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- An extended preview of "Bad Moon Rising" (2x03); first off, yay!! Alaric's back! I've missed him. Secondly, I'm actually looking forward to the Tyler-is-a-werewolf plot line. I sorta spoiled myself way back in season 1 by reading spoilers about it so I've been looking forward to it since then. That, and I also really love that Mason character so am glad he's going to stick around for a while. *iz being so shallow*

- Julie Plec, one of producers on TVD, tweeted this awesome TVD video - Your Biggest Fan.

- Not related to TVD, but this is an awesome post on accessibility codes and why it's much better to use <strong></strong> and <em></em> to bold things and emphasize them respectively.

- Von Grey Music is following me on Twitter. Which I find odd since I have no idea how they came across my name. I had no idea who this "Von Grey" person was and after doing some research, found that they're apparently four sisters singing music together. They're really good, although I have no idea what kind of label you'd put on their music - not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. I especially love "Rise Up", "Volcano", "What's Your Name", and their cover of Vertical Horizon's "You're a God." I think they're just all-around adorable. And I get giddy at discovering new music! So give them a try. :D

a meme stolen from the ever wonderful loki_onyx:

01. Your middle name, or explain your chosen name:
02. Mental age:
03. Single or taken:
04. Favorite book:
05. Favorite song or album:
06. What do you believe is your calling in life? Your greatest passion?
07. What's your worst recurring nightmare/biggest fear?
08. Faith, has you any? And if so, what, and if not, why not?:
09. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Do we want to?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you tell me something painful if it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes what are they?
17. What is your favorite food?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Gender identity?
26. Affectionate/sexual orientation?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?


( My answers )

So, I was browsing through jukebox20 today ('cos they were spotlighted and it was about music, so I couldn't resist clicking) and it just made me think about some of my own music tastes in comparison to these two's; they are older and probably have the same taste in music as my parents, but that's okay because I actually find that their music isn't so bad (although not as current sure, but that's not the point). I'm one of those people who doesn't mind listening to anything. While I have my favorite genres and artists, I can listen to even artists and songs that I hate (I know that some people aren't like that).

My taste in music is varied and I try to give different music that I normally don't hear every day a chance. However, I don't pay much attention to genre just because I don't identify songs with their genres- it's really weird because whenever I think a song is one genre, it ends up being another (I'm talking about distinguishing between rock & pop here, for some reason, they're the same to me).

Most of my rl friends just listen to mainstream American music that's current. Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that- I love listening to it as well, but that's a bit limited from my perspective. So, while I love the current music as much as the next teenager, I also absolutely love music from the old days (even the old days when I wasn't even alive yet). I especially love 80's and 90's music. I don't know if it's because they're old and not aired on the radio as much, but the music from the earlier days has an esthetic air of quality.

I also love soundtracks- even soundtracks from the movies that I didn't like so much because I find that the reverse can be true- a film that I immensely liked might not have the music that I love, but a movie that I didn't like as much could have had all the music that I liked. Soundtracks are also useful to me because they give me more suggestions for music and the music that accompanies a movie/show also sort of tells its own story that goes with that media and I pick the soundtracks that match the vision or "story" that I get that the music tries to tell along with the movie/show---I don't even know if that even makes sense to anybody other than me. This is true for all that J-pop music that I listen to---the anime that I watch, I also listen to the music that it has and the theme songs- like the OSTs.

Also, ljs like jukebox20, give me great samples of music because no matter how much I love to listen to music, I get so very lost at music stores because there are so many choices that it's hard to see what I will truly like or what I'd waste my money on.

Not that that would stop me from trying to buy every CD from the store because I wanted it for my collection, but ya gotta stay frugal with some things (plus books have the honor of making me throw my money toward their purchase).