HEY. So as people know if they are planning to come, England has very thoughtfully decided to dump a fuckload of snow over the country and apparently more is to come over this week and weekend. Normally I am yay snow but this does potentially pose problems re: the meetup this Saturday, in terms of the fact people need to travel to it and snow + travel in England is not generally a happy combination...

I am very leery of postponing it, as finding a date to work again for this many people will be difficult, plus more than a couple of people have international travel plans which allow them be be in London (assuming said plans are not snowily disrupted I guess) only on that date. So for NOW, I think we're going ahead and just praying as many people can make it as possible, fingers epically crossed. Goddammit, weather, goddammit England for being so crap at coping with weather, does it not understand the importance of fangirls?? D: D:

here@hookerfromgod

Okay, so.

I have a dirty confession to make.

I kind of... uh... like Jess.

PUT THE TAR AND FEATHERS DOWN, CAM.

This is crossposted to the fanfic_ebooks LJ community.

Since I learned how to use Macros in Microsoft Word 2007 I've been slowly but surely creating LRF/Mobi/and epub versions of my absolute favorite stories hosted at the Ebook Library as well as most of the stories posted recently. This is the reason for long delays between updates besides the holidays. My current project is converting all the Top Ten most read fics at the archive, however that will not take long since many already have all four ebook formats.

My question/challenge to the community is does anyone have any specific conversion requests for stories already listed on the archive that are currently only in RTF format?

For anyone that adds a request I'll honor it if you leave feedback/review at the author's post at the Ebook Library. :)

Leave a link here leading to your review of the story and I'll get it converted in the order in which it was requested. :)


http://amalthia.dreamwidth.org/594973.html#comments

I just discovered Last.FM Radio. Full access to Lady Gaga and Stone Temple Pilots and Justin Timerlake and Panic! at the Disco and all those other artists I don't own music by. Not quite an IPod, but better than just having Windows Media Player.

Took me long enough, right? Hands up, everyone who's been using this quite happily for a while. Feel free to say "duh" while you're at it.

The Fanfiction Personality Test from OKCupid reveals me to be...

The True Fan

OOC is blasphemy, canon is everything.

Once you fall in love with a movie, book or TV series, you are loyal like an old dog. You take fanfiction quite serious and use it as a substitute after the canon ran out.

You are probably a walking dictionary of your favourite fandom and you are picky about what you write and read. The closer to the "real thing" fanfiction is, the more you like it.

You rather explore a character in all depth, see new sides and learn more about them than creating new characters or mix up the situations they are in.

Considering all the time I've spent slaving over December and the nonlinear insanity that is Hush Little Baby, I'd say that was probably a foregone conclusion. I've always considered fanfiction a valid form of writing that doesn't deserve the dismissive attitude with which it is commonly viewed. Yes, I also do it for fun, but the primary drive for me is the intellectual satisfaction when I feel like I've thouroughly explored the recesses of a character's mind. I have yet to do this in the fandom I've been reading my way through lately, but it's rife with possibilities and I'm excited about a couple of things that I started.

Speaking of December, if anyone still cares. I'm nowhere near done, but I've sent it off to my beta to see if she can help me through my apparent mental block. I'm hoping she gets back to me soon. If anyone else wants to bounce ideas with me, that'd be good too.

I need help with a movie title! It's a movie about a man who goes to Ireland on business (a land deal?) and falls in love with the town and a woman and the people. And there's something with the Northern Lights.

??? WHAT IS THAT?

26731 / 50000 words. 53% done!


OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod.

This Unavoidable Thing Between Us , otherwise known as Part One of Your Hand In Mine , otherwise known as The Porn Star AU, has finally hit 10,000 words, e.g FINISHED, and I'm so excited and proud and SHOCKED that it's actually done that I could cry.

I WANT TO POST IT SO BAD, because I am a feedback WHORE and I just want to get it OUT THERE. But this is a six part story with only one and a half parts finished, and who knows how long it's going to be before I manage to get part two up. I don't want to post it now and then have everyone be all 'uh, who are you again?' when I finally get part two, three, four etc finished and posted.

What do you think? With big stories, do you prefer to read it all in one giant, 60,000 word chunk, or risk the cliffhanger and wait weeks between parts? Each part, especially part one, is fairly self contained - I mean, it doesn't cut off mid-scene or anything, and would function as a standalone story. I guess you call it a cliffhanger ending though....I was thinking that I would wait until the whole thing was done, then post it, one part a day, for six days. IDK!

Regardless, betas, expect it in your inbox. I will be SO SAD if you change the wordcount though, because I'm OCD enough that that 10,000 makes me stupidly happy.

Happy birthday to merihn and ebonypsyche!

Oh, I am really tempted to pick up a prompt from villainny's Sex is Not The Enemy fest. I'm doing my usual rationalization of "Oh, but it's just 500 words..." but I also know how seldom it actually ends up being "just" 500 words. *chews lip*

Speaking of fests...it looks like the greatest number of people want February for the JDM fest. My goals are kind of two-fold with this: I want to make it as easy as possible--on everyone, including me!--and I want it to be as inclusive as possible. So, my thoughts are these: I'm thinking that, starting next week (Jan 11), I'll put up a post for people to leave prompts for those that want them. The prompt post will stay open for a week and then, starting Jan 18, people can start to claim posts if they want to, even if they don't plan to start writing right away. Those of you who are freestyling can start whenever you like, obviously! Let the writing go through February and then I can put together a master post of everything everyone's created, on March 1.

How does that timeline grab ya?

Title : Greenhouse Gases and Other Worldly Woes
Rating : PG-13 (For language)
Pairing : Dean/Castiel
Summary : Global warming, apocalypses, randomly appearing angels - Dean's a bit overwhelmed.

( Greenhouse Gases and Other Worldly Woes )

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Note : I just got this today and kind of went with it. I hope you enjoy it and that you had a wonderful holiday season :)

I realised I never actually posted about my New Year's or anything RL-related. I have been kinda OMGBUSY with writing j2_everafter and starting back at work and keeping on top of spn_j2_xmas admin and chasing and stuff (what is IN the fandom water this year? did someone poison the spring with missing-deadlines-itis?!) and general blah. I will combine a small RL update with a quest for ~ADVICE!!

I had a good one! NYE, I mean. I was with a group of RL friends on Primose Hill after a lovely meal, and the view across London was INCREDIBLE, and we watched the - tiny from that far, but super impressive anyway - fireworks over Westminster and drank mulled wine. Then we headed to a house party and ended up walking halfway through Clapham in the small hours, hahaha. The party was okay when we got there but I got cornered by a drunk friend - Friend A - who discovered my ongoing longstanding crush on Friend B - and kept loudly and very drunkenly exhorting me to "COME ON, JUST FUCK HER!" whilst many other friends including Friend B were in the room - the room was noisy, but still :/ UNCOMFORTABLE. It got obnoxious and weird and annoying fast even though I know her drunken intentions were good.

Anyway, I have been thinking a bit about trying out ~*internet dating*~. I have had, like. not even any HINTS of a romantic life in the past year? Two years? More? Practically ever? IDEK! And though I have aforementioned Crush on Friend, I think at this point it's become a safety blanket to hide behind. I have never done anything about it, probs never will do because I'm AS scared of her saying YES as saying no and I think by now much as I like her, if I REALLY cared enough I would have done something.

So though I am most definitely not one of those people who is moping around and thinks you need to be in a relationship to be happy - haha, I have spent 23 very enjoyable single years, I LOVE my own company - nevertheless, I would like to at least TRY dating. It could be fun! So if I have any resolution this year it is to try SOMETHING SOMEHOW. And try not to feel skeezy that my sum resolution this year looks to boil down to 'get laid'. HAHA.

SO who has tried internet dating? Really, should I? I am more generally appealed at this point by dating girls than boys IRL, but I figure match.com is still the best place to go? What the hell do I make as a username? How does it work? What do you put in your profile? What sort of pic should you use? Do you look desperate if you contact people? Do you look arrogant/overly shy if you only wait for people to contact you? What am I DOING? Does it work at all? What do you do if you actually go on an actual date? OMFG. D:

I told Alex last night before going to bed that I felt as if had been poorly assembled. Seriously I felt like a defective piece of a equipment with my ennui and my broken head (migraine). I went to bed at 10:30 (despite having taken a 2 hour nap mere hours before) hoping that I would wake up feeling better made.

I don't think that quite ended up being the case. I got over my migraine at least, but I feel pouty and lazy and easily exasperated by nearly everything. Not unhappy, just... "the grass is greener." I would RATHER be in bed, hiding from the cold. I would RATHER not have to talk to the world's brain dead consumers. I would RATHER think about fic I could write than practically anything else.

OH WELL. SUCH IS THIS LOT IN LIFE. :(

I have also, with how I've portioned today's meals, managed to eat my daily allowance of carbs and fat without getting anywhere CLOSE to my daily minimum of protein and fiber. (Thank you donuts...) I'm now currently trying to figure out what to do about that. Do I go over my calorie limit in order to get the protein, or do I just do my best to average it out for the rest of the week? Do I give up and have cake for dinner?

Operation 2010: Maybe Try Acting Like An Adult (Consistently!) is off to a rocky start. Jan. 1 was great! I saw people, I tidied, I made a tasty dinner with my sister.

But then Jan. 2 was a pop concert with 8 year olds present (and one Joe Jonas, acting like an 8 year old). It was a departure from adulthood, but fun, dammit. Sadly though, this led to Jan. 3 being a day I lay about being a cranky, tired person with cranky knees. A person who did not do laundry, or remember to bring coupons to the grocery.

I just told you how much YESTERDAY was a waste. Now today, the whole concept of acting like an adult seems FARCICAL. Big plans tonight include a brisk walking for 45 minutes, making dinner, and doing laundry, and vacuuming.

It was a lot more fun seeing Nick Jonas, not gonna lie, people.

Finally, I'm not exactly sure how I'm supposed to wait almost a month for Nick Jonas's CD. I did not expect to anticipate it with such gusto. But here I am, WANTING IT LIKE FIRE.

Attempt 4.34 of first post of the year. My Christmas was mellow as was my New Years. But not mellow in a bad way, mellow in a good way. My brother was here, so I spent quite a bit of time with him, mostly playing the Mario Bros. for the Wii. Get us together, and we're like kids, I swear.

Mostly I've been thinking about 2010 and what I want to accomplish. I applied to PhD programs this December, and while people seem to think it's odd, I don't really really about the results. I mean, I'm either in or I'm not, and since I've sent all the papers and done everything I could, it's kind of not up to me. So it's done and over with, and I'll be happy when I know if I got in, but until then, I don't see the point of stressing it. If I get in, I know what I'll be doing come August, and if I don't, I'll try to publish again before next year, apply to Women's Studies PhD programs again, and maybe branch out in Social Work stuff and try for a masters.

( 2009, I'm so glad to see you go )

My New Years Resolutions: keep in touch with family and friends better than I did in 2009, read more, publish an article on stalking behavior in literature marketed to teenage girls, write more fic, find a good job, figure out this grad school thing, be more awesome.

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hahaha, I dreamt about Joe Jonas last night. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

I'm just going to sum last night up this way.

Under the cut is an ACTUAL EMAIL to Tracey, Sarah and Liz of something that I swear to god, ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME LAST NIGHT.


( oh, bandom. WHY DO YOU TAUNT ME. )


And THEN I sat at the desk and read JoBros fic for the rest of the night.

WHATEVER. SHUT UP.