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Rules
1) Pick one of your FCs/OCs
2) Fill in the questions/statements as if you were your FC/OC
3) Tag 3 people at the end of the quiz

1.)What's your name?
Tseng Xue Xiang - everyone calls me Xue! Except for the eunuchs, but they're jerks.

2.)Do you know why you were named that?
Uh, it was a pretty name? I think that's pretty much it.

3.)Are you single or taken?
Absolutely single, though I do have a crush on someone!

4.)Have any abilities or powers?
Um, I'm very good at dusting, and I can clean for a long time without getting bored... oh! And I can beat the tar out of people with my bare hands! And feet, and knees, and elbows...

5.)Stop being a Mary-sue.
I'm a maid. I don't know that anyone on minumum wage who spends most of her time in the company of a broom can be called a Mary-Sue.

6.)If you fought a wrestler who would win?
Ooh! What sort of wrestling? And what gender? I do better against men, they usually underestimate me. I'm pretty good with freestyle wrestling, and sambo, but Greco-Roman gives me some trouble - it's a bit more restricted, I suppose.

7.)Have any family members?
I have my mother and father, though they're a long way away; and I have several brothers and sisters. I haven't seen any of them in years, though...

8.)How about pets?
No; I live in the servants' quarters here at the palace, and we aren't allowed pets. I sometimes feed the koi in one of the ornamental ponds, though.

9.)Tell me something that you don't like.
The Eunuchs. They're not only power-hungry, manipulative, and posessing of absolutely NO regard for anyone but themselves, but they're darn creepy too.

10.)Something that you do like?
I like sunflowers, and Xinke, and the Empress.

11.)Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?
I do like to clean, but apart from that... I like reading, actually.

12.)Have you ever hurt anyone in any way before?
Yes. Yes I have. It was necessary.

13.)Ever...killed anyone before?
Of course not! Sparring matches are strictly regulated!

14.)What kind of animal are you?
Uh, human?

15.)Name your worst habits.
Uh. Getting crushes on completely unattainable men?

16.)Do you look up to anyone at all?
I admire my mother very much. She left home when she was so young, and made it on her own for a long time. Also, she found a womderful man like my father.

17.)Gay, straight, or bi?
Uh, straight, as far as I know. It's not something I think about that much, really. I have too many other things to do with my time.

18.)Do you go to school?
No, I work full time. I'm not exactly uneducated or anything, I just don't have the piece of paper.

19.)Ever wanna marry and have kids one day?
Yes, but I don't think it'll happen for a few years at least. I'm only eighteen, and I have so much work to do at the moment, what with one thing and another...

20.)Do you have any fangirls/fanboys?
Uh, no? That would be pretty weird.

21.)What are you most afraid of?
Uh. Um. Ah. Can I skip this one? It's a little personal.

22.)What color is your hair?
Black, stright, bob cut. It's important to keep it out of the way in my job, so it's easier to just keep it short.

23.)Eyes?
Black.

24.)What do you usually wear?
My very, very, emphatically unkinky maid uniform. Black dress, long sleeves, skirt just past the knee, white petticoat a few inches longer, white collar, white cuffs, white apron, white stockings, black shoes, and, yes, that slightly frilly head-band-thing with the ribbons.

25.)Do you wish this quiz is over?
This was a quiz? No one said it was a quiz. Is this getting marked?

26.)Well, it's still not over.
Oh. Was that a question? Or what?

27.)Anyways, where do you live?
The servants' quarters of the Imperial Palace, in China.

28.)What class are you? (Low class, middle class, high class)?
Working. I'm a maid.

29.)How many friends do you have?
A few. No really close friends, but there are a few other girls on staff who I'd call friends.

30.)If you would change anything about you, what would you change?
I'd be taller. No one respects a tiny, cute girl in a maid uniform. NO ONE. I could be holding a rocket launcher and they'd laugh it off.

31.)What is your thought on pie?
I haven't eaten pie since I was six... ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/27395596/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/27395596/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:18:59 PDT
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Because this would be a really bloody short journal elsewise, I'm going to do a meme I saw recently.

Name Meme
Write out the names of your characters and explain
1) how you thought of their name
2) what made you create the character in the first place
3) how the character has changed over time (if they have changed)
4) any random fun fact about that character

Quintan Soma
1) I took Quentin - meaning 'fifth' - and decided it sounded too dorky. So I went with one of the variations, and there you have it.
2) I wanted to create a character for a Code Geass story, who would be suitably badass for that 'verse.
3) I only made him quite recently, so not much... though, I did decide fairly early on that I was going to give him siblings - LOTS of siblings.
4) He often bemoans his complete lack of a lovelife. Apparently, the bodyguard life is not for those who wish to do anything else with their time. Ever. At all.

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[] When you wonder why the polar bear at the zoo isn’t talking to you

[X] When your teacher questions you when you constantly squeal during History class

[] When you scream “Happy Birthday Alfred” and/or “Take that Arthur” on the Fourth of July in a large crowd of people and are proud when they give you the WTF look

[X] When you know what Sealand is and people find you weird for telling them he’s a little kid in a blue sailor suit that was for sale on eBay

[X] When you laugh if a country’s “vital regions” are discussed in the news/media

[] When you question why only a few countries use Japanese as the foremost language

[X] When in a conversation about APH, you specifically use both country and human names to confuse the people around you

[] (the obvious) You ask, no, COMMAND people to become one with mother Russia and laugh hysterically when they look confused, telling them “everyone eventually becomes one with Russia” before walking away

[] When you walk into a Hello Kitty store and ask where the Shinatty-Chan merchandise is

[X] When you take time out of your day to look up country relationships on Wikipedia

[X] When you begin to notice all the jokes about China

[] When you try to make your own “idiot hair” and use two bottles of hair gel in the process

[] When the Great Depression all of a sudden seem hilarious. “Your ass is MINE, America!”

[] When you correct someone talking about a new discovery of some kind, telling them “Korea already invented that”

[X] When you have to remind people that Hong Kong is NOT the capital of China

[] When you explain that when the aliens attack, the first to go will be the British

[] When your grade in Geography suddenly shoots up

[X] When others ask you what you mean by “England is so cute when he’s Tsundere”

[X] When you find yourself thinking of the best conversation you’ve ever heard:
o Italy: France nii-san, what is intercourse?
o France: Don’t you know, Ita-chan? It’s what you do with someone you like. So…do you like me?

[] When you correct your history teacher, telling them that the pact of steal between Germany and Italy was actually a pinky swear

[] When seeing the new Harry Potter movie the second time, the only thing you can think of is the infamous spoiler written all over England’s torso

[] When the contagious verbal tics of the show become a part of your normal day conversations

[] When you have full-out and vicious debates on what side (the Axis or Allies) would win in a fist fight

[] When you imagine, when in a state of insane exhilaration or any kind of insanity emotion, you have the same menacing purple aura that often haunts Russia when he’s “happy”

[] When you realize you’ve memorized the ending theme and sing it regularly

[X] When you find yourself scanning through your history textbook to find a good fanfiction topic

[X] When you feel yourself tearing-up while discussing the American Revolution

[] When you start learning Japanese just to read the Hetalia website

[X] When you expect the Polish exchange student to be a cross-dressing valley girl

[X] When you download your favorite episodes and watch them compulsively

[] When you randomly scream “ASTA” and think everyone around you is weird for not getting the joke

[X] When a tomato crate seems like the best hiding place during a war

[] When you know the songs “Fat na kare”, “Oyayubi no Tsukaikata”, “Makka na Ito”, “Yokan”, “Gibusu”, “Lion”, “Tetsukazu No Sekai” and “Utsukushii Namae”, have downloaded them onto your itunes and listen to them daily

[X] When “True Italian Spirit” is only another way to say “We Surrender”

[] When the song “Santa Clause is coming to Town” seems like an odd rip-off of something that was written for Russia

[X] When you try to convince your history teacher to play Chibitalia episodes when learning about the Austrian Wars

[] When, upon looking at your youtube favorites, you find that APH videos have filled up at least two pages of space

[X] When you begin to read all about your favorite country obsessively to learn more about them

[X] When you start noticing how much you absolutely adore sunflowers

[] When you realize there’s always someone underneath the cute mascot uniforms

[X] When you discover the joys of the Sexy Waiter outfit

[] When you explain to others that condoms are the best we... ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/26351900/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/26351900/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:01:15 PDT
Alright, so. Those of you who've been paying attention will know that I have just gotten back from three days in Melbourne with Mum. This was mainly for the purpose of seeing Wicked, though obviously we did other things too.
On Thursday morning, we caught a plane out of Hobart at the disgusting hour of 6 o’clock. We got into Melbourne a little before 8, and took a shuttle bus to our hotel. We left our bags in our room, and strolled around the city a little, waiting for things to open. While we were wandering about, we stopped and had some gelati – which later proved to be ill-advised, but was fun at the time.
The first thing we did was visit the aquarium, which was particularly nice given I hadn’t been to an aquarium since we moved down to Tassie, over ten years ago. I spent a lot of time with my mouth hanging open in awe, with occasional exclamations of shock. The jellyfish were quite stunning, and so alien you could hardly believe they came from the same planet. There were green tree frogs [which were adorable], and later poison arrow frogs [which were about the size of the end joint of my little finger]; there were fish so well camouflaged in their tanks we stood there for several long minutes before we went ‘Aha!’; there was a special display of penguins [which were cute, but had too many people hanging about for it to be particularly fun]; there were turtles and terrapins and tortoises; and, my absolute favourite: there was a huge tank, arching over, under, and around a large room; containing fish, rays, and sharks. They were so stunning – there were rays about as big across as my arms could stretch. The only trouble with the aquarium was that it was constructed for a one-way flow – so if, near the end, you decided you wanted to go back and have a look at the eels or something, you were faced with the sudden problem of an escalator which, obviously, only went one way. Bit of a bother.
After the aquarium, we had lunch at a Spanish restaurant called MoVida. The food was great – especially the empanadias we tried, which were divine. This was when we regretted the earlier gelati – we had less room for lunch. We did manage to have dessert, though: I of course had churros, which are also known as Spanish doughnuts, with a very thick, rich hot chocolate for dipping. We also took lots of photos of the laneway MoVida faces out onto, which has a lot of very nice graffiti art [some of which has, sadly, been obscured by taggers].
In the afternoon, we went to the National Gallery of Victoria, which was pretty nice. We looked at some ancient Chinese grave goods; and a show of Imperial Chinese court robes, some of which were stunning. After a while there, we moved on to the Ian Potter Centre, which is just a couple of blocks away. Most of our afternoon spent, we headed back to the hotel for a nap before getting ready for the show.
After our rather overindulgent lunch, we didn’t really need dinner, so we headed straight to the theatre. The building in question was very large and ornate, with frills and fluting everywhere they could fit, and the obligatory pictures of classical gods on the ceiling. The spaces between the rows of seats were huge compared to the norm, which was nice – let us stretch our legs out. Upon being seated, we were informed by slips of paper on the arm rests that, for that evening’s performance, the role of Elphaba [the main character] would be played not by the usual actress, nor by her understudy, but by her understudy. We were a little worried about that, but the performance was great. In fact, the only person we were worried about was the woman playing Glinda [next most important character], but we weren’t sure if that was because of actual false notes, or just the overwhelming shrillness and irritating-ness of the character. It was a great night, though.
On Friday, we had breakfast at a little place I had marked out in advance, called Breadwell. I had a bowl of stewed fruit and some raisin toast with whipped honey-and-cinnamon ricotta, and Mum had something Middle Eastern I can’t recall the name of. After that, we caught the tram to the zoo, where we spent the day.
Because we arrived just after the gates opened, quite a number of the animals were still asleep when we first passed. Our route took us past the peccaries, the maned wolf [which looks like a very large fox with rather long legs, which is appropriate, because it is a member of the fox family], the lemurs, the big cats, the bears, the little cats [relatively little], the lions, the tamarins [which were so, so, so adorable], the platypus [which was in a very dark, very quiet room], the carousel park, the Japanese garden [which was rather small], the penguins [which did not want to come out and talk to us], the red pandas [who were out of sight, but for one asleep very, very high up in the fork of a... ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/26245719/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/26245719/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT Will report in dertain upon my return.

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]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/25527915/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/25527915/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:14:48 PDT State Cinema.
One screening only.
Sunday 28th.
4pm.

That is all.

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My website!

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]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/23875962/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/23875962/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:42:47 PDT My heart beat-beat climbs in sync with captivate me as you shed your skin.
~~~

Alright. So, a great deal has happened since my last entry – particularly given that was last year. Yes, yes, bad Spiegel. Quite.
So. For New Years I and my brother hosted a Firefly marathon. That was really fun – even if I went to bed well before anyone else, and only one of my friends came. My mum watched a few episodes, and has finally agreed that Firefly is great stuff.
The next major event was AIcon. I helped out with some friends’ group cosplay – there were ten of us, all up, and all us of Collegiate or ex-Collegiate girls! It was pretty cool.
One of my friends [the Christian violist who likes Monty Python] has gone to Germany for eleven months, so I gave her a stack of presents – being as how she won’t be here for Christmas or her birthday or anything.
I also had all the wacky fun of starting at a new school – I decided, given my results from last year, that doing a year thirteen would be advantageous. I have been accepted into Uni, but I deferred for a year. At the moment, though, I’m studying Geography, Environmental Science, Psychology, and Australian Studies. I’ve even made a few friends! There’s Tamika, who I met on Orientation Day by the simple expedient of holding out a hand and saying “Hi, I’m Rebecca and I’m really bored.” She is very ticklish. Seriously – her forehead is ticklish. There’s Carlin, who’s a guy in my Enviro Sci class. He’s very sarcastic, and very nerdy, and possessing of very curly hair. And, finally, there’s Elle, who’s in my Psych class. She’s a rather pretty goth redhead. She’s smart, and cynical, and dislikes the Psych teacher even more than me.
Oh, and some wonderfully wonderful news – I may be going to Japan for two weeks later this year! My college has a two week trip from 29th August to 13th September – first we go to Hong Kong for four days, go shopping, and visit Disneyland there [I really want to meet up with Maple, a girl I knew at Collegiate]; then we go to Inokuchi, our sister school in Japan. We get home stays, visit Kyoto and Osaka, ride the train, visit Hiroshima Peace Park, and a place called Universal Studios. We also get lots of opportunities to shop.
I have been doing some nice art lately, but I haven’t really had a chance to polish it, given how much homework I’m getting at the moment. I’ll try and post some soon.

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]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/22424965/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/22424965/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:21:58 PST standards. Be polite, be efficient, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
~~~

To anyone who is not a member of KH-LostSouls, PLEASE VOTE FOR MY ENTRY IN THE HALLOWEEN COMPETITION.
Given how rarely I use ALL CAPS, I hope this impresses upon you the seriousness of my plea.

Please

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]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/22041442/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/22041442/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:33:52 PST "I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

So. My leavers' dinner was last night, and was pretty fun; aside from the fact we had to leave fairly early (like, 11:20).
But I'm not here to talk about that (no, really). I'm just here I tell y'all about a few things, out on the vast internets, that you might be interested in.

For the nerdy among you, I have a number of sites.
Firstly, there are two for those few of you with money to spend at this skimp time of year - thinkgeek-dot-com (www.thinkgeek.com), and ZeStuff (www.zestuff.com). Both have a range of brilliant toys, shirts, gadgets, and sundry other bits and bobs to brighten your day.

Second, there is, from the vast land of LJ; 1,175 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG [link]

There is also the wonderful news that the AICon crew have finally gotten their website up and running - [link] , to which I say: about bloody time!

From Cracked-dot-com, we have 'The 6 Most Badass Stunts Ever Pulled in the Name of Science' [link] .
In fact, while you're there, check out The 6 Deadliest Creatures (That Can Fit In Your Shoe) [link] , 6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain [link] , and maybe even 7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The Balls) [link] .

For the artistic among you (which would be most, I'm thinking, considering what site this is), there are also a few offerings. To begin with, if you have a while (and aren't about to hit your download limit), check out Peter Callesen's page [link] . His paper... uh, sculptures? Are really something. While you're at it. take a minute to check out Icaro Doria's 'flags' at [link] .
For a few funny little art-related news articles, we have Cleaning: public service or vandalism? at [link] ; and DIY MP 'told' graffiti he removed was art from [link] .
Because stupid people are funny.

Oh, and finally, there is the blog Every Person In New York which is pretty much what it sounds like. [link]

And, for a bit of heartwarming or hilarity, or just to burn a few minutes...
1) From the blog GajinSmash.net, there is the painfully heartwarming tale of Moeko's Owl ([link]). If you can read this and not be emotionally moved, YOU ARE NOT HUMAN.
2) For any and all fans of MST3K (and if you don't know what that stands for, you aren't), there is The Eye of Argon ([link]), a hilariously bad fantasy novel, mocked mercilessly. You may want to go to the loo before you read this, because it's absolutely frakking hilarious.
3) For anyone whose bored to tears of furries being the internet's favourite target, there is the article Hell Hath No Furries ([link]). Incidentally, the last comment on the page (yes, the unspeakably long one) is mine.
4) From Chapter 12 of The Acts of Gord ([link]), we have a funny little incident involving the collision of stupid man/Ninja Scroll.
5) After my brother nagged and nagged and nagged and nagged, I finally read the story Interviewing Leather ([link]). Allow me to say right now how deeply, deeply impressed I was by the whole thing - most particularly, the last couple of chapters.


That's all for now, though, who knows; I may be back in a couple of days.

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~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/21308171/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/21308171/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:28:54 PST - Att. Albert Einstein

Okay. Let me take this from the top.
I am the younger of two children. My brother is three years my senior. Thus, one would expect that by the time I began my schooling, my parents would have a reasonable idea of what works and what does not. This does not appear to be the case. My mother’s response to unfinished/overdue work is a perfect example.
Since primary school, I have been really, really bad at getting homework done and in on time (or at all). In many, many years, this has not changed at all. My brother has had similar troubles (though he is better at pulling his finger out and getting on to it than I). My mother’s response to a note or call from the relevant teacher seldom varies: she shouts a bit, expresses (really irate) disappointment that we didn’t just come to her for help, and storms off. Now, call me Mister Silly, but it seems to me that if you wish to be seen as supportive and helpful, YOU DON’T YELL AT PEOPLE ALL THE FREAKING TIME. Seriously – the few times I’ve gone to her for help before the situation became dire (generally for maths help, though once or twice for other things), she ended up treating me like a particularly obtuse retarded kid. Only without the patience most reasonable people show to retarded kids. If I said I didn’t know or understand a mathematical formula, she’d blame me for not knowing it, rather than actually explaining it.
And English. When I was doing my negotiated study for English, she regularly demanded to see my work. While she was okay with most of it, she had frequent criticism for the essay component. And that of itself was okay – I mean, she’s an editor, that’s sort of her job. But when I said I wanted to keep such-and-such a piece of phrasing, or that this paragraph was in fact important, she got really annoyed. And when, while she was repeating her list of ‘What I think you should change’ for the fourth time, I just stood and nodded and said ‘yes, mum’, she got quite angry. She shouted that she didn’t have to be doing this, that she had other things to do with her time, that if I thought it was good enough quality to hand in it was my funeral, etcetera, etcetera. But she was the one who asked to see it in the first place. Seems a bit stupid to me, to demand to see someone’s work and then treat it like an immense imposition to be looking at it.

But I think I’ve had enough of a whinge about my family for, say, the month. Now I’ll whinge about school.

At our school, as with so many, we have a thing called leavers’ week. This is the last week before the senior students finish classes for the year and go on study break for exams. The year 12 students are thus permitted to spend the week doing a variety of weird and wacky things, such as coming in to school in our pyjamas, pulling minor pranks, and generally making nuisances of ourselves. This all culminates in our last day, called muck-up day. The year 12s lie in wait for students arriving at school, and bombard them with water. Then everyone goes into the assembly hall to watch the year 12 revue, which will be the culmination of several individuals’ diligent efforts (for example, this year one friend of mine, our resident tech expert, did not sleep the night before, in order that the videos would be ready). Then we drown in the soggy sentiment, and leave.
As you may imagine, while this can be wonderful fun, it can also go quite, horribly wrong. If you live in Australia, you’ll have heard of a recent incident where the entire graduating class of a Melbourne school was suspended (pending criminal investigation), when a large number of students ran amok; getting drunk, trashing cars and property, and landing at least one person in hospital. Another, less extreme example was my experience last year.
I had found a way to sneak into the school without passing any of the entrances where people with water pistols and water balloons would be waiting, and was sitting in a quiet corner of the gardens, waiting for the bell to ring (so they’d have to stop and go inside) and clearing out the inbox on my mobile. It was thus that a grade twelve, light of heart and well armed, found me. She scolded me for being a party-pooper. I told her how little I cared, and that if she got my phone wet, grade twelve or no, I’d hurt her. She, of course, then proceeded to aim her water pistol at my phone, and fire. I put my phone down. I took my blazer off. Then I attacked. She ran away, I pursued. I spotted a water balloon, lying full and disregarded. I picked it up, and made use of it. Then I returned to my corner of the garden, simmering with righteous anger.
Shortly after I resumed my post, another grade twelve, who had witnessed the final stage of the earlier drama, ca... ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/20771173/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/20771173/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:59:25 PDT ~~~~~~

I'm still investigating the features of my subscription, but here are some stamps...
If this works, anyway.

http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/20256167/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:17:05 PDT
Yes, ‘tis an update! Praise me, PRAISE ME!
*cough*
Uh, yeees…

Anyway. Things to say –

My beloved big brother has finally outfingered and gotten himself an account - ~ SlightlySinister has joined our ranks at long last! He only has one story up so far – the rather creepy little work ‘A Fairy Story’ [link] – but he will hopefully put more up soon.

Those who have been paying attention will note that I have recently joined one of the many Organisation XIII clubs out there – one run by a friend, ~ KH-LostSouls. My character is Number XIX (nineteen, for those who can’t read Roman numerals), Xyrena. At the moment her ‘title’ is the Laughing Rogue, but that may change (particularly if I get any better suggestions). You may also note that I've posted my first mission - yay!

I am currently slightly SNOWED UNDER with work, so art is going to be pretty scarce until I can get all my current assignments in.

My dear little monkey, , has posted an... interesting journal with some rather sharp things to say about homophobia - [[link]

Buttercup has returned! After too many weeks and too many delays, dear little Buttercup the Getz has returned to the bosom of our family, fully repaired.

I have FINALLY passed my grading for green tip (having failed the last time).

Something's wrong with the school network - I can't change the 'mood' icon at the top. Damnit.

This is a footer. It may eventually contain a variety of shiny icons and stamps for your viewing pleasure...
Or it may not. ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/19871986/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/19871986/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:15:57 PDT So, at the moment, the present tally stands at: $50 [from my grandpa]; a very nice dress watch [from my Auntie Ann]; concert tickets (an upcoming Whitlams concert) [from Dad]; a shoulder bag containing: a small sketch pad, eraser, pen, pencil, folding ruler, book (What I wish I had known at eighteen), comic book (White Tiger), travel umbrella, compact 1st aid kit, and a Swiss Army Card [from Mum]; a box of strawberry Pocky []; a really lovely bracelet (and a very cool Goth-Lolita card) [from snoosethemoose]; a box of chocolates and another cool card [from Okapi-chan]; a **year's** **subscription** [HURRAY!] [from Cheerful-Pessimist]; a big pretty candle (fire yay) [from Karoodia]; the first volume of High School Rumble [from Frankie J (whose nickname I'm using because I'm not sure if she has an account or not)]; another two candles and a gift voucher for $25 for a bookshop from Mikki; and the entire first season of Stargate: SG-1 from a friend from school.
Quite a haul.

Now I have to decide what I'm going to do with the $25 voucher for bookshop 1, the $50 credit I've got with another (for being a frequent customer), and the $50 note in my wallet. Hmm... I'm thinking...
Books.


Also, can someone with a subscription tell me:
a) what all the shiny extras are, and
b) how to use them? Because I'm slightly lost at present.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/19764155/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/19764155/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:18:26 PDT
The main prompt for my return is a key occurrence in my life:

:sings:
I just turned eighteen! I'm a legal adult now!

Yes! That's right! I am the first in my friendship group to pass the great milestone of adulthood!
Mind you... it doesn't actually make much difference. I don't like drinking, I hate cigarettes, I've yet to encounter anyone I want to have sex with anyway, I have quite some time to go before I even get my P-plates... so really the only difference is that I can vote, and I have to pay more for stuff.
Yay... *suddenly depressed*

...

On a completely separate note, one of our cars [we normally have two cars - the station wagon, which is Dad's, and is used to transport the dog (an eighty-kilo Great Dane, for those who don't know); and the Getz, which is small and yellow and named Buttercup] has had a rather nasty accident. The Getz, which my brother and I are mainly learning to drive in because it's a manual (and the station wagon is an automatic), currently has a large amount of its back smashed in.
What happened was: my brother was out for a driving lesson with Mum. As they were heading home, Charles stopped for a pedestrian. The honking great 4-wheel drive behind them... did not. And so most of Buttercup's back needs replacing.
It's just a good thing no one was sitting in the back seat at the time...

Right now, I'm having slight difficulty typing... I was just at taikwondo, and we were having a party for our head instructor, Steve, who has just recently graded - he is now an awesome-saucem 6th dan! There was cake (with a big yellow 'VI' on it), and presents (two shiny new punching bags), and enough sweets and fizzy drink to hype up a school's worth of little kids.
Pretty much everyone had a play around with the new bags, once Steve had 'christened' them (with a very impressive kick apiece). And, as a result of this... four of my knuckles are skinned (two each hand, obviously).'
Oh well, it was fun.

When I think of more news, I'll write some more.
Ciao!

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/15912153/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/15912153/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:46:07 PST But, as I haven't updated in a bit over two months, I'll get to that later.
In fact, when I actually REMEMBER all my new, I'll tell you. Until then...

This is my list of art I need to do.
Some of it I actually owe people, others I just have the desire to draw.

REQUESTS

Chibis:
Sephiroth ()
Cloud ()
Superfizz ()
Auron ()

Other:
Demyx and Bakura ()
A character from one of his stories ()
Demyx, Axel, and Roxas ()


IDEAS:

Why Lord Voldemort Hates D.Gray-man crossovers part 3 & 4
The anime trenchcoat brigade (inspired by the trenchcoat brigade in The Books of Magic)
Why Lord Voldemort Hates Fanfiction (actually finished, I just need to polish and scan it)
Harry discovers fan pairings
Draco discovers fan pairings
Snape discovers fan pairings
The AHPDH (Alliance of Hot, Practically Dressed Heroines (and that's 'dressed in a practical manner', BY THE WAY))
Different Crossover Outfits, featuring Rêve Noir
Contrast: Richard Mayhew (of London Above); and Sir Richard Mayhew, the Warrior, of London Below
Baybysitting Org XIII over thirteen days
Extracts from '124 Ways to Annoy Lord Voldemort'
Illustrations for various rejected book titles for HP 7
Comebacks to Voldemort saying he's going to kill you
Bishoujo HOTline (inspired by the Bishounen HOTline, obviously)
Unfinished Naruto doushinji
The Anime ABCs
Final Fantasy: Advent Children- Gender bender
What I would do with invulnerability and a handy portal
Violent Disney Princesses series
Fruits Basket fanart
Fullmetal Alchemist fanart
Tsubasa/xxxHolic fanart
Avatar OCs
Bleach/Death note crossover fanart
D.Gray-man fanart
Death note fanart
Eyeshield 21 fanart (Eyeshield 21 is my method for learning the rules of American Football)
Final Fantasy fanart
Hellsing fanart
Kingdom Hearts fanart
Kagerou fanart
Fighting Game Sprite ID
Angel Diary fanart
Sennen Yuki fanart
Naruto fanart
Ouran High Host Club fanart
Bizzare Death note/Ouran crossover art
Art for Seeking the Incomplete ([link]), a (VERY WELL WRITTEN) Buffy/FMA crossover fic
Cartoon of Snowdrak's Death Note video

If you have any suggestions for any of the above, please don't hesitate to share! I'll probably be extending the list later, too.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/14738331/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/14738331/ Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:32:49 PDT It was Auron.


Oh crap... I've just been ordered to bed- I'll write more in the morning (honest!), so all I have to say for now is that I'm offering a once-in-an-existence opportunity for you to get me to draw a chibi of your choice. Any character you please. For the first ten people to ask!

1- Superfizz: herself
2- Cheerful-Pessimist: Auron
3- Lima-88: L ([link])
4- Okapi-chan: Cloud Strife
5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/14654025/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/14654025/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:24:39 PDT
However, I'm presently on holidays, enjoying a busy (i.e., existent) social life, and trying to get a club up and running, so I make no promises.

That's all for now, although I may be writing more in the near future.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/14126759/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/14126759/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:41:51 PDT
In Tai Kwon-do, we were doing some free-sparring, and I came to spar against one of my least favourite sparring partners- my uncle Peter. He is the same belt as me, but is a) older, b) taller, and c) stronger, so he was pretty much kicking the sh*t out of me. I got a little peeved at this, and decided to go from the defensive to the offensive, and began driving him back. Then, I went to hit him in the face, expecting him to block...and he didn't. His nose sort of went 'crk!', and I spent the next few minutes going "ohgodsohgodihithimihithimohbuggerohbugge rihithim..."
When I got home and told Dad, he promptly called up my auntie Anne, who could not stop laughing.
Then, when I came into my parents' work on Friday afternoon, Dad told me that I had, in fact, BROKEN my uncle's nose. All I can say is- That's the first time that's happened...

Secondly, my birthday party was great. Michelle turned up with her viola, coming straight from orchestra, and played 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' and pieces from the soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean, while other guest arrived. One person ended up not coming, and another was a trial and a half to pick up in the first place, but otherwise things went fairly well. When my Mum discovered that five (rather than the original three) people were sleeping over, she was... irate, but it was nice anyway. We all sat up until a bit after 1, and talked, and had a great deal of angst (of the nice, getting-it-off-your-chest type), and not a great deal of sleep. I discovered that dragging a futon mattress (about the size of the average double-bed mattress, if you don't know) from one end of a house designed on fung shui principles (which involves lots of right angles) to the other, is quite trying. I decided never to sleep on the couch again, if I can avoid it at all. And, in the morning, when I was going "I should really get up..." but couldn't muster the energy, Sophie pulled me half off the couch, so my back half was on the couch, and my front half was on one of the mattresses laid out on the floor. Then I pulled Sophie's blanket over my head- fortunately no one had a camera.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13896346/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13896346/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:23:08 PDT
Firstly, I have but lately finished exams. I have also (and here I am relying on my parents not reading this journal, considering their almost complete lack of interest in DeviantART) gotten the results of two of my exams back- I am failing maths and ancient civillisations. I am also almost certainly failing English and art. I'm not sure about Into to Sociology and Psychology, but quite possibly. This leads me rather neatly to my next point...

I am currently extremely depressed. Really, really, 'I wonder how long it would take for me to bleed to death?' depressed. And depression isn't something I kid about, what with past experience. So just don't expect much out of me, OK? And don't try and get me to explain it, either. It's not, when viewed calmly and clinically, a particularly logical thought process that leads one to carving up one's arm.

I am actually doing a fair bit of art at present, but as it is on the wall in the art room and not in my art journal (something my art teacher is somewhat peeved about), I'm having trouble remembering to scan it. As this also involves accessing the graphic design labs, and figuring out how to use the computers there (they are Macs, while all the other computers in the school, including the laptops, operate under Windows (well, usually operate...)), it is slightly trying. I have, however, been practicing my calligraphy to good effect (i.e., about one in four attempts is passable), and I have also begun a rather good drawing of an angel (using a photo of my brother as reference, interestingly enough) in white on black paper (despite its total lack of planning, it sent my teacher into virtual conniptions of delight. She likes it when I draw).

My birthday is coming up, and for probably the first time I have the problem that I have more people to invite than I do space- well, no, that's not quite true, but as it has only been happening for the last two years or so, I still find it something of a shock. I'm still itching for one girl in particular to mention it (though I doubt she will), as one year she was invited to my party and, not only did she a) say she would come and b) then didn't; but she did not call at the eleventh hour to say "Sorry, can't come"; nor did she offer any form of excuse or apology. Better than one year though- I invited about seven people, five said they couldn't come, one came a good half-hour late, and one didn't turn up at all, having 'gotten the weekend wrong'.
Yeah, sure.

Last Monday we had no school (for complicated reasons), so I spent much of the day at Okapi-chan's place, swearing at her playstation and trying not to get killed by Axel for a fourth time. I HAVE FINALLY DISCOVERED KH2! HOSANNA!
*cough*
Erm... it was fun. It was extremely satisfying. And stuff.

Taking up Tai Kwon-Do was an unbelievably good idea. Everyone should do a martial art! They are _so_cool!

I am being ordered to bed- I may come and edit this later (when I'm in my right mind), and I may not.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13361539/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13361539/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:04:05 PDT
1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
The Great War, Les Carlyon

"The headstone of Sergeant John James White, a blacksmith from..."

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?
A bookshelf.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Taggart (cop show).

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
12:30

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
12:24

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The radio, which is currently on Classic FM. Hey, I don't pick 'em.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About half an hour ago, to hang out the second load of washing. I also hung out the first load this moning, and GODS! It was bitterly cold!

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Fanfiction. I am on a mission to find well-written fanfiction. So far, I've discovered a few diamonds, amidst a whole lot of crap.

9. What are you wearing?
Elderly jeans, elderly jumper, fluffy socks, boots, and a tee shirt. And glasses, of course.

10. Did you dream last night?
Yes, but I can't remember anything of it.

11. When did you last laugh?
A few minutes ago, when I looked at the Wikiquote page for Babylon 5. There was one line...
"...you have that vacant look in your eyes that says "hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea.""

12. What are on the walls you are in?
A peacock feather, a crosstitch sampler-thing, two doors and a window. And numerous spider webs, but we won't mention those.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
I looked in the mirror just this morning.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
It could be worse. Much, much worse.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Gettin' Square. A good movie, with David Whenam looking like a complete prat.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
a) The contents of at least two bookstores, b) a lot of bookshelves, c) pay off parents' debts, d) pay off brother's debts, e) put aside money for own Uni fees, f) donate ridiculous amounts of money to every charity I want, g) ...I'll think about it.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
I once read every volume of Sailor Moon in a week. Every-single-volume. That's a whole lotta shojo.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
I'd erase the ecological damage of the last two centuries (except for in the Middle East & North-East Africa, where I'd erase the damage for the last two millennia). Then I'd send a note to John Howard saying "In your face".

19. Do you like to dance?
Not really. I'm as co-ordinated as a marionette in the hands of a two-year-old.

20. George Bush:
If he has a good point (from the perspective of an Australian teenager), then I've yet to find it.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Michelle, Erin, or Sophia.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Mikhail, Alexis, or Cristoph.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Yes, just not in a) anywhere too cold, or b) the USA. It's complicated.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
Depends... I'm still trying to decide between "Oh no! It's you!", and "Hey, I wasn't expecting you yet...".

25.Tag six people who must also do this in THEIR journal:
Again, just do it if you feel like it.

*No, not really.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13281103/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13281103/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:12 PDT Some time in the dim, daark past, someone thought it would be a good idea to write out a set of questions for a writer to pose to their OCs (to those of us who have been living under large rocks for the last few years, OC=Original Character. Can, although not always (and hopefully not in this situation), =Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu), that they would a) answer, and b) send to another writer, with the challange to answer the questions for their characters in turn. And so on, and so forth... Anyhow.

Rules
1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions
3. Then tag three people.

Characters Chosen:

Rêve Noir
D.Gray-man fanfiction

Fion Black
halfFALLEN

1)How Old Are You?

Rêve [completely straight face]: Twenty or thereabouts. We Roma never kept very good records. Haven't aged in about three years though, which tends to throw people.

Fion: Physically, fourteen. Spiritually and mentally, 1,994. Or therabouts.

2)Height?

Rêve: Tall enough. Shorter than the Earl *automatic twitch*, taller than Allen.

Fion: *SNARL*

3)You Got Any Bad Habits?? (gives Truth-serum to characters)

Rêve: Foul language, and being too blunt. Hey, I call it as I see it!

Fion: Eat too much, sleep too much, slack off too much. Oh, and occasinally I lose my temper messily.

4)You a virgin?

Rêve: Nope.
Audiance: ... --
Rêve: And you ain't getting any details, either, so **** off.

Fion: I'm fourteen. FOUR-TEEN. And if curiosity still pricks you, turn around and shut your eyes... *raises sword* This might sting briefly.

5)Who's your Mate/Spouse?

Rêve: Tyki. And has been for the last... ooh, four, five thousand years? Something like that. The lifetimes pass so quickly.

Fion: See the above. Plus, for me to have a mate, I have to a) be attracted to someone, and b) have time in which to pursue a relationship. Neither of which seem real likely at this juncture.

6)Have Any Kids?

Rêve: Not this lifetime, bubs. I think I'd have noticed.

Fion: I really hope you get off this subject before I run out of stress balls, or Alex will get annoyed with me for getting blood on the ceiling again.

7)Favourite Food?

Rêve: Anything rich, and hot, that I don't have to cook myself, or pay for. That doesn't contain rabbit. Roast venison's nice.

Fion: Choolate mousse. Forget manna, _this_ is the food of heaven. Or it should be- next time I'm up there, I'm making some suggestions...

8)Favourite Ice Cream flavour?

Rêve: Huh? What's 'ice-cream'? Meh, I'll ask Jerry... and hope he doesn't pressgang me into the kitchen again. Oh, the horror...

Fion: Praline. Praline, when made properly, could induce miricals. Actually, it has- it got Py out of bed before 11 AM. THAT is a mirical.

9) Killed anyone?

Rêve: Yes.
Audiance:...
Rêve: What, you want to know WHO? Tch.... a whole lot of humans. A whole lot of Akuma. And one Noah. In case you were wondering, she (the Noah, dumb@ss) was the hardest to kill. And the most nessecary.

Fion: Yes. I may not have been in the war for long, but I did fight, and I did kill demons. And I've killed vamipres too, and the like, although those don't really could as 'anyone'. More 'anything'. Freaky -ers...

11) Hate anyone? Any Secrets?

Rêve: I hate the Earl of the Millennium; and that's no secret, 'specially after I went and joined his mortal enemies. That sends a pretty clear message, generally. Secret, secret... uh, I only started learning to read when I was seventeen. Road taught me (God that was embarassing). Fortunately, Bookman finished teaching me. A patient teacher he is not. Luckily, I can take a few flying kicks to the head easy.

Fion: A few angels (who shall go unnamed), a great many demons, one human (Katie-bloody-Howell), and one angelic-demonic-humanoid perversion of the laws of nature. And... not sure that it really counts as a secret, but I left heaven to guard Alex's (or Ifan, as he was then called) back. No other reason, really. Just that.

12) Love Anyone?

Rêve: Pretty much everyone- yes, even Kanda. It's in my nature. Allen and Tyki hold a special place in my heart, though. Don't tell Tyki, or he'll suggest checking. Messily.

Fion: My adoptive parents, and Alex. Mostly Alex, though. And I like the Cat. A little. When he's not trying to tear out my throat. which isn't often, little bas... ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13120204/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13120204/ Mon, 28 May 2007 02:11:26 PDT
Secondly, I now have a little sister. No, I did not buy her at K-mart; she adopted me. You see, I tend to hand around some rather odd people, and one of the people I've been hanging around with lately is called Sophie. Sophie is two years, six months, and two days my junior, about my height, with the same skin, eye, and hair colour as me. She has much the same sense of humour, she was also born in New South Wales, and she also does Taikown-Do. Naturally, about fourty people have asked if we're related. So now, Sophie has decided to adopt me as her big sister. How nice.

Thirdy, my strange friend jdwunbound, AKA Kitty (don't ask. Just don't), has done an odd little feature. What it basically consists of is this: Anyone who comments on the journal has the following responses given about themselves;
1- I'll answer with something random about you.
2- I'll dare you to try something.
3- I'll say a color I associate with you.
4- I'll tell you something I like about you.
5- I'll tell you something I always remember about you / a first memory about you.
6- I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7- I'll ask you something I always wanted to ask you.

...and, of course, they have to put it in their own journal.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13020499/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/13020499/ Sun, 20 May 2007 02:15:02 PDT
Ok, clearly an explanation is in order- for the last ten weeks, I have been doing an evening class in Taekwon-Do. And today, I got to go for a grading (and, of course, actually _join_ the club). My first ever garding! And I passed! I have a belt! My own belt! With a colour bar on it!
...
And now I should probably go and take those sedatives, before I start giggling.

My instructor does, however, think I need to learn to channel my anger in a more positive manner.

Come to think of it, my councellor would probaly say the same. She says I have a strong sense of social justice (she actually said that about three times). I say that matters sweet F.A. If I can't/don't/won't do anything about it.

...

Sorry about that. I simply planned on a happy little announcement regarding my taking up Taikwon-Do, and it turned into Angst of the Day. Oh well.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12774643/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12774643/ Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:00:56 PDT ...
Sorry. Just getting a little over-exited there. But, still: I will be able to *watch* the telemovie/series (I'm not actually clear on which it is) of one of my favorite books. Read Neverwhere*!



*WARNING: The works of Neil Gaiman are not suitable for an emotinally or mentally immature audiance, as they contain violence, supernatural themes, sexual references, coarse language, character depth, plotline, philosphy, orignal thought, character development, well-written prose, and other such dangers.




REQUESTS:

1. Superfizz- 'A young person'. Axel is young(ish), right? [link]
2. manaphy87- HIS (sorry 'bout that) OC Raibys, a shapeshifter. Sorry this took so very, very long... [link]
3. Okapi-chan- Demyx and Bakura (I'm FINALLY working on this!)
4. jdwunbound- a character from one of his stories (I've had a few ideas so far)
5. Blingie- Demyx, Axel, and Roxas. I've started work on this, and have a mental image of what I want to do, but limbs and things are giving me trouble.
6. Ancientsecrets- a dragon tatoo [[link]
7.
8.
9.
10.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12599173/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12599173/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:07:42 PDT
Likes:
Chocolate
Comfort food
Cooking
Morrowind
Sims 2
Sleep
Good books (there are 19 bookshelves in my house)
My friends, who are so very helpful in keeping me from going off the deep end...
My brother, who is one of the most important people in my world, as clichéd as that sounds.
Avatar
Small cute animals, like kittens and baby crocodiles...

Dislikes:
Bigots
Morons
Chilli
Nougat
My 'bad days' (don't ask)
Religious fanatics of any variety (Oh, and those damn rude atheists who give the rest a bad name)
Homophobes (although, to me, they, along with bigots and fanatics, all fall under 'morons')

Obsessions & fandoms:
Bleach
D. Gray-man
Advent Children
Naruto
Firefly & Serenity (Joss Whedon is a god)
Terry Pratchett (ditto Mr Pratchett)
Neil Gaiman (ditto Mr Gaiman, although what sort, I won't ask)
Hellsing
Ruroni Kenshin
LAME (Lord of The Rings? Last Alliance of Men and Elves? What, did you not notice that?)


REQUESTS:

1. Superfizz- 'A young person'. Ax... ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12383346/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12383346/ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:59:19 PDT
Ok, first up, Blingie himself. Does a lot of stunning fractal work, and I had a hell of a time picking two peices to feature; but there you go.
[link]
Tribal Thought is, franky, damn awsome. I mean, LOOK at it! Look! The swirly dots compel you!

[link]
Abyss. This looks pretty ordinairy, until you full view... When it becomes both cool and creepyfying.

Next up, dA-add1ct.
Death God: [link]
Lookit the pointy weapony death! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! *cough, cough*

O Really: [link]
Um... nope. I've got nothing. I just happen to like the eyes here. Dunno...

Thirdly, there is Okapi-chan. I had to put her in, or she'd have viciously assaulted me. She's like that.

Ebon Magician Curran: [link]
Aww, lookit the cute little ebon magician! Isn't she cute?

Budgie: [link]
Okapi-chan has many, many budgies. The trouble is getting them to sit still long enough to be gotten down on paper.

Blingie only featured three people, but I didn't want to pass up ancient-secrets, whose dragons make me think of Tolkein.
[link] Dragon Tatoo Again, is damn pretty. It looks like a good design to put on a shirt, too.
Dun_Beautiful Horse, [link] is very pretty indeed. I, myself, suck at animal anatomy. well, actually, ALL anatomy, but animal specifically.

And that's that. Clickie the links, I put time and effort into this journal.


REQUESTS:

1. Superfizz- 'A young person'. Axel is young(ish), right? [link]
2. manaphy87- HIS (sorry 'bout that) OC Raibys, a shapeshifter. Sorry this took so very, very long... [link]
3. Okapi-chan- Demyx and Bakura (I'm FINALLY working on this!)
4. jdwunbound- a character from one of his stories (I've had a few ideas so far)
5. Blingie- Demyx, Axel, and Roxas. I've started work on this, and have a mental image of what I want to do, but limbs and things are giving me trouble.
6.... \
7..... l
8..... l- All these are empty... So depressing...
9.... /
10.-

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12356992/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12356992/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:14:46 PDT Sick as a dog. A really sick dog.
I've decided I like vomiting less than having my tetnus shots, or having blood taken, or getting stitches... I really hate vomiting.
But, on the upside, I managed to get some work done on Blingie's request. Some of the stuff with limbs and angles is giving me trouble, but I can work on those.
Now, I just need to get better fast.

EDIT: Was well enough to go to Taikwon-Do, which was good. We learnt new ways to hurt anyone unwise enough to attack us, I laid one of my instructors on her back, and I found out about an Easter egg on the LoTR special edition DVDs (don't ask how)!

EDIT #2: HAHAHAHAHA! Everyone else at school is sick! Yes! I gloat! BWAHAHAHAHA!

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12337619/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12337619/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:32:31 PDT
[link]
This has several links one should read, but the most funny/depressing is . This is... scary.

[link]
And here is something to cheer you up from the last site. The Skippy list is, frankly, UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLY FUNNY. Oh, and remember: a cadence is one of those weird chants thay sing as they run along, and an MRE is, or so I understand, a 'Meal Ready to Eat'. Exept you shouldn't.

Oh, and a word to soldiers everywhere: Always remember, your weapons were made by the lowest bidder.

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]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12126050/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/12126050/ Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:42:43 PST
Last year, way back in early spring (down in the Southern hemisphere, BTW), I went down to Salamanca Market one morning. For those who don't know, Salemanca is a street on the edge of Central Hobart, right next to the dock. It is one of the older areas of the city, and has many top-end art gallerys and shops. This, the handful of brilliant cafés and resteraunts, and the close proximity (YES, I really do speak like that. Often!) to both the curise ship dock and the CBD, ensure Salamanca is a popular spot for tourists. Added to this is the fact that, every Saturday, from approx. 8 AM to 3 PM, Salamanca Market is held, and you'll see why a nice sunny day at noon is the worst time to go, due to all five billion people there (the ones who take strollers...I have no words for it.)

On this particular occasion, I was in early enough, at about 10:30, that the crowds were minimal, and I was having a nice time when it started to drizzle, then rain properly. I, really, quite like rain, but as my glasses are not yet equipped with windscreen wipers, I am forced to put them im my pocket and hope I don't run into any sudden poles. Other than the blindness issue, though, I was still having a nice time. The rain was light, there was no wind, the crowds had thinned out even further, giving a nice feeling of having just the right number of people around, and when the rain stopped, everything felt *clean*. It was a few minutes later, when I was standing in a stall selling rough-hewn block of Tasmanian pine (Huon Pine has the most lovely smell- you can only smell it if it's unvarnished, though (mind you, only a nitwit varshishes good Huon pine- it's a natural golden colour all by itself, so varnishing it is somewhat gilding the lilly, to the detriment of the lilly)), and listening to a South American band a little way off, that I had a mini-epiphany:
I love Tasmania. I really, really love the place. I want to live here for the rest of my life, and I want my bones to lie here, along with the previous eight generation of my family buried here. I know that, even though I plan to travel when I'm older, I will always come back here, because, really...Where else could I live?

I was also reminded of a line from Terry Pratchett's 'Theif of time': The perfect moment is now. Be grateful for it.




I still have no idea why I wrote all that.
And Huon pine really does smell nice.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11969353/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11969353/ Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:44:36 PST
TYPE YOUR FIRST NAME WITH YOUR...

1.FINGERS: Rebecca

2.CHIN: rebeccza (so close, and yet so far...)

3.ONE FINGER, EYES CLOSED: revexxa (again, damn close. Look at the keyboard if you don't belive me!)

4.ELBOW: rebecca

5.NOSE: rebecca

6.PALM: rebecca
I ROCK AT THIS! BWAHAHAHAH!

1.) List Four fandoms you have.
-Bleach
-Naruto
-D. Grey-man [or D grayman, or D. Gray-man, or D Greyman, or however you wanna spell it]
-...

2.) Have you ever slept in the back of a car?
Yes. Many, many times. Often results in cramps.

3.) Have you recently dyed your hair/cut it?
Yes, I just had a haircut.

4.) List four people that you look up to the most.
My brother (for he is taller than me)
My father (for he is more cynical than me)
My mother (for she is more patient than me)
Mr Terry Pratchett (for he is way, way, way cooler than me)

5.) How many pets do you own as of now?
Three, not counting my dear little dustbunnies, which I am breeding, or the mysterious things under my brother's bed (they have teeth and tentacles and things).

6.) Which do you prefer white or black?
Black.

7.) Who is your most played character?
Huh? Um... In Morrowind, that would be... Aw, damn, I've forgotten my character's name. I remember my brother's is called Waylander, but not my own...

8.) Choose one or the other, not both:
-Being stuck on an island with your best friend
-Being stuck on an island with 5 acquaintances
Um...If it were five aquaintences, then there'd be a better chance of one of us having a useful skill or two. Besides, then I could eat them if I ran out of food.

9.) Name three aspects that tell who you are.
-dumpy (to put it politely. And yes, that's the 'polite' way)
-Ill tempered
-Short sighted biblophile (yes, that really makes it four things, but I could skip 'biblophile')

10.) If you could have a power what would it be?
Fire bending, aaaall the way...

11.) Who was the last person you talked to?
My mother

12.) Who was the last person you said "I love you" to?
Ditto.

13.) Write down the first five words that pop into your head:
Bleach, grey, horse, sword, hair ( my mind is very odd)

14.) What's one thing you wish you could do better?
Draw.

15.) Do you like the way you are?
Depends on what mood I'm in (which can change at a scary rate)

16.) Choose, Summer or Winter:
Winter. I hate hot weather.

17.) Choose, Rain or snow:
Rain. I like to stand on our front veranda heavy rain without my glasses on, in jeans and a short-sleeved tee (barefoot, naturally), and just look out over the valley.

18.) Water or ice?
Water. Handy stuff.

19.) List two odd things about yourself:
-I pick apart bread rolls to eat them
-I peel Timtams, and Mars Bars, and Kitkats, and Smarties...

20) Tag six more people: Well, this could be a problem...
manaphy87
jdwunbound
superfizz
blingie
ancientsecrets
istariel

Yay! I thought of six people who don't hate me!

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11545294/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11545294/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:45:22 PDT
People: I have the most practice at people, but... old people are really hard.
Birds: Um... varies. Not really good.
Animals in general: Varies, just don't ask for a centepide. Please.
Mechanical: Never really tried, but hey.
Tiny fiddly detail: Are you MAD?

Just comment with what you want and I'll add you to the list. Like I have said many times before, my drawing skills leave a lot to be desired, but hey ho, it's just sketches and it's just for fun.

The Catch: You comment here, you have to post this is in your journal and offer the same thing. EDIT: Ok, you don't have to. Just ask for something, already!

1. Superfizz- 'A young person'. Axel is young(ish), right? [link]
2.manaphy87- HIS (sorry 'bout that) OC Raibys, a shapeshifter. Sorry this took so very, very long... [link]
3. Okapi-chan- Demyx and Bakura (I'm FINALLY working on this!)
4.jdwunbound- a character from one of his stories (I've had a few ideas so far)
5.. -
6.... \
7..... l
8..... l- All these are empty... So depressing...
9.... /
10.-

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11523734/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11523734/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:40:10 PST This is freakin hilarious.

Top twelve reasons homosexual marriage should not be legal:

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.
2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can’t legally get married because the world needs more children.
3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are property, blacks can’t marry whites, and divorce is illegal.
6. Gay marriage should be decided by people not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.
7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
10. Children can never suceed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven’t adapted to cars or longer lifespans.
12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a “seperate but equal” institution is always constitutional. Seperate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as seperate marriages for gays and lesbians will.

See? Absolutely hysterically funny.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11489713/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11489713/ Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:42:34 PST *Today I went to the birthday party of a friend. I just wore jeans and a white t-shirt, with this sheer blue shirt over it- and boy did I stand out. Everyone else there was punk, goth, or a combination therof. Well, exept for the guy in the dress (you really don't want to know. Trust me). So for about 3 hours I was surrounded by strange, loud, hyper, anti-authoritarian loonies. I managed to escape with all my clothes dry (a near-run thing, though), and without being charged with anything. Or by anyone.

*Also, both Aicon and school are approaching at an alarming rate. As I'll be entering year 11 this year, I and my yearmates are going to be coming back one day early for a 'Leadership' course, as now we are entering year eleven we will be 'School Leaders', and we must set a 'Good Example'.
Me? Sarcastic? No, never...

*I've been listening to some of my brother's music. Some of it is just plain weird, but some of it is pretty cool. I've been listening to/watching (some of then are music videos or AMVs):
Sweet Dreams (Manson ver)
Girl anachronism (Dresden Dolls)
The Whitlams
I hope you die (don't know who it's by)
and all the songs he has from what I think of as "Buffy the Musical"- The episode where a dancing demon shows up and everyone starts bursting randomly into song. And they know it too! At one point several people sing "...It's getting eerie, what's this cheery singing all about?"
Very funny stuff.

*Finally, the scanner has (FI-BLOODY-NALLY) been fixed, so you WILL be seeing some art from me soon.


*EDIT*
Nope, I spoke too soon: the scanner has died again.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11328280/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11328280/ Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:07:17 PST FOR CRYING OUT UNPRINTABLY THIS IS SUMMER PEOPLE!!! Two days ago it was 30 (hot for us), and I was getting sunburnt by a pool (and my shoulders are KILLING me). Today it's pouring with rain and my family have had to put down a few buckets and several towels to deal with leaks. There's this really big one right next to where I'm sitting- it's over a doorway, which is in the middle of the house, so if you want to get from one end of the house to the other dry, you'd better get an umbrella...
There's something wrong with that situation...

Also, I am currently working on two peices in Photoshop: one is simply a picture of a character in a story my brother's writing, the other is an entry for the 'Hug-an-apostrophe' competition at [link]

Oh, and for all (if any) non-Tassie readers out there, the title of this journal is a referance to a particularly obnoxious advertismant scheme by the City Council, which mainly consisted of showing ads with the repeditive lyrics of "You gotta love this city, to love this city...You gotta..." You get the idea.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11207185/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11207185/ Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:37:02 PST Oh gods. I'm screwed.

EDIT:
Almost forgot- I am a member of the Brotherhood of Grammar.
Join usss... [link]

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11122876/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11122876/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:49:21 PST
and...
My grandmother died about four hours ago. She was put into pallitive care on the 9th last month, and immidiately went into what they call a 'steep decline'. Like, 'falling off a cliff' type decline.
I haven't cried yet. I expect I will in another few hours.
It's times like this I remember a grade 6 teacher who asked me (in regards to my frequent, violent tantrums), "If you cry over something like this, what will you do when something *really* sad happens?"
So, now I know [that is, I knew before today, thia is simply further verification of my theory]. I'll take it in quietly, then, some time later, go of and cry. Sounds like a good plan to me.

Now, if you'll excuse me- I have some politicians to roast...

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11010264/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11010264/ Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:21:16 PST NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*A great wailing and gnashing of teeth*

...

As you may have guessed, I'm a trifle upset. Why, you ask? Well...
I just checked the dates for first the Australien Discworld Con, Nullus Anxietas, and then the dates for AIcon. Here are the results:

Nullus Anxietas: 9th-11th Feb
AIcon: 10th-11th Feb


I suffer.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11002015/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/11002015/ Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:28:54 PST
On a lighter note, I am now a member of the Brotherhood of Grammar ([link]). I am the Dark Master of the Colon. Sadly, this sounds like surgery.

Also, soon (well, soon-ish), two of the greatest events of the summer (yes, it's summer for me) will be arriving. One, the Taste of Tasmania; and two, the one and only AIcon! *cheers*
The Taste is the central point of the summer festival, a collection of city-council-organised events stetching from early December to late January. It's held down on the waterfront, in a large warehouse that stands emply for most of the rest of the year. Scores of seats and tables are set up, inside and out, and there's an additonal two pavillions erected; one for cooking demonstrations and the like, and the other with further tables and live entertainment. The remaining space if filled by the REASON for the tables: the stalls.
Some of the greatest purveyors of food and wine in the state (and, honestly, we have some pretty freakin' great people down here) come to the Taste. During the course of the Taste, my family often eat there daily.
Another really nice thing with the Taste is the buskers, who have their own space out front. My favorite regular act is a pair of Tasmainian acrobats called Popeyed. Yes, Pop-eye-d. They pretend to be Russian. Well, to be precise, they PRETEND to pretend to being Russian. They are very good, and very funny. They've really managed the balance between the tricks and the comedy very well.

The second event of the summer is AIcon- the one and only Tasmanian Anime Convention. It is, in fact, *next* year, but I keep finding myself thinking of it as this year's. This year's (...or last year's...um...anyway...) was the first ever Tasmanian Anime convention. I bought a lot of anime, and tried both Pocky (a staple of the traditional Otaku diet) and ramune (I'll check the spelling later) for the first time. I still have the bottle (yes, this is a sure sign of madness. Just so you know)

The holidays are looking pretty good.

(Apart from Christmas)

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/10862754/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/10862754/ Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:15:39 PST First, there was German. Better than expected, but notheless two hours I could have spent better, say, being persued by a pack of rabid, half-starved wolverines?
French was worse. I spent the first half hour trying to answer questions about the passe compose (and yes, I KNOW those both had accents on the last letters, but I don't know how to insert that), and the remaining 1.5 hours drawing on scrap paper.
The next day was Maths. I hate maths. Hate, hate, hate, hate. Hate. And, just for good measure, loathing and detestation too. However, I don't think I did too badly, considering. I managed to answer slightly over half the questions in the 1.5 hours given, and (because most of the exam was multiple choice questions) guessed the remainder.
Then we had Faith and Life (also known as RE). That went suprisingly well, all things considered. This year we've been mainly working on Islam and phliosophy, so most of the questions were along the lines of "Pick any two of these five questions and write a paragraph about them in the space provided". The hardest was the main philosophy question, which was "pick one of these 3 senarios and answer the following questions", which would, ordinarily, not be a problem. The trouble in this case was, in each of the senarios, my response was "I wouldn't have to DEAL with this, because I wouldn't get INTO this! It's stupid! I'd have been a receeding dust cloud on the hrizon by the end of the first sentance! Rargh!" which would have scared the other people in the room.

Where was I? Oh, yes.
The next day, Thursday, was English. English consisted of a single question (which was neither 'What is your name?' nor 'Why?', by-the-by), about the text we'd been studing. Well, to be precise, it contained six questions (one for each text, two texts for each class (two different modern literature classes, and one pre-20th century lit class), but you only had to answer one. And, considering it was an essay exam, I did pretty well. I stink at writing essays, as many of my teachers could attest; but here I was able to write a whole two pages! Yay! Mind you, it was a six-page booklet, and I noticed that, during the course of the exam, some people actually needed to ask for another, as they had run out of room (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
The last exam, and probably the worst, was science. Due to the arragement of the subject (1/3rd of the the year doing chem, 1/3rd doing bio, and 1/3rd doing physics), this meant that any given person would be having an exam on one subject they hadn't done for more than half a year, and on another they hadn't done in a bit under a semester. This pretty much meant that, exept for the geniuses and the study-mad, almost every girl in my year was out of their brain with panic.

But it's all over now, and I can relax to some degree. Now I need to figure out what to do with my holidays.

Oh, and the scanner's broken. Until that's fixed, art is going to be pretty scanty...

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/10186057/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/10186057/ Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:15:52 PDT Alex Black (really Ifan, a centuries-old angel who became so sick of fileing that he and and his assistant left Heaven and got incarnated as humans),
Fion Black [name may be subject to change] Alex's little sister (really Eloa, a centuries-old angel who followed her [actually, angels are fairly androgenous] sempai out of Heaven and got incarnated as his little sister).
Py, a friend of Alex (another angel incarnated as a human. His real name is Athansius)
Rown, an angel, and Alex's contact in Heaven.

AND:
Cat, Alex and Fion's cat (a deamon named Furcas, who was trying to incarnte as a human, but missed).

I may be posting some art for it soon (ish).

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/10063029/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/10063029/ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:41:25 PDT
Firstly: to anyone who's wondering, Spiegel is my REAL name. I didn't pick it from Cowboy Bebop or anything (although I do like Cowboy Bebop).
Secondly; me. I'm 16, I have an older brother who's at University learning how to laugh maniacally, and I have three pets; a Burmese cat called Cat, a Great Dane called Harley, and a goldfigh called Jaws (who once ate two catfish).
Thirdly; It has resently come to my attention that many people, despite initally liking something (e.g. anime, a band), stop liking it once it becomes popular. To this I can only say "PEOPLE! THIS IS STUPID! STOP! PLEASE!". If you like something, why let the actions of others change your mind? Speaking as someone who has been unmitigatingly unpopular for their whole life, it really doesn't MATTER. Their actions only affect you if you LET them.

Lastly, teachers who belive that if you ignore bullies, they will go away, are stupid. Very, very stupid. ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/9969865/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/9969865/ Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:00:30 PDT
The two main banes of my life are:
a) headaches (which I get on an (at least) daily basis), and
b) group work. This is beacause, at my school, 'team work' is considered essential by teachers. However, I consider it tortureous, due to having few friend in my year. In fact, the number if ENEMIES I have in my year heavily outweighs my friends. This mean I am usually placed in a group with people I would like to throw into a volcano. Damn it.

]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/9561900/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/9561900/ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:21:58 PDT Hyper, where I laugh a lot, skip, randomly say 'CHEESE!', and sing the circle song (It goes 'Circles and eyeballs, circles are pretty, the tasty waterfall, just like black gravy', and is sung by Ed in the Cowboy Bebop movie)
Morose, where I angst. *angsts*
Mad scientist, which is like hyper, but I make more comments about the properties of hemlock.
and Relatively normal, where I am quiet, calm...and still completely and utterly insane.
It's just less obvious. ]]> ~Spiegel666 http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/9335390/ http://Spiegel666.deviantart.com/journal/9335390/ Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:01:34 PDT
And must stop watching anime when I go to bed- watching under the covers on my laptop is probably bad for my neck and definately bad for my eyes. Even if it is a new DVD. Even if it is l337. Even if...what the hell. I'm obviously fighting a losing battle here. ]]> ~Spiegel666