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This Blog Has Moved to Dreamwidth
Dreamwidth has been my backup journal. I am pennswoods over there as well. Trying to export all my stuff, but dealing with a technical error. Hopefully I will get it resolved. There's a lot of history here I would hate to lose, but better to cut off your leg to escape a trap than to remain captured.
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The Transformative World of Fandom & Fanfiction
Back in January, I was invited to give a talk for the local Creative Mornings branch here in Malmö on the theme of language. Since I've been doing work on fandom and fanfiction, I decided to talk on the transformative world of fandom and fanfiction and the many different kinds of learning (language and otherwise) I've seen in it.
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One of the Best Reading Lists Ever
I think I'm going to be busy, busy, busy until approximately December 21st. One day before then, I will write up a recap of my trip to and interview in Texas. Today is not that day. However, today is the day I link to the best reading lists I've come across in a long while. It's from the fail_fandomanon meme on DW, which sometimes produces terrific ( Read more... ) -
More on Life in Sweden - Adventures in Lagom
I went out last night with a bunch of expats and learned quite a few interesting new things that hadn't experienced before. But there are others that do keep coming up regularly and I thought I'd list a few of them here:- I learned last night that when you give birth in Sweden, you are not allowed to leave the hospital until you pass a breastfeeding ( Read more... )
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Movies that Are a Part of Me
The #cinephilephote meme on twitter had me thinking about favorite filmes, or perhaps, films that have stayed with me. Films can be so ephemeral sometimes, so I had to dig deep. I'm sure I'll think of more, but these are the films that really are a part of me in some way:- Trois couleurs: Bleu (Three Colors: Blue)
- When Harry Met Sally
- Der Himmel über ( Read more... )
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An Awful Thought - Is the East Wind Coming for Mycroft?
I am busy grading and coding data, so of course I spent the morning writing meta. Originally posted to [my Tumblr].
Reading Mycroft meta has just given me an awful, awful thought. One of the hallmarks of so much fiction about boys becoming men is how they struggle with loss and through it move toward independence.
Even though BBC Sherlock is not ( Read more... ) -
The World's Only Consulting Penguin and His Blogger
Title: The World's Only Consulting Penguin and His Blogger
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: General
Links: Ao3 | DeviantArt | Tumblr
Notes: Drawn in response to a cracky prompt by fellow Sherlock fan Mundungus42, who wanted to see Sherlock and John as penguins. Thanks to everyone who responded to my call ( Read more... ) -
Erised
Title: Erised
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: General
Links: Ao3 | DeviantArt | Tumblr
Notes: Sherlock Holmes stumbled upon the Mirror of Erised in his first year at Hogwarts; he stumbled upon his best friend, John Watson, in his third. Caught up in the excitement of experiments, spells and ( Read more... ) -
Sussex
Title: Sussex
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: General
Links: Ao3 | DeviantArt | Tumblr
Notes: Dad and Sherlock at the cottage, 6 June 2039. Reprinted from He came at once: The life and adventures of Dr. John H. Watson, (p. 163) by A.S. Watson, 2057, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ( Read more... )
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