The Land of Do-As-You-Please

This is worth a rare update...

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:06:01 GMT

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/06/looking-at-you-sideways.html

CLICK ON THE LINK AND SCROLL DOWN.

Okay, stop. See the bold text? See the name "Julia"? Yeah, that's me.

And this is me right now: ^___________________^

Meme!

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:52:27 GMT

The Random Question Meme!

An array of completely random questions about my friends!

What is abe_kroenen's sexiest feature?: The hot, hot plastic mansex.
Why shouldn't fragilecraft and ashandareismai be a couple?: ...you know, I really can't think of a reason why not. And I bet they couldn't, either.
It's all broadwayphantom's fault, isn't it?: Yes. Yes, it is.
After a cataclysmic war, whom would you pair with meilithian to repopulate the Earth?: Nathan Fillion, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Zachary Quinto, Greg Grunberg, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Hugh Laurie, Daniel Craig, Will Smith, Kiefer Sutherland, Tim Curry, David Wenham, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Alan Rickman, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Hugh Jackman, Brendan Fraser, Michael J. Fox, James Earl Jones, James Marsters, and James Marsden. All of the above. I mean, if you're repopulating the earth, you might as well try to have kids who are as attractive and talented as possible, right?
How did you meet shadowgirlvg?: I was on a secret mission to investigate her. I wormed my way into her confidence by borrowing her manga and pretending I liked Yuki from Fruits Basket better than Kyo. Once I had gotten her to tell me her plan for world domination using her secret army of ninja penguins, I revealed myself and swore to vanquish her once and for all. But with an evil cackle she threw a smoke bomb at me and disappeared into the night.
Who would make a better stuffed animal, gretchen8642 or metachi?: I'm going to have to say Emma (gretchen8642). She would be a big fuzzy black-and-white bunny toy with floppy ears and enormous anime-style eyes. I get the feeling that Stef (metachi) would make a better Transformer toy than stuffed animal, and be happier that way.

This is by heptadecagram. You can find your own completely random questions here.

Do you feel enlightened now?

Remember, remember...

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:03:48 GMT

1) HAPPY GUY FAWKES DAY!

2) Thanks to

meilithian, Heroes has been added to my ever-growing list of fandoms. It is a wonderful, wonderful show. ~~But Zachary Quinto is still not hot.~~

3) NaNo word count: 7,840 / 50,000. Yay!

4) Yesterday I had an unusual lapse in self-control and went to great lengths to order the Hogfather TV movie from Amazon (.co.uk). It should be here in 6-10 days, and then I shall add it to my Christmas movie collection! (Which, right now, consists of Nightmare Before Christmas and...that's it. XD But soon there will be TWO of them. Yes.)

Ummm...

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:05:19 GMT

1) So, it's been a year since I posted anything. Wow. Anyway, I figured I should dust this journal off and get it working again, since I'm applying to college and will need to use this to keep in touch with people (probably. Or not. But whatever).

2) NaNoWriMo! It's my first year. I'm way psyched, and churning out words like a demon. (It helps that I'm racing my friends, who have all done NaNo before, so I have to really push myself to keep up with them. XD)

Word Count: 5,175 / 50, 000. YAY. (I tried to put in a word count meter, but the code didn't work. Bleh.)

3) My Early Decision application is being sent TODAY. *ulp*

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:03:00 GMT

Winter Vacation sucked. Anyway, moving on:

1) Doug Jones = coolest actor in the history of EVAR. Go look him up, then go see "Pan's Labyrinth." And then rent "Hellboy." DO EET.

2) OMG, why did no one tell me Ioan Gruffudd was in "Fantastic Four"??? That is so cool! BTW, I totally did not find that out while listening to an interview with Doug Jones. Who incidentally happens to be filming the sequel to "Fantastic Four." With Ioan Gruffudd.

3) I just met Placido Domingo. Yeah, that's right. You heard me. ...OMG PLACIDO DOMINGO!!! *squee!*

So, yeah. Life is groovy. Peace out, peeps. Oh, god. No one reads this journal. I have no friends. *sad cries*

Hello, Bandwagon.

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:41:51 GMT

Xmas Stocking

leave a gift for operatic_antics

get your stocking

Pirates 2 Special Features

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:25:58 GMT

I'm watching the Pirates documentary behind-the-scenes movie journal, and while it is ten kinds of awesome (there's a hilarious shot of Orlando wearing some sort of gyspy/cowboy outfit and chilling in an airport), there is something in it that disgusts me.

They did a lot of the filming in Dominica, a very lush, uncivilized (but not in a bad way-- I mean like there are barely any roads, no cities, etc.) island. And they were talking about how they had to build roads in this gorgeous place so that they could move their equipment around. And they're filming the process, and they've cut down like a million trees and poured cement everywhere and all this shit that just destroys all the reasons they chose to film in Dominica in the first place.

Disney, you may make good movies, but your ethics SUCK.

SQUEEEEEEEE.

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:40:18 GMT

Um. Anthony Rapp was at my school today. For an assembly. He talked about RENT and himself and life and stuff. And then he sang! "Seasons of Love." Admittedly a little less impressive and moving when only the harmony is sung, a cappella, but still. ANTHONY RAPP, people. Another part of my complicated puzzle of life is now complete.

I would have put a lot more exclamation points into this post, but I think I used them all up while ~~squeeing~~ talking to my friends about ~~Mark~~ ~~Anthony Rapp~~ the assembly.

Ugh.

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:29:13 GMT

I'm this close to failing French, which used to be my best subject. My SAT scores still haven't come. I've had a test and two essays in the past two days, and I've got another test on Friday. My dad is being pissy with me on the subject of two of the things previously listed, and he's been going through my emails to see what I'm up to because he thinks I'm hiding things from him.

As of now, life sucks. I'm going to go eat leftover Indian and watch Freakazoid in a pathetic attempt to cheer myself up.

Edit: Okay, now I can't find any full Freakazoid episodes on YouTube. Probably copyright issues again. Crap.

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:36:36 GMT

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I swore I'd remember the fifth of November,
And darn it, I went and forgot.

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:06:28 GMT

Hey, so, I'm taking my SAT tomorrow morning. Found out yesterday. *nods* 's cool, though. I'm prepared. I am.

...OMG. *SPAZZES LIKE A SPAZZY THING IN NERVOUS PANTS*

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:09:50 GMT

Halloween is coming, and I have 1) a fantastic costume and 2) nowhere to go to show it off. Alas.

But here's a great Halloween song: Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton.

"I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you
But I get the feeling that you don’t like it
What’s with all the screaming?
You like monkeys, you like ponies
Maybe you don’t like monsters so much
Maybe I used too many monkeys
Isn’t it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?"

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:37:44 GMT

OMGWTF HOUSE EPISODE 3x02 IS TONIGHT AND I HAVE NO CABLE.

BUT I HAVE HOMEWORK.

The world is a cruel, cruel place indeed. *sad cries*

Gregory House = Sherlock Holmes?

Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:23:35 GMT

Check this out. It seems to fit, but somehow I don't see House in one of those deerstalker hats. XD

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:34:34 GMT

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_on_en_tv/obit_irwin --Dude. This has a much bigger impact on me than I thought it would. And what a freaky way to go.

ETA: By "much bigger impact" I mean "OMGWTFBBQ." Because, the guy was like every kid's hero back in 2000. I know he was mine. And then I completely forgot he even existed somewhere between then and now, and now he's gone, it's like a piece of my childhood is dead.

All I can say is that all those "Crocodile Hunter" parodies won't be nearly as funny now.

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:28:37 GMT

A moment of silence, please. "Sweeney Todd"'s last performance just ended. The show was spectacular and unique, as was its cast, and both shall be remembered and revered.

Oh, look, another fangirly post. Joy.

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:38:46 GMT

I went to a Jasper Fforde booksigning last night! It was so majorly awesome. Really. And the friend I was with (shadowgirlvg) had brought, for some reason, a mini recording device, so we recorded the whole thing! Perhaps, if I have the time, I'll type up the transcript and post it.

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:58:28 GMT

OMG OMG OMG.

THE BOWERY BALLROOM GIG WAS SO. FUCKING. FANTASTIC.

So, we got there. And Laura (ashandareismai) had forgotten to bring photo ID, so I freaked out. But the security guard let her call her mom and, after lecturing her mother for about 10 years, let us in.

Using my New Yorker crowd skillz, I got us past a huge mass of people and up to almost the front of the line for the back room. (The Bowery Ballroom, by the way, is very dark, with lots of red lighting, so it reminded me very much of "Sweeney Todd.") Once again putting my skillz to use, I wormed my way right up to the stage, just left of the center.

Michael came out with Meghan Ritchie (the producer) to announce the gig, and I fangirled at him for a bit, then settled down to listen to the music. I'm not going to go into detail, because that would take a year, but here's a fairly accurate order of performers: Diana DiMarzio (the Beggar Woman), Ben Magnuson (Anthony), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Manoel Feliciano (Tobias), the understudies for Anthony, Johanna, and Mrs. Lovett, John Arbo (...the madhouse keeper guy? I don't know his character's name), Michael Cerveris (Sweeney) and Nellie McKay of "Threepenny Opera," Nellie McKay solo, Duncan Sheik of "Spring Awakening," Duncan Sheik and Michael Cerveris, and finally Michael Cerveris and his new band, Tiny Mammoth.

Donna was amazing, y'all. Really. She sang this completely wonderful and unorthodox anti-gospel gospel song about God being masochistic and enjoying the pain and misery of mankind. Then she declared herself the "unofficial emcee" for the evening, and told raunchy/embarrassing personal stories to a rapt audience.

This is where the assball comes in.

The assball, Donna told us, was a cist in her butt the size of a golf ball. Her boyfriend dubbed it her assball. She gave us all the gory, hilarious details about the surgery and the removal of the gauze and stuff afterwards, and she had us in stitches. Now, she was telling this right before announcing Michael and Nellie, and Michael was sitting with his guitar right next to her, and at first he was loving it just as much as we were. He would laugh and then grin out at us like, "Donna. She kills us. She's so great." But by the time she was halfway through, he was literally facepalming. I kid you not. He would cover his face with one hand, and then run the hand over his bald head and sigh. When she was finally done with the story, she left, and Michael leaned over to the microphone and said, "Okay, so this song is...Oh, fuck. Anything I say following that is going to sound so fucking pretentious!" and laughed.

Anyway.

So, as some of you might know, I'm only four foot eleven and a half, so...hey, stop laughing! Stop it! Okay, so I wore platforms, so that I would be able to see like a normal person. You can imagine the pain I felt at midnight when Michael finally, finally came out with his band. But I still found the energy and the will to jump around like a crazy person in an imaginary mosh pit when Michael started rocking out. And he played "Golden," which is one of my favorite songs of his. There's this throbbing instrumental part that repeats, and it's interrupted by quiet periods in which Michael just croons into the mike. I was mezmerized by him. Literally, transfixed on his face and his voice. That, to me, was the best part of the whole night.

Well, except for Donna's assball, maybe.

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:03:27 GMT

OMG I HAVE A STORY AT FANFICTION.NET. OMG OMG OMG.

Lookit! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3116043/1/

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:59:08 GMT

OMG. THE BOWERY BALLROOM GIG. IT IS IN LIKE 9 HOURS. OMG OMG OMG. *hyperventilates*

...MICHAEL. I AM COMING FOR YOU!

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:52:01 GMT

Certificate of Marriage
This is to certify that
Erik & JuliaS
were married on
August 21, 2006
Marry Your Favorite Character

OMGSQUEE.

CRACKTASTIC

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:36:15 GMT

We have a COMMUNITY!

We here being myself and meilithian.

But yes, we have an RP community. fandom_pawns. Basically it's just a crazy, cracktastic RP where you can be any character from any book/movie/TV show/etc. that you want and interact with others and do crazy, cracktastic things.

So, yeah. Check it out.

DEVASTATION TIMES INFINITY. SRSLY.

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:03:01 GMT

So, I was at Barnes & Noble today, and suddenly I see this poster, just hanging on a wall, being all poster-ish. And shiny. So I look at it, and it declares (in a very poster-ish way) that Jasper Fforde will be holding a booksigning for his new book at that very Barnes & Noble on Monday, August 21st, at 7:00 PM.

The Bowery Ballroom AIDS gig is on Monday, August 21st, at 8:00 PM.

I feel like I'm being torn in two.

I'm going to go read "Lost in a Good Book" while listening to "Dog Eared." I can at least do those things at the same time.

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:31:10 GMT

Mmm, this morning was a good morning. I had a series of very nice, slightly weird dreams, and woke up at 11:01. Then I went and read fanfiction until noon, when I decided it was time for breakfast. And now I'm here. Man, all mornings should be this relaxed. Idon'twannagotoschoolinSeptember! *flail*

However, I should get off my ass and go do my Italian homework.

...But first, more fanfic.

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:27:50 GMT

Meh. M'bored. I've got an essay to write for SAT class, but I'm procrastinating.

Also, ashandareismai, remember that the Bowery Ballroom thing is at eight PM next Monday, so make plans. :)