swim through the fires to stay in this world

Okay, so you probably don't know this, but I have struggled mightily to organize my DA account. And today, my friends, today I have prevailed.

After finally discovering the strategy that would allow my favs to be organized and track this organization, after weeks of shuffling, after many deletions (why do I have a billion pictures of Itachi? why do I have so many Sasuke/Sakura that do not involve him getting punched in the face? what is with all the Temari x Shikamaru? Not to mention the hoards of Naruto x Sakura), VICTORY.

(Seriously, check out my favs. I have some fabulous stuff in there - Hellsing, Saiyuki, HP, a fuckton of awesome Naruto art, some Bleach, and lots of delicious Zutara and Suki x Sokka. And if, for some reason, you find a picture of Zuko in the Hellsing folder... let me know.)

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Okay, on the subject of apple and apps for the iTouch (excuse me while I fangasm over the free books) if you have money on your account from a gift card and you buy an app, does iTunes use the gift card money before charging your credit card?

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And finally, today's poem:

Oh, I can smile for you, and tilt my head,
And drink your rushing words with eager lips,
And paint my mouth for you a fragrant red,
And trace your brows with tutored finger-tips.
When you rehearse your list of loves to me,
Oh, I can laugh and marvel, rapturous-eyed.
And you laugh back, nor can you ever see
The thousand little deaths my heart has died.
And you believe, so well I know my part,
That I am gay as morning, light as snow,
And all the straining things within my heart
You'll never know.

Oh, I can laugh and listen, when we meet,
And you bring tales of fresh adventurings, --
Of ladies delicately indiscreet,
Of lingering hands, and gently whispered things.
And you are pleased with me, and strive anew
To sing me sagas of your late delights.
Thus do you want me -- marveling, gay, and true,
Nor do you see my staring eyes of nights.
And when, in search of novelty, you stray,
Oh, I can kiss you blithely as you go ....
And what goes on, my love, while you're away,
You'll never know.

"A Certain Lady"
–written by the deliciously snarky and quite astute Dorothy Parker

Because they epically fuck with my time management skills and sleep schedule.

And now, the results of the latest shipping meme!

( Hellsing )

( PotC )
( Firefly )

( Bleach )


( The Sarah Dessen Universe )
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( Chuck )

( Questionable Content )
( Black Lagoon )

( bacanno! )
( Yankee-kun To Megane-chan )
( Tortall-verse )
( Princess Tutu )
( True Blood )
( Buffy )
( Burn Notice )
( Leverage )
( Harry Potter )

Title: Nurse
Author: redbrunja
Fandom: Bleach
Rating: PG
Author's Note: There may be a wee bit of wishful thinking in this. Written for qualapec 's meme.
Pairings: Ishida/Orihime
Summary: Ishida's not really sick.

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So, you know Yankee-kun To Menage-chan? In which the badass tough guy

a.) is totally at the whim of the female lead

b.) desperately wants to impress said female lead

and is

c.) regularly out-badassed by female lead (yeah, that's right, she rescues him)

That manga? Is published in Shonen Jump, the home of such lovely gender!fail examples of shonen as Naruto and Bleach.

Do you think it's there to just satisfy the feminists? (It's published in Japan, trust me, it's not.) No, it's published because clearly, the target audience (all those adolescent boys who are supposed to read it, all the adolescent girls who actually do) likes Yankee-kun To Menage-chan.

I swear, the next time someone pulls that lame ass 'shonen is made for boys, it MUST be sexist by default' crap, I'm going to shove the first volume down their throat.

(This lovely fact and rant has been brought to you by onerottenpeach . She provided the facts, I provided the 'suck it, motherfuckers!' attitude.)

ETA: Okay, never mind, apparently I got the magazine's mixed up. Megane-chan airs in a different shonene manga magazine.

Bleach (non spoilery thoughts): Ichigo reaches new level of Shonen Hero dumb but two deux ex machinas save all!

...and Naruto kinda continues the trend ( spoilers )

The questions on this version of the questions meme didn't really grab me, but I got tagged twice, so I figured I should just bite the bullet. I ended up rewriting every single question save three.

1. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.
2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

( When You Came In The Air Went Out )

I'm tagging: bellzooks , the_sun_is_up , hireadd , nimblnymph , onerottenpeach , hieronymousb , flibbergibbet , ivy_chan .

So, this week's Naruto was quite fun, actually, although ( spoilers )

On the subject of Bleach: In the viciously perfect word of Sanzo, "I can't even care enough to care." Call me when the characters I actually recognize show up.

Random thoughts:
( spoilers )

Now its on to actually good manga. Black Lagoon, here I come!

gacked from penknife : Make a list of your favorite pairings and explain who would pick up the socks and why.

Maka x Soul: Maka would maka-chop Soul if he didn't put away the socks. He wouldn't.

Suki x Sokka: Suki would pick up the socks... to throw at Sokka until he picked up the sock that had just been pelting his head and put them in the laundry basket. Then he tries to invent a robot to pick up the socks.

Ishida x Orihime: he picks up the socks, and he likes it.

Yaone x Hakkai: they both pick up the socks, and if they forget, the other one does it. And then the first someone apologizes profusely to the other, and by 'profusely' I mean 'provides sexual favors for.'

Yaone x Gojyo: Yaone picks up the socks and the pants and the beer cans and the ashtrays and cleans and cooks and at some point Gojyo realizes that she doesn't threaten his life, even when he puts out cigarettes in empty can, and then starts being a better husband.

Kakashi x Sakura: Kakashi picks up his own socks, thank you. When she's really tired Sakura throws her dirty clothes on her desk and puts them away later. However, occasionally during this process her knee-socks with the dancing cherries and the slutty strawberries vanish to reappear when Kakashi needs something to tie her wrists to the headboard with.

Sai x Sakura: Sai picks up the sock, makes snarky comment, gets boot thrown at his head.

Sasuke x Naruto: Naruto leaves socks on floor. Sasuke bitches. Naruto declares that the strongest ninja will put away the socks. House is subsequently destroyed.

Claire x Chane: God decrees that the socks will put themselves in the laundry basket. Socks obey.

Fakir x Ahiru: Fakir yells at Ahiru for leaving her entire outfit on the floor, while his nose is pressed to the nearest wall.

Kyon x Haruhi: Kyon picks up the socks and bitches to himself, but secretly likes it.

Ino x Sakura: The stockings stay on the floor.

Temari x Shikamaru: they hire a maid.

Issac x Miria: they make a game out of throwing all the socks on the floor.