red_dynamo

Ahaha, Youtube went and added an Audio Preview to comments, inspired by that xkcd comic.


That just made my day.

Absorbed via osmosis from blueshinra

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.



Ryght wurschypffull and welebelouyd Volentyne, in my most vmble wyse I recommande me vn-to yowe, &c. And hertely I thanke yowe for þe letture whech tht 3e sende me be John Bekurton, wherby I vnderstonde and knowe at 3e be purposyd to com to Topcroft in schorte tyme, and wyth-owte any erand or mater but only to hafe a conclusyon of þe mater betwyx my fadur and 3owe. I wolde be most glad of any creature on lyve so at the mater myght growe to effect. And ther as 3e say, and 3e com and fynde þe mater no more toward þen 3e dyd afortyme 3e wold no more put my fadur and my lady my moder to no cost ner besenesse for þat cause a good wyle afture, weche causyth myn herte to be full hevy; and yf þat 3e com and the mater take no non effecte, þen sculd I be meche more sory and full of heuynesse.


(It continues on for a bit about nothing in particular; it's from a series of letters that were written late 15th century by a person who had never properly learnt how to write... like most of England at the time. This was before there was a set way of spelling was established as well - it can be seen as an insight into the way common people talked at the time. It really was the closest book - bottom shelf of my desk has old university books, this one was from ENGL 224 - Literary History of the English Language)

So two years ago I bought the Cloud AC Play Arts figure, and he was sitting happily on my computer until a gust of wind came through my window a week after I bought him, knocking him off and breaking his leg. Naturally, I was disappointed, but oh well.


But just now I was walking through town and Pulsar Max (the shop that sells models/comics/etc in this area) was having a sale, and I spied Alphonse Elric's model sitting in the window. I nabbed him, took him home, was limbering up the joints a little, and... his hand comes off as soon as I touch it. Snapped straight off, ball still in socket, and alternate hand sitting happily in box. Stupid ludicrously-stiff PVC... Now to find some sort of glue, and somehow get the ball out of socket (seeing as how it's supposed to come out and all)... >_< The worst part is I've seen online that you can take off his chest and head and see the blood symbol on the back of his armour, but I'm now too scared to touch him.

Argh. I have no luck with models.


Edit: So I ran the handless socket under hot water and tried to jimmy the ball out with a sharp knife, which worked: unfortunately, I was still standing over the sink when it popped out, so... that hand is now unfixable. Maybe I should just leave everything in the box next time.

I like the way they used his dad as a voiceover for the trailer. Very ironic, and very sad... ='(

No spoilers, but all I can say is


FUCK


YES



I LOVE YOU ARAKAWA

This thread has been weirding me out for a long time (hence me not posting in it yet; had too many experiences of O LOL IM DYIN GIMME UR ATTENSHUN and I don't want to sound like an arsehole), until that last bit about the Editor. So I decided to google Gracie Thomas, just on a whim.


And this is what I found.


I cried. Edit: Richtext hates my links. Back to the cold dark with you!

Bold: Have read and finished
Italic: Have started, not finished

001 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
002 The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
003 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte   


also: still alive.

This is genius.

I just watched the film, and I have to say: Fuck you, New Line. That was terrible. You took everything that I admired about the book away, and left behind a soulless, child-friendly husk of a film that had no direction, no intellect, and plot holes so big that I could live in them. But not that I would want to.

Srsly. Lee Scoresby, Hester, and Ragnar (IOFUR DAMMIT) are about the only cool things in it. And how long are they in there? About 5 minutes total. That link pretty much sums it up perfectly.

It was shite.

Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 79.

Screw a job or a place to live, I want my climax.

Edit: Just realised I could've googled it. And yes, it's good.

;_;