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Zombie (1979) - Mint condition
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TWILIGHT BARBIE DOLLS?

Democracies do not dump toxic chemcials onto their own people. They do not rig elections or oppress their own people.


The situation in Iran is literally hell on earth. The protests have shown me true bravery on behalf of the Iranian people who will not stand for the brutality of this regime. As my heart aches for the injustice, my soul soars as I watch people defy it.

Ahmadenijad left the country. Because he is a coward who cannot even face his own people without a gun to stand between them.

The world is watching. The Iranian government has banned journalists from the streets of Iran, tried to infiltrate internet sources reporting on the news, and removed all international presence from the country. But still, the news pours in. This government cannot stop the message of liberty and freedom and justice from spilling out of its boundaries, despite all attempts to do so. And now the truth rings; the world is still watching.

Ahmadenijad and Khamenei: are you scared? Do you now fear the people you have so unjustly ruled and oppressed for so long?

You should be.


Freedom and justice shall reign in the end. The truth could not be hidden forever.

From ontd_twatlight:



On Friday, elections were held.

A mere 2 hours after the polls closed, an announcement was made declaring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the re-elected president. This seemed impossible because of the 85% voter turn out.

Peculiarly, text messages weren't sending during this time. (They still do not work).

This meant over 10 million ballots. Which were counted by hand in less than 2 hours.


The projected winner was Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

What is important to know about Iran is that while the country does have a President, the Supreme Leader Iran is Ali Khamenei. Essentially he is the highest ranking religious and political leader in the country.

Grand Ayatollah Khamenei himself said that Ahmadinejad was the elected President.

Social Networking Internet sites like Facebook were blocked, and cellphone access was denied.

Protesters (mainly in Tehran) took to the streets. There, we saw police brutality and civilian uproar.

On Saturday, protests took place on the streets.

From here on out, protesters wear the colour green, which is Mousavi's campaign symbol.

Basijis, which are volunteer militants (armed yet dressed in plain clothes) took to the streets and began pouring in to Tehran by the bus loads.

Students at the local University were protesting, visibly upset. In the middle of the night, the Basijis forced their way into dormitories where they savagely beat students, destroyed computers, and furniture.

We have one confirmed death during this incident, but are hearing reports that up to 5 university students have lost their lives from one university campus.

On Sunday protesters once again took to the streets of Iran, and organized a protest that was to be held in Tehran on Monday. The Government (Ahmadinejad) forbade protests. Mousavi was to speak at this peaceful protest.

Sunday saw brutal beatings on the streets as riot police tried to take control of the situation.

At this point, the only source of information was coming from Twitter. Students and bloggers managed to find proxies that could help them access the site and tweet news to the Western World.

On Sunday night, cries of Allah o Akbar (God is great in Farzi) were shouted from rooftops and windows constantly throughout the night.

Monday, the protest took place. Mousavi showed up and talked to the people from a green car.


Things are still a blur to us right now. We have many unconfirmed reports.

There were shots fired into the 1-2 million strong crowd. People were shot, and we have reports of 7 casualties. Keep in mind that at this point, it is no longer the police who are killing or beating... it is the Basijis.

During this time, people are disappearing. Reports come from the Toronto Globe and Mail; one of their reporters gets caught up in Sunday's protests and is beaten and arrested and jailed. What he sees in somber. When the police find his Canadian passport, suddenly all is ~cool~ and they let him walk away. Others are not so lucky as to be foreigners.

News starts to trickle down through the Mass Media outlets. They are very very behind. BBC seems to be the only one paying attention.

The situation grows more violent. Apparently, the Basijis are now flooding to hospitals to stop doctors and nurses from treating patients/protesters.

More universities are attacked, people are offering their homes as shelter, but homes are being invaded and people taken away.

CNN goofs and absentmindedly names the twitter accounts where some information is coming from. Some of these sites suddenly disappear.

During this time, Western scumbags (us!) decide to stick it to the man (the Iranian 'government') and crash their websites. Many of us reboot their sites (meaning to constantly refresh every second thus crashing web servers and sites). Some of us are, erm, warned that our IPs are logged (lol, okay there).
People start making proxies for our Iranian brethrens. (Whenever you use a site, you have an ID... it's called an IP address. They are 'unique' to your computer -not always, but it's too much to get into, tbh- this is how the Iranian government was stopping the use of Facebook and other sites, by blocking these addresses from being accessed by Iranian IPs.) So, by using a proxy, they could theoretically access any website. This is how they accessed Twitter.

I FINALLY FINISHED MY WEASLEYFEST ASSIGNMENT. Seven straight hours of writing and listening to The Cure on repeat. God I feel accomplished.

Sadly, I feel more accomplished about this than about finishing high school.

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

I AM OFFICIALLY DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL.


Last day of senior year was today. I don't think its sunken in yet.

I'm a bit preoccupied with my fanfic, which is due in 2 days ... and which I haven't made much progress on. :(

So I participated in a debate about gay marriage on Facebook today. I'm smiling right now because I'm made of win.



( Reason V. Faith ....  )
 
 
 
 



I WIN <3

Prior to LeakyCon, I considered the possibility that I was living more in a fictional world than in reality, due to my Harry Potter addiction. Thus, I tried to involve myself in other fandoms .... but I always seemed to turn to HP for inspiration, or explanations, in life, even if I wasn't doing anything fandom related. It scared me, because I was afraid that, since I've been a HP nerd for 10 years --over half of my entire life---, I might be dependent on the series for support.

LeakyCon showed me that there is absolutely nothing wrong with having the series as support. I met people who were just as obsessed as me ---they dressed up, referenced HP in everyday life, listened to wrock, read the books and saw the movies multiple times, and read fanfiction religiously. It taught me a valuable lesson: I wasn't addicted to the series itself, but the fandom as well. The fandom, of course, is not restricted to the books or even the Potterverse itself. Case in point: the fandom led me to join chambrofsekrits  and potterwatchnow . Both communities have become places for social networking, where I've made great friends. And we don't only discuss Harry Potter.

So the series has led me to connect with people - and to actually talk and discuss the real world, outside of Harry Potter. So even if I never read the series again, or fanfiction, for that matter, I would still be connected through the friends I've made as a result of our common interest.


The reason my love for HP, I realized today, is not a serious concern is because I am not focused on the details of the book, above all --- the books are only one part of the fandom that I love. It is when the books (and movies, and fanfiction) themselves become the only thing you are concerned with in life; when you blur the lines between fiction and reality that there is a real problem. I discovered this while reading the following Gaia post, which was reposted on ontd_twatlight :

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To "celebrate" the FAILtastic New Moon trailer, here's a bunch of bad Twilight manips to lol at:


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Enjoy the fail. Better than the HBP clip. Some of the funniest shit I've seen.

There's no way I could possibly put into words the epicness of my weekend, so I think I'll settle for recounting the events that made it so amazing.

I got to the hotel around 4. After getting my lanyard at the registration desk, I met up with Megan (hadn't seen her since last August). She introduced me to her roommates, and we sat talking for a bit until it was time for the "welcome feast." I met up with Courtnei at last, before it was time for Evil Wizard Rock night! Swish and Flick, Justin Finch-Fletchety and the Sugar Quills, The Parselmouths, and Draco and the Malfoys performed in my first live wizard rock show. By the end of the night I had spent over $100 on wrock merchandise alone. It was all worth it! Best part: Dancing with Alex Carpenter. :P

Day two, aka the best day of my life. Spent most of the morning working on the scavenger hunt, which was well worth it: My group won signed Wrock albums (I chose the Draco and the Malfoys album xD). Bought more merch. Frak drew an awesome commission for me, and we talked for a little bit about the fandom with a few other people. I went to the wizard rock panel in the afternoon, and found a Burger King nearby where I chatted with some people from the anime convention nearby. That night was the epic wizard rock concert with Tonks and the Aurors, Gred and Forge, The Womping Willows, and Harry and the Potters. There is nothing as amazing as standing front-and-center for a HatP concert - as seeing 300 other people form a giant circle around the dance floor as everyone hugged everyone else - as being a part of a chorus of HP fans, shouting the lyrics to "The Weapon": THE WEAPON WE HAVE IS LOVE!

Day three: Harry Potter Alliance meeting in the morning caused me to miss the Fair Fortune wrock opera (its okay, the HPA meeting was great). Then, the live Pottercast, where I spoke - my second apperance! :) And Ministry of Magic performed live! Then lunch, and then I waited for two hours for the wizard rock afternoon concert with RidleTM, The Mudbloods, The Moaning Myrtles, and The Remus Lupins - where I was front and center once again. I screamed myself hoarse as The Remus Lupins played one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. Alex smashed his guitar onstage, and I caught a piece, which is now on my bulletin board in my room. The charity ball that night was fun; dancing with all of the wizard rock stars and Pottercast members to the best songs, ending with an acapella chorus of "The Weapon". Then it was off to room 1558, where at least 50 of us crammed in to play some acoustic wrock together. I managed to get to sleep around 4.

Day four: The breakfast was a subdued affair for me; it was so sad to say goodbye to everyone who had made this the best weekend of my life. After lunch, a few of us headed over to the after-Con Wizard Hip-Hop show. My first ride on a subway! The day ended with me sitting in the hotel room with my parents watching a marathon of "To Catch a Predator." ;)

Day five: Left around 11 to see the National college lacrosse championship game between SU and Cornell. SU ended up behind for most of the game. With 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter, the score was 9-6 in Cornell's favor. With four seconds left in the game, SU managed to tie the score at 9-9. In overtime, SU beat Cornell 10-9. It was amazing.

So that's my amazing weekend, confined to a brief post. I can't even bring myself to try and describe how amazing it was; it really was something you had to experience to appreciate.

I can't wait for LeakyCon 2011!!


My LC pics

A collection of my thoughts regarding Albus Dumbledore.


Dumbledore didn't have the right to make stupid choices or take chances like he did when he was the major force behind the resistance. I'm pissed that he didn't demand that James make him secret-keeper; he could have done it with some persuasion. But Dumbledore is like "FREE WILL FTW" because he thinks forcing others into doing what he wants to achieve peace would be just what Grindelwald wanted to do. Which is ridiculous.

Also, he could have been willing to let the Potters die if it meant their son could defeat Voldemort. Y'know, the greater good and all. And he would justify it by saying they would have wanted to die anyway.

This is all just my theory, but I think it's so completely close to the truth so it makes me angry.

He was in Gryffindor, according to Hermione. Because Dumbledore would have seen his actions as noble, and he would have seen the Slytherin house as evil, because that's the reputation it got, regardless of what it actually stood for. It's funny, there's a very fine line between Gryffindor and Slytherin, yet they seem to be polar opposites. In reality, it's a question of ethics and morality; Gryffindors won't go too far, Slytherins will go as far as they need to. This doesn't mean that Slytherins will always be evil, though, which is the major problem with the characterization of that House. But the best explanation is: Just because you are sorted into that house doesn't mean you are truly right for that house: after all, you choose which house you want to be in. Otherwise there's no way to explain how Wormtail got into Gryffindor in the first place.

He never loved after Grindelwald broke his heart, so he could easily let other lives be lost without feeling the consequences of his actions. He would justify his actions in the name of the greater good, and take comfort int he fact that these people would have agreed to die for the cause at any rate (aka Lily, James, Sirius, etc).

His ridiculous pacifism cost the wizarding world so many lives. First he refused to battle Grindelwald until it became necessary, and then he did not use methods harsh enough during the second war. As far as I'm concerned, Grindelwald pretty much took his balls away.

Oh, and it makes me angrier to know that Dumbledore could have used Legilimency or the Pensieve and figured out that Sirius was innocent, but that he just assumed shit.

Fucking Dumbledore.

To be successful, you need to appeal to the mainstream media and give up on being yourself.

You can't be unique, unless the masses approve.

And we wonder why we keep hearing the same shit on the radio all the time. It's because America is stupid and buys it.


I don't care what anyone says, Kris Allen is not my fucking American Idol.

In honor of LeakyCon and my epic fangirling, I bring epic badfic for you all:


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HEY HEY HEY

I'M EIGHTEEN AT LAST!

4 DAYS TO MY BIRTHDAY

6 DAYS TO LEAKYCON



HOLY FUCKING CRAP I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!

So here I am, less than a week away from my 18th birthday. In a few more weeks, I will be graduating from high school at last. In just over three months, I will be starting my freshman year of college at Syracuse University. This year I pulled away from my usual school-related activities --drama club, chorus, school productions-- and, for the most part, stayed home for most of the day, since I end my school day at 11:45. I looked for comfort in the same people and activities for three years, and seemed to literally stumble through high school. There were ups and downs, but never any really amazing highs ---and definitely some low lows. This year, however, I abandoned the drama club and the spring musical, as well as Vocal Jazz, Half-Tones, and All-County choir. I gave up my 5th period chorus class to take a math elective --yes, math, the very worst subject in the history of high school!-- and it is probably one of the best decisions of my life. I not only learned a great deal about math int he real world (yeah, who'd have thought? A math class that taught something relevant to my personal future goals), but I avoided the sort of riff-raff that consumed my high school career for so long.

So what did I learn? By removing my focus completely from the things that dominated my life in high school for three years, I have been able to make observations that I never could have imagined. Such as: I can do anything.

No really. It sounds like the same, ridiculous cliche, but the truth of the matter is, spending so much time in the house by myself --or with my mom-- allowed me to spend a lot of time thinking about me and my talents and my conviction. You know how they say the only thing holding you back is yourself? Well, it just so happens they're right.

Take my art for example --- 3 weeks ago I could barely draw. (No, really, I was HORRIBLE. Now I have improved tremendously, and I'm even getting my very first tablet within the next few days!) I would always look at fanart and exclaim "If only I had the talent to do that." If this is you, stop it. True, I'm not exceptional, not at all ---but I'm good. I mean, comparably, of course. The improvement was not the work of some divine miracle or sudden talent. Because talent is not natural, it is created. I can't believe I never comprehended all of tis until now---this is exactly what happened with my singing. When I was 3, I couldn't sing for shit. I was possibly the worst singer on the planet ---just ask my mother. But I thought I was good, and I thought I could be great----so because I had no reservations, nothing held me back. And I became a prominent singer in different choruses and shows I worked on. By working with the same group in high school, I allowed my self-confidence to take a hike; and I paid the price for it. My ability and creativity all but vanished --- I never felt right about my talents, coming to the sad conclusion that I must have, over the years, allowed my so-called talents to become quite exaggerated in my own mind. After all, I was not featured as a lead in any school production in high school ---nor was I ever given a solo in chorus. The only thing that preserved me was the sense that I was somehow unique ---the one thing my parents instilled in me--- and so I was able to push forward.

All of this is coming to me now, as I look back on three years of high school that were spent in various states of reasonable happiness and utter depression. As I look back on my senior year, however, I can say that---although no particular event took place that would feature in my memories of high school (except, of course, receiving my Syracuse acceptance letter while babysitting at 10:30 at night on December 12, 2008 XD) the year on the whole will remain significant because I came into my own then. * I competed with We the People, and became a part of a leading unit 2 in New York state (and could have possibly lead the rest of my team into the top 10 in the nation had I been given the chance!) -- when, on the first day of senior year, I debated whether or not I should switch out the class or not, because I was sure I would be one of those who, as my teacher put it "rode in on the coattails of the real workers." As it turned out, I managed to be the wearing the coattails, not riding them. Because I had confidence and acted accordingly. * I made my very best fanvideo, one I had wanted to do since 8th grade, but could not do because "I couldn't make fanvids, I'm not talented enough for that" * I taught myself how to draw more than stick figures and the like; I can now draw actual, (semi) realistic people and animals, etc. * Most of all, I have come to terms with becoming a woman. I have accepted that I have the ability to develop any talent as long as I have the courage of my convictions and a can-do atitude.

This summer is going to be a journey for me. I am going to learn how to play the guitar, something I have wanted to do for a very long time. I am going to write more fanfiction, and perhpas some poetry and original stories. I will teach myself to draw better. I will shoot amazing photographs. I will read all of the books I have wanted to read.

This August, Syracuse will not be seeing the Lily who lacked self-confidence and showed mediocre talent because of this. They will see a confident girl who has amazing abilities; abilities that manifest from her understanding of her self-worth and potential.

And now life begins.

So I wanted to make fun of the Star Trek fans who complain about the new movie and its violations of canon.



And then I realized ....

...I do the same thing with Harry Potter.





Oh God. I'm like a Trekkie.



I'm scared.

The Gryffindor robes I ordered from Whimsic Alley for LeakyCon arrived on Friday.

I've been living in them for the past five days.

I love them so much.


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