#252 - Link-o-llection!

First off, let's start with something from Mindy L. Klasky's The Glasswright's Apprentice, a YA fantasy novel I just read and was very impressed by. This is the Guildsman's Prayer, which is recited by craftspeople of all sorts in the world of TGA, and which I would love to personally adapt as a general prayer for creativity to Artemis (at least until I can write my own):

May all the gods look upon my craft with favor, and may they take pleasure in the humble art created by my hands. May Jair himself be pleased with the offering I make, and may the least of my works bring glory to the world. May my works guide me to the Heavenly Fields in my proper time, as the gods do favor. All glory to the Thousand Gods.

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Music links! Today's theme is "completely cracked out."

The Kirby theme sync'd to Relys' "This Is Why I'm Hot", thus vastly improving the original.

A death metal cover of - I shit you not - "Baby Got Back", done by Throwdown. I need to find this song...

Another death metal cover: this time it's Children of Bodom rocking out to "Oops I Did It Again".

And finally, Weird Al is just too "White and Nerdy." A parody of "Rollin'" by Chamillionaire.

Substantially less funny is a complete demo of "Almost". I wish I could do a semi-proper recording instead of just relying on my recorder on my digital camera so that I could get something that doesn't sound like it got run through the audio equivalent of a meat grinder, but alas.

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Randomosities...

Elizabeth Barrette has a quick post on the Internet invading the reaches of outer space. No one can escape the LOLcats!

Kit Whitfield discusses how different type of escapist plots cater to different sorts of weariness in one's life.

metaquotes's got a list of fun fandom facts about our president-elect! (Which seems appropriate, given this speech in which Barack Obama reveals his origins not as the Son of God but as the Son of Jor-El...)
I'm a big girly-girl, but I tend to not put on any make-up (aside from tinted lip gloss) when I go out of the house, mainly because I'm lazy as fuck. However, Aromaleigh's selection of eyeshadow is making me rethink my laziness...

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Time to WikiGoogle the artworks I'm missing for ART233! And then tomorrow or Friday I need to write the final paper, which isn't really all that bad because all I have to do is review an article the professor assigned to us in a 2-3 page paper.

-Reileen
they see me mowin' my front lawn