a living contradiction...

Yes, I've finally found one that I like...

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:39:26 GMT

Serious Angst-Festing, aside...

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:27:45 GMT

Went to a Fair today with a friend from school, and had a whole lot of fun.

I have, incidently, discovered a (I would expect so, anyway) hitherto unknown of (or, in the very least unclassified) phobia. That of porta-loos.

Seriously, those humorous clips that you see in movies just mightn't be as untrue as you'd like to think. The one that I had the misfortune of having to visit vibrated the entire time , and at some point I was convinced that it had become dislodged from its respective holding-place thingie and had started rolling downhill. Needless to say I made a rather hasty exit.

My parents tried to convince me to try Bulgarian food --anything that I do not recognise outright and/or resembles something that's passed through the digestive tract of a farm animal, well... I wouldn't touch it, let alone consider eating it. And, yeesh but Bulgarian food is a real experience from what I can tell... (I'm still recovering from an encounter with a rather bad batch of cookies earlier this week, and wasn't all that eager to push my luck).

Loreen seemed to enjoy it, though. And so did Mom and Dad-- though that really doesn't surprise me.

Presenting Mr Snuffles...

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:29:25 GMT

Okay, so I'm currently writing a piece about the Twins , which involves a particularly dubious looking teddy bear --though, coming from their father, why am I surprised?

Anyway, here it is:

I don't know what it is, exactly, but this particular bear just creeps me out for some reason...

A fit of Insanity--what else is new?

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:04:36 GMT

Alright, I admit it, I am a hopeless Jareth/Hoggle shipper! ::prepares to be pelted by rotten peaches::

Not only is it by far the most peculiar pairing in this fandom --well, aside from something like Jareth/Ludo or ...*shudder* ::doesn't go much further for fear of making brain bleed:: -- but it is also strangely plausible. C'mon, the signs are all there for anyone brave enough to look. And oh, what fun it is to look...

So, anyway, in a fit of insanity

originalpuckand myself started a jareth/hoggle community (jargle). Its still in its infancy, but it has potential. So, so much potential... I think I may have been something of a corrupting influence on her --incidently, puck, I'm determined to find that picture that we were talking about last night. The one that--well, y'know... If only for my own twisted amusement.

And there's the added bonus of my jargle fix being fed ^^

No,but, seriously... I'm looking to challenge myself (and help allieviate some writer's block related anxiety) by writing some jareth/hoggle stuff. And, since I seem a little on the dry side plot-wise I'd appreciat some requests. Serious-ish ones, mind, I'm trying to ...erm... explore the possibilities that this pairing provides, not turn it into some sick joke --well, at least not while everyone can read it. Privately, though, is something of another matter.

Holidays from Hell --the End is in Sight!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:40:45 GMT

School starts next week Monday, and I'll officially be able to refer to myself as a film student. Nice, huh? Well to be honest I'm a little bit apprehensive about the whole thing. I always get a bad case of nerves the first day and, since I'm actually not going to know anyone there, I'm all the more nervous.

That's not to say I'm not happy, either. Twelve years spent in the system and I'm finally glad to be able to put all that stuff behind me --actually, I lie, the Education Department totally fucked up my Art mark at the end of last year. Ironically enough they were perfectly co-operative about the whole thing, it was only when it was suggested that the Scool itself may be at fault that problems started arising. The guy in charge of that stuff was a total condecending bastard --realistically it was a simple matter of him checking my term marks to make sure that there hadn't been a hiccup, the way he reacted you'd have thought that we'd accused him of molesting goats in his spare-time --yeesh!

Bought a copy of MirrorMask yesterday, was surprised that it went through on my debit card considering how I've had to buy both my baby-baby brother's birthday present (sans the help of my other brother who seems to be convieniantly without cash on a more than regular basis) and my mother's Mother's Day Present (they were selling the whole of Rome season one at the store, I had to get it for her).

Needless to say it was a wonderful buy --even if there weren't any muppets. There's just something about the story, coupled with that gothic-surrealist style that just makes me go: 'ooooooh, pretty!' And the visuals, they were just disturbingly spectacular. I'll need icons, most definitely.

::goes off to raid icon communities ::

No, but, seriously... I am considering selling my soul to the first person that can point me in the direction of some good Hoggle/Jareth fic (or bad, really, at this point I'm not going to be picky). I know that it's out there somewhere --God knows, I've heard from just about everyone that it exists, and oh how terrible it is!-- yet, like the Loch Ness Monster, it doesn't seem very up to putting in an appearance. And, well... my cuirousity on the subject demands satisfaction!

Oh, God--not another meme!

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:15:34 GMT

pixiesdelight --

[noun]:

A person with a sixth sense for detecting the presence of goblins

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

So true ,though I daresay the smell does gives them away...

Erm--, Labyrinth addicts and Cat lovers Beware?

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:20:54 GMT

I have no idea how many of you are familiar with this webcomic --I sort of stumbled upon it by accident.

Have a look at this and see if it doesn't make you smile.

A Bad Penny, am I

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:57:05 GMT

And just when you thought you'd gotten rid of me --I realise that I'm probably becoming a bit of a pain in the ass by now, what with this continuously flitting between being online and not being online. I'm sorry, I can't help it. A mixture of boredom and purpose drives me to see out the comfort that only cyberspace can provide --that, and its a major heat wave and our computer room is the coolest place in the whole house.

But, for a change, I do come bearing something rather nice. Whilst conducting some major research into fairy tales --I still haven't quite got the feel of the narrative, yet, and I want the Lost Child's installment to be in a similar style to that of the Shadow King's piece.

So, anyway, during my web-surfing, I came upon this absolutely spiffy site. Its completely, totally, devoted to fairytales and has so many of them --enough that I, fairytale buff that I am, haven't even heard of most of them. Its wonderful and totally convieniant, too.

Here's the link. Hope you enjoy! =P

One down, several hundred left to go...

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:46:54 GMT

Yay! I was so pleased when I got up this morning to find that there was something like 9 messages in my inbox. To be honest, I was a little bit nervous of how the piece that I'd just posted would go down. Not in and of itself unusual, I suppose.

I'm glad that the Shadow King (or, well, the idea of him anyway) seems to have been so well recieved. He is such a wonderful character, in my mind, now if only 7_deadly_sins_ would approve my membership, I could start exploring him in a more general sense. I do so love a good villain -- between you, me, and the brickpost, I may just do the challenge unofficially and have done with it! Though, part of the idea is to "spread him around" and I also just really, really want to get that banner. There are way too few good original fiction challenges, as is, and c'mon "the seven deadly sins"? That's a challenge just begging to be written all on its own.

For the next installment I'm looking to explore the Lost Child and something of her peculiar origins --she, darling creature that she is, is a little bit... different. Also, though I have a general idea for why she and the Shadow King are in conflict, I can't help but wonder if it isn't a:) too typical and/or b:) far too farfetched/vague --suffice it to say that he's more than a little responsible for her creation, in both a literal and figurative sense (and, no, they're not related at all).

It occured to me last night, whilst reading some psychology article on wikipedia, that she's sort of like his anima --the feminine facet of his personality-- come to life. But, granted, while they are meant to be polar opposites, she is also very much like him in a certain respect --I think people tend to overlook that fact because she is so young (looking, with Fae/Gods/Incarnates/Other Miscellaneous Spirit Beings you can never really tell), and I think that she would sometimes use it to her advantage. Not in a deliberately cruel way, I don't think, but when its necessary...yes, she could probably be quite ruthless. Which would explain the Shadow King's interest in her, I daresay.

Also, I want to explore more of the ...erm... pantheon. There's still the Triumvirate (the Three Elder Gods believed to have been the first to have come forth from the Void, and who are supposed to have created the other...gods.), there's Smoke (a female ...person who has ties to both the Shadow King, and the Lost Child) and a few others outside of those four. I may just also re-introduce the chess-pice, or some variant of it; the idea, when you see it, is just so in keeping with the whole magic/omnipotent deity side that it just is begging to be written. Oh, and the goblins...lets not forget the goblins!

I suppose that I'll have to try and get some order in, first. I'll probably post come sort of character bios on twisted_sidhe when I eventually get round to actually creating something of the sort ---I don't really relish in the idea of inundating people with useless facts about a character.

Maybe I'll just do a 20Things-you-might-not-know about (insert character name here). That could be fun, right?

Anyways, gotta go...

Success --well, kind of...

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:03:35 GMT

I've posted my first actual, actual piece of original stuff today --well, technically it's really something of a literary experiment. I am, was, intrigued by the traditional narrative style of fairytales and folklore and that, coupled with strange mythologic bend, sort of spawned this ... piece.

It's actually kind of funny, since I can imagine the narrator --some old, wizen faced little monk-priest-scholar-man-- telling it to a small crowd of wide eyed kids. It made me smile.

The myth ,or rather the myth that is alluded to, is fairly significant in the Enemy Mine verse --or, at least, that is/was my intention. Its a classic case of revenge going sour -- the King becomes obsessed with defeating his enemy but ultimately he himself is bested.

Why did I write it, you ask? I suppose because I rather liked the idea of torturing him (the Shadow King) abit. It is so very interesting to try to get inside of someone like that, to see how his mind works and how he adapts to new (and frightening) changes. Well he is meant to be a villain, I'm trying to make him atypical as well as something of a hero, too.

The Lost Child --she doesn't feature yet, exactly, but she's sort of the heroine to his villain-- is something of a curiousity to me. Considering her background, I daresay she'll always be something of a mystery. I like her, though. I think that it'll be fun to see how she and the Shadow King will interact. Their relationship strikes me as having great...potential.

On a completely unrelated note, I have a new MSN account. I realize that for a while it was listed as: thelostchild at yahoo dot com but,due to some difficulties, I had to change it. The new MSN is listed on my profile, do feel free to contact me anytime.

God knows I could use something to do, what with school only really starting next week.

Oh , and my beta sent back my char.sketch draft1 today. I'm currently busy whittling away at it, twisting and changing as I go. It's almost done, almost... but the ending still needs some work --is it weird to be titchy about the actual...appearance of the work? I have this peculiar fixation about ...well, a lot of things but especially about how the piece ..er...looks.

Well, time to go -erm- do stuff. Bye!

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:09:05 GMT

The 'Tempting Fate' meme:
1. Make an LJ-cut post with "DO NOT READ" as the text.
2. Do not select a 'mood' for this post.
3. If anyone clicks the cut, they are to comment and admit to doing so.
4. Anyone who reads this also has to do the same in THEIR journal, thus continuing the neverending madness.

I admit it, I looked! ::looks sheepish:: And I felt like a complete fuckwit afterwards. But seriously, c'mon, who wouldn't click something that says DO NOT READ?

Grandiose Experiments ^.^

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:38:57 GMT

Erm--right, this is sort of a grandiose experiment. After almost a year of being on livejournal and I still can't quite wrap my brains around stuff --am I a dead loss, or what? And the funniest thing is that the rest of my family treates me as the resident techie/electronic expert --this one time my Gran calls me from Durban, asking me to make her DvD player work. I'm not kidding here.

I've been tweaking my other journal, as well as my original fiction archive/comm and forsaken. I'm seriously considering posting some of the world/mythology stuff there, since technically it falls under the fairytale genre as well. I'm having a ball, really, writing it as well as building on my char.sketch-- though technically the first draft isn't back yet.

I'm going to start adding resource info to

twisted_sidhe, regardless. It'll be pretty general, just to give me some wiggle room. I don't want to paint myself into a corner, after all.

At the moment I'm busy on a piece about the Shadow King and the Lost Child. I want it to be a case of two adversaries meeting, though not in the classical sense. Those two have a peculiar history, which could only ensure some difficulties on the relationship side --he is a bastard, after all, and likely the possessive type. She, though... I'm not quite sure what her views would be. She's not exacty your average gal, makes me think of that saying : "a saint without and a devil within"...

Well, the way I see it, they're made for each other --no, seriously, and I'm not just saying this because I'm the writer here (and, by the way, this by no means guarentees a thing).

Seriously, though, once I've started posting --which all depends on how quickly my beta can get back to me-- and/or getting into the meat of the story/lore, I'll start taking suggestions/requests. Suggestions, though, will always be welcome!

Oh, well... Livejournal has been pretty dead today. I'll just go away now...

Bye ^^;;;

P.S. Much thankies to all for the offers of help. If I haven't gotten to you yet, sorry...

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:17:53 GMT

I almost had a heart-attack earlier this evening when I tried to get into yahoo to check my email. The computer just wasn't co-operating, and then it suddenly occured to me: "Oh shit! Some fuckwit's hacked our network and capped us" -- I just about went post-nuclear, I can tell you.

Hmm...

I've recently discovered A Perfect Circle. They're friggin awesome! Their song Judith ...woah... It's become my new soundtrack.

I'm trying to work at creating character playlists. Why? Because I can -- that and I think it'd be pretty awesome, not just for me but for readers. Suggestions can be made once the story starts; I may even try for an original fanmix type things. Who knows, we'll see..

On an equally more positive note, the charactersketch proceeds apace. I can seriously say that its coming along swimmingly, and I hope to have it up soon soon. I'm just waiting on my beta. Yay!

Oh, and I'm currently working on some prelude-world mythology type stuff. Its more like a grand stylistic and narrative experiment then anything else, though its actually pretty ..erm... challenging, for lack of a better word. I'm trying to overcome my newbie jitters by pushing myself, but also keeping the stuff relevant. I'm just not sure how canon it'll be -- oh well,... cross that bridge when I come to it, shall I?

Toodles for now ;)

P.S. I've got just the niftiest idea for forsaken --but shisht, quiet. I'm still trying to wrap my head 'round it first, though suffice it to say it may involve turning a few beloved old classics on their ear.

Getting To Know You Meme

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:01:49 GMT

Okay, I stole this from scatteredlogic, who in turn had nabbed it from nocturnus33, but it seemed like it'd be something nice to do...er... try to do.

This is the problem with LJ, we all think we are so close, and we know nothing about each other. I'm going to rectify it. I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:00:05 GMT

So I'm back --okay, I've been back for a while but, y'know, our cap-thingy went kaput about ten minutes after I'd finished writing the last entry. Which was frustrating.

'nyways.

Mom and I went back up to Stilbaai for some chillin' out time -- ironic, considering how the place was experiencing its greatest heat-wave in about ten years. It was a consistent thirty-eight degrees the entire time. I ended up sleeping most of it away -- that, and it was possibly the most boring mini-holiday that I'd had in a while.

I've been spending a lot of time alternating between reading Labyrinth fanfic and fairytales, and waiting for ADSL to come back. I've developed something of a...er... fixation, I suppose, on the dynamics of the love-hate relationship between Sarah and Jareth, and find his obsession with Sarah oddly intriguing. Though I'm an utter romance-whore, I enjoy seeing characters having to work hard to get what they want; in my humble opinion it makes the entire experience all that much more rewarding at the end. The possible resultant insanity in the obsession makes it all that much more interesting. I'm hoping to have something similar, though significantly darker, feature in my own work.

On the fic front, the chess-piece er... piece has been temporarily side-lined as it does not seem to fit into the present storyline. Its pretty nifty, though, so I'm thinking of turning it into a prequel-esque sort of piece. The visuals are sort of pretty, too, in an occult-apocalyptic kind of way.

At the moment I'm working on a character-sketch, which I should be sending off to my beta pretty soon. To be honest I'm not entirely satisfied with it, I think its too short. I've been suffering from a voracious case of writer's block --the kind that you just can't write anything at all -- since November. I have the general idea of the story down pat, and am working on the style, but sometimes my brain just doesn't feel like behaving. I have procrastination down to an art-form.

If anyone is interested in being a sounding-board slash stick-poker (i.e someone who'll kick me in the shin whenever I'm trying to put stuff off) please let me know.

Toodles for now ;)

Okay, so this was just too good to pass up...

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:17:03 GMT

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Moon the cameras in the parking garage.

Get your resolution here.

Or...

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Spend my summer vacation in cyberspace.

Get your resolution here.

Or, even better...

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Take that chainsaw-juggling class.

Get your resolution here.

Or maybe even...

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Sell myself on ebay.

Get your resolution here.

Who the hell am I kidding?
This is probably what'll happen...

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Forget my New Year's Resolution.

Get your resolution here.

The Triumphant Return --Again! (Okay, I just really like this line)

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:07:07 GMT

Okay, I'm home and surprise, surprise not only is the internet here (i.e. my brother's haven't used up the entire cap) but it's actually working properly now. Yay!

My mom bought me a copy of ...er "Goblins of the Labyrinth" by Brian Froud. It's beautiful and I've been oggling it mercilessly ever since I lay my grubby little paws on it. I love fantasy, and I love Labyrinth --and I especially, 'specially love David Bowie. Isn't that just a little creepy?

Anyways, I am writing my learner's license test tomorrrow. My mother has been harassing me about it since, like, forever and I really, REALLY should actually be studying..er...recapping it. Er, so bye?

Twisted Sidhe --Construction Begins!

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:33:39 GMT

I've decided to create a journal that's specifically dedicated to the world of Enemy Mine and all those who dwell within.

This journal will exist seperately from originalpixie and will include additional information that may/may not feature in my original fiction community-- mythology, folklore, prequels etc. This is going to be my paid journal, when I eventually start posting.

So be sure to add twisted_sidhe to your friend-list.

Toodles for now ;)

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:43:31 GMT

Out of complete boredom I found and did a "Which Highlander Immortal Character are you?" Quiz, and here's what I got:

You scored as Methos. You are Methos. You are non-confrontational, mysterious, and secretive. You often act on impulse, evading and avoiding others as much as you can, but are willing to align yourself with someone if they can help your chances of survival in any given situation.

Methos

83%

Ramirez

75%

Richie Ryan

67%

Cassandra

58%

Connor MacLeod

58%

Duncan MacLeod

42%

Amanda

25%

Kurgan

25%

Kronos

17%

Which Highlander immortal character are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

Am I surprised? No, not really...

A day in the life of the gloriously mundane..

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:02:24 GMT

Alright, so I managed to get a workable drabble together sometime yesterday evening. It was okay, yet I must be honest that it seemed to lack a certain depth that ultimately I thought that the piece needed and was just not comin across.

I emailed a copy to Colleen, along with one of those extra-long sidenote-breakdowns of the scene and the symbolism behind the pieces etc --I am a sucker for symbolism, though, ironically enough, most of it winds up in my stuff purely by accident. After much "talk" it was decided that expansion of the initial idea is really the only way to go, which means that it's back to the notebook. Which is okay, I guess, seeing as I'm actually rather fond of it--the scene, I mean.

On an almost completely unrelated note, yesterday my littlest-little brother, Adrian, invited a whole bunch of his primary school friends over for a braai/sleepover. It was actually kind of funny --and mildly irritating-- since my bedroom overlooks the pool area and has these huge window-doors that let me see practially everything going on outside.

So,while I was trying to concentrate on writing/emailing/playing Prince of Persia on my laptop, I would have kids come up to the window and either stare at me like some new species of bug --you know the look right? It's the kind that makes you feel a bit like a museum exhibit-- or, better yet, there'd be kid's with their back to me doing all sorts of weird things that they thought nobody could see.

Anyway, right now my littlest-little brother and his motely crew of friends are beings skulled-out for lighting a jumping jack or a cracker of some sort-- I actually was the one that got to the intercom and had to endure a ten minute lecture before the man actually let up long enough for me to tell him that I had nothing to do with it. Boy oh boy....

:walks over to the bar fridge, shuffling around the contents expectantly:

Hey! One of the little bastards stole my Coke!

Inspiration Strikes

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:15:42 GMT

Inspiration has struck --or , in this particular case, was tripped over by me about a day ago while cruising Fanfiction.Net. I have a tick about chess games, particularly the chesspieces themselves (I really should make an icon for that), and at some point in this particular fic two characters were playing chess. Magical chess, of a sort. It got my creative juices churning.

Anyhow, I'm currently working on several drabbles (at least one of which is chess related) that will be featured in 100drabbles. I'm trying to get some perspective on the characters --and also exorcise these mini-scenes that are currently infesting my brain.

Hope to have stuff up soon, hopefully sometime during the week.

Oh, and on a totally unrelated note, my mom's decided as part of my highschool graduation "Big Present" she's going to upgrade my livejournal to paid. I'm really, really excited about that. YAY!

Can't really think of one of those, right now!

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:37:15 GMT

Hi y'all!

This is me just dropping you a quick line to let you know two things: 1.) The internet has eaten my hotmail address and 2.) I have a new yahoo address in my profile. So if you want to drop me a line, you know where to go...

Toodles

P.S. Doesn't the little kitty moodicon look like it's about to lay an egg?

YAY ADSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:03:13 GMT

Just a quick note to say that, yay! We now officially have ADSL.

Bye

Bat those Baby Blues!

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:29:56 GMT

Finally got to see Casino Royale today. Am very relieved that Daniel Craig's take on Bond doesn't involve endless bed-jumping. Ooh an pretty, pretty blue eyes... Incidently I'd also kill for a copy of Eva Green (as Vesper Lynd) in that scene just before they go downstairs for the first poker game. Seeing her like that, without make-up, with her hair up reminded me a lot of Lizelore (only sans the uneven turquoise eyes).

I'm also contemplating changing Lizelore's last name to McNiall, after discussing the idea thoroughly with my fantasy-buff friend Colleen. She, incidently, has helped me a lot with the more recent problems that have reared their ugly head in the fine-fine tuning stage. I have also gained a new respect for fairytaler's --incidently, I have no idea whether or not this is a real word and frankly don't give a rat's ass. Their style is surprisingly hard to mimic, particularly when you're trying to write a prologue-esque sort of thing from the point-of-view of an ambiguous human teenager; I hear the voice in my head fine, but trying to bring the two styles (monologue "voice-over" and fairytale) into conjunction is proving intensely problematic.

What really pisses me off is that, in an attempt to keep things chronologically accurate, I can't start posting on other things until this particular installment is done. I hate, hate indecisiveness and God knows I've shifted the plot, settings and main characters around enough to make even my wonderfully patient beta go bats.

:wipes face wearily:

Am currently listening to Evanescence's "Cloud Nine", daydreaming and hoping that the answer to my phenomenal writer's block (I can't really think of anything else to call it) will fall into my lap wrapped up in a tidy pink bow. I've also sheduled some time to talk to Colleen some more, hope she can help me make sense of all this crap I've got in my notebook -- some would call them notes, currently they're the bane of my existence.

Toodles for now...

a living contradiction...

Yes, I've finally found one that I like...

Serious Angst-Festing, aside...

Presenting Mr Snuffles...

More Links

A fit of Insanity--what else is new?

Holidays from Hell --the End is in Sight!

Oh, God--not another meme!

Erm--, Labyrinth addicts and Cat lovers Beware?

A Bad Penny, am I

One down, several hundred left to go...

Success --well, kind of...

Grandiose Experiments ^.^

Getting To Know You Meme

Okay, so this was just too good to pass up...

The Triumphant Return --Again! (Okay, I just really like this line)

Twisted Sidhe --Construction Begins!

A day in the life of the gloriously mundane..

Inspiration Strikes

Can't really think of one of those, right now!

YAY ADSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bat those Baby Blues!