practicality

Not really that coherent, mostly for Julie.

Two post-Cyberwoman Ianto-centric pieces, bit of language but not much else:

Wide Open Spaces
Scrapings

And one post-Countrycide Ianto-centric with some graphic Jack/Ianto in the second part:

Lost, part one
Lost, part two

(Can we guess who Cocoa's favorite Torchwood character is? I think we can)

...Well, okay, mid-afternoon, but I just got up. Music I have aquired over the last few days, by various means:
- :wumpscut:, two albums
- Cesium_137, one album
- Ministry, one album
- Skinny Puppy, one album
- Front Line Assembly, three albums
- Assemblage 23, five albums
- Apoptygma Berzerk, ten albums and ten singles
- Metropolis compilations, four albums

Why yes, that is in fact a shit load of music. And I've got about six billion things I want to say right now, all of which are probably worth of their own entry, but I will settle for this - LA!Asher's profile now has a spot for current hair color (subject to change without notice), and I have little snippets between him and Ally for both 'verses floating around my head. But for now, laundry and Heroes!

In no particular order, with no major immediacy.

- Finish Christmas lists
- Go Christmas shopping
- Rip Altan CDs for Justin
- Buy some DVDs and burn tv shows onto them
- Get at least one of the Nocturne endings
- Find X movie and bring it back in Jan to show Caitlin
- Give Yana back her manga
- Header image for Anya's userinfo, wiki profile pics for her and Asher
- New layout for this blog argh
- Renew domain
- Some other stuff I can't remember right now

Also, what is it about this area that seems to bring out the industrial/EBM musicians? Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Assemblege 23 down in Seattle - yeah, there's tons in Europe, too, but a lot of the NA ones seem to be out here in the Pacific Northwest. Not that I'm complaining, as it increases the likelihood of tours coming through here, I just don't quite get where they're coming from - rebelling against the organic-hippy-Starbucks lifestyle out here, maybe?

Speaking of - recs for 80s and 90s industrial/industrial rock/industrial metal woul be appreciated - I'm making up a playlist of stuff for LA!Asher.

Oh god, Julie, why do you show me these things? I am never going to look at a cactaur the same way again.

Or possibly a Mr. Coffee. I think that may have forced my Tseng to use that spork on himself.

(And ahaha. Someone totally needs to show LA!Asher video games. And by 'video games' I mean 'Final Fantasy 7', because the irony would kill me ded. In a good way)

Also, everytime I see a reference to Leeroy, I'm going to be sitting here going 'LEEEEEEEROOOOOOY JEEEEENKINS' in the back of my mind. Because it's never not funny.

Quote from Augustine, found on the forums:

"Once Jack and I concoct a way of installing the Wii onto my laptop all will bow to me! Well at least until one of you swings just a bit too hard and the Wiimote flies into the laptop. Then I live under the tables feeding on scraps mourning the loss of my dear companion. While this may sound pitiful and emo, on the plus side, the room will be cleaner."

Rick: "make sure to avoid the rat trap by the pop storage locker :("

I got about three hours of sleep last night, which was enough to sustain me through my Bio final (only had to utterly BS one question, yay), but I've had a cup of tea, a cup of Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate (as much as I hate to admit it, delicious), and a can of Rockstar Juiced, and I'm both about to fall asleep, and on the verge of seriously wigging out - I have no idea how I'm going to make it through my 7:30 - 11 shift tonight. I am also desperately striving to remain chill - Katamari and Oscar Wilde quotes help.

I love DC++ so much. There's a hub on the school network, which means it bypasses the bandwidth throttle, which means I just downloaded nine episodes of Heroes in half an hour. And some old school industrial rock. And I'm going to go download more Firefly.

And a RR non-rant (because I am not ranting any more. I promise) - I am ecstatic to see not one, but two people choosing to play Arab characters in Jerusalem, including, it looks like, one member of a terrorist cell. That takes balls and skill, and I'm happy to see people rising to the challenge - this is going to be one hell of a ride, I think.

...I reeeeally should study for Bio. Failing would be no good very bad.

I'm writing up Elena-app, and she has managed to get stuck in my head as looking like Annette Birkin (but with far less crazy. Sooo much less crazy). Unfortunately, there are exactly two images anywhere near icon-quality for Annette, which makes it a bit difficult. I'll go with that if I have to - hell, Asher has three (thank you for your lack of character sketches, Capcom. You suck), but I wondered if anyone could present a decent lookalike. This is Annette.

Dear Johannesburg,

Why no black people D:?

Love,
Me

(Yes, I am actually going to do something about it, I think. Have about eight tabs open looking up the history of South Africa)

I am saddened by the thus-far lack of Brazilian characters in Rio de Janeiro, and, to be blunt, black characters in Johannesburg - I'm really, really hoping that some of the unfilled slots end up being those, because otherwise I will go to sad to annoyed. There's some great oppurtunity for diversity here, and I am seeing a loooot of white. Hell, I'll write up Mira on principle, even, despite the fact that I'm a little 'eh' about her in this setting (she is totally a Sprawl character).

And holy fuck, is LA popular. To the point where I am now kind of wishing I hadn't apped there, because Asher is totally just going to get lost in the crowd, I think :\

I also have another character concept floating around, who for now is just the Scientist (or possibly the Scientist Chick) - either Berlin or St. Petersburg, depending on which ends up fuller, most likely, although St. Petersburg gives me the bonus of being able to pester Yana for info.