18 Star Trek Recs
Still gleefully throwing myself into the piles of good fic that have come out of this new/old fandom, and I'll have a few more recs to come in a couple days, including some more het and gen fics. :D 18...
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So, have been poking at two stories for near on a month now, and I think they're pretty much finished. Am in need of beta, if anyone is available? *smiles winningly* It's Star Trek, and mostly gen...
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Thoughts this season? I've missed a few episodes this year, but even with the episodes I have seen, I haven't found those couple of dancers I usually gravitate towards. No Joshua or Katee or Sabra and...
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- It is finally sunny and hot and properly summery today, AND I have new allergy medication that works so I don't want to shoot myself in the head when I go outside anymore. *beams* THIS IS A GOOD DAY....
View Articledog days of summer
Two writing memes snagged from people on the flist: Despite the icon, there is pretty much no sexy bits in the following excerpts. Am definitely a more gen sort of writer. *g* List the first lines of...
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So, there's been some controversy in the swimming world about the new sooper-duper hi-tech swimsuits. And it's been all very serious and lots of people upset about how it's changing the sport, and...
View ArticleFuck that, I'll make my own rules (Angry Rant Ahead)
You know what kind of question I always hated on university and scholarship applications?The role model question: "Who is your role model and why does he/she inspire you?"You know why I hated it?...
View Articlesummer stormin'
I'm in the middle of a hurricane right now. And I have my window wide open to cool down my room because damn, it's been ridiculously hot and muggy for the past two weeks. *fans self* Yep, Hurricane...
View Articleyou roll the dice and you deal with it
Lifted directly from ignipesGive me topics for that Top Five meme-thing where you tell me to list my Top Five Fandom Things, any fannish topic, favorites or non-favorites or whatever, I don't know how...
View ArticleWhen you see this... quote it old skool
"I can't do this alone.""Yes, you can.""Yeah, well... I don't want to."Dear SPN: If we're doin' it apocalyptic style, a a reformed nun turned gunrunner would be an awesome character to have. Just...
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1. Non-spoilery Supernatural premiere reaction: Cool! Am looking forward to this season and the apocalypse. I love how nasty the angels were, and am looking forward to seeing Lucifer walk the earth....
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Moving from Canada to the UK for grad school. :D Updates when I have internet again (likely sooner rather than later)
View ArticleTwo months later...
So... looking at my last post, you might assume that the UK doesn't have internet. Well, two months later I am here to dispel that myth. Dunno why I haven't really been posting - oh, no wait. I...
View Articleand to all a good night
And so late on Christmas Day, I am in a hotel in Prague on a foggy computer where I can barely see the screen, trying to load Yuletide, which is not working at the moment. :/ But! I have a story, and...
View ArticleProcrastination: way of champions
Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is treating everyone well!My goal at the moment - be better organized for life in general and that includes finding time to post on LJ again. :) So far that resolution......
View ArticleIt's only Monday... but
The most adorable thing I have seen so far this week (from Being Human's latest episode) Embedded beneath the cut. OT3! ♥! Annie not wanting George to go! Mitchell being such a boy telling George about...
View ArticleBand of Brothers
Band of Brothers ♥! I can't believe it's taken me so long to finally watch this series! I've had it on my external harddrive since the summer. Now I'm one episode away from the end and I'm almost...
View ArticleOLYMPICS
OMG, Olympics! I haven't posted about them because, well, I suck at updating these days but I have been obsessed, staying up to watch them on BBC iplayer, usually until ridiculously late into the early...
View ArticleWhose side are you on? What side is this anyways?
One of these days (possibly tomorrow) I am going to make a proper update post but tonight it's going to be another collection of links and other happy-making things. 1. Last Olympics hurrah -...
View ArticleEEeeeee! *fannish happiness*
Tomorrow when the War Began trailer is now out! Okay, I knew the film was happening but now there's an actual trailer for it and I am SO excited. :D This was one of my all-time favourite book series as...
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Things that make me happy- In approximately 24 hours, I will be finished with the taught section of my masters, and all I'll have left is my dissertation and 3 months to write it- Despite ash-clouds...
View ArticleOn engaging with and writing fanfic based in real-life tragedy or conflict...
To start this post off correctly: This is building on an extremely important discussion going on about a recent spn_j2_bigbang fic that used the recent Haitian earthquake as a backdrop to a love-story...
View ArticleGrad school = tv-watching
Status of dissertation: 3,000/15,000 wordsDays until dissertation is due: 27Hours of television watched in the past two days: 8 1/2 hrs, or the whole first season of CommunityShows I have started...
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4 a.m. and I've just sent my supervisor the draft for my lit review/theory portion of my dissertation.6,000/15,000As a reward I'm going to sleep go look at posts of Tom Hardy and his camwhore days....
View ArticleCollection of thoughts, photos
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! And to everyone else- happy Sunday/Monday! It's been an absolutely beautiful 20+ degree weather this week in London (heh, back in Canada they had snow) and I spent...
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