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URGENT UPDATE! This in from angelflare!
EEEE! **sails over the moon.** Look at that gorgeous wing! And it's BLUE! YES!

Well ... This has been an interesting month. On my birthday I got season 4 of The Batman on DVD, another Clair Poulson novel, and a nice hardback of Ernest Hemingway novels, among other things. I really agree with his "iceberg" theory of writing. That's how I've tried to write for the last couple of years or so, letting dialogue tell a lot of the story and not telling every little thing going through the characters' minds. I try to trust that the readers are intelligent enough to pick up on what's suggested but not said. XD

And Kaze sent me a burned CD of FF7 voice actor songs, as well as the two most recent Rockapella Christmas albums! **squees.** They're so awesome. X3 They make me feel really Christmassy. Both of them are after Sean left, sadly, but I love them. ^^ I really like Kevin a lot; I think he was the perfect choice since they had to get another tenor. And it's great to hear Elliott on both CDs and Barry on one of them! They all have beautiful harmonies and sing a mixture of lots of different kinds of Christmas songs. And sometimes they do such silly things, like a monologue Scott does on Please Come Home for Christmas.

Crystal Rose has been sending me Carmen blurbs and pics, which are awesome! We both enjoy writing h/c, so the blurbs have a lot of that. X3 And the pics are mainly illustrations from Walk Like an Egyptian. Much fun and squee!

I've been having lots of crazy dreams of late, one of course being that cemetery one. I had another cemetery one, but it just involved me taking a headstone to use as a visual aid for something and then having to put it back. XD; And finding a bunch of people at a pavilion having a cookout in the cemetery! .__.;

I also had an awesome dream where Rockapella (the current lineup) was going to be giving a concert right here in the neighborhood, and I had gone to help set things up and hoped to meet the guys. X3

Then today I had a weird dream of tape-searching. I found a tape that had a totally different version of Zombie Jamboree on it, where the guys (Carmen era) were singing as they ran and leaped through a jungley/beachy area. LOL. And of course I woke up wanting to hear the song, so now it's been on Repeat for a while.

On the same tape I found a weird, WEIRD thing that said it was Little House on the Prairie but it was more like the Love Comes Softly series ... and it involved Aerith's and Seph's ancestors in a frontier town. And being a couple. And Seph dying. ;___; I despise the Seph/Aerith pairing, but the dream was kind of cute. And then it was so saaad!

In real-life, I heard Harry Belefonte's version of Zombie Jamboree, and it was one of the dumbest things ever. XD; The third verse switches gears completely and randomly talked about Brigette Bardot, and then the fourth verse was mostly the guy complaining about nuclear war. He tried to tie it into the song by saying if it happened, we'd all join the Zombie Jamboree. **rolls eyes.** Please to be keeping your political views out of a cheerful song about zombies, thank you very much!

The Kingston Trio's version, by comparison, is so amusing! The female zombie wants to marry the narrator and keeps bothering him. I was thinking how funny it would have been if Rockapella had sung that version sometime. I have this picture of how it would play out, with the female zombie chasing Sean and him mischievously singing the "I have to run away!" part. **snickers.**

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[pleasant-valley.livejournal.com]

Did i miss your birthday? **is sorry**
Hope you had a fab day.

I've been having the weirdest dreams recently too. Thankfully no cemetery ones yet!

I've been trying to do some writing myself, have an idea for a fantasy story but just haven't got round to doing it. Not sure if it'll come out at all like i imagine it in my head.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That's okay. :) Yep, it was a good day!

I probably had cemetery dreams because they've been on my mind. LOL. I'm in a community where people post cemetery pictures. They're quite fascinating. And we live pretty close to a cemetery too. ♥

Getting stories to come out like you picture them is often a challenge! Good luck with it!

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! **pets blue wing** And yay The Batman!

And yay more Rockapella-ness! LOL, Scott's monologue is priceless. **snerks at "I remember St. Patrick's Day was... Well, actually I don't remember St. Patrick's Day-- it was a drunken blur..."**

**facepalm** I've been meaning to get to the snowball pic, but in all the recent madness, I haven't had the chance... I'll try to start on it tomorrow evening. X3 And Yay h/c! X3 I'll be working on my Halloween updates next week, so there'll be more of it. X3

A cookout? Hmm, maybe that was the Jamboree! XD

Yay for dream that Rockapella was coming! I hope it comes true for you! ^^ And LOL at the Carmen-era boys in the beachy/jungle area! There's a plunny in that somewhere!. And aww... poor Seph's ancestor. ;__;

Bleah at the dumb version. -__- How does she even fit into the song at all?

LOL at how it would be if they sang the Kingston trio version! XD **Can imagine it, too! And the others would run after the zombie, a la the Chase!**

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

**snerks @ monologue.**

Yay snowball pic! And Halloween updates! X3

LOL!

That was the thing, I couldn't even see that he was trying to make her fit into the song. XD; It was totally random.

Yay zombie Chase!

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

**facepalm**

Oh noes... now I want to put in a mention in the Halloween fic of a ghost Chase scene... XD

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL. Priceless!

[yamsteapot.livejournal.com]

Okay, even I admit that that figure is pretty badass. The detail in the wings is gorgeous. Vibrant colour with a what looks to be an effective gradient.

Ooh. What Hemingway novels did you get? I honestly have not explored his novels terribly much, but we read an excerpt from The Sun Also Rises last semester. I do have a copy of the complete collection of his short stories laying around... **has actual been rather partial to making references/cracking jokes about "Snows of Kilimanjaro" as of late** Hemingway's iceberg principle is pretty nifty, though sometimes damn, he strips it down to the barest of the bare. You really have to slow down to make sure you know who is talking because there are zero tags in some passages.

Cookout in the cemetery... I'll have to remember that one. If I ever get back to my necromancer stuff, that'd be excellent.

... I kinda wanna hear that Belefonte's version of "Zombie Jamboree" now.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

**nodnod.** And it looks like the hair is flying out, too, at least somewhat. X3

It has The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. I had to read the latter for school, but I haven't read the others before. I saw the movie of For Whom the Bell Tolls and liked it, so I'm starting with that one first.

Yeah, sometimes there's no indication of who's talking. XD But I've already encountered that a lot in novels, so I'm pretty used to it.

LOL. That would be some fun crack. It was basically like a pavilion in a normal park, with cement and trash cans and benches and everything ... just in the middle of a cemetery.

Lemme see if I can find it. XD A reviewer tacked it onto his article.

And... I'm getting results I don't even remember seeing before. XD; I don't know how I found that. Meanwhile, here are the lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/h/harry_belafonte/zombie_jamboree_back_to_back.html The player thingie to the side only leads to some Internet radio website that I don't think will play the song. I'll keep looking for that article thingie. ^^

[yamsteapot.livejournal.com]

I would rather like to read The Sun Also Rises sometime. ... I'll never forget one of the bios for Collage. At the end it says, "Screw The Old Man and the Sea, rent Jaws." Lawlz. By a playwright no less.

I've found Hemingway has a particular way of making you slow down though. But in a good way. **finds nothing wrong with it, it's just definitely interesting** We looked at a few chapters of The Sun Also Rises in class and had a read-aloud with different people reading different lines.

I would thinking more like a classic grill, in the middle of the cemetery, just among the graves, like a BBQ. Total Shaman King style with the chilling in the grave yard.

I'll have to take a look at this later for giggles.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL! I think I remember you mentioning that.

**nodnod.** One needs to slow down to absorb everything that's going on in the books. X3

**snerk.** A random grill would be hilarious.

It seems like every singer who does Zombie Jamboree writes their own verses/does something to make it their own. I wanna hear Harry Nilsson's version sometime; it sounds like it's really on crack. XD It opens, apparently, with someone screaming "OMG There's a zombie on my belly!" **snerk.**

[yamfowl1412.livejournal.com]

Thing with the necromancers and my goal with that is to have the absurd and the hilarious, but make it somehow... realistic? As in, believable and despite the absurdity, there's something rather serious and grave (no pun intended) about the situation. Not sure which of the sides I want as an afterthought though--the absurdity or the srs bizness.

Zombie on my belly... first thing that comes to mind is the movie Alien.

[garowyn.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that wing and the colors. . .very nice. And the rest is nice, too!

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

**hugs KH Seph.** So gorgeous. X3

[wngdngl.livejournal.com]

They had that Sephiroth figure up at TGS, but it wasn't colored *pets wing* I wonder how much it'll sell for - it doesn't look like it's on the Squeenix site yet.

And woah, your birthday came fast XD So, that makes you...23? o-o

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

22.

Hopefully he won't be more expensive than the other PlayArts figures....

[amanechan.livejournal.com]

Dang, that is one good-looking action figure! X3 So pretty.

........ Why on earth did I think your birthday was in the beginning of November rather than the beginning of October. WHY. I feel like such a jerk, and I'm really sorry. Geez, I could just crawl into a hole and die. *headdesk* Can I still make you something - headers, colorbars, wallpapers, icons, whatever - even though it's so late?

Awesome dreams, by the way. Now I have this mental image of Sephiroth and Aerith as Pa and Ma Ingalls. That's going to haunt my dreams tonight.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

**hugs KH Seph.** X3

It's really okay; I figured you were just so swamped with school that you forgot. XD And I hadn't blogged any pre-birthday entries like I usually do (possibly because I hadn't expected much from the day, but I ended up having a really good time). Then I got so swamped with writing that I didn't post any real updates afterwards. XD;

But colorbars would be awesome. X3 Maybe Seph and Zack or KH Seph?

LOL. Scary!

And I keep trying to get on MSN, but I don't know when that's going to happen. The computer doesn't like MSN tonight. I keep restarting and it won't load and I'm trying to upgrade hoping that will help, but so far I haven't even been able to do that. -___-;

[amanechan.livejournal.com]

Okie! Hopefully I can get colorbars made tomorrow. *eyes the pile of homework that I totally neglected today XD*

[cskazaam.livejournal.com]

And I finally get around to commenting. XD;

**squees over Seph again.** Totally awesome and gorgeous and amazing! ^^ And all that detail in the wing.... We totally need a close-up picture!

I don't think I've ever read an Ernest Hemingway novel. That would be interesting to see some more of that style. ^^ **hasn't heard it called "iceberg" before.**

Kevin is awesome. ^^ He's my favorite of the new Rockapella members, just because he's so cheerful, and you can tell that he really loves what he sings. ^^

That monologue was totally random! And so amusing. LOL.

Those pics sound awesome! ^^

**snickers @ the visual aid.** Maybe you pilfered it for Rockapella to use as a visual aid in one of their songs? XD ....And that cemetery cookout sounds like it would go great with a Zombie Jamboree. XD

That's such an awesome dream! ^^ I hope they really do a performance near you sometime. Maybe there's a theatre you could talk to about inviting them? That's what the website recommended, though I don't know how successful it would be. XD;

**snickers @ the new version of Zombie Jamboree.**

Oh wow. That Seph/Aerith dream sounds so saaad! ;__; And it sounds like it would make an amazing story, with or without the pairing.

Who is Brigette Bardot, anyway? XD; And yikes. I'd say that fourth verse totally ruined the song. XD;

LOL. If only they'd done that version! I have to say though, of all the versions I've heard about, I still think Rockapella's is the best. ^^

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! X3 This picture is amazing, but it just isn't big enough!

I think he himself called it "iceberg." ^^ I'll let you know if I recommend the novels when I finish. I did like the For Whom the Bell Tolls movie, though.

**nodnod.** Kevin's definitely awesome. ^^ I hope he doesn't cut those curls, either.

LOL! In the dream it showed why I took it, but now I don't remember why. XD; And now I have an image of zombies having a cookout. **snerk.** Too priceless!

**nodnod.** I could check around! It would probably be a better idea to wait until I have the funds, though. XD **is flat broke and wouldn't have the money for a ticket.**

If I'm not careful, the dream could end up making me like the Seph/Aerith pairing. LOL. And it's like the het pairing with Seph that I despise the most, aside from Seph/Yuffie.

Brigette Bardot is ... **tries to think how to describe her.** I actually don't know, and I hadn't tried to research her, but from the little bit I've heard in the past, she sounds like she was in as risqué of stuff as they had back in the sixties. **would call her a porn star, but isn't sure if that's correct.** Though the song describes her basically as being naked.... XD; At least he tried to tie the fourth verse into the song, even though it was lame, but the Brigette Bardot verse makes no sense at all. He doesn't even try to make it fit the song.

Rockapella's is totally the best! ^^

[cskazaam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those curls are cute! ^^ I hope he doesn't cut them either.

Totally! Gosh the zombie cookout is such a crazy idea! LOL.

**nods.** Yeah, the prices can get pretty expensive depending on the place. XD But if you're interested in that, probably asking sooner would be better so they have time to book things.

LOL. Yeah, those two really don't fit together. XD;

Jeez. Sounds like that verse was completely random! What was he thinking? XD;

[ladyamberjo.livejournal.com]

I had no idea it was your birthday! Usually LJ gives an alert on those kinds of things...I'm sorry I missed it! And I hope it was a good day!

...that is a lovely figurine. Very nice shading on the wings, too.

As far as the song goes...I've heard the radiation-theory of zombie-creation somewhere, but now that I think of it, the only place I can say for mostly sure is someone suggesting in Night of the Living Dead that corpses were reanimating because of some sort of radiation from space. But...but! I think one of the short stories from which the script for Night of the Living Dead was cobbled together involved the last man on Earth surviving nuclear holocaust and having to battle hoardes of zombie-like individuals for survival (interestingly enough, that particular story was later made into the movie The Omega Man, and more recently the movie I Am Legend. Of course, I haven't seen that version of I Am Legend, so I can't compare adequately).

Okay, zombie!geek-moment over. I was also going to add that Bigitte Bardot was in at least one horror movie, but then I realized I was thinking of Adrienne Barbeau. ^_^;;

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^^ It did turn out to be a really good day.

**hugs KH Seph figure.**

LOL. Interesting. XD I've wanted to see I Am Legend, but I haven't gotten around to that yet.