Pay no attention to the fact that I haven't updated in months oh my god. Still alive, still fine, etc. But my writing energies have been going to, variously, a) writing/editing at work, [more responsibility = good? i guess? but uuughh I feel like I write a lot on a daily basis now.] b) writing assorted strident metafilter comments and c) writing ( Read more... )

I have watched a lot of Oscar/award-nominated movies in the past few weeks! Here are my thoughts on them, in reverse chronological order of when I watched them.

• The Salesman: Nominated for best foreign film, and directed by Asghar Farhadi. I never managed to get through all of A Separation or About Elly. There's a particular flavor of nightmarishly ( Read more... )

Things I've done since my last update to feel less powerless and hopeless in our new national nightmare!

• Finished putting all my local and national representatives' contact information in my phone.
• Emailed Mayor Garcetti thanking him for his support of the LAX protests and keeping LA a sanctuary city.
• Called Feinstein's office, and WONDER OF WONDERS, ( Read more... )

OH LOOK, ANOTHER DAY FULL OF FUCKERY. It has been ten. days. Motherfucker.

Anyway! Things I did today/or will shortly do that are lessening the gibbering terror and grim resignation:

• Sent an angry fax to Senator Dianne Feinstein because WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF TRUMP APPEASEMENT BULLSHIT ARE YOU PULLING, LADY. I haven't been able to get a call through ( Read more... )

We are living in interesting times, to put it lightly. It seems prudent to start being more conscientious and dedicated about my journalling ( Read more... )

GUESS WHO HAS YET TO FULLY RECKON WITH HER EMOTIONS REGARDING HER NATION'S CURRENT GARBAGE FIRE STATUS????? THIS GIRL ( Read more... )

My assignment this year:

The Darkness Will Show You the Way (2099 words) by yasaman
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Splendor & Misery - clipping. (Album)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: 2331 (Splendor and Misery), The Computer (Splendor & Misery)
Summary:
In the hazy, half-conscious state just before he fell into ( Read more... )

The Dead Authors Fanfic: Christopher Marlowe and Walt Whitman (1461 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Dead Authors Podcast
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: H. G. Wells, Christopher Marlowe, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare
Additional Tags: Podcast, Podfic, Poetry, Bad Poetry, historical allusions, ( Read more... )

Hello my dear Yuletide writer/pinch hitter! I may not be available to read your no doubt most excellent story right away, as I am unexpectedly going on a last minute trip! But rest assured I will get to it as soon as possible!

This entry was originally posted at http://yasaman.dreamwidth.org/473310.html, with
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Fucking 2016. In some ways, November was one of the worst months of my life, which feels weird to say like that, because so much of it was normal or even good. And I'm okay and my family's okay and the world keeps turning. But fucking Election Day. I'm still fucked up about it, only now in a sort of wonderingly amused and angry way, like every time ( Read more... )