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[labellementeuse]

Every time I get home from work Sundays I am BLOWN AWAY by the number of Who uploads. PAGES AND PAGES.

But I have like an hour to go on my download and I'm borrreed. SO:

COMPUTER SPYING MEME

1. Comment with a request to see absolutely anything on my computer. My desktop, my documents, my bookmarks, my latest works in progress... absolutely whatever you are curious about. Request it.

2. I will respond with a screenshot of the very thing you request.

Also, we can do the taking-photos-of-things-in-my-house, if you want, but I warn you that photographs of my bedroom may, all medusa-like, strike you into stone.

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[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

Bookshelves!

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

Instruments! Be they instruments of torture, music, writing, what have you.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

GOOD CHOICE, especially because my books aren't actually in my room (no space, no bookshelves, and also, I would never get anything done.) However, it's a very sad small collection I have with me - when I moved cities (for university) my parents would only let me take a few boxes since they knew I'd be coming back to my hometown in a few years. And then the only built-in bookshelves were... in the laundry? So I have a box in the garage too, of books acquired since, but they're mostly trashy KA Applegate and kidlit, so. (Also, omg, I am now so ashamed at how messed up they are - when I moved in they were sorted, not just by author, but by GENRE. t'was awesome. But uh, not anymore.)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

hee, oh man, haven't touched them for awhile. oh jeeze. so much guilt right now!!!



Oh. They're so pretty. I really miss them now. *pets them*

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

oh, and violin on left, viola on right. should have said that.

[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

CHARLES DE LINT. ZOMG I LOVE YOU.

I can't make out a lot of the others, my eyesight is teh suck. I sympathise with only having a few books, though. I'm leaving for college this summer and I'll only be able to take like a box. Which is going to kill me.

Oh, K.A. Applegate. Animorphs or Everworld?

[lady-larla.livejournal.com]

*poke* I see Lord of Chaos....any chance of actually getting it?.... and because Im evil I want to see the inside of the fridge... ;)

[sennical.livejournal.com]

Hmm... view out of your bedroom window? Does your bedroom have a window?

(I got home from work at 7:40 tonight and totally FORGOT about Doctor Who. Like I only remembered thirty minutes ago after I finished watching Star Wars. Bad fan.)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

HART. I just read The Blue Girl and thoroughly enjoyed it, even though I tend to prefer the Newford short stories to the novels.

dude, I can barely make out most of these and I know what's there :P but yeah, the pain of being separated from my CHILDHOOD is ongoing.

Both, actually! Although chiefly Animorphs in all their overly serialised glory.

[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

Most of what I've read of de Lint is his short stories, and a couple of his YA novels. I've really been meaning to sit down and read more; the only actual Newford novel I've read is Someplace to be Flying. Have you read any Bordertown?

God, I loved Animorphs up until... 60? 30? The point at which they brought David in.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I have two windows, although the view is mostly concrete:







that last one's a bit blurry sorry, but it's the neighbours and roses!

(I literally cannot forget because I go to check my flist and BOOM. it's like vomit except in an AWESOME way.)

(omg, html suxxors.)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I had it with me last time I was over, just no-one asked me for it so I forgot. :P I will bring it next time I come over or - shock - y'all could come over here, seeing as I'm the one who has to walk home in the evenings.

GOD, the fridge would normally be COMPLETELY NON-EMBARASSING, but we've been living off two minute noodles and junk food because none of us have

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

I love your icon with the fiery passion of a thousand burning...castles. Hee.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*dammit*

... none of us have time to shop or cook. So uh, we kind of don't even have any MILK.

[lady-larla.livejournal.com]

yeah you dont have much in there that I would want to steal....pity..let us know when your free by the way and we'll fix a day to come over? Hows that?

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've tried one or two of the adult novels and they haven't particularly grabbed me, so generally I've steered away... haven't read any Bordertown (or Someplace to be Flying, actually.)

The David 3-parter was like... 21/22/23? 28/29/30? *checks scholastic* ah-ha, 20/21/22. I liked it before and after, but yeah, David was LAME and made rachel just a leetle too dark. But um, I still kind of have a lot of love for them, and maybesorta occasionally sit down in the library/pick them up at book fairs...

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

sounds good... thursday???

[lady-larla.livejournal.com]

I'll ask Lucy, not sure about if she has an exam on Friday..
but if we is free then its a date or i'll just come on my own!

[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

I always love the descriptions and plot ideas, but the writing doesn't grab me as much for some reason. I keep trying, though.

Bordertown is pretty cool. It's actually an idea shared between several authors, actually; there's a collection of stories set there (The Essential Bordertown) and a few short stories in some of de Lint's collections. My favourites are the two YA novels by Will Shetterly; Never Never and Elsewhere I believe are the titles, and his wife (Emma Bull, who I love) also wrote one, Finder.

David pretty much made me stop reading. Actually it's lucky I read the first few out of order, because I'd never have kept going if I'd started with the one where the Andalite gets eaten and Tobias gets stuck.

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

They are purty! Much more appealing than my poor clarinet.

Are strings hard to learn? I'm a woodwind girl, myself, but I;ve wanted to learn some string instrument of some sort or another.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I wuv 'em.

They are kinda hard (guitar, either classical or pop, is somewhat an exception) - the thing about string instruments that's different to any other is that there's absolutely no pitch guidance - wind &c you just have to tune your instrument and then you're in tune - for the violin, you have to tune four strings and then you still have to have every finger in exactly the right place. Plus, tone. Which makes them really daunting to learn (once you get to a certain point pitch becomes less and less of a worry, because you start to learn in your body where things go, but tone is always an issue) - the bow can be hard to manage - they can make lots of horrible noises when you're just starting. I think it's really rewarding but it does kind of take awhile to get where you can count on making a nice sound most times you move the bow. But they are lovely, IMO, once you've got a bit of skill.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

nifty :D

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

That's nifty-sounding, I'll have to look them up! I'm a big fan of YA fantasy, actually, so excellent, recs!

see, he goes away after two books! so it's way better. yeah, "the beginning" or whatever it's called is really kind of HORRIBLY TRAGIC, although IMO not as bad as the END OF THE SERIES which breaks my heart, but.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

omg "the invasion" of course, duh. the immortal "my name is Jake." oh, that gives me warm fuzzies!

[sennical.livejournal.com]

Hee, my window basically affords me a DIRECT VIEW into my neighbors' kitchen and living room. The flip side to that is, of course, that they can see directly into my room. My curtains are purty, but they're sheer. XD

[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge YA sci-fi/fantasy fan. Have you read New Skies? It's a short story collection with some truly excellent stuff. More sci-fi than fantasy, but I adored it. Especially the one by Greg Bear that had Alan Turing in...

Yeah, but I had a short attention span as a kid. I jumped from obsession to obsession like-- well, actually, like I still do, but it was worse back then.

I remember hearing about how it ended. That is TEH SUCK.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, I loved that movie A LOT when I was little. Prince John FTW.

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

I still do love it, it's the only Disney movie I own, aside from the muppets.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

DUDE, THE END OF THE SERIES. WHY.

Although honestly, did you ever read the Ellimist Chronicles? Talk about freaky and depressing, damn.

[amarynth.livejournal.com]

I'm always interested in seeing other people's wallpaper.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

WHY WHY WHY. D:

I actually didn't because I KNEW they'd be freaky and depressing. I did read the Andalite Chronicles and they weren't THAT depressing although, you know: I knew it would end badly.

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

It's kinda freaky how much the content of your fridge looks like ours... the actual fridge is much nicer, though! =)

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

That must suck - one of my greatest pleasures is lying on the bed naked in the sunshine!

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

Your favourite outfit.

Also, since no one's asking for screenshots - give me one of your internet browswer homepage. :)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

four different mayonnaises! half an onion! pumpkin soup! absence of milk! healthy eating hard.

although actually I went down and bought milk, so yay? :D

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

yeah, it's not quite the same for mine but pretty much - it's a total drag, because at home my room just faces out into the garden so I have the curtains open all the time - here I keep them shut almost all the time, partly for privacy and partly to keep the heat in.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I don't even have to screenshot: here! (http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/3620591.html#cutid1)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I'll do the clothes tomorrow :)



and, in case you think that's weird:



Otherwise it's Google.

[amarynth.livejournal.com]

Wow, Zander looks like he's being played by Bruce Campbell.

Hayley thought I should stipulate that I didn't mean the paper on the walls of your house, but I had faith. ;-)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I had to google Bruce Campbell, but - no he doesn't. ♥ trio.

Hee, well, I did wonder for a moment, but we don't actually have wallpaper so. (Do that many people have wallpaper anymore? I have a feeling not...)

[amarynth.livejournal.com]

I gotta confess I'm more familiar with Bruce Campbell than Zander.

People still with wallpaper? My mother's house has home. But it's something you don't see in most places, it's true. Much more popular in the UK for some reason. Insulation maybe?

[sennical.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Andalite Chronicles weren't nearly as nightmarish as the Ellimist Chronicles. I mean, we're talking like existentially depressing, on a massive scale. And I was like fifteen when I went back and actually read them and finished the series.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't get to do too much of that, sadly.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

That made me regret my decision to wait for the trade paperback. SO PRETTY.

I don't know why, really. I mean, we carry the comic at work. It wouldn't be that hard for me to pick it up.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

want to know something good? that's the trade paperback coverart :) so, RIGHT DECISION. I think this is so fucking pretty I might end up buying the tpb myself.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

Oh, rock. That makes me feel much better.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

oh man. I will steer clear then!!!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Yup, I can tell by the way you're not spelling it Xander *grin* (short for Alexander, for future reference, although AFAIK he was called that maybe once in the entire series.)

my family's house used to, a long time ago (I uh, scribbled on it as a child...) and you can still see it in some rooms if you strip back a lot of paint, I think, but yeah, mostly it went a long time ago. *shrug*

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

I know I'm late but I knew this would be intriguing. Can I see any communal room in your place? As that's what I like about real life friends, gathering and watching thigns or listening to thigns or sitting around etc etc etc