more boring.
Christmas Shopping:
Done with sister, except knitted socks. Done with Fox, gift arrived today. Waiting for other half of Hag's gift. Done with the dogs. Have bottle of wine for mum, need more. Need gift for grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, mum's boyfriend, his son and Babba. Gah. Still hate Christmas shopping with the soul I might or might not have.
Holiday Cards:
Sending out on Friday. Want one? Go here!.
Cataclysm:
My copy shipped the 3rd. Hopefully arrives tomorrow. When it does arrive? Don't expect to see me for a while. Zinthiel needs to become the best archaeologist ever. *nods* Also, with the Breaking, levelling is fun again. My troll druid is a lot of fun to play, strange little kitty-troll that she is.
Writing:
Woke up the other day with idea for evil, mean dub-con fic with sex pollen and aural stimulation kink. Was quite pleased. Should probably stop picking on John. On other hand, won't do that. Still picking on Leo after all these years, after all. (Don't dare pick on characters like Kefka or Todd; they're scarier.)
Drawing:
Current projects include casting Ash bookmark, Wraith in a hotspring, Kefka, Luci with candles on his horns for St. Lucia (blasphemy yay?), character sketches of the Temporal War cast, Monifa in skimpy underwear and a snake-cat-shark-bat thingy.
Others:
Need more Candy Canes and Snowflakes on Aywas! *obsesses* Also, waiting for Inception in the mail. Which means a day of Inception and Cataclysm coming up soon. Should possibly be scared.
Yes, I can in fact write full sentences. I just used up my allotted quota on Haunting and the NaNo.
Also, have Harry Potter/FFVI cross-over bunnies again. WTF?
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52812 / 50000 words. 106% done!
And is the book done? Nah. *fails* Though I only have the big showdown with the evil (and raving mad) villain left. XD Which sets up things for a sequel, even. Yay, plots. Just a shame it takes me two NaNoWriMos to get to the point. *snickers*
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So, I'm writing. A lot. To the point where my dreams are invaded by my NaNo characters. I recently had a dream that crossed my NaNo with SGA. Mostly, it involved Isaak hitting on Todd and Ash being annoyed that he can't bring Isaak anywhere, not even to another galaxy. Must have been pretty weird for Todd. I'm sure he's not used to people taller than him. Especially not hitting on him.
Ash is turning out to have a very dirty mind, which I suspect is natural for a man who has been celibate for six years. He's having a lot of inappropriate thoughts about things. Usually Isaak. Which leads to me wanting to write them making out already, and that's not due to happen for another book. Stupid repressed warlocks.
And now, Ash and Daniel are partially bonding and partially scarring each other over porn. What?
See, this is what happens when you don't have an outline. You get a main character who is fantasizing about things involving him, Isaak and a wall.
It's a good thing I'm editing this before I try getting it published.
Clearly, I need to take a break after I hit my daily goal tomorrow and just write a smut interlude to get it out of my system. I even have a great idea for it. Involving a threesome with only two bodies between them, and Isaak and possessed!Ash double-teaming Talael for running off with Ash's body like that. It has no place in book two, but it'll be fun to write none the less.
26512 / 50000 words. 53% done!
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The Haunting of Vector Hall is fucking finished!
Trust me, the language is deserved. As I predicted, just around the 30k mark. I'll edit it tomorrow. Sleep now. Braaainssss!
Also:
13217 / 50000 words. 26% done!
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| 2010-11-06 20:27 |
| deviantART fail at LGBT issues |
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I'm sure most people have noticed that dA will delete gay art if they can at all get away with it.
Now, they're being idiots about gender because they earn more money from ads if they can just lump everyone into "male" and "female" categories. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate gender-segregated ads. No, I don't care about cheap designer purses and shoes, thank you very much. Not when the boys get ads for video games.
I could almost have ignored it if it wasn't for the very rude statements by various dA officials.
A more detailed explanation of their fail
And while they've backpaddled a lot, there's been no apologies for the rude treatment given.
I'm leaving my account and art up, but I won't be uploading anything else to dA.
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