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Aug. 13th, 2011 05:10 pm
I think it's just sandalwood, with some dye in there to make it black.
I think it's just sandalwood, with some dye in there to make it black.
And apparently, he has this time chosen to get around his stated aversion to heterosexual romances by... dressing the guy in an androgynous fursuit all the time.
I'm just going to assume that that's why the fursuits. Because a lot of people wear them, and he hasn't yet bothered to explain why. They're just kind of there.
I aspire one day to be as awesome as Kunihiko Ikuhara.
I'm just going to assume that that's why the fursuits. Because a lot of people wear them, and he hasn't yet bothered to explain why. They're just kind of there.
I aspire one day to be as awesome as Kunihiko Ikuhara.
Watched the Utena movie.
Jun. 24th, 2011 10:37 pm...
If you stripped all the self-referential symbolism out of this, you would be left with,
1) Scenes of Utena and Anthy giving each other meaningful looks.
2) Scenes of Utena and Anthy kissing.
3) A scene where Chu-Chu gets stuck in Nanami's nose.
To which I have no real objection. I mean, it's a worthy enough goal for any film.
( I don't think it's actually possible to spoil anybody for this movie, but here is a cut, just to be polite. )
If you stripped all the self-referential symbolism out of this, you would be left with,
1) Scenes of Utena and Anthy giving each other meaningful looks.
2) Scenes of Utena and Anthy kissing.
3) A scene where Chu-Chu gets stuck in Nanami's nose.
To which I have no real objection. I mean, it's a worthy enough goal for any film.
( I don't think it's actually possible to spoil anybody for this movie, but here is a cut, just to be polite. )
Before I post to whatwasthatbook
May. 30th, 2011 01:31 amI'm trying to find a book of mazes I had as a kid. Given that I'm pretty sure I got it at a Scholastic book fair, this was an oddly literate book of mazes: either the first one or the second was an alphabetical maze, with a bunch of objects starting with each letter of the alphabet scattered around, "Z" being "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
I recall a later one as requiring some sort of esoteric cultural knowledge to solve; like, there were hints that were quotes from books and movies with which very few ten-year-olds would have been familiar. And one of the mazes had busts of the Marx brothers drawn along the bottom, with a bust of Karl Marx stuck in with them. Karl Marx's presence was, according to a guide in the back of the book, a hint that you needed to take a left.
I swear that I didn't dream this. Maybe the artist is the one who dreamed it. I remember being so impressed by the art that I used tracing paper to solve the mazes, not wanting to use a pencil on the book.
I suspect that it may be by Rolf Heimann - I've got another maze book of his here, and the art style seems similar - but none of the covers and titles on Amazon look right. It was taller than it was long, with beige or yellow predominating on the cover.
Awesome Alphamaze definitely has the wrong cover, or I'd think it was that. (Though I guess it's possible that, if mine was a Scholastic edition, it had a different cover.) I also don't remember the alien-related frame story, and I think I would.
I recall a later one as requiring some sort of esoteric cultural knowledge to solve; like, there were hints that were quotes from books and movies with which very few ten-year-olds would have been familiar. And one of the mazes had busts of the Marx brothers drawn along the bottom, with a bust of Karl Marx stuck in with them. Karl Marx's presence was, according to a guide in the back of the book, a hint that you needed to take a left.
I swear that I didn't dream this. Maybe the artist is the one who dreamed it. I remember being so impressed by the art that I used tracing paper to solve the mazes, not wanting to use a pencil on the book.
I suspect that it may be by Rolf Heimann - I've got another maze book of his here, and the art style seems similar - but none of the covers and titles on Amazon look right. It was taller than it was long, with beige or yellow predominating on the cover.
Awesome Alphamaze definitely has the wrong cover, or I'd think it was that. (Though I guess it's possible that, if mine was a Scholastic edition, it had a different cover.) I also don't remember the alien-related frame story, and I think I would.
SHE DID
IT'S CALLED "CATALYST"
OH NO WAIT IT'S A SERIES oh god
Barque cats - for those who didn't spend middle-school reading horrible science fiction novels about the love lives of space psychics - are large, intelligent telepathic cats who enjoy being in zero gravity and can warn you when there's a problem with your spaceship. I totally wanted one when I was twelve, though I unfortunately didn't have any zero gravity to keep it in.
This sentence is in the synopsis:
When corrupt government officials declare a plague and plan to destroy animals across the galaxy, including the Barque Cats, two young people (a veterinarian and a cat person), a clever Barque kitten and the boy who is its special person, an ancient Egyptian cat with mysterious powers and a hidden agenda, and a con man join forces to try to prevent the tragedy.
You know, I don't think that's a sufficiently rag-tag band of rebels. We still need, like, a disillusioned ex-cop with a drinking problem, a quick-witted halfling thief, a robot who wants to learn to love, and the Doctor. Get with the program, McCaffrey.
Actually, sorry - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's name's on there as co-writer. Given McCaffrey's recent health problems, Scarborough may be the actual author of this excellent work. Especially considering the whole "an ancient Egyptian cat with mysterious powers and a hidden agenda" business. That is a very Scarborough kind of idea. Also, this is the sequel (which is called Catacombs):
The barque cats, mistaken for a public health hazard, flee Earth for the feline-dominated planet, Mau, with the help of Pshaw-Ra, a mysterious cat with his own spaceship. Oddly, no one--including the humans--is bothered that he plans to take over the universe on behalf of felinekind.
Yeah, I see the invisible hand of the Scarborough in that storyline. It sounds like it might actually attempt humor, a property which McCaffrey has always scorned.
...I admit at this point that I'm kind of thinking about reading these.
IT'S CALLED "CATALYST"
OH NO WAIT IT'S A SERIES oh god
Barque cats - for those who didn't spend middle-school reading horrible science fiction novels about the love lives of space psychics - are large, intelligent telepathic cats who enjoy being in zero gravity and can warn you when there's a problem with your spaceship. I totally wanted one when I was twelve, though I unfortunately didn't have any zero gravity to keep it in.
This sentence is in the synopsis:
When corrupt government officials declare a plague and plan to destroy animals across the galaxy, including the Barque Cats, two young people (a veterinarian and a cat person), a clever Barque kitten and the boy who is its special person, an ancient Egyptian cat with mysterious powers and a hidden agenda, and a con man join forces to try to prevent the tragedy.
You know, I don't think that's a sufficiently rag-tag band of rebels. We still need, like, a disillusioned ex-cop with a drinking problem, a quick-witted halfling thief, a robot who wants to learn to love, and the Doctor. Get with the program, McCaffrey.
Actually, sorry - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's name's on there as co-writer. Given McCaffrey's recent health problems, Scarborough may be the actual author of this excellent work. Especially considering the whole "an ancient Egyptian cat with mysterious powers and a hidden agenda" business. That is a very Scarborough kind of idea. Also, this is the sequel (which is called Catacombs):
The barque cats, mistaken for a public health hazard, flee Earth for the feline-dominated planet, Mau, with the help of Pshaw-Ra, a mysterious cat with his own spaceship. Oddly, no one--including the humans--is bothered that he plans to take over the universe on behalf of felinekind.
Yeah, I see the invisible hand of the Scarborough in that storyline. It sounds like it might actually attempt humor, a property which McCaffrey has always scorned.
...I admit at this point that I'm kind of thinking about reading these.
