Dear Glee people:
Finally watched an episode last night. Laughed. Cried. Rolled my eyes. Cried some more.
Fine. You win. Am acquiring the previous episodes as I type.
Happy now?
love
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It sucks. I am starting to hate my bed.
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I'm with Joseph A. Pollini (see linked article): I think using Facebook as an alibi is utterly idiotic. Just ask any of the thousands of people who hack post in their friends journals every day of the week. I mean, I'm pretty sure the kid didn't commit the robbery he was accused of - pretty positive in fact - but seriously...some people need to be a little more proactive in getting up to speed with the ins and outs of technology.
In other news: many tear-inducing clips of dogs welcoming home soldiers
In other other news...there are only twelve hours left to sign up for Yuletide! (and my letter is here)
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We watched the first three episodes of White Collar tonight. And then I spent the last hour reading fic.
Yeah, I think I'm hooked. Very, very hooked.
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Yesterday, I came home to find out my ISP was down, and I couldn't even access their website to get a status on the shell server. Since their servers are (or at least were at one point) not far from our house, and our weather has been kind of interesting lately, I figured there was a technical problem, and they'd be working on it.
Everything was still down this morning, and throughout the day. I was starting to get nervous, but was still hopeful.
It's just been revealed that the owner of the ISP, which is family-run, but has been around for something like 20 years, was just convicted of felony incest for 46 months.
This means two things: there are other people having a much worse day than I am, and I'm not expecting to be able to get anything from that e-mail account for a while--if ever. This is a problem not only because it's my main contact with most of my friends and family, but also has ALL of the e-mail addresses still on there!
*ahem*
Please do not e-mail me as the Eskimo address, if you have it. Please contact me, for now, at movies _ michelle at hotmail dot com. If I could get people to e-mail me there so I could start re-building my address book, that would be great, too. If you've e-mailed me recently expecting an answer, please re-send it there: I either was meaning to send you an e-mail or I never saw your e-mail.
Thanks.
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WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT.
Well. First, let's just say that I would pay real money for somebody to rewrite that episode as an MCR AU crossover fic. Somebody should do that for me. I'm just sayin'. That's the only thing that could make it more lulzy and wtfery.
Go on. Write it. I'll wait.
( criminal minds )
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They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing-these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture. They carried their reputations. They carried the soldier's greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment. They crawled into tunnels and walked point and advanced under fire. Each morning, despite the unknowns, they made their legs move. They endured. They kept humping. They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to close the eyes and fall. So easy, really. Go limp and tumble to the ground and let the muscles unwind and not speak and not budge until your buddies picked you up and lifted you into the chopper that would roar and dip its nose and carry you off to the world. A mere matter of falling, yet no one ever fell. It was not courage, exactly; the object was not valor. Rather, they were too frightened to be cowards.
~The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Thank you to everyone who's served in the past, who is serving now, and who will serve in the future, and to their families and loved ones, as well. *** Criminal Minds( spoilers )*** Glee( spoilers )*** So Fox has canceled Dollhouse, which is no surprise, but honestly? If they were going to give us 13 episodes of something and then cancel it, I would have much preferred Sarah Connor Chronicles. The worst part, though, is that we're going to have to hear from crazy Joss fans about how persecuted he is. Which, whatever. He was dumb to go back into business with Fox after Firefly, but honestly the show was pretty dire most of the time. At least it was last season, except for a couple of episodes and Epitaph One. So I'm not really crying for him, you know? *** There's still time to sign up for Broken Toys, the Dark Angel ficathon ![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) ranalore and I are running. I won't be doing the matching until tomorrow morning, if you want to sneak in there and sign up on the over night. Though as I mentioned yesterday, it is a very Max, Alec, and OC-centric bunch of participants, so if you are looking for Max/Logan, that's probably not going to happen. *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/93988.html.  people have commented there.
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/11/cw-to-air-two-hour-justice-society-themed-smallville-movie/ CW to air 2-hour Justice Society-themed SMALLVILLE movie Excerpt: Entertainment Weekly has learned that the CW are planning to air the upcoming Justice Society-heavy Smallville two-parter (“Society” and “Legends) as a two hour movie event on January 29th 2010. Penned by comic bookwriter Geoff Johns, the television movie will feature the arrival of Justice Society members Hawkman (Michael Shanks), Doctor Fate (Brent Stait), Stargirl (Britt Irvin), and the return of Phil Morris as Martian Manhunter. The storyline apparently involves Clark crossing paths with the Justice Society characters, who have come out of retirement to meet up with an old foe. REST AT LINK ABOVE
and.... got an email from Creation. David Hewlett will be doing the April 2010 Vancouver Stargate con in Vancouver. Ah, to dream. He's there, Jason, Joe and more....(including Brian J. Smith of SGU, whom I honestly wouldn't mind seeing). Gold tickets are $579. Heck, it's the airfare, the hotel, etc. and photo ops that would kill me. I need a new car.... Drat, wish they'd do a con like that on the EAST coast. And guess I'll be watching SMALLVILLE again. Haven't watched it in years...
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A fan made a video from Stargate Atlantis’ “Vegas” episode using Johnny Cash’s ‘Solitary Man’ song. I like :)
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Just a couple things... an excellent article/opinion piece on the true cost of war...
On Veterans Day, feeling the cost of war...
Afghanistan was abstract, until my friend's flag-draped coffin came home...
Full story at http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-abraham11-2009nov11,0,16249.story
And Damian Kindler posted this link on his twitter today. Someone gathered together reunion videos, of veterans coming home and being greeted by their pets. Very heartwarming. I never knew a dog's tail could wag that fast!
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40324
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) destina gets my entire raison d'rpf right here. (Talking about J2, but it totally works for me more broadly.)
In other news, so I ended up writing an alternate ending for In Writing, haha -- it splits off where Adam comes home and is 100000% more cracktastic:
( In Writing alternate ending, adult, explicit )
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My ISP disappeared yesterday afternoon, and for more than twenty-four hours I haven't been able to get email or load their website. And their phones don't go through, and there are Bad Signs Afoot.
Effective immediately, my fannish email address is the.shoshanna@gmail.com. If you sent me anything since yesterday afternoon, I didn't get it.
Argh. It's a good thing I was in reasonably good work shape, because setting up new fannish and mundane accounts and notifying everyone under the sun is a major hassle...
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There are no words to express how happy I am that Glee is back tonight. NO WORDS. HOW I MISSED YOU, YOU AMAZING SHOW.
In less-Glee news but still gleeful news, last night, spookshowbaby and I got to go the Rangers' fan forum, where Staal, Boyle, Cally, Lisin, and Hank were on hand to answer questions and all that and OMG IT WAS AMAZING SO AMAZING AND AWESOME. My love for Enver Lisin has quadrupled - HE CALLS VINNY 'WINNY' AND VALLY 'WALLY'. It took everything I had not to ask him to say 'nuclear wessels'. AND!!! I WON A JERSEY!!! Sadly, not a Lisin jersey, but it was Boyle's, and he gave it to me and I got a hug and the thing is like a dress on me, BUT STILL. I'm still all kicky-feet over it. There's a pretty good recap of it over here if you want to see (AHEM girl_wonder and raggedann) (although she missed the exchange where Staal was all, "We were told no ties. Or pocket squares," because Hank was looking FINE, and Hank snapped back with, "You're not ready for a pocket square.") oh, and I took a lot of pictures.
oh, team, how do you cause me so much joy yet so much misery?
and, in honor of the day: here's to everyone who has ever served their country with pride and honor. Happy Veteran's Day.
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I love being stupidly happy, even if friends tell me I'm grinning like a loon.
Life makes me happy today. A coming three day weekend in London makes me happy. A friend doing something nice for me out of the blue makes me happy. Hearing great things about Stark Sands in Bonnie and Clyde last night makes me happy (even though I may never get to see it). godofwine and dark_reaction doing prompt posts, and templemarker running a USMC happy birthday prompt/fic free-for-all makes me happy.
Doing a job that might be long hours and hard work, but lets me go home at night knowing I'm doing something good with my life makes me happy. Sometimes I imagine what it must be like to work in great conditions and get a fabulous pay packet, but, at the end of the day, I know which is more important to me.
Even last weekend, which I spent sick and miserable on my couch (bad reaction to the swine flu jab), makes me happy in retrospect, because feeling like doing nothing more strenuous than watching TV all day led me to discover that Castle is great fun. Great team chemistry, and an adorable family - yeah, you've guessed, that makes me happy!! \o/ (And you can say "I told you so" if you want. It won't stop me being happy!)
Yes, I'm obnoxiously perky in the morning too! In case you were wondering! *g*
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Give me a fandom I write, a character, and a one-word prompt, and I will write a drabble/ficlet ...
... or at least I'll try. I'm trying to jump-start my brain, which has been fairly unsatisfactory as a brain lately, so no guarantees as to how many of these I can actually do. You'll probably have better luck if you pick one of my more recent fandoms, although you can give older ones a shot if you want.
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Dear ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) yuletide goat:
It's that time of year again, huh? First of all, I want to say a big thank you for agreeing to write a story in one of my fandoms. I love them all, and all the characters I've chosen, so I will be happy with a story for any request.
Since it's entirely possible we don't know each other, hi. For tips about things I really like in stories, here are links to my past yuletide letters: 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005.
As for this year, each pair of characters I've requested has a strong working relationship and I really like stories that show that, that highlight the partnership aspects, especially when they are equal partners. If you're writing smut, I love it when there is a sense of fun, that they're enjoying not just the sex but the person they're with. Banter during sex is even better than banter by itself.
I know I mentioned a pairing in each request, and I do love shippy fic, but it's not a requirement. Gen is totally welcome. I love stories about close friends and familial relationships as much as I do romance. Whether shippy or gen, I especially like insults as terms of endearment, and in stories, I prefer it when love is expressed in ways other than actually saying, "I love you."
I'd really rather not have stories that are dark and angsty - I like hopeful, not unhappy endings. In cases where it can't end happily, I really dislike despair. I need some kind of hope, some light at the end of the tunnel. I have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick, so please avoid that. I am also squicked by non-con and sexual violence.
Mostly, I want the characters to sound like themselves and have fun hanging out with each other, because I love hanging out with them. These are all just possible jumping off points if you feel the need. If you've already got a story in mind, then go for it - I'm sure it will be fabulous.
If it helps, all the stuff I've written is indexed here and my recs live at unfitforsociety, which is navigable by tags.
This year, I feel like my requests were specific enough that I am just going to list them here without much editorializing:
1. The Middleman: The Middleman/Wendy Watson
( specifics )
2. Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief series: Eugenides aka Gen/Irene Queen of Attolia
( specifics )
3. Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence: Jean Tannen/Locke Lamora
( specifics )
4. Warlock: Giles Redferne/Kassandra
( specifics )
I realize this sounds like a lot of requirements, but I really am flexible. I just know what it's like as a writer to get an assignment where you only match on one fandom, with one character, and the recipient just says, "Anything is great!" and doesn't have a blog or LJ, and doesn't leave a letter to guide you. So this is just a lot of blather that is meant as guidelines in case you're flailing.
I want you to write a story you enjoy writing as much as one I'll enjoy reading.
Thank you again, dear yuletide goat! You are the bestest!
~victoria p.
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Hi, Yuletide writer! Thank you so much for writing a story for me. In general, please have fun, and write something that makes you happy. I like banter, friendship, historical settings with all the trappings, and I'm happy both with smutty stories and stories with no sex whatsoever. I've asked for slash for some of these, but if you can't write that, please don't stress about writing gen. Please don't stress at all, unless that's part of your desired Yuletide experience. :-) I'll enjoy any story in these fandoms with these characters.
( more about my specific requests, behind the cut )
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Because everybody loves an icon meme!
I used my DW icons, because I have more of them there, though most of these are on LJ too.
( 100x100 )
I could probably have filled this grid with nothing but Jensen Ackles and Katee Sackhoff icons. Heh.
Honestly, I could have put any number of icons in any number of slots - I love all my icons, which is why I have a hard time switching them out, even though I forget sometimes that I have some of them and never use them.
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