oh yeah, oh yeah, oh oh. [14 Jul 2009|05:21pm] baggers • Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive. • NO CAPTIONS!!! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words. • They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason. • You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like. ( THIS WAS HARD, YOU GUYS. ) 8 comments|post comment

but i'm a creep [12 Jul 2009|04:34pm] baggers [ music | triple j's hottest 100 #13 - creep ] triple j's hottest 100 has been a bit of hit and miss so far. some real classics have fallen far too low, and some songs that are completely unworthy have snuck in to the top 20. the top ten is about to air; for what it's worth, here are my top eleven. selected purely on the basis of songs i would want on a deserted island. or maybe not, some of these are a bit maudlin. anyway. losing my religion - rem karma police - radiohead suspicious minds - elvis one way or another - blondie i know it's over - the smiths throw your arms around me - hunters & collectors desperado - the eagles one crowded hour - augie march be my baby - the ronettes oliver's army - elvis costello no one's gonna love you - band of horses poor band of horses didn't get into my official vote, but that song is probably a lot higher on the list of favourites. post comment

here are some things [12 Jul 2009|12:19am] baggers o1. scene: baggers family estate, 10am. moi, in bed: MUM! CAN YOU TURN THE HEATER ON? la mother: NO. WE'RE STILL IN BED! WE'RE TURNING INTO OUR CHILDREN! oh, family. o2. i sent off my application to law school yesterday. there are other schools to apply to, but this is the one i want, and this is the one i probably won't get. being lazy is really incompatible with aspirations of greatness. o3. spooks! ( 6 things i like about spooks; a pictorial essay. ) 8 comments|post comment

UM. [11 Jul 2009|12:19am] baggers [ music | Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications ] WHAT? 11 comments|post comment

Books! [09 Jul 2009|04:45pm] wickedkiwi So yesterday I listed the names of the books I'd read recently but I realize now I didn't say anything about them, so here's a very short summary/review (summview) of them. Babyji by Abha Dawesar It's about: This 16 year old Indian girl who realizes she likes the ladies and half a second later starts an affair with a hawt middle-aged divorced woman. But wait, there's more. Then she starts sleeping with her 20-something year old hawt servant. And wait, there's more! She starts this somewhat tame but somewhat sexual relationship with her hawt classmate. And she balances them all at the same time! While simultaneously being super smart and getting really good grades. Oh and I forgot the father of her best friend who also wants her. She's sort of like Bella. If Bella were a lesbian and a nymphomaniac and Indian and had a personality. Read this if: You need pointers on how to balance three affairs at once. And if you like Indian culture. And if you don't mind that there's no real love story. My thoughts: I liked it but I like love stories and kept waiting for one of these three affairs to blossom into something meaningful and it wasn't until the book ended that I realized that hadn't been the point of the novel. It was well-written and intriguing and a bit mind-boggling. The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher It's about: This chick who's a devoted soldier to the Goddess and she has to go undercover to kill the leaders of these heretics that are supposedly EEEEVIL. But when she meets the heretics she finds that they're actually nice people and not at all the monsters she'd been taught they were. And that actually, it was her own people that were effed up. So she battles with her loyalty vs. what she knows is right. And falls in love with one of the heretics, which just complicates everything. Read this if: You like fantasies and love stories and books where there's no men whatsoever and all the women are awesome. My thoughts: I'm a Jane Fletcher fangirl because I love her Lyremouth series and bounce and squee at the mere thought of it. So I was really happy to discover this series. The books in the series seem to focus on different women in this world so it's not a continuation of one particular character. Which I'm semi-bummed about because I get attached. But I'm sure I'll get over it once I start the next book. Anyway, I highly recommend it. Rose of No Man's Land by Michelle Tea It's about: This 14 year old girl named Trisha that meets this other girl 14 y/o girl named Rose and then the two of them set out to completely horrify me and make me want to call social services. Read this if: You don't mind a book where two young girls set out and in one night meet up with strange drug dealing men, do speed, fling bloody tampons at people, get tattoos, have sex with each other, drink in excess, do more drugs, have more sex, steal money and hitchhike. Not in that order. My thoughts: This book was sort of like a rollercoaster. It started out very semi-tame. Then it plummeted at high speeds into WTF-land and GETMEOUTOFHERE-world. That's not to say I didn't like it. It was fucked up ... but in a sort of fascinating, want-to-stop-reading-but-can't way. Plus it had really funny dialogue like: "Did your mom ever get to be a lesbian?" and "I'm a quarter Puerto Rican so I can't be racist." Also - this book makes me really scared to have kids. Country Girl, City Girl by Lisa Jahn-Clough It's about: This 13 year old farm girl that likes to read fairy tales to goats because she doesn't have any friends. And then this City girl comes to stay at the farm with her cause her mom's in a clinic. And the two of them become BFF and the main character gets a crush on the other girl. Half the book takes place on the farm, the other half in NYC. And I was just happy that there was no sex or drugs or bloody tampons being thrown. Read this if: You like a really cute story about a young girl sorting our her life and feelings. My thoughts: It was cute. That was my only thought finishing it. It was cute. It was the sort of book I wish I'd read when I was 12. It's very PG, although there's some kissing. So I don't know if that's PG-13. This book made me less scared of having children. Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey It's about: This girl named Loup that grows up in this desert town that's been quarantined due to a plague that spread there years before. Her father escaped from some government labs where they engineered him to be superhuman. She's inherits his superpowers but has to hide them from everyone in the town because the government is a very strong presence there and they'd take her away if they knew. But then stuff happens that changes everything. Read this if: You like really awesome books. And girls that kick ass. And hot girls that fall madly in love with each other. And boxing. And paranormalish-sci-fi-ish-fantasy. And government conspiracies. And really awesome books. Oh, I said that already. My thoughts: 'Santa Olivia' is one of the best books I've ever read. I didn't want it to end, and now that it's over, I just pray that it turns into a series. The writing is superb and there's really not enough books out there that feature a really strong plot with a lesbian love story smack-dab at the center. It's one of those books that makes me envy everyone that hasn't yet read it because I wish I could go back to experiencing it anew. 12 comments|post comment

And, anyway [08 Jul 2009|03:58pm] wickedkiwi [ mood | okay ] [ music | 90.3 FM The Core ] I'm starting this LJ post in the same way that I used to start most LJ posts back when I wrote up LJ posts all the time: Having no idea what in the world I want to talk about. This is when I normally sit for like 10 minutes staring into space, shuffling through a myriad of potential topics, ranging from the story of my life to what I had for breakfast. Then my mind wanders again and I think things like, "Shit, I really should be doing something more productive than this." And then I spend like 25 minutes surfing the Internet before remembering that I started this post and should - probably - finish it. I'm currently sitting here listening to njdinergirl on the radio. And I just realized that I definitely spend too much time on twitter because I initially wrote her name as @njdinergirl before realizing that wouldn't work. Anyway: 90.3 FM The Core. I'm lacking sleep. I've been reading a lot. Like a book a day, which I don't think I've done since something like forever ago. I want to say high school but I'm not sure that's accurate. In the last few days I've read: Babyji by Abha Dawesar The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher Rose of No Man's Land by Michelle Tea Country Girl, City Girl by Lisa Jahn-Clough Today I intend to start Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey and I'm hoping that I am not disturbed by all the explicit, bdsm-ish sex scenes I've heard about. I will likely skip them and enjoy the rest. I'm just that boring. Ever since I discovered that the Kindle on iPhone app works perfectly well on my iPhone and I can have pretty much any book I want magically and instantaneously appear before my eyes with one swipe of my finger ... it's been all over. I have visions of a future wherein K has left me after I've made us poor and ultimately homeless and I'm sitting under a bridge somewhere with a sign that reads: "Will work for eBooks." Anyway. TBSOL progress has been made. I'm almost done with Chapter 46 (again). And last night I told K I was happy about this. And she was like, "Yay!" And I said, "But it's only two new scenes so it's not that exciting..." And she said, "And you're happy about two scenes?" And yes! I am happy about two scenes because before this it had been months of not being able to type a single word, first due to writer's block and later due to extreme and utter depression at the mere thought of having to type the name 'Leigh' knowing Christy is gone forever. But I know that if she were able to talk to me from the great beyond she would say something weird and hilarious and then tell me to finish the damn book already. And so I intend to finish the damn book already. So yes. 2 comments|post comment

chomp? [06 Jul 2009|03:08pm] baggers [ mood | lethargic ] o1. dearest livejournal, the healing of the gaping holes in my mouth continues apace. i stopped leaving the ice packs on pretty much 24-7 the other day, because the cold was making me light headed, and the result is two ridiculous bruises, like misplaced blush. i also upgraded drugs at one point, and so i spent a couple of days in a loopy fog. i miss food. missing food has undone the damage of exam time eating habits, so that is not the worst. o2. i am without my phone, and it is somewhat distressing! because i still refuse to leave the house, primarily because i am still sort of faint all the time but also my face might lead people to think i have been beaten about the head, the mother has taken my phone to be stealth upgraded. i hope this works. o3. instead of food, i have been ingesting massive amounts of spooks. i am midway through season 4, and still remain enthused. ruth evershed, you are kind of the best. o4. i overhauled my profile page a little while ago, and now i have updated my actual journal layout. i love the former, but am ambivalent about the latter. 4 comments|post comment

Must there always be a subject? [03 Jul 2009|04:07pm] wickedkiwi [ mood | Okay ] [ music | Meg & Dia - The Last Great Star In Hollywood ] So I've been away from LJ for a while, in part due to Twitter, though mostly due to World of Warcraft. But I'm trying to strike a healthy middle ground between all the things I want to do. My last post was about Christy ...Thanks for the kind words and the virtual hugs and the support. She was a really special, important part of my life, and there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of her, cry over her, and feel an overwhelming sense of loss. When I was 17, she saved my life - and she never knew it because I never told her. She was the first person I called to say, "I have a girlfriend and I don't know how to tell her I'm straight." And a year ago she was sitting on our couch still making fun of me for that. She inspired parts of Alix & Valerie, and so much of TBSOL. My every memory of NY has Christy in it and so writing the rest of this novel is painful in ways I can't express. When I write Leigh I always think, "What would Christy say? What would Christy do?" It all hurts. It all still feels unbelievable because she was just here, chain-eating lollipops and dark chocolate and watching Dirty Sexy Money with me into the wee hours of the night. So there is that ... this constant pain in the background, humming quietly but persistently. It's never going to go away and I don't want it to, because I will never forget her. But on the surface, I'm okay. I'm me. Sense of humor intact. I guess that's called moving on. I plunged back into WoW recently, somewhat head first, but I'm trying to watch my time spent in Azeroth. I have a book to finish and I'm anxious to do so. I'm impatient to get back to Rayne. The weekend was spent in Paris where we got to meet up with twilightbadgirl and meet some of her friends. It was Pride. We went to the parade. It was a lot of fun. Stupidly, I left my camera's SD card in the hotel and so all the pictures I managed to take were with my iPhone. I had fun in Paris, but I felt sick for a big part of it. Stomach bug or something. It sucked. We wanted to go to Versailles and didn't make it. Came back early on Sunday. My stomach hurt like crazy. But I'm glad we went. If nothing else, it was great to march in the parade and swing a rainbow flag and see an old friend. Also, the hotel we stayed at was pretty kick-ass. The bed - OMG THE BED - so comfortable. Like sleeping on a cloud. This week, I've been trying to fill my days with a little of everything. I have this tendency to go all or nothing on everything and I know that's not healthy. So I've been reading the news, keeping up with twitter, playing a little wow, watching movies, watching TV shows, doing my work, working on TBSOL, and reading books. I finished The Northern Girl by Elizabeth A. Lynn - which was wonderful. dangerosa recommended Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey and I loved it. I loved it so so much. And so I've been singing it praises everywhere I go. Which reminds me: Read it. Last night, I started Babyji by Abha Dawesar and I'm enjoying it. But you know when you finish a really good book and it lingers for days and days? I feel that way. I feel like just re-reading Santa Olivia. I really hope there's a sequel some day. Today has been somewhat on the unproductive side of things, but it's Friday, so I guess it's okay. I did get around to clicking play on 'Seeking Simone' - a new lesbian webseries, which is quite hilarious. I recommend it. The second episode made me laugh so much. And so, I'll leave you with that. :) post comment

yay arms! [03 Jul 2009|05:50pm] baggers [ mood | jubilant ] unexpected grades were unexpected: not supposed to be up until next week, passed everything, two HDs, and: GPA OVER 5 NOW FUCK YES, CRAPPY SCIENE PULLING ME DOWN CAN EAT IT! ps. smiling hurts. 1 comment|post comment

vienna waltz in my head why? [02 Jul 2009|09:25pm] baggers ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow. :( top five things meme (give me a topic, i will give you my top five). i love it. go. please. distract me omg. 24 comments|post comment

oooooh tingly [02 Jul 2009|11:57am] baggers [ mood | sore ] all four wisom teeth: gone! i didn't even get to count backwards, i was out before they even asked. me + anesthesia = otp. that photos was just after i go home, so i was definitely still out of it, and the swelling is a lot worse today. it doesn't really hurt, it just feels all wrong and tight, but these drugs are awesome so who knows. ice packs are cold, fyi. excuse me while i lay here like a log and pretend to be able to follow what is happening on tv. 7 comments|post comment

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