I was reading through old entries to make sure my tagging habits had not gone astray (namely: does 'writing' mean 'about writing' or 'fiction' or both?) and came across a link which I will repeat here, on the nature of the Mary Sue. I mostly agree with the definition given, with the caveat that a Mary Sue (as I use the term) need not be ( ( Read more... )

Today's part of the renovation (this time of the studio (we are never done~)) involved pulling all the chair rails and base board and paneling off the walls. Towards the end of it, it was just Mom and me, and we got annoyed with the stupid stupid house builders and the gap under the window and the like, and we were all, This is the last piece of ( Read more... )

I love crackfic so very, very much.

Harry Potter: The WorldSaving Properties of Hot Threesome Sex by opalish
Summary: Harry's straight, he really is. Unfortunately, no one believes it but him. HarryLunaBlaise crackfic AHOY.

Naruto: The Consequences of Drunken Experiments by Lucillia
Summary: Orochimaru creates something that never should have ( Read more... )

Dammit. Now I want to have a character named Origonal.

Whenever people talk about their 'friends list' in abbreviation, I think of Victor Borge. Which is why I spell my flist with a 'z'.

("F. Liszt, young man, spells Fliszt.")

I just read "Why is Giles wearing chainmail?" and my brain interpreted it as "Why is Giles wearing a chainmail bikini?"

The story itself is a trope, but.

The concept of God has as little meaning for him as it does for most wizards, but, as he understands it, Muggle iconography of the Hebrew God bears a striking resemblance to the person of Albus Dumbledore, which lends the phrase a fairly accurate pictorial significance.

Hee.

So I recently checked up on Red Cross policy to see if it had changed regarding my (eventual) eligibility to donate -- which it had, but not in the way I expected. Instead of a twenty-five year wait period, I just can't give blood. No expiration date ( Read more... )

We has cabinets ( Read more... )

Apparently I have something of a reputation in certain circles for being phlegmatic. While part of it is undoubtedly due to the fact that it's voice chat and they can't see my face, more of it is probably because I know too many people who think that pissing people off is funny.