Fandom Random!

[drakyndra]

Yes, I seem to be overusing the word "Random" in my headings as of late. But it is such a great word! Handy for all occasions, and all that.

First bit of fandom random: Apparently, GoF will be rated M in Australia, due to "fantasy violence." Holy crap! This bodes well for the dark and nasty scenes in it, I do believe. I am liking this muchly...

Though it does bring a question to mind: namely, what the hell is HBP going to be rated when that movie comes out? 'Cos, a lot of implied murders and acts of terrorism, poisoning, graphic violence (the nose-stomp, Sectumsempra, Bill Weasley's wounds), deaths, more torture, betrayal, implied child abuse, and Greyback, who's a whole ratings issue all on his own.

And in another fandom: Joss posted on Whedonesque! How freaking awesome! And post NFA Buffy-Angel comics, the Spike movie thing, hints for the future of the Serenity-verse. And the fact it is, you know, Joss, and therefore riotiously funny in it's own behalf is just great.


<td align="center">Fun is most important in your life.


Having a high focus on fun indicates that you value your own enjoyment over anything else. And there is nothing wrong with that. Your motto is we're here for a good time - not a long time.


Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

Yep. Definitely sounds like me. I mean, what is life without fun?

quotation marks You scored 53% Sociability and 70% Sophistication!

There is a lot more to you than meets the eye. You certainly get plenty of "action," but you'd be happier if those who lusted after you were more selective. You hate being used as a general intensifier; haven't these people ever heard of underlining? Italics? And yes, you remember the cruel words Mr. Joyce directed at you. But you let none of this get you down; those who abuse you are destined for a "special" reward, sooner or later. You feel particularly warm toward periods, commas, exclamation points, and question marks, and usually wish to have them next to you. Parenthesis can sometimes trouble you.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 60% on Sociability You scored higher than 90% on Sophistication

Link: The Which Punctuation Mark Are You Test written by Gazda on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

That's just brilliant. And oddly fitting, considering both my obsession with Teh Quotes, and of course the infamous Quotes Book.


BTW, what time and where do we meetup for our Mexican thing tomorrow, tinyteddyqueen?

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[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Interesting stategy from your Art teacher there. Though I am intrigued by this concept of a "monster blob." Did it liok like an specific type of monster, or was it just a bit of generic "Grr, argh!"?

I am sure it will be utterly thrilling.[/sarcasm]

There are a few people (a couple of fanfic types) that can get a pretty good handle on the voice. But only a few - the rest are utter dreck. It's one of those things that can either be done really well or really badly - there is no middle ground.

Well, if you want to meet geeky types, join some clubs. FAS or CHAS or one of those one, there are lots of us there. Or, just turn up at the Mary Cooke lounge in Union House of an afternoon.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, very interesting. *g* I'd always argue with her, pointing at my pathetic drawings and telling her, 'Look! I can't draw!' she'd just say, 'No, no, no, everybody can draw.' Phfkjfdsjklsdkjle! Are you blind?!

Lol! I'm pretty sure it was just a generic "Grr, argh!" kind of thing. I didn't have talent enough to make specific monster blobs.

I know I'll be setting my VCR! Talk about dragging things out to make more money.

Uh huh, word to all of that. And loving the word 'dreck', I'll have to use that more in everday conversation.

Yeah, that's what I'm definitely going to try and do next year. Joining clubs. Didn't really get around to it this year. No, I lie! I joined one! And never turned up to anything.

...I think I'm seeing what went wrong there. Note to self: don't be lazy.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

*sighs* And that's what happens when teachers aren't allowed to criticise their students. This whole, "everyone is talented" thing. Can't they accept some of us are not talented? *is offended on behalf of the mediocore*

Dreck is a good word. I know I got it from somewhere, I am just not sure where. It's a bit like "yoink" in that regard. But then, as some of my posts indicate, I tend to use my own take on language.

Yes, join clubs, it'll be fun. And then you can watch videos and play games and have free lunches with us, it's fabulous fun!

It's not even hard. Turn up on Clubs and Societies day in O-week, fill in form, pay $5 dollars, and then once a week show up at Union house.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

*is also offended for those not lucky enough to be great at everything. ie. everyone* Teachers should be allowed to criticise...but in a remotely nice kind of way. Otherwise they're teaching us to lie, and that's bad, kids.

'Okay, so you're not Picasso, but you're giving it a go! And that's what counts!'

Only that kind of mindless optimism would get fairly grating on the nerves after ten seconds. So maybe the direct approach would work best.

'Your work is utter dreck (hooray!) but this class is compulsory and I will be marking you. So at least make it vaguely recognisable dreck and I won't fail you at the end of the semester.'

To which the obvious solution is putting a nice, artistic (read = colourful) label underneath everything you draw.

I love all those made up words, they make so much more sense than real words. "Yoink" is a fabulous word, I try and use that as much as possible. "Gack" is another one I'm quite fond of.

My friend and I were going to do that in O-Week, that was part of The Plan. But there were so many people around we decided to 'just do it later.' The rest of the story tells itself, really. *g*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

*reads art commentaries*

Uh-huh...

Well, you seem to have everything there sorted, so perhaps I'll just leave all that stuff up to you, okay? *is slowly backing away*

Yes, made up words are fun. Then again, this is coming from someone who has somehow managed to invent their own language. Well, sort of. I'm still working on bits and pieces, but I know enough to be able to swear in it, anyway.

Yep, Yoink and Gack are very good words. I also like blended adjectives. Splediferous and Fantabulous and Prettiful. The tend to get used by me a lot (mainly because I tend to get far too over enthusiastic over things)

Well, I do believe that The Plan didn't seem to achieve much, did it? But next semester (or whenever) you must turn up. I'll spam your LJ to make sure. And I should be there, I think, on one of the stands...

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Oooh, caps from the CiN special. Curse not being able to see it *throws things*

I've probably put far too much thought into methods of art teaching...I put it down to the fact that I spent most of my time in art alternating between,
A) Thinking fandom thoughts,
B) Thinking random thoughts,
C) Concocting ways of destroying the teacher, and
D) Concocting ways of proving to the teacher that I couldn't draw for anything.

You managed to somehow invent your own language...and can swear in it? *giggles* That's fantastic, do I get a sample? I always wanted to make up my own language, but didn't get past making up the swear words. And even then they sounded too much like English swear words for me to get away with them during class.

Prettiful! I love that word. Fantabulous gets my vote as well. And fantasmagorical, a friend of mine made that up and I adopted it because I liked it so much.

No, as far as plans go that wasn't exactly a winner.

Mmm, spam. That reminds me of five-minute DW, have you read those? "No, Jack, the Daleks are not made of spam."

Sounds like a deal *holds out hand* I'll make sure to throw things at you.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

*grins* I have watched it many times. Over, and over, and over. But mostly the crappy real-player version. For some reason, the .avi causes my computer to fuck up. *points to new LJ post all about how gorram pissed I am*

Ah, Art. Great fun for thinking about all sorts of things that have nothing to do with art whatsoever.

Well, it's only sort of a language at the moment. I know a few bits and pieces, but I don't know enough to say much at all, really. A few basic phrases, some grammer rules, and I know how it's pronounced, but other than that, not a lot. And I put far too much effort into working out the swearing part.

Fantasmagorical is a good one, I shall have to remember that.

He for five-minute DW. You gotta love show parodies like those, they are teh brilliant.

Deal. Gathers her minions for a pre-emptive strike