The Trusty Leaf

Blog Crews

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:11:31 GMT

For the most part, I've really only joined a few blog crews. Mainly because they're so hard to find.

Feel free to point me towards a crew if you're looking for more people.

Pirates Blog Crew

I am [The Operative] -- The Firefly Blog Crew

I've Been Stamped

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:43:20 GMT

I'll be nice and not kill my friend's watch lists. ;)

So, these are my stamps. They're separated by Anime/Manga, Books, Movies, Television, and Other. They're in order, with the oldest first, newest last. If you click on the stamp it takes you to the page I was stamped on. And, below each stamp should be the link to the stamping community. Pending applications are at the bottom.

Anime/Manga

Keiko at yuyu_rating

Isane at bleach_rating
Alternate Picture: Here

Mimi at digi_rating
Alternate Picture: Here

Kazukiyo at ouran_stampingz

Yoh at shaman_rating
Alternate Picture: Here

Rose at hagaren_rating

Sohma Yuki at furuba_rating
Alternate Picture: Here and Here

Tae at rk_ratings

Haruhi at hostclub_rating

Future!Hinata at ninjafy

Szayel at arrancar_rating

Viluy at sm_villains

Saitou Takumi at tenimyu_rating

Sailor Mercury at smrating

Iruka Umino at naruto_rating

Mary at countcainrating

Alphonse at fm_a_rating
Alternate Pictures: Here

Oishi at tenipuri_rating

Sailormoon Saturn (Hotaru) at sm_rating

Yori at vkstamps

Books

Luna at stamped_hp

Alice Cullen at twilight_stamp

The Disreputable Dog at wyverly_college

Remus Lupin at hp_ratings

Movies

Gibbs at potc_rating

Samantha at nowthenstamps
Alternate Picture: Here

Rogue at x_movie_stamp

Cinderella (Princess) at princesscom

Milo (Prince) at princesscom

Kronk (Villian) at princesscom

Baloo (Pet) at princesscom

Wendy at animated_beauty

Tiger Lily at animated_beauty

Pippin at lotr_stamping
Alternate Picture: Here

Mulan at dprincess_stamp

Mon Mothma at galacticsenate

My Match is Milo Thatch (Theme Stamp) at dprincess_stamp

Television

Tara at chosen_stamping
Alternate Pictures: Here and Here

Gideon at cminds_ratings

Nightcrawler at xmenevo_rating

Hoban Washburne at serenity_rating

Alana at 4400_stamped

Rory at gilmore_rate

Angela at bones_stamping
Alternate Picture: Here

Other

Hero's Sidekick at chartype_rate
Alternate Picture: Here

Urania at nine_muses_

Isis at egypt_stamping

Tetisheri (Egyptian Historical Theme Stamp) at egypt_stamping

Kore at divinities

The Fool at eternal_seer

Dog (Chinese Zodiac Theme Stamp) at eternal_seer

Pearl (Power Stone Theme Stamp) at eternal_seer

Lake Elemental at elementals_

Sea Turtle (Underwater Theme Stamp) at elementals_

Pearl (Tree Theme Stamp) at elementals_

Phoenix at beings_rating

Geri and Freki (Norse Beast Theme Stamp) at beings_rating

Pending Applications:
Application at sinful_rating
Application at naruto_mtchmkr
Application at hyotei_rating
Application at fma_matchmaker
Application at whedon_rating
Application at vm_rating
Application at buffy_sorting
Application at house_rating
Application at witchrating
Application at witch_rating
Application at _dothack_rating
Application at ruroken_ratings
Themed Application at shaman_rating
Themed Application at eternal_seer
Application in Queue at alias_stamped
Themed Application in Queue at stamped_hp

Favorite Books

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:41:09 GMT

So, here's a list of my favorite books and authors. For the most part I tend to stick with fantasy, but I do read scifi or historical fiction on occasion.

My Top Ten Favorite Books

1. Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card

Summary: [from amazon.com]
Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?

Review:I absolutely loved this book. I'd seen this book a few times at B&N in the kids section, but the cover was kind of hideous, then I was reading one of my sister's teen magazines and some singer mentioned that this was their favorite book, so I thought I'd give it a try. Thankfully the adult paperback is much easier on the eyes. Anyways, I think I ended up finishing it the first day I started reading it. I really liked it because not only is Ender adorable, but the story is amazing. It's kind of deep and really makes you think.

2. The Old Kingdom Trilogy
by Garth Nix

Summary: The Old Kingdom Trilogy covers three books, Sabriel, Lireal, and Abhosen, along with a collection of side stories, Across the Wall. Nix has also alluded to one or more sequels.

Sabriel: After receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old Sabriel sets off into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril, her journey takes her to a world filled with undead creatures. Unlike other necromancers, who raise the dead, Abhorsen lays the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him--and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties--to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible exhaustion, violent confrontations, and terrifying challenges to her supernatural abilities--and her destiny.

Lireal: Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil.

Abhorsen: Following Lireal's ending, Lirael and Prince Sameth, along with Disreputable Dog and Mogget, are trapped in the Abhorsen House by a Dead creature, Chlorr of the Mask, who is in league with Hedge. After a daring break out they decide to rescue Sam's old friend, Nicholas Sayre, who has been tricked by Hedge into digging up a great evil; if Hedge's plan succeeds, the evil now contained by two separate hemispheres will join and annihilate all life. Secrets are revealed and questions answered in this thrilling conclusion.

Review:Prior to reading Ender's Game, these were my favorite books. They're a great mix of fantasy and thrillers. All the characters are wonderful and the story is great. Everything is wonderfully developed. The Old Kingdom is wonderfully detailed and the resolution of both stories is perfect and complete. (For the most part, Lireal and Abhorsen can be considered a novel in two parts.) Once I started reading Sabriel I couldn't put it down. I ended up reading it until 3 am in order to finish it. I went back to the bookstore and bought Lireal and Abhorsen the next day. These are amazing. I can't wait for the upcoming sequels.

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My Favorite Books:
The Blue Sword
Road of the Dead
Supernaturalist
Twilight

Favorite Authors
Eoin Colfer
Madeleine L'Engle
Anthony Horowitz
Diane Wynne Jones
Anne McCaffrey
Robin McKinley
Tamora Pierce

JRR Tolkien

Favorite TV Shows

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:00:20 GMT

Well, if you're going to make a favorite movies post, you're bound by law to make a favorite tv show post. (Bet you didn't know that. It was ratified by the Congressional Senate in 1923.) (Only it totally wasn't. ;D)

So without further ado, here mine is:

Favorite Ongoing Shows
Bones, Doctor Who, Dresden Files, Supernatural

Favorite Cancelled Shows
Angel, Buffy, Farscape, Firefly, MacGyver, Star Trek: DS9, Stargate SG1, X Files

I've also been known to watch Alias, Battlestar Galactica, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, The Dead Zone, Eureka, Gilmore Girls, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, House, Medium, NCIS, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Psych, Stargate Atlantis, and Without a Trace, but with varing degrees of regularity.

- ateenangel

Favorite Movies

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:33:22 GMT

Aww yes, it was bound to happen eventually. Here's a list of my favorite movies:

Favorite Movies
In This Order:
1. The Departed
2. The Invisible
3. Lord of the Rings
4. The Professional
5. Pirates of the Carribean
6. Ghost Rider
7. Sahara
8. Runaway Jury
9. Shanghai Knights
10. Shanghai Noon
11. Day After Tomorrow
12. The Prestige

The Departed - Leonardo Di Caprio was so incredibly amazing in this. If I ever decide to develope a celebrity crush, it will be on him. (or Johnny Depp :3)

The Invisible - I saw this in theaters. The ending was so sad, but it was a really good movie.

Lord of the Rings - This is the only movie that I love as much as I loved it's book. Peter Jackson did an amazing job.

The Professional - This movie was so sad, but also really sweet. T-T Leon.

Pirates of the Carribean - Need I explain this one? Johnny Depp was so funny, as was the movie. I loved the first one, the second movie wasn't really very good, but the third one mananged to be worth seeing.

Ghost Rider - lmao This movie was so cheesy! I loved it. ;D

I'm still waiting to get Runaway Jury, Shanghai Noon, The Invisible, and Ghost Rider on DVD.

-ateenangel