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Apr. 25th, 2004 02:16 pm
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But does that mean I'll have a life when I get the bucks? I mean, I'll take them anyway, but ...
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But does that mean I'll have a life when I get the bucks? I mean, I'll take them anyway, but ...
Mar. 25th, 2004 10:40 pm
Up for grabs
I have a copy of the SV novel City which I'm willing to mail to the first person who asks. Leave a comment if you're interested.
ETA: It's taken.
ETA: It's taken.
First Online Fandom: Blake's 7
Current Online Fandom: Smallville
First Fandom Crush: Mighty Mouse (and I can't believe what sexist trash that show was!)
Current Fandom Crush: Lex Luthor
First Fanfic Pairing You Wrote: Blake/Avon
Last Fanfic Pairing You Wrote: Clark/Lex
Both of the last were tiny drabbles or parts of round robins. I don't really write at all.
You know, this got me thinking about my early fannish interests: Speed Racer, Lidsville, Planet of the Apes (I had a crush on the ape played by Roddy McDowel. How weird is that?)
Anyone ever see a show called The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.? Man was I crazy about that. Or perhaps just crazy.
Current Online Fandom: Smallville
First Fandom Crush: Mighty Mouse (and I can't believe what sexist trash that show was!)
Current Fandom Crush: Lex Luthor
First Fanfic Pairing You Wrote: Blake/Avon
Last Fanfic Pairing You Wrote: Clark/Lex
Both of the last were tiny drabbles or parts of round robins. I don't really write at all.
You know, this got me thinking about my early fannish interests: Speed Racer, Lidsville, Planet of the Apes (I had a crush on the ape played by Roddy McDowel. How weird is that?)
Anyone ever see a show called The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.? Man was I crazy about that. Or perhaps just crazy.
( spoilers )
Does anyone else find it annoying that, when you click on a cut tag, you lose the text="" text that was in the tag? A lot of people use that text for internal headers, but it just disappears when you get the whole entry. Or is there a workaround for that?
Does anyone else find it annoying that, when you click on a cut tag, you lose the text="" text that was in the tag? A lot of people use that text for internal headers, but it just disappears when you get the whole entry. Or is there a workaround for that?
Feb. 3rd, 2004 12:16 pm
It's not gonna happen.
A lot of people are quite reasonably outraged at the thought that George Bush and Tony Blair have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. That they even got nominated makes me wonder what other doozies there are among the other nominations.
However, unless the Nobel Committee has been replaced, they are never going to give the prize to Bush. When Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, CNN reported that
"Gunnar Berge, head of the Nobel committee, said: "With the position Carter has taken on this, it can and must also be seen as criticism of the line the current U.S. administration has taken on Iraq."
However, unless the Nobel Committee has been replaced, they are never going to give the prize to Bush. When Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, CNN reported that
"Gunnar Berge, head of the Nobel committee, said: "With the position Carter has taken on this, it can and must also be seen as criticism of the line the current U.S. administration has taken on Iraq."
I wanted to get my thoughts on Asylum down before reading any of the other commentary. Unfortunately, it took until tonight before I could sit at the computer with both hands free to type.
( This more a series of impressions than a real review. )
( This more a series of impressions than a real review. )
I'm not sure I can come with a list of ten things I am looking forward to about Smallville, but let's see how far I get:
1) Something to wipe from my memory the stilted Clark/Lana scene they showed when TW was on The View.
2) Crazy naked island Lex. Should that count for more than one item?
3) Red Clark
4) Martha doing something other than being pregnant.
5) More creepy Lionel of the sort we saw in the scene with Emily and the bunny.
6) Bo probably having to deal with the fact that he drove Clark away.
7) Finding out who really was behind the plane crash, even if it turns out to be disappointing.
8) Lex dealing with the repercussions of his island stay.
9) Getting back to the idea of the hero/anti-hero stories being intertwined. If we believe the previow of two weeks ago, that is.
10) The real reason I'm looking forward to the season premier: That it will provide inspiration to the many the many fanfic authors who have stopped writing over the summer or have drifted off to other interests.
Hey I made it to ten!
1) Something to wipe from my memory the stilted Clark/Lana scene they showed when TW was on The View.
2) Crazy naked island Lex. Should that count for more than one item?
3) Red Clark
4) Martha doing something other than being pregnant.
5) More creepy Lionel of the sort we saw in the scene with Emily and the bunny.
6) Bo probably having to deal with the fact that he drove Clark away.
7) Finding out who really was behind the plane crash, even if it turns out to be disappointing.
8) Lex dealing with the repercussions of his island stay.
9) Getting back to the idea of the hero/anti-hero stories being intertwined. If we believe the previow of two weeks ago, that is.
10) The real reason I'm looking forward to the season premier: That it will provide inspiration to the many the many fanfic authors who have stopped writing over the summer or have drifted off to other interests.
Hey I made it to ten!
Jul. 18th, 2003 07:55 pm
SV musings
I rewatched Exodus the other day and I'm finally ready to post my semi-coherent thoughts about the finale and next season.
Helen:
Helen is obviously involved in the plane crash. The only question is when did she decide to do it? Unless they are going to pull some long term motivation out of a hat, I think she only came to that decision after Lex confessed to breaking into her office.
Although we haven't actually seen her get violent, even in self defense (Precipice), Helen was sent to the same anger management class that Lex had to go to, so she must have issues. Could she be angry enough to want to kill Lex? It is a stretch, but she may feel it is also necessary in order to protect her patients (Clark, Martha) and her research. She has also been approached by Lionel several times for unspecified reasons, which could provide additional motivation.
Lionel:
I think, ultimately, Lionel is behind the crash. We've seen nothing to indicate that Helen has the resources to arrange the crash on her own and it is a Luthor Corp plane provided by Lionel, so he has to be under suspicion.
During this second viewing of Exodus I noticed something interesting. Lionel tells Pete that people are weakest when they are angry. Granted, this is in a scene that has nothing to do with Helen or Lex, but it underscored that he had just had his best opportunity so far to get to Helen.
The real question is, why would he want to kill Lex? We've seen, in Prodigal, that he does care for his son's life, not just in preference to Lucas's but at some risk to his own. What would make him willing to get rid of Lex?
Here, alas, is where I think a Lex clone comes in. Lionel loves the idea of Lex, as his heir, and possibly as Lillian's son, but not so much Lex as Lex himself. He is warped enough that I could easily imagine him transferring that feeling to a duplicate that was closer to his idea of how Lex should be. Given that they have already introduced the idea of cloning in Smallville and cloning has been in Superman canon for a while now, I think this is the direction they may go.
Is it necessarily a disaster? Not if they do it right. They can't truly kill off our Lex and replace him with a conscience-less close without invalidating all the character growth they have had so far to show why Lex goes bad. But what if we had clone!Lex for a little while until real!Lex gets off the island? Again, they would have to be careful how they handled clone!Lex. Giving us a preview of evil!Lex could be fun, but I would like it even more if they could suggest how the evilclone!Lex was not even as bad as future evilmastermind!Lex will be. If the clone were bad, but somewhat stupid, sort of a bizarro!Lex or if Lionel got a chance to see how that wasn't really how he wanted Lex to be, then it could be really interesting.
Sadly, I don't have much faith that M&G will do a good job of implementing this even if this the direction they take. They and I clearly have different ideas about which are the compelling themes to explore on the show. My somewhat pessimistic hope is that SV remains interesting enough to keep the fanfic writers interested.
Helen:
Helen is obviously involved in the plane crash. The only question is when did she decide to do it? Unless they are going to pull some long term motivation out of a hat, I think she only came to that decision after Lex confessed to breaking into her office.
Although we haven't actually seen her get violent, even in self defense (Precipice), Helen was sent to the same anger management class that Lex had to go to, so she must have issues. Could she be angry enough to want to kill Lex? It is a stretch, but she may feel it is also necessary in order to protect her patients (Clark, Martha) and her research. She has also been approached by Lionel several times for unspecified reasons, which could provide additional motivation.
Lionel:
I think, ultimately, Lionel is behind the crash. We've seen nothing to indicate that Helen has the resources to arrange the crash on her own and it is a Luthor Corp plane provided by Lionel, so he has to be under suspicion.
During this second viewing of Exodus I noticed something interesting. Lionel tells Pete that people are weakest when they are angry. Granted, this is in a scene that has nothing to do with Helen or Lex, but it underscored that he had just had his best opportunity so far to get to Helen.
The real question is, why would he want to kill Lex? We've seen, in Prodigal, that he does care for his son's life, not just in preference to Lucas's but at some risk to his own. What would make him willing to get rid of Lex?
Here, alas, is where I think a Lex clone comes in. Lionel loves the idea of Lex, as his heir, and possibly as Lillian's son, but not so much Lex as Lex himself. He is warped enough that I could easily imagine him transferring that feeling to a duplicate that was closer to his idea of how Lex should be. Given that they have already introduced the idea of cloning in Smallville and cloning has been in Superman canon for a while now, I think this is the direction they may go.
Is it necessarily a disaster? Not if they do it right. They can't truly kill off our Lex and replace him with a conscience-less close without invalidating all the character growth they have had so far to show why Lex goes bad. But what if we had clone!Lex for a little while until real!Lex gets off the island? Again, they would have to be careful how they handled clone!Lex. Giving us a preview of evil!Lex could be fun, but I would like it even more if they could suggest how the evilclone!Lex was not even as bad as future evilmastermind!Lex will be. If the clone were bad, but somewhat stupid, sort of a bizarro!Lex or if Lionel got a chance to see how that wasn't really how he wanted Lex to be, then it could be really interesting.
Sadly, I don't have much faith that M&G will do a good job of implementing this even if this the direction they take. They and I clearly have different ideas about which are the compelling themes to explore on the show. My somewhat pessimistic hope is that SV remains interesting enough to keep the fanfic writers interested.
Jul. 16th, 2003 12:41 am
twenty questions
I've never done one of these before. I was going to speculate on SV but I'm too sleepy now.
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1. What's your favorite cheese?
Dill Havarti
2. How long do you hold onto odd socks before giving up on finding their mate?
We have a stray sock drawer, so every often I clean it out and match up pairs. I don't think I've thrown anything out that didn't have holes, though.
3. Who was your favorite musical artist when you were 15? Yes, you can only pick one!
I think it was Queen
4. What shape are your fingernails in right now?
Short and clean
5. Two scoops: of what?
One of coffee oreo and one of Toscanini's hazelnut.
6. What's your earliest memory?
Seeing our blue VW Beetle parked in the driveway of the house we moved into when I was three.
7. When does your pet look funniest?
No pet.
8. What do you collect?
Not sure I collect anything at this point. I'm trying to declutter. Recipes maybe...
9. What's better than sex?
Nothing is better than sex. A ham sandwich is better than nothing, so a ham sandwich is better than sex. QED.
10. What things are you brand-loyal to?
Ghiradelli's ground chocolate. Arm & Hammer unscented detergent. Um. I think that's it
11. Favorite Dr. Seuss book?
The Sneeches and Other Stories. I've always liked "What was I scared of."
12. Best meal you've had lately?
The lunch at my niece's bat mitzvah. Acorn squash and wild mushrooms. Sesame noodles. Do caterers ever give out the recipes?
13. Peanut Butter and ________?
Apple. Legacy of an ex-boyfriend.
14. Who's your favorite poet?
That's tough. Robert Frost, maybe, or A.A.Milne.
15. Where are you going on vacation this year?
Maine.
16. If you could change careers tomorrow with no strings attached, what would you be?
Folk singer.
17. Whaddya drive?
Dodge Caravan
18. What's your poison?
Diet coke, but I'm on the wagon until I give birth and possibly not until the kid is weaned.
19. The color of the carpet on your floor?
Blue
20. What's on your walls?
Cobwebs, family photos, random kid artwork.
Some strange caution signs the kids made on the computer: "Caution: beware of cat" and "Caution: don't you dare catch a mouse and eat it." No, we don't have a cat and I'm hoping they will be satisfied with the Fur-real kittens they got recently, for a while, anyway. The mice should be safe at least.
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dolimar1. What's your favorite cheese?
Dill Havarti
2. How long do you hold onto odd socks before giving up on finding their mate?
We have a stray sock drawer, so every often I clean it out and match up pairs. I don't think I've thrown anything out that didn't have holes, though.
3. Who was your favorite musical artist when you were 15? Yes, you can only pick one!
I think it was Queen
4. What shape are your fingernails in right now?
Short and clean
5. Two scoops: of what?
One of coffee oreo and one of Toscanini's hazelnut.
6. What's your earliest memory?
Seeing our blue VW Beetle parked in the driveway of the house we moved into when I was three.
7. When does your pet look funniest?
No pet.
8. What do you collect?
Not sure I collect anything at this point. I'm trying to declutter. Recipes maybe...
9. What's better than sex?
Nothing is better than sex. A ham sandwich is better than nothing, so a ham sandwich is better than sex. QED.
10. What things are you brand-loyal to?
Ghiradelli's ground chocolate. Arm & Hammer unscented detergent. Um. I think that's it
11. Favorite Dr. Seuss book?
The Sneeches and Other Stories. I've always liked "What was I scared of."
12. Best meal you've had lately?
The lunch at my niece's bat mitzvah. Acorn squash and wild mushrooms. Sesame noodles. Do caterers ever give out the recipes?
13. Peanut Butter and ________?
Apple. Legacy of an ex-boyfriend.
14. Who's your favorite poet?
That's tough. Robert Frost, maybe, or A.A.Milne.
15. Where are you going on vacation this year?
Maine.
16. If you could change careers tomorrow with no strings attached, what would you be?
Folk singer.
17. Whaddya drive?
Dodge Caravan
18. What's your poison?
Diet coke, but I'm on the wagon until I give birth and possibly not until the kid is weaned.
19. The color of the carpet on your floor?
Blue
20. What's on your walls?
Cobwebs, family photos, random kid artwork.
Some strange caution signs the kids made on the computer: "Caution: beware of cat" and "Caution: don't you dare catch a mouse and eat it." No, we don't have a cat and I'm hoping they will be satisfied with the Fur-real kittens they got recently, for a while, anyway. The mice should be safe at least.
May. 21st, 2003 05:21 pm
Drabble and loss
I wrote this (spoiler for Exodus) for the wednesday100 . I like this one better that the one I did last week and it was cathartic for me to write it because ( Read more... )
ETA: The End of Hope
Martha was sure it was a girl. Jonathan wanted to be surprised, but Martha took Clark aside and asked him to peek. She managed to hide her disappointment when she learned it was a boy, but it took her several weeks to adjust to the loss of her daughter.
Pictures of Clark as a smiling toddler consoled her and she looked forward again to the birth of the son she knew they all would cherish.
Martha sobs in Jonathan's arms. That baby is gone too. She needs to leave, to go home to Clark and hold her only child.
ETA: The End of Hope
Martha was sure it was a girl. Jonathan wanted to be surprised, but Martha took Clark aside and asked him to peek. She managed to hide her disappointment when she learned it was a boy, but it took her several weeks to adjust to the loss of her daughter.
Pictures of Clark as a smiling toddler consoled her and she looked forward again to the birth of the son she knew they all would cherish.
Martha sobs in Jonathan's arms. That baby is gone too. She needs to leave, to go home to Clark and hold her only child.
I wrote this drabble for the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
wednesday100 this week, but I'm not really happy with it. ( Read more... )
Well, at least I felt well enough to write.
( ETA drabble here )
wednesday100 this week, but I'm not really happy with it. ( Read more... )Well, at least I felt well enough to write.
( ETA drabble here )
May. 2nd, 2003 12:21 pm
Loyalty Day
Apparently Loyalty Day is not a recent Bush thing. It originated in the 1930s as an alternative to International Workers' Day which is celebrated by everyone except US and Canada. (And this despite the fact that it commemorates the labor struggle in the US for a shorter workweek.)
So I guess it sometimes just seems that the world is getting worse.
So I guess it sometimes just seems that the world is getting worse.
I didn't write anything for the wednesday100 last week. Porn and nausea just don't mix. But this week's drabble can be found
here.
( ETA my own copy )
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I doubt I'll ever be a writer of long fic. I don't have the patience. I think up long stories in my head, but once I've done that I lose any incentive to write it down or clean up all plot details. However I've thought sometimes of writing down snippets of thing and see where that goes.
Would anyone be interested in seeing those?
here.
( ETA my own copy )
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I doubt I'll ever be a writer of long fic. I don't have the patience. I think up long stories in my head, but once I've done that I lose any incentive to write it down or clean up all plot details. However I've thought sometimes of writing down snippets of thing and see where that goes.
Would anyone be interested in seeing those?
Apr. 15th, 2003 01:41 pm
Truth, Justice ...
I found this amusing:
A NY Times article mentions "the rejection of Christopher Reeve from a Manhattan jury pool because it was felt that Superman would automatically sway all other jurors."
A NY Times article mentions "the rejection of Christopher Reeve from a Manhattan jury pool because it was felt that Superman would automatically sway all other jurors."
Apr. 4th, 2003 02:14 pm
Movie Meme
I usually watch just a few shows - Smallville, Buffy, Angel, Firefly (alas), and figure skating. Since I don't have much opportunity to channel surf, this meme required some thought. But I wouldn't mind catching part or all of the following:
1. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Sir Alec Guinness playing how many different parts?
2. Arsenic and Old Lace - Carey Grant at his goofy best.
3. Cold Comfort Farm - There will be no butter in Hell! Love Ian Ian McKellen
4. Dead Again - Branagh and Thompson still together, doing Hitchcock
5. The Hudsucker Proxy - The critics panned this one, but it is my favorite of all the Coen brothers movies.
1. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Sir Alec Guinness playing how many different parts?
2. Arsenic and Old Lace - Carey Grant at his goofy best.
3. Cold Comfort Farm - There will be no butter in Hell! Love Ian Ian McKellen
4. Dead Again - Branagh and Thompson still together, doing Hitchcock
5. The Hudsucker Proxy - The critics panned this one, but it is my favorite of all the Coen brothers movies.
Busy day today, but I did find time to write for the wednesday100:
Red
( ETA my own copy of drabble here )
Red
( ETA my own copy of drabble here )
Mar. 26th, 2003 11:09 am
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Last week I was uninspired, as well as constantly queasy. This week I'm still feeling sick, but at least I had and idea for this week's drabble
( ETA: drabble inserted here so I keep my own copy )
Fortunately this week's challenge had nothing to do with babies, so you were spared the gruesome Martha-sick-and-infested-with-alien-parasite story I was thinking of last night. I'm suffering major morning sickness these days, but I'll try not to share the joy.
( ETA: drabble inserted here so I keep my own copy )
Fortunately this week's challenge had nothing to do with babies, so you were spared the gruesome Martha-sick-and-infested-with-alien-parasite story I was thinking of last night. I'm suffering major morning sickness these days, but I'll try not to share the joy.
I posted this to wednesday100 but thought I should put a copy here so I could find it without having to search through all the other wonderfully depressing entries there.
What He Thought
Jonathan thought he'd be glad when it happened. He'd never
approved of their relationship. He'd never liked that Luthor boy,
never trusted him, despite all the things he did to try to win him
over. Jonathan couldn't be bought like that.
Clark would get over it. He'd been infatuated. Lex could be charming,
gotta give him that, but Clark would find someone else.
When he first found out they were lovers, Jonathan wanted to kill Lex,
wanted to stop his heart from beating, wanted to see that dead look in his
eyes.
Now he can. Jonathan thought he'd be glad.
Unlike the one last week, this came very easily to me, though I never thought I'd be writing Jonathan's point of view.
wednesday100 but thought I should put a copy here so I could find it without having to search through all the other wonderfully depressing entries there. What He Thought
Jonathan thought he'd be glad when it happened. He'd never
approved of their relationship. He'd never liked that Luthor boy,
never trusted him, despite all the things he did to try to win him
over. Jonathan couldn't be bought like that.
Clark would get over it. He'd been infatuated. Lex could be charming,
gotta give him that, but Clark would find someone else.
When he first found out they were lovers, Jonathan wanted to kill Lex,
wanted to stop his heart from beating, wanted to see that dead look in his
eyes.
Now he can. Jonathan thought he'd be glad.
Unlike the one last week, this came very easily to me, though I never thought I'd be writing Jonathan's point of view.
Mar. 10th, 2003 09:52 pm
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Nineteen years ago yesterday I turned to the person with whom I'd just had sex for the first time and asked him what he was looking for in a relationship. He reacted as if I had just proposed marriage when I was just trying to figure out if we how compatible we were. I fully expected him to be the first in a long line of college boyfriends that I would cheerfully leave behind when I graduated.
This May we'll have been married eleven years. I've spent just shy of half my life with him and I'm not even close to getting tired of it.
This May we'll have been married eleven years. I've spent just shy of half my life with him and I'm not even close to getting tired of it.
Mar. 8th, 2003 10:11 pm
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| You are 53% geek |
</td><td valign="top">You are a geek. Good for you! Considering the endless complexity of the universe, as well as whatever discipline you happen to be most interested in, you'll never be bored as long as you have a good book store, a net connection, and thousands of dollars worth of expensive equipment. Assuming you're a technical geek, you'll be able to afford it, too. If you're not a technical geek, you're geek enough to mate with a technical geek and thereby get the needed dough. Dating tip: Don't date a geek of the same persuasion as you. You'll constantly try to out-geek the other.</td>Only half a geek? I must be doing something wrong.
I read an awful lot of fanfic and never write anything. Yesterday I saw the drabble challenge that has since inspired the creation of its own community and thought, if it is just 100 words, maybe even I could write something. Of course I made the mistake of reading everyone else's stuff first and got really intimidated. I'm not really happy with what I wrote, but here it is. Have to start somewhere.
"I'm sorry." Clark's voice stopped him at the door. "Lex, I said -"
"I heard you."
"Well ... ?"
"It would help if I knew exactly you are sorry for."
"I'm sorry for lying to you."
Clark walked up behind him.
"I'm sorry I have to keep secrets from you."
Closer.
"I'm sorry I once said Warrior Angel picked his costume to compensate for his
baldness.
Lex turned around, a handsbreadth from Clark. "I forgave THAT one months ago."
"And the rest?"
"I'm ... trying"
"Will you succeed?"
"Of course, Clark." he said, leaning in. "Failing isn't something I do."
"I'm sorry." Clark's voice stopped him at the door. "Lex, I said -"
"I heard you."
"Well ... ?"
"It would help if I knew exactly you are sorry for."
"I'm sorry for lying to you."
Clark walked up behind him.
"I'm sorry I have to keep secrets from you."
Closer.
"I'm sorry I once said Warrior Angel picked his costume to compensate for his
baldness.
Lex turned around, a handsbreadth from Clark. "I forgave THAT one months ago."
"And the rest?"
"I'm ... trying"
"Will you succeed?"
"Of course, Clark." he said, leaning in. "Failing isn't something I do."
Mar. 7th, 2003 01:31 pm
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I got a blurty about a week ago. But, since all the cool people hang out over here, I decided to give it a try, figuring that if I shelled out $5 for a paid account it might give me an incentive to post more often.
I was seriously miffed that my preferred user name, Achren, was already taken. Had I checked before paying for the account I might not have gone through with it.
Attolia is also a strong person but she is too young and pretty for me to identify with as much as Achren.
I was seriously miffed that my preferred user name, Achren, was already taken. Had I checked before paying for the account I might not have gone through with it.
Attolia is also a strong person but she is too young and pretty for me to identify with as much as Achren.
