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

So....I fic'ed some more -- mostly because my flisties (and their flisties) are horrible enablers, but also because this keeps me from stressing about how university is conspiring to make me die of a massive ulcer.

Title: Feeling This
Author(s): emerald_skies
Pairing: Starsgard
Rating: Not rated, PG at the very most for a smidge of language
Summary: In which the boys find that letting go is harder than one might expect.
Author's Note: Written for melkerr as a sequel to Reflection. melkerr wanted sappy fic and, being the hopeless romantic that I am, I was all too happy to oblige. Title is taken from a Blink-182 song (shut up, I can hear y'all judging me from here).

( It's about 10:00 at night... )

I just couldn't leave them like I did. Some people have it in them to torture their characters and call it a day, but I ain't one of 'em -- I need at least a bittersweet ending. THAT probably deserves some judging *headscreen*

I also realized it's probably a sign of how long it's been since I went to the movies that I thought Captain America was still in theaters (I think the last thing I saw was Don't Be Afraid of the Dark). I intend to remedy that this weekend, so I have to ask: what's playing that's good these days?

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

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Cheers.

THING THE FIRST - Random cat picture of the day: ( If you box it, they will come... )

Not quite as stupefyingly adorable as my little tortoiseshell fuzzball, but still (hopefully) pretty amusing and cute anyway.

THING THE SECOND - Day Twenty-Four: How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?

Y'know, it's the damnedest thing, I used to be super compulsive about getting a beta for EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF EVERY SINGLE THING I wrote (grammar/punctuation, flow, the works), but after a while I stopped doing it beyond occasionally finding someone to pester into making sure the story reads okay without sounding too odd in random places. I'm wildly insecure and neurotic about how my writing reads to other people, but I somehow still managed to gain enough confidence in myself to stop relying on betas. (With that in mind, one can only imagine how neurotic I used to be about writing...). I don't really have any notable horror OR dream stories about them though; I think I lucked out in that every person who's ever betaed for me turned out to be at least reasonable if not actively nice (without going above and beyond the call).

On the other hand, if one counts checking to make sure the story reads okay as beta work, then I have to say that jean_iris rocks for everything she's done to help with my Starsgard fics, and pau494 pretty much deserves a medal for everything she's done to help my Idiot fics along (including the GK/AI crossover).

THING THE THIRD - So I have a question for the Twits Twitter users among you, internets: I noticed (in the course of contemplating signing up) that Twitter wants your full name. Is there a way to keep this from displaying on your profile/information page where other people can see it? Do you get to choose a username later? I've been getting increasingly interested in acquiring a Twitter, but if it showed my full name then I would have to control so much of what I say (for weirdness, mostly) that there wouldn't really be any point. Halp?

Fuck, I wish I wasn't so paranoid *facepalm*

ETA: EXTRA THING - Have another music ( because emerald_skies is a giant ex-orch dork )

This post brought to you by The Gorgeous Ginger Sex Beast (who sums up how I feel about the video I posted quite nicely)



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"Writing only leads to more writing..." -- Colette

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Cheers.

Oh lawd hammercy, fanficrants person, there are so many things wrong with this that I don't even know where to start.

I suppose my biggest sticking point with the post is this; assuming that the heteroflexible character in question isn't simply confused (hey, sometimes it takes a few relationships for people to figure things out), having them try to make a het relationship work anyway doesn't necessarily make them a manipulative asshole. They could be in denial, for instance, or just plain scared of what their nearest and dearest would think if said character came out in a more public sort of way.

Long story short, doing something like what you're describing doesn't make the character an asshole -- it makes them human. Sometimes people just do ill-advised, seemingly shitty things to each other. It sucks, but there it is.

(Don't get me wrong, I'm totally in agreement over the "bisexuals exist" thing, but the other stuff is just...facepalm-inducing)

My wording might change a little bit since I started writing this post pretty early in the morning and it's a touchy subject, so please forgive me if I said something wrong somewhere.

ANYWAY, I have a question for any of my flisters who've done the grad school application process in America recently. I'm not done with my undergrad yet, and I want to wait a couple of years to go to grad school so that I can have some time to build money, maturity, and a more impressive resumé -- can I take the GRE within the next year or so and still have it count a few years later? Or would I have to take it again closer to when I actually applied? In other words, is there some sort of time limit on GRE scores or do they last forever? Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Finally, I decided to try one of those thirty day meme things (I gacked this one from eviinsanemonkey):

Day One: How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?

Oh man, let's see if I can even remember back that far, it was seven-ish years ago (OhGodI'mold). My first fandom was Harry Potter, of course, and I think I got pulled in because one of my RL friends showed me the Draco Trilogy (in all its plagiarized glory, lol). I first got into actually writing it after I finished reading Underwater Light -- so long ago that I remember waiting with bated breath for Maya to post the next installments on the internet (SOVERYOLD) -- which subsequently inspired the hell out of me. So, I suppose what pulled me in was the sense of humor that the better fan authors had. The rest, as they say, is history.

Also, it just occurred to me that I think I still have pdfs of the Draco Trilogy (lol, I know) and the complete works of Maya lying around here somewhere. It may be time to dust those off...

( The other days )

We'll see if that helps me to post more regularly on here.

That's all! Have a video of chinchillas taking a dustbath (aka the cutest thing EVER) for your time.

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"Love is energy of life..." -- Robert Browning

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Cheers.

P.S. - My muse is alive! \o/



I've been working on my GK/AI crossover all morning *ahem* in case anyone wanted to know or anything.

Argh, internets, I am so sensationally bored I can't even begin to adequately describe it. Because my muse is (frustratingly) still not cooperating, I decided to do a lyrics challenge in a desperate attempt to alleviate said boredom!

For those who forgot or haven't done this before, I'm posting the first two lines of lyrics to 15 songs under the cut for y'all to guess in the comments. For every one that gets guessed correctly, I'll cross out the lyrics and put the song name/artist and the name of the person who guessed it. Googling kinda spoils the fun, but it's not like I can stop anyone from doing it.

That being said, let's do this thing:

( My random tastes in music, let me show you them )

I think it's basically impossible for me to do one of these things without my iTunes shuffle spitting out an AI song or one of Stark's songs. It does quite a job of making me look extra dorky and fangirlish, doesn't it? :P

Aaand that's all I've got. My muse is still comatose and literally nothing is happening in my RL (hence the sensational boredom). Gifspam me, fill the comments with mancandy, God, I'll even try to do some fic prompts if someone wants me to, just SAVE ME FROM THE BOREDOM.

Ugh, I need a drink or something.

Bonus points to anyone who knows what music video this gif is from -- Edit: Namely luvinjcnjt, who is awesome

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"Minds ripen at very different ages..." -- Stevie Wonder

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Cheers.

P.S. - On the bright side, I recently discovered that Netflix has Beakman's World on Instant Play. Hello, childhood, nice to see you again.

Internets, I am officially in a bad mood. Allow me to explain:

1) To the freshman who made fun of me for fucking up some mental math in Sociology today,

Go fuck yourself, I almost wrote out a calculus problem for you to solve just out of general principle. Then we would see who gets the last laugh. Alas, class ended before I could think of a sufficiently difficult one that I would still know how to do.

Hoping someone with more violent impulses than I teaches you some manners very soon,
emerald_skies

(Seriously, fuck my brain, I can do calculus on good days but I suck at mental math/basic arithmetic.)


2) My computer (more specifically, my internet) is just bound and determined to piss me off today. Firefox crashed more times than I'd like to admit, plus Photobucket is being crappy too (which is tangentially related to the one little bright spot in my day that comes up later in this post). Not to mention how often Skype has been acting up today.


3) I slipped on an icy patch of sidewalk when I was walking home from class. On the bright side, I didn't fall flat on my face. On the downside, I did wind up landing on my knees (which are already hurting from the cold).

At least some random guy offered to help me up, so humanity doesn't completely suck today. I'm not especially fond of it either, though.


Much like Chaffin, I shake my head at the world today...

The one little bright spot to today was that I managed to get a pretty wicked awesome photo of one of the fountains on campus all iced over:

( Thank Raptor Jesus I had the presence of mind to keep my digital camera in my satchel... )

Lastly, flist, I need your help. I need someone who's familiar with both Generation Kill/general Marine stuff AND American Idiot, as this is relevant to a crossover (largely Tunny-centric) fic I'm writing. I want to make sure I get all the little details of boot camp and whatnot right, as well as coming at Tunny's personality in a plausible way given the circumstances of the fic.

So, halp? I'll dedicate the fic to anyone who helps me and might possibly be able to manage to fill some sort of prompt as a thank you. Plus I would just be pathetically grateful, as I can be somewhat scatterbrained when it comes to little details.

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"Live dangerously and you live right..." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Cheers.

BREAKING NEWS: Evidently, Yahoo is shutting down Delicious.com (aka the bookmarking site I know a few of you use). Those of y'all with accounts might wanna consider backing up your shit ASAP.

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Today was the first Thursday in quite sometime in which I didn't have to wake up at 6 a.m. (for my godawful 7 a.m. lab class). I actually got to sleep until noon, I was so happy I almost cried. Which might possibly be a sign of how stressed I've been recently. *ahem*

All right, so, I've worked out some possible dates/times for the Die Mommie Die watch post in stark_sands (details here for those who didn't know/forgot). I'm posting them here first so a fresh pair of eyes can tell me if there's anything wrong with these dates/times before I make a poll out of them and post to the comm itself. I don't see any problems, but I could easily be missing something.

( Here be ideas )

This is also, of course, assuming I don't fail horribly at timezone conversions...

Also, in the midst of procrastinating on my NYC packing, I've been kicking around the possible idea of a Starsgard vampire AU (something about Alex playing a vampire on T.V. but Stark actually being one amuses me immensely). So, fellow fangirls; good idea? Horrible idea? Or should I just shut up, get off the internet, and pack my shit?


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"Words are but pictures of our thoughts..." -- John Dryden

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Cheers.

P.S. - Forgot to mention that I went to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader avec Le Boyfriend the other day. A few things:

1) I think Edmund is doomed to be gangly and awkward in perpetuity. I wonder if the actor is really like that or if it's just spectacular acting.
2) Eustace was far more enjoyable after he foolishly touched the huge, suspicious pile of gold.
3) I couldn't help but notice that Ben Barnes was trying subtly to morph into Aragorn. It was the hair and the mysterious disappearance of his Spanish-esque accent, I think.
4) There should be some law against having people who aren't Eddie Izzard doing the voice of Reepicheep.

P.P.S. - TWO DAYS UNTIL NEW YORK hfjkslhjfkrlshjgkljdksgnjrdhjliwouiohrkmnvmlkdh

Hokay, so, I got tagged for a meme by eph_inspiration. Ye olde rules:

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 7 people to be tagged.

Tagging (just in case anyone is curious/bored): mcl4r3n, jean_iris, iwillrememberu, pau494, kasiowy, katherine_lupin, and idrilka

( Read more... )

Wow, coming up with 25 things about yourself is surprisingly difficult.


Anyway, I have a couple of questions pertaining to mcl4r3n's and my Batman!AU that I wanted to pose to y'all at large:

1) I'm considering posting the story to Archive of Our Own when we're finished, but it seems like you need an invite or something to be able to do that. Can anyone tell me how AO3 works?

2) This story is getting long/complex enough that it would have been great as a big bang, but we didn't think of it soon enough to make that happen. Nonetheless, would anyone be interested in doing some art for this story anyway?


Aaand that's all I've got for now. Ray-Ray loves y'all (as do I) and thanks you for your time:


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"Faith is a passionate intuition..." -- William Wordsworth

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Cheers.

P.S. - Le Boyfriend and I dragged ourselves out of Le Flat to catch Saw 3D last night. 3D shit doesn't get real until you have intestines and teeth (no joke) flying off the screen at you. On the other hand, the ending did have a nice full-circle aspect to it, so it wasn't a complete waste of money.

Internets, it's just been one of those days for me lately. Several days, actually (almost a week), but that doesn't read as smoothly. So, I need to vent ( some things. )



Teal dear: I'm having an impressive streak of the bad kind of crazy and just scared the crap out of my own family. Now they're all treating me like I'm both made of glass and strapped with dynamite and it's that perfect mix of infuriating and depressing that makes you want to go back to bed and stay there until life stops sucking.

God, I'm sorry this turned into one of those entries. Le Boyfriend is incommunicado for the moment, any RL friends that would actually care about this crap are on vacation, La Famille likes to pretend I'm not crazy, and my shrink is more than I can afford right now, so I was pretty much out of options.

Well, it was either this or venting at my cat, but a) that just makes me look bag lady levels of crazy and b) her attention span is even shorter than mine.

In any case, I'm almost done with my various reaction posts, I'm just pausing them until my brain chemistry unfucks itself enough that I can actually write something funny. Thanks for listening (er...reading), any hugs/stupid macros/gifs/humorous or fluffy fics/general positive vibes would be sincerely appreciated. Commiserating is also welcome (I know some of y'all are having a bad time too) -- misery loves company, after all.

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"Quick decisions are unsafe decisions..." -- Sophocles

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Cheers.

Internets, I am trying to educate Le Boyfriend about the racefail in The Last Airbender. Initially, he was being incredibly stubborn about it because he geeks out about the show and is pumped there's a movie about it, but once I explained some of the finer points (including why Twilight easily casts Native American actors but ALB won't at least try to cast Inuits -- TWILIGHT, for fuck's sakes), he started to wear down a bit. Especially once I showed him how moronic Shyamalan himself is being in response to the racism allegations.

Here's the problem, though. The only semi-professional/organized resource I've been able to find on my own is racebending.com and I think some of the statements they make are inflammatory just to be inflammatory rather than to actually do any good (plus, according to Le Boyfriend, they are slightly incorrect on some details about the show). I know a few of y'all made some intelligent, well-reasoned posts about it but my flist moves so fast that I have no chance of finding them.

In short; halp? The best approach (in regards to how Le Boyfriend's mind works) would be to put it in the context of how Shyamalan is getting the source material wrong. I know he is, but I don't know the show well enough to explain to Le Boyfriend (who loves it).

Update: Success! He's officially refusing to give this movie money!


Amusing side note: He insisted I use this gif when he saw I was looking for a celebratory one

He says the initial problem was that he's not as glued to the internet (where people discuss these sorts of problems) as I am (which I can vouch for, he mostly reads Wikipedia and plays flash games...).

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"Composing mortals with immortal fire..." -- W. H. Auden

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Cheers.