Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!

THING THE FIRST: I finally got my camera! After I wrestled the box open, I promptly spent the next thirty minutes annoying the bejeezus out of Le Boyfriend with scenarios like...

Me: *holds up tiny plastic whatsit* The heck is this?
Le Boyfriend: That's the battery.
Me: *holds up another tiny plastic whatsit* And this?
Le Boyfriend: That's the battery charger.

And so on. There was also much marveling over how friggin' tiny it is (seriously, it's the same approximate dimensions as a box of Altoids). Y'all might laugh at me for my confusion over the many tiny plastic whatsits -- which, incidentally, have a frightening talent for disappearing -- and the battery but, for reference, the last digital camera I had regular access to a) belonged to my family, b) was roughly the size of your standard full-size matchbox (or a smaller film camera), and c) ran on AA batteries. In other words, I AM NEW TO THE TINY CAMERAS OF THE FUTURE, OKAY?

I'm also impressed with all the software functions. It auto-corrects red-eye (I used to have to do that on my computer), has a blink detector (which is causing me no end of amusement), and can distinguish/orient faces in a given frame (it puts little blinky white corners around them). The jury's still out on whether it can slice/dice/make julien fries, but I wouldn't put it past this thing. I fully intend to spend the rest of the afternoon playing with it -- which might involve further annoying the bejeezus out of Le Boyfriend.


THING THE SECOND: I finished my finals today! Spanish was easy (God bless online classes), Stress Management was easy (see previous), Sports Nutrition was so-so (I barely studied anyway because I'm pretty sure I could've skipped it and still made a low B in the class), and Physiology of Exercise was GOOD GOD SO STUPIDLY HARD. Well, the essay wasn't so hard, but there were parts of the multiple choice that had me going like this:



Except quietly in my seat. At least I wasn't the only one writhing in anguish.


THING THE THIRD: I finally got Le Batfic posted to AO3 for ease of re-reading (and posting to generation_kill. I was delighted to discover that it doesn't freak out at LJ formatting, but enraged at how MOTHERFUCKING SLOW it is, and then there was this whole thing where it posted an extra chapter and I couldn't figure out WHY. Much rending of garments (figuratively speaking) ensued until I finally figured out that it had somehow posted the last chapter twice.


THING THE FOURTH: I should probably get around to picking out possible dates/times for the Die Mommie Die re-watch in stark_sands. Um.

THING THE FIFTH: Happy birthday, muthine! I bring you eyefucking as a birthday present


THING THE LAST: The New York trip is in four days. FOUR DAYS.



Plans for a meet-up are in progress (with a million thanks to pjvilar for helping with my hilariously awful planning skills). Incoherent flailing has already begun.


That's it for now! How are y'all?

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"All sins are attempts to fill voids..." -- Simone Weil

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Cheers.

So, internets, this is the last chapter of Le Batfic proper (there's still an epilogue coming). As in, we'll probably finish the whole story (epilogue included) this week. Holy shit.

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 13)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which Walt steps up, the Joker goes down, and Brad and Nate show an extraordinary talent for bluffing.

( Ray always enjoys hanging out with Walt before he has to get ready to patrol... )

Enjoy and, as usual, any and all comments are both welcome and encouraged (be they long and ramble-tastic or short and to the point).

Cheers.

Just popping in to drop off the second half of Part 11 of Le Batfic.

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 11b)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which Nate has to remind Brad that underestimating him is a really bad idea and Brad learns that there can be benefits to admitting one's mistakes.

( When Brad originally thought of it, having Nate train with him and Rudy seemed like a great idea... )

I don't have a preview ready this time because this part stops where we stopped so far and we're still deciding what exactly will happen next (I may just save the preview for when I have the start of a next scene handy). Enjoy and (as usual) fell free to comment with as much (or as little) feedback as you like!

Cheers.

Internets, have I mentioned recently that I really hate computers sometimes? Because seriously, y'all wanna know what mine just did? It crashed the notepad program I was writing my reaction posts on and now the file is acting all fucked up and shit. I can probably fix it but still



Fucking computers, how do they work?

In other news, college still sucks and is overrated (water is also still wet, news at eleven!)

...Ahem.

Anyway, have some more Batfic to tide y'all over in the mean time (mcl4r3n and I had a productive day).

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 10)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which Ray and Brad have a heart-to-heart and Brad and Nate have a serious misunderstanding (but all becomes clear soon enough).

( Read more... )

Comments of any and all lengths are welcome and encouraged, as usual. Enjoy!

Cheers.

P.S. - Le Boyfriend has yet to die from the expired bacon. Will keep y'all posted as more develops.

So, internets, I come bearing bad news and good news.

The bad news (for Stark fangirls):

HBO isn't picking up The Miraculous Year. Which, long story short, means Stark isn't coming back to T.V. any time soon.



Yeah, I know :-\


The good news (for GKers and fans of the fic I post here alike):

More batfic!

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 8)
Authors: mcl4r3n and emerald_skies
Summary: In which Nate learns there's more to Brad Colbert than anyone might ever guess, Ray stumbles across something important (twice), and Brad finally opens up when the chips come down.


( For what feels like the millionth fucking time that evening, Brad adjusts his god-damned bowtie... )

As usual, comments are both loved and encouraged. Hope y'all like it :)


Cheers.

First of all, a letter:

Dear certain denizens of sf_drama,

I've seen y'all go to some pretty impressive lengths in snarking someone (or several someones), but I've never been disappointed in such a large number of you until yesterday. You lot really fucking outdid yourselves in this here post.

I'm so disgusted by the fact that any one of you considered a post to a mental health support community fair game -- especially considering that it seemed to me like the poster was having a bad day in brain chemistry land. I suppose I'd be okay if someone spoke to the poster directly about the issue (since bigoted statements should be addressed in some way, regardless of mental health), but airing the post for a bunch of strangers to lambast was just incredibly gross to me.

There are other issues I have with that post, but that's another rant for another day so I'll just say that the above was my biggest problem.

In the immortal words of Sixta: "UNFUCK Y'SELVES!",
emerald_skies


And, on a more interesting (and mostly less rage-inducing) note, some further Batman!AU, but with an important caveat first:

From here on out, the story is going to occasionally have some pretty violent moments. This part in particular isn't traumatizing or anything, but just keep this in mind in the next few parts.

I get the sense that most of you can handle some violence, but I don't want to catch anyone by surprise.

With that being said, on to the Batfic!

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 6)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which Brad loses his temper, Walt saves the day (in more ways than one), and someone gets lucky.

( 'You don't think he turned around to keep looking for Nate?' Walt asks... )

Think of that as a peace offering (of sorts) for the evil cliffhanger of last time. Meanwhile, I'll just be over here boggling at the fact that this sucker's hovering around 20,000 words (by a few hundred give or take) and mcl4r3n and I still have some distance to go with the plot /o\

Stay tuned for the RHPS Glee episode reaction post and, provided my sudden ungodly influx of schoolwork doesn't crush me, possibly my KFH review post. Of course, every time I say I'm going to do that damn review post, life gets in the way and I wind up having to postpone it *grumble*

In the mean time, have this gi--

ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD

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"Man knows so much and does so little..." -- R. Buckminster Fuller

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Cheers.

So, this here's basically another odd & ends post.

1) An entertaining video I found on stark_sands ( that doesn't really tell us anything new but DOES have tasty gratuitous shirtless closeups (AI stuff starts at approximately the 5 minute mark) )

Yes, I'm fully aware that I have no shame. At least the part about how the makeup team ages his tattoos with powder to make them look real is interesting?

2) I know I said I'd post my remaining SPN reaction posts today, but school and fic essentially took over my brain the entire afternoon, so I'm postponing it to tomorrow. Feel free to throw things at me, I know this is getting ridiculous -_-

3) Aaaaand more Batman!AU (which is now approximately 14,000 words ohGod /o\):

The tag page for previous parts can be found here

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 4)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which our heroes further develop their working relationship, all hell breaks loose, Walt gets into trouble, and Nate finds himself in a rather unique position.

( The next morning, Nate unlocks his office and notices it's colder than usual... )

Apologies for the cliffhanger. I hope y'all liked it otherwise :D

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"Sanity is madness put to good use..." -- George Santayana

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Cheers.

Salutations, internets!

First, I know I said a large chunk of Batman!fic would be up soon, but overall revisions got more complicated than we were expecting (because this thing keeps expanding), so I decided to post a smaller part that's already pretty set to tide y'all over.

(Link to the fic's tag page for previous parts: here)

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 2)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which Brad has an idea, Nate gets a surprise, and things start to get complicated (as they are wont to do).

( The plot thickens! )

Because I am totally neurotic and perfectionist when it comes to writing, many many edits will probably occur throughout the day depending on how strong the urge to nitpick gets. In the mean time? Enjoy!

Also, many thanks to everyone for their support in my Inception/Tom Hardy/sleeping-pill-induced rambling post. Please continue being awesome, internets.

Finally, because I (for once) don't have a huge looming assignment due next week, I'll actually be able to sit down and tackle a bunch of review posts over the weekend (including two Glee posts, two Supernatural posts, and the Kung Fu Hustle post). Oh God, what is my life /o\

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"Anger cannot be dishonest..." -- Marcus Aurelius

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Cheers.