Yeah, I haven't been updating much. =P You can all deal.

I think I've got a good internship going, dealing with some PR stuff and social media for the zoo here. I still want to try for one more internship, either with the Experience Music Project\Sci Fi Museum or with a VR development company and a travelling exhibition that they're doing.

The other big problem is slashing out this thesis idea. The deadline is coming up, and I'm completely lost as to even start. Since I have my leadership class during the morning, and that's actually a pretty good course, I haven't actually been able to make the meeting times.

The current idea is something to do with making museums more accessible to people who do not much (or any) English. Or looking at what museums do to make themselves accessible.

But to be honest, this is where I wish I'd done these internships earlier, because these would actually be good potential projects.

Taken from owlmoose:

Leave me a pairing [or two] and I'll tell you...

1. Two things that are awesome about it
2. Two things that are not so awesome about it
3. Two ways I'd love to write it

So, I'm 25 now.


P.S. As far as Washington elections went, there were two big things up for stake this year.

The first one, the one that affects the nation as a whole is Referendum 71, which would keep in place the Domestic Partnership Law, or "Everything but Marriage act" which extends to domestic partners all the privileges and responsibility of marriage. Will it eventually lead to same-sex marriage? Hopefully. But even if it doesn't, it's still important that it passes.

Yes, I'm sure that same-sex couples are the reason that the domestic partnership law was written in the first place, but they are far from the only beneficiaries. Another major group who benefits from this are senior citizens, for whom marriage would mean a cut off from benefits.

Anyway, things are looking good for this. Seems like most of the votes to be counted come from areas where the referendum is likely to pass.


The next issue, which is more Washington state than country was Initiative 1033. This initiative would lock the spending in the budget at the current amount and use the excess money to provide tax relief for property owners. I understand the point behind it (I think), but the budget this year is full of cuts to schools and other public services and ugh.

It's doomed though. I'm sure they were expecting a loss in King Co. (a.k.a. the County of Seattle, as well as other, lesser cities ^.~), but Eastern Washington is also rising up against this.

Icon seems appropriate enough.

Just to start out, Muu and I fail at costumes. We walked out of the house today, completely ourselves. That's scary enough, right.

The bus system on Halloween...also scary. I still think the best one was the man topless except for one of those thermal vests going around wishing everyone a clean, sober, library-like Halloween. Only...you know, he was probably so far gone on whatever he had that he was coming back around again. Additionally, there was the fun later when we went home of a drunk guy asking us why we weren't dressed up, us telling him it was our fourth anniversary, and getting into a conversation with him.

So, anyway.

First, coffee house on Cap Hill, the usual. Muu and I had a mocha each, and played Gloom together, seeing who could heap the most misery on our poor players before killing them off. I won, but only because Muu and I agreed to be nice to each other.

Then...

We went to what was advertised as an 'erotic haunted house.'

The sweetest thing happened before the show though. While we waited in the lounge area, you know dimly lit, red, with people dressed in costumes all round us, Muu and I, red ribbons around our wrists sat and looked in each other eyes. Now during this time, the employees are walking around dressed as ghosts, and interacting with the audience to be.

One of the ghosts wears the costume of a schoolteacher and carries a book of poetry. So while Muu and I gaze into each other's eyes, she walks by and begins reciting Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43. ("How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.") She does this standing behind me, and apparently gesturing. So that in a weird way, we both become the both the grammatical subject and object of the poem.

The show itself was more theater than haunted house. Which, considering that some of the scenes could probably be triggering just to watch, is probably a good thing. The plot, if you could say there was a plot, revolved around a woman having a series of sexually tinged nightmares (or spooky erotic dreams). It was completely wordless.

It was fun and actually kind of sexy. I think Muu got a lot more out of it in the sexy department than I did, but that might just be because men are more physically clued into what affects them than say women are.

Then, afterwards, we had dinner at a restaurant called "Wild Ginger," where we did something we very, very rarely do: Have a nice, leisurely multi-course meal, complete with drinks and a dessert. Good food. I think the soup was a bit underwhelming, but the rest of what we had (chicken satay, some duck dish, eggplant, and a caramel apple panna cotta) was really NOM.

So for those curious, that's what we did.

A review just came in...

( Random fanficcing stuff )

So I post little summary/spoilers about Liar Game on some website.

And it seems always around Friday/Saturday, I start getting people randomly thanking me for my posts. Which yeah, I don't have (many) problems with getting props for the work I put into them. Appreciation is always nice.

But yeah...I know what people are up to when they always seem to start thanking me about when the next post is due up.

Don't worry guys, it's not like I'm busy with school or anything. ^^;;

Post is in personal journal for obvious reasons.

Dear Self,

The world does not need an AU LG fic set in the In Nomine RP universe. Akiyama would make for a horrible Cherubim of Lightning in service to Destiny (or just a Cherubim of Destiny)tortured for a botched assignment that happened last time on earth but being given an assignment to protect Kanzaki Nao (hapless human in over her head). Likewise, Fukunaga would make a horrible Lilim, temporarily in the service of the Archangel of Trade, never mind that she's a demon. What can we say? Lilith trades favors. And no matter how skeezy he is, Yokoya Norihiko is not a Balseraph.

The Liar Game would fail as a demonic conspiracy between Malphas, Demon Prince of Factions, and Khronos, Demon Prince of Fate, as a way of not only destroying trust but of getting several people to go and meet their dark fate.

You see, because you are probably the only person in the world to understand that. And you spend too much time fangirling anyway.

Love,

Me.

P.S. Vol 10 coming out on your B-day is NOT something to get excited over. So sit down, and STFU.

Exactly what it says on the tin: A Liar Game Fan Soundtrack.
This is my first attempt at trying one of these things out, so any comments/criticisms/tips are welcome.

Medium: Manga
Fandom: Liar Game
Subject: General
Title: It Takes Two to Tell the Truth
Warnings: Disc two contains OMGWTF Het!
Notes: This is a two-disc mix. Disc 1 is a harder, "Play the Game" type mix, and Disc 2 is a fluffy Akiyama/Nao mix. Disc 1 is fairly loose with the profanity. Disc 2 contains foreign songs and a dangerous level of cheese.

( It Takes Two to Tell the Truth )

Re: Latest Episode of Bleach
Hello there Byakuya Characterization Fail!

Re: fandomsecrets
You know, I expected the first secret to directly relate to my actions to be much more uh...of the wanky persuasion. Like seriously, totally flattering, day-making, and kind of scary.

So once upon a time, there was this fangirl. For a series that should be kind of obvious if you read this journal *coughcough*

This fangirl noticed that there was an obscure one-shot for her fandom, and that there was no English language knowledge of it whatsoever.

So this fangirl did what any fangirl with access to a Japanese bookstore would do. She went down there and ordered herself a copy. She then read it, was kind of disappointed that it was 30 pages and had nothing to do with the main character's "tragic backstory"

Then she realized that young, innocent Akiyama was adorable. That seeing what he was before was actually really enlightening. And that the story itself was kind of moving and cute.

So she did what any fangirl with a moderately influential (for the fandom) blog would do: She posted about it. And suddenly English speaking people were moderately aware that Roots of A existed.

She wrote a summary and uploaded RAWs. She wouldn't translate, oh no. Because translations are >.<, especially when they've got a ton of text.

Okay, so she ended up translating it anyway, after it was discovered that the guy who was going to do it had gone MIA.

She posted it up on Mangahelpers. Granted a few scanlators permission to use it (with the understanding that none had exclusive rights, mostly because none of them courted her lovely enough to warrant it).

So now there's a kinda LQ scanlation out there using her translation. And perhaps a more HQ one that will use her translation as reference for theirs.

Which, she guesses is kind of cool.

Also: P.S. if you're an LG fan, and you've read and enjoyed Roots of A: You're welcome.

From vampydirector

Leave me a comment saying "SHENANIGANS".
- I'll respond by asking you five (or so) questions so I can get to know you better.
- Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
- Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

( My answers to J-chan's questions. )

Taken from kmegumi2

Comment with the word "ICONS" and I'll select six of yours for you to talk about in your journal.

( ICONSES! )

Yeah... I need to have my wallet lost/stolen RIGHT before school starts. >.<

Thanks for that.

Yeah, so I arrived safely. As in the ghost of the Jais is not typing this entry from beyond the grave. Even managed to work the BART and get into San Francisco proper. I've also probably walked more in the past day-and-a-half than I really expected.

So...((bearing in mind that I'm gonna inevitably make comparisons to Seattle))

Impressions thus far:

Very murally city. Definitely got a LOT more focus on art than Seattle (unless I'm wandering around the right places here and the wrong places there).

Seattle has spoiled me for a bus system. Of course, you might argue that SFs is more efficient, since most of them are pretty full that I've seen. Oh yeah...definitely NOT as sprawled out as Seattle.

Getting my City Pass was a pain in the butt.

I'd say not as hilly, but fortunately all my walking seemed to be at the bottom of those hills. Or at least where I didn't have to go up them.

So that's good at least.

Anyway, I'm kind of enjoying the puzzle of getting around an unfamiliar city on my own. ^^

So...my little solo trip out to San Francisco has been 'planned'--a word used loosely by the Jais to mean that there is a set departure and return date, plus a City Pass bought in her name--and will be taking place between the 15th and the 19th. ^^

So that's fun.

The Jais no longer has a boyfriend.

>.>

( *sigh* Like I really need to fangirl more... )

My apologies. I've been waiting a while for those.