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My LJ days are coming to an end
I hate to let this go, but with work starting again, my family responsibilities, and waning fannish interests, I don't have the energy to keep this journal going. I've let my extra userpic accounts expire and the same will happen with my paid account in the middle of the month. I'll keep the basic account up and running, so I can still check in ( Read more... ) -
Rediscovering the X-Files: A Photo Essay
Catching up on S1 of Fringe recently did more than simply fill the speculative fiction hole in my TV schedule. Watching Olivia and the Bishops race against time to solve supernatural mysteries was awfully familiar and yet not. It filled me with a certain nostalgia that led me to be reunited with my past love and first fandom experience, The X-Files ( Read more... ) -
“Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.” - Mark Twain
Thank you to every who rallied to build the list of 100 fictional women. We got to 128 and I'm sure we could have kept going. It was fun perusing the list and seeing old favourites and lots of characters I still have to discover. Let me know is I missed one of your choices.
( 128 Amazing Fictional Women ) -
Happy International Women's Day! 100 years + 100 women=100 comments
Today is International Women's Day, an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in women's rights and acknowledge how much work is left toward the fight for equality ( Read more... ) -
Fic: Homeward Bound for Lost Hohoho
Title: Homeward Bound
Characters/Pairing: Juliet, Sawyer, Daniel, Miles, Jin, young Ben, Jacob, early Juliet/Sawyer
Rating: PG 13
Warnings: Spoilers for S5, mild language
Summary: A year in the life of Juliet Burke, circa 1974 - on island and off.
Author notes: Written for the lostsquee Hohoho exchange for coulourmayfade based on her prompt 'Happiness for Juliet'. Many ( Read more... ) -
My 100 Favourite Fictional Females - Part Five
It’s been a while since I've had an opportunity to post more of my favourite fictional females. In honour of my own mother arriving shortly, I decided to put together the segment on my favourite fictional moms. Here they are: the loving, the awesome, and the delightfully deranged!
( Narrator: Lucille was suffering from a hangover-related headache and sought her medication. That's when she mistook the red eye alcohol warning for a winking-eye alcohol suggestion. But she had the good sense not to drive herself to the meeting. ) -
Feeling Whimsical!
Thanks for the good wishes for my friend. We are still waiting to hear how the surgery went. In the meantime, I want to play make believe ( Read more... ) -
My 100 Favourite Fictional Females - Part Three
Spunky, silly, and serious - these are my favourite fictional girls. They navigate their coming of age with a combination of bravado, wit and awkwardness. War and violence causes some of them to grow up too soon, or not at all. For others, puberty is their major source of angst. These are not all my favourite girls, some of the others will show up ( Read more... ) -
My 100 Favourite Fictional Females - Part Two
Happy Birthday crickets! I hope you had a great birthday weekend. All the best in the next year ( Read more... )