November is looming

[st_aurafina]

I promised myself that I'd finish off birds_almanac before I started on this year's NaNo, but I'm making myself fret as November looms, so I'm going ahead with planning for 2008. I'm going to be posting my NaNo thoughts (and also the actual words when the writing starts) here: bearbrass. I'm doing vampires in Melbourne - Bearbrass was an early name for Melbourne before they decided to kiss up to Lord Melbourne. (I like Bearbrass much better!)

I'm st_aurafina at nanowrimo.org, too, if anyone wants add me to their buddy list.

In preparation for writing my own vampires, I've re-read Anita Blake; this time I only made it as far as Burnt Offerings. And the Tanya Huff novels - it was really good to read them and realise just how much Christina Cox has become the Vicki of the books that I read before Blood Ties was a series. I have Forever Knight DVDs, also! And I've been reading the Twilight novels in a kind of bemused state, in which I can't quite put them down. I'm nearly to the end of Breaking Dawn. It jumped off the bookshelf last night, and nearly killed one of my cats. There's evil in that book.

yuletide is taking fandom nominations! I'm nominating Famous Five! Because, you know. *sings "Julian, Dick and Anne, George and Timmy the dooooo-oooo-ooo-ooog!"* Also, True Blood, and Middleman! (And maybe Blood Ties? Yeah!)

This art quiz (last seen at realpestilence) is strange. I don't know how accurate their analysis of me is, but I really like the example picture I ended up with.

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Traditional, Vibrant, and Tasteful

Islamic art is developed from many sources: Roman, Early Christian, and Byzantine styles were taken over in early Islamic architecture; the architecture and decorative art of pre-Islamic Persia was of paramount significance; Central Asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions; and Chinese influences . Islamic art uses many geometical floral or vegetable designs in a repetitive pattern known as arabesque. It is used to symbolize the transcendent, indivisible and infinite nature of Allah.

People that like Islamic art tend to be more traditional people that appreciate keeping patterns that they learned and experienced from their past. It is not to say that they are not innovative personalities, they just do not like to let go of their roots. They like to put new ideas into details and make certain that they will work before sharing them with others. Failure is not something they like to think about because they are more interested in being successful and appreciated for their intelligence. These people can also be or like elaborate things in their life as long as they are tasteful. They tend to prefer geometric patterns and vibrant colors.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

I don't care what they say, I'm not that tasteful. But I do like geometric patterns. And bright colours. *wiggles feet in brightly coloured socks*