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by redplasticglass

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rabbits look the same when they run by jasmine t

there is no point to high society by baba yaga

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flighty & distracted by redplasticglass

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I’ve been preoccupied this month (and last month) by the sense that I’m running out of time to find regular full-time work, and need to step up my search-and-apply process. And I have done that! And it has actually - knock on wood - been paying off in call-backs and interviews since Memorial Day, I assume because employers who look at resumes were also invigorated by the great weather we had last weekend.

So that’s my excuse for why there are only two stories in this issue. Even with that as an excuse, though, this is a pretty sad turnout. ^^ I don’t mean the stories in the issue are bad - in fact they’re both really fun and funny, you should definitely read them - but just that it probably wouldn’t have been too hard to find another couple stories for the issue, considering the theme and IB’s writing pool, even taking into account that a lot of people had Finals last month.

What I’m trying to say is, sorry for being a bad editor. ^^ Actually, Eve and I have been talking about scrounging up a couple more stories and putting them up as a bonus to the issue. They’d go up midway through the gap between issues, so, about a month from now. Anyone interested? If so, please email your resume, cover letter, a sample of your work, and your required starting salary to thebookofimaginary@gmail.com so that we may consider your application. Please, no phone calls.

…Just kidding. Except that I’m not kidding about emailing thebookofimaginary@gmail.com if you want to write an original “regency romance” short story for us, because you should totally do that, obviously.

duhdoydorothy:

imranalimalik:

Bulgarian: И вълкът сит, и агнето цяло – Both the wolf is full, and the lamb is whole.

Bosnian: Ne možeš imati i jare i pare.You can’t have both goatling and money.

Czech: Aby se vlk nažral a koza zůstala celá – The wolf is full and the…

Pause to note that the French and Italian proverbs are about women (smiling butter-maids, drunk wives); the Dutch proverb is about something annoyingly culturally specific; and the Hebrew proverb is the closest one to English. :)

parklakespeakers:

fundamentallyexcellent:

Wonder Girls - K-Food Party

The most amusing thing I came across today! So this song was used to promote Korean agricultural food export a couple years ago. Oh yeah, I’ll be k-swagging it LOL!

MAKE THE SMART CHOICE

Heh. There’s actually a bunch of these. My favorite is Electroboyz & Bigstar on K-Food Day - in English! Also, the curious coincidence of Jay Park’s I Like It (cheesy parody) vs. Jay Park’s I Like It (RnB single).

Tis my article on the second volume of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s Phonogram. Technically it’s a part of HU’s comics and music roundtable, which is my excuse for taking two whole months to write the follow-up I promised when I reviewed the first volume all the way back in February, haha.

Some other “comics and music” articles I’ve enjoyed from the roundtable are this one on Iron Man, this one on Jim Crow, this one on Peanuts, this one on Superman, and this rant(?) on… black metal? MLP: Friendship is Magic? Something like that, anyway.

<‘Love Back’ by Gn.E
The other video taking inspiration from BEG’s Abracadabra

imaginarybeasts:

Is this way.

‘Money in the Building’ by M.I.B. is my new jam.

Though I have to say that the lyrics to this one make me angry. It’s not even just a “hey you’re hot come home with me it’s nothing serious but it’ll be fun” club song: the singer goes out of his way to make fun of the girl for acting like she’s on a real date. AND, even worse, he can’t even bother to pretend to be charming! Or, in other words, like someone who treats women well! Because that’s too much work when chemistry will take care of it all anyway, am I right?!

And it’s like, really, dude? That’s your whole strategy? Wait around until she’s overwhelmed by your sexy vibes and the music? Why don’t you just drug her, while you’re at it? ….And then he does. (“Here’s another drink. Swallow.”)

In conclusion, one of those times you’re glad the song with the beat you like is in another language so you don’t have to care what it says.

I made Koganbot a list of my top singles of 2013, and then I made a playlist. It’s mostly K-hip hop, with some pop and RnB. Lots of triumphant piano, strings and horns combined with modern pulse-raising music technologies for a spring-like feeling… or something like that, XD.

imaginarybeasts:

chapters;

triptych by flamebyrd

running from shadows by joyce chng

no fantasy for you! by d.m.jewelle

on the prowl by cracklikeabone

eight ways to view the brown hill by sharikqah

art;

modern myths by speedtribes

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This was a pain-free issue, at least from an editorial standpoint!

Next theme up is Regency Romance. If that’s your thing, you should consider signing up to write for us. Or draw!

Not entirely Kpop, not entirely 80s, and there are a couple stops and starts. I do use it for exercise, though!

Nine Muses should probably be something else with a faster tempo, and it does get very cheesy and distraught-boyband-y in the middle. But, well…

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Fine Folk

Book #39: Regency Romance

katherine st asaph: Variations (by ethnicity) of the old English phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too"

Phonogram 2: The Breakfast Club

Book #39: Illustrator sign-up

Spring Arrives 2013

Book #38: Urban Fantasy

Kpop Hearts the 80s II: Nonstop Exercise Mix