This is something I have been pondering upon for some time, and hopefully some people will shout out their opinions.

Is talent distinguishable from creativity? Can you have one without the other, or are they a package deal? Yes/No and Why?

I feel like my vocabulary has been somewhat lame as of late. Not so much in knowing what words mean (though sometimes that too), but just what comes to mind as I try to pluck words out of the air. That and I kinda wanna do some poetry exercises.

Soooooooooooo . . . Gimmeeeee . . .

A noun.
A verb.
An adverb and/or adjective descriptor thingie.

One of each will do, or more if there's a word you reeeaaally wanna share. ~♥


That and I'm considering changing the name of my other account, though somewhat torn. Thinking things like: yamsteapot, yamzilla, slothsnteapots. Something concerning sloths or yams, and teapots. Mew.

Fail de Epica today. Slept through my first class. First time doing it, knew it was gonna happen. Meh.

I need some new icons all around, and I need to compile some music. Yam ish braindead.

I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!! For those that haven't heard from me.

Maybe more later?

Shameless spam, I know.

I will make it up by some sort of musicy thingie post, yes? ♥

My, my, these rare posts are just becoming little notifications that I'm alive, neh? College is overrunning my life, I'm afraid. But ah wells, 'tis educational and mostly productive. Don't get too much free time due to the lack of easy freshman classes. Nooooo . . . Yam had to boldly charge right into two Honors courses and two 200 courses (one of which gives me enough work for several classes). Then a little roundtable that meets once a week, which is what I decided to post about~.

My roundtable is a writing one. We all come and are given a prompt, we write, and share. Very laid back atmosphere. First unit was personal memoirs (which kinda sucked), and now we're on poetry, which is not as bad as I anticipated, and actually came at a time when I was getting the desire to write some, so yayz. Anywho, we've been doing some really fun exercises, particularly sound poems. We picked ten words that we liked (the sound, the meaning, whatever) and had to construct them into lines that sounded . . . poetic. Then we had to get together with another person and combine all twenty words, then had to add words to make them make sense.

So now I come to you all asking, what are ten of your favorite words? I'm merely curious, that and I feel my vocabulary has been somewhat lacking as of late (my brain is being packed so tightly with new information that it tends to short-circuit and retain little until it can finally grasp and digest the new concepts), that and the project is fun. Dunno if I'll get many poems out of them, but I'd like to try? Be as open about it as you please, I'm quite, quite curious.

Hyuu~.

For draculard. I've been giggling over this for at least half an hour, and had to share it with you. ♥ And any other Hellsing fans, of course!

- Pick your birth month.
- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you.
- Bold the five-ten that best apply to you.
- Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a lj-cut.
- Tag 12 people from your friends list.


FEBRUARY:

Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

Umm, tagging twelve is like tagging everyone on my Flist.

( The twelve months. )

Use this picture to answer the questions below. Keep in mind Bob Bobilinski does know about this poll and is awaiting your answers!



Poll #1043527 The Bob Bobilinski Poll
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

This is Carl, AKA, Bob Bobilinski. Is he evil?

Carl is thinking of growing a handlebar mustache. Should he?

Disregarding the previous two questions, does a handlebar mustache make you evil regardless who you are?

. . . I wrote this months ago, actually. Just now got around to editing and posting. On 13_fears and FF.net, w00t.

Title: Please Don't Let It Be Too Late . . . !
Series: Magic Kaito
Claim: Kaitou Kid (Kaito Kuroba)
Theme: 07. Thanatophobia; Fear of Dying/Death {the end is near}
Rating: PG-13 (Violence, some language)
Word Count: 3,992
Disclaimer:

Notes: Alas, I do not own Magic Kaito, nor Kaitou Kid/Kuroba Kaito. **le sigh** They all belong to Gosho Aoyama. Secondly, there's quite a few things that are left open in this story, I know, as it was done intentionally for connecting stories. This was done for the seventh theme on the LJ community thirteen_fears, Thanatophobia; Fear of Dying/Death {the end is near}. Enjoy!

I don't know what I can do, but still I've got to try . . .

Poll #1042477 Which video game series do you like better?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Which video game series do you like better?

Tis a poll for a friend who does not have internet requested me to do. Please answer honestly and since I don't have many people of my flist, do pass it around. ♥

Meme numero uno:

The first 10 people to comment will get an icon. You need to give me the image, I'm not going image hunting for you. All images are a go. If you want it to be something particular as in text, lemme know. If you're wanting a quote icon, I'll see what I can do.


Meme numero dos:

List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

01. "Buddha for Mary" - 30 Seconds to Mars [download]
02. "not a word" - Yoko Kanno [download]
03. "Valentine's Day" - Linkin Park [download]
04. "Half the World Away (Live)" - Oasis [download]
05. "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm [download]
06. "Sweet Dreams" - Marlyn Manson [download]
07. "Dead Bodies Everywhere" - Korn [download]

. . . Go for it, Flist.

Then extras that I have to share that sorta, kinda count, but sorta don't. I mostly had a hard time thinking of songs at first 'cause I only usually listen to two or three at a time (I can listen to the same song for days), but remembered these were around just some time ago.

Extra 01. "Oblivion" - 30 Seconds to Mars [download]
Extra 02. "Capricorn" - 30 Seconds to Mars [download]
Extra 03. "Kremlin Dusk" - Utada Hikaru [download]

. . . Err. I could go on and on. I'm such a music whore and I love spreading it around. **should just zip the Yuuko fanmix she downloaded a while back, which is where the third song came from** I almost feel the need to apologize for having a new Linkin Park song up there. LOL The new album . . . err. They said they wanted to go out of their comfort zone, but you know, I think they should crawl back on into it. Though there is definitely something appealing after a while. It just . . . doesn't sound anything like Linkin Park. Though I noticed something interesting a while back -- instead of suffering and being hurt, there's more focus on death on this album, and just the hint of relationships other than, "you ruined my life," or "you destroyed me." There's a bit of "I'm hurting because you're gone, permanently," in Valentine's Day anyway (and it gives me plunnies galore). That part, I don't mind, and find interesting, the style took a long while to get used to. It's not . . . bad, I guess, but I listen to it regardless. **shrugs** Just not Linkin Park. **will shut up on it 'cause she could ramble forever on the matter**

Anyway . . . what have I been up to? Exploring two extremes of the manga realm~! Been catching up on some series I'm into and really, it's odd when I stop to think about it, especially how I bounce back and forth between them like from minute to minute.

I spent one day catching up on Hellsing . . . GAH. I should not have done that. So now I have to wait what, every month for a new chapter? Gaaaaaaaah!! First I went back and made sure I'd read The Dawn. And totally got into Young Walter, made a bunch of icons with him. Though now I'm wondering what I think after reading the most recent chapters . . . **muses** There has to be more to it than that, right? RIGHT??? (Anyone who has read it will know what I'm talking about.) Not that the new chaps don't rock my socks totally. I just . . . want more chapters dammit!!

And been exploring what I'm convinced could possibly be the second most evil character of the series -- Schroedinger. He and the Major get along rather well, and he has his own brand of wickedness it seems. I was reading over his Wiki page and, of course, I see quantum physics and intrigue goes through the roof, not that I wasn't interested to begin with, but yah . . . his engineering really intrigues me, and his character along with it. Has no problem with his youthful look (including the Hitler Youth uniform), yet his vocabulary is far too advanced and such. Though in short, when he appeared in chapter 84, just this smirk of puuuuuure evil. **delighted** Dunno if I'd sounded like I was complaining or not, or was surprised, but I'm totally delighted. I thought he was a bad guy before, but something just hit me the other day when I was flipping through volume 7 and then reading the new stuff. He just strikes me as one of those characters that's just evil or a bastard because they are; I love those types. Or maybe like Duzell in a way? Nothing better to do? Though yah, been doing icons of him as well. I need to make an icon post eventually.

As for the other end of the spectrum . . . Ouran Host Club. Lawlz. Seems I'm eclectic in every aspect of life and not just my music. The other night I was reading volume 4, then would stop to work on some Hellsing icons, go back to Ouran, then read a little Hellsing . . . I started on Ouran a long time ago and just now getting back around to it. Been working on catching up and currently on volume 6. I really enjoy the series, very cute. (I'm a Tamaki fan by the way; a narcissistic dork who does have good intentions and a deep moment now and again. He makes me think of Howl from Howl's Moving Castle in a way.)I'm still amused that on the back it says, "A must-have for all Hana-Kimi fans!" I had thought it reminded me of Hana-Kimi before I even saw that actually. Hana-Kimi is love, BTW. Probably my fave shojou story of all time. I would start picking up on the Ouran anime if I could find the CDs I burned the series on. >__> That's right, for those that know, I'm still trying to find the CD book that has all my burned anime in it. **about ready to start tearing the house to pieces.**

On one final note, if you have not seen Burn Notice on USA, WATCH IT!!! ♥ http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings/1/5763

Just . . . been very occupied. Okay, that's sort of a lie, but I hadn't updated my other LJ for a month either, so just had a huge post there. If it matters to anyone, I have been looking over my Flist page each day, just haven't been too active.

And now a meme I was tagged for by invincible1863 a loooong time ago.

1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.


1. If I could, I would live off salsa. I love the stuff. Though fresh, noncooked, homemade, can't go back to the bottle after that.
2. I'm in the Honors Program at Millikin University, entering this fall as a freshman. And taking a sophomore English class. . . . and I think History?
3. I'm eighteen and I just got my driver's license a little over a week ago. (I live in the US, so could've gotten it two years ago.)
4. I prefer original of fan when it comes to writing fiction. Though I succumb to indulging myself with guilty pleasures now and again.
5. I am known to write LJ posts of DEEEEEEWM on my other journal.
6. I'm pretty much culinary incompetent -- ramen is about the extent of my cooking abilities. I make a kickass turkey sandwich though.
7. My three fave all time fave female anime characters are Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing (Hellsing), Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell), and Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHOLiC), followed very closely behind by Tsubasa!Sakura

And now I tag:
draculard, nezure, flamemetal89, knightwing02188 . . . Anyone who wants to, grab it up.

BTW, got Hellsing Ultimate OVA II and it rocks my socks. Those shiny limited editions. I watched the dub for the heck of it . . . Jan kinda sounds like Jack Black.

[EDIT]Mwauh!! This is the 42nd post on this LJ! Lawlz.[/EDIT]

Find your Celestial Choir

. . . wow. That's . . . pretty accurate. Frighteningly so. I actually took this quiz a long, long time ago and got what Weeb had, but I think this works better. It was also hard trying to retake it since I knew how it ended. Fun quiz. XD

Yes, I've already changed my LJ layout~. BUT! It's how I originally wanted it and I'm terribly, terribly pleased with it. It's clean, it's simple, and looks quite loverly, in my opinion. I was finally able to get those bloody screenshots and the codes from Weeb for the layout, originally created by refuted, I just switched the colors up. If you wanna see what it originally looked like, view over at nezure. The "KID/1412" was taken off Icka's Kaitou Kid page . . . I looked forever for that thing and about headdesked when I finally found it.

Nevertheless: HAPPY YAM. >> See?

Not much new with me . . . donated blood yesterday (what the hell do you tell the Red Cross when they say, "We're fresh out of O negative"?), then did a bit of writing, working on a Kid fic that's more of a guilty pleasure more than anything, though was sparked to life by the strangest of origins. Other than that, had freshman orientation at Millikin University a week ago . . . and um, yeah. And apparently I'm a semi-finalist list for a nation-wide (I think it is) scholarship! That was good news, though too tired when Mom called to tell me to be excited. Still, a possible of twenty grand in four years for tuition to a bloody expensive university . . . **fingers crossed**

Anywhoooo . . . came up with a meme!

Fandom has taken quite a beating lately, so it's time to give it back some love. Name your top three favorite fandoms and explain why you love them. It could be because of the communities on LJ, across the internet, or the fanfiction -- interpret how you wish! After you're finished, tag four people to do the same.

Fandom #1: Hellsing.

Why? Hands down. As far as group of people in a fandom go, I love these wackjobs. I honestly believe there is not a crazier group of fans out there for any fandom (crazy bunch of fans for a crazy manga-ka). hellsing is probably one of the examples of what is a true community on LJ, despite how mean we are to each other sometimes, but there is a good number of members everyone knows by face by now or the name has been heard by just about everyone and a lot of these people are together at cons and it's not unusual for everyone to be throwing names around and memories. Then there's the crazy side where everyone says whatever the hell they want, pretty much do whatever they want, not to mention we get to eat trolls and the mod tags the posts so we can go back and laugh at it later. =D Everyone has nothing better to do with their time and there are those that spend a hundred comments making a Triangle Head cartoons. Some people find it disgusting, maybe appalling, but I can't help but find it hilarious that no matter how sick something is, how deranged, how twisted, gory, whatever, I can almost garuntee you there will be at least one comment that simply says something along the lines, "That's HAWT." hellsing, I ♥ you.


Fandom #2: Death Note

Why? I haven't been active in this fandom very long, and at first I was a little nervous, as I am whenever joining any new fandom's communities, but these people from the beginning were very helpful, mature, and patient. Even the crack is funny, when Death Note is such a serious series. (Okay, should've mentioned Hellsing crack, but I think that's a given, considering the series.) It's a complicated series, and takes some brains to wrap your head around all of that, and I think the fans seem to fit into the mold of it. The active fans anyway. I'm not sure I've really seen anyone snarky as of yet, at least, no one unreasonably so. But possibly what is the kewlest about it is the shonen-ai fans. Even some of them admit they're just doing it because they like it but it's not likely in the show, that or they're just very calm about it in general. Even when they're fangirly. I dunno, but it's wow. I even like going on the Matt/Mello comm to look for things sometimes because of their behavoir. I think they're just a kewl bunch. And even if there's smut and stuff, somehow they still manage to keep that air about them. That last part applies for all the fandom as much as I've seen of it. Though the only experience I have is death_note and death_eyes, but still, good group.


Fandom #3: Hmmm . . . I torn between Yu-Gi-Oh! and Detective Conan, so I'll say a tie.

Why? The reason for the choice of Yu-Gi-Oh! is probably more along the lines of Hellsing and all the crack, particularly because of the comm playthedamncard -- no one takes themselves seriously for liking the fandom. That and some of my first involvement in LJ and fandoms. And where I became aquainted with several of my close(st) friends. ♥ But the fandom does have its flaws/wank that have been joked to rival HP fandom (and it probably does), nevertheless, diehard fan. As for Detective Conan, again, where I met some very fun people, and one of my newest best friends~. And since my journal is decked out in Kaitou Kid, Magic Kaito/Detective Conan deserves a bit of love, yes. Most of the fans are pretty good, have steady heads on their shoulders. There are a few that are rather active that I wouldn't mind seeing their keyboards be confinscated though. **coughs**

[EDIT]Crap! Forgot to tag!! Ummm . . . nezure, dai_atlas, insaneladybug, draculard

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...

SOUNDTRACK TO THE LIFE OF:
Yam/Aubrie . . . and to Weeb, Slothy-kun ♥

( The songs of my life )

Finally finished one of my themes, thought I might post here before posting at 13_fears. . . . I have a feeling there are mistakes or typos or something in this because Mom was watching TV while I was trying to write and she kept bugging me to clean up.

Title: Look into this New Future's Face(Kaitou Kid, Magic Kaito, #06)
Series: Magic Kaito
Character/Pairing: Kaitou Kid
Theme: 06. Acrophobia; Fear of Heights {it’s a long way down}
Rating: G Not a whole lot going on really that's worth warning about.
Word Count: 1505
Disclaimer: Kaitou Kid and Magic Kaito belong to their creator Gosho Aoyama.

( The closer the edge came to him, the more he could see of what was directly below him. )

Hideho, Flist. Alive, are you? I've already ranted myself blue in the face about the strikethrough, but if anyone wants my thoughts on it, look for me at the top of page forty-three. . . . No, I really can't get enough saying that. It may not be a round number, but I started a page, and it rhymes. Whee.

Mostly, I'm just posting updates, all revolving around comms and such.

- Made an icon post at yammy_icons. Check it out, yo.

- Finished my second Fay fanmix last night and posted it at kosheryams. Still flailing over the yet to be translated chapter 154.

- Opened a comm called wammyhouse for Death Note.

- Going to be making a Kaitou Kid claim at 13_fears.

- And oh yes, check out my journal. I'm not completely done with it, but I finally started to do some remodling. The background may take a moment to come up.

Since we all know I'm a total fanmix/music whore.

Name a character and I'll tell you three (or more) songs about them from my own personal pseudocanon. ... With explanations of course. ♥


Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End? OFF THE CHAIN. **otherwise, zips her mouth shut, saw it at the special eight o'clock showing last night.**


Anywhooo . . . graduation is in a matter of hours~. Then PARTY!


And speaking of fanmixes, I've started uploading some at kosheryams. Hyuu~.

So last day of school, Carl and I decided that Slowpoke Bob should tour the school and we would have a picture of him in each classroom. For the most part, Slowpoke Bob had mostly been in U.S. Government and Calculus, then would live in Carl's locker the rest of the time.

( View the Adventures of Slowpoke Bob. )