This is a drawing dedicated to the lovely rivermalachi, and it's based on a story by her :)

Rating: G
Media: pens, Copic markers and Promarkers, Photoshop

( This is my November... )

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/test.html

Re: Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog:

;asldkfj;dslfg

That is all.

Note to self. Joss is a right bastard. This will never change.

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/this-will-only-be-funny-to-people-who.html

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/dear-soon-to-be-not-president-bush.html

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/oooh-theyre-closing-one-of-three.html

BATMAN!!!!!!!!!

AFGOSDMQORGKOQWKGKMS!!!!!!!!

HEATH! SO GOOD! SO TALENTED! HE WILL WIN AWARDS THOUGH GONE!

ONE COMPLAINT: MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR KATIE HOLMES!!! OMG. GROSS.

AND OMG, NO SPOILERS HERE, BUT THE HOSPITAL. HEATH. HE IS BRILLIANT.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

IT WAS BASICALLY EVERYTHING I WANTED AND MORE FOR THE MOST PART.

*FLAILS*

SO WHO WANTS TO SEE IT AGAIN WITH ME?!?!?? IMAX THIS TIME?!!?

I am way too much of a pushover. Ugh, how much does it suck that the first thing I'm trying to write in years is going to be a bandom epic? SO MUCH. But at least I'm writing? I don't know. Rachel, this is all your fault.

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/so.html

1. That conversation about how sometimes people have hidden layers? HAH.
   
2. It's by JOSS WHEDON. The sun rises in the east, fangirls squee at slashy subtext, and Joss writes kickass female characters. Penny is certainly admirable, but... Come on.
   
3. Bad Horse is talked about waaaaay (neiiiiiigh?) too much to not be a plant.

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/watchmen-trailer-hit-web-day-early-so.html

GIP.

I love my girlfriend.

Oh, ugh. I took a nap, slept way later then I meant to, and now I feel achey and headachey all over. I may not even be able to make it for Burn Notice.

For the fail, body. For the freaking fail.

Evie is a bad, bad person and asked me to make these icons. I feel like I should feel bad. Strangely... not that much.

( Spoilers for 4x13 of Doctor Who, and Act II of Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog )

EDIT: It's gypsyjr's fault.

( And again... )

...Billy Horrible is my hero. Oh, Joss. <33333

I just received two amazingly sweet and awesome and encouraging reviews on "Autumn Days That Make You Feel Sad", my most recent Donnafic. I have to share, or post these for posterity or something because they just made my day.

From aomwrr:
"This MUST BE one of the Best (if not THE Best) post-JE fix-it story I may have had (and will probably have) the pleasure to encounter out there. You play with Rusty's evil designs and bend them, so that this fic proves right evidence that it was possible to give the Doctor/Donna relationship a bittersweet finale without condemning her to oblivion, as if she were the only one that had to make the ultimate sacrifice (once more)and give up everything she had become and everything she learnt on her two-year journey along the Doctor.

Melancholic, incredibly in character, respecting Donna's free will and everlasting awesomeness (she even got to fool the Doctor in this one, come on!). With the plus of the Doctor's redemption. What else can any fan wish for?

And that cliff-hangery and spoilery (à la River Song *winks*)...no, not ending. It's a beginning for me. The only future!canon I'll believe from now on."

Seriously, I read this, grinned hugely, and my day was made. Only to be followed by yet another awesome review!

From hence_the_name:
"Wow. That brought tears to my eyes. Simply...well, brilliant.

First of all, I love how you write Donna's POV--her newfound self-awareness, the way she sees her old self and her friends, the way you connect her playacting for the Doctor, here, with her the playacting she's done all her life, fronting to cover up her insecurity--all beautifully done.

Donna's awareness of the Doctor, also, is just heartbreaking, the way she understands what it would do to him to see her die, and so she lets him believe that he can fix her in order to spare him that--just, guh. The future!Doctor at the end is a wonderful touch, and the thought of them traveling together forever is making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

And as if all that wasn't enough, your writing itself is poetic and evocative and lovely lovely lovely. Thanks so much for sharing!"

Poetic, evocative, and lovely. My writing. And now I'm having a lovely conversation with her (I'm assuming, given the overabundance of females in fandom) about Donna and the Doctor and how they helped each other. I love characterization talks. ^_^

It's things like this that make me wonder if I would actually be really good as a writer (for publishing, I mean) if I'd just push myself and plan and finish a novel. One that could be edited and made better and better.

Anyway. I had weird dreams all night - they kept... I dunno, following after each other. First I was watching the action unfold, like it was a movie - there was something about this... I think it was a spaceship, but on the inside it kinda looked like an old car. And some kids were in it, riding it down a river, but then the river was getting rough so they pulled it to the side and hid it and continued on in canoes.

And then I was IN the dream - I was in a... family, I think. For some reason, we were hiking or setting up long-term camp by this river, I don't know why. My character (because it wasn't really me myself) was... like April, but not psychic, and blind. Which is weird in a dream. I could see everything, but could only react to things I felt. Which made almost falling off a cliff interesting.

Anyway, then I made my way over to the spaceship thing, and these two guys were trying to steal it. I got inside and suddenly could see, and there was this wooden stake thing, like it had been a split in a plank and that got pulled off, and I stabbed them both. Guy in the front, I stabbed in the chest, twice, and guy in the back I stabbed once in the neck. And then opened the doors, let them tumble out into the river. Then two of my brothers got in, and an older brother tried to stop us by standing in front of the spaceship as it went down the river, but we evaded him.

There was a sunroof, and somehow these plant things were kinda draping down inside, and when we tried to close it, they blocked it from closing. So I pulled them off. Turns out, when you pull them off, they COME TO LIFE and have these little barbed... mouth things that they'd try to bury in your skin like a burr. And they moved. And I had to get them all off me and throw them out the window. (I think that was partially from the dog stretching and scratching my arm while I was sleeping - I woke up and one of those spots was actually sore) And then we were somehow, for some reason, driving on streets. And then we were in the ocean. And then I woke up.

My dreams, they are crazy.

We're getting a bed Saturday morning! And a dresser and a bookshelf! I am pleased. Also, Aubrey's back will thank us, I'm sure.



...Guh, it's three already. I can't believe we slept until two. *headdesk*


ETA: I love my DoctorDonnafriend moodtheme. *glee*

http://www.theninemuses.net/log/2008/07/last-night-on-my-teevee.html

Still alive! Doing an EXCELLENT job at wasting money! But hey, I am wasting it on stuff I want. Lots of cool stuff. And I'm trying to keep a sketch diary, good me.

WOO, Dr Horrible! Okay, not that I can watch it here, but now I know I'll have it when I get home. ♥


Wicked matinee yesterday:
(Understudies, Nadine Cox - Morrible, Alex Jessop - Boq, David Stoller - Dillamond.)
The new Elphaba was AMAZING! I love her so much! So much better than Kerry, and better than the understudy we had another time too. She could act, she was adorable, and she could belt! Still not too fond of Dianne as Glinda. Still fond of Oliver as Fiyero. The Boq wasn't as adorable, but he was fine. I really liked the Morrible and Dillamond, but not necessarily more than the other ones. I miss the old Nessarose though. And the old Wizard. He was so adorable. I didn't like this one, he sort of.. made annoying th and s sounds, and didn't speak very clearly, and never smiled, and I just wasn't very impressed. BUT, the Elphaba was still amazing, which made the show so much better.

Marguerite:
Audioed this (end of act 1 might have gotten cut off). We had an understudy Pierrot! Keiron Crook. We joked that maybe he would be pretty, since Pierrot is not pretty at all, so if this guy was, the swing band would suddenly be gorgeous. AND HE WAS! And blonde, too, one of the few. It was great, especially when he rubbed his ass up against Armand, I love that part, and now it was pretty. He wasn't as funny though, not as much comic relief. But still great. The eyecandy rate of the show increased by 50%.

They have new programs. Slightly prettier, and with actual in-costume pictures, instead of just rehearsal photos. And they'd started selling the cast recordings already, so we got some, and I'll go and get it all signed later. (For Carina: Both programs, CD, all signed, plus some flyers.) There's suddenly lots of posters for it on the subway too. And it seems to be doing pretty well! This makes me happy.

OH! AND CALLING ANY LONDONERS! If you use the code 'ENLIST' when you buy one of the 3 top priced tickets, you get another one for free! Works until a few days into August or so.

They changed the show a bit too! They added a few explanatory lines (and removed Pierrot's line about Marguerite being a whore, but that might have been the understudy forgetting), like warning Marguerite she'd get beaten and balded, and a few other random stuff.

AND, they added a whole scene, and extended another. Extended: The one where Armand and Marguerite fight, and Armand goes "I thought this was different! I thought we could make it different!" Instead of Margurite leaving, she apologises, and he convinces her to escape to the countryside with him, and try to have a life together, instead of them breaking up, and she agrees. This makes The Letter that much sadder.

Added scene: After Georges throws Marguerite out, there's a conversation between Armand and Lucien. Lucien says they rescued Annette two weeks ago, and she's recovering, and she told them what Lucien now tells Armand: Marguerite only wrote the letter to save Annette and Armand (this we could already deduce from Armand saying "I know now what you did for me", but now it's much more clear). Not only that, but some new information: Marguerite was the one who arranged it so Otto could get killed by the resistance. She gave them Otto. With this information, Armand runs off shouting for Marguerite -- it goes on to the beating scene and then Armand finds her.

This makes the situation that much more tragic (them not breaking up, and her sacrificing her own position), AND much easier to understand the ending (explanation how Armand found out, and how Annette was saved). I very much agree with the changes. I love this show.

Wonder how many times I need to see Ruthie's boobs.


Other than that, we've found some great eating place, we have a private (but tiny) hostel room, and I bought the old Moomin comic books (squee!) and Space Invaders wall paper stickies! Aaaand two awesome belts, and a flowery computer mouse. And some suspenders and earrings. Yeah, having fun wasting money.

Okay, I better go get Line before she dies. I've stayed a bit longer than I should, although all I've done is check email and write this. Seeing Avenue Q in a bit, and I think the seats are very nice, actually...

Lalala update because I haven't made one in a while.

Unf. For some reason, work's been especially tiring, and my feet and calves seem to be almost constantly sore. But no matter, no matter. Soon it's weekend :D

Went shopping for undies and stuff in the centre of Tampere which was full of tourists, it seems. Everywhere I saw foreign-looking people (and I don't think they all were immigrants) and heard a lot of language, Spanish in particular, for some reason. Speaking of immigrants, there was an immigrant family on the bus with me, and I really pitied the mother. Four small girls, out of which 3 could walk (by which I mean "run") and they didn't stay still for one minute. Gah, little kids running on a moving bus D:

Surprisingly, even though I was disappointed about not getting into Turku uni, I'm not as pissed off as I thought I would be. Perhaps I'm growing up, but I don't like to think like that :P I say it's due to the happy bubble inside which I seem to be living right now (and which no one can see, except on a very clear day).

I found lots of Nemi in the library :)

Also, this is one of the greatest and most disturbing lj communities ever.

I really, really like you. It doesn't help that you're so sweet to me. I don't know if you like me too, but I'm going to assume you don't so as not to make things awkward. I really hope you do, though. With all the talk of cuddles, I don't think I'm that far off? Don't worry though, if you don't, I won't be creepy about it. I can transfer you relatively easily into "big sister" space in my head.

(Yes, I'm talking about you and yes, I know I'm totally obvious. I don't care. Being honest is more important than looking like a fool.)