Smoke me a kipper

studying is for the weak

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:56:56 GMT

DRAWING MEME
The ~~first five~~ people to comment in this post gets to request a simple sketch of a character (or whatever) of their choosing from me. In return, they ~~have to~~ post this in their journal, regardless of their drawing ability level. If you absolutely can't draw, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to offer drabbles or icons or something instead.

I hate it when they say YOU HAVE TO on these things. In return you can give me a book/movie recommendation or something but feel free to give me those anyways

But yeah, I'll draw whatever you want (not just fandom stuff, I guess). I just like doodling stuff on the internet for people. just don't make it too hard or it will suck

AND IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU, YOU CAN CALL MY NAME

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:21:14 GMT

Speaking as someone who probably doesn't pay as much attention to the news as I should, I've somehow managed to keep track of what's been going on Iran and it's breaking my heart. So naturally, I think this should be reposted here. No cut because are you shitting me

If you are reading this right now, you have more luxury than someone in Iran could ever hope for right now. If you are watching TV or a video on youtube, updating your status on Facebook, Tweeting, or even texting your friend, you are lucky. If you are safe in your home, and were able to sleep last night without the sounds of screaming from the rooftops, you need to know and understand what is happening to people just like you in Iran right now.

They are not the enemy. They are a people whose election has been stolen. For the first time in a long time, a voice for change struck the youth of Iran, just as it did for many people in the United States only seven months ago. Hossein Mousavi gained the support of millions of people in Iran as a Presidential candidate. He stands for progressiveness. He supports good relations with the West, and the rest of the world. He is supported with fervor as he challenges the oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

On Friday, millions of people waited for hours in line to vote in Iran's Presidential election. Later that night, as votes came in, Mousavi was alerted that he was winning by a two-thirds margin. Then there was a change. Suddenly, it was Ahmadinejad who had 68% of the vote - in areas which have been firmly against his political party, he overwhelmingly won. Within three hours, millions of votes were supposedly counted - the victor was Ahmadinejad. Immediately fraud was suspected - there was no way he could have won by this great a margin with such oppposition. Since then, reports have been coming in of burned ballots, or in some cases numbers being given without any being counted at all. None of this is confirmed, but what happened next seems to do the trick.

The people of Iran took the streets and rooftops. They shout "Death to the dictator" and "Allah o akbar." They join together to protest. Peacefully. The police attack some, but they stay strong. Riots happen, and the shouting continues all night. Text messaging was disabled, as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country. At five in the morning, Arabic speaking soldiers (the people of Iran speak Farsi) stormed a university in the capital city of Tehran. While sleeping in their dormitories, five students were killed. Others were wounded. These soldiers are thought to have been brought in by Ahmadinejad from Lebanon. Today, 192 of the university's faculty have resigned in protest.

Mousavi requested that the government allow a peaceful rally to occur this morning - the request was denied. Many thought that it would not happen. Nevertheless, first a few thousand people showed up in the streets of Tehran. At this point, it is estimated that 1 to 2 million people were there. Mousavi spoke on the top of a car. The police stood by. For a few hours, everything was peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest for so many in Iran no older than I am. Tonight there is a Green Revolution.

For more information:
PICTURES:
here and here
NEW INFORMATION:
Here - near constant updates
Here - ONTD_political live post
ON TWITTER:
@StopAhmadi, @IranElection09, @Change_for_Iran

دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election

- original post by one_hoopy_frood

WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:46:31 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHATNER, YOU CRAZY OLD MAN

This is my first icon post. How about that. I've always wanted to do one of these.
There's a few different styles of icons down here, mostly because these all come from me experimenting over the time of about a month or so. So if you could tell me what style you like, that'd be fantasticcc :D

[40] Star Trek TOS icons
[36] Led Zeppelin icons

Teasers:

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CREDIT swordandfaith PLEASE!
I even made it easy for you and put my user in the name :)
Some of the Star Trek ones were made from caps by darciana

add lists?

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:02:15 GMT

Join 2009_scrapbook

DESKTOPS (click for full view)
	STAR TREK TROIKA (Credit) ?? December 2008 - 01 Februrary 2009 Heroes work best in trios. Spock + Kirk + McCoy = platonic bromance ot3 of life.
	LED ZEPPELIN (by me) 01 Februrary 2009 - 27 March 2009 We've done four already, and now we're steady.
	??? 27 March 2009 - 01 April 2009 It was necessary.
	Red, White & Blue xxcharyxx 01 April 2009 - 05 May 2009 It's not just America~
	Playground beatonna 05 May 2009 - 25 June 2009 goddamnit spock is such killjoy
DEFAULT ICONS
	Gentleman Dinosaur (jillicons) ?? December 2008 - 06 Februrary 2009 This is possibly the most "OH HELL YES" picture I have ever seen.
	Bill Nye the Science Guy (by me) 06 Februrary 2009 - 16 April 2009 Fact: He's still my hero.
	Doctor Who Four Square(maytripper) 16 April 2009 - 29 April 2009 Four Square was a pretty bitchin game, actually. Oh, my childhood.
	Olivia (rahelcsy) 29 April 2009 - 26 June 2009 You kids need to start watching Fringe.
	Karl Urban (me) 26 June 2009 - He's a classy man
PAST LAYOUTS (click for full view)
	By milou_veronica ?? December 2008 - 04 January 2009 Those girls do make the nicest layouts.
	By milou_veronica 04 January 2009 - 27 January 2009
	By milou_veronica 27 January 2009 - March 11 2009
	By thrashmetal 11 March 2009 - March 22 2009 I got rid of this layout on Mr. Shat's birthday, hello 8D
	By cardsky 22 March 2009 - 27 April 2009 I like that background, in case you didn't notice.
	By milou_veronica 27 April 2009 - 04 June 2009 Could my resolution get any wider, really now.
	By uf0h 04 June 2009 - 13 July 2009 i never did change the colours :\|
WORSHIPING AT THE ALTAR OF
Translation: favourite characters.
And sort of kind of revamping this sucker
FANDOMS OF 2009
dsgsgd
BOOKS & MOVIES
BOOKS: The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut American Gods by Neil Gaiman Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett Stardust by Neil Gaiman Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Foundation by Isaac Asimov Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 1984 by George Orwell How Much For Just The Planet? by John M Ford off*beat bywho cares it was creeper than twilight Will list rereads too.	MOVIES: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Hot Fuzz, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Back to the Future The Matrix He's Just Not That Into You Watchmen Monsters Vs Aliens Grease 17 Again Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Wolverine Star Trek XI Star Trek XI Terminator Salvation Mr Bean's Holiday Zoolander Star Trek XI Fanboys Lars and the Real Girl Movies I've watched before will be listed too.
RESOLUTIONS
Lose a few more pounds- Treadmill every day, eat healthy- Embrace the inner nerd- Keep room clean (hah)- Get te08wt out of my head- Straight As- Get into university- Get Scholarships- Build a mechanical thinger-	- Less snark - Go on LJ less - Be less socially distant - Dynamic poses when drawing - Shade better with pencil - Save money - Get Driver's License - Learn to cook - Learn to drink black coffee

Well, I still don't seem to care

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:56:57 GMT

BECAUSE QUADRATICS
CAN SUCK IT

Yeah, it's at an angle and it's a bad cellphone picture.
Not my fault (really). Scanner's USB cord got smushed.
I do love drawing that man, though. His eyes ♥

and I'll be joining you there

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:25:21 GMT

RIP Richard Wright

1943-2008

Awhile ago I realized that in ten years, all of these amazingly talented people who I love are going to be dead.
:(

what better time to find a brand new day

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:10:16 GMT

Dear World:

For the love of God, stop claiming that the Jonas Brothers are the new Beatles. It should be obvious that such a statement is wrong on many, many levels and to write out why it's so wrong would take up more room than what a single livejournal entry would allow.

The Beatles are not something that happens every generation. Millions of screaming girls doesn't equal Beatlemania. Nor does it equal any actual talent or creative ambition.

I ask anyone who believes such nonsense to get back to me in ten years and then we'll see if they had any impact on music and culture, or if they were just Disney's flavour of the week.

Signed with love and concern,
Anna.

Oh, and to anyone who has seen them, which is a better movie: Blood Diamond or Big Fish?

_{PS. Paul McCartney has the loveliest voice, y/y? Oh god, this song ♥
PPS. It's not that I have a problem with people liking the Jonas Brothers more than the Beatles, or just in general, or people thinking that Beatles are over-rated or whatnot. It's all nice and subjective opinion of course, but there's no denying that saying that the Jonas Brothers are as big of a deal as the Beatles when so far they've done very little is incredibly silly.}

art post no way

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:53:26 GMT

Art post :D (or D:, we shall see).

Donna Troy (DC Comics)
I don't really know that much about Donna outside of the New Teen Titans (enough to know that she doesn't really use a lasso these days but I threw it in anyways because i felt like it) but there's just a kind of stylish quality that makes her fun to draw. Plus, her starfield costume (either straps or halter) was lovely and here's hoping future artists ignore the one she has now :)

Mary Marvel (DC Comics)
I kinda figured that Mary Marvel should be pretty in an old-fashioned/retro way, meaning maybe looking more like the 1930s-1950s style pin-up girls minus the pin-up poses. I have no idea how to do her hair and her hand there is tragic, but I am the Liefeld of hands so there you go =P

Nonsense
This is what happens when one odd thought leads to another unrelated thought, I suppose.

I've got some other pictures to post tomorrow, cause I don't wanna kill anyone's internet.

You oughta read this

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:34:46 GMT

If you have food in the fridge, clothes on your back, a roof on your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in your bank, in your purse/wallet, and spare in a dish somewhere, you are among the top 8% of this worlds wealthy. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the dangerof battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in this world who cannot read at all. Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight, just remember the homeless family who don't have a bed to lie on. Should you find yourself stuck in traffic, don't despair; there are people living in this world whom driving is an unheard privilege. Should you have a bad day at work, think of the man who has been out of work for the last three months. Should you despair over a relationship gone wrong, think of the person who has never known what its like to love and to be loved in return. Should you grieve the passing of another weekend, think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for $10.00 to feed her family. Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance, think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk. Should you notice a grey hair in the mirror, think of the cancer patient in chemotherapy who wishes she had hair to examine. Should you find yourself at a loss asking "what is my purpose?" Be thankful. There are those who didn’t live long enough to get the opportunity. Should you find yourself the victim of other people’s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities; remember, things could be worse–you could be one of them.

Now have a nice day, you guys :)

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