my self keeps slipping

Can I make it?

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:53:18 GMT

Might be worth staying up for: Quadrantid meteor shower expected to dazzle

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restless

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:13:17 GMT

Half a lifetime ago, I fell in love with New Orleans. The city reminded me of Old San Juan in some ways, so I could have attributed my reaction to homesickness but - there's just something about New Orleans that defies classification. It's not quite American and not exactly Colonial and not really European - it's just very much itself.

When it comes down to it, I think I'm my best self when I'm there. I love Boston but it encourages all of my worst anti-social attitudes - they're pretty much the standard of human behavior around here. New Orleans may bring out my worst habits, in some ways, but it also brings out my best self. I'm just more patient, more open, more willing to slow down to accommodate other people's pace when I'm there.

I'm, at the very least, planning to spend more time there and seriously considering a permanent move.

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Dreamwidth codes

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:41 GMT

I have a ton - drop me a line if you need one.

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I actually want to write this?! DX

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:54:03 GMT

Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Pulp Fiction and Bioshock.
The story should use evil clones as a plot device!

Generated by the Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator

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Recipe: Tortilla Espanola

Thu, 20 May 2010 08:28:25 GMT

I've been working on a way to get this one right for a while, so I'm putting it on the journal for safe-keeping:

Spanish Tortilla

( Read more... )

Handy vid - here

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all out of polite

Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:46 GMT

I'm so very over every so-called "professional" writer spouting their thoughts on yaoi. Like every other mortal on the interwebs must, if you don't like it, scroll and kindly shut the fuck up... nobody asked you what you thought.

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pacifi_cant is so much win!

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:50:33 GMT

Right now, there is awesome meta going around... the fic and icon exchange preceeding it was dee-lightful!

Bringing my teeny contribution over to my journal: I made some icons. These are still up for grabs:

shareable... if you want words on one of these, just let me know...

you know, my usual. XD

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Lest we forget

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:38:50 GMT

...my customary dose of contrary Springtime cynicism:

SPRING
by: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

O what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough.
You can no longer quiet me with the redness
Of little leaves opening stickily.
I know what I know.
The sun is hot on my neck as I observe
The spikes of the crocus.
The smell of the earth is good.
It is apparent that there is no death.
But what does that signify?
Not only under ground are the brains of men
Eaten by maggots.
Life in itself
Is nothing,
An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,
April
Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

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Quizzzz

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:18:50 GMT

Your result for The Fan Fiction Personality Test...

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.

Take The Fan Fiction Personality Test at OkCupid

I mostly agree with this result - even though my main fanfic focus is relationshippy, the stories I'm drawn to delve into the dynamics that are glossed over in the shows I love - which tend to run to sci-fi, fantasy, horror, procedural, ect. The shows tend to emphasize plot over character and I like to read fan works that bring the character aspects forward. Either that or completely flip the canon on its head - I love a good mindfuck. LOL

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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:56:35 GMT

Ok, so Adam Lambert accidentally my life and the rest of my (swiftly dwindling) goth brownie points... I don't even care, as long as I get awesome vocals; so that works out alright.

D/l below for the one singer I'd give up limbs to hear cover Sheila Chandra or/and Dead Can Dance!!

Get it.

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SPN - No real spoilers but...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:17:47 GMT

... a song for those of you who watched that perfectly suits the new character in our midst.

Known among my peeps at the 'Catholic Suicide Song' (I might elucidate later - when I'm not typing and trying to do my eyeliner at the same time- Club night! I could be dancing to this in an hour or so).

Wolfsheim - Once in a Lifetime

Lyrics here.

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of crashes and other sounds

Tue, 26 May 2009 17:22:00 GMT

A few months ago, my external HD crashed taking with it 839GB worth of music, comics and video. Ouch! What truly astounds and amazes me is that I've had catastrophic crashes more than once and somehow I've never worked out a back-up solution. S-M-R-T, that's me.

Copying the contents of the pod and re-ripping CDs has staved off panic. As long as I don't think about how many entire seasons of television I no longer have, I find that I can breathe. LOL

Oh, well... In the spirit of finding the silver lining, I'm trying to figure out where my music collection could use beefing up. If you had to pick the artists that you think no one should be without, who would they be? My essentials would be Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, The Clash and The Cure.

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DW Codes

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:51:36 GMT

Thanks to the lovely lanning, I've set up shop at Dreamwidth. I got a paid account over there (same user name) so I will be using that as my main journal once I hunt down my flist.

I've got icons again! More than 6!

I also have two codes free to a good home... comment with your email addy if you'd like one.

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