Real Life vs. Fiction

[mood| amused]
[music| "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend]

I saw this thanks to persephone33:



It's only TV fandoms, so things like Harry Potter, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, etc, are not included. I think there's four or five categories for people to choose from, ranging from Humor to Teens. And (for me, at least) it was very hard to choose someone to vote for (example: for fake news, you have to choose between Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. WHY TORTURE ME SO? I also had a hard time when I looked at the choices for Angel and Buffy).

But either way, it's so epic. Kudos to the person who thought of this brilliance.

[mood| tired]
[music| "Everyone's At It" - Lily Allen]

Chapter 2 of Through a Long and Sleepless Night is up on both FIA and Portkey.

It's shorter than the first chapter, but, hopefully, they'll be a bit longer from now on.

Enjoy! :D

[mood| jubilant]
[music| "Kill the Lights" - Britney Spears]

Dear Anna Sui,

Words cannot possibly describe how I felt about your show for F/W '09. I had to look at it a second time because, the first time around, I was too busy gaping (and gasping) at the models walking your show. I was in the middle of my Honors class stifling my awe as I fangirled in my chair, letting out inner squees of joy. I could only take so much as I flicked through the slideshow on Style.com as some of my favorite models walked down your runway, in this order: Agyness Deyn (Who not only opened, but closed the show as well. Her first appearance in NYC, thus far), Sasha Pivovarova, Natasha Poly, Lily Donaldson, Lara Stone, Snejana Onopka, and Vlada Roslyakova. Also in your show were some of my other favorites: Kinga Rajzak, Jourdan Dunn, Jessica Stam (!!), Liu Wen, Du Juan, and, on occasion, Katrin Thormann. Not to mention models that are quickly becoming popular on and off the runway: Hanne Gaby Odiele, Isabeli Fontana (well, she's been around, but she's starting to get work again since having a baby), Iris Strubegger, and Toni Garrn. It was as though you delivered a one, two punch to the part of my heart reserved for the fashion industry.

So now that my fangirlishness has subsided, let's talk about the clothes.

I love you, Anna; I really do. And your clothes are fabulous in all of their Victorian England-inspired ways. I almost bought one of your dresses a couple of seasons back for prom. It was either that or this AMA-zing black cocktail dress from Chloe with this lovely black bow that tied at the waist. I loved both of them on me. The dressing room girls at Nordstrom's loved both of them on me. I was gunning for a two-fer when my mom looked at the price tags and put her foot down, crushing both mine and the dressing room girls' dreams. Needless to say, I have moved on, though, both dresses have been imprinted in my memory.

Anyways, I'm starting to feel as though I'm seeing a lot of the same things. I understand that each designer has the special something about them, that signature bit that keeps customers season after season. For the boys of Proenza Schouler, it's the faux-corset/busier bodice. For Hussein Chalayan, it's the structural, almost other-worldly aesthetic that pushes the boundaries of what can be produced for the industry/what defines what is in "style". For you, dear Anna, it seems to be your penchant for lace and Victorian details. And again; I have no problems with that. In fact, I liked your line a lot this season. The boots were incredibly cute and looked, surprisingly, practical in comparison to some of the other offers I've seen thus far (Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte, I have a bone to pick with you. Great boots, but how the hell would you get those bad boys on?), and some of the details of the dresses were fun and flirty; something I've come to expect from you. I also enjoyed the dresses near the end with the moon-and-bling encrusted headbands and the little moon brooches on the dresses themselves.

But, like I said before, I feel like I've seen a lot of this before. All I ask is for a bit of a surprise the next time I see your line on the runways.

With love,

Mia

[mood| content]
[music| "Spaceman" - The Killers]

In between school work, my new blog, and just being social every single weekend, I've finally gotten around to writing some more fanfic. I know I started writing out that little scene for Theories where Ginny talks about her first time with Draco, but I've decided to put that on hold in favor of some other stuff. Mainly Through a Long and Sleepless Night since I started thinking about it today since I have been suffering from a lack of sleep as of late. I've been sick for what seems like ages and I'm just starting to get over it, but while I was sick, it would take me forever to fall asleep unless I was hopped up on medication. But yeah; I'm starting to feel better now, so thoughts for stories are pouring in and I was inspired to write tonight.

I only have about a page done for this chapter and I'm stopping for tonight since it is getting rather late, but I wanted to post what I have for some opinions. There's already more dialogue rather than action, which was the case in the first chapter, but there needs to be dialogue to explain what's going on.

( Part of Chapter 2 )

Hope you enjoyed it!

xoxox

[mood| calm]
[music| "Poker Face" - Lady GaGa]

So I was cleaning out the nifty LeSportsac messenger bag that I use for school today and lookie at what I found! (You can click on it to make it bigger.)



Yes, you read that correctly. Scientology, the religion of Tom Cruise, Will Smith, John Travolta, and the Beckhams, has found its way to lil ol USF. I guess I had gotten the paper in passing to a class and stuffed it my bag without really looking at it. Good thing, too, otherwise I might have laughed at the person who gave it to me. I'm sorry, but I don't consider something based off of the works of a science-fiction writer to be a true religion. No offense to those who DO practice it; what may work for one person may not work for everyone else and, granted, Scientology has helped a rather decent amount of people, but still. The mere mention of the religion make my friends and I lolz.

Here's my nifty bag for those curious:



By the way, because I just feel like it, I did something that I remember talking to turkeyish about. I don't remember when, exactly, but I remember her mentioning that she had considered writing a story out of order, depending on what point in the story she felt like writing about at the time, and then putting the thing together like a jigsaw. Well, I had a semi-strange dream a couple of nights ago that, well, inspired me to write it out. Basically, I skipped ahead in the time line for Theories on How Danger Finds Us since I've had the story planned out since the beginning 'cause when I woke up the next morning I couldn't help thinking that the events of the dream would fit so perfectly with Theories. (This will probably be the only time I'll have a Stephenie Meyers moment.) I haven't written the entire chapter out yet, hell, I don't even know what chapter it would be, but I've decided to post some of what I've written, taking out the one little spoiler bit:

( Theories on How Danger Finds Us, Chapter ??? )

So I happened to look to the side of my screen just now and what advertisement do I see that LJ has bestowed upon me? THE OFFICIAL TOM CRUISE WEBSITE. I see what you did there, LJ. Coincidence? I think not, LJ. I think not.

[mood| dorky]
[music| "Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare" - Matt & Kim]

So my friend, Leah, bought the game Catchphrase to play with the girls in our dorm since we like playing board games together and whatnot (I got Apples to Apples for my birthday this year). If you've never heard of Catchphrase, it's this electronic game where you have different categories (food, entertainment, the world, everything, etc.) and each category has a list of words or phrases. The point of it is to describe the phrase to your partner before time runs out in order to get a point. Kind of like the game Password or Taboo.

Anyways, Nicole and I initially paired up and played a couple of rounds against other pairs. After a while, no one else wanted to play and so Nicole and I decided to see how many we could get per round, but only focusing on the entertainment category since we're total pop culture junkies (Remember that show The World Series of Pop Culture? Nicole and I wanted to try out if they still had it going. Our team name? The Triwizard Champions).

So we're playing and I notice that our friend, Erin, has her computer screen facing towards us. We stop a round and I turn to Erin and ask, "Is that recording?" She had been recording us for a minutes or so, but Nicole and I being the good sports that we are decide to keep it going. What resulted is this 13-ish minute video of Nicole and I playing Catchphrase, separated over three parts on Facebook. I just wish that I could put up the link, but alas, I'm pretty sure that I cannot. I have to ask Erin if she posted them onto YouTube as well because it's just so crazy.

xoxox

[mood| amused]
[music| "No You Girls" - Franz Ferdinand]

So I'm reading this interview with Dan Radcliffe and in the interview is this video featuring a musical number that Dan did for Gypsy of the Year 2008. It is SO EPIC. My personal favorite is the kick line he does at the end only because of the height difference between him and the rest of the line. (Does that make me a bad person? XD)

Also, got the new Franz Ferdinand album today with Rio. I must say that the three years was worth the wait. It's so incredibly magnificent. The song Lucid Dreams is over 7 minutes long, but it's trippy at certain points, as though you're experiencing that sensation of knowing that you're dreaming.

Back to homework! -_-

xoxox

[mood| pleased]
[music| "Mushaboom" - Feist]

Since the D/G Exchange has presented its master reveal, I give you all my exchange fic, written for kaygina. Enjoy! :D


( Naptime Should Never Last This Long )

xoxox

[mood| mellow]
[music| "Can't You Hear It Call" - Colour]

[EDIT] New layout! :D If it looks weird to you all at anytime, it's probably because I'm tweaking with the formatting. I want the middle column for my entries to be bigger, but anytime I adjust that setting, my LJ gets all mad at me. :( I'll figure something out. And curse these freaking ADs! [/EDIT]



As per the comment by turkeyish in yesterday's post, I have just finished writing a "D/G snogging" drabble.

The drabble is set in the same universe as Theories on How Danger Finds Us, but it's supposed to occur after the events in the story. We all know that Draco and Ginny (eventually) get together, so that's not a real spoiler and I tried to make it spoiler-free for my story and I think it is. If I happen to re-read it and spot a spoiler, I shall notify you all immediately. :D

( Passing Interest )

Also, because I couldn't help myself after last night's fangirling with turkeyish over her fantastical William Moseley and Skandar Keynes icon, I give you THIS. Can we please take a moment to appreciate how adorable/amazing those boys are walking it out?

xoxox

[mood| drained]
[music| "Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones]

I have another creative writing assignment due tomorrow. The prompt was to write a paragraph on a place, trying to be as descriptive as possible.

I went to the beach today with four of my friends in honor of MLK's birthday (I had no classes today), so I brought my notebook with me for creative writing and I got inspired by the little boardwalk/pier that was near my spot on the sand.

And so, I give you the completed assignment:

( The Pier )

Thoughts please? :D

xoxox