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the way back machine
I didn't like it when Yahoo announced that they were going to delete all of the Geocities pages last year. It felt like burning down a library: a library full of obnoxious tiled backgrounds, midis, and animated gifs, but a library none the less. Every page that sat on those servers represented the birth of the internet into the mainstream. It's not like we lost the tool with which to use the pages, everyone could still visit those pages using today's internet browsers. It's not like finding a 5 1/2 inch floppy and not having the Apple II on which to read it.
I thought it was terribly cold-hearted that they decided to erase all that history, even if it was abandoned. It made me sad.
But, it didn't make me annoyed until I randomly tried to find an old Fushigi Yuugi fanfic this weekend. It seemed to have vanished from the internet, it's disappearance no doubt assisted by the Geocities massacre. That is what people used back in '98 after all.
It made me very upset that I couldn't find it. I used to read fanfiction quite a bit, but nothing ever stuck with me the way this story did (besides random snippets of X-Files fanfiction my friend and I would read to each other when we were younger), which is kind of awful to say because it's totally a Mary Sue story written for one of the FY Big Name Fans. But, nevertheless, I had to find it.
I get obsessive about the oddest things. For whatever reason it became VITAL that I find it. I don't know why it was so important, maybe just the fact that I couldn't accept that the internet would fail me. But, it seemed like every link I came across was dead. This was before fanfiction.net really took off so it wasn't there. And even the old FY fic yahoo group had disappeared. I was beginning to lose hope and started grasping at straws by sending emails to what I knew were defunct emails (who uses juno anymore?). Until there was a breakthrough. I was just searching for the authors name and saw it mentioned in reference to another one of her fics. Mind you, I hadn't found any working links for ANYTHING by her so I didn't have much hope.
But, it was a link to an archived webpage. If you went to the site itself, it was gone, but there was still an archived version. It was an entire library of Fushigi Yuugi fics AND IT WAS THERE. I immediately saved it to my computer so I wouldn't have to go through that nonsense again.
Back to real life
I'm going to be painting my (tiny) kitchen and bedroom. I'm fairly certain I will be painting the (ridiculous small) kitchen the same apple green as the dining room. I love that color and I think it will look great against the dark wood and white cabinets in the (you won't believe how miniscule it is) kitchen. The question that remains is whether I'll paint all of the wall or just above or below the chair rail.
My bedroom is what I am really excited about. Recently I refinished a small dresser I found on craigslist and painted it canary yellow. It's so adorable. I kept meaning to do a post about it, but the pictures are just sitting on my camera at the moment. Having made that color choice, the rest of the room would have to work around it. I think I've decided on the color scheme of yellow, gray, and green. Have a look at some pictures (trolling design websites is my new hobby) to see just how pretty it is:
I want to paint my walls gray and find a new duvet cover for my comforter. Currently it is sage green, which is pretty, but I want a more vibrant green. What I really would like is a white fabric with a bright green print. But that is proving difficult to find. And besides, duvet covers are CRAZY expensive for what amount to two sheet sewn together and some buttonholes. So, I think I'm going to make my own. But that means I still have to find sheets. The closest I've come across are there, but they aren't quite right.
Sometimes I read:
I recently finished Eon: Dragoneye Reborn and really enjoyed it. I kind of adored Eon because she seemed like such a real girl, full of doubts, pride, and amazing inner strength. She may not be the nicest person, but her life never allowed for it. And the Asian-influenced world was pretty awesome. My only quibble is that the entire book was kind of a slow burn when it came to conflict. No highs or lows to speak of, but I am anticipating the second book. I can't wait to see what happens.
I also started Graceling which gives us another excellent heroine in Katsa. Only, where Eon was forced to be withdrawn by her circumstances Katsa is up to her eyeballs in hands-on everything. Plus, Po is a cutie.
I thought it was terribly cold-hearted that they decided to erase all that history, even if it was abandoned. It made me sad.
But, it didn't make me annoyed until I randomly tried to find an old Fushigi Yuugi fanfic this weekend. It seemed to have vanished from the internet, it's disappearance no doubt assisted by the Geocities massacre. That is what people used back in '98 after all.
It made me very upset that I couldn't find it. I used to read fanfiction quite a bit, but nothing ever stuck with me the way this story did (besides random snippets of X-Files fanfiction my friend and I would read to each other when we were younger), which is kind of awful to say because it's totally a Mary Sue story written for one of the FY Big Name Fans. But, nevertheless, I had to find it.
I get obsessive about the oddest things. For whatever reason it became VITAL that I find it. I don't know why it was so important, maybe just the fact that I couldn't accept that the internet would fail me. But, it seemed like every link I came across was dead. This was before fanfiction.net really took off so it wasn't there. And even the old FY fic yahoo group had disappeared. I was beginning to lose hope and started grasping at straws by sending emails to what I knew were defunct emails (who uses juno anymore?). Until there was a breakthrough. I was just searching for the authors name and saw it mentioned in reference to another one of her fics. Mind you, I hadn't found any working links for ANYTHING by her so I didn't have much hope.
But, it was a link to an archived webpage. If you went to the site itself, it was gone, but there was still an archived version. It was an entire library of Fushigi Yuugi fics AND IT WAS THERE. I immediately saved it to my computer so I wouldn't have to go through that nonsense again.
Back to real life
I'm going to be painting my (tiny) kitchen and bedroom. I'm fairly certain I will be painting the (ridiculous small) kitchen the same apple green as the dining room. I love that color and I think it will look great against the dark wood and white cabinets in the (you won't believe how miniscule it is) kitchen. The question that remains is whether I'll paint all of the wall or just above or below the chair rail.
My bedroom is what I am really excited about. Recently I refinished a small dresser I found on craigslist and painted it canary yellow. It's so adorable. I kept meaning to do a post about it, but the pictures are just sitting on my camera at the moment. Having made that color choice, the rest of the room would have to work around it. I think I've decided on the color scheme of yellow, gray, and green. Have a look at some pictures (trolling design websites is my new hobby) to see just how pretty it is:
I want to paint my walls gray and find a new duvet cover for my comforter. Currently it is sage green, which is pretty, but I want a more vibrant green. What I really would like is a white fabric with a bright green print. But that is proving difficult to find. And besides, duvet covers are CRAZY expensive for what amount to two sheet sewn together and some buttonholes. So, I think I'm going to make my own. But that means I still have to find sheets. The closest I've come across are there, but they aren't quite right.
Sometimes I read:
I recently finished Eon: Dragoneye Reborn and really enjoyed it. I kind of adored Eon because she seemed like such a real girl, full of doubts, pride, and amazing inner strength. She may not be the nicest person, but her life never allowed for it. And the Asian-influenced world was pretty awesome. My only quibble is that the entire book was kind of a slow burn when it came to conflict. No highs or lows to speak of, but I am anticipating the second book. I can't wait to see what happens.
I also started Graceling which gives us another excellent heroine in Katsa. Only, where Eon was forced to be withdrawn by her circumstances Katsa is up to her eyeballs in hands-on everything. Plus, Po is a cutie.
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I recced Eon: Dragoneye Reborn to you didn't I? If so, yay someone else who's read it! (Was it an actual book or ebook?)
I think there were times when Eon seemed pretty dense (esp. about the dragon) but Lady Dela and Ryko more than made up for it (Am i weird for thinking this would make a kick ass k/j/twdrama? It would SO work). Plus you've got the Crown Prince and Lord Ido (Again, am i weird for kind of finding Eon/Ido kinda hot? IT'S SO WRONG!) and the issues Eon has with them.
I think the annoying thing now is to wait to see what happens next. And i've been waiting a bloody year now.
I started Graceling but never got round to finishing it. I think i couldn't take Po seriously 'cos everytime i thought of him i got the Teletubby instead. XD
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Again, am i weird for kind of finding Eon/Ido kinda hot? IT'S SO WRONG!
YES.
j/k I kind of did too, until she kept referring to his beard as oily. I couldn't take that.
I was leaning more towards the prince because Eon was his first friend and I totally started seeing the whole book as Coffee Prince with the gender confusion.
Lady Dela was fantastic. And Ryko was awesome, but it made me sad how angry at Eon he got. :(
ETA: It was a REAL book. I had to have it shipped over from another branch.
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Re. Ido. I kept going from hot evil to urgh evil for some reason. Maybe it was the descriptions lol.
I totally loved Eon/Prince Kygo just 'cos it was exactly what you said - Ancient Alterna-Coffee Prince. Oooh. *visualises* Gong Yoo would make a great Kygo...
I think Ryko had total justification for being so pissed off with Eon. They've been banging on about the 'special' one and not getting shafted by Lord Ido and she's lied to them all this time, even if she was too afraid to say anything. Obviously the second book will (hopefully) look at their relationship after running off.
Real book huh? I've tried looking for the ebook to pimp to people but i can't find it ANYWHERE. Question is, are you glad you had it shipped?
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Did you ever read that other AFF story i mentioned?
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Graceling was great though Katsa, while awesome, sometimes got on my nerves. I think her age/maturity shows sometimes. And I adored Po, though it took me forever to get over his horrible name. The ending made me pretty annoyed, though. Make sure you read Fire after - she's everything you like about Katsa plus more and without the annoying maturity issues.
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Oh, I know well the heartache of webpages going poof, taking some of your favorite things with them. Thank goodness for the kind work of archiving sites!
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As for the Geocities thing, that saddens me. Ditto on everything you said, that's exactly how I feel about it. As much as I hate the phrase of "remember you roots," those were the internet's roots and they were hilarious to come back to or simply get nostalgic over. That's sad that they're deleting them--they are making a black hole of history! People will forget they ever knew what a midi was ...... :C
You know I love to see your DIY--post some pics! I agree with the earlier comment, I didn't think yellow added to ANYTHING could be pretty, but that looks pretty snazzy. Good luck!
I also feel your pain about not being able to find something. I don't believe the internet fails me, per say, rather, I feel, like I'm insane and simply imagined whatever I saw/read/etc. Than I look like a jerk when I say "hey, let me show you this thing *twenty minutes surfing and searching* Oh...I guess it doesn't exist anymore...Wait, I could always try--*turns around and person is GONE* D: "
~Tori
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The internet giveth and the internet taketh away ;_;
I am excited about my house projects, but ACen first! And, are you ready to graduate, missy?!
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I'm also SUPER excited for ACEN--always great to hang out and party with you Daron :D
Psh, maybe I'm ready and maybe I'm not... I pre-ordered the stuuuuuupid cap and gown, so I guess I HAVE to go now, right?
~Tori