I Kinda Dance Like I’ve Been Shot In The Leg For Sure

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I am so over this. I appreciate the help people have given me and the CCH so far, but when you're still stuck with your time ticking down, it's really easy to get sick of it all.



If someone in any gang wants to make a deal to help cut this bullshit in half, let me know. I can mix and write for you. You can see my examples over at repopinja. _slashygoodness has an offer going too if you think that's the better deal.

Just PLEASE help. I can't be the only one sick and tired of this bullshit.

Guys, do you mind sending me stories of bad concert experiences? Preferably involving bad times in a crowd, getting cut in line or bad wardrobe choices. I have a speech due next week and I'm doing it on what not to do at a concert.

Please email me at livesonholiday@gmail.com. Thanks!

Still writing away on this.

So I finally finished the Drabbles that were requested here. There are twelve in total with a total word count of 3,061 words.

Alright, let's get these posted.

karinaspellman requested two. The first one being "OCs, 'Beasts In The Woods'"...

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...and the second being "UNICORNS. Anything with unicorns."

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Okay, the rest of these are from one_more_cherry. I'll just number them and list the prompt.

1.) Ash/Sheila, "So put your head on my heart, lay down in the crook of my arm. Everything's okay, I've been found again."

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2.) "More Ash/Sheila. Babyfic. Because the mental picture of Ash with a snuggli strapped to his stomach while fighting the Undead Hoardes is too wonderful to pass up."

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3.) "Sam/Fi/Michael. Just anything, even friendfic, because the pairing is so frickin' rare and it's INCREDIBLY rare to see fic with all three of them where Fiona's portrayed well."

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4.) "Monarch/Dr. GF. A typical day around the compound."

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5.) "Brock/Mol Futurefic."

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6.) "Frama: Ensamble piece, post-wormhole."

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7.) "Happymeal!Verse: Elle with some Emily and Ash/Elle. Ash is headed back to college at last and Elle has to explain to Emily why school is important, because she'd so rather be drawing."

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8.) "MTH!RP-verse. Maddy's first poker night at the Fin."

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9.) "MNIB, some Kelly/Bruce in there - "That's not how the story ended, Bruce, and you know it.""

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10.) Burn Notice, "Alternately, Maddy and Tina make up fic."

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Okay, that was fun. I forgot what it was like to do that. :D

So in order to raise money for Dragon*Con, I'm selling off most of my Manga collection. When I say most, I mean everything minus three books that are near and dear to me and some artbooks I don't want to sell unless I get extremely desperate.

Here you go kids. I've broken it down into a few categories of what I have. My tastes were mostly shojo, so no Death Note here.

Series
Tokyo Mew Mew #1-7 and Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode #1 by Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
-Cute magical girl series about girls who are given the DNA of various endangered species. This is almost complete. Is just missing A La Mode #2.

Fruits Basket #1-7 by Natsuki Takaya
-When I bought the first volume, I got a limited edition run that included a box that fits the first six volumes of the series. If you buy the whole series, I'll send the box as well.

Zodiac PI #1-4 by Natsumi Ando
-Shojo mystery series about a girl who solves crimes by using horoscopes of people involved. Complete series.

Gravitation #1-2 by Maki Murakami
-Infamous music themed shonen-ai. Never got around to reading the second volume however and lost interest.

Pita-Ten #1-4 by Koge-Donbo
-Another cute series about a guardian angel in training. This is half the series.

Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicle #1-5 by CLAMP
-Ongoing series that I followed at the beginning, but have since lost track of.

Corrector Yui #1-2 by Keiko Okamoto
-This series actually went out of print while I was trying to read it. Another magical girl, but
with a digital twist to it.

Sailor Moon #1-7 by Naoko Takeuchi
-Oh man...not only are these out of print, but they are from before Tokyopop was called Tokyopop. Reads from left to right and have some very literal name translations. Volume 1 has penmarks in the back from where I was checking off what volumes I had. SOLD

Saint Tail #1-2 by Megumi Tachikawa
-Another early Tokyopop publication. Sort of a Robin Hood story about a girl magician who steals back things that were stolen. Reads left to right. I think this one has been out of print for a while as well. SOLD

Single Volumes
Fullmetal Alchemist #1 by Hiromu Arakawa
-Really only purchased because I was into the anime at the time.

Angelic Layer #1 by CLAMP
-Shojo action manga that played into the battle toy/monster tropes.

Digi Charat Theater: Piyoko Is Number One! by Koge-Donbo and Others
-Anthology of stories based on Piyoko from Digi Charat

Cardcaptor Sakura #2 by CLAMP
-Early version before the books were re-published from right to left. I do have #1, but it's a bilingual version I don't want to sell.

Galaxy Angel #1 by Kanan
-It's been a while since I've read this one, but from what I remember of that and the episodes I saw of the anime, it's has a bit more plot than the anime.

Excel Saga #3 by Rikdo Koshi
-The manga definitely has more plot than the anime, but not by much.

Steel Angel Kurumi #1 by Kaishaku
-Two words: Fan Service

Anime Related Books
Sailor Moon Sailor Scout Guides (Moon, Mercury and Jupiter)
-Badly translated books that are character guides to the Sailor Senshi in the anime. Actually
describes some episodes not aired in the US and has translations to character songs as well. Reads from left to right and like other Sailor Moon media, it is currently out of print in the US.

Cowboy Bebop Anime Guide #1
-This is sort of a portable Bebop primer. Has introductions to the main characters of the show (minus Ed), an introduction to how the series was created as well as the universe of the series, translation of 'The Real Folk Blues', a play by play of the first five episodes and a black and white art file in the back of the characters in the episodes.

Cardcaptors #1
-This is sort of a picture Manga. It takes still shots from the anime and gives them word bubbles. However, it is Cardcaptors and not Cardcaptor Sakura, so buy at your own risk.

The Official Hamtaro Handbook
-I sort of forgot I had this. Another one of those primer books that has guides for all of the characters on the show, an episode guide, and an extra comic featuring The Helpful Hamsters.

Pricing and Shipping
-Individual Books (R to L): $7 $5
-Individual Books (L to R) and Anime Books: $5 $3
-If you buy more than one book from the same series, I will give a discount. Just drop a comment and let me know what you're interested in.
-Prices on series ARE Negotiable.
-Will accept payment through Paypal or Concealed Cash. I'm so desperate, I'm feeling stupid.
-Right now, I'll probably only ship within North America, but if you live outside of that and are willing to pay some of the shipping costs, drop a comment and we can work something out.

I'm opening this post up for traffic. Thanks guys!

So I know I've mentioned in the past that my mom is doing the Breast Cancer 3-Day in Atlanta. So far, she's raised over $1000 dollars (which is close to half of what she needs), but her team The Sisterhood of the Pink Sneakers still need donations!

Also, several of jedi_iwakura's LJ friends are doing the 3 Day in Seattle. If you can, donate to Bangin' Pavement For Boobies as well!

And if you can't donate, SHARE THESE LINKS! And if you can, share 'em anyway! I know that all of these ladies will appreciate any donation they receive.

Thanks in advance!

So yeah...vote on that and elaborate as much as you want to in the comments.

Also, if you pick the third option on the 'w.a.m.s.' question, I assure you that I won't be offended. I'm pretty sure I tossed around the word 'whore' a lot last night.

eta: And if you're wondering why there's multiple entries in the poll for some of them, I did that for people who may prefer someone's performance on one song over another one they did. Like if you like Brendon singing on '20 Dollar Nosebleed' more than his singing on '7 Minutes In Heaven'. Make sense?

etaII: I'm making this post public, so feel free to link others to it so they can throw in their own two cents.

For the past few months, my life has been taken over by a film. A film that isn't even out yet and will only be on ten screens if Lionsgate Films has its way.

This film is called Repo! The Genetic Opera. It's a rock opera set in the not too distant future where organ failure has swept the planet and one company called GeneCo has the replacement organs to fix your body and the drugs to numb the pain of surgery. Problem is, if you're late on your payments, GeneCo will repossess your organs. And they have the perfect men for the job: masked assassins only known as Repo Men.

The plot of the film focuses around two families, the Largos and the Wallaces. The Largo family is headed by Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino), the owner of GeneCo. However, he is dying and his three children are fighting over who will receive his company when he does kick the bucket. Luigi (Bill Moseley), a violent and arrogant masochist, believes he has the brains to run the company, Pavi (Ogre from Skinny Puppy), an extremely vain rapist, believes he has the charm, and Amber Sweet (Paris Hilton), a surgery and zydrate addict, believes she has the looks and the voice. Rotti is continuously disappointed with his children though and takes interest in someone different entirely.

The Wallaces have their own problems, however. Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega) is kept inside the house by her father Nathan (Anthony Stewart Head) due to a rare blood disorder she inherited from her long dead mother Marni. She wants nothing more than to go outside and see the real world, but Nathan won't allow it. Nathan has his own secrets he's keeping from his daughter though. To her, he is a doctor, but the actual truth is that he's one of the Repo Men who works for GeneCo.

The one character who connects these two families is Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman), GeneCo's premiere opera singer who is *gasp* Shilo's godmother and is marked for repossession herself.

Outside of the action, there is Graverobber (Terrence Zdunich, co-creator of Repo!), a Zydrate peddler who is constantly on the run from the law and becomes Shilo's guide to the real world.

So, why did I become so invested in this film? Well, I'm a huge Joss Whedon fan and Anthony Head from Buffy is one of my favorite actors. I started looking into the film because of him, but for a while, I was repelled by Paris Hilton. But then...a little video called 'Zydrate Anatomy' hit the net...



I almost couldn't comprehend what I was watching. It was sexy, it was catchy, it was intriguing, it was everything and a bag of chips...

Plus, I almost forgot that Paris Hilton was Paris Hilton! For this film, she completely transformed herself.

From that moment on, I was fully engrossed. I wanted more of this world of organ repossessions and little glass vials of Zydrate.

In the Repo! world, there are some big dates coming up. On September 30th, the soundtrack will be released digitally on Amazon.com. You can preorder it right now at notyourparentsopera.com as well as preview seven songs on the Pre-Surgery sampler. If you like what you hear, you should definitely get the soundtrack when it comes out!

On November 7th, the film will be released in New York and Los Angeles and Lionsgate currently doesn't have any intentions of expanding the release. HOWEVER! There are two major factors coming up that could change this. One is how the film performs in those ten theaters on the first week.

Second is the Repo! Road Tour.

The Repo! Road Tour is a seven day, seven city tour that director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV) and Terrence Zdunich will be making to show Repo! in cities that wouldn't be getting it. I don't remember all the cities, but Atlanta is on that list! Once I have more information, I'll post it, but theater owners will be calling Lionsgate and telling them about the turnout!

But right now, I urge you to visit repo-opera.com and take a look around. Take a look at the forums, read character biographies, listen to songs, watch clips, whatever. It will NOT disappoint! And if you like what you see, TESTIFY! Spread the word of The Genetic Opera!

I'll continue to post more information when I get it, but this is what I have for now. Visit repo-opera.com, buy the soundtrack when it comes out and show Lionsgate that this film is worth their time.

TESTIFY!!!

Thank you and have a nice day.