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Happy (belated) birthday, afra_schatz!!!!! *huggles* I've recently learned how to make mini-movie icons, so here's one for you, because you're a Santana fan:



All the best for you all year long, dear!!

This post first began to be sketched because I've been sitting in front of this computer doing schoolwork for, well, a long time.

( CUT for the sake of your stomach: gross little animation of a guy working himself out at the computer )

So I wrote a long rant, but then I read over it and decided that it was booooring, so I decided to go for a nicely-flavoured post instead =]

Wanna know something silly? Near my home there's a street called "Hayden Street". XDD Yeah, I'm easily amused. Hee!



Three more drabbles written for velvet100 :)

(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved all drabbles to IJ and linked appropriately.

Title: Eventually
Rating: Teen
Author: lorielen
Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Pairing: Curt/Brian
Disclaimer: Todd Haynes', even though I’d treat them much better.
Notes: written for prompt 010 - hysteria at velvet100
Word count: 100

Eventually


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Title: Outplayed
Rating: Teen
Author: lorielen
Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Pairing: Curt/Brian
Disclaimer: Todd Haynes’, even though I’d treat them much better.
Notes: written for prompt 011 - love at velvet100.
Word count: 100.

Outplayed

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Title: Homely
Rating: Teen
Author: lorielen
Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Pairing: Curt/Brian
Disclaimer: Todd Haynes’, even though I’d treat them much better.
Notes: written for prompt 011 - love at velvet100.
Word count: 200.

Homely

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Aaand, I'm nearly reaching the mark of 300 Ewan pictures!! (as himself; I have a bunch of him in-character as well). A celebrating picspam is, of course, in order ;) But for now, let me gush iconically - I've had these stashed in my HD for weeks - a bit over Robert Lewis, (Ewan's part in A Life Less Ordinary), Catcher Block (Down With Love), and our very favourite, wonderfully expressive Ew.

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(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the sixteen Ewan icons to IJ.

Today I've spent a long - and delicious - time over at viggo_daily, preparing the new picspam... my 'picspam' folder at photobucket has over 200 pics *.* Who are you doing, xr8fordgirl and angel_of_dublin?? Vig is seven shades of crazy, and totally adorable.



*LURVES the Crazy Dane*

Things I'll get done next week:

* the Sephiroth-themed layout for star_raiser
* the JRM-as-Elvis header for angel_of_dublin

Things I swear I haven't forgotten about, but that I haven't had an inspiration spasm about just yet:

* the pants/trousers fic(let) for irrlicht74
* the Brian-in-purple-boots-only drabble for secret_plasures, who seems to share more than one of my unusual preferences ;)
* the Jack/Curt ficlet for my wonderful beta, vainwithglitter :)

...if I promised you anything and it's not listed above, please do poke me. My mind's a mess (and don't you love alliteration too?).

Cheers! 28 29 PotC icons. Many thanks to ivorytower for the pics *huggles*

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01-08 Curse of the Black Pearl
09-16 Dead Man's Chest
13-19 Captain Jack Sparrow
20 William Turner
21 Sparrington
22-24 Jamie/Jack/Will
25-28 Jack/Will

(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the twenty-eight icons to IJ.

And a little something extra:

I've been making Jared icons for a few days now. When I began to upload them to PB, I realised Jared didn't have his own folder. How perfectly monstrous, non? So I'm posting all and every Jared icon I've ever made, with the exception of those crafted as gifts. You'll notice I drifted into my own little world and brought back #09 and #15, for instance. But I quite like this batch, and I hope you will, too :)

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Teasers: 08. 10.

(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the twenty-one Jared Leto icons to IJ.

** cross-posted to: actor__icons, leto_daily, my journal.

I've finally fixed my profile, with help from deadpandapen. And, partly because I watched Jarhead again last week, partly just for the fun of it, I've made some Jake icons.

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07. 11.

(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the nineteen Jake Gyllenhaal icons to IJ.

Also, this week I've indulged in... ta-da, Jarhead slash. Oh come on, pretty young men decked in military uniforms and all bored in a desert? They're just begging for it!

( Jarhead slash )

( (25/out/07)EDIT: There were a rant and a link to my PB account here, but I felt they'd be better placed under a FO filter. )

First things first: I've at long last acquired the Edward Scissorhands DVD!!!!! *positively bouncing*

I'm giddy ^___^ I've just updated my SW slash rec post and examination revealed that this far I have recced:

( Total count plus the newest jewels )

Still in the fandom, I've taken a little time off from work-work-work to craft some icons. They're quite simple but I like them =]

Teasers:



( Four Anakin/Obi-Wan, four Ewan/Hayden )

In addition, I'm writing an Ani/Obi ficlet. It's cute this far, I hope I'll finish soon (though that doesn't seem very likely, what with exams and assignments and all that).

I'm not quite sure whether it's right to put everything in the same post, but I just wanted to express my concern, indignation and sorrow for the victims of the Katrina hurricane, the upsetting tumult that ocurred recently in Iraq and the massacre of Sarajevo, which I've recently become aware of, via the film Hotel Rwanda.
...I wish I could be more eloquent about all of this, but it so happens I'm not. I'm just sorry. I guess Orli conveys the feeling.



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On another, happier note, I've had a good week, rather busy. There's the São Paulo International Short-Footage Motion Picture Festival going on and I've been attending regularly, everything is interesting and inspiring. Today I've stayed home, courtesy of a hurting uterus, and lived basically on painkillers, sweets, fruit and fanfic. :)

There are actually two major reasons I'm posting today:

One: If you're an Ewan/Hayden (RPS) fan, or in danger of becoming one, you simply must catch up on ducky_chas's WiP fic Better on Holiday. I'm deeply in love with this fic. Its plot flows oh-so-nicely, there's lots of positively brilliant dialogue, Ewan is the lovable bloke and Hayden, well, Ewan shall call him squishy and he shall be Ewan's and he shall be EWAN'S SQUISHY!!1one! :) Guest appearance by Cillian Murphy, who sort of tends to steal the scene because he's too fookin' funny an Irishman XDD So go, go, read it now! (this, Caro, is the fic I meant when I commented on your journal earlier today. I think you'd like it.)

Title: Better on Holiday
Author: ducky_chas
Pairing: Ewan McGregor/Hayden Christensen
Rating: R, overall
Summary: Hayden and Ewan get casted for the same movie. Again.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10
Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15
Chapter 16

Since I'm at it, might as well point you towards anliya's magnificent piece of Ani/Obi artwork. It's just their hands, sex implied. It's... it's just gorgeous, so full of feeling, so delicate. It made me think a bit of a HP piece killthwight recced on her lj a while ago. Btw, hon, as soon as I post here I'll give the final touches to my Clive & Ange entry and start posting Owned at rp_playground. *grins* For anyone who got curious, Owned is a Clive Owen/Jared Leto idea.

ETA: afra_schatz has just posted this entirely drool-worthy, too-beautiful-for-words Eric/Orli, Sin City-style artwork. It's just perfect, I couldn't possibly overrate it.
*.* *in awe at Caro's skills*

Two: I keep making icons. It's therapeutic and by now, self-indulgence really since there's so much I should be doing. But I like making icons ;]

Teasers: 09. 03.

[ 1] Robert Boyd
[ 2] Christian Bale
[ 2] Jude Law
[ 2] Jared Leto
[ 2] Heath Ledger
[ 1] Hayden Christensen

(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the ten icons to IJ.

Expect a full 30-something batch of icons to the lyrics of Coldplay's Shiver anytime soon. I'm having a terrific time working at that one :) And wheeeeee dead_pen's come to town!! *celebrates* Under her very benefitial influence, I'm thinking about changing my LJ layout. Any suggestions for themes?

Teaser icons for Shiver:

10. 12.

*goes watch BHD*

=]

I've finally taken the time to reshape Kaleidoscope :) I've tried to make navigation easier and to include some information I'd left out of the other website, such as graphic resources, ToU, etc. Clique-ty!!



It's now themed 'pineapples', I quite like the randomness of it ;) Oooh and on smileys, lookit, Caro, I learned how to make a pirate smiley P-) aw isn't he precious??

( the lastest on me: films, books, RL and other nonsense )

It's also worth pointing out that razzleslash hasn't abandoned Grounded, one of my favourite Viggorli WiPs, with its gripping AU fashioned a la Brave New World (curious? Chapters 1-13 and Chapter 14). That chapters 17 and 18 have just been added to SW Ani/Obi AU fic Division of Forces, which I'm madly in love with. That afra_schatz has written the most tender, goofy-grin-inducing Bean/Orli fic ever, Not a Bloody Thing. *huggles* And WELCOME BACK, justinetre!! *squishes*

What I'm really-really posting to share, though, are the long-promised Paul Bettany icons. I should dedicate this post for no_me_toques and dormida; they are two brilliant writers who said they'd stalk my lj for Bettany icons, and omg, that was when I had the Ewan icons posted *blushes* Anyway, here they are!

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[ + ] Please comment and let me know which icons you're taking
[ + ] Take as many icons as you like! :)
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(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the thirty-one Paul Bettany icons to IJ.

Looking at them, I've realised they've come off somewhat... well, they're quite simple and clean. Also, that I quite like them this way, even though I've got some ideas for more fancy designing... heh, we'll see ;] sofiaaifos has posted some very yummy Peter-Peter Colt/Dieter Prohl bases over at peter_dieter (Wimbledon slash), so there may be more Paul-flavoured icons coming. =]

Cross-posted to: actor__icons, dirrty_broccoli

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I'm crossing my fingers for you, killthwight!!! *huggles*

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holidays indeed!! And what better way to start than with Ewan McGregor? I tried to go back a few stages on this icon-batch. "The simpler, the better" is what I went for. It was a tad difficult to combine that with my newly acquired PS skills, but overall I think I did quite well. ewan_hayden and actor__icons alike were very inspiring. Ewan is adorable and it was wonderful working with him ^____^ I've got Paul Bettany signed on for my next male-to-iconise, but I think I should do a female in-between. Any suggestions? Angie Jolie caught my eye lately. I've only just realised she'd be the purrfect casting for Catwoman.

Now, with the icons! Teasers:



Terms of Use: (because it's being coss-posted and not everyone knows me...)

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[ + ] Take as many icons as you like! :)
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(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the thirty-six Ewan McGregor icons to IJ.

Cross-posted: ewan_hayden, actor__icons, my own journal.

PS: ( on Live 8 )

Hi *hugs*

I've just come from a fabulous extended weekend plus one class-less Monday. *super happy* dead_pen came from Bauru. ^_____^ I've stayed over at her home from Wednesday evening to Saturday morning *squishes*, during which we've talked, talked, talked, drawn (she conviced me to and I made the first ever Nightwing I found acceptable) and watched SW III together. Mostly we annoyed the people sitting next to us with a. squealing at Hayden and Ewan and b. she was explaining details and bits of the storyline to very ignorant me. We also started building her an on-line portfolio and among other things she drew this cuuuute, i-Pod-ish Jin Kazama. *luffs*

( On the genesis of this post, and a few considerations on Keanu Reeves )

Thinking about the matter while scanning the net for pictures, I realised that what I love about Keanu are his hands, his voice and his eyes. Since he poked my aesthetical sense, thought I should make icons!

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(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the twenty-four Keanu Reeves icons to IJ.

Also, recently afra_schatz posted some lovely Orli bases. I'd already fallen in love with him all over again during my visit to killthwight (I'm still gushing over that pic, dear!), and that post gave me ideas... and ideas became icons... *grins* Because him and Keanu are my two favourite inexpressive handsome men. I hope you like these!

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(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the twenty-two Orlando Bloom icons to IJ.

On a different note, so it is that I've gotten myself into yet another cute little slashy pairing (and a new fandom too).

( SW_slash. Because. It cannot be avoided )

...in Keanu's words... "wow". *giggles with killthwight* This post is long. But I hadn't posted in ages, so it's ok? *hopes*