Dreams and Nightmares

Just a little note to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and happy holidays, as well as bright and happy tidings for the new year.

This year I'm spending with relations; we're all in Boise, and there's four little ones, so I'm looking forward to seeing the wrapping carnage tomorrow morning. Frosted sugar cookies, ate fudge, and watched some old animations and A Christmas Story. Good calm evening, and I can't wait till tomorrow.

BWAHAHAHA! Oh Gas Snake, I knew you cared! ♥

Linds, I received your gift yesterday as well! How subtly kinky of you. XD

I realized in conversation with firefly99 this morning that I used "OTP" when I meant "favorite pairing"... which brings me to this!

Poll #1503233 Because I really have to know on Christmas Eve.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

Is there a difference between OTP and favorite pairing?

For me, I recognize that the pairings I enjoy best for reasons of aesthetic/chemistry/subtext are sometimes not the same as ones I find the most emotionally healthy or progressive for the characters. (There's an additional quandary to this in fandoms like Metal Gear where there's just seriously no such thing as a completely healthy relationship for anyone, but some are clearly just doing the best they can.)

However, it probably comes down to What OTP Means To You, which might be a far more prolonged discussion. Is it a True Pairing because it's positive, or because it excites you? Are there additional criteria?

And why is this fic 4,000 words and still not done?

I seriously miss MB Fantasia. sebychu said it ended sort of lame...? Anyone?

I don't know if I'm ever going to get around to drawing again. I want to but I don't know. I'm torn between keeping it to myself and trying to plan my comeback. Do I ever really come back?

...We might be sold out; I'm not sure. Depends on whether a few follow up on their reserves in the next few days. For now we still effectively have a few copies up for grabs.

If we can sell out here soon, wow, awesome Christmas gift. :D I love being out of debt. Well, mostly. I need to tally the final amounts and see if there's any deficit remaining. Stupid post office.

Also, I have cheesecake.

To the major negative, this fic is threatening to expand in epic fashion and augh. :\ Who wants to spend a part of their Christmas Eve doing an emergency hatchet job on this thing with me?

Before leaving Brooklyn I spent at least four hours scanning in like half of my sketchbook! I can't really show a lot of it publicly, but this is a huge chunk of it! Nothing's really quality, but there's a good quantity of it! That counts for something, right? 8D

Just to warn you fellas, the first few images are figure drawings with nudity and implied nudity. If that's not your thing, go ahead and skip to the next cut!

( Here There Be Ladies )

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( Less Ladies Ahead! Mostly vague thumbnails, original characters, and a meme. )

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That was fun! We should do it again next year.

Have a good one, guys!

( AAAAH might be spoiler stuff for Mass Effect 2. )

THE FIC MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW.

...Though I just realized I was supposed to email customers about shipment of their Fanbook orders, er, yesterday, and I still haven't.

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I'm sorry ;__; I'll do it in the morning. *crashes*

01. Cyborg Sherlock Holmes for andmydog
02. Animorphs fanmix for sorceressakemi
03. Metal Gear Solid Big Boss/Ocelot icons for kesson_shojo
04. Speed Racer 4koma for devotfeige
05. Saiyuki Hakkai icons for alienchrist
06. Valkyria Chronicles Rosie/Isara drabble for verusmayaii
07. Metal Gear Solid Raikov/Null collage for sarshin
08. Mass Effect Garrus/fem!Shep shortfic for celes_grant
09. Saiyuki House Universe shortfic for lady_ganesh
10. DOGS/Terminator Salvation crossover drabble for gayistheway
11. Transformers Wheeljack/Ratchet shortfic for __wilderness__
12. Firefly/Metal Gear Solid crossover shortfic for purplesyrup
13. Red Dragon meta for angelari
14. Red vs Blue someone/fem!Grif shortfic for konimi
15. Firefly Saffron/River shortfic for athenemiranda
16. Metal Gear Solid Ocelot/Liquid's arm shortfic for chewilicious
17. Metal Gear Solid Gigaville-verse Ocelot/Mantis drabble for jaclynhyde
18. Metal Gear Solid drabble and meta about ninja for firefly99
19. Red vs Blue fanmix for starlit_dragon
20. Halo/Red vs Blue/Mass Effect crossover Arbiter/Master Chief porn for hane
21. na na nanananana na na FANDOM DAMACY for keelieinblack

Thanks for following along, everyone! Now to just take care of that S3 fic...

I have artwork. It's not happy about being uploaded to DA right now, so I'll stick it here with the description and all, but behind a cut.

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K.A. (1:04:48 AM): oh my god |:|
K.A. (1:04:55 AM): so I'm watching Maltese Falcon
bitstream (1:05:03 AM): uhhuh
K.A. (1:05:21 AM): and there's a character in here who's a famous example of a gay character in classic cinema
K.A. (1:05:57 AM): And when my instructors taught it, they'd always talk about how fashionably/flamboyantly he was dressed, how pretty he was, that he carried perfumed business cards
K.A. (1:06:21 AM): they did not at any point mention that he pantomimed giving a blowjob to his ornamental cane.
Bitstream (1:06:34 AM): !!
K.A. (1:06:52 AM): yes, I had to pause and take that in for a moment.
K.A. (1:07:00 AM): let me... let me screencap it
Bitstream (1:08:22 AM): you'd think that would get a notable mention!
K.A. (1:08:42 AM): this is why straight male professors should not teach subject matter like this
K.A. (1:09:38 AM): ...oh my god
K.A. (1:09:44 AM): oh my god you will not believe this
Bitstream (1:12:08 AM): ?
K.A. (1:12:15 AM): one second
( screencaps )
K.A. (1:17:06 AM): he puts his lips on it and starts to move down
K.A. (1:17:17 AM): only slightly
K.A. (1:17:25 AM): it's the angle I'm surprised by
Bitstream (1:17:56 AM): point. and a rather suggestive handle really, put in that context
K.A. (1:18:37 AM): I will never be able to unsee this now.
K.A. (1:26:48 AM): I should make note that Humphrey Bogart is just staring at him the entire time
Bitstream (1:26:57 AM): haha
K.A. (1:27:12 AM): when he first walks in, the camera does one of those subtle push ins like when a teenage boy sees a totally hot babe
K.A. (1:27:25 AM): I'm not even exaggerating
K.A. (1:27:27 AM): wtf this film

Yesterday was Arbiter/Master Chief porn (yes).

AND TONIGHT IS THE SOLSTICE HAPPY SOLSTICE EVERYONE! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ GO BURN SOME CANDLES AND SACRIFICE SOME WHITE BULLS.


Alban Author-an 2009 - Day 21
Fill for: keelieinblack
Series: all
Prompt: everything
Medium: ...
Words: ???
Warnings: PROFIT

( 21 )

*sets up PS3 again after getting it back from a friend*

...

*watches it not work*

D:

ETA: Oh-kay, a hard-reset of the display settings fixed it. THANK DEITY.

ETA2: alienchrist, what a beautiful card you sent! I love it! ♥♥♥♥

Also gayistheway sent me a Dollfie-sized Master Chief. Oh my godddd *molests*

ANON CRUSH MEME

anon meme.

Oh thank goodness, on time!

Yesterday was a Red vs Blue fanmix! Tonight is-- well, there are only two possibilities. Which could it be?

Alban Author-an 2009 - Day 20
Fill for: hane
Series: Halo/Mass Effect/Red vs Blue
Prompt: see above
Medium: fic
Words: 6,067
Pairing: The Arbiter/Master Chief
Warnings: FACEFUL OF ALIEN WING-WONG. Also, violence. Also, mpreg.
Notes: I only managed to squeeze the RvB in at the end, but otherwise it's pretty seamless. Thanks to mechaphilia for betaing!

( 20 )

Meme from laboratory:

The Animated Movie Meme:
- X what you've seen
- O what you haven't finished/seen sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italics for what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral

( Snip snip. )

I am saddened by the absence of dates on a lot of these, but not enough to track down every one. :[ *nerd*

Does anyone have any Mannheim Steamroller or TransSiberian Orchestra they could post for me? Christmas party tonight, and I don't have any Christmas music!!
:(

Hey, hey f-list. Guess what?

I was out seeing my friend in a play so I'm going to be late for tonight's Solstice Calendar entry again.

Nyoro~~~~~~n

ETA: Augh, better! Okay, yesterday was a Metal Gear Solid drabble and some accompanying meta about ninjas.

Tonight is a different kind of meta. I wonder if that gives things away?

Alban Author-an 2009 Day 19
Fill for: starlit_dragon
Series: Red vs Blue
Prompt: Something to do with AI
Medium: fanmix
Songs: 11
Duration: 49.2 minutes
Warnings: Spoilers for Reconstruction/Recreation.

( 19 )

Watching the Terminator 2 director's cut, I've realized I've never actually seen the film before. Granted that it could also be I haven't watched even a bad edit of it in half a decade or more, but I'm amazed how many effect shots they cut out of the standard version. That or I have a seriously bad memory for all of the T-1000's little quirky moments.

Man. Is it terrible that I want to repurpose my Prowl icons and actually play this guy somewhere?

And I will call him Todd for the lulz.

I have a very good reason for being late again. I'll sneak something in within the next couple hours if possible.

ETA: Much better. Okay, yesterday was Gigaville Ocelot/Mantis. Tonight's is longer.

Alban Author-an 2009 - Day 18
Fill for: firefly99
Series: Metal Gear Solid
Prompt: a cyborg ninja who is not a ninja canonly
Medium: drabble and meta
Words: 100 (drabble) + 1019 (meta)
Pairing: None
Warnings: Uh, I swear a bit.

( 18 )

gilliotina: I received your gift! Thank you so much! With this I'll finally be able to make up for lapsing on packages for so many seasons.

Annnd question meme from tarastara. Comment and I will give you five questions.

The ones I got from her:

1. where in the world would you love to live? more than one place is acceptable.

I love Los Angeles. Dirty, busy Los Angeles where I can always do my grocery shopping at 3 AM in a fit of boredom and I can always find somewhere selling bulgogi with a side of kimchee. I'm sure I'd appreciate living somewhere quiet but I really think the ideal place for me is a cramped, disgusting metropolis, somewhere where I can go on foot or public transit to reach anything. I like walking and zoning out, I like something besides large chains occupying every store front, and I love being able to see a goddamn movie without taking a two hour train ride to reach a place that has it.

2. if you could steal anyone's looks, who would it be?

I actually do not mind my present appearance, insofar as I know no one's ever going to do me favors because of it. If I'm stealing someone's face anyway, can't I just be a Na'Vi? I want a tail so bad.

3. which (past or present, obv) decade is your favorite?

The 90s had a lot in common with the 20s, so the 20s might've been nice. Spiritually, the 00s coincide with the 80s, however, and as much as I see the logic to that, I don't want to go back to the 80s, thanks. I actually don't mind the aughts? We have a mixed-race president, the Large Hadron Collider's searching for god particles, half of all American adults game, a series of fantasy books-turned-movies is tied for the largest Oscar win of all time, and fusion sushi is no big deal. This is the time to be a geek.

4. what is your favorite style of shoe?

OMGSHOES. Uhhh I'm fashion-illiterate actually so I have no idea. As much as I Don't Get how any self-respecting feminist can go within 12 feet of Bayonetta, I think her gun boots are awesome.

5. how good are your high-fives on a scale of one to ten?

Seven at least, if I do say so myself. In my younger days I was even a master of the down-low-too-slow combo, but these days my conscience prevents me from employing such dirty tactics. *hairflip*