G'bye LJ, don't forget the memories."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:363878","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/363878.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=363878"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2010-04-18T17:21:00","published":"2010-04-19T00:21:11Z","updated":"2010-04-19T00:23:18Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"this is failure!"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"aparently senstivity is overated"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"twitching into the void"}}],"content":"This<\/a> made me cry when I was linked to it, so I'm keeping it short here.
The end of Don't Erase my History (you know, that thing with a video that I did for months, that just about drove me crazy) is dedicated to Del Martin, who died as we were finalizing the cut for this. Who helped found the first lesbian advocacy group, Daughters of Bilitus, and who was, by the way, part of the first gay couple married in the US.
Who didn't have to live through watching her marriage get trampled one more time<\/i> by prop 11 and the intervening court battle.
Reading this article feels a lot like hearing about Del's death and the marriages getting dissolved all over again into one moment.
I just. Fuck. People.<\/i>
(Also, yeah, that's the Bay Area outskirts. Way to go, people.)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:363614","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/363614.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=363614"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2010-03-07T20:49:00","published":"2010-03-08T04:47:55Z","updated":"2010-03-08T04:47:55Z","content":"derp derp home net's dead and I'm going to Intercon (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH) on Wendsday but. Downloadin' stuff that needs downloadin' onto my mom's new computer and, oh hey, spring animu list.<\/a>
- oh my gosh, everything looks pretty this season, what is this!
- QUICK PICKS:
> Hakuouki - uhuhu.
> House of Five Leaves - art style pick!
> Iron Man - Curiosity if nothing else.
> Heroman - for the lolz.
> Senko no Night Raid - because controversy is a drug okay"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:363257","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/363257.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=363257"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2010-01-11T22:37:00","published":"2010-01-12T06:37:15Z","updated":"2010-01-12T06:37:15Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"lives lived wide open"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"twitching into the void"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"things not to forget"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"too important to wait for later"}}],"content":"Today was a productive day. And not so bad! And I have hope for the future! But. Humanity marches on as it has, even so.
Here are two links I think you should click on. Carefully, mind, as both are\/contain links to some very<\/strong> triggery content. But pass the word, aye? Because in the end, it's something to think about.
rageprufrock and a summary on why you should care about Human Trafficking Awareness Day<\/a>.
little light, on transphobia, and illness, and health, and rights.<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:362578","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/362578.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=362578"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2010-01-01T10:31:00","published":"2010-01-01T18:31:51Z","updated":"2010-01-01T18:31:51Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yultide person"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"tabletoping"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"dork!"}}],"content":"So! HAPPY NEW YEARS. I spent my time GMing a pregen for Fear Itself on the fly. Even though we got derailed, it was mostly to hilarious player anecdotes, so it wasn't a total loss. I also drank absinthe out of a Weis glass. CLASSIEST START TO THE DECADE I COULD HAVE ASKED FOR.
New year means YULETIDE REVEAL. I wrote after a warm winter's grip<\/a>, for Trish, Natsume Yujincho. I picked up this fandom on the fly, so I was super paranoid about the fic in general because I hadn't gotten much in the way of comments, but the recip squeaked in under the deadline and bam, less paranoia. Whatchagonnado.
I haven't made my way into the Yuletide archive as thoroughly as I'd like to have had, this year, but I did beta a whole list of amazing things. They are, in mostly chronological order:
Never Forgotten<\/a> - Dawn, the Mallorean.
A bit of fixer-upper, the untold epic of Cyrandis and Zakath.
Broken, We Crossed the Perblances<\/a> - sherold, Doctrine of Labyrinths, Monnette
Set between books 3 and 4, a few moments in traveling between Mildmay and Felix.
To Each His Thunder, Rain and Wind<\/a> - labellementeuse. Young Wizards.
Austin AU, and I think an awesome one. There totally needs to be a Dari companion piece, and it needs to not be written by me, despite the temptation. Really. Stop looking at me like that.
Not Your Daddy's Holiday Special <\/a>- becastaryes. Nextwave.
How Nextwave Does Something To Christmas. What.
And now, I am going to try to inject enough coffee into my system to get home without killing myself. I hope y'all had a good new year's too!"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:362494","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/362494.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=362494"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-12-29T19:04:00","published":"2009-12-30T03:04:24Z","updated":"2009-12-30T03:13:38Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yultide person"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"gamelog"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"lists"}}],"content":"Testing out Deepest Sender on firefox because I don't have Semagic anymore and XJournal blows goats. I'm pretty sure one of the reasons why I've gradually stopped posting (besides twitter being the 5 cent solution when you just have a thoughtscrap: if you want, here's<\/a> my twitter, follow as you will) is having a client that satisfied me. I think the verdict is \"better then most of the alternatives\", but I will still miss Semagic like crazy.
Holiday was very low key, but somehow all the more enjoyable for that. On the day of, I saw Sherlock Holmes with
![](\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&v=915\")
<\/a>ryuutchi<\/b><\/a><\/span> and <\/a>dragon_momma<\/b><\/a><\/span> and laughed a lot and enjoyed me some Chinese food and discussion of slash.I have been playing Dragon Age and loafing around a lot, doing things like read Yuletide. Speaking of, this<\/a> is what I got. It's the texture more then the taste<\/em>, from Life. There are some cute moments in there I might steal for personal headcanon. I have yet to sit down and do the read I did last year, but I don't feel as much like a stagnant lump as I did last year, so I am okay with this. (Also, for those who are interested--have a hat tip to
<\/a>pyrefly<\/b><\/a><\/span> and go check out the start of her Tanbata Wishes project<\/a>, something she's trying as a summer (some) Asian rarefandoms thing in the same vein as Yuletide. And if you have a beef with the lack of certain countries on the list, go make your wishes known! As far as this writer knows, enough polite and honest interest makes the different here. Please note the word enough: after all, in this sort of exchange, it takes two to tango.)1. I should really, really, get off my ass and organize my work, preferably into a online\/offline portfolio. Or. Something. idk. I have very little confidence in parts of my art, but I really do need to do that if I want to keep going with what I'm doing. I should probably do some stuff that can go into my portfolio on my own: there are things I can do that I haven't done in years that I think I'd be better at now that should be done.
2. I should start taking time to clean my spaces out. As in physically. Really, really should. Because moving is a likelyhood, here, and I really don't want to move with everything I own, so I should get rid of what I don't want. Kind of in the same vein, I should clean this journal out. Or maybe friendsonly it? Parts of it, maybe. There are parts of it I could not, but this thing isn't really a all-fandom production, it's a personal thing, and I can control it thusly.
3. I want to finish a goddamn movie. There's at least one <\/em>idea Ed and I have that is short enough that we could do over three or four months and there's the footage from the fourth, and there's a few other things. Preferably, all three of the above would be ideal
4. I should put my house in order. Be straight up with relationships, drop things that are going nowhere, start applications. I'm kind of afraid of that, I'm ashamed to admit. I'm comfy where I am. But it's probably time to just move on.<\/em>
5. blah blah world peace blah blah acceptance blah actual moderation in responsibilities blah blah health blah<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:361845","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/361845.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=361845"}}],"title":"some days, I wonder why I bother with the holidays","published":"2009-12-13T02:33:59Z","updated":"2009-12-13T02:38:20Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"plans within plans"}},"content":"ONE LAST FINAL-WHICH DEPENDS ON SOME OF MY WEAKPOINTS AND I AM NOT FOCUSING-CLEARLY THIS IS THE TIME FOR THIS
So, I'm turning twenty five ye gads<\/small> on January 18th. I am thinking on either the 16th or the 19th, I am gonna have dinner at Sura<\/a> or San Maru<\/a>, roughly starting at 6 pm. No one is obligated to bring presents of any sort of variety: I'd rather have y'all there then worrying about spending money on me. But do expect to be spending about ~25$ or more if you want to eat the barbaque. Both places are a short walk from BART too, so the car challenged among us can get around.
RSVP in the comments, deathmatch over the dates or the restaurant, etc.
--also, bless all of you crazy people with the snowflakes. IT WAS TERRIBLY SWEET OF YOU THANKS"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:361363","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/361363.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=361363"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-12-06T21:37:00","published":"2009-12-07T05:37:48Z","updated":"2009-12-07T05:41:11Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"todo"}},"content":"As usual, it is the heart of finals season, and here I am using LJ for my todo lists. full of brillant ideas.<\/i>
Due tomorrow:
> 500 word essay.
> Charcoal drawing.
> Copy, collate extra credit\/makeup work
> Put everything in portfolio, dream of owning a car\/being able to drive, wrap in trashbag, and go to class anyway.
Saturday, hopefully:
- sidsheet\/background
- arrange LIGHTVIEWING TRIP for cfuders
Due \"Thursday\":
- 3 drypoint
- 1 stencil, 1 subtractive, 1 multilayer monotype
- 1 AP\/3 impressions final
Due Monday
- 9 AM: everything due Thursday on T.S. desk
- 1 PM: final movement study.
Due Sometime Soon After That:
- computer matinence
- watch Homicide show with that awesome dude in it
- YULETIDE STORY (21rst nine pm est<\/b>) \/CFUD SECRET SANTA (23rd...sometime! probably before it is 12 am EST lest AJ eat my spleen.)
Things To Do Over The Holidays Sometime:
- Finish writing Murder By Death. No, seriously, we are getting this done if I have to set someone on fire.
- Also, buy tickets, email relatives, get hotel room.
- Buy nice porfolio. Arrange stuff. Figure out where national portfolio day is. Go to it. Be ready to be crushed like a ant.
- Icons.
- beat small child get first draft of video edit
- script\/recruit\/beat Frey's schedule get infernals game
- Arange birthday outing.<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:361033","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/361033.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=361033"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-11-20T14:10:00","published":"2009-11-20T22:10:11Z","updated":"2009-11-20T22:10:11Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"help me obi-wan-internet"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"twitching into the void"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"things not to forget"}}],"content":"Today, I do urge you take a moment of silence for the Transgender Day of Remembrance<\/a>.
Life is what it is, right now. Somewhere between ready and panic for finals, the holidays, and everything else in between. In related tangents, does anyone have any scenes from movies I can easily obtain on DVD where the actors have great expressions where they're laughing? No, seriously, this is for class."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:360888","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/360888.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=360888"}}],"title":"did you know that Yultide signups are open?","published":"2009-11-04T18:36:54Z","updated":"2009-12-07T05:19:13Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yultide person"}},"content":"Hello, o 40 watt lightbulb from the manger! Or you can be a person. I'm not going to tell you what you are and are not.<\/small>
I am gonna start with thanking you for taking on the task of listening to my requests and figuring out what to write. I really appreciate it a lot. You have many metaphorical cookies coming from my heart.
Before I get started on some clarification behind my prompts here, I'm going to talk a bit about what I do and don't like in fic. Generally, I am a fan of just about any of the broad strokes of fandom. I will ship just about anything I want to, canon or not, although I am going to note some preferences and some of the reasons I like things and people in general. And slash (of any gendering), gen, darker and lighter themes (although my tastes tend to go for the happier or wistful ending rather then the sad or depressing), otwhatevers, etc\u2014generally okay with me, although I will note in the clarification to these prompts if I think a certain theme or setup is key to the idea behind the prompt. I do apologize if I manage to throw you with my reasoning behind my prompts, but I hope I'm generally clear enough to get across my point. In writing and stories and characters, generally, I love sarcasm, force of will and wit above all else, if it works with the story. Smarts are a bonus. Character pieces also delight my soul.
But see that first line? Because you're writing me something? I LOVE YOU ALREADY. Have fun with this.
Also, a general warning--I am in yulechat fairly regularly, and I do think I will probably be hippoing this year, so do be careful if you come in to ask for a beta. I'm usually not on from 11 am PST to 6 PM PST, if that helps.
FANDOM<\/small><\/u>: Steven Brust - Dragaeran Universe
CHARACTERS<\/small><\/u>: Devera, Vlad Taltos, Aleria, Catwi, Morrolan, Loloish.
PROMPT<\/small><\/u>: \u201cIt takes a village to raise a child\u201d. If that's true, Vlad Northrar and Devera have one of the most awesome and terrifying villages of association ever. I would love to see the kids getting into shenanigans and getting rescued by the parental cavalry. More details and blather here: http:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/tag\/dear+yultide+person<\/a>
REFERENCE<\/small> LINKS<\/small><\/u>: Wiki article of author here: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Brust<\/a> and canon specific wiki here: http:\/\/dragaera.wikia.com\/wiki\/Main_Page<\/a>
If you're in the US, the books may be available in your library or at your local bookstore, although I'm afraid what I'm asking is probably going to require canon familiarity with the most of canon, or at least the plot of Taltos and Dzur, and a familiarity of the timeline of the rest.
SO<\/small>, WHAT'S<\/small> THIS<\/small>?<\/u>:
I have loved this sarcastic little series since oh, about 8 years ago when I discovered it while being a gigantic nerd in middle school, and rediscoverd it a year or two ago. I love Vlad, and I love Vlad and Catwi when they're working together and not over the Marxism. And I love Devera, and I think the chances that Vlad Northrar is a little bit a lot like dear ol' dad is highish. So, I think it would be fantastic if the kids worked into some trouble then out of it. Bonus points if you can realistically work Parfi in.
Obviously, I am asking you to go out on a limb here as Vlad Northrar is as of this moment a slightly blank slate character, and if you're not comfortable with that, I am also good with gen shenanigans. (I would also like to note that shipping Morrolan and Vlad for me is an exercise in sheer crack that I only indulge in to hurt my nearest and dearest, and I'd really prefer no Morrolan\/Vlad pairing fic.)
FANDOM<\/small><\/u>: TV-Life:
CHARACTERS<\/small><\/u>: Any
PROMPT<\/small><\/u>: Post season 2, Charlie is the new Raybourne, and Roman Nebikov is dead. But Rome wasn't built in a day. How does Charlie transition between his responsibilities? What of Reese, who is taking the lieutenant exam? What of Jane Sever and Captain Tidwell? And Ted? More details and blather here: http:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/tag\/dear+yultide+person<\/a>
REFERENCE<\/small> LINKS<\/small><\/u>: Hulu, TV.COM has some quotes from the first season, and there are still some things up at http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Life\/<\/a> that are a good reference for the feel and finer details of the series.
SO<\/small>, WHAT'S<\/small> THIS<\/small>?<\/u>:
Oh god, where to start. I was so heartbroken when I heard they canceled the show after the second season. I thought it was in a good narrative place to take off into new territory, and thus, I basically just want you to run with it. Charlie's perspective, Reese's promotion, Bobby having Charlie's back, whichever. And again, I love me some character study, so if you need a direction, I suggest you start there.
FANDOM<\/small><\/u>: Jim Butcher \u2013 Codex Alera
CHARACTERS<\/small><\/u>: Tavi, Max, Kitai, Ehern
PROMPT<\/small><\/u>: A moment stolen from battle that stands against the dark tide of war. Light camaraderie, against the dark. Any time after book 3: was thinking book 4, but I will leave that for the writer. More details and blather here: http:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/tag\/dear+yultide+person<\/a>
REFERENCE<\/small> LINKS<\/small><\/u>: ...uh. TRY WIKIPEDIA. I. Think you're going to have to read books 1-3 (and possibly the start of 4, to get a grasp of the general feel of the time gap in 3-4) to get this one, but as with the Drageria books, should be in your library\/bookstore.
SO<\/small>, WHAT'S<\/small> THIS<\/small>?<\/u>:
So, I blame someone for this. Two someones, in fact These people know who they are: if it wasn't for them, I may have kept skipping over this series. But I got to book 3 and it went all downhill. Pure evil, those someones.
I LOVE ALL OF THOSE CHARACTERS TOGETHER, BEING THEMSELVES, first and foremost. And I think these are all my favorites, because I am full of all the love in the world for scrappy determination and skill winning in the end, with humor and style. I think they make an awesome team. Personally, putting just about any combination of Tavi+Kitai +Max\/Eheren into bed(s) together would be as awesome as just watching them work and hang around each other, although I think that Tavi is probably a really, really hard sell on anything that DOESN'T include Kitai in that timeframe and vice versa, and would thus like the two of them paired accordingly. Although, if you do go the more gen route, including Crassus and more of the legion in general in there would be pretty awesome too, just saying.
FANDOM<\/small><\/u>: Xenosaga (games)
CHARACTERS<\/small><\/u>: Dmitri Yuriev, Rubedo aka Jr., Nigredo aka Gaignun, Albedo, Citrine
PROMPT<\/small><\/u>: Family times in the Institute, pre-Miltia. Dinner and observation with the Variants and their presiding physician, or specialist training for the variants with Doctor Yuriev. More details and blather here: http:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/tag\/dear+yultide+person<\/a>
REFERENCE<\/small> LINKS<\/small><\/u>: If you're not familiar with this fandom, it will be the easiest to get into on the internet. I recommend the Xenotensai translations, Bluelaguna's cutscenes, the Pied Piper translation project and the scripts on GameFAQs. Unfortunately, there is no one big good summary--I find I enjoy Xenosaga best on the microlevel. Links, I can't even top this, so here: http:\/\/durandork.livejournal.com\/12915.html<\/a>
SO<\/small>, WHAT'S<\/small> THIS<\/small>?<\/u>:
Okay, this one...if this is the one fandom we hold in common, I am kinda sorry, because I? I love Yuriev--backstory, in game, his arc--with every ounce of my black and terrible void where my soul used to be. And there is a 50\/50 chance you don't, I figure. But I really, really seriously have loved him ever since I played Episode II for the first time. Maybe it was the voice, maybe it was the Asshole Principle. Either which way, I do love me some foreshadowing and some HINT OF DICKERY PAST AND FUTURE. And if you can work this in from the baaaby units perspective, I will be pleased.<\/a>
...I think we're done here. Hearts, mad props, mad love, a good cuppa and all the best luck to you on the writing.
-
<\/a>sleepfighter<\/b><\/a><\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:360530","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/360530.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=360530"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-10-29T12:38:00","published":"2009-10-29T19:38:34Z","updated":"2009-10-29T19:39:41Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"schoolings"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"lists"}}],"content":"Last semester, for a variety of reasons--and this time, I mean it.Priority reg: 2010SP - Spring 2010, 11\/23\/09, 11:00AM
ART POSSIBLES:<\/strong>
ART-108\t1086\tFigure Drawing II - (SC) - 3 Units
\tF\t9:30-3:20pm\tA-302\tFisher, J\tFull Term
\tNote: Materials fee $20
ART-108\t1109\tFigure Drawing II - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t12:30-3:20pm\tA-102\tFisher, J\tFull Term
ART-111\t1117\tPrintmaking: Etching - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t1:00-3:50pm\tA-101\tSugita, T\tFull Term
\tNote: Materials fee $25
ART-126\t1145\tOil\/Acrylic Painting I - (SC) - 3 Units
\tMW\t9:30-12:20pm\tA-102\tBersamina, L\tFull Term
ART-126\t9482\tOil\/Acrylic Painting I - (SC) - 3 Units
\tMW\t9:30-12:20pm\tSRV-E162\tGodinez, R\tFull Term
ART-140\t1087\tIntroduction to Sculpture and 3-D Design - (SC) - 3 Units
\tMW\t9:30-12:20pm\tA-201\tBreton, H\tFull Term
ART-140\t1115\tIntroduction to Sculpture and 3-D Design - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t9:30-12:20pm\tA-201\tBreton, H\tFull Term
ART-140\t1116\tIntroduction to Sculpture and 3-D Design - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t12:30-3:20pm\tA-201\tBreton, H\tFull Term
ARTDM-214\t3617\tIntroduction to Graphic Design - (SC) - 3 Units
\tMW\t8:00-10:15am\tATC-110\tStaff, D\tFull Term
\tNote: Materials fee $15 Note: Students should have basic computer-editing and file-management skills.
ARTDM-214\t3601\tIntroduction to Graphic Design - (SC) - 3 Units
\tF\t9:00-1:50pm\tATC-110\tCohen, E\tFull Term
\tNote: Materials fee $15 Note: Students should have basic computer-editing and file-management skills.
ARTDM-214\t3619\tIntroduction to Graphic Design - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t1:00-3:15pm\tA-303\tStaff, D\tFull Term
IF I CAN AVOID 140 I WILL but it might be a foundation I need I have to check. also the friday figure drawing looks...amazing and crazy. [flails!]
HISTORY POSSIBLES BECAUSE I SUCK<\/strong>
Day\tHour\tRoom\tInstructor\tStart\/Stop Dates
HIST-120\t5593\tHistory of the United States Before 1877 - (SC) - 3 Units
\t\t\tONLINE\tPowell, M\tFull Term
\tOnline course. All instruction will be online. Go to www.dvc.edu\/online for course access information.
HIST-120\t5594\tHistory of the United States Before 1877 - (SC) - 3 Units
\t\t\tONLINE\tPowell, M\tFull Term
\tOnline course. All instruction to be online. Go to www.dvc.edu\/online for course access information..
HIST-140\t1653\tHistory of Western Civilization to the Renaissance - (SC) - 3 Units
\tMW\t9:30-10:45am\tSSC-205\tHolt, B\tFull Term
HIST-140\t1655\tHistory of Western Civilization to the Renaissance - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t9:30-10:45am\tSSC-205\tHolt, B\tFull Term
HIST-141\t1693\tHistory of Western Civilization Since The Renaissance - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t9:30-10:45am\tLA-214\tGonzales, M\tFull Term
HIST-141\t1656\tHistory of Western Civilization Since The Renaissance - (SC) - 3 Units
\tMW\t11:00-12:15pm\tLA-214\tGonzales, M\tFull Term
HIST-141\t2756\tHistory of Western Civilization Since The Renaissance - (SC) - 3 Units
\tTTH\t11:00-12:15pm\tSSC-205\tHolt, B\tFull Term<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:360092","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/360092.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=360092"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-10-27T18:37:00","published":"2009-10-28T01:37:35Z","updated":"2009-10-28T01:37:35Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"everything in a nothings-shell"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fastfic"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"()"}}],"content":"This came up and kept tapping me on the shoulder while I was riding the train today. So have it, and feel free to take as many grains of salt as you chose to with it--I'm not sure if this shouldn't be categorized as a work of fiction instead of philosophy, to tell you the honest truth.
I will start at the end of the piece with the moral. Though you don't necessarily know me, the fact is that I am complete crap at beginnings, but I love my endings: pithy, insightful, fraught with memorable phrases. And my beginnings are less so. Watered down, thin. Meaningless. So I will give you the best part first, and you can skip the rest if you feel like it.
The fact of the matter is that you can be almost anything. The question is, then, beyond the simple, \"well, why aren't I, already?\" is the \"what are you beside it?\" Pepole don't always want to give up the and. And there is always the supports of temperament that comes through in art. But really, this is meaningless in the long range of things. As the guy on the train, sitting across from me says, \"that ain't nothing.\" Unless you are concerned with appearances, the point is to simply be.
Now I'm going to back up a bit. Bear with me while I try to make the two ends meet.
Good writing has more to do with talking then most pepole want to admit, perhaps even writers. But good writing--good prose, I guess would be better way of putting it, although really, this is true of all art--begs to be said out loud. To be talked about. And when pepole judge your writing, your art, they're going to judge it based on the little voice in their head, the one that talks to them when they see a word, that savors it with a intensity that one might find frightening, but is in actuality just a few neurons in their head that's letting them know that they found something really awesome. Or cool. Or meaningful. You get the point.
The best way I know of to start writing something cool is to learn how to find cool and awesome things. Which sounds like something you've been doing your entire life. But have you really? How many of us are just passive observers churning the fatty cream of the details of their lives into a thick, creamy froth of the accomplished, that someone can taste and go, \"yeah, you did something. I can tell, because this is real butter.\"
Okay, so the metaphor is a little weird, but bear with me for a second here. The fact is, you've got to be watching. And not only do you have to watch, you've got to use what you watch. It is one thing to know that crayon and that crayon make green, and another to reach out and start playing with the blue and yellow to see what kind of patterns you make.
Not only that, but to remember it, it'd better has some meaning. Otherwise, why are you bothering? The good thing is that the brain is set up to help you here. Your brain is here to glean meaning out of anything. However, this doesn't make real meaningful things any easier: in a sense, it's harder to find, because you could make it just about anything in the right context. You could make it about anything. This isn't a bad thing, however--again, it's just an is thing. But maybe you don't want to be drawing gundams your entire life. Or maybe you do. In other words, watch what you are shaping: it will be what you become.
So you could be an anything--you could be an sculptor, for example, with all the bells and whistles of the Real True Thing. But are you also willing to be the Stranger? The Cluttered Home? The Meaning of Space Reformer? Are you going to try to define it in your own way? Are you going to be a person who sculpts things every now and again? Are you going to put the work together, the rocks in between a and b, or are you going to be a little cluster of near misses?
Because, remember--it's as much about others as it is about yourself, but you can only change the things that want to be changed. Some things won't change. Some things will budge by inches. Some things will go like a house on fire. But nothing should have to be changed in the way you want it to be. Because it's also itself. Just keep trying if it's not there yet, otherwise it won't ever get there.<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:359434","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/359434.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=359434"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-10-07T14:51:00","published":"2009-10-07T21:52:55Z","updated":"2009-10-07T21:52:55Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"help me obi-wan-internet"}},"content":"So! I got linked this survey about queer gamers\/queer games<\/a> by
<\/a>ryuutchi<\/b><\/a><\/span>. Unlike the skeevy skeevy man who was running the survey for fanficers, this guy and his oversight company does check out (and his email is at the end of the survey, if you wanted to poke him more about his findings, etc. or volunteer to be studied more in depth.) Apparently, this guy also<\/em> has a very small female queer gamer sample at the moment. I'm sure, dear flist, we all know what we need to do next. Go, be, do.
Now if you'll excuse me I need to figure out what the hell I'm putting on the back of this (and this) once I'm done correcting the resized versions<\/a>. IF YOU HAVE A BRILLIANT SUGGESTION THERE IT WOULD BE LOVED: we're doing Misoygny and Yaoi, Queer in Slash Fandom, LJ and You, and god bless us, Supernatural.<\/small>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:359181","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/359181.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=359181"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-10-05T10:17:00","published":"2009-10-05T17:17:45Z","updated":"2009-10-05T17:17:45Z","content":"Hrnnnrffff. Little bit sick, might have to cancel on everyone tomorrow so I can sleep after classes, which have enough going on that I'd rather not skip out of them to be on the safe side. Sorry, guys.
Mostly, I am doin' my thing and I'm not gonna die from having a sore throat anytime soon."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:359019","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/359019.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=359019"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-10-01T11:20:00","published":"2009-10-01T18:25:01Z","updated":"2009-10-01T18:25:57Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"plans within plans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"everything in a nothings-shell"}}],"content":"I WAS GOING TO UPDATE ON THE STUPID, BUT K IS FAR SMARTER THEN I AM<\/a>. So, go read what she said because, most of that is a great big Word.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Gonna be in SF at 5-6ish, going to invade the SFMoMA<\/a>. It may be ungodly crowded because it is a free day, but damned if I'm not going to try to see the Avendon exhibit at least once. And then I'm doing dinner.
COMMENT HERE IF YOU'RE COMING WITH-?"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:358738","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/358738.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=358738"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-09-24T20:21:00","published":"2009-09-25T03:41:01Z","updated":"2009-09-25T03:41:01Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"things not to forget"}},"content":"The phone looks pretty lost, so I got a new SIM card and stuck it into an old phone for now. If the other phone shows up, great, for now, I need people's numbers again. Comments screened for this very purpose, and let me know if texting is verboten."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:358496","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/358496.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=358496"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-09-22T17:25:00","published":"2009-09-23T00:27:42Z","updated":"2009-09-23T00:27:42Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"fail"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"cons"}}],"content":"1. Phone possibly lost today. Let me know if someone weird called you on my number.
2. Yaoicon--let me know here if you're going for sure\/not for sure. Currently, we're full, so I'm not accepting more people into the room, but I'll let people know if there's spaces after the first check.
3. seriously, today. stop loosing things. :|"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:358344","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/358344.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=358344"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-09-20T09:52:00","published":"2009-09-20T16:52:25Z","updated":"2009-09-20T16:52:25Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"help me obi-wan-internet"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"react:movies"}}],"content":"Saw 9 on Thursday--someone desperately needed ten minutes for Plot Holes, in the middle there. Still haven't seen the thesis work, but I'm guessing it'll do as much to clear up said holes as Xenogears unto Xenosaga. Also, honestly, from my point of view, his ending made a lot of sense. No, I agree if he was going for a certain tone he should have tweaked it, but it lined up and hit the high points, and all that jazz.
So, from now until, oh, say, the end of the semester, maybe if I'm lucky, the end of October, I have projects and school work pouring into places they should never go. Thusly, I could use a fresh music injection. So, recs, please? Newish (within the past year or so? or something you think I've never heard before), leaning twords rock or movie scores, with a scattering of really embarrassing pop-? Anime scores to stuff I've watched is something I have more then likely downloaded. And if you have pimped something by means of YouTube before, it is avirtual certainty<\/em> that I didn't click on it, as I tend to not do such a thing normally."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:357985","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/357985.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=357985"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-09-14T09:49:00","published":"2009-09-14T16:53:10Z","updated":"2009-09-14T19:32:55Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"6a vs f: thesagacontinues"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"cons"}}],"content":"Currently, on Suggestions<\/a> there is a discussion regarding the bringing back of invite codes.
As always: this is your LJ in which you are wasting your life away one click at a time. Go forth, be polite, but this is your forum too. If you like the idea or not, the yea or nay is right there.
Disccon was a lot of fun. Cons in Arizona have the best hotel suites.
[eta] Also, a BPAL auction for charity.<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:357857","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/357857.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=357857"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-09-11T10:18:00","published":"2009-09-11T17:18:32Z","updated":"2009-09-11T17:18:32Z","content":"Fall season 2008 possible watches:<\/a>
- The Three Kingdoms
- Letter Bee
- The Armed Librarians
- Sacred Blacksmith
None of them I feel terribly definite on. Three Kingdoms I may forget in the hectic nature of ohshitmidterms, and if I forget that, where the hell am I?
Definitely watching DTB2, though. FUCK YEAH MORE WORLD PLOT."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:357381","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/357381.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=357381"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-09-01T09:19:00","published":"2009-09-01T16:19:54Z","updated":"2009-09-01T16:19:54Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"anime slash manga"}},"content":"I HAVE A MORE IMPORTANT POST COMING or well, important to me. And some thoughts about District 9, Inglorious Bastards and all the movies I've seen this year.
But, have this before I go to class.
http:\/\/precur.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/31\/twists-and-turns\/<\/a> :( http:\/\/manga.about.com\/b\/2009\/09\/01\/the-kodansha-tokyopop-split-which-manga-are-left-in-limbo.htm<\/a> :(((
AND I WAS JUST GETTING USED TO THE IDEA THAT I WAS MAYBE GOING TO COLLECT HARLEM BEAT. AND ALSO, TWELVE KINGDOMS! I hope Kodansha has a new contract to reveal soon."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:sleepfighter:357188","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/357188.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/sleepfighter.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=357188"}}],"title":"sleepfighter @ 2009-08-26T10:44:00","published":"2009-08-26T18:05:30Z","updated":"2009-08-26T18:07:47Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"the way"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"todo"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"jet planes and hamster wheels"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"things not to forget"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"lists"}}],"content":"1. There are Things I should be doing, but I keep forgetting about them. Top of the list is the need to clean\/orginize film boxes together--maybe Thursday night. Can't do it tonight, gotta do class before then, so.
2. Classes... eh. I don't feel totally out of my depth or totally with it, just the mild disorientation of the groggy nap wakeup. I should probably start to focus on them, but after the whole dithery mess with BART and the commute, I'm not sure I can convince myself to become really connected with any of my classes in the deep \"love them and never part from them\" way. But the grades part is what I should possibly be more concerned with.
3. Really, I'm just kind of massivly disconnected from time at the moment when I should be there, but. I keep flipping this Friday with next Friday. I keep having to remind myself which weekend is which. sooob.
4. Next Friday, my mother is dragging me into Arizona with her for a FAMILY WEEKEND at a Discworld convention, because my mother loev P'Terry. Should be interesting, although I'm thinking about sorting my supplies this week sometime and kitting myself together something altogether more -punksish and doing a few loads of the delicates stuff I rarely wear so that I can be properly festive.
5. Also
- film boxes org
- jewlery org
- backup computer
- reorginize bookmarks, install that one greasemonkey tweak that supresses Loud Twitter (oh holy clockwork angels, I have such hate for loudtwitter now. if the greasemonkey script doesn't kill it, I'm defriending people.)
- type up that one planning thing
- skimread first two history chapters, do discussion board by Monday
- do master drawing copy + mass sketch by Monday
- do outline of Murder By Death, redo
<\/a>socchan<\/b><\/a>