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 then, you have this profound statement ( Read more... )

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 your last twenty stories. See if you find any patterns.( 20 First Lines )

- 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.

- ignipes wrote commentary for her I Want to Go Home! story Faster, Higher, Stronger, and it is fabulous - fully of snarky Canadian boys and Olympic ( Read more... )

Thoughts this season ( Read more... )

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 (with various background het/slash pairings). Both under 5,000 words. One is McCoy-centric, and the other is ensemble fic.

And MOAR Star Trek Recs:

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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 Star Trek Recs (gen, Kirk/McCoy, Chekov/Sulu and Spock/Uhura) ( underneath the cut )

Title: Evening on the Ground
Fandom: HBO’s miniseries Generation Kill
Artist: Iron and Wine
Pairing/Characters: Gen, ensemble vid
Rating: R, for graphic war violence, including dead children. Please heed this warning before watching.
Streaming: On Youtube on vimeo Download: megaupload large (93 MB, mov file) megaupload small size (29 MB, avi ( Read more... )

Following a number of people on my flist.

Pick a fandom of the ones listed below, and I'll tell you ( Read more... )

News that is not reassuring at all. :/ I just flew on Air France when I went to Spain, and although they have a good track record, I guess there's always that chance you take ( Read more... )

Good news! The job I thought wasn't going to start until the end of June actually called me late last week, and they wanted me to start as soon as possible. Hey, way to give mixed signals, big government agency, but whatevs. I'm just happy to be doing something that doesn't involve inputting claims and filing (I think I actually sprained something ( Read more... )