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2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Just so people know - I am alive and well. My beautiful harbour city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture has been devastated by the recent earthquake and tsunami. I cannot put into words the magnitude of the destruction and the depth of the loss that the community is currently facing ( Read more... ) -
Greetings from the End of the World! Wish you were here!
This comes as a warning to those of you fortunate souls on my friends-list who have escaped the force of this catastrophe thus far. By the time you read this, I shall most likely be dead. Arm yourselves; draw near your beloved ones, amass a fortress of tinned soup and leftover fruitcake to stave off the coming famines. Otherwise, place a noose ( Read more... ) -
You're about as fatale as an after-dinner mint
Hey guys.
Moving to Japan in December.
CAN I GET A "FUCK YEAH!?"
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A Left Hook Like God's - Part I
LJ, I don't like you anymore. You're making me split up my >9000 word fanfic into two chunks, which I can only hope doesn't spoil the flow. You, dear reader, shall hopefully be the judge of this.
Title: A Left Hook like God's - Part I
Fandom: Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei
Genre: Gen
Characters: Jinroku, Nozomu (and Matoi of course).
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: ( Read more... ) -
A Left Hook like God's - Part II
Title: A Left Hook like God's - Part II
Fandom: Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei
Genre: Gen
Characters: Jinroku, Nozomu (and Matoi of course).
Rating: On the R edge of PG-13
Warnings: Violence; language; suicide; references to racism, sexuality and drug abuse; Jinroku being GAR. Please be advised that the views expressed within the context of this work are not ( Read more... ) -
Thinking out loud
In the midst of life we are in death, they do say, but in the midst of exam week, a well-know fate worse than death, I'm actually in a pretty good mood. (Well, this morning's lousy Media Culture final notwitstanding, but meh.)
Case in point! The essay-of-death I wrote on Miyazawa Kenji recently was quite well-received. Now I kind of feel like vanity ( Read more... ) -
Shameless advertising
Because, as a sometime medievalist, I've got an absolutely inordinate fondness for Icelandic sagas, I want to make this a point of public notice on the off-chance that anyone reading cares and is not already awares:
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Side-splitting ( Read more... ) -
Ten Songs Drabble Challenge Thingy, Yay
The drabble/ficlet form is a dangerous one in the wrong hands. Quite likely, mine are indeed among them, but what the hell, I've never done one of these before. Though I've never been happier in my life to have done a speed-typing course.
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn your music player on and turn it on random/shuffle.
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Fireplace was stoked, the cupboard stocked full of provisions
Today was much better, and I'm feeling much better. Last night after I got my bearings a little, I baby-sat/was baby-sat by some frighteningly intelligent children. In the name of corrupting the youth, showed them how to use BitTorren to pirate thousands of dollars worth of films. Then I came home and found out someone wants to use me as an artists ( Read more... )
