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Last match of the four brackets - we're getting near the end! Next match I'll start doing summaries. Maybe. If I get less lazy.

So this round, farewell to Caranthir, Galadriel, Castiel, Sherlock Holmes, Oberyn Martell, Arya Stark, Loras Tyrell, and Sandor Clegane. Good game, folks.

( DON'T WANNA RAICHU A LOVE SONG )

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Originally posted by closetospring at SIGNAL BOOSTING EVERYWHERESo I try not to make a habit of reposting things. But this - disgusts me. Honestly, truly, disgusts me.

I just...can't. I would be inclined to describe in vicious detail the things I'd like to do to the perpretrators of this sort of thing, but - I sincerely got nothing. Just...fuck.

Yeah.

...this will probably be the first of two posts today, the other one for the top 10 meme and possible a few other things. BUT TO START. This is March Madness Lise's Journal Edition, and for the most part I kept things the same as last year, because there are enough new faces to make it worth it, I feel, with one small alteration. I combined the elf brackets (Sindar and Noldor) and threw in a TV/video media bracket; I also added Martells to the Stark bracket and Tyrells to the Lannister bracket.

...and I'm not providing Wikipedia links this year, I'm sorry. Or summaries, thus far, though that may change when we get down to fewer rounds.

I encourage everyone to vote! And to vote not just for who you like more but for who would actually win, if at all possible. P.S.: these fights are to the death, so just be aware that they're not just leaving. Although you can think that way if it makes you feel better.

Without further ado:

( THE PARTY DON'T STARK TILL I WALK IN )

And here we go with the faceoffs, generated by the randomizer (SO DON'T BLAME ME)

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN. CAMPAIGNING IS WELCOME. AND ENCOURAGED.

P.S. that cut text was a typo. I left it in. Also contrary to popular belief, I do have things to do? I'm just...not doing them.

I really need to, like, get dressed and go to school and shit

But guys guys guys guys.

PUBLICATION DATE FOR A DANCE WITH DRAGONS

Look at it guys no really just look.







ALKJSDLFKJ. EXCITEMENT.

Dear Diary, is it weird that I kind of like to travel? And I don’t mean just going places, but the getting there too. Especially airplanes. I actually kind of like airplanes. Maybe it is the long time without any distraction. I tend to get a lot done.

On the other hand, then there are days like yesterday, where we sit in a plane for an hour and a half only to have to change planes because of a lightbulb (!) and consequently depart two hours behind schedule. And that is why all the things I wanted to have done before the new year are…not done before the new year.

And I am home! First things first, I suppose - a (somewhat belated) VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you on my flist, and I hope this year is much better than last, no matter how your last year was. In other words, exactly what all you lovely people deserve.

Are you ready for this devastatingly longass meme? (First of...oh, three, actually.)

Stories Written (and posted): 153
Breakdown by Fandom (Top Five Only): 

• Supernatural: 29
• Death Note: 25
• Silmarillion: 22
• Avatar: the Last Airbender: 15
• Doctor Who: 14

Longest Story Written (oneshot) : I Will Follow You Into the Dark at 7115 words.
Shortest Story Written (and posted): The Beautiful at 112 words.

( oh how I can talk about myself sometimes )

Other notes: Yuletide was overall disappointing in terms of finding stories I really wanted to read, but I have a few recs that I'll post when I'm not deluging the place with memes and a half, and: 

How to Lose Friends and Influence People | for sargent_snarky | Silmarillion | Curufin doesn't know what to do with his son half the time.
Beginnings | for sakru909 | Death Note | The boy, his social workers said, was...peculiar.
Milo's Tollbooth | for firebluespinel | The Phantom Tollbooth | Milo returns.

For those of you I still owe presents - those will also be up, as soon as possible! (And to those watching my fic journal...there's going to be a bit of a deluge in the next couple days. I'm terribly sorry. >> 

I have also realized that I should make a list of the fic I've written that's inspired by other fic. Because there are a few.

This hasn't happened for a while...

Assorted things of all kinds in here. A couple (okay, two) Jerk/Bitch icons, a bunch of the Keep Calm parody things that I just discovered because I am always late on the bandwagon, some Doctor Who, some Supernatural, some other things entirely.

More specifically:

1-5: Avatar: the Last Airbender
6-11: Keep Calm parodies (for various)
12-14: Jerk/Bitch icons
15-18: Doctor Who
19-21: various
22-23: requested by pashchan (and variation)
24-33: Supernatural (Sam, specifically)
34-36: more Doctor Who

( a fair amount of silliness here lies. please forgive me. )

Also my computer is still freezy and stupid-like-ass and it's making me unreasonably, ridiculously cranky. Awesome.

First things first. Oh my god, it's going to be a long, long year until next November.

Wheel of Time is the thing that got me on the internet. Well, no, that's not quite true. I was on the internet before that because of Harry Potter. But Wheel of Time was how I started really getting into fanfiction. It was how I started on livejournal. It was the first fandom where I found friends and a niche and pretty much everything. It's funny to think that next year, it's going to be over.

I need a reread, is what I have decided. Thirteen books. A lot of years. One dead author.

This is a big deal.

But enough reminiscing. I finished the last Wheel of Time book late late late last night, after a full day of babysitting, because I had to get through it. And I loved it. I really, really did.

Now, a cautionary note. This is kind of less of a real review than a lot of flailing and some thoughts of mine.

( the actual review, with spoilers )

And now I go hunt down internet speculation about the next book, because holy crap, cliffhanger ending. (We need a rendition of "One Day More" here, guys.)

Serious poll, though:

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Also. People have not requested presents. D: Where are you all? (This message will be repeated. I know you're out there!)

Furthermore, remind me to talk about Why I Do NaNo, also some meta on tragic characters. I need to go find a poem to live with for a few days, too, and do my Stat Homework...why is life so busy, guys?

This is perfect timing...

Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
This is hard to pin down? I think Wheel of Time. While, as mentioned above, Harry Potter first got me onto the internet and doing some things, Wheel of Time has lasted longer, meant more, and consumed more time. I mean, look at my LJ username. Right there, that says something about it, not to mention that it remains my name everywhere else (partly because I really like it and no one else ever uses it). My first LJ friends outside of RL were people I met because of my Wheel of Time fanfiction. I made friends with another RL person because of books, particularly Wheel of Time. It's just been a big deal for me, and I'm seriously attached to it.

David Eddings and The Sight are other possible nominations, but ultimately, I think Wheel of Time is more to me than both, and more of an obsession. I mean, the fact that I'm still with it says that all by itself, doesn't it?

Longest lasting fandom, for the win. HATERS TO THE LEFT.

( days to come: book meme )

So I have had this in the works for ages and ages but have not gotten around to posting it until...now. What this says about me? ...that I put things off that I'm doing to put other things off? ...yeaaah.

No, I'm not sure about that. Spoilers for series 1, 3, and 5.

TOP FIVE NEW!WHO EPISODES PICSPAM
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( wibbley wobbley timey wimey stuff )

I really need to go read Anna Karenina and cuddle a hot water bottle but

but

"Right now, he was thanking God that Cas didn't show up at the convention." <-- throwaway line in a fic and oh god

need this in my life so much right now

someone please make this happen?

Medium: TV Show
Fandom: Doctor Who
Title: The End of Time; the End of Ten
Subject: The Tenth Doctor's regeneration
Notes: I'm still thoroughly in love with David Tennant's Doctor and idc what people say about The End of Time, the end made me very very sad. And what do I do with emotional reactions to things? MAKE FANMIXES!!! so here it is, shorter than my usual, just a collection of a few songs that are sort of a tribute to an end that I came belatedly to, but whatever. Fandom is timeless, right?