User:	usomitai
	Date:	2009-07-12 13:25
	Subject:	drawing: self-portrait
	Security:	Public

[click and it shall grow in size!]

( Commentary blahddibyblah. )

	User:	31_days (posted by vio55)
	Date:	2009-07-12 10:41
	Subject:	[July 12] [One Piece] Always, All Ways
	Security:	Public

Title: Always, All Ways
Day/Theme: July 12, 2009 - if i didn't know you, i'd rather not know
Series: One Piece
Character/Pairing: Sanji
Rating: PG

( Sanji has come to realize that the customers who come to the Baratie are always, always the same. )

	User:	31_days (posted by kunenk)
	Date:	2009-07-12 23:32
	Subject:	[July 12] [Original] Presentation
	Security:	Public

Title: Presentation
Day/Theme: 12 July- if I didn't know you, I'd rather not know
Series: Original (The Strange and Awkward Mishaps of Dahy, Xephos, and co.)
Character/Pairing: Dahy, Xephos
Rating: G

( He was going to juggle them )

	User:	31_days (posted by lilacfield)
	Date:	2009-07-12 20:20
	Subject:	[July 12] [Kekkaishi] Être Une Femme
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	nervous
	Music:	Chocolate Truffles - Clazziquai Project

Title: Être Une Femme
Day/Theme: July 12/if I didn't know you, I'd rather not know
Series: Kekkaishi
Characters: Yoshimori, Tokine, mention of Sumiko
Rating: G

Kekkaishi © Tanabe Yellow, et al.

( Être Une Femme )

	User:	tomomichi
	Date:	2009-07-12 08:07
	Subject:	deviantART links! + pixiv art links! + tegaki art links!
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	okay

→ Apparently, I can't stay away from the art sites for long. :| Since this is cutting into my regular recs a lot, but I still spend a ton of time recommending stuff, I've decided that, for my own sanity, I am going to count each of these posts as 10 to 15 recs towards my total year-long count, depending on the size of any given one. Don't judge me. :|
→ Usual warnings: You need an account for pixiv, you don't need one for devART/tegaki. Don't take without permission. Save me, plz. Crapload of links here, so it make take a moment to load.

deviantART: ( a crapload of deviantART links )

pixiv: ( a crapload of pixiv links )

tegaki: ( a crapload of tegaki links )

	User:	31_days (posted by sandy_rain)
	Date:	2009-07-11 23:51
	Subject:	[July 11][Valkyria Chronicles] Life was supposed to be—
	Security:	Public

Title: Life was supposed to be—
Day/Theme: July 11; destroy the dreams I ever dreamed
Fandom: Valkyria Chronicles
Characters: Alicia; Welkin/Alicia
Rating: PG
Word Count: 182
Notes: Obviously spoilers for the game. |D Though the new OP in the anime sorta already spoiled the main thing hahaha.

( This is not what she wanted. )

	User:	31_days (posted by writingpurple)
	Date:	2009-07-11 23:05
	Subject:	[July 11] [ReBoot] Tearless
	Security:	Public

Title: Tearless
Day/Theme: July 11; "destroy the dreams I ever dreamed"
Series: ReBoot
Character/Pairing: Dot; mentions of Bob and Enzo; implied Bob/Dot
Rating: PG

(She used to cry.)

	User:	31_days (posted by deviator)
	Date:	2009-07-11 23:51
	Subject:	[July 11] [Tales of Symphonia] Misery Enjoys Company
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	crappy
	Music:	Emilie Autumn: Misery Loves Company

Title: Misery Enjoys Company
Day/Theme: July 11 - destroy the dreams I ever dreamed
Series: Tales of Symphonia (AU verse - Run)
Character/Pairing: Zelos, Sheena
Rating: PG
Note: This is from another AU verse of mine, from a rather long winded fic that I'm still trying to get the writing jones for again. Involves Zelos in the Chosen Ritual.

( Occasionally, not sleeping did have its benefits. )

	User:	31_days (posted by tehlobster)
	Date:	2009-07-12 00:32
	Subject:	[12 July] [Avatar: tLA] Growing Old Together
	Security:	Public

Title: Growing Old Together
Day/Theme: 12 July: "if I didn't know you, I'd rather not know"
Series: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Character/Pairing: Toph/Sokka
Rating: G

( Late at night, Sokka reflects. )

	User:	31_days (posted by vicious_lullaby)
	Date:	2009-07-11 23:54
	Subject:	[July 11th] [X/1999] Embers
	Security:	Public

Title :: Embers
Prompt :: July 11th, “destroy the dreams I ever dreamed”
Fandom :: X/1999
Characters/Pairing :: Kakyou; Kakyou/Hokuto implied
Rating :: PG
Summary :: His body is a deadfall.


(not even the autumn-bright promise of windswept lies or the stark white purity of winter)

	User:	31_days (posted by seta_suzume)
	Date:	2009-07-11 18:07
	Subject:	[July 11][Original] We Both Know
	Security:	Public

Title: We Both Know
Day/Theme: July 11, 2009 "destroy the dreams I ever dreamed"
Series: Original
Character/Pairing: Bashir, Teleri Shi'im
Rating: PG
( Bashir asks a question. )

	User:	31_days (posted by fyliwionvilyaer)
	Date:	2009-07-11 21:08
	Subject:	[July 11] [Detective Conan/Magic Kaito] Twisted
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	thoughtful

Title : Twisted
Author : Fyliwion
Fandom : Detective Conan/Magic Kaito
Theme/Day: July 11/ destroy the dreams I ever dreamed
Rating : Strong T
Warnings: Suggestive material concerning torture/sexual advances. Mildly graphic.
Disclaimer: I don’t own these.. Gosho does…

( Read more... )

	User:	shimizu_hitomi
	Date:	2009-07-11 18:10
	Subject:	WALL OF TEXT (BECAUSE I CAN)
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	orz

Wahahaa. This post has been long in making. And I need to go eat dinner but will be back (and online!!111) later.

( Bleach, FMA, Soul Eater, and the AWESOMENESS thereof )

Dump dump dump. When I said I've been consuming trashy shoujo like crazy (for destressing purposes), I meant it.... Anyway I'll only blab about the ones I liked, and things longer than one-shots. The first being my favorite, the rest not in order.

1. The Scarlet Chair/Hiiro no Isu (9/10 chapters scanlated):

	User:	usomitai
	Date:	2009-07-11 14:58
	Subject:	"So how could you leave me when you knew me?"
	Security:	Public

- I'm taking driving lessons, and I had an Unfortunate moment. No, not in the way you'd expect in a driving class.

I was on a main avenue for the first time, excitedly nervous about staying in my lane, not hitting other cars, and not running over people. Good times. It was dark, raining lightly, and I noticed that a white woman was considering crossing the street. "Not a good idea, with me on the road!" I exclaimed. She didn't pass, I didn't hit her, and all was well.

A few meters later, a black man started to cross the road. "Oh, look, another reckless person!"

"He's not a person," my instructor said. "He's negro."

Uhhhhhhhhhhh.

It's not that, as far as I know, "negro" is an offensive way to refer to black people. It's the fact that he explicitly said that the black person wasn't a person. I've seen this done subconsciously all the time. On the news, if it's a white person who's committed a crime, people will say, "A teenaged boy killed his brother!" If it's a black person, always always always always always, they'll be referred to as such. "A negro killed his brother!" Why the differentiation? Why do you say, "What an ugly negro," when you wouldn't say, "What an ugly branco?"

A moment passed, with me trying to figure if I had enough concentration in me not to crash the car and get started a "wtf is that supposed to mean, consider what you just said!" discussion. He then asked me, "You don't have any negros in your family, right? No? Oh, it's okay, then."

"No, it's not," I said. Trying to keep the car in order, I wasn't able to launch into an explanation of the importance of language and the prejudice embedded in words like I wished to. Even so, from the way he'd asked if there was anyone black in my family, he knew he was crossing a line.

Didn't you know? There's no racism in Brazil. Nope, none at all.

- I finished Sula. The second half, which focused more on romantic betrayals and destroyed friendships, wasn't nearly as difficult for me as the first half, because I know what to expect from that kind of story. No suffering I haven't read before. It was the random, meaningless violence that affected me.

Excellent book on the whole, and if you want a powerful read, I highly recommend it.

I loved the language above all. I read and reread passages, soaking up her narrative. I continue to be in awe of Toni Morrison's writing. There are passages I'd like to keep with me, and I have typed up some of them here. I doubt they have same power isolated as they do within the story, but... what else can I do?

( Quotes. Spoilers for the whole book. )

	User:	31_days (posted by lilacfield)
	Date:	2009-07-11 23:03
	Subject:	[July 11] [Yitian Dulong Ji] Wheels Rolling Down Another Path
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	sleepy
	Music:	Captivity (Guitar Mix) - Anggun

Title: Wheels Rolling Down Another Path
Day/Theme: July 11/destroy the dreams I ever dreamed
Series: Yitian Dulong Ji
Characters: Chaghan Temur, Koke Temur, mention of Zhao Min
Rating: G

Yitian Dulong Ji © Jin Yong, et al.

( Wheels Rolling Down Another Path )

	User:	31_days (posted by deecherrywolf)
	Date:	2009-07-11 10:23
	Subject:	[July 11] [Junjou Romantica] Premonition?
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	blah

Title: Premonition?
Day/Theme: July 11 / destroy the dreams I ever dreamed
Series: Junjou Romantica
Character/Pairing: Terrorist
Rating: PG-13

( Surprises )

	User:	31_days (posted by vio55)
	Date:	2009-07-11 09:15
	Subject:	[July 11] [One Piece] A Complete Heart
	Security:	Public

Title: A Complete Heart
Day/Theme: July 11, 2009 - destroy the dreams i ever dreamed
Series: One Piece
Character/Pairing: Sanji
Rating: PG

( You've heard that you need to be half-dead before you enter the Grand Line. )

	User:	31_days (posted by kunenk)
	Date:	2009-07-11 21:43
	Subject:	[July 11] [Final Fantasy V] In Touch
	Security:	Public

Title: In Touch
Day/Theme: 11 July- destroy the dreams I ever dreamed
Series: Final Fantasy V
Character/Pairing: Lenna, Faris
Rating: G

( Where we are )

	User:	wrongly_amused
	Date:	2009-07-11 08:53
	Subject:
	Security:	Public

Hah, got home and found an email informing me I had been removed as a moderator for fissionmailed. o_0 Oh well, I hadn't been able to post much lately, so I can see where people might have thought I was leaving the comm.

Dad came on "surprise visit" to town. I'm apathetic but not antagonistic. It's usually around July/August that his guilt complex kicks in and he makes the yearly visit to make play at parenting. My brother's finally put his foot down and staunchly refuses to speak to him anymore, so that leaves my sister and I to entertain my father until he leaves Monday. Too bad this is my weekend to work? :-/ It normally wouldn't be an issue, but we've opened up four new units in the hospital, and we're completely understaffed to handle the work load, so everyone's just overwhelmed. I have literally spent the past two weeks working, going to the gym, and sleeping, and outside of seeing gilhamilton and Megan on Sunday, that's it. I am seriously beat.

Other than that, have been completely unmotivated to do much of anything. I really need to get back into school. While the academic challenge was murderous when it vied with work, it still got me up and moving and thinking about things. :( I miss it.

..........that is all I have to say in this update. MY LIFE IS EL BORING LATELY.

	User:	31_days (posted by sandy_rain)
	Date:	2009-07-10 23:53
	Subject:	[July 10][Persona 3] Wait, don't go (I haven't loved you enough yet)
	Security:	Public

Title: Wait, don't go (I haven't loved you enough yet)
Day/Theme: July 10; you were never able to keep me breathing
Fandom: Persona 3
Characters/Pairing: Aigis; MC/Aigis
Rating: G
Word Count: 120
Note: ... how did I even manage to do this.

( Fiction is a lie, but wouldn't it be nice if it were true? )