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Having taken a break from books for a month or two due to schoolwork, I started reading again a few weeks ago and got around to Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman.

It is quite possibly the funniest book I’ve ever had the fortune to read. It’s certainly one of the best.

The plot revolves around the approaching Armageddon, and how one angel and one demon work together and try their damn hardest to stop it because they’ve gotten really attached to life on Earth and don’t want to see humans as casualties in the cosmic war between Heaven and Hell. Meanwhile, the (misplaced) anti-Christ is having a swell time as a human child, some very odd prophecies told by a medieval witch are coming true, and the four Bikers Horsepersons of the Apocalypse are riding across the world.

Ever since Twilight, there have been an awful lot of new books centered on vampires, witches, fallen angels, etc. Most are rather stereotypical romances that are mind-numbingly predictable, sappy, and poorly-plotted. Besides being a terrible piece of literature, Twilight also ruined a whole genre for me.

I used to like supernatural creatures before the onslaught of wangsty tragic romances hit.

That’s why I was so happy to find Good Omens, because it takes the concept of angels and demons being friends and makes it work. True, the book was written in 1990, way before all that sparklepire shit hit the fan, but it was so damn refreshing for me to find a book about the supernatural and actually like it. Love it, in fact.

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There’s news that a miniseries was on its way, but talk about that seems to have dwindled down. It’s a shame; I would love to see Good Omens in live-action. I’ll cross my fingers and hope for the best in the coming years.

But now I’m rather obsessed with this book and fandom and wings. I’ve been of a minor art spree and doodling the characters all over my school notebook. It’s such a great feeling; being introduced to a new fandom and falling head over heels for it. ♥

I had to reread this chapter because I kept double-taking the first time around. There is so much stuff in here; Odacchi totally made my day with this.

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So I decided to participate in Dreamwidth's snapshot_bingo challenge. I've got this nice new Canon SX40 camera that's been sitting around for a while and I really want to put it to some good use! I'm not a great photographer by any means, but I love photography as an art. It's all real (minus the Photoshop edits) and photos remind me of just how fantastic and beautiful this planet and its inhabitants really are.

Hopefully I'll fill up my card by the time the deadline rolls around in May. :)

I wrote this little ficlet more than a year ago, when the cover-stories of the One Piece chapters started the new serial "From Shipdecks Around the World." This ficlet was based off of the very first page, Chapter 613. It...kinda sprung out of nowhere, and has no actual named characters in it. But I like it, so I thought I'd finally share it.

Title: Kingdom Animalia
Character(s): a News Coo
Word Count: 445
Notes: Just a bit of fun on my part. Also, it's a tribute to all the News Coo and Den Den Mushi out there who work so hard for the good of mankind.

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Finally got to watch “The Hobbit” yesterday! Instead of spazzing here right away, I took a day to collect my thoughts and organize them a bit. Because I have a LOT to say about the movie.

I really, really enjoyed it, despite some initial apprehensions due to mixed reviews. I took a leaf out of a fellow Tolkien fan’s book and decided to think of the movie as fanfiction instead of a direct adaptation of the book. It worked really well and I was able to enjoy the movie a lot more than I would have otherwise, because I am usually a stickler for canon and unnecessary changes annoy me.

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Oh, and Happy Holidays! :D

This will be a Table of Contents of sorts of my entries for the onepiece_300 prompt challenges. I thought I should post this on my own journal, too. I'll update this entry every time I write something new for the comm.

Blanket Disclaimer: One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda, not me. I think that's a good thing.

Prompts:
Three Little Words (not "I love you"): What You Already Know

The Morning After: Try to Forget

Misunderstanding: New Identity

Not Going as Planned (late fic - out of contest): Modifications

Hungry: Carnivorous

I just found out that there’s an awesome store in Tokyo that exclusively sells One Piece merchandise. AND I WANT.

There aren’t too many stores that sell One Pieces things where I live, although the local Japantown does have a Kinokuniya Bookstore, where I got my Volume 60 and Shark Colorwalk (which I affectionately refer to as “my Shark book”). But still! There will never be enough places with One Piece merchandise!

So that’s another incentive I have to visit Japan.

Speaking of which, the new OP arc has been making me think a bit.

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I’m glad to be back in the swing of things; I took a small break from One Piece since I was jumping into a new fandom, but it seems like OP can take my brain back now. I think I’ll reread the whole arc and try to figure out who’s doing what. The weekly updates are great and they let me be on top of things, but I honestly can’t remember where half the crew is and what they’re doing.

On a completely different note, I watched an episode of the new Sherlock Holmes show “Elementary” this past week, just to see what it’s like.

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Still reeling from the fall season finale. Even though I knew it was coming (frankly, I had a few months’ notice), the episode still managed to crush my heart into tiny bits, stomp on the pieces, and set them on fire.

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Really, it’s surprising that TV shows can have such a big impact on me. But then again, it’s a story, and I’ve always been very emotionally invested in stories I love.