not ready for prime time!
5 April 2013 01:33 pmHeyy, everybody! You should do this with me. It'll be fun and the title is an SNL reference, so basically I shouldn't have to try very hard to convince you.
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not_primetime is a Yuletide-style exchange for medium-sized fandoms: so basically, anything too big for Yuletide but too small to be considered a "megafandom." Which means that you can write shit like Iron Man or Inception, since technically they're small enough, yay!
I've already nominated Life with Derek, Hawaii Five-0, The O.C., and Farscape, and some other nominated fandoms are Les Mis, Iron Man, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Star Trek AOS, Castle, Star Trek ENT, Psych, Chuck, Burn Notice, Leverage, Fringe, Big Time Rush, Suits, Vampire Diaries, Star Trek TNG, Warehouse 13, Dark Angel, etc. Sky's the limit, basically.
You can check out the nomination tag set here. You need an AO3 account to nominate/participate (the whole thing works exactly like Yuletide) but if you don't have one already you a) should and b) can talk to the mods who can get you an invite.
It's basically Yuletide-lite, is the impression I get. It seems a lot smaller and more laid back, so you should do it with me, because I'll give you a cookie or make out with you or something. Whatever you want. Who cares.
not_primetime is a Yuletide-style exchange for medium-sized fandoms: so basically, anything too big for Yuletide but too small to be considered a "megafandom." Which means that you can write shit like Iron Man or Inception, since technically they're small enough, yay!I've already nominated Life with Derek, Hawaii Five-0, The O.C., and Farscape, and some other nominated fandoms are Les Mis, Iron Man, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Star Trek AOS, Castle, Star Trek ENT, Psych, Chuck, Burn Notice, Leverage, Fringe, Big Time Rush, Suits, Vampire Diaries, Star Trek TNG, Warehouse 13, Dark Angel, etc. Sky's the limit, basically.
You can check out the nomination tag set here. You need an AO3 account to nominate/participate (the whole thing works exactly like Yuletide) but if you don't have one already you a) should and b) can talk to the mods who can get you an invite.
It's basically Yuletide-lite, is the impression I get. It seems a lot smaller and more laid back, so you should do it with me, because I'll give you a cookie or make out with you or something. Whatever you want. Who cares.
So I just wanted to let all you wonderful people know that I'm alive and in relatively good health - it's been a rough month though, which is why I haven't been around so much lately. I'm on Tumblr (same username, as always) but the vibe over there tends to breed this kind of weird resentful anger in my heart, or maybe that's just my life right now, whatever.
It's just, March, and there's still snow happening here and my family is making me miserable and my job is disheartening and depressing and I can't believe I'm almost 24 and STILL LIVING IN IOWA FUCK THIS PLACE SO HARD YOU GUYS, but basically everything's been sucking a lot and it's hard to get excited about anything, let alone fandom. Compared to how I feel and the shit I'm trying to maintain and accomplish right now, fandom stuff just seems silly and frivolous and annoying. It's been hard to find the fun parts of it. All I seem to keep running into are the bullshitty parts.
Which sucks, because this has been an outlet for me for years and years, and I would like to keep it. Plus there's the people I've met, you guys!!, who are worth all the trouble plus a million times more. I just have to get into a better headspace, and to do that I have to fix my fucking life. Which I'm working on, swear.
Hit me up anytime though, seriously, I'm here, keepin on keepin on. For anything!
<3
It's just, March, and there's still snow happening here and my family is making me miserable and my job is disheartening and depressing and I can't believe I'm almost 24 and STILL LIVING IN IOWA FUCK THIS PLACE SO HARD YOU GUYS, but basically everything's been sucking a lot and it's hard to get excited about anything, let alone fandom. Compared to how I feel and the shit I'm trying to maintain and accomplish right now, fandom stuff just seems silly and frivolous and annoying. It's been hard to find the fun parts of it. All I seem to keep running into are the bullshitty parts.
Which sucks, because this has been an outlet for me for years and years, and I would like to keep it. Plus there's the people I've met, you guys!!, who are worth all the trouble plus a million times more. I just have to get into a better headspace, and to do that I have to fix my fucking life. Which I'm working on, swear.
Hit me up anytime though, seriously, I'm here, keepin on keepin on. For anything!
<3
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15 January 2013 10:53 pmAll my bingo cards! In a list. I like lists.
trope_bingo (amnesty ends June 30)
kink_bingo (amnesty ends June 15)
( big damn tables )
trope_bingo (amnesty ends June 30)kink_bingo (amnesty ends June 15)( big damn tables )
Day 2: In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.
For A Little Green Bag by
Supernatural/Freaks and Geeks fusion, 4189 words
Dean/Castiel, Sam, Gabriel, Garth, Chuck
Teen and up, warnings for underage
Freaks and Geeks AU, based on the episode "Chokin' and Tokin'". Dean smokes marijuana for the first time and needs Castiel's help to babysit Sam. Castiel is, of course, not-so-happy to clean up after Dean, especially back at the scene of the crime that may explain why Dean stopped inviting Castiel over and started hanging out with his cousin Gabriel and his burn-out friends.
It sounds bizarre, Supernatural and Freaks and Geeks, but think about it for a second and realize that it isn't. My favorite kind of high school AU, with believable teenagers and drug use and MAKE OUTS, yay
Answer in the Form of a Question by
Suits, 20569 words
Harvey/Mike, Mike/Rachel, Donna, Kyle
Explicit
Everything seems to be back on an even keel after the drama at Pearson Hardman and the emotional tsunami that ripped through Mike’s life: Gram, Tess, Rachel.
So of course that’s when he and Harvey end up having phone sex.
I really go back and forth on Suits anymore, because for all the excellent things about it there are a bunch of things that make me cringe (not so much because it's bad, but because they're tropes that rub me the wrong way). But this is like, my wonderful, wonderful head canon. HARVEY. Jesus.
I Move in Circles Round You by
Instant Star, 7934 words
Jude/Tommy
Teen and Up
"Maybe it's time to let go of the things we wanted when I was sixteen."
This was a ridiculous Degrassi-esque Canadian teen drama about a girl who won the Canadian equivalent of American Idol and had a super dramatic life including a dramatic on again/off again with her older ex-boybander producer Tommy and a dramatic career and a dramatic family life and it was all very dramatic.
The lead, Jude Quincy, was played by Alexz Johnson, whom I still adore and y'all should check out her music by the way it's really great
Anyway, the series ended with a temporary break up between Jude and Tommy while Jude moved to London to be an strong independent woman, and this is the fic that rounds it all out and brings them back together without demeaning what Jude was trying to do (or what Tommy was, either) and also along the way kind of makes you like both characters a hell of a lot more than the show did.
all you have to do is call my name (and i'll be there) by
New Girl, 1106 words
Schmidt/Cece, Jess
Gen Audiences
In which Schmidt and Cece bond over Stars Hollow, and the itty bitty kimono strikes back.
New Girl fic with great voices and also is super cute! I don't usually crave fic for this show since the canon is so satisfying, but this hits all the right spots.
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6 January 2013 02:55 pmIn a concerted effort to start actually using my journal again instead of randomly popping in to ask for things and assault you with capslock, let's try this snowflake_challenge thing everyone's doing, yay! i'm so bad at this watch me give up on day six ugh
I wrote a truly insane amount of gift fics this holiday season, because I am a ridiculous person. So I'm going to ignore that number right there and just a reveal post, here we go.
For![[livejournal.com profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tw_fallharvest, I wrote:
come on stranger
Teen Wolf/Stargate SG-1 fusion, Derek/Stiles
Teen and Up, 16869 words
warnings for depictions of violence, off-screen minor character death
Evil robots, basically. Sometimes Stiles regrets signing that nondisclosure agreement.
In the same series, I wrote an epilogue, Friends in High Places (2358 words) for![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jerakeen, because she's wonderful.
I can't even remember what I was thinking during that one. It all blurs together in my head, like an acid trip. An acid trip of space werewolves.
Fortw_holidays, I wrote this one for lorax:
Tall Tales
Teen Wolf/Star Wars (original trilogy) fusion, Derek/Stiles, Laura
Teen and Up, 6065 words
"We've got a whole month of time, your highness. And there's only so many places you can go on a starship."
I WILL WRITE ALL THE SPACE CROSSOVERS (APPARENTLY)
No but seriously, this one was a labor of love and caffeine, I don't think I slept for the entire three days leading up to the deadline, and I still didn't manage to get rid of all the navel-gazing in it. I would like to continue it, but I would much rather let someone else do it. Hint.
Now for Yuletide! I did my main assignment and then a treat, because I'm great.
Reunion Song formusesfool
Push (2009), Nick/Cassie, Elizabeth/OFC
Teen and Up, 4752 words
Cassie’s been with her mother for two weeks when she has the first vision of him.
I literally started this Christmas Eve morning and made my brother read it as I posted it forty minutes before the main collection closed, to which he responded, "Meagan, let go of my arm, you're drawing blood." Anyway, he liked it.
Accidentally (Committed) for![[livejournal.com profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
storydivagirl
Common Law, Travis/Wes, ensemble
Teen and Up, 9131 words
It sometimes feels like Travis has known Wes for forever, like he was always there, in the background, bitching about the food and judging Travis' life choices. It's weird, because sometimes Travis will be looking at an old photo and think to himself man it's weird that Wes wasn't in this shot I would've totally made him be in this shot and then he'll remember that it's a picture of his second foster mom from 1990 and that's fucked up.
This was my main assignment and it's ridiculous, but I made myself laugh quite frequently while writing, so whatev I think it worked.
snowflake_challenge thing everyone's doing, yay! Day 1: In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I wrote a truly insane amount of gift fics this holiday season, because I am a ridiculous person. So I'm going to ignore that number right there and just a reveal post, here we go.
For
tw_fallharvest, I wrote:come on stranger
Teen Wolf/Stargate SG-1 fusion, Derek/Stiles
Teen and Up, 16869 words
warnings for depictions of violence, off-screen minor character death
Evil robots, basically. Sometimes Stiles regrets signing that nondisclosure agreement.
In the same series, I wrote an epilogue, Friends in High Places (2358 words) for
jerakeen, because she's wonderful.I can't even remember what I was thinking during that one. It all blurs together in my head, like an acid trip. An acid trip of space werewolves.
For
tw_holidays, I wrote this one for lorax:Tall Tales
Teen Wolf/Star Wars (original trilogy) fusion, Derek/Stiles, Laura
Teen and Up, 6065 words
"We've got a whole month of time, your highness. And there's only so many places you can go on a starship."
I WILL WRITE ALL THE SPACE CROSSOVERS (APPARENTLY)
No but seriously, this one was a labor of love and caffeine, I don't think I slept for the entire three days leading up to the deadline, and I still didn't manage to get rid of all the navel-gazing in it. I would like to continue it, but I would much rather let someone else do it. Hint.
Now for Yuletide! I did my main assignment and then a treat, because I'm great.
Reunion Song for
musesfoolPush (2009), Nick/Cassie, Elizabeth/OFC
Teen and Up, 4752 words
Cassie’s been with her mother for two weeks when she has the first vision of him.
I literally started this Christmas Eve morning and made my brother read it as I posted it forty minutes before the main collection closed, to which he responded, "Meagan, let go of my arm, you're drawing blood." Anyway, he liked it.
Accidentally (Committed) for
storydivagirlCommon Law, Travis/Wes, ensemble
Teen and Up, 9131 words
It sometimes feels like Travis has known Wes for forever, like he was always there, in the background, bitching about the food and judging Travis' life choices. It's weird, because sometimes Travis will be looking at an old photo and think to himself man it's weird that Wes wasn't in this shot I would've totally made him be in this shot and then he'll remember that it's a picture of his second foster mom from 1990 and that's fucked up.
This was my main assignment and it's ridiculous, but I made myself laugh quite frequently while writing, so whatev I think it worked.
Awright peeps, here's my Official Yuletide 2012 Rec List Of Infinite Doom And Foreboding, Vaguely Organized For Your Convenience. Warning: it may seem as if it is alphabetical, but it is only Vaguely. Just so you know.
Note: I only read things from canons/fandoms I'm familiar with, and skipped quite a few for time/length that I plan to return to later, so this is by no means a complete list of All The Things That Are Awesome This Yuletide, which is my way of saying that I WANT YOUR RECS, ALL OF THEM, GIMME
Second note: what the fuck, is it really Roald Dahl? Have I spent my entire life mistakenly thinking his name was Ronald?Where does "Roald" come from? Is it a typo of Ronald or is it a popular name in a different culture and I'm being insensitive? How do you pronounce that? His books scare me? This paragraph got derailed somewhere. I have been informed that it is Norwegian. So. There you go.
Third: I'm not counting any of this. You do it if you want to know.
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (1992), Alice (2009), Anastasia (1997), Blast from the Past (1999), American Actor RPF, Burn Notice, Bourne (all movies), Classical Greece and Rome History & Literature RPF, Clueless (1995), Common Law, Die Hard (Movies), Disney Princesses, Dogma (1999), Greek and Roman Mythology, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, Life (TV), Matilda (Roald?? Dahl), Mean Girls (2004), New Girl, Phineas and Ferb, Princess Bride - William Goldman, Push (2009), Sabrina (1954), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV), Saturday Night Live RPF, The Middleman (TV), The Unusuals, Tin Man (2007), Warehouse 13, What's Your Number? (2011)
( there is DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM contained within )
Note: I only read things from canons/fandoms I'm familiar with, and skipped quite a few for time/length that I plan to return to later, so this is by no means a complete list of All The Things That Are Awesome This Yuletide, which is my way of saying that I WANT YOUR RECS, ALL OF THEM, GIMME
Second note: what the fuck, is it really Roald Dahl? Have I spent my entire life mistakenly thinking his name was Ronald?
Third: I'm not counting any of this. You do it if you want to know.
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (1992), Alice (2009), Anastasia (1997), Blast from the Past (1999), American Actor RPF, Burn Notice, Bourne (all movies), Classical Greece and Rome History & Literature RPF, Clueless (1995), Common Law, Die Hard (Movies), Disney Princesses, Dogma (1999), Greek and Roman Mythology, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, Life (TV), Matilda (Roald?? Dahl), Mean Girls (2004), New Girl, Phineas and Ferb, Princess Bride - William Goldman, Push (2009), Sabrina (1954), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV), Saturday Night Live RPF, The Middleman (TV), The Unusuals, Tin Man (2007), Warehouse 13, What's Your Number? (2011)
( there is DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM contained within )
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26 December 2012 04:06 pmSo everyone, everyone check out the shiny Yuletide gifts I got! :D
This first one is for Tin Man (2007), the SyFy miniseries starring Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming and Neal McDonough.
Earning the Happily Ever After by Anonymous (6771 words)
Teen and Up Audiences
Wyatt Cain/DG, Azkadellia/Jeb Cain, Ahamo/Queen Lavender Eyes
Ahamo, Wyatt Cain, DG (Tin Man), Azkadellia, Jeb Cain, Lavender Eyes
Contains: Self Harm, Suicidal Thoughts, References to Suicide
Summary: Stories end happily ever after because they stop before the real work begins.
This one kind of blew my mind, because the author literally included almost everything I mentioned in my DYW letter. That's...kind of bad ass.
It's not fluffy, for sure, because it takes a really realistic look at canon, which is what I asked for. Kinda hits you where you live, especially in regards to Azkadellia. Just a really perceptive, interesting story. I loved it.
The next one is for Common Law. FUCK YES.
(We Both Reached for the) Gun! by Anonymous (1779 words)
Teen and Up Audiences
Travis Marks/Wes Mitchell
Summary: “You know why I never said ‘thank you’ before, right?”
It had always seemed so damn important to Wes that Travis thank him, but he’d never stopped to think of why.
Travis shook his head. “I knew it wouldn’t be enough.”
A post-ep for the series (D:) finale, "Gun!" Really fleshes out the last episode, as well as sprinkles in some liberal preslash. Another commenter called it a "post-mortem" which is really the perfect description. Really lovely and great. :)
As for me, I have two fics in the mix for my first Yuletide. If you want to try and guess go ahead - NO CHEATING,jerakeen AND jeweledvixen. I've got my ~eye on you.
One is over 6000 words long, and the fandom is kind of an easy guess. As in, you'll go "oh, no shit!" when you read it. I also think it's kind of typical of what I write, so that's a double-extra "no shit" there.
The other is over 1000, but under 5000. The fandom is also somewhat of an easy guess. I think it's a little less typical of what I usually write. It also contains het and femslash, but no m/m slash.
Both fandoms are somewhat larger than usual for Yuletide. I'll write you a snippet of something if you guess!
Happy Christmas to everyone who celebrates!
This first one is for Tin Man (2007), the SyFy miniseries starring Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming and Neal McDonough.
Earning the Happily Ever After by Anonymous (6771 words)
Teen and Up Audiences
Wyatt Cain/DG, Azkadellia/Jeb Cain, Ahamo/Queen Lavender Eyes
Ahamo, Wyatt Cain, DG (Tin Man), Azkadellia, Jeb Cain, Lavender Eyes
Contains: Self Harm, Suicidal Thoughts, References to Suicide
Summary: Stories end happily ever after because they stop before the real work begins.
This one kind of blew my mind, because the author literally included almost everything I mentioned in my DYW letter. That's...kind of bad ass.
It's not fluffy, for sure, because it takes a really realistic look at canon, which is what I asked for. Kinda hits you where you live, especially in regards to Azkadellia. Just a really perceptive, interesting story. I loved it.
The next one is for Common Law. FUCK YES.
(We Both Reached for the) Gun! by Anonymous (1779 words)
Teen and Up Audiences
Travis Marks/Wes Mitchell
Summary: “You know why I never said ‘thank you’ before, right?”
It had always seemed so damn important to Wes that Travis thank him, but he’d never stopped to think of why.
Travis shook his head. “I knew it wouldn’t be enough.”
A post-ep for the series (D:) finale, "Gun!" Really fleshes out the last episode, as well as sprinkles in some liberal preslash. Another commenter called it a "post-mortem" which is really the perfect description. Really lovely and great. :)
As for me, I have two fics in the mix for my first Yuletide. If you want to try and guess go ahead - NO CHEATING,
jerakeen AND jeweledvixen. I've got my ~eye on you.One is over 6000 words long, and the fandom is kind of an easy guess. As in, you'll go "oh, no shit!" when you read it. I also think it's kind of typical of what I write, so that's a double-extra "no shit" there.
The other is over 1000, but under 5000. The fandom is also somewhat of an easy guess. I think it's a little less typical of what I usually write. It also contains het and femslash, but no m/m slash.
Both fandoms are somewhat larger than usual for Yuletide. I'll write you a snippet of something if you guess!
Happy Christmas to everyone who celebrates!
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24 December 2012 10:33 pmWould anyone like to do a quick quick beta for a Yuletide treat? It's a pretty easy fandom. Not too complicated.
I'm about to upload it to squeak it in before the main collection closes, but I can edit right up until it opens, I'm pretty sure. I'd return the favor if anyone needed it for any extra treats you guys are working on!
I'm about to upload it to squeak it in before the main collection closes, but I can edit right up until it opens, I'm pretty sure. I'd return the favor if anyone needed it for any extra treats you guys are working on!
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20 December 2012 01:40 pmSo there's a huge blizzard happening here, which caused a minor crisis in that we lost power for about ten or twelve hours. We're just now getting things back up, and the house is cold as hell, so, awesome.
I also had a tiny panic attack regarding Yuletide, because I was literally in the process of finishing my assignment last night when the power crapped out on me. Luckilyjerakeen is super awesome and SAVED THE DAY, YAY. So she put my unfinished draft up for me in case I didn't get power back before the deadline (obviously, I did, so I was panicking about nothing, but better safe than sorry, I guess). Now I'm going through and double checking everything before uploading the final version. I might need to add another scene that contains make outs. It ain't Christmas without make outs.
First Yuletide: ~almost accomplished. What up! I'll feel better once I get this all finished and edited and everything, but since I have power again and a space heater and relative reassurance that both of these things will continue to exist in my life for the next seven hours (we've been having sporadic like, what do you call it, brown-outs? Where the power flickers? But things have been relatively steady?), I'm good. I'll get it in before the cut off time for sure.
Is anyone else doing Yuletide? How's it coming? I can't do that meme since this is my first year and all I have are bears, but I know I've got some vets on my list.
I also had a tiny panic attack regarding Yuletide, because I was literally in the process of finishing my assignment last night when the power crapped out on me. Luckily
jerakeen is super awesome and SAVED THE DAY, YAY. So she put my unfinished draft up for me in case I didn't get power back before the deadline (obviously, I did, so I was panicking about nothing, but better safe than sorry, I guess). Now I'm going through and double checking everything before uploading the final version. I might need to add another scene that contains make outs. It ain't Christmas without make outs. First Yuletide: ~almost accomplished. What up! I'll feel better once I get this all finished and edited and everything, but since I have power again and a space heater and relative reassurance that both of these things will continue to exist in my life for the next seven hours (we've been having sporadic like, what do you call it, brown-outs? Where the power flickers? But things have been relatively steady?), I'm good. I'll get it in before the cut off time for sure.
Is anyone else doing Yuletide? How's it coming? I can't do that meme since this is my first year and all I have are bears, but I know I've got some vets on my list.
Okay so I have this dilemma.
Right now, I'm absolutely positive that I want to move away from Iowa. It's not that I don't like it (well, I. I just. I have complex feelings about it, basically.) it's just - I need to be somewhere else for a while. If I don't, and I end up spending the rest of my life here because I didn't get off my ass and go somewhere I'm gonna hate myself.
My problem is, I have no idea where I want to go. My dream place would be London, but uh I am not a MAGICIAN and am in fact a POOR YOUNG PERSON WITH NO HIGHLY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS so that's pretty much a pipe dream, unless I get into a grad school over there or something. Which, LOL yeah let's dream a little bigger.
I know I'd like a somewhat mild climate (Iowan winters, ugh, I'm so done) and lots of culture, and reliable public transit so I hopefully wouldn't have to fuck around with a car, but other than that I've got nothin'. So I'm asking all you fine people, if you're so inclined, to talk at me for a bit about the area where you live.
What would you tell someone who wanted to move there, basically? Pros and cons? Invitations to crash on your couch? (lol I'd be careful with that one I am fairly sure that nobody wants to see my cranky ass in their living room first thing in the morning) Would you tell someone to live where you live? Or do you absolutely loathe it and want to preemptively warn me away? I'm hungry, babies. Feed me.
(If you're uncomfortable talking about where you live in a public post, I'd be more than happy to screen your comments, just let me know.)
Ugh, I almost wish I was one of those Midwestern people that dream about moving to NYC or something. At least then I'd have a goal. All I know right now is that I don't wanna be here. Where I'd like to be is the hard part.
Right now, I'm absolutely positive that I want to move away from Iowa. It's not that I don't like it (well, I. I just. I have complex feelings about it, basically.) it's just - I need to be somewhere else for a while. If I don't, and I end up spending the rest of my life here because I didn't get off my ass and go somewhere I'm gonna hate myself.
My problem is, I have no idea where I want to go. My dream place would be London, but uh I am not a MAGICIAN and am in fact a POOR YOUNG PERSON WITH NO HIGHLY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS so that's pretty much a pipe dream, unless I get into a grad school over there or something. Which, LOL yeah let's dream a little bigger.
I know I'd like a somewhat mild climate (Iowan winters, ugh, I'm so done) and lots of culture, and reliable public transit so I hopefully wouldn't have to fuck around with a car, but other than that I've got nothin'. So I'm asking all you fine people, if you're so inclined, to talk at me for a bit about the area where you live.
What would you tell someone who wanted to move there, basically? Pros and cons? Invitations to crash on your couch? (lol I'd be careful with that one I am fairly sure that nobody wants to see my cranky ass in their living room first thing in the morning) Would you tell someone to live where you live? Or do you absolutely loathe it and want to preemptively warn me away? I'm hungry, babies. Feed me.
(If you're uncomfortable talking about where you live in a public post, I'd be more than happy to screen your comments, just let me know.)
Ugh, I almost wish I was one of those Midwestern people that dream about moving to NYC or something. At least then I'd have a goal. All I know right now is that I don't wanna be here. Where I'd like to be is the hard part.
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22 November 2012 04:56 pmOkay, so it was brought to my attention that there was apparently a weird comment left on Enslaved by the Moon, which is a fic written for me by an anonymous (as of right now anyway) author for the tw_fallharvest fanwork exchange. I don't know who left this comment, but it apparently expressed concern that the fic was not what I wanted/asked for and would upset me, or something.
I just wanted to make it clear to the author, in case they browse my journal, that I don't know who left this comment, they were not speaking on my behalf or even with my permission or knowledge, and that is not how I feel.
The fact is that whether or not it's exactly what I asked for or wanted doesn't matter; somebody sat down and wrote a 20k fic for me, as a gift, and that is so incredibly fantastic. I'm of the opinion that bitching about how a gift someone gave you (especially a gift someone made for you, that took as much time and effort as writing a story does) is not good enough is one of the most asshole things a person can do, and definitely a gross violation of fandom etiquette. It's also really mean. So I'm not gonna have any of that.
I haven't had a chance to read it all the way through yet but I already know that I will enjoy the hell out of it, because the entire time I'll be thinking about how much effort and thought was put into it (just for little 'ol me!) and the creativity of the plot (it's like, a fairytale AU! There are PRINCES AND STUFF!) and how they wrote, basically, the beginning of a Stiles/Lydia/Derek OT3 for me (AWWWWESOME) and basically, there is literally no way that I'm going to hate it or be upset by it in any way.
Just for the record. Everyone go check out that mother ASAP. And leave them lots of kudos and nice things because thank you forever, Author. You're awesome! Go you! 20,000 words! You're blowin' my mind!
Gonna read the hell out of that thing just as soon as I get this extremely late fic done and survive Thanksgiving. Uh, yeah.
tw_fallharvest fanwork exchange. I don't know who left this comment, but it apparently expressed concern that the fic was not what I wanted/asked for and would upset me, or something.I just wanted to make it clear to the author, in case they browse my journal, that I don't know who left this comment, they were not speaking on my behalf or even with my permission or knowledge, and that is not how I feel.
The fact is that whether or not it's exactly what I asked for or wanted doesn't matter; somebody sat down and wrote a 20k fic for me, as a gift, and that is so incredibly fantastic. I'm of the opinion that bitching about how a gift someone gave you (especially a gift someone made for you, that took as much time and effort as writing a story does) is not good enough is one of the most asshole things a person can do, and definitely a gross violation of fandom etiquette. It's also really mean. So I'm not gonna have any of that.
I haven't had a chance to read it all the way through yet but I already know that I will enjoy the hell out of it, because the entire time I'll be thinking about how much effort and thought was put into it (just for little 'ol me!) and the creativity of the plot (it's like, a fairytale AU! There are PRINCES AND STUFF!) and how they wrote, basically, the beginning of a Stiles/Lydia/Derek OT3 for me (AWWWWESOME) and basically, there is literally no way that I'm going to hate it or be upset by it in any way.
Just for the record. Everyone go check out that mother ASAP. And leave them lots of kudos and nice things because thank you forever, Author. You're awesome! Go you! 20,000 words! You're blowin' my mind!
Gonna read the hell out of that thing just as soon as I get this extremely late fic done and survive Thanksgiving. Uh, yeah.
So, this is a thing that has been happening for years, but it's gotten a lot worse lately and it is just. SO fucking annoying. SO annoying.
Membership attheborogoves is NOT OPEN. That means CLOSED. All fic there is ALREADY PUBLIC. If you run into a link that says members only, that is NOT AN INVITATION FOR YOU TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY. That means that THAT FIC IS NOT PUBLIC ANYMORE.
Repeat: ALL FIC AT THEBOROGOVES THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC ALREADY IS. IT'S ALL PUBLIC. WE ARE NOT HIDING FIC FROM YOU. THIS IS NOT A TRICK. SERIOUSLY.
So when you PM me at my journal asking me about this, please know that you're basically telling me that you didn't even bother to look at the profile for the community, which says all of this quite clearly. (I even changed it just now to extra extra big letters since it seems to be a problem for everyone! Does that help?) Also know that I cannot reply to you UNLESS YOU HAVE PRIVATE MESSAGING TURNED ON. (Seriously this has happened like 5 or 6 times by now, really??) So basically you're asking me an annoying question and then forcing me to ignore you. Awesome. Great work.
Also know that I am not going to fucking hunt anyone down anymore to answer your stupid question that you could answer yourself by taking two minutes and reading the rules to a community that you are asking to join. I am not your mother and I am beyond sick and tired of getting these messages all the time and having to repeat myself over and over and over. You guys. For real. This is not that complicated. It's in the rules. I've said it several times in mod posts. I don't know where else to put it.
FIC IS PUBLIC. FRIEND THE COMMUNITY TO READ. ONLY WRITERS ARE MEMBERS. WHICH IS WHY MEMBERSHIP IS CLOSED. THE END.
deep breath. okay, I'm sorry for the rant you guys, and please know this is not directed at any specific person that has sent me a message, but rather is built up bitchiness from like, 5 years of getting the same PM over and over again (5 years! I created this community in 2007! That's 5 years! Ridiculous!). I know that individually these are all probably very nice people and would feel bad for annoying someone and also most likely are young/not familiar with LJ etiquette, but seriously. Read the rules before you PM the maintainer of the community. This is basic common sense, am I wrong?
Membership at
theborogoves is NOT OPEN. That means CLOSED. All fic there is ALREADY PUBLIC. If you run into a link that says members only, that is NOT AN INVITATION FOR YOU TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY. That means that THAT FIC IS NOT PUBLIC ANYMORE.Repeat: ALL FIC AT THEBOROGOVES THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC ALREADY IS. IT'S ALL PUBLIC. WE ARE NOT HIDING FIC FROM YOU. THIS IS NOT A TRICK. SERIOUSLY.
So when you PM me at my journal asking me about this, please know that you're basically telling me that you didn't even bother to look at the profile for the community, which says all of this quite clearly. (I even changed it just now to extra extra big letters since it seems to be a problem for everyone! Does that help?) Also know that I cannot reply to you UNLESS YOU HAVE PRIVATE MESSAGING TURNED ON. (Seriously this has happened like 5 or 6 times by now, really??) So basically you're asking me an annoying question and then forcing me to ignore you. Awesome. Great work.
Also know that I am not going to fucking hunt anyone down anymore to answer your stupid question that you could answer yourself by taking two minutes and reading the rules to a community that you are asking to join. I am not your mother and I am beyond sick and tired of getting these messages all the time and having to repeat myself over and over and over. You guys. For real. This is not that complicated. It's in the rules. I've said it several times in mod posts. I don't know where else to put it.
FIC IS PUBLIC. FRIEND THE COMMUNITY TO READ. ONLY WRITERS ARE MEMBERS. WHICH IS WHY MEMBERSHIP IS CLOSED. THE END.
deep breath. okay, I'm sorry for the rant you guys, and please know this is not directed at any specific person that has sent me a message, but rather is built up bitchiness from like, 5 years of getting the same PM over and over again (5 years! I created this community in 2007! That's 5 years! Ridiculous!). I know that individually these are all probably very nice people and would feel bad for annoying someone and also most likely are young/not familiar with LJ etiquette, but seriously. Read the rules before you PM the maintainer of the community. This is basic common sense, am I wrong?
So, taking a page from many of my dear friends, I'd like to let you guys know my future plans regarding LJ.
I'm really not interested in staying there permanently anymore, I haven't been for awhile. If most of the fannish communities weren't there, I'd be long gone. Unfortunately, I have a permanent account (something I bought when I was, God, 16? 15? It was a present from my parents, I remember, and so obviously that was before I knew that I would come to disagree with 99% of LJ's business decisions) so I can't exactly ~stop paying them to express my displeasure, but eventually I hope to stop using it completely. Of course that day will happen once fandom stops using LJ completely, which seems to be LJ's intention, some days.
So from now on I'm going to be posting from DW exclusively. Anyone who has a DW account, please let me know so I can start working on my reading page and filling in the gaps. Comments will still be open at LJ, and I'm not gonna be shutting everything down just yet, but I'd like to start moving in that direction, at least.
But, maybe most importantly to the people surfing my journal/s, my fic will no longer be hosted at LJ. I've been slacking off lately attheborogoves anyway, and LOL it's mostly a OneDirection party there anyway (no hard feelings though, go crazy guys, you're awesome) so everything I write from now on will be hosted at my AO3.
I'll still signal boost it at LJ communities, and for challenges and stuff of course, but AO3 is gonna be my permanent gathering place, that's all.
I still have a free DW account and now that I have a job (which is going great by the way - !!!) I can hopefully upgrade to a paid one, because if there's any place that deserves my money, it's Dreamwidth. And for those of you who are maybe debating whether or not to make a transition, I strongly urge you to make the jump, because wow. It's such a change from LJ. It's so...friendly and transparent and logical. Who'd have thought?
I'm really not interested in staying there permanently anymore, I haven't been for awhile. If most of the fannish communities weren't there, I'd be long gone. Unfortunately, I have a permanent account (something I bought when I was, God, 16? 15? It was a present from my parents, I remember, and so obviously that was before I knew that I would come to disagree with 99% of LJ's business decisions) so I can't exactly ~stop paying them to express my displeasure, but eventually I hope to stop using it completely. Of course that day will happen once fandom stops using LJ completely, which seems to be LJ's intention, some days.
So from now on I'm going to be posting from DW exclusively. Anyone who has a DW account, please let me know so I can start working on my reading page and filling in the gaps. Comments will still be open at LJ, and I'm not gonna be shutting everything down just yet, but I'd like to start moving in that direction, at least.
But, maybe most importantly to the people surfing my journal/s, my fic will no longer be hosted at LJ. I've been slacking off lately at
theborogoves anyway, and LOL it's mostly a OneDirection party there anyway (no hard feelings though, go crazy guys, you're awesome) so everything I write from now on will be hosted at my AO3. I'll still signal boost it at LJ communities, and for challenges and stuff of course, but AO3 is gonna be my permanent gathering place, that's all.
I still have a free DW account and now that I have a job (which is going great by the way - !!!) I can hopefully upgrade to a paid one, because if there's any place that deserves my money, it's Dreamwidth. And for those of you who are maybe debating whether or not to make a transition, I strongly urge you to make the jump, because wow. It's such a change from LJ. It's so...friendly and transparent and logical. Who'd have thought?
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19 October 2012 03:03 pmI am now employed! What up!
Starting next week I'll be the director of the tutoring center at a college here in Des Moines. It's part time, but the pay is actually not bad (enough for me to get my own place eventually (!!!) if I choose to do so) and it's only part time in the evenings, which leaves me ALLL DAYYYY to write and send stuff out and do other things and such.
I mean, you guys, I'll have a salary and everything. I'm really taking this "pretending to be an adult" thing seriously, huh.
Starting next week I'll be the director of the tutoring center at a college here in Des Moines. It's part time, but the pay is actually not bad (enough for me to get my own place eventually (!!!) if I choose to do so) and it's only part time in the evenings, which leaves me ALLL DAYYYY to write and send stuff out and do other things and such.
I mean, you guys, I'll have a salary and everything. I'm really taking this "pretending to be an adult" thing seriously, huh.
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23 September 2012 03:54 pmLIFE WITH DEREK IS OFFICIALLY COMING BACK. THIS IS HAPPENING. NEW CANON IS HAPPENING.
YOU GUYS, LWD FRIENDS, WHERE ARE YOU, HOLY SHIT, LET'S HAVE A GROUP HUG, THIS IS AMAZING
I'M SO TOTALLY GOING TO DO A PIMP POST AS SOON AS I CAN STOP MAKING DOLPHIN NOISES, BECAUSE THIS FANDOM NEEDS TO BE A THING. ARE YOU LISTENING EVERYBODY? YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SHOW.
(UM, EXCUSE ME TEEN WOLF, REMEMBER WHEN MICHAEL SEATER AND ASHLEY LEGGAT DID A PODCAST IN WHICH THEY ACTED OUT A SCENE FROM A DASEY FIC, YES THAT REALLY HAPPENED AND YES IT WAS GLORIOUS SO ACKNOWLEDGE PLEASE)
YOU GUYS, LWD FRIENDS, WHERE ARE YOU, HOLY SHIT, LET'S HAVE A GROUP HUG, THIS IS AMAZING
I'M SO TOTALLY GOING TO DO A PIMP POST AS SOON AS I CAN STOP MAKING DOLPHIN NOISES, BECAUSE THIS FANDOM NEEDS TO BE A THING. ARE YOU LISTENING EVERYBODY? YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SHOW.
(UM, EXCUSE ME TEEN WOLF, REMEMBER WHEN MICHAEL SEATER AND ASHLEY LEGGAT DID A PODCAST IN WHICH THEY ACTED OUT A SCENE FROM A DASEY FIC, YES THAT REALLY HAPPENED AND YES IT WAS GLORIOUS SO ACKNOWLEDGE PLEASE)
Day 3, sort of - baked pork chops and peach raspberry kuchen! Better pictures this time because my mother's cell phone was not purchased in 2006, unlike other people I could mention (me).
( FOOOOOOOD )
( FOOOOOOOD )
what up! do it
16 September 2012 02:11 pmFrom jeyhawk/tumblr:
Pick a trope from this list and provide a fandom/pairing and I’ll tell you something about the story I’d write for that combination (i.e. write a snippet from the story or write not!fic or tell you the title and summary for the story I would write)
1. genderswap
2. bodyswap
3. drunk!fic
4. huddling for warmth
5. pretending to be married
6. secretly a virgin
7. amnesia
8. cross-dressing
9. forced to share a bed
10. truth or dare
11. historical AU
12. accidental-baby-acquisition
13. apocalypse fic
14. telepathy
15. High School / College AU
Reasons I abandoned my recipe meme: because I've been subsisting on coffee and spearmint gum for the past two weeks. I am significantly less happy with the lack of good food in my life but I've also lost like five pounds. I don't think that's a good thing, though.
I also have signed up for, let's see. 3 Teen Wolf exchanges. With the amount of writing I've been producing lately I don't think I'll have any trouble but still. Jesus Christ.
Pick a trope from this list and provide a fandom/pairing and I’ll tell you something about the story I’d write for that combination (i.e. write a snippet from the story or write not!fic or tell you the title and summary for the story I would write)
1. genderswap
2. bodyswap
3. drunk!fic
4. huddling for warmth
5. pretending to be married
6. secretly a virgin
7. amnesia
8. cross-dressing
9. forced to share a bed
10. truth or dare
11. historical AU
12. accidental-baby-acquisition
13. apocalypse fic
14. telepathy
15. High School / College AU
Reasons I abandoned my recipe meme: because I've been subsisting on coffee and spearmint gum for the past two weeks. I am significantly less happy with the lack of good food in my life but I've also lost like five pounds. I don't think that's a good thing, though.
I also have signed up for, let's see. 3 Teen Wolf exchanges. With the amount of writing I've been producing lately I don't think I'll have any trouble but still. Jesus Christ.