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ellenkushner. . . just don't get any crumbs in the sheets.
About a year ago, a friend introduced me to a newish obscurish anime series. I'm not that huge into anime - though maybe I would be if it were easier for me to find and watch (and that's "easy" as in "takes no effort whatsoever," for those of you about to give me good advice on where/how to exert myself to find & download it) - but this is one I liked a lot (once she made me watch it all by coming to visit, and sticking it on my laptop every night). Here is a pretty thorough description of it, surely enjoyable for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
p_zeitgeist's writing alone. As for Meine Leibe - you'll either like it or you won't; but I think some of you might, and I've been meaning to offer it to you as a little holiday gift for lo these many months. Happy New Year.
Dream well.
About a year ago, a friend introduced me to a newish obscurish anime series. I'm not that huge into anime - though maybe I would be if it were easier for me to find and watch (and that's "easy" as in "takes no effort whatsoever," for those of you about to give me good advice on where/how to exert myself to find & download it) - but this is one I liked a lot (once she made me watch it all by coming to visit, and sticking it on my laptop every night). Here is a pretty thorough description of it, surely enjoyable for
p_zeitgeist's writing alone. As for Meine Leibe - you'll either like it or you won't; but I think some of you might, and I've been meaning to offer it to you as a little holiday gift for lo these many months. Happy New Year.Dream well.
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Date: 2008-01-01 05:05 pm (UTC)I think I told
So one can easily see a scenario where the ML people looked for an appropriate name for their kingdom, found one, learned that the name meant "cake," shook their heads over the oddity of European culture, and duly called the place "Kuchen." The similarities are such that it makes at least as much sense as would pure coincidence.
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Date: 2008-01-01 05:32 pm (UTC)Watching with slash goggles makes everything so much better.
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Date: 2008-01-01 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-01 05:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-01 07:03 pm (UTC)Also... this is completely unrelated, but a while ago you recommended M.T. Anderson's "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party," and ever since I read it, I've been wondering if there is going to be any additional volumes? I've checked around and I can find no mention of a volume 2. I was just wondering if you might have a clue?
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Date: 2008-01-01 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-01 09:17 pm (UTC)I didn't know you watched anime at all, though! I bet you would like Mononoke (http://irohanihoheto.typepad.com/mononoke/) (a TV series, not Mononoke Hime). Art like animated ukiyo-e prints, a set of psychedelic horror/mystery stories based around monsters from folklore, and a sort of noh/kabuki storytelling aesthetic (not to mention a male main character in a fancy kimono and face paint). But alas! I cannot stick it on your laptop to make you watch it. How I cry.
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Date: 2008-01-01 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-01 11:33 pm (UTC)Oh, and I hope you haven't seen this, and it's a bit twisted but it made me think of certain of your works...
http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/cobra-snake-tee-shirt-img_4435.jpg
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Date: 2008-01-01 11:51 pm (UTC)(Hey, minions! Anyone want to custom me a good one?)
Where did you find this?
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Date: 2008-01-01 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-02 12:30 am (UTC)I cannot imagine.
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Date: 2008-01-02 02:37 am (UTC)(Though it does explain why the female students, all like 2 that you meet for more than a millisecond, are so incredibly generic and bland.)
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Date: 2008-01-02 06:20 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-01-03 03:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-03 04:22 am (UTC)http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/in-addition-to-the-message/
cafe press
Date: 2008-01-03 04:51 am (UTC)http://www.cafepress.com/minaminekoki
I put up a man's shirt and a woman's shirt. I didn't mark up the price so I won't be getting any money off of these. Cafe press is a bit over priced but it's what I know what to do. If anyone knows a cheaper method, feel free to use my image.
I didn't use "genocide", but didn't know what to use instead. There aren't many "cides". "Regicide" doesn't really work, and "aristrocicide" isn't a real word. Maybe it should be.
Re: cafe press
Date: 2008-01-03 03:19 pm (UTC)But of course "Regicide" works perfectly - check out THE FALL OF THE KINGS!
Plus, the Rule of Three says it's funnier that way.
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Date: 2008-01-04 12:42 am (UTC)Also at your skill with CafePress. I hope I wasn't rude to suggest a possible alteration of your copy. (It's what I do for a living - alter copy, that is, not be rude; that would be someone else around here....) See, I'm still trying to decide what makes the original T-shirt so ripping. Does it have to be 3 things and then the punchline? Does it have to be spelled "Rivercide"? Would you mind very much if I put the question to the LJ Hive Mind? Do say if you would, and I'll still happily link to the cool Tshirts, with thanks!
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Date: 2008-01-04 02:58 am (UTC)Changing the cafepress shirt is actually quite easy, so if you put it to the hive mind, I will do what ever is determined.
I personally prefer "Riverside" because it's not that much of a change, but I defer to your opinion.
And I just found that tshirt site because it was linked by reddit.com
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Date: 2008-01-05 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-07 04:12 am (UTC)...Btw, I often find myself thinking of Count Cain as I read the Riverside books.
(Just finished Thomas the Rhymer, next is The Fall of the Kings, what will I do next? Probably weep.)
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Date: 2008-01-08 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-09 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-10 05:34 am (UTC)When I was at WGBH, they gave us jackets - like, y'know, those team jackets in heavy wool that zip up the front - and I had them stitch "Anthony Trollope" as the name on the front in that cool little script.
I figured that way, if anyone asked, I could tell them it was my boyfriend's jacket.
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Date: 2008-01-28 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-28 01:05 am (UTC)Mononoke - yes!!
Date: 2008-01-28 01:09 am (UTC)Re: Mononoke - yes!!
Date: 2008-01-28 01:21 am (UTC)Since you like Mononoke, you should probably try to get ahold of Ayakashi, too. Mononoke is actually a spin-off of it. Ayakashi is a short anthology of three horror stories - one of which is a retelling of the classic Yotsuya Kaidan, and one of which is called Bakeneko, which introduces the Medicine Seller. The Medicine Seller was so popular they decided to make an entire series about him. Ayakashi-Bakeneko wasn't quite as good as Mononoke in terms of art direction and storytelling, but it's still full of eye-exploding awesome and not to be missed.
Yay for discs! Thanks!
Date: 2008-02-01 02:32 am (UTC)(Want a disc of xxxHOLiC? It's much pretty....)
Re: Yay for discs! Thanks!
Date: 2008-02-01 03:47 am (UTC)Re: Yay for discs! Thanks!
Date: 2008-02-01 10:02 pm (UTC)