Got Obliterated By The Nerdcore Flow.

[robanybody]

Had a great time last night, but I am still so tired, despite nine hours of sleep. Fun times are exhausting, you guys.

So here is my morning in pictorial form:

Eating

Comments

[robanybody]

So gooooood. I make a mean cup of coffee.

[amy_vic]

Ngl, the thought of someone getting that tattoo make me swoon a little. Not because of the image itself (not my fandom) but because of the time and dedication it would take. All that greyscale and shading and tiny detail work!

And now I want another tattoo. Fuck.

[robanybody]

Our tattoo artist did an amazing job because it pretty much looks exactly like that. It's really awesome.

I am already planning mine. A mermaid on my right calf. I just need the design now.

[charliehey]

But girls only talk about their periods and shoes. That's not entertaining.

[robanybody]

I totally forgot that only male protagonists are interesting and women are meant to be background characters who are just there to give the guys something to do. >.>

[charliehey]

We are here to inspire change (usually through our dramatic deaths or by bitchily breaking a nice guy's heart) but never do it ourselves. God, Minette, it's like you missed How To Be A Girl As Written By Dudes 101 or something.

[robanybody]

Oh my God, how could I have forgotten the part where I only exist so that some guy can go on a quest or lean a life lesson? :O

[blueocean80]

There's something vaguely creepy about the Laughing cow, but I can't figure out what it is. *chinhands* Maybe I'm just crazy.

Re: Dust. Oh! Zombie stories are not my thing, but that sounds like a totally different take on the subject and hmmm. *ponders whether to add it to the to-read list or not* I want to read Feed, though. Have you read that one?

[robanybody]

Ahahaha! We grew up on La vache qui rit when I was a kid in Kuwait, and I still have incredibly fond memories of the terrible ads for it. I even remember the jingle! I was in a full-blown nostalgic mood this morning.

I loved Dust a lot. The whole thing is told from the undead point of view and the story itself is so engrossing that I could not put it down until I was done reading. And God, the characters, they just broke my heart so much. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes well-written, interesting stories.

I have not read Feed, but it looks interesting!

[blueocean80]

You grew up in Kuwait? How was it, if you don't mind me asking?

I do like interesting stories, especially if they're well-written. As for characters, dude, I have a thing. If the characters click with me and they're fleshed out and complex, not just props to drive the story, I'll stick to anything you throw at me, even if the story itself is meh or passable. OTOH, if the story is awesomesauce but the characters don't click, there is just no way I'll get into the novel/movie/whatever.

[robanybody]

Well, we grew up there before the Gulf War, and it was a really good life. We lived in a really nice apartment, my parents threw a lot of parties for their friends and co-workers, we learned Arabic and made a lot of friends, we ate a lot of really amazing Arab food, and so on. We had to deal with a lot of censorship, though: our encyclopedias had blacked-out or torn-out pages for stuff that the government didn't agree with, movies had all the love scenes cut out of it, and when Ramadan came, there was no booze sold anywhere, so everyone we knew started making really terrible homemade wine for their parties.

But overall, it was a good life, and I miss it terribly some days. I cried a lot when the Gulf War started and I saw all the places I grew up in being bombed to shit. Sigh.

I'd recommend giving Dust a try then. Jessie is one of those characters that I just got when I first started reading the book, and her and Florian are still my favorites. I'm going to be re-reading it as many times as possible.

[tjournal]

Oh that fic was so good! *runs back out the door*

[robanybody]

Right? So good.