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So far, I've listened to the demos of the Raggedy Ann musical, and save for several eye-rolling moments, it wasn't as traumatizing as I was expecting. Mainly because it was just the songs and didn't have as much dialogue from the show itself. But then we get to the Broadway soundtrack, which is basically a live recording of one of the five performances before the show was canned. Now the creepy is hitting you on the head like a sledgehammer. I had to stop for a break after three songs (not counting the Overture) to comprehend what I just heard.

Now, the Mp3s are of low quality, and either way, it's very hard for me to pick up lyrics. I need liner's notes, I need lyrics sites, 'cause no matter how great my hearing is, there's some singers that I can't understand no matter how hard I've tried. And this musical is such an obscure failure that Google brings me nothing. But here's what I've been able to make out so far:

( Guess what Marcella, you're going to die! :DDD )

I close this rant with an excerpt from How Not to Write a Novel (The Golden Harmony dub of "The Brave Frog" needs to learn from this too):

( Compassion Fatigue )

And I still have the rest of the musical to listen to. *weeps* Wish me luck, folks.

Current Mood: shocked
Current Music: Scala and Kolacny Brothers - Colorblind

I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was Constantin and Socrates and Attila and a pack of other lovers with queer names and offbeat professions, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn't quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Ahh, the story of my life.

Current Mood: depressed

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

~ Rosemarie Urquico

Current Mood: impressed
Current Music: Marina and the Diamonds - Oh No!

Another fun meme from

ceasefire:

1. Pick your 5 favorite OTPs (One True Pairs)
2. Find pictures and post them
3. Give the name of the OTP (One True Pair) and what fandom they're from
4. List your favorite moment between them

( And now, we take a journey beneath the cut. )

The latest MLP episode makes me thirsty. I'll have to make due with a cold glass of apple juice.

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne - Let It Rock

"I'll catch you yet, my pretties. Oh yes. As soon as one of you little birds, or monkeys, or bears touches this net... you'll be mine! MINE!"

Current Mood: giggly
Current Music: Shota Kageyama - Pokemon B/W - The Equated Captives

Goddammit, I like the Lavender Town theme. But when you've got the slower lower-pitched version from CreepyBlack as your earworm, it really makes it hard to sleep. I should've been asleep since 3, but I'm not. Now I'm afraid to shut off lights 'cause I'm worried Uboa will appear again, or in the dark, Scissorman will pop out from my bedsheets and come after me. Stupid, I know. Not so stupid when you're the one freaking out, though.

While CreepyBlack has been haunting me, I've been wondering about a few things.

- After you beat the Elite 4, what's the first thing you do? Go to the Unknown Dungeon (aka Cerulean Cave) and chuck that Master Ball at Mewtwo, of course. What role would Mewtwo play in CreepyBlack. I think it'd be a waste to leave him out entirely. Could you enter after you got all the badges as opposed to becoming Champion, so you could go inside to catch/Curse Mewtwo? Seeing a tombstone in the final level of the Unknown Dungeon would be chilling. Unless Mewtwo is replaced from the game entirely with a tombstone, so that'd be yikes. I'm guessing without HMs you can't reach Mewtwo as an Old Man, but what if you can? If you cursed Mewtwo, would he be the last Pokemon to show up in your murdered roster, similar to your Rival?

- At the end of CreepyBlack, you fight all the Pokemon and Trainers you've used Curse on before "battling" the ghost. But you can also beat the game without cursing anyone at all, and it'll take you straight to the ghost. Now this is what I'm wondering about. I imagined that the ones you cursed are coming after you when you're an Old Man, either because they're coming back for revenge or as an Old Man, you're so racked with guilt and/or fear that you imagine them coming back to make their dues. But if you never killed anyone, what do you have to feel guilty or afraid about? Why is the Ghost coming for you anyway? CreepyBlack is about death, right? Or our fear and/or denial of it. Could it also be about acceptance? What if, instead of having the option to Struggle, you choose to do nothing? What would the Ghost do? Will it only curse you if you struggle? I think this quote sums it up:

"The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth." ~Meister Eckhart

Current Mood: scared
Current Music: Slowed-down lower-pitched Lavender Town aaaaaaaaa D:

You know what a pet peeve of mine is in RPGs?

- A number of brats up to no good drag you along to look for treasure.
- Hero finds treasure. Congratulations! Monsters are back!
- Said brats blame you for this mess without an apology.
- Entire home village hates you and banishes you.

I don't care if it's "original." I think it's insulting. The stupid kid may or may not have said he was sorry after shoving me into the hole with the First Boss, but eh, the damage is done.

Let me guess, do I beat the game and suddenly my hometown will accept me back, praising me that they "knew" I could do it as if they always believed in me while oblivious to their own previous actions? I don't think so.

This is why I love this line by Rorschach, 'cause it sums up my thoughts on this completely: "...And all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!'... and I'll look down and whisper, 'No.' They had a choice, all of them."

Current Mood: irritated

Gaaah. Insomnia sucks. But I saw an interesting writing challenge somewhere called the Disney Quote Challenge, so I made a long list copying some quotes I liked (with a few visits to IMDB) that I think might help with my novel for NaNoWriMo come November. I might add some more later while I'm mindlessly wandering online or something. I've got half a month, after all. XD

( Songs & Lyrics are its own category, so quotes only. )

I'm not listing what movies they came from 'cause A. We know already. B. I want to lend a "detachedness" to the quotes since most carry a lot more weight outside context. :o

Dear gods. Why do I feel like I'm going to ruin "Love is a Song That Never Ends" Clockwork Orange-style in my novel, via some grisly murder/torture scene or similar? Like the voice of a heavenly choir indeed. @.@

Current Mood: productive

I'll respond to the shipping meme later. For now, have this:

For one week, recommend / share:
Day 1: a song
Day 2: a picture
Day 3: a book
Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galantière

"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence." ~David Byrne

"You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." ~Ted Geisel aka Dr. Seuss

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." ~Albert Einstein (PWN'D!)

"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." ~Mark Twain (Alas, I still have trouble with my "very"s... XDDD;;;;)

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." ~Mel Brooks

"Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis

"Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica." ~Stephen Leacock

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly.
It should be thrown with great force.
—Dorothy Parker

"Get away from the book by any means you can. Or, if you've been unfortunate enough to pay money for it already, fling it against the wall. It'll make a really satisfying thwack! when it hits. Just make sure no pets or toddlers are in the way." --The Top 10 Signs You're Reading A Very Bad Romance Novel

Mind if I preach #6 to the ground? In any genre? Repeatedly?

This kind of plot device I can't stand either: ( Cut for Major Disgaea Spoilers. No, I Never Played It )

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Radiohead - No Suprises

Sometimes sporkings are done with the intention of showing us how clever the sporker is, rather than how hilarious the fic is, and then they're just plain tedious. Let's just stick to the funny, people!

Either someone posted to the wrong community or completely missed the point.

It boggles me how many people are actually taking this seriously. oO;;; Dear god people. The mod clearly stated that

weepingcock is NOT a sporking community and set the rule in bold. If shallow, boring "Haha I'm so much wittier than this poor-excuse-of-an-author" is your idea of a sense of humor, go to

marysues.

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me,
and by that time, no one was left to speak up. ~Pastor Martin Niemöller

Aka if something is wrong, you found someone who could possibly hear and understand your pleas for help, or if someone asks you if they could rip your head off with a chainsaw, for the love of fucking God, SAY SOMETHING. It's no thanks to you if we have to continue to suffer because of your shallow idiocy. Don't mind me. I'm just violently seething after watching something in a movie and being reminded of bad things in flashbacks. And dammit. Why do I get tired so easily?

Current Mood: infuriated
Current Music: Lisa Loeb - The Way It Really Is

Puri writes Scourge/Mina. Prize ficlet! (borderline R?)

Dammit. Something's wrong if the happy exciting feeling you get from watching one of your favorite movies (Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame) fades this quickly.

I guess when your parents aren't as enthusiastic as you are, it's hard to feel uppity much longer.

"If you want to be immortalized, voice act in a Disney movie." --Tony Jay ("Frollo")

It's amusing how much Frollo's character artist fangirled him so excessively. XD

Current Mood: depressed
Current Music: I miss you Tony Jay

So is this the ZOMG HARDCORE SEX00RZ book soccer moms have been whining about since 1975?

( Let's find out! :D (NSFW) )

Current Mood: devious
Current Music: Keichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka - The Battle of Final Destiny

It feels SO good playing Earthbound 0 again, even though I remember why I play it in small portions--it gets frustrating so quickly. DDD:

The music from Yucca Desert reminds me of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire", I mean, just listen to the beginning cords! I wanna meet Teddy... *whimper* But I know I'll get my ass kicked if I tried going to Youngtown now, so better do side-quests first. God, Nancy is a nightmare. Loid keeps dying and Ana's too underleveled. XDDD!

Tomorrow, the drama llama explodes like an atom bomb at Clockwork! w00t!

Wouldn't you know it. I share fic with Usagi and the first thing I see on Starmen.net is the quote I'm missing. ILU Earthbound fandom. T____T

...I shouldn't be listening to this song at night. Great for writing Giygas, bad for sleep. D: Typically, any song that screams "I hate my life" is emo and stupid and makes me laugh my ass off, but this is demented and creepy. DDD:

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Otep - Buried Alive

Best quote ever for people being assholes and use sob stories as an excuse:

"Who cares if you've got nine lungs, Down's Syndrome, gout, PTSD, and an epileptic aunt named Midge? You're a twat anyway."

PWN'D!

Meanwhile, I think I overdid it in

shipwar today. .______.;;; I guess my tiredness just comes into my writings, eh?

Current Mood: down
Current Music: Matchbox 20 - Bent

Stolen from Indie:

Go to Quotationspage.com - and look through random quotations until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe.

"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." ~Mark Twain

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." ~Helen Keller

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'" ~Isaac Asimov

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." ~Bill Cosby

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends." ~J. K. Rowling

This hits it right at home most of all:

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one." ~C. S. Lewis

Meanwhile, I absolutely adore this song. *________*

Current Mood: absorbed
Current Music: Pat Benatar - Invincible

Um... I'm better! .______.;;; Just lemme play video games first and I'll catch up with the Internet in a bit...

Ganked from

_themantis:

A. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
B. Then pick one of your favorite quotes from each movie.
C. Post the quotes in your journal.
D. Have those on your friends list try to guess what the movie is.
E. Strike out the quote once it has been correctly identified and place the guesser's user name directly after the quote.

No cheating and looking up on IMDb/Google!

I haven't seen any movies in forever. .________.;;; Expect it to be painfully easy:

( Grab the Popcorn, Matties~! )

Edit: Everything's been guessed! Good job everyone! XDDD!

Current Mood: ._____.;;;
Current Music: Era - Enae Violare Mezzo

Like the moon over
the day, my genius and brawn
are lost on these fools. ~Haiku

Sometimes, I feel like saying two words to the people who bug me: Get out.

Edit: Not that it helps any, but I left

sonicstuff. While there are cool people over there, like

the_terrible and

private_enemy, there's too many whiny pretentious assholes over there to be any fun to visit anymore. MAYBE I'll come back, it's like Stockholm Syndrome in a way. But darn it, it hasn't been the same since Sonic News @ 10 cancelled. :/

At least I can cheer and heave quite a sigh of relief over leaving

fanficrants months ago. How's it exploding lately?

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: VAST - Pretty When You Cry

Stolen from

dingbatz7:

1) Pretend for a minute that the only contact you have ever had with me is through my fic. We've never exchanged LJ comments or emails, never hung out in chat or on IM, never talked on the phone or met each other at a convention, none of that stuff. The only thing you know about me is the kind of fic I write. Based on the way I write my characters, and the way they speak, think, and behave, what does that say to you about what kind of person I am, my attitudes and opinions about real-life issues?

In other words: Carriiiiiiiiiiiiiie~!

carriepika: From Ground to Shrapnel (Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow x Knuckles)

I was a day later than I wanted. Damn. XDD;;; Pimmy? I swear you're right up next. *nod* Puri won't rest 'till she's done a drabble per day. XDDD;;;

Speaking of drabbles, I'm still open until I post the last commenter's request.

Hey, it'll keep me busy (and something to do my free day of Friday) until May. ;D

Current Mood: determined
Current Music: Elsa Raven - If You Still Believe

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Entries tagged with quottage

Proof that mindless tragedy doesn't mean great storytelling.

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Holy snap, this is relevant to my life.

I'll bring the fire // Make you come alive // I can take you higher

I feel like quoting Fluttershy~

Signs you're reading too much horror

I'm gonna share this before I get back to Secret of Mana.

"A gust of wind to fan my hate."

I mentioned a few quotes in past posts~

Got Sucked Into the Void of TV Tropes

Sporking =/= Automatic Epitome of Wittiness

One of my favorite poems

lulz PMS

Puri's Report on Judy Blume's Forever

This is a gift from Dr. Andonuts. Be careful how you use it. ...Brick Road

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