(Note: This is a cross-post from my more public Wordpress blog.)

"You have a very active imagination."

That's what my dad said to me. We were sitting in the car (where we have most of our important conversations these days) on a rainy day, talking about my genderqueerness, and what my dad saw as the reasons I started identifying that way.

He was referring to the fact that I never grew out of playing pretend, and even as a child I took it very seriously. I put on a costume and I would become that costume. I would allow my outward appearance to transform my behavior. According to my father, my active imagination had led me to choose genderqueer as an identity I had wanted to put on. He wasn't saying there was no internal basis, but he was using my imagination as an excuse. In essence, he was saying that what I thought of as my Real Self wasn't 'really' real.

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This is a muselist for roleplaying purposes.

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Aaaah, that feels good. I hadn't made a fanvideo since 2006, when I did the Foo Fighters' "DOA" cut with footage from Serenity and 20th Century Fox actually sent me a cease-and-desist e-mail through YouTube. Because my little hobby was clearly losing them so much revenue.

Anyway, it was equal parts that event, apathy, losing my capture software, and not caring about any fandom enough to vid it that led me to not make any videos for nearly five years. But now... *glances at LJ layout... and my icon page* ...Yeah. =)

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I've seen others do this, and I do enjoy making lists. No plot details given, screencaps are relatively non-spoilery and come from here and here.

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Usually when I post dreams, it's because they had something profoundly beautiful or touching that I want to share. This, on the other hand, was just really wacky and weird, albeit incredibly finely detailed.

So yeah, beware of teal deer.

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So, as it turns out, Terry Gilliam films are really easy to twist into alternate universes based in White Wolf's Changeling: The Lost roleplaying game. The Queen in 'Brothers Grimm' is really a Fae in disguise, as is the "Devil" in 'Doctor Parnassus.' 'Brazil' is an Arcadian nightmare. You get the idea.

It also just so happens that I love both Terry Gilliam films and Changeling: The Lost. And I like to draw.

So, uh, this is what I spent almost all of today doing.

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That's it! It's been forever since I saw 'Twelve Monkeys,' and 'Time Bandits' is... meh. So, there you go.

THEY MADE WHIPLASH COOL. WHAT.

(here's what whiplash USED to look like, btw. lol dorky purple suit)

Also, apparently miniature arc reactors can only ever be built in a cave or a cave-like environment. No wonder the Stark Industries technicians couldn't get it right.

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No cursing in this version because little kidlings and my family may both be watching the vid.

I can't metaquotes this because it didn't originate on LJ. Woe, for I found it most amusing. This is from the comments on the Palin-Couric interview, on CBS' website, and the author identifies themselves as "gnat007":

I recently interviewed Sarah Palin. Here's how it went.

Me: What day is it today?

Sarah Palin: There are 7 days in a week. There are many days. We could choose from many different days.

Me: Yes, but what day is today?

Sarah Palin: Today could be one of 7 days. And I have a great appreciation for how beautifully the week is set up. I mean, our question might even be rephrased to ask if we haven't lost sight of the bigger picture, where the day is just a small part of what constitutes a week, which would be yet another part of what is known as the month.

Me: I just want to know what day it is, specifically.

Sarah Palin: Any and all of them that have come and gone. I have always been comfortable with any and all of them. My point, however, is that it all comes back to the year. I am someone who believes that the voiceless can count on me to represent the calendar in an unbiased way, from within one of the highest offices of government. After all, I have always made myself clear, and I am not apologetic about who I am. There are 30 days in a month and 52 weeks in a year. I was born in the 20th century, and this might already be the 21st , who knows? Here, our sense of the space-time continuum has come to be challenged by those who insist they must know what day of the week we are presently at. And I think it needs to be addressed in concrete terms for the good of the American people. Thank you.

I'm posting this for those who don't know yet, because I only found out a little while ago.



The above video shows a young woman, a peaceful protester holding a flower, being hit and pepper-sprayed by police in full riot gear.

This is happening in St. Paul. People are being arrested and their homes raided for planning to protest at the RNC.

People are being arrested and their homes raided for planning to protest at the RNC.

New York Times article
Most recent Salon.com update

(And before anyone else brings this up: yes, I know there may have been some similar activity when people demonstrated at the DNC. That does not make this any less despicable.)