Wounded Melody's lj

x-mas card requests & wishlist meme

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:17:04 GMT

If you would like a card from me, just leave your name and address (comments are anon). I make up (IMO) really cute card each year where I ~~force my dog into~~ dress my dog in cute holiday outfits and take his pic. Unfortunately, since most of our family is deceased (pleasant, huh?), I don't get to send out many cards each year and I kinda miss that.

Wishlist Meme(since I keep seeing this everywhere, why not)

Step One:
• Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Saga icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
• If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
• Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two:
• Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
• If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use -- or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free -- do it.
• You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf -- to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not -- it's your call.
• There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

.:my wishlist:.
1) an used drawing tablet, if you have one you were about to toss or can't sell, I'd love one
2) ShopRite or CVS gift cards, if you get any and can't use them, I definitely can because they deliver to the house in my area (and I can't go there due to RL problems)
3) an artist! Not actually sent to my house *lol* but if you are an artist or know someone who would be interested in drawing some comic book style work, I'd like to run some ideas past ya
4) Terra x Cloud (Dissidia) fan fic and/or art with happy, fluffy themes or happy endings or even smutty as they are one of my only f/m OTPs
5) gift credit for stamps.com (if this is even possible? XD) I can't get to the post office so I'm going to have to use stamps.com for awhile and any credit to my account is love
6) translations! If you can translate from Japanese to English and would like to translate a story or doujinshi for me, that's also love
7) any Disney Princess stuff you may have and do not want anymore or have duplicates of
8) guidelines for novel submissions. Pretty much, I want to know the current guidelines for manuscript submission for major publishers of fantasy/horror novels. However, I just don't have the time to find websites and get the info, or get something like The Writer's Market and write in for guidelines if necessary. Even just links to this kind of info would save me so much time and trouble.
9) a custom made layout I can use for my lj (and dw and ij if possible). Generic is fine, but with nice colors that don't clash or kill your eyes...and easy instructions on how to implement it ><;
10) any kind of used electronics you no longer want/need--digital camera, camcorder, laptop, etc. Most of my stuff is ancient/hardly working, so I'll take anything as long as it still turns on XD

fan fic updates

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:14:42 GMT

100 Terra and Cloud stories -- up to chapter 5 (Dissidia)
A Thing About Blonds --one shot (Final Fantasy 6)
How Kefka Knows Sephiroth is a Sadist -- 100 word challenge drabble (Dissidia)

last personal post for awhile

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:18:24 GMT

*Finally* got my mother out of that rotten hospital and back home, where I can see a marked improvement already. I have hope now that I will be able to wean her off the ventilator (got my unofficial respiratory therapist badge) in a few weeks or months, but I'm pretty much writing off the holidays, as I don't think we will be in any mood or condition for celebrations (although my mother can eat specially prepared food with the trach).
I have to catch up on a few emails and lj mails (yes, I know I keep mentioning this, it's a bit of a mental tic of mine, I feel bad if I don't acknowledge that I still plan on answering ppl XD). Not going to be posting anything else personal here unless it's to say something like the weaning has worked. Just don't feel like writing too much about life now, since I have to be with my mother 24/7 while she is on the vent, and depression is kicking in hard at times. Will still be commenting and posting in other journals and still writing fan fics, although I may not keep up to date posting them in my lj. They'll be on ff.net and sometimes aff.net and other journals. Also still doing scans for Nakama and Valkyrie Scanlations, plus maybe having a dreamwidth journal to post scans I've done that no group has claimed for use. Also a myriad of other little projects to occupy my thoughts, if I actually feel like doing any of these things...(yuletide definitely though)
Thanks again for everyone's good wishes throughout this hard time ^_^

thank you

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:48:41 GMT

Thank you again to all the well wishers who have commented or mailed on any of my posts, I appreciate your good thoughts and prayers.
Special thanks to the wonderful enemyfrigate and bittenfeld; even though I don't know you outside of lj, I love ya like I did <3
Advanced thank yous to any future comments, as I'm not sure if there will be WiFi in the rehab hospital we are headed to next, after the trach operation tomorrow evening.
And advanced sorries if I forgot someone or something I was supposed to be doing ><;
*hugs to all*

I need help badly...please...

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:28:54 GMT

Things are just so much worse now, I know I am going to looked at as being despicable or a conartist now and probably will never use livejournal again, but I need help desperately.
They are going to give me mother a TRACHEOSTOMY and a feeding tube in her STOMACH, things she said she never ever wanted, so she is crying and I am a hysterical mess. Then she is going to a long term care hospital for WHO KNOW HOW LONG. And it's FAR away from my house--I will be driving back and forth each day, and I can't do that unless I have our van fixed, which is at least $1200. While it is getting fixed I need to rent a car, and that will get expensive if it's more than a week. Plus my dog is boarding at a kennel and still being treated for kidney disease and I still have to pay all the household bills AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
I know a lot is my fault, I guess I never expected to have to save for something like this, but I am trying to sell everything I own on eBay but I just need help. The state of NJ, well Essex county at least, SUCKS at helping out, they run out of funding for programs in like 2 weeks, they couldn't even help us out when our furnance broke and we were freezing, even though they have a whole program dedicated to that.
I am asking if anyone can help me out, a small donation, even a loan (I WILL pay it back, I can sign any legal papers you need), would be so much help. Please don't hate me for asking this. I am just at the end of my nerves and no one is here to help me, all my family is either far away or dead XD
If you can help at all, even just a dollar, please email me at venuspriestess@yahoo.com
I will make it up to you any way I can. I never want to beg, I know my mother would rather die before begging, but I need to get her through this without losing our house or anything like that. Thank you so much for reading this; if you want to "un-friend" me I completely understand, but please know I am serious and wouldn't ask if I hadn't tried every other avenue. Thank you.

thanks to all! + other stuff

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:11:50 GMT

I finally managed to break the hospital's WiFi firewall...somehow...to access my inbox. Thanks so much to everyone who wrote such nice wishes for my mother and me! Even if you didn't write, I appreciate any good thoughts you may have sent our way. I know I don't always write or comment when someone is havin a bad personal moment because I'm afraid I might say something wrong, but I'm going to try and do so from now on. My mom is still under sedation right now and I don't know how long we will be here. At this point I'm actually *living* in her room, as some unfortunate incidents have made me very untrustworthy of the hospital staff, so I'm sticking by her side.
Ah, I know Dissidia is out and I'm a little bummed I had to cancel my order, but once we are home I look forward to watching all the Youtube videos of the English cutscenes to fuel my writing of my 100 Terra/Cloud stories. A very nice fan of the pairing has translated what I wrote so far into Portuguese. Oh, and I hope to make an *animated* Terra (Dissidia) mood theme for lj. A Terra/Cloud one would be even more awesome, but I'd need people to upload some battle shots that actually look more lovey/silly/other emotions/etc *hint hint* There will be Dissidia yaoi doujinshi and reg doujinshi goodness for ya!
And so this isn't too much of a bittersweet post, here is some hotness, who incidently will be at the NY Comic Con, which would be incredible to attend:

Still have to scan the letters page from Outside with my letter about TK and black out their embarrasing title (taylorkitsch knows all the details ;)
Still working on getting to comments, but that's another firewall hoop to jump through, silly hospital trying to keep their staff from livejournal and other sites! XD

one more cross journal posting

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:05:24 GMT

To the mod(s) of the comms I am posting this too, I am VERY VERY SORRY for doing this again, and I hope that you will understand and forgive me, as this is the easiest way to get in touch with people all at once. You can delete this anytime, but if you could let it stay for at least a day, I would be very greatful. Also, I am sorry to the people that get their f-list spammed with this entry a few times...
My mother was going to be ready to leave the hospital tomorrow morning (or this morning, I don't even know what time it is right now) and the doctors said how great she had reccovered, it was a miracle, etc etc. Then, when I came back to her room around 8 PM, she had a fever and could barely breathe. Now she is on a breathing tube and is being sedated so she can rest. Thankfully her vitals are much better now, but I don't know how long she will need the tube and it's such a very scary thing. I have no idea what happened and no one else seems to know either.
I'm posting because I know there are still unanswered mails in my lj inbox (which the hospital's WiFi will not let me access due to 'weighted phrases'--guess that show what kind of comms I belong to *haha?*) and also in my email, because Yahoo mail is a bit iffy at times. I know people might be thinking 'w(hy)tf is she even mentioning this at this time?!' but I just want people to know that I'm not ignoring them or anything like that, just because I tend to be the kind of person who never wants anyone to feel snubbed/ignored/whatever and I hate letting things go unasnswered/unfinished/hanging/etc. So I just wanted to let people know that if you wrote to me via lj, you can write me at venuspriestess@yahoo.com and I'll try to get back to you during the times when I can access it and I have nothing else to do but need to take my mind off of things. If you prefer not to, I promise I will get to my lj inbox one of these days and reply.
Again, I'm sorry if I promised to do things like scans or writing or anything like that, but you can see how life really screwed things up for my mother and me :/ And thank you again to the mods and the communities, I hope I can be active again someday soon and that I will feel like being so, right now I just don't want to do anything ever again...but we will see if that changes. Thank you!

NEWS (personal but it affects several comms)

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:45:20 GMT

Today my mother had to go to the emergency room because she developed pneumonia from the "summer cold" we had been suffering from. Therefore, it is doubtful that I'll be able to catch up on comments and mails that need to be answered, scanning/posting things I had intended too, and fulfilling challenges/activities I signed up for. If I do have a spare moment between running back and forth from home to hospital I will see if I can at least check my PMs, so if there is something you really need to know from me, please PM me. I am sorry if this shows up on people's f-list more than once and I'm also sorry to comm owners if the is an 'inappropriate' post (please feel free to delete at your leisure). This is just the fastest way to reach everyone I think I need to reach. Thank you for your understanding!!!

Taylor Kitsch autographed pic

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:04:50 GMT

I got an autographed pic of Taylor Kitsch as Gambit today in the mail! WHEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scan will follow as soon as I can.
(ps: I am behind in answering comments and lj emails because I am sick for like the 4th time in the past few months ;_;)

OMG THEY OPENED A SONIC'S NEAR ME!!!!

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:21:02 GMT

I saw it on Route 46 near the 24 hour IHOP and was WTF?!?! because they never said anything about an opening in Northern NJ. NOW I WON'T BE JEALOUS WHEN I SEE THE SONIC COMMERCIALS ANYMORE! Of course, it was crowded and there were cops all over the place, so I can't *actually* go there until things dies down :/

Lightning is moving up on my fave characters list...

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:29:35 GMT

TV Show meme

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:08:06 GMT

From schizocheese
1. Bold the shows you watch (or watched regularly in the past)
2. Underline the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Post your answers.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
44. Only fools and horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI : Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

3 Mitsumushi art scans

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:24:03 GMT

3 more scans from the "Onmyoji" concept art book by Yoshitaka Amano. These are of Mitsumushi. Large pics under the cut!
x-posted to onmyoujium (where you can find 2 additional scans as well).

first AMV ever by me--"Terra and Cloud"

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:20:57 GMT

~~So YouTube won't let me upload this because it's about 3 minutes too long :(~~
I think it will work this time!
If it looks weird watching the video here on lj you can also go to the direct link.
Since this is my first attempt, I hope it is at least halfway decent ^^;
It's an AMV all about my fave Dissidia OTP, Terra and Cloud!

ETA: Why did YouTube have this coming in at over 13 minutes and here it's only like 5? WTF did I do wrong, if indeed I did do something wrong? I uploaded the same exact file on both sites...ARGGHHH! SMASH!!!!

OK now it looks like YouTube uploaded it ok on the second try...I...I need some sleep. Link has been updated above. Enjoy wherever you watch!

...

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:35:55 GMT

I think I just made the crackiest!crossover fic prompt request ever here.
Well, it's actually 2 prompts, but the same series/characters.
Now, if anyone will actually take on the challenge ><;;;

If you get what these pics are referencing...

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:07:03 GMT

...then you are just as ~~big a fangeek~~ smart and wonderful as I am ^.^;

OMG WANT WANT WANT

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:01:47 GMT

*Finally* S-E has decided to grace us with a Magitek Armor figure!!! Granted, I would have preferred a much larger statue-esque model, but then I probably couldn't afford it. I cannot WAIT until these figures are for sale! And once the rest of the Dissidia figures come out, I can die happily!

were movie/dvd releases always this way?

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:04:05 GMT

So, I wanted to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine but due to lack of time and money, it seems like it's not in any theaters near me. Was that a short run? Also, I hear the DVD isn't out until October and that seems overly long to me. Maybe my sense of time is all off. I haven't been to the movies in a long while because it's always cheaper and more comfortable to watch DVDs. I just wish it was coming out in August or so...
And does anyone know how to install internal memory into a Dell desktop computer? It's probably the easiest thing in the world but I have no idea where to stick it...wait, that sounds bad XD

Amano Onmyoji artbook found!!!

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:07:34 GMT

I found my "Onmyoji" (movie versions) artbook by Yoshitaka Amano!!!! I couldn't find it among all my junk for the longest time and now I did, in pristine condition ^_^b Hopefully I'll make some scans if I can do so without messing up the book!

30 more Yoshitaka Amano FF art icon textures

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:53:00 GMT

Here are 30 more *phew*! Probably the last bunch for awhile. Enjoy!

Get them HERE!

(ps: if you use them, please drop me a link if you would, I'd love to see them in use!)

How did I not find this until now?!? XD

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:41:40 GMT

14 Yoshitaka Amano FF Art 100x100 icon textures

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:36:55 GMT

You can find them HERE. Enjoy!

HAPPY 6/7 DAY!!!

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:27:41 GMT

FanFic100: #15: Blue

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:28:14 GMT

Title: Blue
Fandom: Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Characters: Terra Branford/Cloud Strife
Prompt: #015: Blue
Word Count: 125
Rating: G
Summary: Cloud's eyes, as seen by Terra.
Author's Notes: His intense eye color is due to the Mako, but I'm not
sure if that is a FF7 fact or just something from another fic I read ><;
Also, most of these fics can be considered AU or 'scenes they never
showed in Dissidia'.
The order I post these in may not be the final order I arrange them in,
but you should be able to read each one as a stand alone.
Oh and SPOILERS in most of the fics!

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Terra thought that he had the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. They were such that it seemed they would glow in pitch darkness. Yet there was also a sadness to them, as if the intense blueness of his eyes were thus to match the depth of his sorrow. When she looked into Cloud's eyes, she wanted to tell him all these things, but somehow she knew there was a secret behind them. Were they an awful beauty that he had to bear? Unless he told her first, she would never ask. It would be enough for her just to be able to look into his eyes and see a glimpse of happiness. More than anything, she wanted to be the cause of that.

fic rec (x-men)

venuspriestess@yahoo.com — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:40:02 GMT

Just wanted to rec a great X-Men fic, currently on part 6 of 7 (and I'm hoping for much more in the same vein after wards!).
It's by enemyfrigate and entitled "Seven Ways Wolverine Knows Gambit is His Friend". It is still up in the air if it's more friendship or pre-slash but I know what I'm hoping for! The first part is HERE. The writing is, IMO, better than a lot of the "professional" comic book writers out there--they may be in the business, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are that good. So, if you want a great read, even if you are not a X-Men fan, check it out!