RACHEL THE DEMON

Warning: May cause loss of sanity

I Do:
Stuff

Pillage and plunder, web design, 3-D modeling, writing, drawing, reading, collecting anime, cooking, and hating you.

I Love:
Stuff

My friends, my family when they don't drive me batshit, my pets, good fanfiction, het, yaoi/slash, yuri/femmeslash, Law & Order, anime, Avatar, Claymore, icons, anime music videos, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and pocky.

I Hate:
Stuff

Rabid fanbrats, bullying, George W. Bush, the extreme right/left wings, religious lunatics, homophobia, flame wars, bad writing, reality TV, inflated egos, insincerity, spinelessness, stupid people, poseurs/posers.

I Want:
Stuff

A career in graphic design, and unedited anime on American TV.

the Layout
About

Featuring Prince Zuko and Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender, this layout is sheer blue sparkly Zutaran pride. Mood theme shamelessly ganked from
rayesesshyfan .

Monday, August 23, 2010

3:04AM - Access Denied


Current mood: ditzy
Current music: One Piece - "Talking Blues"


(114 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

12:34AM - Friends Cut

If you can read this, but find that you can't read anything on my journal other than public posts, you've been caught up in a flist-trimming. There are several reasons you might have been cut:

1) You never update
2) You do update, but I don't read it anymore
3) I can't remember who you are because of #1
4) You did/said something to royally annoy the living hell out of me, and I'd rather not waste my time on you any longer.

This is a cut mostly for manageability. There are only a couple of people cut for reason #4. No, I'm not saying who they are, because if they paid attention to ANYTHING I post in this journal, they'd know already why they were cut. My job gives me very little free time lately, and I find I simply can't keep up with a flist of 130-odd people, nor do I want to squander that precious time on people who piss me off. For the most part, no hard feelings. Where there are hard feelings, whatever. It's done.
Current mood: calm


(15 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Saturday, July 26, 2008

10:11PM - New Icons, Old School Style

Why I should never be allowed near Photoshop when nostalgic. 8 icons each of Gargoyles and ExoSquad. Credit is nice but completely optional.

Teaser:



( More below the cut )
Current mood: creative
Current music: Moulin Rouge - Diamond Dogs


(12 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Thursday, July 24, 2008

2:55PM - Some Actual Anti-Finale Meta...

...Rather than random nonspecific complaints. I know I've been bitching about the ending for the last few days, and I promise this will be the last post I'll make on the matter for a while. Mostly because after thinking about it rather than reacting visceraly, these are really the four major issues I have with how the series ended:

( Cut for the spoilerphobic and the indifferent )
Current mood: cynical
Current music: Dragonball Z - Day of Fate


(31 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

11:39PM - Avatar Finale Prediction/Wishful Thinking

( SPOILERS! BIG HONKING SPOILERS! IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED, SKIP THIS POST NOW! )
Current mood: contemplative
Current music: Cherie - "I'm Ready"


(19 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

12:01PM - Vent Post

The person this is truly meant for will most likely never see it. But I'm making it public because I think it's something that should not be locked down.

( Christianity, TEH GHEYZ, and why the former's doctrine is inherently bigoted tripe )
Current mood: thoughtful
Current music: David Arkenstone - "Return of the Guardians"


(18 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Saturday, February 2, 2008

7:51PM - THIS IS THE YEAR

I think a 1.5 year hiatus is long enough, and I intend to break it this year with AWA Pro. All I ask is for your vote on which idea I should do, as I can't really decide at the moment:

Poll #1132108 AWA Po 2008 Submission
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Which of these concepts do you think I should do for my AWA Pro 2008 submission?

View Answers

Jet profile - Bon Jovi - "It's My Life"
5 (25.0%)

Siege of the North montage - TSO - "Carol of the Bells"
4 (20.0%)

Zuko Alone - Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again"
4 (20.0%)

Aang-Roku profile - David Arkenstone - "Tallis the Messenger"
0 (0.0%)

General Avatar - Pat Benatar - "Invincible"
7 (35.0%)



Thank you! And God help me.
Current mood: artistic
Current music: David Arkenstone - "Another Star in the Sky"


(7 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

8:02PM - My Thoughts On Kataang. Let Me Show You Them.

Disclaimer: I am not trying to prove or disprove any ship's canonicity, because frankly I don't give a rat's ass what happens on screen in regard to what I ship; it will not affect what I like and don't like. Nor am I trying to win any...uh...anti-converts? I frankly don't give a rat's ass if you like Kataang, either. This is my opinion and mine alone on why Kataang in particular bothers me, and why it becoming canon actually would ruin the series' ending plot- and theme-wise for me. It's something I've been meaning to get off my chest for a long while. Also, this rant/thought-post contains spoilers for "The Firebending Masters." Consider yourself warned.

( Whole fucking herd of Teel Deers ahead. Kataang fans, click at your own risk. I mean it. )
Current mood: thoughtful
Current music: Kamelot - "Where I Reign"


(64 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

9:25PM - More Avatar Speculation

Involves spoilers for 3x12, so I'm cutting it for the spoilerphobic.

( YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED )
Current mood: pensive
Current music: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - "O Come All Ye Faithful"


(4 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

11:32AM - Speculations on Maiko Y/N?

I apologize to anyone who likes how this pairing has been written in canon so far. Skip over this post if you like, these are just my thoughts on why it was written as such. Put it this way: I have to look for a justification somehow, or I'll have to assume M&B have no idea how to write a relationship at all.

( Path of Least Resistance )
Current mood: contemplative
Current music: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - "O Come All Ye Faithful"


(13 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Thursday, November 29, 2007

1:05PM - It's Not "Just the Internet"

Making this one public, because in light of recent events I think it's something anyone involved with mocking communities needs to read.

( Stampede of Teal Deers ahead, click at your own risk )
Current mood: thoughtful
Current music: Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again"


(8 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Thursday, August 9, 2007

2:14PM - What the Fuck, LJ? WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Dear SixApart,

So gay Harry Potter porn, which harms no one, is apparently worthy of the banhammer because it's"obscene," yet you both passively and blatantly endorse communities dedicated to the facilitation of harm and more than occasional death of thousands of children and young women. Porn is bad because sex is filthy and disgusting, but child abuse is perfectly all right as long as it's in the name of God. It's illegal for Harry to get a blowjob from Snape even though they are fictional characters, but it's perfectly all right for real young women to starve and kill themselves.

You want to know what's truly obscene? That attitude. Those assertions. That real people don't matter to you nearly as much as fictional gay porn does.

Were I able to hand out Fate myself, I would have everyone who works for your company made into hamburgers and force-fed to anorexics. Because that is the only spot of good your lives could ever accomplish. This is no longer about fandom or hypocrisy or even lousy customer service. This is about you enabling the harm and deaths of innocent people. This is about you breaking the very laws and ToS terms you are quoting.

This is about accountability, and how you need to be taking some post-haste. If there is anyone in this whole mess who needs to be at the center of a federal investigation, it's your company. To find out what motivates you to endorse pro-anorexia, child abuse, hate crime, and white supremacy, just to name a few of the interests you see fit to do nothing about.

It saddens me that a service I joined four years ago and met most of my online friends through, as well as my girlfriend, has made me feel dirty and disgusting for even using it now that I know the kind of people who are behind it.

If there is a Hell, I can think of few people more deserving to go there than you.

Sincerely,
Rachel
Current mood: infuriated


(2 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Saturday, May 19, 2007

9:02PM - The Lord's Brainwashing Detergent: Made With Absolutely No Natural Ingredients Whatsoever

Religion: it's like strawberry ice cream, in a way.

( A lot more serious than it sounds )
Current mood: pensive
Current music: Zen - "Breathe"


(4 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Thursday, March 1, 2007

2:36PM - Oh, Bitch. I Know You Didn't Go There.

Dear Twits Who Have No Idea What Transsexualism Actually IS,

Please, for the love of God, stop using being a tranny -- MtF specifically -- as an excuse to be complete motherfucking 'tards. If I have to hear you justify whining and stomping and throwing a post-deleting hissyfit complete with pity-whoring about how you'll go back to drinking over petty bullshit by claiming that you're really a woman so your feelings get hurt easier, I will invent the technology to beat the living shit out of you over DSL.

Seriously. Stop it.

Woman =/= fragile fucking willow who can't take the honest opinion of her friends that her jokes aren't funny and her philosophy and worldview defy all forms of logic. Being unable to take honesty when you specifically ask for it does not make you a woman. Hating football and beer and NASCAR and wrestling doesn't make you a woman. Liking long hair and clean fingernails doesn't make you a woman. Hell, even putting on a dress and liking it does not make you a woman.

Transsexualism isn't about not wanting to do what's expected of your penis. Lots of men don't like WWF, beer, or NASCAR, care about their grooming, wear their hair long, and yes even dress in women's clothing, but are still perfectly happy with their genitals. Just like there are women who like wrestling, beer, and NASCAR, only comb their hair when they feel like it because they keep it cut short, and refuse to wear dresses or skirts or heels but are perfectly fine with their vaginas. Your interests, hobbies, and fashion sense don't determine your gender any more than they do your skin color.

Transsexualism is about not wanting a penis in the first place. It's being physically uncomfortable in your own body. That penis doesn't really feel like it's yours because it's supposed to be a vagina and you know it. The gender of your brain doesn't match the gender of your body, and you literally feel like you're wearing it as a suit. It's not you; you are not really a man, but a woman trapped in the body of one.

By saying "I'm an overemotional, whiny, clingy wimp who can't stand the negative because I'm really a woman," all you're doing is conforming to another harmful gender stereotype. You are doing both trannies and women a severe disservice by making the lot of us look like certified wimps.

In short, you are not trannies. You are clingy, whiny, immature little pieces of emo-shit who are using transsexualism as an excuse not to grow the fuck up.

You're not even in my gender, but I want you out of it just the same.

No Love,
Me
Current mood: no.
Current music: Genesis - "Invisible Touch"


(9 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

3:25PM - Avatar: The Last Dungeon Master

Since the D&D references from my last dump went over so well, I decided to make an entire set full of geeky goodness. All icons reference D&D in some way. As always, credit is optional. Just comment on anything you take.

Teaser:



( Click at your own risk )
Current mood: artistic
Current music: ABBA - "The Winner Takes It All"


(25 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, January 29, 2007

2:17PM - ICONS!

As always, stealing is encouraged, credit is optional. All I ask is that you comment on what you take. Enjoy!

Teaser:



( Cut for the funny, and one of them is slashy )
Current mood: cracked
Current music: Ouran High School - "Sakura Kiss"


(18 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, December 4, 2006

2:29PM - Bite-Sized Icon Post

Five icons total, but behind a cut for season finale spoilers. As always, credit is unnecessary. Just comment on anything you take.

( I'm in ur LJ, makin ur iconz! )
Current mood: creative
Current music: Shinedown - "Heroes"


(17 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Saturday, December 2, 2006

12:20AM - Zuko Theory

Not total spam, I promise.

( Cut for Avatar season finale spoilers )
Current mood: pensive


(16 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Friday, October 27, 2006

6:25PM - More iCons!

And here are the requests from the iPod icons post. As always, credit is optional. All I ask is that you comment on what you take. Enjoy!

Teaser:



( Makes you wonder what's on their playlists, doesn't it? )
Current mood: accomplished
Current music: Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"


(13 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, October 23, 2006

6:29PM - Dear Sexy Knickers...

Dear Women Who Constantly Blame Men for Their Lacklustre Sex Lives,

Stop it. Seriously, STFU.

Or rather, quit whining and do something. Such as talking to your boyfriend/husband for once about it instead of drowning your sorrows in cellphone minutes to friends who don't even have sex lives, but still have more fun in their bedrooms than you do.

See, his cock isn't psychic. It doesn't know what you want. You can't lie there like a dollar-store blowup toy and expect him to give you the most mindblowing sex you've ever had. Hell, you don't even know what you want half the time, because you're so afraid of being labeled a slut for enjoying the act. Part of me pities you for that. Most of me wants to smack you in the face with a Sparkly Pink Dildo of Justice and hand you a copy of The Joy of Self-Loving.

Seriously. Masturbation is not a hindrance to a good sex life. It's essential. Because Moses on a matzah if you don't know what gets you off, how in the World of Warcraft do you expect him to?

Also? That mouth of yours has other uses in the bedroom besides giving him head. Talk to him. Tell him what you want once you've found out. Because you know what? If he's a decent man at all, he'll appreciate it. He'll appreciate you telling him how to make you as happy in the pants as you make him. He'll appreciate not having to do all the work. He'll appreciate the relief of performance anxiety and omgamidoingthisright? and wrestling with the question of whether you're actually enjoying it or if you secretly work for a 1-900 number. Sex will be better for both of you when there isn't so much goddamn guesswork involved.

And if you do talk to him, and it becomes evident that he isn't a decent man? If he really is a selfish cock-brained fucktard who only cares about getting what he wants in bed and to hell with whether you enjoy yourself or not?

Stop faking that orgasm and drop his ass. Because you. deserve. better. You deserve a man who knows that it isn't all about his Enormous Veiny Cock of Superiority.

Having great sex is no longer an instinct, like it was in the good ol' days when you ran around naked, ate your meat raw, and slept in trees. It's a process of unlearning the puritannical bullshit you've been fed since you took your first breath of air, and learning to be the sexually mature woman that you are.

If that makes you a slut? Fine. Wear that badge and wear it proudly.

Would Pass Out Free Toys in Babeland Coupons If She Had Any,
Me
Current mood: bitchy
Current music: Vangelis - "Chariots of Fire"


(7 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Sunday, October 22, 2006

4:37PM - Yet Another Icon Dump

And it's from the Speshul Hell this time. Stealing is encouraged, credit is optional.

Teaser:



( Because SOMEONE had to )

I'm also taking requests for this theme. Which characters would you want to see with an iPod?
Current mood: artistic
Current music: Billy Joel - "Why Should I Worry?"


(36 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Sunday, October 15, 2006

6:00PM - Icon Dump!

As always, steal what you want, credit is optional.

Teaser:



( 10 icons )
Current mood: artistic
Current music: Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again"


(15 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, October 2, 2006

12:19AM - I Don't Do This Nearly As Often As I Should

ICON DUMP! All Avatar. Totally stealable, no credit necessary, save any third parties I've indicated:

Teaser:



( Cutting the rest to spare thy flist )
Current mood: artistic
Current music: O-Zone - "Despre Tine"


(3 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, September 18, 2006

11:49PM - This is Officially Whack

Testament to the power of [info]pinkocracy. I AM NOT IN THIS FANDOM, I SWEAR.



Rotten vegetables may be thrown now. No spinach plz.
Current mood: PSYCHO!
Current music: Jay Leno on TV


(12 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

8:11PM - It Takes a LOT to Get Me This Fed Up

With that in mind...The person this is directed at knows who they are.

When you go picking your political leanings out of a cereal box, don't be surprised to find people who will, in fact, eat them and you for breakfast.

You are not being edgy or rebellious by shifting to the extreme opposite of the environment you were raised in. All you're doing is being a different kind of intolerant, hypocritical, ignorant asshat.

I've had it with you attempting to argue things about which you know nothing with generalizations that make me want to reach through the internet and throttle you until candy comes out.

I've had it with you asking for discussion, then throwing a tantrum worthy of a screaming toddler when you hear things you don't like.

I've had it with you levelling the same kind of prejudices you despise at those who don't agree with you.

I've had it with how much you hate the current administration, but won't vote because you don't like democracy anyway.

I've had it with hearing about how we should all try anarchy again, despite overwhelming historical evidence for why it doesn't work and why we've never gone back to it since.

I've had it with you espousing how much of a genius you are, then pulling ignorant batshittery out of your ass that rivals Ann Coulter, only liberal.

I've had it with every unresearched, unfounded, incredibly stupid line of tripe that comes out of your keyboard and not being able to debate rationally because you take everything so goddamned personal.

I've had it, and I refuse to deal with it anymore. I refuse to read your ravings and be forced to bite my tongue because I might risk you blowing up at me and everyone else in a shower of snot-nosed immaturity.

So I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago: I'm not reading your journal anymore. I'm not adding to my stresses by listening to a frustrated poser who can't come up with a single original thought of his own, but only regurgitates the equally small-minded ignorance he's found comfort in.

Yes, I'm disabling comments. Because I have no more to say on the subject, and I personally don't give a damn what you think anymore.

I'm done.
Current mood: pissed off

Monday, July 17, 2006

1:11PM - Friends Cut

Doing a small Friends Cut. Please don't be offended if you get cut. It's nothing personal against you. My flist has just gotten immense and I can't keep up with all of it. So this is a bit of a cleanup.
Current mood: chipper


(1 Awakening | Release yourself...)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

7:19PM - Serious, Only Not So Much

( Another public religion rant; feel free to link )
Current mood: contemplative
Current music: Loreena McKennitt - "Skellig"


(5 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Friday, February 24, 2006

3:53PM - Open Letter to the Christian Right

Not locking this one, either. For the same reason I didn't lock the abortion rant:

( Cut For Length )
Current mood: fed up


(3 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Thursday, February 23, 2006

1:14PM - Abortion Rant

Not cutting or locking this, because I think it needs to be heard.

A woman's body is her own. It's not her husband's property, it's not her parents' property, it's not the property of other women, and it's not the government's property. It's hers and hers alone. She has the final word on what to do with it.

Roe v. Wade gave women back their bodies through the right to terminate unwanted pregnancies.

Roe v. Wade makes abortion legal, not mandatory; if you don't agree with it, you don't have to have one. But you have no right to tell other women what they can and can't do. It's not your body. It's hers.

And unless you actually have a uterus, stay out of it. The issue of abortion does not affect those who can never become pregnant. You have no say in the matter because it's not your problem. A wedding ring does not in any way give you control of your wife's reproductive organs.

Go away. It's none of your business.
Current mood: ranty


(19 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Sunday, January 1, 2006

12:58AM - Thoughts on Narnia, and Why C.S. Lewis Had the`Right Idea

If the Christian Right loves Narnia so much for the Jesus allegory, I wonder what they'll have to say when/if The Last Battle ever gets filmed. Because the overall theme at the end of that book was controversial enough when Lewis wrote it; it would be even moreso today, given the climate of our nation's beliefs.

( Cut for those who never finished the series )
Current mood: thoughtful


(13 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, December 19, 2005

12:35AM - More Like "War On Sanity"

Dear Nutjobs On All Sides of the Line,

If you're actually getting offended at being issued a greeting during the holidays, then I think you need to start taking life a little less seriously. I don't care if you're an atheist frothing at the mouth about being wished a "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Channukah," a Christian or Jew getting your knickers in a twist over "Happy Holidays," or a white person having a conniption over "Happy Kwanzaa." If you are bitching somebody out for wishing you a nice holiday just because they didn't do so the way you wanted, then I think you have some deep-rooted insecurities that need to be addressed by a professional.

Meppy Christmahannukwanzayule,
Me

x-posted to [info]angryletters
Current mood: snarky
Current music: George S. Irving - "Heat Miser"


(9 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

1:34PM - If You Love Him and You Know It, Stop the Hate

I love Jesus. I think he was a brilliant teacher, if a bit ahead of his day, who had absolutely no idea how loud and long his words would ring throughout history. He had plenty of great ideas, and what could be described as the most ingenious marketing strategy in a time without mass communication or reliable means of travel.

But I'm wary of calling myself a Christian. Because mainstream Christianity has taken it upon itself to completely ignore every last one of Christ's ideals, and turned the very name of the religion itself into a misnomer. Christians don't follow Christ. They've forgotten who he was.

( The Disgruntled Jew )
Current mood: contemplative
Current music: Trans-Siberian Orchestra


(90 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, December 12, 2005

1:35PM - Some Thoughts On the REAL Reason for the Season

For those of us who celebrate Christmas/Yule/Channukah/Kwanzaa/etc., we're bound to hear it at some point or another: "Jesus/Freya/Judah Macabee/Maulana Karenga is the reason for the season." It's a nice sentiment, something to give us all a break from the battle for that perfect gift and what to buy for who and the baking and decorating and permanent lower back pain. But even that little "holidays are more than money" ideal doesn't quite hit it on the head, either. Because between the religious connotations and secular celebration, there's one other element that just about everyone forgets. The element that I'd like to think is the REAL reason the season exists at all.

( Long and rambling, skip if you really, really hate sap. )
Current mood: thoughtful
Current music: Trans-Siberian Orchestra


(1 Awakening | Release yourself...)

Sunday, December 11, 2005

3:31PM - HP Fandom, I'm Remembering Why I Pretend You Don't Exist

Public, because I'm hoping somebody who needs to read it actually does:

Dear Harmo(a)nians,

IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU AND YOUR 'SHIP, YOU NARCISSISTIC CUNTRAGS!

Seriously. If the Puppyshippers finally pulled up their their pants and went back to writing fanfic without giving a whit whether their 'ship is canon or not, WHY CAN'T YOU?

No love but lots of free Zoloft samples,
Me
Current mood: quixotic
Current music: C.W. McCall - "Convoy"


(28 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Monday, December 5, 2005

3:15PM - I Once Considered Being a Member of [info]wtf_inc...

...And have dropped that consideration as of today. I came across their mockery of the Myspace Suicide kid, and honest to God I have never been quite so angry at the internet as I am right now. I have an offbeat sense of humor, but there are certain things I think should not be mocked. This is one of them.

Suicide is NOT a laughing matter.

Really, it isn't. If someone says "I'm going to kill myself," whether or not they're actually going to do it is irrelevant because that person needs help. Even if they're only saying it for attention, it means something is wrong somewhere, and such a statement should be seriously looked at, not mocked or ignored.

The cherished myth that people who talk about suicide never mean to do it cost the life of a concert band member in my sister's high school. She was found with her phone in one hand, a gun in the other, and a gaping hole in her temple. Because she talked about suicide and nobody took her seriously.

I also hate the "suicide is so selfish, so I have no sympathy for those who commit it" mentality. Suicide isn't selfish. You want to know what's really selfish? Being so FUCKING SELF-ABSORBED that you refuse to take FIVE FUCKING MINUTES to be a fucking FRIEND.

If the people around the suicidal person can't find it in themselves to give a flying fuck about what that person is feeling, then why should they care who they leave behind? It takes a set of brass balls and a thoroughly empty heart to shrug someone off when they're alive, then accuse THEM of being selfish for choosing not to stick around.

Yes, suicide strikes a chord with me. A rather loud, ugly-sounding one, thanks to personal experience that I would rather not talk about in detail right now. Let's just say that suicidal thoughts aren't always of the "nobody cares about me, there's no point in living" variety. Quite often, they're of the "everyone would be better off without me because I'm nothing but trouble and don't deserve to live" ilk. I don't see how thinking that your death would be a benefit to those around you (even if that thought IS misguided) could be considered selfish. But then, maybe that's the way logic works on the Planet of the Heartless.

In short, when someone acts suicidal, for godsakes TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. Even if it's just a desperate plea for attention, THEY NEED YOUR HELP.
Current mood: irate


(12 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

11:09PM - Open Letter to Christian Fundies

Dear Misguided, Misinformed, and/or Willfully Ignorant People,

Homosexuality = "a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex"

P(a)edophilia = "The act or fantasy on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children."

No love until you pass a fifth-grade vocabulary test,
Me
Current mood: bitchy
Current music: Billy Joel - "The Downeaster Alexa"


(12 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Saturday, October 15, 2005

4:28PM - We Are Pirates! Digital Pirates!

( Globalization Good, Bootlegs Bad Mmkay? )
Current mood: dorky
Current music: Bleach - "Asterisk"


(7 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Tuesday, October 4, 2005

4:26PM - More Thoughts on a Recent Wank

This one, specifically. Again, making this one public. Perhaps it's a shot to the foot, but oh well. I think the people it's directed at really need to hear it, if only so they'll stop giving their side the bad press.

( The REAL Reason CF_Hardcore is Being Mocked )
Current mood: cynical
Current music: The Killers - "Somebody Told Me"


(26 Awakenings | Release yourself...)

Saturday, September 17, 2005

12:37AM - Some Quick Thoughts On a Recent Wank

The topic: Man-Faye

I'm sure that anyone who's been in anime fandom for more than six months and does the Con circuit has heard of him. But for those who haven't, he's a male crossplayer who has made a day job in donning the skimpy outfit of one Faye Valentine, and parading his assets before a few thousand people in a single weekend. Recently, he's been the center of controversy (as if he ever wasn't) due to being banned from AnimeExpo, one of this country's major Cons.

I used to consider him one of those "good for a chuckle" types, as I have a pretty morbid fascination with some of the crazier members of my species (see also: Sailor Bubba). But after reading this interview with him at ANN, I have a newfound respect for the guy.

I don't do all that much cosplay. I'm cheap. I'm fat. And I don't like to draw attention in a crowd because I don't like people to notice that I'm cheap and fat.

The one and only time I ever made a true effort at cosplay was JACO Halloween 2002, when I cosplayed Ritsuko. I looked terrible (I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE IT!), and I felt all night like everyone was staring because no one my size should be wearing a skirt that fucking short. I hated it.

I admire Man-Faye. I really do. The guy has a radiating Fuck-the-World-'Cuz-I-LIKE-Me attitude that a lot of us laterally gifted anime fans wish we did. It takes a set of brass balls for a guy to crossplay anyhow, much less an out-of-shape guy to go out in public looking like that. And I worship people who possess that kind of confidence.

I also think the staff at AX were quite the douchebags, and he is absolutely right about the decency policy being biased toward girls. If they're going to ban him from the Con, they should do the same to every girl trying to outdo J. Lo's infamous BMA outfit whether she's a size 4 or 24. Either enforce the rules for everyone, or don't enforce them at all.

In short, Man-Faye is an inspiration to a lot of people who don't have confidence in their looks. Myself included. *salutes* Rock your hairy ass on, boy.
Current mood: pensive


(Release yourself...)

Sunday, September 11, 2005

11:26AM - LET'S GET POLITICAL!

PLEASE EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER CLAIMED TO GIVE ANY SORT OF FLYING FUCK ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS, CALL THIS NUMBER.

California Gov. Schwarzenegger's office is accepting calls from anywhere regarding their marriage equality bill. It passed both houses of their legislature, but needs the Governer's approval. It's all automated, so you don't have to talk to anyone.

Follow these directions:
1. Call the Governor: 916-445-2841 (This number is listed at www.governor.ca.gov)
2. Push: 2 (voice your opinion on legislation)
3. Push: 1 (gender-neutral marriage bill - Senate Bill 849)
4. And push: 1 to support marriage equality

PLEASE, IF YOU EVER REPOSTED ANYTHING IN YOUR JOURNAL, REPOST THIS.
Current mood: WE KAHN DO EET!


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