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[creative-lefty2.livejournal.com]

Green Willow mentions us on Facebook! They're celebrating the birthday, too!

I know not everyone has access to facebook, so...I'm going to cut and paste what they say here.

Greenwillow Books Five years ago this month, a group of Megan Whalen Turner's fans started a community called Sounis to talk about MWT's books with one another. It now has 650 members and is still going strong. Happy birthday, Sounis! We hope to publish book five before you turn ten!

Eddis, Attolia, Sounis

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[amolegere.livejournal.com]

Oh Homework Procrastination Fairy, I used to be a good student, but then you recommended all these shows...

Parker is ADORABLE! I just watched the one where she was on the jury and that gal told her that she cheats on her diet and Parker got all excited and was like "You told me a secret, that's something FRIENDS do!!! *grins*" You just want to give her a hug, she's so adorable.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

You're already that far into the first season? I'll take that as a good sign. And... Oh, shiny tomato! I forgot to tell you that the episodes were not aired in their original order. Here's the original order via John Roger's blog.

1.) The Nigerian Job
2.) The Homecoming Job
3.) The Wedding Job
4.) The Snow Job
5.) The Mile High Job
6.) The Miracle Job
7.) The Two Horse Job
8.) The Bank Shot Job
9.) The Stork Job
10.) The Juror #6 Job
11.) The 12 Step Job
12.) The First David Job
13.) The Second David Job

Hope that helps. The TNT episode order doesn't really make sense.

Oh, gosh... Don't even get me started on Parker. One minute she's a sociopath displaying epic thieving skills, and the next she's a little kid who's never had a real friend. My favorite Parker moment is probably from that episode. I PUT A RAZOR BLADE IN THAT APPLE! That shouldn't remind me of Irene and her wine glass, but it does.

I think you would really enjoy VM. It's a little darker than WC or Lev. but it's still full of snarktastic mystery fun! You can find out more about it from my post here. (http://community.livejournal.com/sounis/312908.html)

SB is hilarious and crazy, yet still an amazingly profound story of self-discovery. It's not in this country yet, so you would have to watch it online with subtitles.

Noir is the only one I am wary about. It's very subtle and tends to confuse people who lack the patience for such a complex story and are unfamiliar with Japanese pacing methods. It's a pretty short closed one season arc - 20 something half-hour episodes. I know the trailer didn't tell you much, so here is a summary courtesy of yours truly.

Noir.
It is the name of an ancient fate.
Two maidens who govern death.
The peace of the newly born.
Their black hands protect.

Arriving in her apartment one Paris morning, Mirrille Bouquet, an ace assassin for hire, receives a mysteries message.

Make a pilgrimage to the past with me.

But it's not the email that spurs Mirrille into action, it's the included audio file that plays a melody which Mirrille obviously recognizes. What horrible memories does Mirrille associate with this melody, that is enough to make her jump on a plane and track down the sender? Thus begins Mirrille's journey through a labyrinth of mystery, betrayal, murderer, secret societies, and love to find out what really happened to her parents that fateful day in Corsica. The morning that turned her into the killer she is today.

But Mirrille is not the only one searching for her past. The sender of the message, a young Japanese girl named Kirika Yuumura, wakes up one day with a fake ID, a gun, a mysterious musical pocket watch, and no memory of who she is. All she knows, is that someone wants her dead, and she's willing to trade anything, even her own life, to find out how she got there and why she can kill with no remorse.

But are the powers that be, the powers that want them dead, really trying to kill them, or are these two girls being tested for a greater purpose? A purpose that neither of them understands, yet has directed their lives since the day they were born. And above all else, will they be able to answer the one question that haunts them the most... What is Noir?

That pretty much sums it up. I shouldn't have to say that this series is not funny, but HOLY SMOKES IS IT POWERFUL. In an... okay... wow, I did not see that one coming sort of way. As you can imagine, it's violent, but not gory. Blood is actually never shown on screen. It's all very plot and character focused. I must have watched it like five times. It's so awesome! Kinda like the Bourne Identity except with girls and in Japanese.

The Homework Procrastination Fairy, corrupting good students everywhere since 1992.

[amolegere.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, I laughed SO much at the "razor in tha apple" scene. Well, that's ONE way to convince someone they'd rather have an orange. Ahahahaha. Just NO heasitation, that's the first thing to pop into her mind. LOL.

Why do you do this to me HPF? You really are out to get me. That's it, next time I'm at the store I'm picking up some fairy repellant. Oooh, but I do love my Robert Ludlum... Might have to investigate this. Thanks!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I have an orange. You have an apple. Now convince me that I want the orange. *bites into apple*

I PUT A RAZOR BLADE IN THAT APPLE!

BEST SCENE EVER! because it's just so Parker! Sophie's reaction was hilarious, "You fell for that?" Then Eliot goes and eats the apple anyway. It does show that Parker understands a certain part of human nature. People, particularly Eliot, think her capable of pretty much anything. He would totally believe she'd put a razor blade in his apple. Now, we all know she'd never do that. I think...

That scene really suits her too. Parker is charming in a strange way, but she wouldn't be able to persuade people like Sophie does. She's uses an alternate set of tactics. The scary kind.

Oh, you don't need to buy anything. All you gotta do is say, I don't believe in fairies!

*drops dead*

[amolegere.livejournal.com]

Lol, yeah, he eats the apple, but then he gives it this look like "No... she wouldn't... would she? *nom nom nom anyway*"

Oh no! Don't die! I DO believe in fairies, I do, I do!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

That's EXACTLY what he looks like. She's joking, right? Then again, it is Parker... Eliot's so cute. There's very few things he's scared of, but I do think he's a little scared of Parker.

Eliot: Oh, she's running a con. That's why she's dressed like a nun.
Nate: You thought she was dressed like a nun for no reason?
Eliot: It's Parker.
Nate: Fair enough...

I also love the scene when she hugs him in The Twelve-Step Job. Thus, the icon. I still don't know why she hugged Eliot first, while throwing her bag at Nate. I wonder if she was suppose to be mad at Nate.

You have to clap too. Haven't you ever read Peter Pan?

[amolegere.livejournal.com]

The hug was soooo cute! I love Eliot!

*claps belatedly*