i g n i s & s m o k e

Haha.

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:33:01 GMT

I saw this picture of Broadway actresses Idina Menzel (of RENT and Wicked) and Lea Michele (of Spring Awakening and Ragtime, currently on Fox's Glee), and made a LOL out of it. Now I am content. : )

Banners.

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:25:04 GMT

Two new banners, of Dakota Fanning. I like the faded effect on the second one.

Icons.

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:16:50 GMT

Wow ... 'tis long since I have last updated. Bad me ... anyway. Two new 100x100 icons, from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Douchebag!

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:40:20 GMT

This guy is such a douche! How could you say such awful things about someone? Okay, so you don't agree with abortion. Doesn't mean you have to be such a fucking douchebag. Bastard!!!! People like that make me really pissed off.

RIP George Tiller.

Many Things.

Sun, 31 May 2009 19:44:23 GMT

01. My parents are adopting! How exciting! They told us yesterday. A baby girl named Emmy Tatiana. She's so cute, we met her yesterday; I love her.

03. I opened a fan fic blog. So I can post my fan fic. Check it here.

04. This girl rocks my world:

Exams (again).

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:37:15 GMT

So, I'm gearing up for more exams! I have two more - history and maths. Those are this week, so probs not a lot. There hasn't really been a rush lately, anyway, in my graphic-making-urges. So ...

Viva la vie Boheme!

Layout.

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:40:40 GMT

New header ... !
: ) Made it today, in protest of California.

It's Emile Hirsch, left, and Sean Penn as real-life Cleve Jones and Harvey Milk in the Milk film. Harvey (read below) was Cleve's mentor in activism, and Cleve, 55, now runs the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Icons.

Wed, 27 May 2009 02:35:38 GMT

Some icons. Most from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, one of Gaspard Ulliel to go with the banner I made yesterday.

100x100

80x80

California Can Die.

Tue, 26 May 2009 21:56:55 GMT

I am, officially, not a fan of California. Why, you may ask?

The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law.

The decision virtually ensures another fight at the ballot box over marriage rights for gays. Gay rights activists say they may ask voters to repeal the marriage ban as early as next year, and opponents have pledged to fight any such effort. Proposition 8 passed with 52% of the vote.

Source.

That is just ... eggh. Jesus, some people are just ... God fuck it all, you know? I don't really even know what to say. "So much for Harvey Milk?" Seriously!

Friend.

Tue, 26 May 2009 21:27:43 GMT

Check out this page, which belongs to a friend of mine; her stuff is gorgeous, isn't it?

Banner.

Mon, 25 May 2009 17:03:29 GMT

Gaspard Ulliel, in a gorgeous new shoot. The glasses make the photo, I think. 500x250

Latest Obsessions.

Mon, 25 May 2009 14:29:09 GMT

This weekend, I re-watched the three Ocean's films. I have a new obsession: Casey Affleck. Now I feel kind of bad, because I love Casey and Matt Damon, but I'm not big on Casey's older brother, Ben Affleck, who won an Oscar in 1998 for co-writing Good Will Hunting with Damon.

So Casey's not ridiculously hot like Damon, but he's love. Plus, you have to love that rabbit.

And then there's Anton Yelchin.

Happy Harvey Milk Day!

Fri, 22 May 2009 20:14:38 GMT

HAPPY HARVEY MILK DAY!

It's not official yet, but we should celebrate it anyway! Today, 22 May, would be the 79th birthday of the United Sates' first openly gay elected official Harvey Milk, who rose up against the odds and was San Fancisco City Supervisor from 8 Janruary 1978 until 21 November 1979, when he (along with San Fancisco Mayor George Mascone) was shot and killed by fellow supervisor Dan White.

Academy Award winner Sean Penn, who played Harvey in the 2008 Oscar-winning film Milk (and won the Best Actor Oscar for it), is pushing to have the late politician's birthday be named a day of significance in California; governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, however, vetoed the bill last year. Let's hope it passes this year!

Though I'm not gay, I have several gay friends, some of my teachers are gay, and I definatly think that you should be able to love whomever you want. If you love someone, you love someone! How can we say the human race is superior if we cannot accept one another? Does a dog care if another dog is gay? No! So why should we?

"If a bullet should enter my brain, let the bullet destroy every closet door." - Harvey Milk

Sean Penn, left, and Harvey Milk

Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, stars Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco. It won two Oscars - Best Actor for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Lance Black - and was nominated for a total of eight, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Brolin), Best Director (Van Sant), Best Costumes (Danny Glicker), Best Score (Danny Elfman), and Best Editing (Elliot Graham).

Banners.

Fri, 22 May 2009 02:02:10 GMT

All 500x250. The one of Keira Knightley (who, actually, I detest, so why I made a banner of her, I do not know!), is the first time I've used brushes in GIMP. I used the same ones in the OLIVIA WILDE banner.

And then there is this. No idea what size it is.

APs Finito.

Thu, 21 May 2009 23:12:36 GMT

Ah, mes amis! My exams are DONE! Well, my APs. I still have two more (regular maths and history) in two weeks. Anyway! So happy ... :) So there will probably be a more steady stream of stuff in the next bits. In the meantime, gorgeousness, for you to look at.

Nicolas Hoult, aka Tony on Skins.

Banner.

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:59:25 GMT

Because I'm a really bad human being ... Haha just kidding. Though I should be studying for APs ... "taking a break."

My favourite scene from Crash, - the film, not the telly programme.
If you haven't seen the film, GO SEE IT! It's fucking brill.

Break.

Sun, 17 May 2009 19:53:21 GMT

So I'm taking a break for a mo from studying, and thought I'd post this. Because it's ... oooer.
Mitch Hewer, aka Maxxie on Skins.

Exams.

Sun, 17 May 2009 05:29:31 GMT

I have my French, Lit., and Chem AP exams this week. So I'm utterly fucked. Oh, goodie!!! Not.
So probs no graphics this week, until I'm done.

And then the week of 1 - 7 June, none again either because I'll have regular math, history, and art history exams.

And I'm completely stressed. I've wanted to be really bitchy all day, but there's no one around to be bitchy to. Bummer.

Wallpapers

Fri, 15 May 2009 02:56:32 GMT

All 800x600 except the last one. Not sure what that one is. It may be 800x600, though. The last Emily Browning one is very old. Probaby two years or something; I hate the colours (the brown ... ick! What was I thinking?), but I love how I edited her face. Along with Alexis Bledel, she's one of my favourite "subjects". :) And the Cho Chang one looks ... messed up ... I don't know what it is. It just does.

Banner.

Fri, 15 May 2009 02:20:49 GMT

Actor Joseph Fiennes. 500x250

(Doesn't the layout look gorgeous? Thanks Umbie, again ... forever grateful!)

Layout.

Thu, 14 May 2009 23:32:26 GMT

Thanks to the awesome ButterflyBox for the layout. However, I am absolute CRAP at HTML/CSS/all that, so I don't have my own heading, which I made. So I've enlisted the help of xxethereal to help me out with that. Hopefully it'll be up soon. :)

UPDATE: THANK YOU SO MUCH, UMBIE, IT LOOKS GORGEOUS! :)

Gimp & More.

Thu, 14 May 2009 01:30:59 GMT

So, my trial of Photoshop CS4 is over. Waaa. Anyway, I'm moving to Gimp, so forgive, please, if the graphics are terrible for a bit, or if I just don't post any. I have to get used to it.

But I thought I'd post these two things anyway:

James Franco, ie., GOD.

And, secondly, having NOTHING to do with you all whatsoever, I just found out one of my friends shagged/lost his virginity to a girl yesterday ... first thing that came into my mind: Why Tuesday? Shows you were my mind is these days ... off the wazoo!

A Menagerie of Things.

Tue, 12 May 2009 02:14:30 GMT

Avatars : 100x100

Banners : 500x250

Banners.

Mon, 11 May 2009 23:59:58 GMT

The cast of Brothers & Sisters on ABC. All 500x250, made by me. Click for full-size. Again, if it's grainy around the letters, it's Photobucket's fault!

Sun, 10 May 2009 22:08:13 GMT

All by me. All 500x250. Click for full-size.