| Free books! Also, ack! Stealth paper! |
[20 Mar 2008|01:44am] |
I've just discovered a book trading website that has caught my fancy: Book Mooch. I like the way it's organized, and also the very cute image and name. I'm shallow that way.
I have also made the much less pleasant discovery that I have a 10 page research paper due in one of my classes next week. Which, bleargh. I mean, I knew I had a research paper to write for that class, but I thought it would be due at the end of the semester, like, a month from now. I suppose I should be glad that I happened to glance at the due date on the syllabus today!
I don't think I've written a research paper since the 11th grade (which was more years ago now than I care to admit). Also, it's supposed to be done in APA format, which I am completely unfamiliar with. What's wrong with good old, trusty MLA, I ask you? Hrmph.
I suppose I better get to the library tomorrow and start with the, you know, actual research.
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| Rec: Ordinary Life |
[22 Feb 2008|02:18pm] |
Ordinary Life by ![[info]](http://img.greatestjournal.com/userinfo.gif) cesperanza and astolat is now finally on the internet, so I can rec it. It is completely, utterly awesome -- a extremely fun, satisfying story about John and Rodney on vacation on earth; Rodney takes a temporary job with an engineering company and everyone mistakes John for his boyfriend, and then there's some action-y stuff that happens, and it's just awesome. I fail at vocabulary right now, because I am tired, but even so -- it's good. Read it.
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| Looking for a lost story. |
[15 Feb 2008|11:14pm] |
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Is there a Firefly equivalent to the community sgastoryfinders? I'm trying to find a Firefly/SG-1 crossover that I read a while ago, and I don't know where to look! The SG-1 aspect was minimal -- it was really a Firefly story with a cameo appearance from Ascended!Daniel (a fix-it for Wash's death in the movie) -- so I would like to look around for in on a Firefly comm, but I don't know where to go to find one.
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| Damnit. |
[31 Jan 2008|12:02am] |
So John Edwards dropped out of the race, and now I have to figure out who I'm going to vote for instead on Tuesday. I just don't really like Clinton, but Obama, while very charismatic, just doesn't seem entirely trustworthy to me. What I mean by that is I don't think he'll stand by everything he purports now. I don't trust him to have a backbone and do all the things he says he'll do. But, given those two choices, he's the one I'll probably end up voting for.
Grrr. Why couldn't Edwards have stuck it out for a few more days? I know there's no way he could have won the nomination, but I would have been happy to vote for him nonetheless.
I don't know. Argh! Who are you guys going to vote for? (Or, if your state has already had its primary, who did you vote for? Or if you're not an American but have been following our politics, who would you vote for if you were?)
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| Stories Written in 2007 |
[01 Jan 2008|05:01pm] |
( Click here for the month-by-month breakdown. )
STATS:
Total Stories Written: 14
Fandoms Written In: 10
Gen Stories: 12
Femslash: 2
Slash: 0 (And yet I still consider myself primarily a slash writer. Huh. I think it's clear that, although I still am primarily a slash reader, I am basically a gen writer. Weird.)
Het: 1
Episode Related: 2
Remixes: 2
Crossovers: 1
Stories Written for Challenges or Fic Exchanges: 12
Most Productive Month: December (ah, Yuletide!)
Least Productive Months: March, June, and November (I can blame November on finals. I was also taking classes in June. I don't know what happened in March.)
FANDOM BREAKDOWN:
Miracles: 3 stories
Buffy-Verse: 3
Firefly: 3
Criminal Minds: 2 (one of which was a crossover with CSI)
House: 1
Doctor Who: 1
Threshold: 1
CSI: 1 (crossover with Criminal Minds)
Medium: 1
I ended up bookending the year with Miracles fic -- I wrote one in January and two in December.
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| Yuletide Reveal and Website Update |
[01 Jan 2008|02:57pm] |
I updated my website with the stories I wrote for yuletide this year. They are:
Family Ties, a Miracles story written for deejay
A Morning Conversation, a Medium story written as a treat for brightbear.
And it turns out that sailorhathor wrote my wonderful story! Thank you so much! It's funny what a small world yuletide can be...I guess because the fandoms involved are so small. deejay wrote my story last year, I wrote hers this year, I wrote a New Year's Resolution story for sailorhathor last year, she wrote a story for me this year...and around it goes.
My Kyle XY story/treat, on the other hand, was written by a complete stranger to me, fresne -- who also wrote the Pushing Daisies story I recced, so, once again, small world! Thank you, fresne!
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| Yuletide Recs |
[29 Dec 2007|02:27pm] |
CONNIE WILLIS -- TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG
Finch's First Drop. Finch was one of my favorite secondary characters from the book, and this was a delightful look at how he ended up going back to the nineteenth century. With bonus Sherlock Holmes quotes!
No Man's Land. When Ned goes missing during a trip to London during the Blitz, it's up to Verity to find him. This was a fun postscript to the novel, and more Ned and Verity is always a good thing!
HOT FUZZ
Bend Hard. It's a modern action film. Danny and Nick just won my heart in this. A very sweet and funny epilogue to the film.
Film Studies. Danny Butterman has a Plan, and god help the forces of darkness that may try to stop him. This story made me laugh. Great fun.
The White Lights and the Blue. "Oh no, dear," she said, wringing her hands. "I suppose that must be where the spaceship landed." I loved the plot in this, and Nick's hilariously subtle attempts to woo Danny. Plus, a stealth crossover at the end for the win!
KYLE XY
Meaning of a Word. The word broyay isn't exactly in the dictionary. The only Kyle XY story in the archive, and it was written for me! I love Yuletide treats. I also love the rhythm of the prose in this story, and the wonderfully written look inside of Kyle's head. Well done.
MIRACLES
Fallen Creatures. Hennas Crossing is a sinister place, filled with unfriendly people with questionable motives. On the way to help an old friend of Poppi's, Paul makes a new friend of his own, someone both attractive and disturbing, and together they try to solve the puzzle of Hennas Crossing. Miracles prequel. Slash. This story blew me away. It's long -- really long! like, 125K long! -- and wonderfully plotty, a very gripping read. It's also ( minor spoilers under the cut! ). It also contains some really delicious love scenes.
Get With Child a Mandrake Root. A telephone call, a dead man, a trail that goes nowhere: Alva watches while Paul finds and loses and (perhaps) finds his father. This deals with one of the imo most intriguing unresolved storylines from the show -- Paul's father. It also has some really deft Alva characterization. Very well written.
Layers Within Layers, That One (Four Ways in which Alva Surprised Paul, and One Way He Didn't). Five slices of life for the members of SQ. This delightful story was written for me, so of course I loved it! Contains some absolutely adorable moments -- like Alva playing soccer with the two kids from "The Battle of Shadow Ridge" and Alva and Evelyn throwing a birthday party for Paul -- and some more dramatic, emotional moments. A great read!
PSYCH
Signs Point To. In which Shawn shifts his paradigm. This was Gus/Shawn slash, absolutely in character, very much in the tone of the show, and made me giggle like a madwoman. Delightful, charming fun.
PUSHING DAISIES
Purls Before Pie. Emerson knitted. He didn't crochet. People who couldn't tell the difference were damn fools who made Jebus the slack yokel seem like Dorothy Parker table dancing on the Algonquin, which is to say the height of drunken wit and sophistication. Ahahaha! OMG, I love, LOVE, Emerson in this story. ♥♥♥
QUANTUM LEAP
Long Time. One minute later. One minute later. One minute later. And then. Now this is the way the series should have ended.
WONDERFALLS
Jesus Complex. In which Jaye is institutionalized. Everybody and his brother has already recced this story, and that is because it is made of awesome. Seriously, go read it.
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| FIC: "Ho, Ho, Ho" (Miracles, G) |
[25 Dec 2007|12:05am] |
So I wrote one last yuletide treat, but I wasn't quick enough to get it posted to the archive, and uploading is now locked down. deejay, this story is for you. Enjoy!
TITLE: Ho, Ho, Ho
AUTHOR: Melody
RATING: G
FANDOM: Miracles
WORD COUNT: 226
Crossposted to miracles_fanfic.
“I don’t know what you’re complaining about,” Alva said, infuriatingly calm.
Paul took a deep breath and counted to ten. “You don’t. Really? Not even a small clue?” He tugged at his collar, mentally cursing his ridiculous costume.
“The legend of Father Christmas is centuries old and almost universal.” His tone was dryly intellectual, but, even so, Paul could swear Alva was laughing at him. “Although traditions vary, almost every culture that celebrates Christmas has some version of the legend – Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle. Really, Paul, I’d think you’d leap at the chance to participate in a ritual involving such a wide-spread mythological archetype. It’s a golden opportunity, when you think about it.”
“Plus,” Evelyn said. “Think of how happy you’ll make all those children!” She was definitely laughing at him.
Paul scowled at the her. “I just don’t see why I have to be the elf.” This shade of green was not his color, and the curly toes of his shoes made it really hard to walk.
“Because,” Alva said. “The Santa suit fit me better.” He settled his fake beard into place, picked up the giant sack of presents and slung it over his shoulder. “Shall we be off?”
“God bless us, every one,” Paul said sourly, and went to get his coat.
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| I just posted a |
[24 Dec 2007|02:41am] |
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Story #1512. Whee! This is fun! I think I might try to write one more before the deadline tomorrow.
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| I am done! |
[11 Dec 2007|09:01pm] |
My semester is over -- I am done! Finished! Caput! My papers and projects are all turned in; my only final exam is over with -- I am done, done, done like a done thing. Done.
Please allow me a brief moment of triumph: \0/
Now I must finish start my yuletide story. I have 8 days left. I can do that.
Crap! Eight days!
*writes furiously*
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| Mouse! |
[10 Nov 2007|09:52pm] |
I just saw a mouse! There is a mouse in my house! And now I am talking like Dr. Seuss.
But, still. Mouse! I do not want a mouse in my house! I want it out! But I don't want to set a mousetrap; I'm not a rodent hit man or anything. I don't want it dead, I just want it gone.
Where do you buy humane mousetraps?
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| Reaction to "Tabula Rasa" |
[04 Nov 2007|04:34pm] |
Have I mentioned yet how much I'm loving Season Four of SGA?
( Spoilers for Episode 4x06, Tabula Rasa )
So: thumbs up from me.
I am working on the many drabbles I owe people from that last meme. Don't despair! I should get them posted sometime this week. (I hope.)
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| Drabble Request Meme! |
[20 Oct 2007|05:33pm] |
Gakked from scribblinlenore.
MEME: The first fifteen people to comment on this post get to request a drabble from you. In return, they have to post this meme in their journal. Post all fandoms you’re willing to write for.
So, fandoms I'm willing to write for: Heroes, Supernatural, Stargate: Atlantis, Miracles, Buffy, Firefly, House, Chuck, Life, Slings and Arrows.
Request away!
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| Yuletide is here! |
[19 Oct 2007|09:07pm] |
Yay! I was all excited about my first assignment, because two of her three prompts were in fandoms I was both very familiar with and dying to write again (fandom #1)/for the first time (fandom #2) -- but, alas, it was not to be. There was a snafu with the matching up of writers to requesters, and everyone was reassigned. But I love my new assignment too, so everything worked out just fine in the end! I only know one of the requested fandoms, so there are no hard decisions to make. I just have to come up with a plot!
To my Santa: I'll be posting a "dear Santa" letter to you soon, but I'm pretty sleep deprived right now, and I'm afraid I'd be incoherent, so...yeah. I post it later, after I've had some sleep. In the meantime, you can peruse my profile or my Dear Santa letter from last year (only one of the fandoms is the same, though).
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| FIC: "Three Pickup Lines That Failed to Work on the Hot Babes of Law Enforcement" (CM/CSI), PG |
[01 Oct 2007|09:17pm] |
TITLE: Three Pickup Lines That Failed to Work on the Hot Babes of Law Enforcement
AUTHOR: Melody
RATING: PG
FANDOM: Criminal Minds/CSI crossover
WORD COUNT: 1,009
WARNINGS: Extremely silly. Also fluffy. And there is very little in the way of plot.
SUMMARY: See the title.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Written for divinejoker in the crimecrossover ficathon. My recipient requested, "CM members crash the strip after a case." This isn't exactly that, but it's close.
( Come on, click me. You know you want to! )
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| Turning Off Anonymous Comments |
[22 Sep 2007|05:59pm] |
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I hate to do this, but I've had a sudden influx of spam. This is the only way I can think of to keep people from advertising their free sex sites in their comments to my posts. I have no idea why anyone would want to do so (I mean, this isn't exactly a high-traffic blog), but apparently they do.
Sorry.
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| Career Matchmaker Quiz |
[13 Sep 2007|08:48pm] |
Meme gakked from svmadelyn.
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results.
My results are...
1. High School Teacher -- Which is good, because I'm currently getting a Master's in Education so I can be a high school teacher. A little bit of unlooked-for validation, there! Yay!
2. Professor
3. Set Designer
4. Costume Designer
5. Music Teacher
6. Psychologist
7. Sport Psychology Consultant
8. Foreign Language Instructor -- Which, aside from the fact that I can't actually speak any foreign languages, I'd be perfect for!
9. ESL Teacher
10. Website Designer
So I'm getting the sense that this quiz thinks I should go into teaching! 50% of my results feature teaching in some capacity or other, more if you count the psychology options.
I guess I'm making the right career choice!
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| FIC: "Just Married," Angel, G. |
[06 Sep 2007|10:38pm] |
TITLE: Just Married
AUTHOR: Melody
RATING: G
WARNINGS: Silliness?
WORD COUNT: 472
SUMMARY: Fred is wearing an ugly dress, Wesley is sarcastic, and Gunn has a thing.
A/N: Here's my choc_fic story.
Okay, I thought this was going to be a hot and steamy, NC-17 rated threesome. Instead, it came out a really silly G rated gen story. Um. Sorry?
Also, this is set sometime after season two but before season five. In other words, the gang still works for Angel Investigations, not Wolfram and Hart. Not that that really matters or anything.
( Weddings: The bridesmaids' dresses are from hell. )
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