Aletheia ~ Veracious Reality

1. YES YES I got almost everything right AHAHAHAHA >=D

2 a. Love the one easter egg sarahtales dropped in the book =)
Suddenly made me see two of the characters in terms of Maya's HPverse.

2 b. I'm not the only crazy fan who contemplated the possibility of a TDL/FMA x-over/pastiche, yeah? Just think: homunculus, the philosopher's stone and automail in TDL-verse. *whimpers at the thought of Alan outfitted with automail*

2 c. There are ENDLESS pairing possibilities between Nick/Alan/Mae/Jamie. Nick/Alan, Nick/Mae, Alan/Mae, Nick/Mae/Alan, Nick/Jamie, Alan/Jamie, Nick/Alan/Jamie...you catch my drift.

3 a. Love how the second and third book will come out in 2010 and 2011 YESSSS \o/
3 b. This would mean me spending $45+ every year for the series. (~$30 for the Japanese translation and ~$15 for the UK cover.)
3 c. I need to buy a book cover for the uber-pretty Japanese translation.

4. The night after I finished the book, I kept on having vague dreams/impressions about Nick. And possibly [SPOILERY main antagonist's name].

5. If I use random Japanese The Demon's Lexicon quotes for my post subjects, that won't be spoilerific to you guys, will it?
If any Japanese readers on my F-list want to read TDL and haven't, please let me know now.

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Several of my post titles since April are quotes/snippets that have compelled three of you to wonder, "Who's Simon?"

Simon 'Templar' Drake is from Shadow of the Templar series, which some of you probably have heard about from sansa1970's rec last year. The series follows an FBI team and a world-famous jewel thief in a series of cases. The main pairing is Simon Drake (FBI team leader)/Jeremy Archer (thief). Banter, random geekery...oh and Archer is British =P What's not to love? ;-) ( Read more... )

Simon Drake aka Templar 29 y.o., 6'3", team leader, defender of the free world, an all-American middle-class boy from the Midwest.
* Good-looking and knows it >=D
* Repeatedly tell Archer point-blank that his job and his team members are way more important than him. Ouch. IDK why Archer doesn't just dump him. Oh right, because he is SO FINE.

Jeremy Archer aka Shadow aka 'James Crown', and dozens other aliases
27 y.o., 5'10", criminal, adversary, pain in the ass, British. ( Read more... )

Nathan 'Nate' Waxman aka Specs 28 y.o., 5'9", tech (hardware), bomb disposal, all-around mascot, a nice Jewish boy from New Jersey.
Has a crowbar with "Speak Friend And Enter" etched down the length of the grip. ( Read more... )

Michael 'Mike' Takemura aka Honda aka 'that crazy bastard' aka 'the loose cannon'
27 y.o., 6'1, undercover work, combat/tactical driving, general muscle, crazy
The Brooklyn-born son of a first-generation Japanese-American father and a mother of Hispanic descent.
* I just LOVE that his nickname is Honda. Not as bad as Toyota, but still. ( Read more... )

Sandra 'Sandy' Leone aka Springheel 28 y.o., 5'7", second-in-command, undercover work, general muscle
Came from old New England money. The best martial artist on the team. Have kicked Mike's ass so bad on numerous occasions.
* The only woman on Simon's team, but she doesn't feel like a token female character at all. ( Read more... )

Jonathan 'Johnny' Pilgrim aka Texas 33 y.o., 6'0", weapons wrangler, general muscle
Started his law enforcement career with the local police force.
* I like his interaction with Specs, mostly. So awesome protective =3 Like his jibes at Honda too. ( Read more... )

Richard 'Rich' Story aka Specs Two, 30 y.o., 5'6", tech (software), hacker-of-all-trades
A computer genius par excellence (and a nerd in the most classic socially-awkward sense). Native Seattleite.
* Total jerk to Archer, but you can't help but like him. ( Read more... )

Random Eljay polls:

1) Which book should I finish/continue/start?

2) Which Merlin stories are you interested in reading?

3) Semi-coherent fangirly poll on The Demon's Lexicon Japanese cover デーモンズ・レキシコンⅠ 魔術師の息子

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Original to-do:

✘ Brainstorm for holidaysmut's Tell a Story Day challenge, or

✘ Brainstorm for holidaysmut's Earth Day challenge.

✘ Brainstorm for musemuggers #285 (April 20th 2009) OPTION 1

* The Bride Wore Red
* a little nurturing
* physical manifestations
* dubious value

OPTION 3: All About Eve ( Read more... )

For the last four days or so, I've been completely engrossed in Manna Francis' Administration series. I stayed up to read until I felt like throwing up (part exhaustion and part hunger), read in the car and got even more carsick, ignored everything else on the Internet...
(Can't remember the last time I'm so addicted to a book that I went with minimum sleep. It might've been Narnia at age 17 actually. Erm.)

I'll post a proper review with fav. quotes, warnings etc. when I get the books from Amazon. There are one novella and one short story that are not available on the author's Web site.
(I'm one of those strange breed of people who almost never buy a book unless I've read it and loved it).

Important (!): since I have many EvilBlondBritishMan!Fetishist in my F-list, I am perversely happy to inform you that Toreth, the main character, is blond. Praise be, etc.

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1. benebu posted ApocalypticHorsePersons in an Internet Cafe for me ♥

2. I posted Wizard Howl quotes from Diana Wynne Jones' House of Many Ways here.
The quotes from Howl's Moving Castle are here.

3. My Draco het drabbles are here at IJ.

X-posted @ LJ

I'm reading Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon, and my OTP-er nature can't help but rear up at this exchange:

"I suppose you are one of those hoarding creatures," Laurence said, looking affectionately up at Temeraire; many dragons had an inborn fascination with jewels or precious metals. "I am afraid I am not a rich enough partner for you; I will not be able to give you a heap of gold to sleep on."

"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on," Temeraire said.

D'aww <333
Laurence, forget your childhood sweetheart! You're as good as married to your dragon anyway!
ETA: And four pages later Laurence bought Temeraire a gold necklace <3 *squishes*

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Modified from gelsey

Book I Should Read:
Movie I Should See:
Website I Should Visit:
LJ/IJ User I Should Stalk:
LJ/IJ Comm I Should Check out:
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X-posted @ LJ

(And by "H" I don't mean "ecchi" =P)

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

titti gave me the letter "H"

1. Harry/Draco. The fans, the fanfics, the fanarts <333
Since January 2005 ;-)

2. Half-blood Prince. The book that proves H/D is canon *g*

3. House, M.D. I love Hugh Laurie in any shape and form. House/Wilson, House/Chase, Foreman/Chase, Chase/Cameron...

4. Hatsuharu Souma from Furuba (Fruits Basket). *squees* I love how Haru went "Yuki is my first love." <333
And Black Haru is so awesome in his flirtatious lewdness X-D

5. Howl from Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. I love him even before we know his real personality <3 The hair episode is just. so. much. love.

6. "House of Angels."* Am I allowed to love my own original fic this much? Dub-con teenage prostitution threesome. With a dash of het twincest and implied drug abuse. AHahahahahahhaa...

7. Haircut. Depending on who you ask, my new haircut makes me look like:
a. A Hongkong pop star
b. A Korean pretty boy
c. A well-known Chinese singer

8. Honey walnut prawn. It's not an authentic Chinese dish. You can only find it in this city. But it was love at first bite for me X-D

9. Ho Soon Yi. Cheapest great Korean restaurant around here. Plus there's Bubble tea and a Korean gift store right next door ;-)

10. Hung bao (New Year's money). More when getting and less when giving =P
Gave out 18 this year (lots of cousins GAH). I put $5 on top of two chocolate coins in golden wrappers & six assorted Japanese gummy fruit candies. Instant sugar rush and crash lol. Every single one of them gobbled everything at one sitting. From the 7-y.o.s to the 19-y.o.s. Heh.
Next year will give them 4 instead of 6 gummy candies each ^^;;

* That was also my first time ever scoring #1 @ writing_game. Is it a sign? lolol
I'm currently writing 20 Things about Su Li over at writing_game's fantabulous Valentine board ;-)

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