@Syd Lol was it inspired by a real life event?

Not at all. I guess the teacher just really liked it.

Nowadays, I mostly read stuff on the internet too.

@Kisame Now I'm imagining Fluttershy as the Notorious B.I.G.

@Ace Twilight would definitely like Dumas and Homer.

@latenight: well technically most of them are but they are also surprisingly well read like a couplet or stanza but this is due more to the fact that quite a few modern poets have copied parts of Rumi's style and also that the translator, Coleman Barks, has given Rumi a distinct modern treatment that most people (myself included) like while some nit-picking purist have criticized. I've seen multiple translations of Rumi and honestly they aren't that different. As to The Lord of the Rings, I'm not that deterred as I am also making my way through James Joyce 's Ulysses which I currently can't read because I need to find a specific annotated guide (I think it was Harold Bloom who I had before) to finish it. Very good book, but too Joycean to read on without help, though this wasn't the case with A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man

@ Demon (post 118424): Thanks, I needed that.

On second viewing, I noticed that the guy singing the "bass" part is mimicking the bass part from the O'Jay's "For the Love of Money." I'm bookmarking this.

edited 7th Mar '12 10:59:09 PM by Sydxelia

Before I go, stew on this:

And now I'm off.

I'm thinking about making a graph of Cysma's (lack of) progress over time to celebrate him finally giving up.

Won't it just be a (relatively) flat line?

Since my computer is freezing up on me that is my time to call it quits now. Before I go I guess I'll just throw it out there: my favorite author/writer is Ralph Ellison and My favorite novel is his Magnum Opus, Invisible Man.

I salute you Allik reading Ulysses can't be easy - have fun though. Now my reading list has gotten longer by a few books. I just have to remember where I put it. Also goodnight.

Night nomuru frolick freely in the fields of dream.

Will it be a fancy infographic yeller? A goodnight to you too storyyeller.

edited 7th Mar '12 11:22:20 PM by latenight

Won't it just be a (relatively) flat line?

It'd be more interesting to see the relative slopes of the lines. Anyway, I'm off to bed now.

'Night, Allik and storyyeller.

I think I'm alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around...

cue music

edited 8th Mar '12 12:13:58 AM by latenight

At this hour? Of course you are.

Hey Mousa! Not sure if you saw my critique the first time you asked for it, so here it is again.

@Mousa, RE: art of the list: Hm.... Hm...

Well, first of all you sound a bit too close to the microphone. Like, your voice sounds really fuzzy and just kinda off... I'd say either turn down your mic reception or back away from it. Your volume will be lower, and you'll get a much clearer sound.

As far as the singing itself, it's alright, though you're a bit clutzy and it's usually fairly clear when you pause for breath. But I don't imagine you do much singing, so it's forgivable. Your voice itself sounds nice, but it's hampered by the issues with delivery

The lyrics are pretty good(I think; the muffled delivery makes it hard to make out a bit, as does poor enunciation in some spots), and certainly fit Twilight's character. I could imagine a bit of animation actually going along with it, which I imagine was probably the intention. Thing is, though, while your general rhythm is there the lyrics stumble and force a few beats. Like, I can hear you trying to stretch a single syllable across a beat where there should be two, and occasionally you have a two-syllable word where it just sounds like there should be a word change. Things like that. I'd try comparing your lyrics side by side with the original, saying them out loud and seeing how they feel next to each other. If it doesn't feel spot-on, try reworking it.

On the whole, it's... alright. I've certainly heard worse, but I wouldn't quite call it good. Passable, yes. But not really exemplary in any way. Had it been something I'd stumbled across on Youtube, I probably wouldn't have finished.

TL;DR: Move away from your mic to get better voice reception, work a bit on the lyrics to make them flow better, and enunciate a bit better while you're singing. It's not terrible, but it's not great.

At this hour? Of course you are.

But I just got up three hours ago! It's only 3:22 A.M.!

Long story short: I never went to bed Tuesday night, because I was working on a computer problem I had caused by clicking one button too many in the "Services" menu. Then I had other things to do. When I got home, I just crashed.

I loved The Cask of Amontillado, if only for this exchange:

Nope, still here. Just working atm so post rate is slower, lol.

Archive Binge Progress: 48500/118445 (40.95%) 12/03

So at this point, Sweet And Elite had just aired. I'll have 1500 more posts to see how you all thought of it.

Say, what were all of your reactions to all the episodes from 210 onwards?

How do you mean? Like, our reactions from PAGE 210 and on? Because that's a fair ways back. You'd know better than us at this point.

I think he means Season 2, Episode 10.

Why fandom not replaced phrase "Giving a fuck" with "Giving Flying Feather"?

Some f-bombs are too instinctual to drop, lol.

Oh.

Well, reception from 10 on has been reasonably positive. The only episode that wasn't fairly widely-liked here was MMDW, I think. Some were liked more than others, of course, but the general consensus is that they've been good.