Okay, first things first: I posted Crucify, my Ginny one-shot, at the Dark Arts. You can check it out here. I think it turned out pretty well; I'm not completely happy with it, as it sort of drags for a while in the middle, but the general concept and the beginning and end are all good ( Read more... )

I am trying to learning Irish. Trying, being the keyword, of course. I don't think I've ever encountered such a difficult language. I mean, German 102 with all it's bloody cases was a cakewalk compared to just saying "good morning" in Irish. Good morning is "dia dhuit ar maidin", by the way, and if you're pronouncing it like it looks, then you're ( Read more... )

For the first time since 1904, the U.S. got a gold medal in fencing, thanks to Zagunis (of Beaverton! Woot! Go Northwest Fencing Center!) who beat Xue Tan at Women's Individual Sabre. And the other woman who made it to the finals from America, Sada Jacobson, whose sister Emily actually made it to the semi-finals, took home the bronze. I swear to ( Read more... )

Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, of the Benedictine Order of St. John the Beloved, has been a columnist for the Advocate (a GLBT magazine) for awhile now. He's a gay Catholic man who, from what I understand, has formed his own branch of the Catholic church which is accepting of GLBT people. I've read some of his articles in the past, and I've always ( Read more... )

"So remember when you're feeling
Very small and insecure
How amazing unlikely is your
Birth. And pray that there's
Intelligent life somewhere up in
Space, because there is bugger all
Down here on earth."
- "The Galaxy Song", Monty Python

Sometimes I think that Monty Python is speaking directly to meAnd now for something completely different ( Read more... )

I was reading an interview of a (British?) CG artist and painter named Nykolai Aleksander, whose work I've only just discovered, and one of his comments got me thinking ( Read more... )

I got back from my two week trip to California on the 4th, and I'm a little ashamed to admit that I'm actually glad to be back in Hicksville, Washington. Frankly, as much fun as California was, I miss the rain and the clouds and the total lack of sunburns. I've also been feeling very creative lately, and I've come up with another plot for a new fic ( Read more... )

"*rereads theory* Oh no. You know what this means?
I am entering the realm of 'Redeemable Draco Malfoy.'
I am betraying all I hold dear.
Oh well, never mind."
-from lycoris' LJ.

ivi_malfoy recently posted her take on Draco Malfoy, and posed the question "where is JKR going with his character?" in one of her rants. I found this really interesting, and decided to ( Read more... )

Summer has come upon us in an ambush of solar fury. In other parts of the world, the weather is more gradual, slowly building up towards summer heat, so that when it does get hot, you're at least prepared for it. The Pacific Northwest, however, does not deign to bend to little things like the laws of nature. Rather, it prefers to torture its ( Read more... )

I just finished watching the documentary Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore about gun-related violence in America. The film was incredibly disturbing, but also very good. It raises a lot of important questions, and I couldn't help trying to write about them in an attempt to figure them out. I'm definitely welcoming any discussion on this topic ( Read more... )