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Canadiana + Kate Beaton = Dreams DO Come True
Kate Beaton is calling for suggestions: she has been commissioned to draw an historical compendium of Canadian figures, and wants suggestions from coast to coast. If you have any, let her know. My contributions included Tommy Douglas and Wolverine, so, y'know. Keep it highbrow :P
And if you haven't read her comics, well, why not start with her ( Read more... ) -
Random list of awesomeness is more random than anything else.
Things that are AWESOME:
Nodame Cantabile* Wacky music school students are adorably wacky ( Read more... ) -
first post as ABD is...
You know you want to read this absolutely biased Star Trek Reboot Parody (unless you have not seen the film, and then it might not make too much sense):
M.A. in Advanced Linguistics. PhD in badass.It's good for reading after you unexpectedly got to see the movie last weekend, and especially good to reread once your exams are DONE DONE DONE ( Read more... ) -
AAAAAAAAAH
exaaaaaaaaaaaaaaams ( Read more... ) -
It's been a year already....
since the enormous earthquakes in Chengdu. People always seem to want us to forget.
These parents say: Forget it.
I say: what can I say in the face of such personal and societal tragedy? Not much. Read the article, even though it's heartbreaking. -
brief blast across the sky of lj!
I know it's tough economic times for us all right now, but should you happen to have a few pennies to spare, there's a young woman from a Los Angeles high school who could really use them -- to go to Oxford for the summer. Yes, that Oxford, and yes, she sounds like a pretty amazing person.
[ETA of AWESOME: By the time I heard back from the school ( Read more... ) -
Also and also, Riza Hawkeye is made of Titanium-plated Awesome.
This is just a note to say:
If Olivia Armstrong and Roy Mustang were ever interested in the same thing it might just have to implode in the crossfire of their combined personal magnetism, power, and desire. And that only Ed could stand up to Roy without destroying him or losing to him in this moment. ( And that this is not a spoiler, just speculation: ) -
짙은 (Zitten)!
So I have apparently found the Korean equivalent of Elbow, they are lovelycakes with awesomesauce, and there is only one problem here: I don't speak Korean, not one word beyond anhyeong, and I have no real idea what they're saying. In the meantime, soaring vocals! Crunchy guitars! Downtempo shoegazers! Cello solos. SO LOVELY. I have missed my indie ( Read more... ) -
Dear extremely talented creator of Bleach: Consider yourself on notice, sir.
I thought this day would never come, but it has.
I liked the latest chapter of Naruto more than I did the latest chapter of Bleach, by a very very very very long shot. And for years I have found Naruto annoying, annoying, annoying.
( Letter of complaint has Serious Spoilers for most recent chapters! )