| Fic! I posted fic! |
[Nov. 30th, 2009|04:45 pm] |
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![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) accioslash requested that I save Thicker Than Water for ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) santas_lap, since that fest wasn't getting a lot of love this year, so I've made it my first entry into the fest. Finally, my LLM fic is delivered only 11 months late. Please heed the warnings!
In other news, anyone wanting stuff from Antemortem Arts or my Etsy shop can mention this post and get 20% off through tomorrow (as a refund).
But really, I POSTED FIC!
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| *checks* |
[Nov. 30th, 2009|10:55 am] |
Yup, still sick.
I'm sleeping in the second bedroom because I'm coughing a lot and also because...well you know those stupid stereotypes about how all guys turn into babies when they're sick? Yeah, that, only I'm not a guy. I whine a lot and the sad thing is that I know I do it and that doesn't stop me from doing it. Also my sleep schedule is really messed up.
So that's the state of me.
Meant to say, this seems to be a garden variety cold and not teh hamtrax. |
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| In Lieu Of An Actual Update... |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|10:06 pm] |
This makes me insanely happy--
Santa Claus is Coming Out.
Santa and Geppetto! Who knew? |
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| More blathering about Star Wars tag wrangling |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|03:07 pm] |
Here's my first draft of notes on how I've been wrangling, which is being posted in the internal documentation for Tag Wranglers (and will be kept updated there).
OMFG.
( Long long long details... )
I am currently seeking input on how to convey the multifandom concept of "Apprentice (or Student) Dominating Master (or Teacher)" as well as "Master (or Teacher) Dominating Apprentice (or Student)"... because the concept is bigger than Star Wars. :-)
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| Smallville Slash Archive status, WhitFic Archive status |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|12:50 pm] |
Another perspective on the saga of the SSA: http://enderwiggin24.livejournal.com/133864.html
Short version: Yes, the archive contents will be sheltering at AO3 at some point. Now that the archivists-in-absentia problem has been dealt with, that work can begin to proceed.
<3
Also, Minotaurs was the sole-archivist for the WhitFic Archive (also Smallville-related, but separate from the SSA), and I'm connecting his Dad with the AO3 (which I expect to proceed very smoothly), so that archive will be sheltering at AO3 at some point as well.
(Yes, Minotaurs' server is still functional and DNS is still working in the meanwhile, for his fannish and nonfannish customers.)
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| SGA Santa |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|01:03 pm] |
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Uh-oh.
My requestee for ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) sga_santa requested a rarepair which I couldn't resist.
And it's ending up with a totally different rarepair in the final scene. Shit.
Any volunteers for a beta? I've been chopping at this fic rather ruthlessly trying to solve quite a few problems. |
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| Pray for me, people, I'm tipping my toes into Freeform tags... |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|07:02 pm] |
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And WTF, fandom? How is it that no one has uploaded a story into the AO3 with the Freeform tag "Topping from the Bottom"???
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| FIC: In Darkness and Regret (FFIV) |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|05:47 pm] |
Title: In Darkness and Regret
Author: Rushlight
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV
Pairing: Cecil/Kain
Spoilers: for pretty much the entire game
Summary: Being honest with yourself is the first step toward true happiness, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can get there from here.
Author's Notes: I just recently finished playing FFIV on the DS, and loved it. This little scene popped into my head as I was playing, and while I tried to resist I couldn't help writing it down.
( In Darkness and Regret )
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| Bwah-ha-ha! |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|08:45 am] |
Opening Christmas day -- Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.
"But Michael Medved, a former Post movie critic, says Downey and Law must be joking. "There's not a seething, bubbling hunger to see straight stars impersonating homosexuals," Medved told us. "I think they're just trying to generate controversy . . . They know that making Holmes and Watson homosexual will take away two-thirds of their box office. Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out? I don't think it would be appealing to women. Straight men don't want to see it."
I realize this is old (8/5), but God Bless the New York Post and all who sail on her.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/item_fkO8f5V2EnX7SzxzgjiRxL#ixzz0YA5I37Kz |
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| ... with cheesecake. |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|12:00 am] |
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I love sga_storyfinders.
And cheesecake.
And look, I have both.
In fact, every sentence ends better if you add "... with cheesecake." |
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| body chemistry for the lose... |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|08:42 pm] |
So yeah, because my sleep schedule's been so fucked up, I haven't been taking my Wellbutrin. I really really need to remember that it's not optional.
Dinner tonight, which should have been dinner last night, was good, but it was only half of what I meant to serve and the meat was just a little too pink even though my meat thermometer said it was a lot more done that it turned out to be.* I really didn't feel the cooking vibe so we had the caramelized butternut squash/sweet potato dish (which was very good) and lamb, which was very good even if it was a little pink. We'll have greens and mashed potatoes tomorrow.
Things would have been a lot smoother if I'd been taking my meds, as it was I stressed this one waaaaaay too much.
*Um, hi...I'm really not in the mood for recommendations or helpful hints or solutions or whatever here. |
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| Posted to An Archive Of Our Own |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|07:43 pm] |
The Bark of Dante
I tried to put up "The Fuse" but I think I dun broked it. |
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| so much for Thanksgiving on the right day |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|04:26 pm] |
Right now I'm mostly thankful that I no longer have a migraine.
There's food in the oven and I'll do a much longer post about it all later.
Hope those of you who celebrate (and those how don't) had a great day! |
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| Happy Thanksgiving! |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|03:23 pm] |
Hope everyone here in the U.S. is eating enough to keep them going for a week or two. After all, as my roommate told me today, it IS against the law to not overeat on Thanksgiving Day, right? So keep that American spirit going, guys, and eat until you pop!
I have a few more pics for the NC17 crowd coming up next, so check back after you get another slice of pumpkin pie, okay?
Enjoy!
 art by Joe Phillips Alert: R Rated for Nudity and Sexual Situations ~ |
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| Thanksgiving |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|09:39 am] |
Thanksgiving.
I was just informed that mom and her roommate were expecting me to do the Thanksgiving turkey. Along with pumpkin pie (crust from scratch) and my cheesecake.
Whut-?
This is going to be one of those weeks, isn't it?
Good thing it's 9am. |
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| And the computer goes *boom* ... the fic vanishes |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|09:26 am] |
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Here's a fanfiction heart attack.
Midway through my sga_santa fic, the borrowed laptop suddenly freezes. |
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| simple yet tasty |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|10:44 am] |
Take a bagel, slice it, toast it and put a generous amount of cream cheese on both slices. Then take a couple artichoke hearts and chop them up fine* and use them as sammich filling. Serve with Kalamata olives on the side.
Speaking of food, we got our box yesterday; I was just too wiped to report it.
Persimmons, tangerines, apples, kale, chard, lettuce, some other green and sweet potatoes.
( rambly stuff about greens and T-Day dinner ) |
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| huh.... |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|10:40 pm] |
Due to a bit of stupidity on my part, I spent the day without internets. And you know...I missed people, but not the internets themselves. Lemme know if anything interesting happened.
Actually, you all should be glad I spent the day offline; I'm grumpy and crampy and apparently someone, probably Og, slept in just the wrong spot on the bed, forcing me to sleep in a certain position, so my knees and back hurt. It's not that I wouldn't happily kick him off the bed, it's that he does it in the middle of the night and I automatically adjust without waking up.
For those not on my NaNo filter, I'm declaring it a half win. I wrote 20,500 words and I'll probably manage another 5,000 before the end of the month. Or who knows, maybe I won't. Still that's 20K of fic I didn't have on October 31, so there you have it.
I have to go to our local upscale grocery store to pick up the lamb tomorrow. That's gonna be fun. I also have to go to Coco's to pick up the pie so at least I'll have French Toast for lunch or something. |
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| T-Day: Grading Hell Theatre |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|02:09 pm] |
I posted a rather lengthy reply to Cereta's call for Thanksgiving and your favorite characters, so I thought I'd share it here, since I'm counting it for mini-nano.
( DCU, Marvel, and FNL, oh my ) |
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| I don't know... |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|02:36 am] |
I'm just not in the mood for much of anything. I'm having my period and I think I'm coming down with a cold and I'm all with the grumpy.
I might be scarce for a day or two. |
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| 500,000 animals being slaughtered right now. |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|02:58 am] |
My mom has been talking about this for weeks:
500,000 animals to be ritually slaughtered?
On Tuesday, November 24th the Gadimai animal sacrifice festival will take place in southern Nepal. It is said that 500,000 animals including buffaloes, chickens, goats, pigs, rats, and birds will be tortured and slaughtered during this Hindu festival.
Write to the Nepalese Embassy: info@nepalembassyusa.org
In India, the ritual slaughter of animals in such rites as the Agnicayana has long been replaced with effigies. There is no religious reason for this throwback. Despite the detailed instructions in Leviticus, Judaism no longer sacrifices the fatted calf. Like that. |
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| What no one will tell you about college. |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|12:42 am] |
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I'm tutoring high school students, prepping them for the SAT.
I think what they need as much as good SAT scores are some good college strategies. Share yours here.
So here it is:
What no one will tell you about college (until you get there).
1 - Want to increase your scores 5% without doing anything?
( Sit in the same seat every day )
2 - Talk to your professor outside of class.
( Disagree with your prof? Good! Take it to her/him at the end of class. )
3 - Bored? Ask a question.
( Every time I found myself zoning out during a class I would raise my hand )
4 - Avoid clock-watching.
( Avoid the clock-watching tick by sitting where you can't see the clock. )
5 - High school is for taking the classes you hate. College is for taking the classes you love.
( Don't be a masochist -- if you can avoid that hated math class by taking a much more interesting astronomy class, do it. )
6 - Know thyself. Work with your habits rather than against them.
( If you suck at mornings, don't take that 8:30am Japanese class. )
7 - Avoid schizophrenia and be efficient: Take related classes at the same time.
( You can use your readings from Indian history as sources for your Indian lit class and vice versa. )
8 - If the class you want is booked, show up anyway, books in hand, and participate vigorously.
( The professor would rather have you as an extra student than the disinterested slackers in the back. )
9 - Give yourself flexibility: Plan, plan, plan.
( When you're not sure of your major, take classes that apply to all three of your most likely majors first. )
10 - The one I learned too late: Build a relationship with professors who are top in their field by taking more than one class with them.
( If they're a bit of a name, their opinion carries weight. ) |
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| Reason number 211 why I love these high school students. |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|12:17 am] |
Reason number 211 why I love my high school tutoring students:
A student wrote his SAT essay. He detailed how, scientifically speaking, the planet doesn't need humans.
<3 |
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| Women ninjas. |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|08:22 pm] |
The music awards:
Shakira has women ninjas! |
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| Courtesy of the City Paper |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|07:01 pm] |
Christmas Traditions in Baltimore: http://citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=19302
Anyone interested in a walk around Hampden (6th on the list) some chill night with spiced wine at my place after?
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| Quantifying a life. |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|04:47 pm] |
Good news on the work front: My tutoring job is going to give me 16 hours a week as of Dec. 1, which is great. It's an improvement.
The pay rate is good, and it gives me the required experience I need for teaching. (90 hours is the magic number. I'll have it by the end of December. Then I need a year of school for the teaching certificate.)
Unfortunately, it's not quite enough to live off of.
I don't have a car in car-dependent Maryland, so I'm having to ask "mommy" for rides to work, to interviews. I have all the time in the world to write -- yet can't find the space because I have to write around other people's schedules.
It's been four months and I'm getting the feeling she's burned out. As am I.
I want my life back.
Quantifying a life.
( When I drove across country to Seattle in 1996, I had a car. )
Aside from the degrees, how did I end up with less than when I started? |
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| Mousie report. |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|03:35 pm] |
Mousie report.
Some of you may recall this post wherein a family of mouse babies took up residence in one of my fleece jackets (in a box that happens to be outdoors). I discovered this when I pulled my jacket out of the box, scattering mouse infants everywhere. I removed my other jackets, packed the box with newspaper, and used newsprint to scoop the littles back in the box.
A week later I discovered I'd missed four mouse babies, who'd fallen into a box I took inside. Noooo....
Then the temperature dropped and I thought the outdoor mousies were history.
Three weeks later ...
I'm happy to report that the mouse babies survived, and have moved on. But the nest is clearly there, and there are no apparent corpses.
Proof of life: the fleece jacket was not so lucky, sacrificed to the cause. The Mousies chewed a few holes.
Unless Rainy Pass can fix it. |
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