pain and suffering in various tempos

Back in July, tzikeh approached me, requesting my vid "Striptease" for the villains show at VividCon. Naturally, I said "of course!" even though I couldn't attend (maybe next year!). Unfortunately, what I had simply could not be shown at the show for whatever technical reasons that I'm sure I would botch up in trying to explain. So, tzikeh guided me to some new software, and melina123 was very patient with my questions, and eventually everything worked out for the best.

"Striptease" was one of the very first vids I ever made. I don't claim that it's any good. I don't claim that the re-edit is very good (in fact, I'm not at all satisfied with it, but I'm frustrated beyond the hope of ever actually fixing it, even a month later). So, yeah, I know it's not perfect, not by a long shot. But przed requested it, so here it is.


Striptease
music by Hawksley Workman
The villains of LotR. Gratuitious use of the Ring, Nazgûl, Uruk-hai, Saruman and Bob (the Balrog).
duration: 3:33
12.2MB zipped, 12MB unzipped - high quality
originally completed 12 July, 2002. Re-edited 8 December, 2002 and then again 20 July, 2004.

Eta: It is SO definitely FIXED now.

1) To the world: two more days. Wow.

2) To my school: Tomorrow is my last ever Classical Design class. I am handing in my projects and then I am registering for next term and by god if you fail me for this class, I am going to raise the biggest fucking stink you have ever seen, you jerks.

3) To my body: Look. Twelve days is quite a long time to be sick. I think it's time you stopped. First it was with the headaches and the dizziness and the aching and the being freezing. That passed, and all was good. And then it was with the stomach issues, and that sucked more ass than Aragorn does. That passed, and all was good. And then there was the sore throat, which wasn't so bad, because I could drink and eat lots of hot, soft foods, and I could cope. That passed after a few days, and everything was okay. But now? Now you give me a very stuffed up nose. And you know what? You can frelling blow me. I have waited a year for RotK, do you understand that? My ticket is non-refundable. I will NOT sit there in the theatre for over three hours not being able to breathe. GET BETTER kthxbye.

4) New vid. Been working on it for well over a month now, put the final finishing touches on it today. Am feeling far too icky to make much effort to do a proper vidpost. Whisper, music by Evanescence. Duration: a little less than 5:30. Size: the 18MB range. High quality here WMV, folks. No slashier than the actual movies are. Angst. Pretty much everybody's in it.

( lyrics )

Unfortunately, there are several boys missing... noticeably, all the Elves but Legolas. I'm just so not in an Elf state of mind much at all.

I'm stating this clear and front right now: This vid falls into a strange humour/angst category and it makes fun of Legolas. Because it needed to and so there. No lynchings. Legolas fans, you are warned in advance about this.

Go Baby
"Cherry Lips" by Garbage
duration: 3:12
zipped - 11MB

If you read these lyrics, please be aware that there are no women in this vid. None.
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When I'm Gone
Set to a song of the same title by 3 Doors Down. Slash content is dependent largely on the way you look at these characters in general. Focus on Boromir.
duration: 4:12
download: RM (8.13MB zipped, 8.25MB unzipped) or WMV (7.14MB zipped, 7.36MB unzipped).

( lyrics )

In honour of this wondrous occasion, I have two offerings... unfortunately, the plot bunny that bit me didn't stay around very long, but I was nearly nibbled to death by a VID bunny. So, dear zasjah, this is for you!

Hazy Shade
category: character-related -- Boromir
Music: "Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles
duration: 2:46

EDITED 19 April, 2007: info for remastered version of this vid can be found here. Thanks!

( Lyrics, for interested parties )

And as a special offer, this vid comes with a complementary icon!