Please enjoy my beautimous new LJ layout.

[laceblade]

I tried to make a custom mood theme last night, but it didn't work, :/ I uploaded the pictures to my LJ gallery....can you not link to LJ images? Even from within LJ? That seems pretty silly to me! I need a new image-hosting service anyway, though. I've been using my University's for the last four years, but I'm obviously not a student any more.


I still have follow-up Geek.Kon posts to make.

For now, I have a few hobby-related goals:
1) Read more novels. It's been scientifically proven that nothing will impair my manga-reading habits, so I think I'm just going to spend more time focusing on novels while at work, and not worry that I "won't have time for" manga. Today, I've been tearing through Octavia Butler's Dawn, first in the Xenogenesis trilogy, which we are reading this month for Wiscon book club. I also have piles of unread books, now including the books recommended by Sarah Monette, not to mention Sarah Monette's own books!

2) Watch more anime. I kind of miss it, and I think I've now figured out that I can get TV shows like Arrested Development from the library, and should use my Netflix account for watching anime series.


Last night, I watched the first three episodes of Veronica Mars. It was pretty good, I think I'll enjoy watching this show. Please don't spoil me! I'm sure I've picked up a few spoilers through LJ-osmosis, but overall, I know nothing. I'll be glad to watch this series for fun, and don't really feel the need to blog extensively about it, as most have you have either seen it or already heard of it.

For now.....LOL to the Paris Hilton guest role in episode two, AND Isn't the canon couple from this series Veronica/Logan? He's such an asshole! So far, the only redeemable quality they've established is the way he's stood up to the biker gang. For now, I really appreciate the biker gang vs. preppy Orange County boys. And, of course, Veronica herself. WIN.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Logan grows, a lot. But, IMO, as much as I love him, never quite gets over being a jerk. But, as much as he is a jerk and never gets over it, and will never be good enough for Veronica (yes, they are the main pairing of the show) he does love her. He does slowly have his good traits start to come out, but is pretty much irredeemably screwed up in the head.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Okay. At least it'll be fun to watch, even if nothing will ever be as fun as watching the progression of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. Though, unlike Logan, Wesley was likeable enough from the start...

[highandrandom.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that he never quite outgrows his jerk-i-ness. I always figured Veronica never did enough to deserve him.

I so need to watch that series again.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Well, I always got where they were both coming from. For Veronica, it was a year of his being the one at the head of the student's treatment of her, including busting her headlights, and the fact that he was always clearly unhinged and and two steps away from losing it. A lot of the things people hold against her (and I never watched S3) I always saw as her reacting to someone she cared about being self-destructive.

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

You can link to the images in LJ's scrapbook, the problem is you have to manually add the .jpg extension (or .gif or whatever) to the end of the link.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I will try that. I didn't even think to look, lol.

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

Scrapbook is kinda weird with how it handles image addresses and locations, I got very frustrated with it for a while before I figured it out.

[homo-nescius.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about how I missed anime a little. You should get me those Utena episodes.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

YES. You're in the Black Rose arc, right? I have all of it through the end of the series, then. If me giving you all of it will freak you out so that you don't watch it all, I can lend you 1-2 DVDs at a time.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Flickr is pretty easy to use, and free (with certain limits). I've never tried anything else, and I've never quite gotten the hang of the galleries feature on LJ.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Okay. So I could even link to Flickr for LJ mood themes? If Dan's suggestion doesn't help, then I'll try Flickr.

[dimensionwitch.livejournal.com]

Ooooo, what layout did you use? It's pretty.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

It's from thefulcrum, although I'm not sure which # it was. Lots of beautiful layouts over there!

[dimensionwitch.livejournal.com]

I thought it looked familiar! I have one from her right now. I think I might use this one in the future!

[carabbit.livejournal.com]

YAY V MARS LOVED THAT SHOW R.I.P.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's certainly awesome so far! I feel like the show is Buffy's little sister.