Links of the Day

[rachelmanija]

Oooh! Misiamanners answered my etiquette question:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/misiamanners/3459.html?mode=reply

In her other incarnation as plain Misia, she's writing a history of concepts of virginity, as written by a sharp-tongued, cynical, funny feminist scholar. Poke through recent posts in her journal for questions, outtakes, and generally everything you ever wanted to know about virginity, but were afraid to ask.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/misia/

Extensive analysis of a typical first fantasy novel contract, with extracts and explanations:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/msagara/

Leonard Cohen just turned seventy. Seventy Things About Leonard Cohen:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1305765,00.html

Yeah, like nobody reading this journal hasn't made up their mind already. But here's a nice set of talking points which might possibly be used in conversation to persuade Bush supporters that they should not vote for the man who will DESTROY THE WORLD. (And monkeys will fly out of my...)

http://www.livejournal.com/users/sleigh/58585.html?view=318937&style=mine#t318937

A comic based on other people's dreams. Incredibly cool and funny in small doses, though a sameness creeps in if you spend too much time in the archive:

http://www.slowwave.com/

An old review of an astonishing and not-yet-officially-released anime, Full Metal Alchemist which I'm watching slowly for two reasons: my discs only play on my computer and for various physical reasons, I find watching moving images on it uncomfortable except in small doses, and the show is so amazing and complex and dense that I've been watching each episode more than once before moving on. It's... um... imagine John M. Ford writing an anime about alchemy. Only it's not at all hard to follow.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/rushthatspeaks/98428.html#cutid1

Comments

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

Ah, that was you! You're going to Hell, you know.

I'm waiting for her to answer mine. She is My Hero. On the list with you, mind you. ;)

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

I've been going pretty slowly on FmA too, since there's the watching-every-episode-more-than-once thing, and then, once you hit a certain point, there's the I-have-to-go-watch-the-entire-series-again-based-on-what-I-just-learned thing, which it will start doing about every five episodes.

I'm fascinated by your comparison, because I have never liked John M. Ford...

Thanks for the other links!

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

imagine John M. Ford writing an anime about alchemy. Only it's not at all hard to follow.

Hahahahahaha!

[treetelling.livejournal.com]

I'd love to know where you get your fansubs of FMA. And, incidentally, what the kanji is on your icon.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

1. I traded with Rushthatspeaks.

2. Sakura (cherry tree/blossom). It's a room I stayed at in a beautiful and astoundingly inexpensive Kyoto bed-and-breakfast called Crossroads. The other rooms are Momo (peach) and Fuji (wisteria).

http://www.rose.sannet.ne.jp/c-inn/about/index.html