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Adventures in paranormal romance. [12 Oct 2009|12:25am]
[ mood | amused ]
[ music | Emilie Simon - Rainbow | Powered by Last.fm ]

I'm sucked into a series on the recommendation of a friend.

It's another bodice-ripping, fang-tastic vampire romance series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward.

It's entertaining (in a trash-television way), and getting less erotic/romance and more action-y as the series progresses (I'm on book 6 of 7 now), but I do have some serious gripes.

1. The names. Holy sheepdip. No pansy names for these vampires, no sir. Wrath. Rhevenge. Zsadist. Phury. Vishous. Tohrment. Need I go on? I cringed in the initial getting-to-know-you character setup, because HOLY SHIT, HOW SILLY IS THIS? ...and then I remembered: Vampire romance novels. Right.

2. Nobody, AND I MEAN NOBODY, talks in the hyper-macho style that these guys do. It's giggle-inducing.

3. The author seems to throw in a whole lot of unnecessary "H"-es in the midst of words to make them vampiresque according to her universe. For instance, the vamps don't "AVENGE" their brothers, they "AHVENGE" them. Females are put into SEHCLUSION by their GHARDIANS. Every time that mother-effing H shows up in a new word, I GROAN. Literally.

4. For some bizarre reason, the author loves acronyms. LOVES THEM! I mean, to the point where I'm annoyed. BMOC was the first of many, many pointless ones.

5. Flashbacks to the 1800s includes a lot of cheap dialogue that uses the word "verily" a bit too much. I also groan every time I see this word.

6. Speaking of dialogue, maybe I'm un-hip or something, but the two most overused phrases of the books, period, are "like you read about" and "true?" (which is something like saying "right?" at the end of a sentence, and something I've never heard anyone say in real life, ever).

Examples:

-He was gonna put a hurt on that undead fucker like you read about.
-They were going to go back to the bedroom and get reacquainted like you read about.
-He missed her like you read about.
-He was downing the Grey Goose like you read about.

AD NAUSEUM. The phrase is just awkward. Nobody speaks like this. I suppose this is all really a subset of bitching over #2.

7. Generic romance bitching: Why is it after a couple of hundred years or more of being single/tortured/broken, all of these guys find romantic partners within the space of a year, completely coincidentally? I mean, really.

All of that said, although I can't really recommend the books very highly for the above reasons, I'm still curious as to what happens overall. It's like being captivated by a highway accident; I can't stop reading.

ich bin 16m gross| fütter mein ego

Un peu folle aujourd'hui. [17 Sep 2009|09:13am]
[ mood | pensive ]

I'm having a heart-clenching desire to get back to France. As in almost physical, the longing.

I have a harebrained scheme that will probably never come to fruition, because although I'm having an "I feel like I can conquer the world!" morning, I know that there are a lot of days where I'm too anxious to even leave my house if I don't have to.

Benjamin Biolay is playing in Caen (Lower Normandy province, northwest of Paris) on Tuesday, March 2nd.
Indochine is playing in Grand-Quevilly (Upper Normandy province, a little east of Caen) on Friday, March 5th.

Both are accessible by train.
You see what I'm getting at?

I know I said I want to visit new and different places before going back to Paris, but... that's just so goddamned convenient and tempting. I'm the biggest francophile I know, I live for shows, and BB/Indo sure as hell aren't coming to Boston anytime soon (meaning, ever). Also, Paris! Paris, je t'aime, je t'aime!

*le sigh*

ich bin 3m gross| fütter mein ego

AHT [02 Sep 2009|10:57pm]
[ music | Diamanda Galás - Gloomy Sunday | Powered by Last.fm ]

When I was 19 or so, I made a brief, halfhearted attempt at drawing for awhile. It ended up being a whole lot of portraits of gothy things, models, and musicians, and a couple of friends. I just remembered it out of nowhere. I haven't really drawn since; I got super frustrated and simply gave up.

So here, I present to you, Tami's kiddie furlow into mostly portraiture, via a #2 pencil.
Yes, I know it's a whole lot of cheese.
Yes, I know the pictures are kinda dark/grainy. Hey, it's night, and they're taken lovingly by my cell phone camera, since my actual camera couldn't see them very well without flash, and the flash just whited out the images completely.

WIKKID SPOOKY OLD AHT )
ich bin 4m gross| fütter mein ego

Countdown t-minus 30 days. [01 Sep 2009|08:27am]
[ mood | dorky ]

Five more books to go for the book challenge.

I'm in the midst of three, although two of those I've been working on for months (one is in French, and one is boring me to tears and simply hard to get through).

*edit*

The one thing preventing progress at the moment is a rekindled interest in my PSP. Right now I'm playing Silverfall, a hack-and-slash style RPG.

Need to find more decent PSP RPGs.

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Boston area True Blood fans: [27 Aug 2009|02:45pm]
[ mood | nerdfan ]

http://truebloodnet.com/update-nelsan-ellis-rutina-wesley-vampire-party-boston/

The actors who play Lafayette and Tara will be at King's for a "Fangtasia Party" on Saturday the 5th. All you have to do is RSVP to get in. I will likely go :)

I ♥ Lafayette! YEY!

ich bin 5m gross| fütter mein ego

... [26 Aug 2009|08:08am]
R.I.P. Teddy.
We knew it was a matter of time, but that doesn't make it any less a shock.

:\
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True Blood LULZ [20 Aug 2009|05:00pm]
[ mood | amused ]

ich bin 7m gross| fütter mein ego

SQUEEEEEE. [19 Aug 2009|04:05pm]
[ mood | excited ]

I love finding AWESOME things out accidentally!

NEW BENJAMIN BIOLAY ALBUM IN OCTOBER.

*EXPLODES*

edit. edit edit edit:

The first track off of his new album, La Superbe is up on his Myspace & it's predictably gorgeous. Two other tracks are there, one a Charles Trenet cover and the other an original, which I haven't listened to yet. His blog about the two new tracks is adorably and amusingly self-effacing. No, I have rid myself of neither hero worship, nor girlcrush. It is simply impossible when this man creates something.

his recent blog and my poor, quick translation )

♥♥♥

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Of dead wetboys. [11 Aug 2009|07:54am]
[ mood | intrigued ]

I'm at the end of the Weeks book (haven't had a lot of time to read), and I'm tickled at the complexity of the plot, different pieces of foreshadowing, and puzzle pieces sliding into place. I'm surprised at certain twists, which doesn't often happen. Also, intensely sad for certain characters; it's not a kind story.

Note to self:

Never Google a dead fictional character when you're only in the first book of a trilogy; you might stumble across a crucial bit of info that was supposed to be revealed in a later volume.

*headdesk*

Love good fiction.
Loooooooooooove.

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O hai! [06 Aug 2009|02:51pm]
[ mood | annoyed ]

LJ, please be sending me my comments, kthnx.

ich bin 5m gross| fütter mein ego

Another book recommendation... [06 Aug 2009|07:55am]
[ mood | exanimate ]

Because I picked this up in the Kindle store as a sample, and was so sucked in during the first couple of chapters, I had to immediately buy it.



Fantasy, centering on a street child who trains to become an assassin as a way of escaping his horrific, hard life. This is the first of a trilogy. Granted, I'm only a quarter of the way into the book or so, but I'm enjoying it immensely.
ich bin 9m gross| fütter mein ego

Speaking of books... [05 Aug 2009|05:49pm]
[ mood | dorky ]

I need to read 11 more titles between now and the end of next month to complete my 100 book challenge.

Recommendations for entertaining reading?
Awesome fiction or memoir, nothing heavy.

I still have a ton of stuff to choose from, but there's always room for more!

ich bin 9m gross| fütter mein ego

OMG! [30 Jul 2009|02:46pm]
[ mood | amused ]

So, I ran into this (obviously ancient) photo of Deine Lakaien on last.fm, and almost choked.



It has to be from the '80s.
I'd even hazard it might have been Alexander's first week on the job, hehehe. He's so gawthique it's silly, and he obviously hadn't gotten the idea into his head to have that bizarro Dracula-esque hair style as his trademark yet.

It really needs a caption, a macro... because as I commented on last.fm, the juxtaposition between übergoth Alexander and "I shop at J. Crew" Ernst is HILARIOUS.

Any takers on that macro caption? :D
Step right up!

ich bin 10m gross| fütter mein ego

Seasonal stuff. [29 Jul 2009|11:24am]
[ mood | curious ]

King Richard's Faire.

Never been (to that or *any* renaissance fair).

Worth the admission? Fun? Mrowr?

ich bin 16m gross| fütter mein ego

Project Pitchfork in Boston? [23 Jul 2009|02:18pm]
OK.

So I know that Project Pitchfork is doing a US tour in September. I've seen it advertised here, there and everywhere.

HOWEVER,

The Boston date is still "TBA" on any list I read.
*grumbles*

I love PP, and have never gotten around to seeing them perform, thus they're on my list of "bands I must see live."





One piece of pre-emptive bitching:

I HOPE TO HELL IT'S NOT AT TT'S.
I "saw" IAMX there, and I literally couldn't see the stage the entire set, which was a complete waste of my time, honestly. If there's a good turnout for the show, I am instantly overwhelmed by a much taller crowd. There's no space *behind* the crowd to move back and see over the heads, because the room is so tiny. The best partial view I could muster was in the next room, over by the bar, which sucked... When I go to shows, I do want to actually be able to see the performers on stage (that's kind of the point, you know?).
ich bin 17m gross| fütter mein ego

True Blood [21 Jul 2009|12:26am]
[ mood | sleepy ]

Poll #1432646 True Blood
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

The million dollar question:

View Answers

Team Bill
2 (11.8%)

Team Eric
4 (23.5%)

Team Sam
0 (0.0%)

Team "other"
1 (5.9%)

I cannot possibly choose!
0 (0.0%)

What the hell are you talking about?
10 (58.8%)

ich bin 29m gross| fütter mein ego

Shoppin'. [10 Jul 2009|03:17pm]
[ mood | pleased ]

Because I've been mooning over these for some time now, and Amazon is running a special.

I got a couple of covers for my Kindle.



The green one will match my current Kindle skin.

I am enjoying accessorizing my favorite toy.

ich bin 2m gross| fütter mein ego

[23 Jun 2009|02:19am]
[ mood | exhausted ]

Insomnia.

That is all.

ich bin 1m gross| fütter mein ego

Guy de Maupassant [16 Jun 2009|08:10pm]
I'm reading a French collection of short stories by de Maupassant (Clair de Lune), and really rather enjoying them, on and off. Short stories seem to be okay for my attention span in French.

In the last story I read, Conte de Noël, I ran across this paragraph, and almost grinned with the pleasure of his awesome alliteration ability:

«La plaine, les haies, les ormes des clôtures, tout semblait mort, tué par le froid. Ni hommes ni bêtes ne sortaient plus; seules les cheminées des chaumières en chemise blanche révélaient la vie cachée, par les minces filets de fumée qui montaient droit dans l'air glacial.»

I mean, "les cheminées des chaumières en chemise blanche?" Oh, man. That sounds so good in French. The chimneys of white-shirted cottages. Cottages covered in snow.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant
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True Blood [15 Jun 2009|03:28am]
Season 2, Episode 1.

I am pleased and entertained.

They don't seem to be sticking to the books much at all, which pleases me a little further, because I have no idea what's going to happen next, and that's sort of nice.

LULZ:
1. Bill recycles (of course he does!).
2. Jason = Still dumb as a bag of hammers.
3. Sookie and Jessica's potential "girls night?" *snorts with laughter*
4. Maryann's a cougar! RAWR!
5. Never, EVER piss off a 1000-year-old undead viking with foil in his hair.

Pam wasn't in this one. Shucks.
ich bin 6m gross| fütter mein ego

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