He's just a cute little pudgeball! And of course that rug was meant for him to play with. Why else is it there?
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13 November 2009 @ 05:29 pm
A quick sketch I did of Neji holding Hinata that is based off my NejiHina oneshot Emotional Cage.
Click here to view image.
Click here to view image.
13 November 2009 @ 08:53 am
Today is Friday the 13th and there is a man in my backyard with a chainsaw.
I thought that I should note this.
I thought that I should note this.
13 November 2009 @ 08:28 am
Title: Awake
Author: Winter Violet
Pairing: Hino/Hihara
Fandom: La Corda d’oro
Theme: Theme # 1: ‘Look Over Here’
Disclaimer: The following characters appearing in this story belongs to Kure Yuki who is the author of the manga La Corda d’oro.
( The gavotte )
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: 
bouncy
bouncy12 November 2009 @ 02:43 pm
Comment to this entry with GET TO WORK HIPPIE and I'll ask you five questions, then you make a post answering them with this bit over them or a phrase of your choice. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
brittyone asked me the following:
1) ...I probably have some idea abut what the answer is already but what's your favorite Final Fantasy and why?
It's actually a three way tie between Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy VI. Tactics for its equally complex and rewarding gameplay and plot, IX for its characters and music, VI for music, female protagonists, Kefka, and general glitchiness (even if it was fixed for the U.S. the Drill hat glitch is the best thing ever).
2) Any favorite video games that aren't from Japanese developers?
Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. My love for Bioware puts me at odds with my loathing of Electronic Arts, as they are publishing their Mass Effect and Dragon Age titles :(
3) Favorite music?
At the moment my musical tastes have mellowed out a lot, but I have long been a fan of Bad Religion, Weezer, and Stone Temple Pilots. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Loreena McKinnit, Emilie Autumn, and Phoenix. Honestly you can get me to listen to any genre, though.
4) Ignoring Dagger, who would Zidane like to date in camp?
Katara, Kairi, Namine, and Rikku. :Db
5) If you had a million dollars, what would you do?
Pay off my college loans, buy a car, and getting some dental work done. Hopefully the rest would pay for car insurance and upkeep while I continue to look for a job. I HAVE EXCITING ASPIRATIONS AND GOALS.
brittyone asked me the following:1) ...I probably have some idea abut what the answer is already but what's your favorite Final Fantasy and why?
It's actually a three way tie between Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy VI. Tactics for its equally complex and rewarding gameplay and plot, IX for its characters and music, VI for music, female protagonists, Kefka, and general glitchiness (even if it was fixed for the U.S. the Drill hat glitch is the best thing ever).
2) Any favorite video games that aren't from Japanese developers?
Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. My love for Bioware puts me at odds with my loathing of Electronic Arts, as they are publishing their Mass Effect and Dragon Age titles :(
3) Favorite music?
At the moment my musical tastes have mellowed out a lot, but I have long been a fan of Bad Religion, Weezer, and Stone Temple Pilots. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Loreena McKinnit, Emilie Autumn, and Phoenix. Honestly you can get me to listen to any genre, though.
4) Ignoring Dagger, who would Zidane like to date in camp?
Katara, Kairi, Namine, and Rikku. :Db
5) If you had a million dollars, what would you do?
Pay off my college loans, buy a car, and getting some dental work done. Hopefully the rest would pay for car insurance and upkeep while I continue to look for a job. I HAVE EXCITING ASPIRATIONS AND GOALS.
Current Mood: 
apathetic
apatheticCurrent Music: Harry Roche Constellation - Carnaby Chick
12 November 2009 @ 01:53 pm
Notes augmented
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Product tweaks and bug kill
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11 November 2009 @ 07:20 pm
Title: The Returned Letter
Author: Crystaldrake
Pairing: Ethel/Drusilla
Fandom: The Worst Witch
Theme: #2 news; letter
Disclaimer: I do not own worst witch.
Ethel smiled as she noticed a letter in the mailbox.
Author: Crystaldrake
Pairing: Ethel/Drusilla
Fandom: The Worst Witch
Theme: #2 news; letter
Disclaimer: I do not own worst witch.
Ethel smiled as she noticed a letter in the mailbox.
Current Mood: 
accomplished
accomplished11 November 2009 @ 02:00 pm
EDIT@08:16 UTC/GMT. Wow. That was ugly. I expected it to go for 30 minutes and have maybe 1 minute of broken connectivity. Instead it lasted over 4 hours and we had 10 minutes of downtime directly related to the load balancer upgrades and then another 5-10 minutes of downtime when our primary Pingback database server crashed and the secondary couldn't take over; which could have been indirectly caused by the network upgrade missing a self-VIP.
Anyways, we're up, we're working, the load balancers are barely breaking a sweat right now and I need some food and a shot of whiskey. I don't even *like* whiskey!!
Thanksmhwest and dnewhall for helping out!
---
On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.
Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.
We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!
As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.
Anyways, we're up, we're working, the load balancers are barely breaking a sweat right now and I need some food and a shot of whiskey. I don't even *like* whiskey!!
Thanks
mhwest and dnewhall for helping out!---
On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.
Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.
We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!
As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.
11 November 2009 @ 03:44 pm
Late in posting this up, this was Senkaimon's 4th round. I don't really like this fic, but I'm putting it up anyway.
OMG this thing was a pain to write. I'm still not really happy with it, it kindof wrote itself and I don't know if I agree with the muse, but oh well.
Title: Not Enough Words
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing/Characters: Renji x Byakuya
Rating: G
( Sometimes there just aren't enough words )
OMG this thing was a pain to write. I'm still not really happy with it, it kindof wrote itself and I don't know if I agree with the muse, but oh well.
Title: Not Enough Words
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing/Characters: Renji x Byakuya
Rating: G
( Sometimes there just aren't enough words )
11 November 2009 @ 03:17 pm
Also known as "the chapter that took Neko 4 months to write". I think the only thing that's taken longer is ADROS6, which is still in progress. Hopefully I will stop being such a loser and actually sit down to write some more chapters on my 4 chaptered fics, bc I have GWE, ADROS, SoS, and Genesis now to work on. Not to mention all the numerous planned things to do. *Sigh*
Anyway, Genesis Ch3. Another 3 or 4 chapters and I reach the storyline point where I break from canon and it'll be SO much easier to write. Hopefully the next thing I pull up is the next ADROS chapter. It'll be that, prolly then SoS, bc that's outlined out. GWE, I do not want to say is dead, bc I still want to write the story, but it'll need some renewed inspiration. Either way, enjoy the chapter.
Title: Genesis
Chapter: 2
Fandom: Bleach
Characters/Pairings: IchigoxRukia mostly, though others are included.
Rating: T-M. Nothing too graphic really, but it's a darker story at times, with some more mature themes in it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. However, if I did, this is how the story would have continued had I been given control of it at about chapter 286, excepting the events from TBTP BC those -- being flashbacks -- would technically have been part of the story already. If that makes sense. XD.
Spoiler Warning: Obviously, anything up to Ch. 286, as well as the Turn Back the Pendulum flashback arc. Anything else, from Ch287 onward does not impact this story because it was initially created before any of THAT was created. TBTP is included simply BC it's back story and that's easily allowable.
Summary: Every story has a beginning, just as it has a middle and an end. Lives are lived, wars are fought, loves are found and lost. This is one such story. This is the story of a beginning, but it is also the story of a journey. The story of how one man and one woman found their way through obstacles and hardships to finally stand on the cusp of their own destinies. It is the story of three worlds, and the friction between them. It is a story of change, of hardship. A story of prejudice, loss, and heartache. But above all... it is a story of life. Life, in all it's colours and shapes.
( Is it worth it to keep trying? )
Anyway, Genesis Ch3. Another 3 or 4 chapters and I reach the storyline point where I break from canon and it'll be SO much easier to write. Hopefully the next thing I pull up is the next ADROS chapter. It'll be that, prolly then SoS, bc that's outlined out. GWE, I do not want to say is dead, bc I still want to write the story, but it'll need some renewed inspiration. Either way, enjoy the chapter.
Title: Genesis
Chapter: 2
Fandom: Bleach
Characters/Pairings: IchigoxRukia mostly, though others are included.
Rating: T-M. Nothing too graphic really, but it's a darker story at times, with some more mature themes in it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. However, if I did, this is how the story would have continued had I been given control of it at about chapter 286, excepting the events from TBTP BC those -- being flashbacks -- would technically have been part of the story already. If that makes sense. XD.
Spoiler Warning: Obviously, anything up to Ch. 286, as well as the Turn Back the Pendulum flashback arc. Anything else, from Ch287 onward does not impact this story because it was initially created before any of THAT was created. TBTP is included simply BC it's back story and that's easily allowable.
Summary: Every story has a beginning, just as it has a middle and an end. Lives are lived, wars are fought, loves are found and lost. This is one such story. This is the story of a beginning, but it is also the story of a journey. The story of how one man and one woman found their way through obstacles and hardships to finally stand on the cusp of their own destinies. It is the story of three worlds, and the friction between them. It is a story of change, of hardship. A story of prejudice, loss, and heartache. But above all... it is a story of life. Life, in all it's colours and shapes.
( Is it worth it to keep trying? )
Current Mood: 
accomplished
accomplishedCurrent Music: Vienna Tang - Antebellum
11 November 2009 @ 05:16 pm
Title: it's coming on up and it's taking over
Author: valkyrie_child
Pairing: Nagira Syunji x Doujima Yurika
Fandom: Witch Hunter Robin
Theme: All 30 themes
Disclaimer: I don't own this anime fandom or its characters for obvious reasons; no copyright infringement is intended.
Current Mood: 
satisfied
satisfiedCurrent Music: Second Hand Stores— Athlete
11 November 2009 @ 05:54 am
Who knows? Prolly a chocolate Ferretone cake... ;*)~
10 November 2009 @ 11:29 pm
Title: L.O.B.M
Author/Artist: Picup/Picupzors
Pairing: Seta Souji/Amagi Yukiko
Fandom: Persona 4
Theme: #20 – the road home
Rating: G, K – there is absolutely no explicitly.
Disclaimer: I do not own P4; no one wants me to own P4. Hell, I wouldn’t even want to own it, owning a video game sounds like hard work!
Note: it’s yet another drabble x: Oh, and it takes place during Void Quest.
Note 2: L.O.B.M stands for Love Organized Boost Music; I love having titles that have nothing to do with my pieces, but the piece is inspired by the lyrics! IT MATTERS NOT.
Note 3: I won’t say this is exactly AU, but it isn’t exactly canon to the game – I’ll explain it in the end.
Note 4: DUMB SOUJI’S BACK.
( let's go hand in hand )
10 November 2009 @ 11:29 pm
Title: Diez Cosas
Author/Artist: cette_fille07
Pairing: Miguel/Zafina
Fandom: Tekken
Theme: 10. #10
Rating: T
Notes: For the most part it's just dialogue. Very drabble-y.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
( Your accent is beautiful...even though I can't understand you half the time. )
10 November 2009 @ 05:51 pm
I don't care how stupid it is, I want a Street Fighter Snuggie, dammit!
Also, must remind self that I do not need First 4 Figures' Zora Tunic Link. I have an action figure made from the same damn sculpt with points of articulation. Hnnnnnnnnnnnng the Shieeeeeek!!!!
Also, must remind self that I do not need First 4 Figures' Zora Tunic Link. I have an action figure made from the same damn sculpt with points of articulation. Hnnnnnnnnnnnng the Shieeeeeek!!!!
Current Mood: 
avaricious
avariciousCurrent Music: Legend of Zelda - Fairy Springs
10 November 2009 @ 03:15 pm
Because I felt like it, Amano picspam. All images link to BIG MCLARGEHUGE scans.
( AMANO, FUCK YEAH! )
( AMANO, FUCK YEAH! )
Current Mood: 
fuck yeah, silk and eyeliner!!!
fuck yeah, silk and eyeliner!!!Current Music: Vampire Hunter Dan - Final Fantasy VI Locke's Theme for Brass Quintet OC ReMix
10 November 2009 @ 11:43 am
Boogie loves his new baby kitten Eckersley:
(Of course, Eckersley, like Boogie, is a rescue who arrived viasimplykimberly's House of Cuteness. You might remember Boogie's infancy.)
(Of course, Eckersley, like Boogie, is a rescue who arrived via
simplykimberly's House of Cuteness. You might remember Boogie's infancy.)10 November 2009 @ 09:47 am
10 November 2009 @ 05:33 pm
hot