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    Sunday, September 13th, 2009
    6:28 pm
    Mexican Girl

    This is very cool, a video of "The Coal Choir", one of Katherine's musical projects. Katherine is the one with the black accordion. Enjoy!

    Current Mood: cheerful
    Thursday, July 31st, 2008
    5:09 pm
    So long, Margot, and thanks for the memories!
    My paternal grandmother died yesterday. I wish I knew her better, but, oh well, distance... Anyways, thanks for the memories, Margot. And I'll do my best to keep my head up.

    Current Mood: sad
    Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
    6:30 pm
    Dance the Chiki-Chiki!

    This is BEYOND funny! It's so silly. Ok, I was lucky enough to be in the UK in May for the first time ever in my life, and thus experience Eurovision! *laughs* Spain and Latvia have the two of the funniest entries!
    Saturday, April 26th, 2008
    5:25 pm
    Oddball crossover fanfic challenge....
    Ok. An online friend is going to try a strange request I have. Here's the request, in case any of you feel up to it....it has to have...a)Tam and Rit, the faeries from the "Rod Land" game.. b)at least one Dalek (salt-shaker shaped robot thingies from Dr. Who)...and c)take place...somewhere else (although anywhere...the world of any book, game, anime, etc.)

    Does that sound odd enough?

    ~Ra'akone
    Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
    11:40 am
    Thursday, November 1st, 2007
    2:32 pm
    To Halifax for a few days...
    Well, I'll be gone. Going to Halifax for a few days. So, I'll be unreachable.

    See ya,
    ~Sebastian

    Current Mood: ecstatic
    Saturday, October 27th, 2007
    5:05 pm
    Concert misdirection! And....Dignity? What dignity?
    Ok. Website gave wrong directions, I missed a Telefauna concert yesterday. In-fucking-credible. Because the website gave the wrong address. At least I was walking with a friend. Otherwise I would have gone ballistic.

    And then.....today, someone who was an online friend....starts making comments about how my art and my stories are immature, that I don't look at things the right way, that....oh, my style isn't even good enough for a 13 year old. I tell her I'm trying to improve, not good enough. Should I just stop drawing? HELL NO! She also says Deviant Art is for 13 year olds and retards.

    But this is some of what she told me the last time we talked.....my only mercy is that I'm calling her "Y" And I am improving my art, I guess just not enough for her.

    Y says:
    It's like a WoWnerd still living in his mother's basement and never getting out. Sure people can play WoW, but don't take it too far an too seriously
    Y says:
    I showed your stuff to my mother once, she said that you probably are a bit retarded as in real deficiency
    Y says:
    I'm not telling you to be normal either, just have some goddamn dignity man!

    So what does she mean? Define "dignity" here. Should I follow some narrow-minded view? Dignity is open to interpretation!

    But still, the week before she was even doing fan art of my characters. Now, well, she says she's been bottling up her feelings before, and that she cringes when she sees my stuff.

    And no, Deviant Art is NOT run by 13 year old retards.

    Current Mood: annoyed
    Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
    9:36 pm
    An 80's girl band rules Fiji!
    Go to http://frontier-editor.blogspot.com/2006/12/its-cruel-summer-down-under.html to find out

    (Ok, the joke is the last name of the military leader there is "Bainimarama"....but it sounds so much like Bananarama. Not to mention it opens the door to "banana republic" jokes)

    ~Ra'akone
    Saturday, July 7th, 2007
    12:20 am
    Rejected, twice, recently!
    Ok, well, I've gotten a message in okcupid. The girl I dated last week said I'm not her type. Fine. Another girl said a couple of weeks before she already found someone. No problem. I'm doing my best not to get attached.
    But...
    I do want to have something resembling luck.

    Now, want a good "Rejected"? Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSb-nV8l2QY

    It's the "Rejected" cartoons.
    Monday, June 18th, 2007
    11:54 pm
    Can you guess the meaning of this?
    Hi everyone. Go to Four symbols (which is at http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/57836666/ if this doesn't show). There is a message here. Guess what it is!

    ~Ra'akone
    Saturday, May 26th, 2007
    10:25 am
    Thanks, Lorrie!
    1. Your Middle Name:
    2. Age:
    3. Single or Taken:
    4. Favourite Movie:
    5. Favourite Song or Album:
    6. Favourite Band/Artist:
    7. Dirty or Clean:
    8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
    9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
    10. What's your philosophy on life?
    11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
    12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
    13. What is your favourite memory of us?
    14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
    15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
    16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
    17. Can we get together and make a cake?
    18. Which country is your spiritual home?
    19. What is your big weakness?
    20. Do you think I'm a good person?
    21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
    22. Describe your accent:
    23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
    24. What do you wear to sleep?
    25. Trousers or skirts?
    26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
    27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
    28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?
    Monday, May 14th, 2007
    9:11 pm
    Again, why can't I find anyone?
    Hey. I'm happy for one of my online friends. She quickly found someone nice and special on a certain site. Great! I'm happy for Lorrie.

    However....however, me, I'm.....I'm left out. I tried the same site as she, and what did I get? Nothing. RIEN! I guess there aren't enough people from Montreal on that site. And only one girl from outside Montreal was interested in me in any way....and I only say "interested" in so far as "bothered looking at my profile." But she lives in California. Sure, Lorrie has a bit of distance in her relationship, but PA and VA are closer than QC and CA.

    In happier new,
    I'll soon have another colored picture done. Keep your eyes peeled to http://raakone.deviantart.com  Check out the scraps.

    ~Ra'akone
    Sunday, May 6th, 2007
    11:40 am
    Crossed Wires, Wrong Impressions
    A short poem by moi...

    Crossed Wires, Wrong impressions

    Crossed Wires, Wrong impressions

    We cannot make a connection

    It’s hard to read the feedback

    When ACKs are NAKs and NAKs are ACKs

     

    I spy in her eyes

    That what she says wears a disguise

    Some people have an awkward way

    Of saying all in what they don’t say

     

    Hidden meanings

    In an eye’s gleaming

    Or how the body moves

    Or that “inherent groove.”

     

    Blink and you’re blind

    For something’s missed by the mind

    Observe every tone, and movement that you may,

    Hidden messages aren’t just for Scriptures today

     

    Diplomacy can be as messy

    As saying the truth outrightly

    So of all things,

    ¡Not just truth stings!

     

    You don’t need very loud drums

    And electric guitar strums

    And ä fëw grätuitous umläuts

    To have backwards messages

     

    “I like you” may not be that

    But the real meaning’s kept under a hat

    What you think is appreciation

    May have other inclination

     

    “I don’t want a relationship”

    Might mean just with you

    But it doesn’t apply to he who

    Somehow won her heart by stealth

    ~Ra’akone

    Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
    7:59 pm
    Lorrie's getting better, thankfully!
    Lorrie, also known as Raina, recently...well, she snapped, I guess due to stress, and no thanks to a former good friend just giving her the cold shoulder because his girlfriend is jealous. Anyways, she nearly died, had to be taken to the hospital, and was out for a few days. However, I heard she's conscious again. I'm glad. She's the big sister I never had, even though I have yet to meet her in person. When I heard the bad news before, I was feeling guilty, thinking if I called her more maybe I could have helped.

    Anyways, she's better.

    Also, I heard about a former friend of hers, James, who then said mean things about her after she was hospitalized. Some friend! James, there's a train leaving at 5PM, PLEASE BE UNDERNEATH IT! She cared about you and THIS IS HOW YOU THANK HER? Please, go engage in physically impossible procreational activities with yourself, if you get my drift.

    Tuafafine, please, get well soon. Everyone, from your girls to people like me have their fingers crossed.

    ~Ra'akone

    PS This video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qGxckhxDJ8#-17Zbw0e6zs has a song "Are you Man Enough?" playing. Replace "Brother" with "Sister" (in the metaphorical sense) James IS NOT MAN ENOUGH!
    Thursday, March 29th, 2007
    5:00 pm
    LJ Talk anyone? And...LIVING COLOR!
    Hi, I'm on it. If any of you want to talk to me, besides Raakone on AIM, raakone@hotmail.com on MSN, and rdctwist on Yahoo, there's LJ talk now. I'm on it, and it works with LJ identities. There's several clients that work, but me, I use "Gizmo Project for LJ Talk." Be foreworned with that one, you have to explicitly chose to "IM" someone, by default it will try to phone, like Skype, but unlike everything else. So I'm Raakone on that one.




    This is my first attempt at color. Go to http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51982039/ if you want to see the original page it's on. If you have a Deviant Art account, you can comment on it as well. If not, comment here.

    ~Ra'akone
    Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
    12:04 pm
    (Reposted) Actual Family Feud answers
    (note: I found a few bonuses for the end)
    Name something a blind person might use - A sword
    Name a song with moon in the title - Blue Suede Moon
    Name a bird with a long neck - Naomi Campbell
    Name an occupation where you need a torch - A burglar
    Name a famous brother & sister - Bonnie & Clyde
    Name a dangerous race - The Arabs
    Name an item of clothing worn by the 3 musketeers - A horse
    Name something that floats in the bath - Water
    Name something you wear on the beach - A deckchair
    Name something Red - My cardigan
    Name a famous cowboy - Buck Rogers
    Name a famous royal - Mail
    A number you have to memorize - 7
    Something you do before going to bed - Sleep
    Something you put on walls - Roofs
    Something in the garden that's green - Shed
    Something that flies that doesn't have an engine - A bicycle with wings
    Something you might be allergic to - Skiing
    Name a famous bridge - The bridge over troubled waters
    Something a cat does - Goes to the toilet
    Something you do in the bathroom - Decorate
    Name an animal you might see at the zoo - A dog
    Something associated with the police - Pigs
    A sign of the zodiac - April
    Something slippery - A conman
    A kind of ache - Fillet 'O' Fish
    A food that can be brown or white - Potato
    A jacket potato topping - Jam
    A famous Scotsman - Jock
    Another famous Scotsman - Vinnie Jones
    Something with a hole in it - Window
    A non-living object with legs - Plant
    A domestic animal - Leopard
    A part of the body beginning with 'N' - Knee
    A way of cooking fish - Cod
    Name a job around the house that has to be done every fall: Spring cleaning.
    Name something you shouldn't leave in the car when it's hot: A wallet.
    Name a specific part of the body that's hard to keep a band-aid on: Hair.
    Name something children bring home from school: Colds.
    Name a state that borders Canada: New Jersey.
    Name the month with the best weather: January.
    Name something you take to the beach: A turkey.
    Name a brand of gasoline: Regular.
    Name something that usually comes with a summer storm: Snow.
    Something you open other than a door: Your bowels.
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    Name something made of leather that a cowboy uses: A purse.
    Name something that can kill a lively party: Guns.
    Name something that is prohibited on most beaches: Sex.
    Name something you should do in moderation or you'll be sorry later: Sex.
    Name something you might buy that could turn out to be phony: A horse.
    The price of a dozen roses: $1.75.
    Besides a bird, name something in a birdcage: Hamster.
    What month does a pregnant woman start to show?: September.
    Name a sport that has laps: Baseball.
    Name an article of clothing that children are always losing: Their pants.
    Name something you might accidentally leave on all night: Your shoes.
    Name something that some people do clothed that others do without
    clothes: Ride a motorcycle.
    Name the first thing you take off after work: Underwear.
    Name the most romantic-sounding musical instrument: Drums.
    Name something that people cheat on: The Chicago Bears.
    Real or fictional, name a famous Willie: Willie the Pooh.
    Name any of Santa's reindeer: Snippy.
    Name an animal with 3 letters in it's name: Alligator.
    Name a holiday that the stores are always busy during: Monday.
    What is the heaviest item in your house?: 600 pounds.
    Name a children's story or rhyme about a character named Peter: Peter, Paul, and Mary.
    Name something that dries up when it gets old: George Burns.
    A famous group of singers: The Simpsons.
    What time do you wake up?: In the morning.
    What time do you go to bed?: At night.
    Name something you put in tea: Tea bag.
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    Something you'd find in an operating room: Operator
    Something that comes with a summer storm: Snow
    Something you'd yell at if it stopped working: Spouse
    Something worn only by children: Clothes
    An animal with three letters in its name: Frog
    An animal with three letters in its name: Alligator
    Something you feel before you buy it: Excited
    An article of clothing that children always lose: Pants (A friendly reminder....in the UK, "Pants" are "Underpants", in North America, "Pants" are "Trousers"...all clear now?)
    An animal whose eggs you'd never eat for breakfast: Hamster
    Something you might accidentally leave on all night: Shoes
    One of the three bears: Yogi
    A holiday named after a person: January
    A holiday named after a person: Easter
    One of Santa's reindeer: Nixon
    One of Santa's reindeer: Adolf
    Something Russia is famous for: Russians
    Something that comes in pairs: Bananas
    A time when people wake up: Morning
    A state with good skiing: Florida
    Something you buy in a larger size if you have a large family: Jeans
    Something you buy in a larger size if you have a large family: Games
    A city in the state of Georgia: Alabama
    A pie that does not contain fruit: Lemon Meringue
    A man's name beginning with the letter K: Kentucky Fried Chicken
    The month where a pregnant woman begins to show: September
    A food that's red on the inside: Kiwi
    A weather term that can also describe your wife: Wet
    A day of the year when you want to be with friends: December
    A department in a supermarket: Lingerie
    The most lovable breed of dog: Kitten
    Something women borrow from each other: Husbands
    An invention that has replaced stairs: Wheel
    Something you often misplace in your car: Steering wheel
    A famous “Arnold”: Arnold & Willis
    A reason you might stay inside on a beautiful day: It's raining
    Something associated with the show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Bob Barker
    A yellow fruit: Orange
    An attraction you see in almost every parade: Merry-go-round
    Something you stroke: A match
    A tradition associated with Christmas: Hanukkah (OY VEY!)
    A holiday where men buy last minute gifts for their wife: Thanksgiving
    A food people give as a gift: Lasagna
    A vegetable you marinate: Grapes
    The one thing that the people living near you have that you want: A beautiful wife
    Something that you buy and then have to take good care of it: An infant (Anyone here ever BOUGHT a child?)
    Besides a house or a car, the most expensive item you own: Car
    A food with an edible skin: Banana
    A piece of clothing wives buy for their husbands: Halter tops (perhaps if the hubby is...A LUMBERJACK! (Python-esque humor here))
    A street name that is common to cities all over the US: Hollywood Boulevard
    A kind of bear: Papa Bear
    A real person who made a living scaring people: Red Skelton
    Something a hostess does to let her guests know it's time to leave: Goes to bed
    An animal with really good sight: Bat
    A state beginning with the letter M: Mexico
    Something an Indian chief might use: Squaw
    A word beginning with “Egg”: Excellent
    A city named after a president: Carson City
    A sport in which two people compete against each other: Checkers
    An occupation in which you disguise your appearance: Doctor
    Something that flies that doesn't have an engine: Dishes
    Something you squeeze: Peanut butter
    A bird with a long neck: Penguin
    A continent: Italy
    A sport you can never play on grass: Baseball
    An occupation starting with "J": Jackhammerer
    A phrase some husbands dread hearing: "Honey, I'm home"
    A bad occupation if you don't like kids: Mortician
    A question you don't like to be asked: "Are those real?"
    A European country in which you'd expect to find castles: London
    Something every doctor has: Speculum
    An animal with horns: Bee
    A medieval weapon: Hand grenade ("The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch"?)
    Something made of wool: A sheep
    Something a bridegroom might wear: A dress
    Someone you wouldn't expect to see in a strip club: Animals
    An animal with a long tail: Rabbit
    Something you put out for the birds: Worms
    A way to prevent snoring: Put a pillow over his face
    A word used to describe a very hot day: A very hot day
    Someone who works early hours: Burglar
    Something made to be wheeled around: A hammer
    A reason for kneeling: To be beheaded
    A nickname for a slim person: Slimmy
    A measurement of liquid: Paint
    Something that's nice to wear next to your skin: Pants
    A famous Dick: Carrot
    Something that Santa Claus does when he comes to your house: Feeds your pets
    Something that comes in 7's: Fingers (I hope not)
    Something associated with Liverpool: The Yellow Brick Road ("Well, it's not in Kansas")
    A boy mentioned in a nursery rhyme: Little Red Riding Hood
    Something associated with Queen Victoria: Her husbands
    Something you hide in your socks when you go swimming: Your legs
    A place you would keep a pen: A zoo
    Something you beat: An apple
    Something you make into a ball: Eggs
    A game that uses a black ball: Darts
    A popular TV soap: Dove
    Something you might find in a garage: A grand piano
    A fast animal: Hippo
    Something you keep in the garden: A cat
    Something that gives you goose bumps: Mumps
    A character from Little Red Riding Hood: Hansel and Gretel
    Something that has a shell: Batman (I know in the 1989 movie the Batmobile does....)
    Something a policeman might say: "Spread 'em"
    Something that frightens Dracula: The King of the Vampires
    A mode of transportation that you can walk in: Your shoes
    An animal with big ears: A bear
    Something you do on water: Wallpaper
    A musical instrument you can play in the bath: Drum kit
    Something associated with Egypt: Cigars
    Something you pull: A potato
    An animal used as a form of transportation: Turtle
    A Thunderbirds character: Doctor Spock
    Another TV game show with the word 'family' in the title: The Generation Game
    Something that makes you scream: A squirrel
    A food that can be eaten without chewing: Chips
    A type of record: A floppy disk
    A type of large cat: Persian
    A job that a working dog does: A slave
    Something you use a microchip on: A fish-fryer
    A game played in the dark: Charades
    A part of the body you have more than two of: Arms
    Something you find on a fire engine: Coal
    The first place detectives look for fingerprints: The floor
    Something you associate with the sea: A coffin
    A famous Arthur: Shakespeare
    A weapon in the game of Clue: Dice
    Something people take to the beach: Turkey
    A reason someone digs a hole in the road: Grave digger
    Something a girl should know about a man before marrying him: His name
    An item of clothing a woman might borrow from a man: Underpants
    Something taken from a hotel as a souvenir: The lamps
    Something you keep in a garden shed: A gardener
    Something you wear on the beach: Deckchair
    Fruit used in fruit salad: Cucumber
    The last thing you take off before going to bed: Your feet
    Something that has to warm up before you use it: Your wife
    A noisy bird: Chipmunk
    Something you keep handy by the front door: Spittoon
    A job that helicopters are used for: Tuna fishing
    A famous robber: Cops
    A famous resort area outside the continental United States: Tahoe
    An American state where people speak with accents: Mexico
    Something a man has that he'd be upset if someone else used it: His jockstrap
    Something London is famous for: Pasta
    Something you wouldn't want the police to find in the trunk of your car: Pickles
    A game you could play in the bath: Scuba diving
    A food that makes a noise when you eat it: Really loud hamburger
    Something that your wife would do that would be shocking: Greet you at the door naked
    Something you throw away when you're moving away: Pantry
    A dangerous animal that some people keep as pets: Wolf
    When you sneak out of work, the reason you give for leaving: "I'm going to the beach!"
    When you sneak out of work, the reason you give for leaving: "Going to another job"
    An animal that eats mice: Rat
    Something you have that you wish worked better: Spouse
    Something you wouldn't try even once: Sex on a train
    A famous male dancer: Betty Grable
    An occasion for which you've stayed up all night: Lost my virginity
    Your favorite country western singer: Van Whalen
    Something that falls from the trees: Bird shit
    Something a dentist says: "Just a small prick"
    A name that rhymes with "Larry": Larry
    Something you just won't buy unless it's on sale: Cake mix
    Something you just won't buy unless it's on sale: Drapes
    Besides an animal, something with a tail: Tailpipe
    Something that gets accidentally run over by a lawn mower: The lawn mower's cord
    An occupation where someone wears a robe at work: A fireman
    An occupation where someone wears a robe at work: A graduate
    A sport that people sometimes play by themselves: Tic-tac-toe
    A household pet you can leave by itself for a couple of days: Monkey
    A part of the body people love to have massaged: Hips
    An activity that makes people cry: Playing games
    A vegetable that is grown in a patch: Strawberry
    Something some people fear that starts with the letter S: Squirrels
    A reaction someone might have if they got really scared: Laugh
    An occasion when family photographs are taken: Photography
    Something that comes after the word "double": U
    Something you'd hate for the plane you're on to only have one of: Pillows
    Something your spouse does in the bedroom that rhymes with "mumble": Pumble

    Current Mood: sick
    Sunday, March 11th, 2007
    9:41 pm
    I'm a Bear called Jeremy...
    I think I found a place where I can get episodes of that old show, IN ENGLISH. One problem, that show has "Bloefeld Syndrome", that is to say it's stuck in Legal Limbo (In the Bond flick "For Your Eyes Only", they were NOT allowed to refer to that guy killed at the beginning as "Bloefeld", nor could they mention him in "The Spy Who Loved Me" or "Moonraker", but all hints point to it being true. The character is in legal limbo, that's why the leader with the cat hasn't re-appeared.)

    Anyways, I hope they eventually get things right.

    And I hope these episodes work.
    ~Ra'akone

    PS Still sick

    Current Mood: sick
    8:31 pm
    I have a cold AND a fever!
    Yup. So I'm under the weather. I feel sluggish. I have chills, but I also have slight heat to my head, and...a slight temperature. 99.8 degrees (this thermometer uses Fahrenheit).

    I hate this.
    ~Ra'akone
    Sunday, February 25th, 2007
    9:16 am
    ¡The Interview thing! (¡Thanks, Raina!)
    1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
    2. I respond by asking you a couple of personal questions so I can get to know you better. If I already know you well, expect the questions may be a little more intimate!
    3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
    4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
    5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

    Here are the questions and the answers.

    1. What is your all time favorite movie? i.e. you have watched it so many times you have it memorized.
    -Well, at one time it was definitely Matrix Reloaded. Know it too well!
    2. Plastic or paper?
    -Plastic, only because I have two dogs at home, so I have to stockpile bags for taking them out you know
    3. If you could only take 5 albums with you on a desert island which ones would you take and why?
    -The White Album, Ma-V-Elle's Spoken To, something by Tom Waits, my Siva Pasefika CD, and....Billy Joel's Greatest Hits
    4. If I came to visit you for a week what would we do?
    -All kinds of things. I'd take you up the mountain, and to Old Montreal, and also to some of the coolest places to hang out and to eat. And you'd HAVE to catch me at Grumpy's on the Tuesday.
    5. When does inspiraton hit you for your poetry and songs?
    -At all types of times and places. Really.
    Thursday, February 1st, 2007
    9:44 am
    How many...whatever...does it take to change a lightbulb?
    Ok, this is a funny thing with lightbulb jokes.

    You pic an ethnic group that is you or part of your heritage...and come up with an answer to how many it takes to change a lightbulb. You can also do it with a profession you're in or were in. Pass it on, it's great fun!
    ~Ra'akone
    Just remove the questions and answers, and put in your own....

    Ok, here's my hat thrown into the ring...
    -How many IRISHMEN does it take to change a lightbulb?
    Three. One to hold the bulb, two to drink 'till the room spins.

    How many CANADIANS does it take to change a lightbulb?
    -One, who stands on a Swedish chair, putting in a Taiwanese lightbulb, listening to something on a Japanese radio that was made in Malaysia, and complains that everything is too AMERICAN!

    How many GAME TESTERS does it take to change a lightbulb?
    -Testers aren't allowed to change anything, they just report that there's a bug in their task....and they give the bug number, which has already been reported. Someone else should change it.

    -One, but the confidentiality agreement means nobody will know the details of the old bulb or the new one

    Current Mood: giggly
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