w007! Early Morning Post!
Oct. 31st, 2003 10:28 amPh34r the H0gw4r7z H34d4ch3!
The Pink and Blue Wars. This is an issue near and dear to my heart, actually; I have long lamented the lack of female characters who weren't fanservice in the video games I play; so far I've been pleased with the PS2 games; Gauntlet has a wide variety of female characters (I have a Valkyrie, A Falconess, and a Medusa) and FFX (while still fanservicy) is had a wide range of female characters and making them very important to the storylines (I'm waiting for a female main character). I'm looking forward to FFX-2 the most, though, because (for the first time I know of) the main character will be female. I know it's minor and petty, and the fates know I adore characters regardless of gender, but I get so bleeding tired of the main characters always being male. I similarly lament the lack of good, fem-kicks-ass movies, which was why I adored Underworld so much. Similarly, Cutthroat Island, Blue Deville, and Cold Comfort Farm are all close to my heart. The fantastic thing about Underworld, though, was that the main character was exceedingly dominant, knew where she was going, and what to do - all typically male characteristics - and besides a few tossed off 'be more feminine' comments, she could have been a male main character. I loved watching her kick ass!! I know it looks bleak, but we're getting there, damnit! We've already changed pads from being all pink to every possible color, we can remove the pink stain from women's interests too.
The above would have been posted yesterday, but genius that I am I spilled an entire styrofoam cup of water over my keyboard. The ergonomic is no more. My wrists miss it already. I am a moron.
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I have Spinner. I have Spinner playing gothy, depressed music. Life is good.
Since today is Halloween, I came into work in costume. Of course, as the front desk receptionist I still have standards to maintain. so I dressed in the dirndl I bought several years ago when I was visiting Germany and Austria; I don't wear this enough as it is.
shingan braided my hair into two plaits and I twisted them under, affixing them in loops with hairpins and a non-weight-bearing ribbon. It looks very cute. So far I've been called a 'little Dutch girl' three times and 'Heidi' twice, and had one person ask if I wore wooden shoes. I've had one person (predictably, E., who lived in the Netherlands) recognize what I was wearing. This should be fun when I go to Targe~t today. I should see if they have any Edelweiss in their plant section.
W007! Early Morning Post!
The Pink and Blue Wars. This is an issue near and dear to my heart, actually; I have long lamented the lack of female characters who weren't fanservice in the video games I play; so far I've been pleased with the PS2 games; Gauntlet has a wide variety of female characters (I have a Valkyrie, A Falconess, and a Medusa) and FFX (while still fanservicy) is had a wide range of female characters and making them very important to the storylines (I'm waiting for a female main character). I'm looking forward to FFX-2 the most, though, because (for the first time I know of) the main character will be female. I know it's minor and petty, and the fates know I adore characters regardless of gender, but I get so bleeding tired of the main characters always being male. I similarly lament the lack of good, fem-kicks-ass movies, which was why I adored Underworld so much. Similarly, Cutthroat Island, Blue Deville, and Cold Comfort Farm are all close to my heart. The fantastic thing about Underworld, though, was that the main character was exceedingly dominant, knew where she was going, and what to do - all typically male characteristics - and besides a few tossed off 'be more feminine' comments, she could have been a male main character. I loved watching her kick ass!! I know it looks bleak, but we're getting there, damnit! We've already changed pads from being all pink to every possible color, we can remove the pink stain from women's interests too.
The above would have been posted yesterday, but genius that I am I spilled an entire styrofoam cup of water over my keyboard. The ergonomic is no more. My wrists miss it already. I am a moron.
I have Spinner. I have Spinner playing gothy, depressed music. Life is good.
Since today is Halloween, I came into work in costume. Of course, as the front desk receptionist I still have standards to maintain. so I dressed in the dirndl I bought several years ago when I was visiting Germany and Austria; I don't wear this enough as it is.
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