Good thign it's not an RP then *wink wonk*.
Did somone say KITTENS?!?!! KHV, allow me to present you with the phenominon known as ... Kitten in a cup! Vbulliten ... y u hate me.
Wow Kitty, that gif was really fangcy.
I take your corgis and raise you: [video=youtube;yVjzd320gew]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjzd320gew[/video]
Fangstastic, that's exactly the reaction I was looking for. Fangks.
Guys, I'm not a fang of these puns at all. They're not very fangy ...
The use of his son was twofold: to promote an emotional response as you say, but also to contrast with how the children abducted and those who escaped, such as Jacob, were forced to exist, compared with how we live; thereby enforcing the "Where you live shouldn't influence whether you live" message.
Literally just saw this on tumblr. I was aware of the sort of criticism IC has had over the years, but not to this degree! I didn't think it was that bad ... The big problem is that, while yes they have some issues and they maybe go about things the wrong way sometimes ... they're really the only group that I can get behind to support this cause, there really aren't any others.
I've been following Invisible Children since about 2009 (whenever "The Rescue" happened). I feel like this is definately a cause that people should pay attention to, and it's somethign that the internet's amazing capacity to do good can be used for. However, I, just as a person who knew about it already, see the line between raising awareness and spamming blurring a little bit. Maybe it's just because I've known about the war and the horrible things happening for so long that I'm a little de-sensetised to it, but ya know. So yeah, definately get involved if you can, though I'm not too sure on the legality of the "Cover the Night" initative ... and why 4/20, why oh why oh why ...
I touhgt I would do somehting a little different. Instead of just posting the final result of my music, I thought I'd do a like diary type thing, showing you my process wehn I write or arrange music. So here we go. The piece I am currently working on is a fantasy for Violin and Piano (possibly orchestrated later) on a theme by composer Samuel Sim from the 2009 BBC adaption of "Emma" by Jane Austen. Throughout the series of 4 episodes, and the co-responding soundtrack, Sim uses the same theme in many various ways ... somehting that I've always found it amazing that composers can do ... and somehting I've yet to perfect. This inspired me to write my own piece, similarly using the same theme in various ways and developing it further. I had a little play around with the theme on my violin, somehting I will only upload if I am payed loads of mo- *shot*. Seriously though, if you want to hear 4 minutes of my improvising badly and making loads of mistakes, that's fine ... Anyways, it gave me a little bit of an idea of what I would be able to do when I developed the theme, and an idea of where to start, sort of. So without further ado, I opened up Sibelius, my music notation software. As a classical musician, I find it very essy to work in sibelius to make Midi or Wav files for later editing, because I can read sheet music fluently. This also makes it easire, because due to me not being very confident in my playing to play midi directly in using a midi keyboard, I can write whatever I like, regardless of difficulty. First though, I looked up the theme I am going to be using on the youtubes: Spoiler: The Video [video=youtube;59H8wXqqld0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59H8wXqqld0[/video] So, after this, I opened up my new Sibelius document: Spoiler: 1 This is always so daunting the first time around ... but I've become used to it ... *sweatdrop*. I decided that I wanted a slow start, with a statement of the theme, but I didn't want the violin to come in with the melody right away, so I thought it best to do it in the right hand of the piano. Spoiler: 2 After this, I thought a bit about dynamic markings ... beacause I like to do them as I am writing, so else it gets really tedious when I'f finished the melody to go back and write them all in. I also added some phrasing marks for the performer, to give a little direction. Spoiler: 3 After this I thought about bassline. I thought having flowing quavers (8th notes to you Americans out there (they're called quavers (I don't care what you say))) in the bassline would be a nice accompaniment to the fairly slow notes of the melody, and would be easier on the ear than a chordal sequence. Spoiler: 4 After this I thought: this seems a little bare ... let's add some more texture all up in here and put the violin on an inverted pedal! A pedal, for the uninitiated, is when there is a held or repeated note in the bassline of a piece, and an inverted pedal is when instead of it being low, on say a 'cella or bassoon, it's on a higher instrument, above the melody line, like on a flute or in this case, a violin. Spoiler: 5 You may be wondering a couple of things. 1. The tempo marking was always there, just due to me cropping out the violin part for easier progression, you couldn't see it. Lento means slowly with a connotation of gentleness by whe way. 2. "Claw, oh why oh why did you use two minums tied together in that last bar? Surely you should have used a semibreave, you should be shot for improper notation!" I had a cunning plan. to break up the last bar, I wanted the violin to play a small trill. The trill might not necessarily sound how I want it, but I can always mess around with it in my sequencer once I sequence the midi file (if I plan to do so). Also, as an introduction into the the next section - which is going to be faster like the Opening Titles iteration of the theme - I wanted to build some tension by having a slowdown or ritardando/rallentando (yes, that is where the infamous word comes from, the root word "ritard" litterally means to slow or become late - lovely linguistics fact for you there). Don't ask me the difference between a rit. and a rall. because honestly I don't know if there is one. Spoiler: 6 And then I was done with this section, for the moment. Here's what it sounds like at the moment: That's all for now, and next time I'm going to show you my work on the next section, which is faster and will show you that classical music can have awesome basslines too ^^ Thanks for reading, and any and all questions, comments etc. are welcome. EDIT: Oh dear ... there are many, many spelling mistakes here ...
We've got no clues about the perp ... we don't even have a sus because the car with a mo's got a perf al. All we know is ... the suspect ... is probably in Wonderland! *Acedetective.mp3*. ^This is what I imagina card!Forsaken and card!Claw were saying throughout the investigation. I'm glad everyone enjoyed this though ^^. And I think the staff'll agree it was a ... learning experience.
Once I caught a fish alive ^^.
MOD VOICE ON!! I don't mind people correcting grammar, if anything I welcome it in extreme cases: however, one does not need to go through an entire story and site every point where grammar may be being mis-used, or could be more effectively employed. In such cases, I would advise - please - to simply give a few examples if anything, rather than quoting every mistake - or perceived mistake - in the body of work. In addition, I would add that grammar alone isn't really conducive to a literarry critique. I would expect at least a small comment given on style, character, or something beyond the technicality of the fiction. As long as the grammar and spelling are readable and do not infringe upon the reading experience, then mentioning them in extranious detail and failing to pick up on the artistic, creative and emotive points of the work is a moot point and defeats the purpose of giving a critique of the work. MOD VOICE OFF!! I really enjoyed this chapter and intermission. I enjoyed the sort of awkward, begrudging crush that Saxima has on Amaury, but I enjoy the fact that she overcomes it and manages to confess to him. You're characterisation is really good in this one Haseo, It was a little short though, I would have liked it to be a little longer maybe, but that could be because I was enjoying it so much ^^. What? I really enjoyed the intermission. The interplay between the chracters, Finny being a stranger to human contact for a year really conveyed well to the reader, and your use of repitition really helped to emphasise it. I really enjoy your descriptions of scenery and feeling as well, even if a little wordy and long-winded, that didn't detract from the rading experiance at all. Also, I like how you left a plot point open for another author to use later, which is a hook to keep readers engaged, Haseo did this too with the "Shipping Club" in his chapter. I'll look forward to others expanding upon these ideas in later chapters. I really should get in on this project ... hmmm ... I dunno who i would use though :/.
Trigger warning guys, let's not let this escalate into conflict.
In this thread, Emma photosets and gifs.
Thanks you guys o.o ...
I knew that she was writing something new, but this is great news. I love her style, she ahs a great way of enthralling the reader. It's good to see that after almost 5 years I'll be able to read new books by her. I wonder what kind of book it'll be ... still fantasy in a modern setting, or something grounded in reality, or somehting totally different altogether. It'll be a ery interesting read when it comes out I am sure. I just hope it isn't a flop ;___;. Also, Tummer, in response to the thing about Pottermore. She isn't really directly involved in the site, she just provides the new details for the backstory and gives the final go-ahead for things, so that's the Pottermore admins' fault that it's till in beta imho.
My appologies, but I'm not a person, merely an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.
Hi ... I guess ... D.O.O.D.S?
