| "Mongol, mongol, MONGOL! Mongol, mongol, mongol!" |
[Jul. 3rd, 2008|11:17 am] |
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Saw the movie Mongol yesterday and loved it! Loved it for being big, sweeping and epic. Loved it for doing a beautiful job of showing (not telling) the Mongolian way of life, the landscape that shaped their culture, and the way it shaped Ghenghis Khan and history.
Like most Chinese people, I have a bit of Mongolian ancestry, so it was interesting to see my great, great ancestors on the big screen. ( More thoughts from the Chinese-Canadian perspective... )
Can't wait for the sequels and for the Mongol hordes to sweep across China!
P.S. How many of you are already writing Temudgin/Jamukha slash? |
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| Video post: Dance of the Veela |
[Oct. 17th, 2007|06:32 pm] |
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Here's my best impression of a bellydancing veela :)
Isis wings choreography by me, drum solo choreography by A. Video-recording by MB.
Music: Edited version of "Lirrili" by Amina (Nomad: Best of Amina CD).
"Tabla Solo 2" by Issam Houshan (The Art of the Drum Solo with Sonia and Issam, companion CD).
Comments are always welcome!
P.S. I actually performed this for a Deathly Hallows book release party, although this clip was recorded at a different event. |
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| Harry Potter Meets Bellydance (or my anecdote is better than theirs!) |
[Sep. 17th, 2007|11:24 pm] |
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Just noticed the Harry Potter anecdote contest on the Leaky Cauldron and thought I'd share my story:
July 26, 2005: The release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and the day of Jillina's (http://www.jillina.com) gala performance in Guelph, Ontario. Being a dedicated fan and aspiring bellydancer, I wasn't about to miss either event.
I picked up my copy of the book right after shimmying my way through a student recital. I began devouring the book at 1 am, went to bed, and started reading again as soon as I got up. I'm a slow reader and was still far from the end by the time we had to leave Toronto for Guelph. I was completely anti-social and read during the car ride over, through dinner, and while lining up to get into the show. Incidentally, one of the ticket-sellers was also deeply engrossed in HBP and another woman in line was reading OotP -- bellydancing fen unite!
The first half of the dance show was fantastic! I picked up the book again during intermission and read Dumbledore's death scene during that fifteen-minute break. Needless to say, I was in a peculiar emotional state during the second half of the show. My thoughts alternated between "Wah! Dumbledore's dead!" and "Wow, nice hip work!" Jillina herself was simply phenomenal! She performed several beautiful Cabaret numbers, a Persian folk dance, and a drum solo that ended with wild and crazy zar, and I didn't think of Dumbledore once during her entire set :)
I finally finished the book on the car ride home, surrounded by four other bellydancing Potter-philes who hadn't started HBP. For someone who doesn't have much of a poker face, I'm pleased to say that I gave nothing away.
So when I think HBP, I see a disgruntled Harry undulating in a red and gold bellydance costume...
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| Resurrecting My Journal |
[Sep. 17th, 2007|11:00 pm] |
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Hi!
Sorry to have gone missing for the past year and half! I'm officially bringing this journal out of limbo now. I miss fic-writing, I miss fandom, and I've missed all of you!
Thank you all for not deleting me from your Flist. I've been checking my Flist on a semi-regular basis, but not commenting nearly as much as I should.
There's no big dramatic reason for my disappearance. I changed jobs last March and started writing for a living. I'm happy with my job, but it was hard to work on fanfic after writing for 8 hours at the office. In between work and other committments, I got out of the habit of fic-writing. And since this is supposed to be a fic-centric journal, I also stopped posting. I'm not going to make any grand promises I can't keep, but I'm desperate to get back to my HP WIPs, and new fic will be coming soon.
It's good to be back!
*Hugs all around*
P.S. I'm also julia_fractal on InsaneJournal, and will be posting all new fics to both journals. Please give me a shout if you're on InsaneJournal under a different username or have abandoned LJ for one of the other, friendlier service providers.
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| Drabble: A Handful of Buttons |
[Apr. 15th, 2006|01:20 am] |
Here's my request drabble for the lovely ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sprite6. I have no idea why the "button" prompt led to something so depressing, but I hope you like it!
A Handful of Buttons
A large and dusty jar of buttons sat at the back of Caldecote's Curios. Rumour had it that they were enchanted, and predicted the type of children one would have.
"Dark ones for boys, bright ones for girls, and chipped ones for squibs," eight-year-old Molly whispered as she plunged her hand in. She counted out six black buttons and one red, then slipped them into her pocket with a grin.
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"Brave souls who gave their lives..."
Joining the long procession of mourners, Molly curled her fingers around them one last time, then tossed her handful of buttons into the pyre. |
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| Drabbles, drabbles, get 'em while they're hot! |
[Apr. 13th, 2006|10:33 pm] |
I was too late to request a drabble from penknife, but thought I'd gack this nifty meme just the same.
The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble (real drabble: 100 words exactly) from you. In return, they have to post this in their journal and write a drabble for you. Post all fandoms you're willing to write for. (this is optional; you don't HAVE to do it in return, but it would be pretty spiffy if you did)
Your friends can pick a relationship, a story arc, a missing scene, or pretty much anything they want, unless the author has previously mentioned that they will not write it. They comment with what they want, and you write drabbles and post it in your LiveJournal.
Fandoms: Harry Potter, House, Firefly and Serenity, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Good Omens, Blackadder, Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena) |
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| A Handbasket to Call Our Own... |
[Jan. 24th, 2006|12:03 am] |
Canadian Election Results
As expected, we now have a Conservative minority government. But at least the NDP have quite a few more seats in parliament and the Liberals have received their wake-up call. Here's hoping we get to do this all over again next year. |
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| Canadians, Go Vote! |
[Jan. 16th, 2006|03:17 pm] |
Today's the last day for advance voting in the upcoming Canadian federal election.
Please go and vote on Jan 23! To find the address for your local polling station and other information, go to:
http://www.elections.ca/ |
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| 2005 Fic Index & 2006 Writing Resolutions |
[Jan. 6th, 2006|12:59 am] |
Here's a quick and handy index to everything I've written in 2005. Thanks to the lovely lazy_neutrino for providing the idea and encouragement:
6 Fics and Ficlets:
-True Form (Hermione/Tonks, Drama/Angst, NC-17)
-Look Closer (Snape/Harry, Drama, PG-13)
-Distraction (Hermione/Ginny, Humour, R)
-Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived to Shag (Harry/just about every male canon character, Humour, PG-13)
-The Dead Parrot Wizard Sketch (Dead!Sirius, a customer, and a shopkeeper, Slash/Humour/Parody, PG-13)
-Mother of Invention (Luna/Tonks, Humour, PG-13)
( 16 Drabbles )
Overall, I'm really disappointed in how little I've written and the fact that I'm still not close to finishing any of the long fics that have been brewing in my mind forever. Which brings us to...
( 2006 Writing Resolutions ) |
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| Happy Birthday lolaraincoat! |
[Nov. 23rd, 2005|02:48 pm] |
Happy birthday lolaraincoat! Have a fabulous day, and best wishes for the coming year! |
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| FIC: Ghost Stories (6 drabbles) |
[Nov. 5th, 2005|03:11 am] |
Title: Ghost Stories (6 drabbles)
Characters: Professor Binns, Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, The Bloody Baron, The Fat Friar, The Gray Lady
Rating: PG-13 for violence and some dark themes
A/N: These are the uncut versions of drabbles inspired by the Hogwarts ghosts challenge on ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) hp_100. 100 word versions can be found here
I: Professor Binns
One never knows until the very end. Not until the sword pierces the heart, the lungs heave their last gasp, or the death rattle claws its way out of the throat can you tell which of the dying will turn into ghosts.
Some claim that certain people are more likely candidates for the undead: the beautiful, the black-hearted, the young. But take a good look around you, and you'll see that the Dead are as motley a bunch as the living. Take that old canker, Binns, dry as the chalk dust that once billowed round his blackboards. Nobody figured he had much to live, or die for. But here he is still, putting new generations of students to sleep, his droning voice more soporific than the scratching of his chalk had ever been.
No, the only thing that all ghosts have in common is that they have something to cling to. It may be a lost love, an old grudge, a debt unpaid. Inevitably these reasons will be swept aside by the tide of time, but still they cling, to a shadow of life, and a memory of who they once were…
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( II: Moaning Myrtle )
( III: Nearly Headless Nick )
( IV: The Bloody Baron )
( V: The Fat Friar )
( VI: The Gray Lady ) |
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| Calling all Femmeslashers: Sign Up for inell's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Challenge! |
[Aug. 27th, 2005|01:43 am] |
Anyone who writes or draws HP femmeslash, or has always wanted to (ac1d6urn, I'm looking at you), now's your chance! The fabulous inell is holding the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" challenge. Any HP femmeslash pairing(s)/threesomes/moresomes, any rating, minimum of 500 words, and the deadline is Sep 30.
Click here for all the details, and to see who's already signed up. Those who just want to admire the yummy fics and art should bookmark inell's entry and wait for the links to roll in.
Have a wonderful weekend, and happy writing! |
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| Going on Vacation, Julia Sue and HP Dolls |
[Aug. 11th, 2005|01:07 am] |
I'll be on vacation in Hawaii from Friday, Aug 12 till Tuesday, Aug 23, and probably won't be able to update or check my Flist during that time. If you'd like a postcard, please e-mail your address to julia_fractal@yahoo.ca or leave a comment here (all comments will be screened).
In other news, I had a little too much fun with eLouai's doll maker, and here are the results:
( Julia and Julia Sues, IMAGE HEAVY )
( HP Dolls, IMAGE HEAVY ) |
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