QC love

As my regular readers may or may not know, I have somewhat recently become OBSESSED with Jeph Jacques' webcomic: QUESTIONABLE CONTENT.

It is awesome and you should read it because
- it is funny (:
- the plot is fairly engaging/interesting... not heaps complex/deep, but that means this is good stress relief reading (:
- most of the characters have distinctive personalities that are nicely developed (i.e. the cast isn't a complete congregation of 2D cutouts)
- watching the art progression is pretty cool
- I'm recommending it and we all know I am the ultimate connoisseur of everything amazing cough

It's continuous/sequential, so you might want to start from the beginning.

It updates daily Monday to Friday. And ever since catching up on all the previous comics... well, now I have to wait for Jacques to actually draw/post them and there is a HOLE IN MY SOUL every time the weekends roll around and I DO NOT GET MY QC FIX AARGH.

But okay I just read a few articles on QC wiki and I need to NEVER GO ON THAT SITE AGAIN, it sucks up all this time but I don't even enjoy reading it wth ... it's like tvtropes but kinda worse. And incredibly useless. Also I should go find some German podcasts or something.

time for one of those ... pseudo-nerdy posts ...

I FINISHED READING THE SHIPPING NEWS
YEAHHHHHHHHH (Y)

/dancedance


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I think it's quite a good book. Not one of my favourites, and not one that made me go "OMG WANT TO KEEP READING" while I was reading it, but still a good book.

AD ALTIORA, PEEPS

HAHAHAHAHHA HECKYEAHHHHHHHHHHHH

http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/12/15/2097102/HSC%20Performance%202010.pdf



K and if this isn't mirrored next year, I'm going to eat an Erumpent horn. Unless non-mirroring = beating JR (:

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a thousand meteoric minutes to theoretically hybridised solar midnight--

Last night I went to a Linkin Park concert and it was fucking AMAZINGGGGG <3333

1. I went with Fio and Em and we were in the silver reserved seating area which was in the section furthest away from the stage but I didn't mind because it meant we weren't pressed by people on all sides like the guys in the mosh pit (though the front row guys there would've had the most awesome view) so it was quite comfortable, and because we could sit down.

2. But the seat thing was whatever because for the actual Linkin Park concert (i.e. excluding the breaks and stage changing and the support act) I think I spent almost half the time on my feet, screaming/cheering and singing/yelling along with everyone around me :'D

3. Every time an 'old' song (i.e. from their first three albums, before A Thousand Suns) came on, everyone pretty much jumped up and cheered, especially the ones with really distinctive openings, e.g. Numb, In The End. And people sang along to those. Not so much singing along to the ATS songs though.

4. That said, during 'The Messenger', at the end, the "ohh-oh-oh" kind of part... Chester stopped singing partway through and instead it was just the whole audience singing the very last part together and it was like nawwww BELONGING AHAHAHAHHA. But yeah seriously, that was really nice. Did I mention that 'The Messenger' is a really sweet song? It was acoustic too and it was so nice. And while we all sang along to the old songs, for this one, which was both new AND a quiet song, everyone shut up. Except for the last part, heheh. LISTEN TO THE SONG (: [ link ]

5. By the time the concert was over I actually could not talk properly for 10 mins or so, my voice had changed notably in pitch and hoarseness, what with all the scream-cheering I did hahahah - I wondered if I annoyed anoyone there... seeing as I'm not physically able to cheer/scream in a roar like guys, I resorted to shrieking instead. HAHAHAH. Yeah I'm a fangirl etc. etc.

6. I definitely didn't expect to enjoy myself as much as I did, partly because I didn't really know how good Linkin Park were live, and also because I didn't really like any of the ATS songs prior to the concert... and because my LP obsession had just waned significantly since its 07-08 zenith. Needless to say, however, I did enjoy myself very very very much (:

So yes it was WORTH EVERY SINGLE CENT <3

Insert chesirecatgrin here

Viva Voce is OVER! And I don't want to think about it. Or talk about it. (:

Anyway, what you really need to know is that today I got home, showered, bludged, had dinner, made mashed potato, and now I am sitting here with WLM and Firefox and Paint Tool SAI open, listening to Tokio Hotel and not a single browser tab in my browser/taskbar is tuned to something educational.

<3

without you I can finally SEEEEEEEE /obligatoryrandomemosonglyric

Bio assignment finished and handed in and I am relatively confident/happy with my work... [frantically hugs wood].
My Internet is definitely not lagging like the primordial formation of the universe.
I have decided to dedicate this evening to bludge and have scanned in a bunch of pencil drawings that I've... LOLOL drawn during school haha... also, seen some nice stuff on dA... also...

Listening to nice music.

LIFE IS GOOD.
[hugs wood even more]

Animorphs

The Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. I used to love those books. In fact, I kinda still do - however, my enthusiasm for them kinda faded some time between, what, Year 7 and now? Also, the fact that the series is a massive fifty-something books long (not including specials, I think)... and the whole Year-12-I-don't-have-time thing... yeah, somehow I just stopped reading them.

BUT RECENTLY I HAVE BECOME ENAMOURED WITH THEM ONCE AGAIN... SORT OF... due to reading stuff about the series on TVtropes. Haha.

BUT YES.

I have decided that after the HSC, sometime, I will most probably get my hands on the complete series and READ IT. I say most probably becuase there's always the chance I might lose interest. But if my interest in the series is still there... that's something I definitely want to do. I know a heap of spoilers already, including like... THE ENDING, but whatever. I still want to read. So yes.

Maybe one day I'll make a post-HSC to do list LOL.

HAHAHA four chords

What four chords? These four chords: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co9mW_9hH2g

Random list of songs I like:
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
Amazing - Alex Lloyd
Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

HAHAHHA and Axis of Awesome is coolies.

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NaNoWriMo. Only wrote like five hundred words or so today for it. Will have to write heaps on the weekend to make up... have a feeling that this week's afternoons will be filled with work.

Must do:
+ BIOLOGY AHAHAHHA
+ get concept+plot+etc. for 4U Eng major work lulzz
+ NaNo... HAHAH why yes I am insane, thanks

Urghhhhh NaNo. Why. So time-consuming. Must write quicker.

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Hugs to some certain blogstalkers (:

zombies and apocalpyses

Elena's recent apocalypse blog post reminded me of this...

7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)

Of course you can go on about different variations of zombies and stuff, but this article's pretty cool anyway. And on a related note... I never picture a zombie apocalypse and this article has only consolidated that view in my mind. I always think more... climate-related shit. I think in terms of apocalypses... I think... most likely climate-related crap, then... nuclear/war (i.e. violent human machine-involving things).

Robots-taking-over (like in The Matrix or whatever) doesn't really occur to me. Neither does zombies. Just... hordes of stuff never really occurs to me.

Speaking of hordes of stuff, GREY GOO.

'du bist das beste was mir je passiert ist'

Listening repeatedly to Silbermond's 'Das Beste'
[ link ]

Such a pretty song <3

massive Gleekery

This post contains Glee spoilers regarding episode 4 of season 2 (:

Highlight to read.

I LOVED THAT EPISODE. OMG SAM/QUINN. SAM/QUINN. SAMQUINN SAMQUINN SAMQUINN SAMQUINN OMG <3333333333 SO MUCH LOVE AAAGHAHAHAH THEY'RE SO CUUUUTE AND SWEET I HOPE THEY STAY TOGETHER AAAHHH SO CUUUUUUTE SQUEEEE.

...SO CUUUUUTE.

Random thoughts about Quinn's character: hmm don't really like how she's still randomly a bitch to Rachel - well, she's not, actually, not anymore, but the random "what I need is to find ways to torture Rachel" or whatever... that was like "ehh?" and kind of dodgy I think. But lol IDK, old habits die hard? I'll vaguely forgive her for that since Quinn's a much nicer character now than the mega-bitch she was in the first few eps of season 1.

I just read a couple random comments on YouTube regarding the current Glee pairings. And here's what I have to say...

Sam/Quinn = OMG <333333

Finn/Rachel = LOVE

Tina/Mike = haha they seem like typical cute/sweet average couple. Tina and Artie were cute together, but I don't prefer that pairing... and actually I totally see why Tina dumped Artie LOL (it was... ignoring / staying outta contact because of some huge Halo marathon or something? Hahaha, as far as I can recall...).

I'm not going into the rest as they're not canon.

OHMYGOD SAM/QUINNNNNN <3

Anyway, some people are/were hoping that Sam and Kurt would get together.

I say no, because... it doesn't seem right! Mainly because Sam doesn't seem gay and he says he isn't. I don't like pairings of characters that go against their canon sexual orientation... I mean if Kurt hooked up with an actual out gay guy that'd be cool, but not with a probably-straight guy.

ALSO, the fact that I love Sam/Quinn so much.

Lol Sam/Quinn = Sinn

HAHAHAHAH I LIKE.

Though doesn't suit them because they seem so sweeeeet and non-malevolent, but that's partly why I like the idea of having such an oppositey name. SINNN.

Now, regarding Quinn... and Puck. Quinn/Puck.

I used to be a fan of Quinn/Puck. I thought it was sweet. They're sweet together. But in that episode where it was revealed that Puck was sexting Santana while vaguely 'together' with Quinn (what was it, Hairography?)... I was fully like PUCK YOU ASSHOLE. And while I still thought Quinn/Puck was cute, I was never really down with Puck's sexual debauchery promiscuity whole "sex shark" thing. So yeah.

One reason that I think Sam/Quinn is cool is that... well, Sam so far seems like the kinda guy that Quinn deserves. I.E. a non-player nice sweet benevolent guy who'll treat her right.

OMG THEY'RE SO CUTE /explodes

And as for Finn/Quinn, no way. Just nooo. Finn's with Rachel and I am totally digging Finchel ('twas my fave pairing until Sam/Quinn which is like my frigging OTP now... for TV shows, haha, I have one or two more for other media). And Quinn's whole pregnancy thing... yeah... kind of blew apart their relationship. And also, while the Inns were together, Quinn was a MAJOR BITCH. Possibly another reason why I don't like Finn/Quinn.

...Oh yeah and just for the record, I didn't love this episode just because of Sam/Quinn. I thought it was pretty good overall. Hehe. (No, seriously.)

But that said... SINNNNNN <3

I just realised that I forgot another canon couple - Emma and Carl.

Hmm I liked Will and Emma (omg I was such a Wemma fan while Terri was doing her bitch thing) but when Will made out with Shelby Corcoran it was like "WILL YOU ASS"... but I still liked Wemma. But I don't mind that she's with Carl. And she and Carl seem happy, so eh. If Emma however does get back with Will... ehh don't really mind. ALTHOUGH, I really didn't like how Will made such a tryhard ass of himself in the second episode of season 2 (Brittany/Britney?). Made me quite a bit less sympathetic of Will.

Okay I think I've gotten most of the Sam/Quinn squee out of my system. As in, I still love that pairing SO FRIGGING HARD but I... think I will be able to pass the rest of this eventing without proclaiming my love every 150 words or so.

MAYBE, LOLLL.

...Yeah disagree if you want. But if you're going to vocalise it here, do it with some nice degree of civility or not at all (:

Mother Nature = insane

I have newfound respect for nature. Especially for invertebrates. For molluscs. It is a respect fuelled largely by fear/revulsion. A lot of revulsion. Did I mention revulsion? So much so that the revulsion kind of overwhelms the awe at the kind of disturbing awesomeness.

Check this out. Seriously. You don't want to miss the first two images.
http://www.bogleech.com/bio-clampirism.html

Also, this.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18746_the-9-most-mind-blowing-disguises-in-animal-kingdom.html

And while we're on the topic of disturbing invertebrates... lampreys. For those of you who have had to endure me spontaneously uttering "Lamprey!" during our last school days of Year 11, now you know can see what I was talking about, if you didn't know already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey

As you can see, it's not the sort of thing that easily slips your mind. Or at least, my mind. And for some reason, the name is oddly fun to utter spontaneously and slip into conversation.

In case you were wondering, I found all this out from reading articles on Cracked.com and linkjumping. And man, I am so put off oceans now. And just marine environments in general. Aiieeesh.

"The Pig Farmer"

Interesting article. It's long, but quiet well-written and interesting.

http://www.johnrobbins.info/blog/the-pig-farmer/

w00t sorting hat quiz

 Scores (0-100)

Gryffindor: 70
Ravenclaw: 66
Hufflepuff: 66
Slytherin: 66

Niiice, I'm could pretty much fall into any, were it not for the four points that landed me in Gryffindor haha. I find that somewhat amusing.

Quiz here: [ link ]