Some stuff I like

[alias_sqbr]

I've been feeling fairly critical about things recently. So, a post of things that have been making me happy that may make you happy too.

Reading my dreamwidth network without the feeds. The ratio of stuff I want to read to stuff I don't is much more useful.

The Manga Guide to Databases by Mana Takahashi: For anyone who has wanted the fundamentals of Databases and SQL explained to them in the form of a cute manga about a princess and a fairy. No, really, it's adorable. It's not the best textbook ever, I did learn some stuff but a lot of the explanations were very shallow, I think it would work best as introduction in conjunction with a more dense text with lots of in-depth definitions. And the plot is pretty light, I can't see it appealing to anyone who isn't genuinely interested in databases (which I am, having used them at my old job with no theoretical training beyond my second year Computer Science data structures course) But I was the perfect audience, and I enjoyed it :)

The Morishima Akiko tag at daily_yuri (she can also be found at Lililicious), especially "Off Time" and "Happy Picture Diary", which both show the happy lives of adult lesbian Japanese women (as opposed to angsty schoolgirls as in a lot of yuri). Her comics are always so adorable and happy.

Some vids (mostly angsty, because angsty vids make me happy):

• Rolling in the Deep: all the Xmen films. The Charles/Erik vid I've always wanted. (Well, it's more focussed on them rather than the broader themes than I'd like, but that's not really an objective flaw)
  
• Seamstress Nikita: The Nikita&Alex vid I never knew I needed. I've watched very little Nikita but the complex codependent mentor thing hits all my buttons.
  
• Don't Lose Yourself Doctor Who. Donna ;_;
  
• Around Us Avatar the Last Airbender. I had to go back through a few pages of bookmarks to find something genuinely happy :)
  

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Here via network to say thank you for the link allowing one to read network w/o feeds! I have been wishing for that capability for months (& yet, not enough to go poke around to see if there was any way to do it...). *_*

[alias_sqbr]

Isn't it fantastic? I saw someone else mention it in a getting_started post, it didn't even occur to me that it might be an option.

[samvara]

Thanks for the X-Men vid rec - that was well worth seeing :)

[velithya]

The Charles/Erik vid was ~amazing~

Also now I have this vague desire to watch Nikita.

[alias_sqbr]

Alas even the vidder admits that she was more vidding what she would have liked the show to have been like rather than what it actually is. That said it does have it's moments, and Cam loves it.

[velithya]

I like hot chicks kicking some ass

[sqbr]

Haha, ok, then you're pretty set :)

[velithya]

I have asked Chas to start downloading it :3

[trouble]

Donna. ;_;

[alias_sqbr]

I know :(

[kerravonsen]

Just the idea of "The Manga Guide to Databases" makes me happy. 8-)

[alias_sqbr]

Me too. And they do other subjects as well!