... I think this just made my head explode. And I'm terrified that, in a matter of minutes, insanity shall strike and I'll decide that I ABSOLUTELY MUST READ IT. Minutes, people.


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At home right now, typing "quietly" because there are about four thousand sleeping family members strewed about every inch of surface area in my parents' tiny house (Great-Aunt Pat's funeral is in two days) ... but I needed to take a moment and say ( Read more... )

I spent the majority of the day reading all twelve volumes of CLAMP's Card Captor Sakura, as prep-work for my first help_japan fic. I've read it before, but it's been ages; it was actually the first manga I ever read, back in 8th grade, and my very first introduction to CLAMP (who have since become my very favorite manga authors.) Re-reading it now was a ( Read more... )

There was a thunderstorm tonight. It was brief, as per usual, but while it lasted it was wild and lovely, and ... that's really the only excuse I have for this.

That, and it's been ages since I wrote anything that had nothing to do with graduate school. I fear I'm rusty, and since I'm on the threshold of writing gift fic, that is a Bad Thing. ( Read more... )

Lamest. Episode. of Doctor Who. EVER. Y/Y?

Still. Looking forward to Gaiman's episode next week! :D ♥

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Just a quick announcement that the Lightening Round went live today for help_japan; they're still looking for contributors as well as bidders, so go check it out.

I'm offering Good Omens, Sherlock, Steampunk, and Doctor Who fiction here, $5/1,000 words, if anyone's interested. Three highest bidders all get their choice of a fic ( Read more... )

Dragging myself out of my book-coma a moment (three twenty-page papers in three days ... ngh) because I felt this merited passing-on ( Read more... )

I'll post a real review when I'm not so time-crunched and exhausted, but for the moment I just wanted to say ...

Frankenstein blew my mind. Everything about it, absolutely everything, was amazing. And Ben's Creature literally ripped out my heart. The second he started talking about loneliness, I teared up a bit. I liked Mr Cumberbatch a lot ( Read more... )

Guys. Guys. This article is just ... I need to talk about it; it touches so many things that are important and relevant and fascinating, about sexuality and identity and community and history and media and fandoms and everything. But I'm still processing my thoughts, so for now I'm typing it up here in its fullness (which is a true labor of love ( Read more... )