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| MemcacheD Update |
[16 Jul 2009|02:17pm] |
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Just wanted to let everyone know, that a new version of MemcacheD has been released. We will be rolling this out to the memcache nodes during the week of July 20th to 24th. This should have very little impact on the stability of the website; however users may see a slight increase in load times as the cache is re-populated with entries.
The software has been tested and verified to be working just fine with the application; so we perceive this to be a very minimal risk in regards to updating, and the stability of the website.
Thanks...
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| From Dusk Until Dawn |
[16 Jul 2009|08:09pm] |
Another La corda d'oro Fanfiction. Please read and review!
Title: From Dusk Until Dawn
Genre: Drama/Humor/Romance/Friendship
Rating: T (PG)
Summary:
Len's and Ryoutaro's bodies are now stuck at each other. It means that the forever enemies have to spend their time together, as they slowly know each other more, including their feelings to Kahoko.
Read Here:
The Sparkling Dusts
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| 80 Icons [ 15 Corda ] |
[15 Jul 2009|10:53am] |
1 Bleach
6 Brokeback Mountain
1 D.N. Angel
3 Gundam SEED
6 Honey & Clover
19 Inuyasha
1 Kingdom Hearts
4 Kyou Kara Maou
15 La Corda d'Oro
2 Pandora Hearts
3 Princess Tutu
1 Ratchet & Clank
7 Sailor Moon
1 Tales of Destiny
2 Tales of the Abyss
1 The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
2 Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
2 Weiss Kreuz
2 xxxHOLiC
1 Community Icon (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) la_corda_hush)
Here @ rashuko
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| Discussion |
[14 Jul 2009|07:50am] |
For those reading the Inda series, there is a discussion over at the DAW Books community.
The last book comes out in days, and I am nervous about its reception, as writing it was difficult, but also because really, King's Shield and Treason's Shore in my mind are one book. But that isn't practical in today's production terms.
Anyway, this year has been a lot of hard work without much to show for it as yet, and some fairly sharp family stuff to deal with, which is why I have been so absent here. I apologize.
So what's everyone reading these days?
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| What Love Can Do |
[14 Jul 2009|12:47am] |
Another La corda d'oro Fanfiction. Please read and review!
Title: What Love Can Do
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: T (PG)
Summary:
-"Len, I'm having Ryoutaro's child."- The short sentence from Kahoko's lips is enough to ruin everything in their life. Love, friendship, and future. As they fall into the deepest despair, what do you think love can do for them?
Read Here:
Prologue
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| A New Project - Chapter by Chapter Account of Sasharia en Garde |
[11 Jul 2009|09:51pm] |
So, since I just got Sasharia en Garde, and since it's summer vacation and I have the time, I've decided to write my thoughts as I read the books. I'll probably have some questions as well, which you are welcome to answer, though I'd prefer that there wouldn't be spoilers for these books. I'm not sure how I'll post it yet: I'm thinking of a post for every few chapters here, since I probably won't be reading a chapter, writing my thoughts, doing it again, and so forth. So I'll probably post an account of every few chapters as I read them. I'm just not sure if I should create a new thread for each account, or post them all here. Answers to this question are welcome.
So here's chapters 1 - 4, as I see them. Comments and answers are welcome,as I said before!
I'm already in love with Sasha's character. She's quite enchanting and realistic. Her problem is an acute one, and she's quite expressive. Her narration is vivid, and adds much flavor.
Loved the Bored of the Rings reference - though a knowledge of famous art would be enough, in truth.
Sun is also an interesting character, which you can easily empathize with. Her problems are worse than her daughters. With both of their strong personalities, it is no wonder they sometimes clash. I also like her vague hippie attitude. It's quite endearing.
The lawyer idea was quite interesting. Sasha's comment - what is more non-magical than a lawyer - is very true.
When Sasha said 'either a person is or is not dead', I couldn't help think how a reference to Schrödinger's cat would fit in perfectly here.
Sasha was quite useful in a fight, a fact that I liked. It's a contrast to Meliara, who was unskilled because she didn't train.
Zathdar is an intriguing character. I'll need to see more of him to gather a better opinion, but so far, he sounds quite nice, smart, witty and all-in-all a rather good man, except for his fashion sense. Being a boy, I usually wouldn't care, but the vivid description of such a clashing outfit begs notice.
Sasha's adjustment to the world is also quite realistic. She hasn't forgotten nearly anything, but 15 years on Earth have their effect, and she occasionally slips and mentions it. Her thoughts show this even better, often giving comparisons and contrasts.
The part with Zathdar's name was hilarious. It was an hilarious Lampshading of this.
I actually found Roger to be believable. His character is not impossible. I'm sure Sun wasn't some poor homeless, so it's not as if he's being mooched off. It probably doesn't cost him that much more, and he seems to be wealthy enough. He's also enough of a gentleman not to force himself upon her, but rather trust the slow way. My only problem with him was that if they live together, how does he deal with the constant movement? Unless he himself likes to move because of his business?
Questions: Is the description of L. A. based on personal experience?
Is there some preference for long-haired heroines (Meliara, Sasha, others?)?
So that's all for now. I'll wait for comments, I guess.
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| english onglish minglish monglish ... |
[11 Jul 2009|09:50am] |
... it's just a mongrel tongue
Something there is about an ocean that wants to see a language drown? In pondering the hemispherical perplexities of why English left brain and English right brain can't seem to get along, we found this.
"Found it? Found it where?" you ask. "Up our arse. Where'd ya think."
From Fooster's "English for the English," Norman Norman Fooster Norman, editor, 1829.7.2, Empire Pubiesheen, Narcfold on the Moostard, England, ThereWillAlwaysBeA.
"When writing wourds that have an 'o', add a 'u' sou all will knouw
you ain't nou moutherfucking couw;
our even wourse, that new wourld curse,
namely, an American.
You're England's daughters
through and through,
the language you would never screw;
our dump a vouwel just to see
the hout side ouf antiquity.
'Ouh, gououd goud. Me knickers --
they're all swimmy!'"
Can't the English and the English just try to get along?
20090711 09:31 Sat (140 words)
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| Trying to Read the Map... |
[10 Jul 2009|10:48am] |
Well, I've just gotten Once a Princess and Twice a Prince, and am already enjoying the first book. The thing I really liked about it so far is the detailed map. But this raised a few questions:
What is the scale? How do they measure distance in S-d anyway?
The same questions go for the large map of the southern continent. What is the scale there? Also, I understood Remalna was on the coast, between Sartor and Sles Adran. As far as I count, there are 8 'countries' between Sartor and Sles Adran. From the map it seems Remalna is four 'countries', between 'Gil al Mardgae' (?) and 'T----ara' (?). Is this right? If so, what do these four 'countries' represent? The duchies and counties of Remalana?
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| Countless Nightmares & A Special Day |
[10 Jul 2009|12:13pm] |
Title: A Special Day (Complete)
Genre: Romance/Friendship
Rating: T (PG)
Summary:
Today is a very special day to everyone in this world. Follow Kahoko's journey in this very special day with every boys including Hihara, Tsuchiura, Tsukimori, Yunoki, shimizu, and Kaji. Live every minute in your life as a very special day...
Read Here:
A Special Day
Title: Countless Nightmares
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Rating: T (PG)
Summary:
We could only run and run. Not minding about the scratches we got. Not even cared about the wounds we had. It’s dead. We could only think a word. DEAD. -Horror/Suspense with slight romance of TsukiXHino and TsuchixHino-
Read Here:
PROLOGUE
Chapter 1: LOST
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[09 Jul 2009|12:16am] |
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sense of place : San Fancisco, I
how can it be that I started out here
one foggy morning down Bush Street, cold cipher
of Bay-borne wind to my face and coffee which I
don’t really drink welcoming me from a girl as tired as I,
opening her small shop in time for lawyers and
businessmen to consume their mocha and read
their papers? how can it be that I was fostered on
this city, student first alien, alien first native — I
moved into the program of life somewhere else.
how is it that I can be seated, writing,
at a coffee-shop, Montgomery Street,
and hear soft Mozart fortepiano on
their stereo and it seems calm, it enchants
yet at home, a likewise recording is too much
it draws one away from drawing, ends writing
as clusters of footnotes appear and my head
whirls seperntine away from laptop and towards wall,
window, or bookshelf and thinks aloud, away from
subject, certainly off topic.
Mechanics' Institute at my right, tumble down
I do towards the Ferry Building and away from
cafe and bank towers and early morning to add
an afternoon into my dialog of what a city is to me:
it’s a watercolor wash of people, of business being
done willingly, quickly, proudly, and the Western world
moving right along. It’s you and now I, it’s a small island
in a large sea it seems. what a city is, town first was,
grew and became a place that cuts such a particular and remarkable public figure
so much, it’s too much, and to one prone to watching
architecture as some people watch birds, it’s really too much.
og hodet mitt,
slagene som en slange fra laptop og mot veggen.
and in a whirl of letters, Bokmål and English speak out
of latter-day adventures here, telling folks about it all
and making out devices of paper streets and shop signs.
I pull ideas off books like boxes of tea off grocers’ asiles;
I don’t matter anymore for it’s all real, skateboarding in
Inner Sunset and being an icon of morning travels as
one in thousands on MUNI. by early mornings on a train
I have been benumbed, I have numbered so much smaller
than a boy at the kitchen table, I have overheard everything
from surgeons about surgery to mothers about daycares :
this is place, this travel, but moreso it is place.
salty this is novel love of a moment to belong and still not even be known.
aetheneum of a city, but also a rat’s maze of streets and
memories, covering its shoulders the entire sky, its collective
day travels into night.
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| 10 Variations of Hihara & Shimizu |
[08 Jul 2009|02:45pm] |
RULES If you take any of these icons, please credit cool_spectrum
Any feedback you have on how my icons could be better is appreciated
Comments are appreciated but not nessecary
Don't use any of my icons as bases
Don't hotlink
Enjoy!
The rules for my 10 variations where taken from 10variations
The icon table I used was altered from the tables given at iconfiend100
If you like making La Corda d'Oro icons as much as I do, please check out la_corda_itest
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| A Lurker's Introduction |
[07 Jul 2009|01:37pm] |
Hi. After an infinite number of years of being a silent lurker in this community (yes, this dates back to the days of Yahoo's CastleTlanth), I have opted to finally post here. I only ever got LiveJournal to follow this community, so my LiveJournal navigation skills are quite poor. But I loved silently watching this community and was delighted whenever someone posted a question that pertained to the books and Sherwood Smith would reply with all these insights into the characters and their motivation!
This all started with a chance encounter with Crown Duel at the Chapters bookstore. The cover of the book didn't appeal to me and neither did the summary at the back, but I was stuck waiting for my brother and I decided to give it a try. And within minutes, I was completely hooked and I've been hooked ever since. I love the Inda books and I can't wait to read the last book! :) And I was also really happy to see that A Stranger to Command was finally being published in something other than hardcover (and the cover was infinitely improved too!)
Anyways, that is my introduction :)
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| Mizue Avis |
[07 Jul 2009|05:53pm] |
Hi there!
Actually, I have a little request...
Does anyone know where I can find Mizue Sakimoto avatars?
Thank you so much!
See you!
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| Fic + Wallpaper |
[07 Jul 2009|12:12pm] |
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Title: Silences Author: Aya-kun aka me ;P
Rating: G
Pairing or Character: Tsukimori Len/Hino Kahoko
Summary: Kaho attends Len's birthday party... ( Read more... )
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