Jaye's Musings

I previously gave permission for a certain person to write my characters in a limited basis in settings separate from mine.

I hereby rescind that permission, as that person is no longer around. Anyone who has access to her character's journals does not have permission to write ANY of my characters, including but not limited to Hsu. And I ask that they remove all mention of my character from that person's journals as soon as possible.

Only the people I currently write with have any kind of permission to use or mention my characters in any stories that they write.

A lovely big article on Donnie Yen (my PB for hsus_snowman) in today's Stars & Stripes newspaper!!

Great to see him getting some recognition! And Snow is immensely pleased and chuffed *g*

As most of you know, I am moving back to Germany over the next month or so. What this means RP-wise is very limited availability to pretty much none during the actual move.

Tomorrow my husband comes back from where he was at for a year, and we are going to be busy getting the house ready as in getting our stuff ready to pack into three separate shipments and cleaning the house to hand back to the property management company.

The actual packing will be from March 19 through 25. At that point we will be staying in a hotel, which may or may not have wi-fi access.

From March 29 we will be flying to the east coast on leave and visiting my in-laws, and then we leave for Germany in mid-April.

From the time we get to the in-laws and however long it will be once we get to Germany when I can get reliable internet, it may be as late as early May before I'm online again. And even then I'll be busy with the unpacking.

So, most threads will be on hold...or very, very slow until May. I will try to get to some, but what those are will really depend on where my mood is.

As [REDACTED] posted earlier, she will be using my move to shift much of her writing over to other sites. I already have journals for some of my muses elsewhere, so when I am back with any regularity, expect me to shift a lot of my writing over there as well. I will still be on LJ, but on a much smaller basis. Like her, I am tired of all the negativity that exists on LJ and the fact that I get the feeling from some quarters that I'm the one expected to entertain them, and they don't have to put in an effort. I like give and take in my RP, and right now, there's way to much taking by other people, and I am tired of it. I'm not a performing monkey.

So, I am going with [REDACTED], and those few others, who I know what RPing is really about...a shared experience of creativity.

Well, it's still crazy holiday busy around here, but it has calmed down a little with the hubby on his way back to the desert...having had a mini-holiday celebrations before he left. So even with the craziness, I will be able to spend a bit more time catching up on things with the muses, but I do still have a housefull with eldest home and his girlfriend here as well.

I'd just like to say to everyone on the flist...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Just a heads up to folks, although those I write with most already know. I'm going to be out of town from Wednesday through to Sunday for my son's graduation from Basic Military Training. I'll be taking the laptop with me, but for the most part I won't be around to really get to tags or anything. I'm not even sure if the hotel has free wi-fi.

I'll be back sometime Sunday evening, so I probably won't really be around until Monday.

The hubby sent me this:

There is an annual contest at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term.

This year's term was "Political Correctness."

The winner wrote:

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."


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Also a quick apology to those I write with for not being around to hit tags the past couple of days...RL unexpectedly got the better of me, but hopefully this weekend I can catch back up. *hugs*

Ask me about any character that I've RP'd as and I will tell you 5 things from my own personal head canon about them.

( The muses )

I have a new muse. He's actually been making rumblings of joining the headspace for a little while nowm, but I've managed to ignore it. However, this weekend I knew I was weakening as I began to think of possible usernames for him (always a bad sign). Then, this morning as I was on the treadmill at the gym, he starts talking, not about anything in particular, but just basically letting me know that he was there and would be listened to.

Thing is, even with all the cramped room in my muse-space, I was thinking about taking another on, but I was really, REALLY hoping for a female. The testosterone is getting too much! But no. It would have also been nice to have a friendly, nice, civilized, and non-egotistical muse join me (although I do think the others scare that type away!). But no.

What do I get instead?

khan_of_wolves

Yep. Genghis bloody Khan!!

Hsu, Attila, and now Genghis. Barbarian hordes, FTW!! *headdesk*

First the mish mash.

I spent a very enjoyable day doing something I hadn't done in a long time, and that was to make an RP date. Manda and I threaded quite a bit between Danny and Cody and their little hook up after Hsu's ruling on Boukun, which is quite intense, and a lot of fun. I had to lock Mr. Grumpy Pants away to stop him bitching.

In between tags, I started work on making my first mood theme. This one for Danny (and Altaaf, if I ever get him a paid account). I think I got the hardest part done, looking for the right pics...although really how hard is it looking at pics of Hrithik? And I haven't even capped Jodhaa Akbar yet! Now just to size, crop and load. After that I just have Hsu, Mark, Stelios, Azazeal, and Ath to go. *sigh*

Did find a very cute pic of Hrithik from his first movie...I'll load it later as it's back on the other puter.

Now for Jodhaa Akbar

I've had this movie since September, and I never got around to watching it. It was worth the wait! Yes, I loved it! Not only for Hrithik and Ash, but the sets and costumes were just beautiful. It is a visually stunning film, with so much detail paid down to the smallest piece of jewelry. I don't know much about that period of the Mughal Empire, other than very basic facts (but it's prompted me to buy a book on Indian history to learn more), so I can't say how historically accurate it is, but I would guess it probably butchered history no worse than the standard Hollywood period film.

Hrithik, as the Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar, was perfect as he can pull off the bearing of a mighty king...and I could picture Hsu in his place in parts (not all as it is a romance story *g*). One scene, he executes his brother by having him thrown from the fortress wall...head first. When he is told his brother survived, he orders him be brought up and thrown off again. Also the elephant taming rocked! Aishwarya plays his Hindi princess bride, Jodhaa Bai who must find her place in the Muslim court while making Akbar work to win her heart and so the people of Hindustan. And she is just so completely beautiful, she is my #1 girl crush right now without a doubt.

There are few songs, considering the length of the movie, and only two dance numbers. One a group of Sufis celebrate their wedding, and another huge piece in praise of the achievements of the Emperor. Only one complaint is the overuse of the 'dramatic chords' at every so-called dramatic moment -- so called because some weren't. It was very cheesy and annoying.

In the deleted scenes they had two wonderful ones with Mahesh Das (Idrajit Sarkar), who through his wit and wiles becomes a Birbal of the Mughal court. They should have kept those scenes in as he was just brilliant as he outwitted Akbar, a vizier (?) and a guard.

First off, I have the day off today, but I won't be around much as hubby has the day off, and I've also got to run down to Sac. So apologies to those I owe tags...I know I'm way behind, but I'll try and catch up a little in the next couple of days...though Thursday and Friday are going to suck too as I'm working all day then.

Now, to the nuttiest sound around, and one of my favouritest....

....Madness and "Night Boat to Cairo"