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Some good news
Last year in March I was told that my team was going to be laid off. Our jobs were moving from Brussels to Vienna. I was annoyed and sad but not too worried. The economic situation was good at the time and I had 15 months to find a new job. So I decided to have a baby first before starting to look for a new job ( Read more... ) -
Congratulations USA!
Congratulations, you guys! You did it.
I'm sitting here watching CNN and I'm seeing all these people celebrating. It's awesome and I'm crying tears of joy.
Hey, America, let's be friends again, all is forgiven. I always knew you could do it. And please take really good care of your next president. -
5 things I have learned from reading slash fanfic meme (Part 1)
Today I was talking about the Mason-Dixon line with my husband, it came up during our ongoing discussion of the USA presidential elections, and I noted that I actually knew what the Mason-Dixon line is because of a certain NC17 rated Mckay/Sheppard fanfic.
Over the years I have learned a lot of things from reading online porn, you probably have too ( Read more... ) -
Book meme
he Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 25/98 (I'd expected more to be honest, but hey, more than average!)
2) Italicise those you intend to read (as in the book is bought and sitting on my shelf). None!
3) Underline the books ( Read more... ) -
I'm now a voting member of OTW! \o/
Yay, I figured out how to use PayPal!
Become a voting member of The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW)!
It’s a great way to help support an organization that supports fandom. Fandom is fun and OTW is wants to help keep Fandom fun in a myriad of ways.
A membership gives you the right to vote in org elections for the Board of Directors.
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Figure skating championships in Sweden are THIS week?!
Why didn't anyone tell me the World Figure Skating Championships are this week? There have been no reports whatsoever in the press here even though we have a Belgian skater participating. Why do I even rely on main stream press for news coverage ( Read more... ) -
Have you seen a blowfish driving a sports car?
Is it just me or do you also have the impression that Torchwood / Doctor Who have never been hyped as episode 1 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang was hyped ( Read more... ) -
Books yay!
The books that I ordered on Amazon a couple of weeks ago finally arrived yesterday.
I bought:
1)Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (Still to read)
2)Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins (Still to read)
3)Textual Poachers by Henry Jenkins (Still to read)
4)Will The Vampire People ( Read more... ) -
Stardust
Went to see Stardust today.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486655/
If you liked The Princess Bride, I highly recommend you go see it!