The Revised Dictionary of Extraordinarily Uncommon and Useless Words and Phrases

I don't have a very large friends list, but I thought maybe some of you may be interested in this fic-a-thon that's going on at http://caramelsilver.livejournal.com/90105.html

You comment with a prompt of Fandom, Character/Pairing, Topic, and can respond in three sentence ficlets to prompt that are already posted. There's a huge variety of fandoms there, and some really good ficlets to read through if you check it out! :D So head over for a bit and see if there's anything you're interested in!

(First time pimping- I'm totally overly excited by this.)

Fullmetal Alchemist manga. Brilliant. Awesome. Yeah, all that stuff people said it was.

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...Wow, that was long. And time consuming...

.....

.............. I've really got to do my work now. >.<;;

Heroes, I love you SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. The series took a turn for the worse for a while there- there were definite low points because of the writer's strike and the entire third season just kind of made no sense and the fourth season wasted a lot of time trying to redeem the third. But the new episdoe are TOTALLY AWESOME.

Exhibit A: Sylar and his awesomeness. Sylar-as-Nathan was sweet (and made me miss Nathan that much more), Sylar in Matt's head was brilliant, and Sylar as an amnesiac is GUH.

Exhibit B: The return of the writers attempting to keep people In Character. They failed at that pretty badly for a while there. But they're doing pretty good this season.

Exhibit C: The new "villains"- they're not good people, but they're not EVIL. Just... misunderstood. And really cool. XD

Exhibit D: Emma, the deaf woman who is both very cool and whose power is both interesting and, apparently, not as useless as it had at first appeared.

Exhibit E: GRETCHEN. HOMG I LOVE HER. And she loved Claire. <3 This is the first time in Heroes two people I knew I would ship from the very start actually have a chance together! Gretchen admitted to Claire she had a huge crush on her, and Claire hasn't totally rejected her yet!

AND GRETCHEN KISSED CLAIRE!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! XXXXDDDD

Please, PLEASE, let GretchenxClaire work out!!!

For a while now, my friends have been telling me to watch A Very Potter Musical. I thought it would probably be okay, but I put it off for a while because I've had other things to watch.

But OH MY GOD is it good!

I just watched the first act and plan to watch the second at the first available moment (though I don't know when that moment will come, as the next week is supposed to be insanely busy for me). But I hope I get to finish it soon. XD

Also? I totally now ship Voldemort/Quirrell. Random in canon, but in this? Totally plausible.

Do As Infinity got back together finally and have released their first single since 2005! YAY!

(They've been "reformed" since late 2008, actually. But I didn't know that, so my joy is accompanied by good music! ^^;;)

America's seiyuu is Katsuyuki Konishi.

America is Soubi from Loveless. And Hagi from Blood . And Shouri Shibuya from Kyou Kara Maou.

This... is so, so wrong. I can understand the last three together (even if Shouri's a little bit random compared to the other two), but throw in America... THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE. >.<

(Also, aparantly he was the Japanese dubbed voice for the Ninth Doctor. Which is also making my brain explode a little bit.)

Other character connections that aren't quite as brain-splodey:

England: Uchiha Sasuke (Naruto)
France: Jadeite (Sailor Moon)
Russia: Artemis (Sailor Moon)
Japan: Gevanni (Death Note), Jou-----

Wait, wha--? Japan= Jounouchi Katsuya. From Yu-Gi-Oh.

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I don't think I should ever look up cast lists ever again. It just makes my head explode.

Axis Powers Hetalia. I have discovered it.
 

Today I read the book Manhunt: the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson. When John Wilkes Booth died, I nearly cried.

...Does that make me evil?

I THOUGHT THAT TOKYOPOP HAD DROPPED IT BECAUSE A VOLUME HASN'T COME OUT IN ALMOST TWO YEARS BUT THE TWELTH VOLUME OF DN ANGEL EXIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTS!!!

(Deep breath.) Okay. I am calm now. Sorry about the capslocks. I'm just very happy that it's finally coming out, seeing as I already own the first eleven volumes (a big investment, as manga isn't cheap), and it's one of my favorite series. It seems wrong not to continue it.

I can't wait for August 4th!

Title: A Doctor Who Murder Mystery
Author: Phlogistics
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: K+
Warnings: Crack. And a banana peel.
Characters: The Doctor
Summary: The Doctor has an encounter with the Sunnydale police. He really hopes no one hears about this.
A/N: A response to challenge 4109 on TTH. Also written to make up for the angst of my last fic.

( It all started with a banana peel. )

Title: No Rest for the Wicked
Author: Phlogistics
Fandoms: Torchwood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: M (to be safe)
Warnings: some disturbing imagery and concepts; spoilers for CoE
Characters: The First Evil, Jack Harkness
Summary: Jack Harkness was a broken man. The First liked that about him. (Post CoE.)

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I saw Rent today. It was only the third time I've gone to a live theater performance, but it was BY FAR the BEST. Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp were, as always, so completely spectacular as Roger and Mark that my brain cannot even truly comprehend them. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the rest of the cast before I saw the performance, but once I did.... Wow. Just- wow. Everyone was amazing.

It's hard to describe just how awesome it was to finally see Rent live. It was just... I hope it's something that I never forget.

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I don't get it-- why is it so hard to write, even when you've got a really good story in your head, just waiting to be written down? I'm not the greatest writer in the universe- I probably don't even make the top 50 million, but sometimes I'll be really inspired, and sit down at the computer-- and have absolutely no idea how to start, or how to continue, or how to do anything!

It's very frustrating. If I could write half the stuff I think of, I'd be a much more original (and a much better) writer.

...Maybe it's because I would only use my powers for evil (aka fanfic)?

(Also, why is it impossible to notice your own typos when you reread your work? Even going through word by word, I can miss things. It's very annoying. And sad.)

:(

My Sister's Keeper (the book) sucks. I mean, seriously....

WHY DID IT HAVE TO END THAT WAY?!!?!? GAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!! IT'S NOT FAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIRRR!!!!!!!!!

GRAAGAMAGAFADAMADGABADGAFRGGAPROOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHGGGGA!!!!!!

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I got a new (well, used) car today!!! His name is Eisenhower, and he's a blue, 2000 Mercy Sable. I love him very much, and I think that we'll be happy together.

(A short explanation for the name: he's actually been bought to replace the 1997 Legacy that my sister crashed, whose name was Truman (after the thousand page book about the president). When discussing a couple years ago the theoretical name of the next car we bought- because I've been telling her for years that her terrible driving would kill Truman-, names of other, related historical figures were the ones that cropped up. And when I saw the Sable, Eisenhower just seemed to it.)

As of what is now technically yesterday, I have a ticket to attend a performance of the 2009 Rent National Tour with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal! YES! I AM FULFILLED! Rent holds a special place in my heart, and to be able to see it with two of the original cast is incredible to me. Especially Anthony Rapp- Mark is my favorite character, and I can't imagine anyone else playing him.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!
 

Title: Knowing
Author: Phlogistics
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who
Rating: T
Warnings: Evil.
Characters: The First Evil, the Tenth Doctor
Summary: The First thinks it knows everything. The Doctor doesn't agree.

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Title: Drink with a Demon
Author: Phlogistics
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter
Characters: Anya, Hermione
Pairings: mild HGRW
Rating: T
Warnings: some explicit language (it's Anya)
Summary: Anya attempts to seek vengeance on the behalf of Hermione Granger. She has found  herself to be largely unsuccessful.

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