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Sunday, August 1st, 2027
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7:04 pm - Intro post!
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This used to be an "I HAS DIGIMON EPISODES" post, but they're easier to find than they once were, so it's an intro post now.
I'm an anime otaku who also enjoys grand strategy games and is studying history at Boston University's Metropolitan school. Friend if interested, but be warned of despair entries - I'm better than I once was, but that's far from perfect.
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| Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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2:36 pm
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So, umm. Who's going to AAC?
(Will be there. On Saturday. In gijinka Pidgeot outfit WHICH STILL ISN'T DONE. *panic*)
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| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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2:21 pm - I'd post a photo, but I has no camera.
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So you'll just have to take my word for it. That my Pidgeot has a double ability ribbon.
In other words, that I got to 50 wins. In the battle tower. On double battles. With Pidgeot, which is considered NU (never-used) tier. And is dismissed by Smogon as "nothing special".
And honestly, for single battles I agree with them. And even in double battles, there are probably better tailwind users out there; Articuno is much bulkier, Butterfree spreads status amazingly well. (Suicune is of course much better, but it isn't flying so I can't use the earthquake ownage combo.
But on the other hand, Pidgeot has respectable speed and attack and access to featherdance. Along with a 120 base power STAB move. AND I HAVE PROVEN YOU CAN WIN WITH IT. :P
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| Sunday, November 15th, 2009
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5:32 pm - Meme from unasuvas
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Leave me a comment with the name of your favorite song
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1. What would you consider your 3 best traits?
Writing skill, intelligence, and my ability to turn interests into obsessions and become EXTREMELY knowledgeable about 'em.
2. What does it take for you to get into a fandom (or alternatively what kind of shows or genre are you more into?)
I... I honestly don't know this one. The two fandoms I've contributed to and been in the longest are both monster series I've been following half my life, with a long anime and a bunch of games, all of which helps in developing an interest. Having a nice, fun forum devoted especially to that fandom really helps: lj comms or discussions on general boards never really hooked me, but places like bulbagarden, megchan's digimon sekai and the official Paradox Interactive forums did a lot to grow my interest in their respective subject matter.
3. What languages do you know and what languages would you like to learn? Why?
I know English - only English. I'm bad with languages and I grew up in a pretty anglophone place. I'd like to learn Japanese, though, for obvious reasons.
4. What's your favorite character archetype? (Hot-headed leader type, cool and reserved type, cute megane type, etc.)
Hmm... emperor? Reinhard's my favorite character in LOGH, Lelouch is my favorite in Geass, and way back when Fushigi Yuugi was airing I rooted for Hotohori. That's the biggest common thread between characters I like I can find.
5. What's your favorite color? :3c
Purple.
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| Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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11:47 pm
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You know what's really fun to use in double battles in the battle frontier?
Featherdance. (Or equivalent moves that bomb a pokemon's attack or special attack.) After repeated usage, the opponent will basically be carrying dead weight, unless they switch.
And the AI does NOT switch.
(Heck, pair it up with tailwind and brave bird and my Pidgeot's actually being semi-viable in the battle frontier! Of course, I'm sure I'm taking a hit for using it and there's someone out there who could do everything it does better... BUT TRULY SKILLED TRAINERS SHOULD TRY TO WIN WITH THEIR FAVORITES. :P)
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| Friday, November 13th, 2009
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11:21 pm
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22169. It'll probably drift a bit in terms of word count after editing, but I won't bother updating: this is as far as I go, NaNowise.
It's done. I failed, but I wrote what I needed to. And I hope people will enjoy it.
(Now, to edit the last three chapters, and increase consistency among the first seven...)
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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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9:38 pm
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I'm not going to hit 50k. I might not even hit 25k.
Not because I lack the endurance to keep this up over such a long period, but because the story itself is already nearing a conclusion, and I've decided to wrap up all errant plot-threads instead of making an effort to extend it beyond its natural life.
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| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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12:11 pm
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Happy Armistice Day, everyone - and keep alive the hope that someday, we can have a global armistice, and that the violence of war can end once and for all.
(I will not call it Veteran's Day. Nor will I honor the veterans of imperialist wars. Fuck 'em. ...WWII vets are cool, though.)
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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2:12 pm - 13256
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Magmar's Japanese name is Boober. It evolves into Booburn. I am way too amused by this fact.
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| Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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1:31 am - 10495
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Six days in.
Already, part of me feels like giving up. Another part feels like I can do this. I mean, I haven't gone to bed behind pace yet, although I have been up past midnight writing from time to time.
Quality wise... I'm not liking it as much. I still believe in my dialogue and am decent at narrative asides and internal monologue, but the physical details of the world have been... lacking, to say the least. Can always fix that up in December - I want this fic done, and a shoddily-written conclusion is better than no conclusion whatsoever.
( Have a passage. I'm sure I messed up grammar and stuff when speed-writing: I'll edit in december. )
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| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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9:59 pm
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8:25 am
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I have listened, back-to-back, to MINNA NO PEACE, Sorairo Days, the GaoGaiGar theme, and now Domon's Shining Finger music from G Gundam. I can't recall being this pumped up in some time. (Not that I have any reason to be.) Also, I'm keenly aware that the quality of discussion on /m/ these days dwarfs that of /a/, and I've been playing a lot of Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 lately.
...should I become a mechaphile?
Also, I'm thinking of turning http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EarWorm/Anime into my playlist.
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| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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11:57 pm - 4908
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On a political note, Maine hasn't been called *yet* for the "Let's discriminate against gay people!" side - the "let's let them marry" side is calling for a recount - but it's certainly looking that way.
First the Mormon Church, now the Catholic Church. Isn't enough for homophobes to preach it in their own pulpits - must they fund political campaigns against it as well and force it on the rest of us?
It's times like these that make me think Tokugawa was right. And if the leadership is like this when the whole faith is only 15% of the population? It's not hard to see why things like the Cristero War happened.
At least Massachusetts has a general court which doesn't put up with that crap.
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3:20 pm
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I had this random idea for an origfic short story about a search engine which, if search terms are entered in it, will cause said things to come into existence if they don't already exist. Kind of scribblenauts-style, but history can be rewritten and stuff too. (In reality, most people would just use such a thing for porn.)
I'm up to 4169, but I feel bad because last night I wasn't done with my writing by midnight. (And I haven't even started my writing for today... Haven't felt up to doing much of anything. x.x)
I need something to take my mind off things. By which I mean "painful memories." Writing won't do it.
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| Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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5:57 pm
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1757.
Don't know if I'll go any further today - I'm prone to stopping after I make pace. The hardest part is trying to make sure everything's done properly when you haven't written these characters in two years. I THINK I CAN DO THIS, THOUGH. :D
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| Saturday, October 31st, 2009
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4:44 pm
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12:15 pm
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It is October 31st. More to the point, tomorrow is November 1st.
...I don't want to stake too much on it - if I fail, it might not be because I'm not half as awesome as I used to be or because I'm incapable of doing this without a certain person's moral support. It might simply be that this particular story ran out of gas, or that picking it up after two years is not conducive to producing a solid narrative. And if I "fail" but still add a completed epic fic to my name (albeit one with under 105k words, of which I've already written the first 55k) is that really a failure?
...but I'm sure to stake too much on it anyway, so I guess I'll just have to win! NANOWRIMO MODE, ACTIVATE! (in eleven hours forty minutes)
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| Thursday, October 29th, 2009
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8:25 pm - You go months without dealing with it and then it smacks you in the face.
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Full disclosure: I have non-verbal learning disorder. I have been told I have "signs of Asperger's" and do not believe I have a diagnosis, but that doesn't stop my therapist from giving me resources aimed at people with it, so I'm not really sure where I fall with regard to that. Regardless, one thing I'm *not* is neurotypical.
(If I haven't told you this before... well, read the link in the post. The way people react to neurological diversity, it's not surprising people try to keep it secret.)
I generally don't like the term "privilege" as used in sociological/gender studies/whatever context. I think the connotations of the word cause people to be defensive, and I think it's a bit of a misnomer: there are some issues (job discrimination comes to mind) where people DO benefit from others facing discrimination, but others on all these checklists where it's not people obtaining an unfair benefit, just people being jerks.
...but that's what the list is called. It's a long one. Some of these are very applicable to my condition in various degrees, others simply describe people with conditions differing drastically from mine and do not apply to me in the least.
And although I don't think anyone's guilty of acting in a privileged manner to me specifically... it really is the kind of thing people should take a look at. Some people on my flist are neuro-atypical and will find this list useful to toss around, others should probably at least examine the concept, in relation to their interactions with others if not with myself. It's still worth a read, either way.
The ever-expanding list of neurotypical privilege.
EDIT: Even if it does need pruning BADLY. Maybe even the vast majority of things on there are irrelevant. But there's enough useful stuff on there that I found it important, if nothing else.
A different neurotypical privilege checklist. This one goes too far on the short side and doesn't deal with a few things I found relevant (neurotypical privilege in the dating realm, mainly) but it's worth a look, more relevant AND MUCH SHORTER.
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| Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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8:49 pm
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Is there a way to turn off comment notifications for specific posts? There are times when I don't really want replies/debate and hearing replies will MAKE me debate, but I still feel the need to get my two cents in.
Also, Kobato is adorable, Hetalia day was fun, NanoWriMo and pre-AAC cosplay panic approach, and I don't have much to talk about.
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| Monday, October 19th, 2009
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9:31 pm
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