Life of The Nyx

For the new friends from the...

2009-11-10T05:38:07Z

State of the UnionNetwork Address

2009-11-09T00:41:48Z

It's no news that I have a lot of websites. 21, actually, to be exact (3 fansites, 15 fanlistings, and 3 other sites).

But with the full-time job weighing down on me, and other such adult responsibility (bleck), it's time I considered closing or repurposing some sites.

Therefore, I have come up with this list of sites I am thinking of closing or making important changes to. Please feel free to make comments or offer suggestions as to what I should close/change/KEEP FOREVER.

Fansites
Devil Child	Change?	I'm seriously considering removing the doujinshi database. I don't update it anymore, in part because I have been scannerless since September but mostly because even if I like all the stats it gives me on my collection, it's a pain in the ass to update. Furthermore, the script I use for the database, MediaShelf, has been pulled from the web by its author and is no longer supported. Unfortunately, I don't know if that big database is what mostly draws people to my site...
Grab Bag	Change?	I'm not thinking of changing its purpose, but I should really trash the ugly old art that no one cares about.
Nyx's Lounge	Keep	Dude. It's Megaten. And it's got porn.
Fanlistings
Apocalypse Postponed	Change	I'm going to take out the fanlisting part and only keep the Dressing Room resources
Aster	Keep	This is an old love, and the layout is simply fantastic. It has sentimental value by now and I refuse to let it go.
Broken Mirror	Keep	My oldest fanlisting and I still love Vergil to death. You'd have to axe this one out of my cold mummified hands.
Canadian Pride	Close	Nobody ever joined this.
Emperor & Magician	Keep	JUN/AKI
Facing Destiny	Change?	No one likes poor Roland ;; Thinking of removing the fanlisting part and just keeping the shrine part.
Forever Yours	Keep	Low activity, but I still like the subject and it has a bunch of members.
Highway to Hell	Keep	Obvious. Love the subject, lots of members.
In Death Comes Life	Keep	Love the subject. a lot.
In Nomine Patris	Keep	Love the subject.
Morning Star	Keep	Not very popular, but I adore Megaten's Lucifer.
Reason	Keep	NEVER LETTING THIS ONE GO
Same Difference	Keep	Even less popular than Morning Star, but I'm giving it a chance, since I just opened it and it doesn't even have a graphic layout yet.
Send in the Clown!	Keep	Love the subject, and it's quite popular, for such a small character.
Gale	Keep	GAAALE
Others
Amala Network	Keep	I love this site, and I dare hope it's useful.
Children of the Devil	Close	Seems the DMC fandom is not fan of hub sites... pretty much no one is joining this thing D: and after 3 incarnations, I don't like this site much anymore.
Iconolatry	Keep	Well, it's not very active, but it makes a nice icon archive, and it's on LJ. Not to mention my fansites link to it.
Paper Scraps	Keep	Can't get rid of the collective hub!

New Boxpunx Megaten papercraft: Devil Summoner!

2009-11-05T16:45:58Z

PersonaFAN 4: Devil Summoner × Dark Stalker

Contains: Kyouji Kuzunoha, Maki (Persona 1), Captain Paradigm, Maya Amano, Tatsuya Suou, Kei (Maken X), Hitoshura, Aegis and Serph!

Things.

2009-11-03T21:06:48Z

Work has taught me the following things:

You can never have too much sleep;

I hate Word. It's a buggy, shitty program and Writer is tons better;

However my hate for Word is nothing compared to my hate of PowerPoint;

I hate IE as much as I hate PowerPoint. Can't even open a new tab from the Search bar, what the shit is this???

At least I've had... entertaining dreams.

The other night I dreamed I went to a convention. It was, honestly, terrible. It was full of furry and shota art, two things I really don't care for, and all the sellers in the shop area made the Comic Book Guy look positively pleasant in comparison. All of them refused to sell you anything as well. However, according to my subconscious, if there were chibi figures of the P3 cast, I would grab them in the following order: Akihiko, Mitsuru, Fuuka. I guess there was no Junpei.

Last night I had another of my epic crossover dreams. It involved Narutoverse, a Sonic videogame, zombies, ghosts, and the DDS2 crew. My subconscious ships a cynic!jaded!God!complex!AU!Roland with Jenna Angel. I don't even know myself, guys. And I don't remember Gale's reaction either.

I was gonna go to bank today, but I'm not wearing my contacts and it's raining so I didn't. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Once I'm done cleaning and backing up my laptop, I think am gonna play P4 or DMC4. That, or dick around doing demon quests and going back to Home III in IMAGINE. Or look for a beta for a P4 ficlet.

Trick or Treat?... on LJ!

2009-10-31T01:45:12Z

1) Create a graphic (200 x 200 max size) to represent your personal "candy". It should have your username on it, but otherwise can feature whatever you want. Make it something special since it's self-representative.

2) Make a post with the subject "trick or treat?". Put your "candy" somewhere in it, and be sure to repost these instructions.

3) Then, go around other people's LJs and reply to them with either "trick" or "treat". If you reply with "trick", they will give you an LJ dare that you have to perform before taking their candy. If you're too wimpy for that, simply say "treat" and take their candy.

4) List all your collected candies in your original "trick or treat?" post to show off your collection, ~~being sure not to direct-link~~! You can direct-link mine, I don't care.

End of an era

2009-10-27T21:07:32Z

Geocities closed down yesterday. All sites became unavailable today.

Geocities was where I started out making sites (I was on Area51!). However, I'm not sad to see it go. It became rather abysmal while I was still there, what with the obnoxious ads, small space and tinier bandwidth, and I can't imagine the last days would have been any better. I just wonder where people will start making terrible first sites now, though.

Oh wait, no one makes websites anymore :P

~~And I'm glad to see an old abandoned Geocities site with some of my DMC stuff on it die.~~

I wish I had access to the Meat Dimension

2009-10-24T00:41:23Z

OMG guys I haven't had steak in so long and I have 3 sirloin... thingies cooking right now and IT SMELLS SO GOOD I'm almost drooling.

Stolen from everyone

2009-10-22T15:21:08Z

The problem with LJ: We all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about one another. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Will answer when I get off work ^^

New doujinshi! (and I don't even have a scanner)

2009-10-21T21:18:46Z

This Devil May Cry anthology advertised an Agnus/Dante section.

That was 90% of the reason why I bought it.

I laughed way too fucking hard when I got to said part and saw the Sparkly!Hair!Undone!Agnus Naked Pinup panel

I REGRET NOTHING XD

I can still be fannish

2009-10-21T05:12:27Z

Disclaimers: I have not played Silent Hill: Homecoming. I watched my friend lerefuge play it on my PS3 (because I own one and she doesn't) until she got stuck in the sewers and gave up forever. We then watched a LP of the whole game. My opinion is therefore not that of a real fan and should be discarded at your earliest convenience.

schism
–noun
1. division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties.
2. the parties so formed.
3. Ecclesiastical.
   a. a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference.
   b. the state of a sect or body formed by such division.
   c. the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division.

The Schism is Alex's father, Adam Shepherd.

First, it has the rather disturbing codpiece, so it is a male symbol :P

Second, a schism is a split in a religious organization, which, in Shepherd's Glen, could represent pretty much the whole town. However, I believe it represents more specifically Adam because he is of two minds about what is happening in his life. On the one side, he is obviously loyal and faithful to the faith he has. He has "Other" as his faith on his dog tags, and if he didn't believe in his religion, he would not be willing to sacrifice his children to it by both sacrificing one and having another to perpetuate the cult in the Shepherd name. On the other hand, it's clear that it just breaks him to have to sacrifice Alex. That's why he tried to raise him without showing him any sort of affection, and probably instructed his wife to do the same. That's why he begs for forgiveness, first in the confessional, then before Pyramid Head wanders by. The split head represents the opposing sides of him: his faithful side willing to sacrifice his own flesh and blood, and his human side that does not want to kill his own children.

Furthermore, when you do the house puzzles, you have the Schisms representing the family in the attic, as another meta I read said. However, there is a fourth, decapitated Schism in Adam's hunting room. That Schism represents Adam, but in a different way, reflecting his character development. At that time, Adam has done away with the two opposing thoughts torturing him. He has cast it all aside and he is going to Silent Hill to make things right, to stop the madness, knowing he will most likely die. That is why the Schism is headless; the "two minds" of Adam are gone. He is determined and focused. He's ready to kill for his family.

So this is why I think the Schism represents Adam Shepherd.

ETA: As mynoseisbigger helpfully pointed out in chat, another point to add in favour of the Schisms representing Adam: the first Schisms you encounter are in the police station, Adam's workplace, where "[a] break between wanting to uphold the law and do the right thing and protecting the cult" is taking place.

I... what.

2009-10-13T21:08:46Z

Our minister of Feminine Condition (Woman's rights stuff) has declared that ensuring that making sure that equality between men and women was respected over religious motives, it would violate Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedom.

I just... what is this I don't even WHAT.

WHAT.

And now, the weather

2009-10-11T21:45:42Z

Violent winds with snow, hail and LIGHTNING.

Holy cheese, good thing I took the bus home!

GIP

2009-10-11T00:27:44Z

RAR!

by hitosyura

Blah

2009-10-09T15:19:23Z

What's the point of going to bed earlier to rest for work if I spend half the night awake.

Traditional October Meme

2009-10-08T00:14:20Z

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
nyxmidnight goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Lucifer.
ariseishirou tricks you! You get a scratched CD.
choffman gives you 11 dark green mint-flavoured gummy bats.
daniela_lynx tricks you! You lose 2 pieces of candy!
fujitsubo tricks you! You get a dead frog.
haloradio tricks you! You get a wet rag.
hitosyura gives you 15 green cola-flavoured gumdrops.
lerefuge tricks you! You get a dead frog.
poutmeter tricks you! You get a 3.5-inch floppy disc.
vilkacis gives you 8 light green lime-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
wolfsbride tricks you! You get a toothbrush.
nyxmidnight ends up with 32 pieces of candy, a scratched CD, a dead frog, a wet rag, a dead frog, a 3.5-inch floppy disc, and a toothbrush.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

At least I can use the toothbrush :P

New Strange Journey character (read: returning)

2009-10-06T19:38:32Z

Who knew Lucifer could rock the boobs thang?

I wish I had my kanji dictionary because that first one confuses the Hell out of my IME handwriting pad.

springkink

2009-09-26T00:36:46Z

The claims are now open.

I am sad to see that I have only one prompt left in the whole thing, but then it's my own fault, because I didn't enter any prompt. And I didn't because I don't have any idea. Must play more games and absorb more canon to get more ideas...

THE END IS NIGH

2009-09-23T02:57:36Z

I saw an anti-(swine-)flu ad on TV.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE.

I intend to go out sleeping.

Oh, why not. I don't write enough.

2009-09-22T23:03:01Z

The Great A-Z Multifandom Drabbling Meme!

This is how it works:

1. Pick a letter.
2. Pick a prompt that starts with that letter (ex. K is for Keyhole)
3. Pick a fandom (if you're not sure of a fandom I might know just ask away), and character(s)/pairing.

Leave them in a comment and I'll write a drabble for you. No repeats in letters.

And now, for something completely different

2009-09-16T02:32:15Z

That one icon meme.

2009-09-15T21:30:47Z

From maho_kiwi

"If you can read this, you are overeducated." Because I am overeducated, and everything sounds smarter in Latin.

I can't help it; I like fics that rip my heart out and stomp on it, even in my porn. Bittersweetness is the best way to make me bawl.

I would. Having junpei_iori keep haughty_maya as a pet in smtdressingroom has only aggravated my love of the tiny puddleShadows, even if they only love you for your mind.

I used to be into SPN, and love chibi!Dean, and I needed an icon to express sadness. I don't remember what the boys are watching, though. A chick flick, maybe :P

Raidou and phallic symbols: two great things that taste great together.

One of my oldest current icons, which I made when I created my first Devil May Cry community. Back then a Shadow cat was probably one of the hardest enemies to face in the series.

Ooooooooh boy

2009-09-12T22:24:19Z

I stayed up WAY TOO LATE playing IMAGINE online, but, thanks to raidou_fic and hitosyura, my widdle girl went from Level 3 and barely out of the prologue to a level 9 girl with 4 demons (Inexperienced Cait Sith, Leader Pixie, Kodoma and Apis) and some actual inventory. Thanks ^^

Now, though, I should shower, do laundry, wash the dishes, vacuum the floor and pack. Not necessarily in that order.

Feel sleepy~~, want to play IMAGINE more~~ T0T

I like the IMAGINE music, I wish there was an OST.

nyxmidnight @ 2009-09-10T17:31:00

2009-09-10T21:30:57Z

Happy birthday daniela_lynx! ^^

Dude whoa.

2009-09-08T20:19:52Z

I AM AN AUNT!!!

Okay world, you can stop at any time now

2009-09-06T22:00:25Z

I wish I'd stop dreaming I'm loosing my teeth/tooth or that I have a tooth breaking into layers/crumbling.

False edit: If my debit card was cloned again, thus explaining why my card says insufficient funds while my online bank account clearly show I have money, I'm throwing a shitfit. Fucking city, fucking bank.