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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
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5:26 pm - Writer's Block: Morning Decisions
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This topic was random and caught me, so I decided to answer.
Sweet, all the way. I need the sugar rush. Most people I hear from prefer it savoury, but I like peanut butter on toast compared to omelette. And there we go.
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| Thursday, January 8th, 2009
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9:06 am - Attempting to be alive
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This has been one of the rare times I've logged into LJ since... ages.
I dunno, basically life has been a bit hectic in a sense. So much that I feel like I've fallen off the writing bandwagon so much that there's been a whole bunch of pioneers opening new writing lands in faraways places and I'm all but left behind, sitting on the ground and scratching random markings into the sand while I complain that not only my brain has rusted over, but that I've fallen totally behind in the fandom bandwagon as well (read: not watching TV anymore, the great gods!).
I've appreciated the time I've had in LJ, seriously. The friends I've met, the fun times I've had and OMGS the dramas and random squeeage with people miles away who share the same interest (it's hard to find rare slash fans in your circle of IRL friends who wouldn't think that you're either off your rocker or just humour you with lukewarm "yeahs"). It's been a whole... different lifetime for me.
But with the amount of (non)-blogging that I've done, I could write a book: How not to blog in your blog. Not that anyone needs instructions (look at the amount of dead blogs around), or encouragement. I've sort of seperated my "RL" blog with the LJ blog - which I thought to retain mainly for (non)-writing. It's www.sittinginateacup.blogspot.com, if anyone's interested, but that was just for (non)-advertisement purposes, nothing really interesting there either, haha. Lovely public relations officer I'll be. Ans yes, it's supposed to read 'sitting in a teacup', but you could read it as 'sitting in ate a cup' as well, either works for me.
To be honest, besides the excuses for not fanfic-writing, I'm also rather scared to write nowadays. Which is kind of the worst thing that can happen. I haven't read my friends list in ages, haven't read proper fanfic in ages, haven't kept up with the latest fandom developments... blablabla, and the usual omfg there are like 10 million writers out there who could do a better job.
Confidence, baby, confidence.
Haven't poked my LJ friends in ages, as well. A little guilty, a little embarassed and really miss you guys. How are things? Or, how are things, fandom-wise? Heh.
I don't really know why I'm rambling or what I'm rambling about. Probably the closest I can get to is that I feel that LJ is a long-lost ex-lover of mine which I feel like rekindling the romance with, but am scared - in a few ways - like in a relationship, that it might not last, whether it be either party's fault, and acceptance is another thing as well.
And there we go.
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| Friday, June 13th, 2008
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11:11 am - Sort of back
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Hello!
Well I'm posting this pre-last paper for my exam, but as far as I'm concerned, it's valid anyway. A drive-by post which I'll consider the official end of my hiatus. =D
( Other ramblings )
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| Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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5:09 pm - Official hiatus
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I don't know if anyone noticed that I haven't been on LJ for a while, but I'm gonna announce it anyway. I'm on an official hiatus from fandoms and squeeage and writing and reading.
I dunno when I'll be back but I sure will! Just that I feel very lukewarm towards fandoms theses days and I'll be around again when the urge to fangirl hits.
*muah*
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| Thursday, January 17th, 2008
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5:31 pm - Alive, sorta
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I have been on the internet, but not on LJ recently. Why? First, somehow only this site loads like dialup, and secondly, my friends/comm list is explody. So very explody that I can't even read through the titles in my free time, now that I have a temporary job.
I'm gonna clear up the friends list a little, mostly comms actually. Not that I'm not interested sometimes, but like ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) mylar_fic can take up a whole friends page in a day, which is a bit of a blessing and pain at the same time.
Writing hiatus for the time being. Squeeing and reading fic is not on hiatus, though, so I will be lurking around anyway.
Does anyone know any original gay fics without sex and not fantasy/sci-fi that can make you cry? They seem nonexistent.
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| Friday, December 21st, 2007
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10:30 pm - Drive-by
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So what have I been up to?
Gaming. Driving. Running errands. Cooking. Gaming more. Seeing my relatives.
After this commissioned piece is done, I think I'm going back to short and sweet. Or maybe long and without deadlines - the type that can sit around without me having to bother continuing it if I don't feel like it, or vice versa. I like short stuff. I miss short stuff. I remember the days when I couldn't write anything long.
Fandom squeeage for me has died down a bit, which is bad. I'll regain it hopefully, slowly. I think it's the whole barrage of fic and season 2 of heroes that has - is - drowning me. I think I have an affinity for the rare pairings. Oh, of course I absolutely love the almost canon ones, but they really run me dry after a while. I usually never really write for them for long, or at all. Take House/Wilson for example. Two short request pieces, that's it. But I still continue squeeing at them in the episodes. Claude/Bennet is getting too... unrare (that is not a word, but common doesn't seem right in the context) for my taste. Damnit. But then again it's Heroes. Unless it's Mohinder/Alendrajo or something I don't think I'll be able to run very far from it.
I can't believe I wrote a Snake/Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid) when I was fifteen. Talk about weird. But honestly, after playing a bit of the sequels again I think I'm falling in love with it all over again. Somehow Snake/Otacon is looking postively lovely to me. Or can I not look at anything and see slash anymore? Downside is I can't afford buying the console and the game (and I'm terribly lousy at it), so I don't think I'll be ficcing for them anytime soon. I hate it when you just dive into a fandom and they come out with 23094820384 sequels. I can't follow it all, damnit! Like Final Fantasy 7. If they had just stopped it there it would be so much easier, but now I'm so very out of touch I can't write anything about it anymore. I think there's a fine line (for me, at least), between watching something and liking it so much you're writing fic for it, and chasing after a series or a games frantically because you are trying not to drop too far behind in the fandom. Which is why maybe I should reduce my number of fandoms anyway XD.
Wonder if I should try my hand at baking cookies for Christmas. Then again these few days I'll be so busy running around celebrating and eating I might not be able to do that xD. Oh the joy of Christmas.
Anyway, to round this up... a meme stolen from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) futuresoon
Name a pairing/moresome from any fandom than you think I might know (or if you're brave, a fandom I don't know at all) and I'll write one sentence (possibly a very long run-on sentence) of how they spend a winter holiday together.
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| Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
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11:32 am - Fandom I LOVE YOU
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| Friday, November 23rd, 2007
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8:53 pm - Claude/Bennet yay?
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I need a beta for my horrible last minute Claude/Bennet piece. Around 4-5k words, not NC-17. Help?
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8:40 pm - Home
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So I'm home now.
Disappointed.
But hey, if I can't do anything about it shouldn't dwell on it, right?
Is it just all in my head? Argh. Damnit.
Going to apply for another university in the same course.
(Don't expect too much, tricia. Don't. You know you can't.)
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| Sunday, November 11th, 2007
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6:30 pm - ....
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| Monday, October 29th, 2007
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10:53 pm - Double Post Yay
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Stolen from veetvoojagig
Wishlist
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
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10:29 pm - omg flail time
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I have not completed the Claude/Bennet exchange, the awehsomez Veet's dream Monnet OR any of the sweet charity pieces (which are thank god, due on 31st dec)!
*flails*
Gimme some time to write please, coursework. *headdesk*
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| Sunday, October 28th, 2007
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6:42 pm - Introvertion
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| Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
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8:46 pm - Stupidity comes in many forms
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| Friday, October 12th, 2007
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12:49 pm - Real Entry... Sorta
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I realised I haven’t made a proper entry ever since I came over, so basically this is a rundown of all the ups and downs I’ve been having since I managed to plonk myself in the UK.
( Cut for long, rambly annoyance )
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| Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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4:48 pm - No takez awayz my internet life plz
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I got suspended from the internet today due to exceeding bandwith. What the shit is that? I apparently used up 2.4GB, and my traffic in was 2.08GB. How the heck does that work? I'm pretty pissed off, actually. Gah, oh well, I'm stuck here and I have to regulate my internet usage now, what else is there to do. I mean, I need to use the internet for loads of coursework, so yeah, shit.
(Excuse the cursing. I am pissed.)
Anyone have any idea how the hell I got 2.08GB of traffic out, with only 300MB in? I think I shut of Ares and other P2P programs already. Leaving it on the whole day would contribute as well, right? Cripes.
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| Saturday, September 29th, 2007
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9:10 pm - 2x01 Four Months Later
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| Monday, September 24th, 2007
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10:50 pm - Dorm Life
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This is my second day in my dorm and I realise I'm a fudging bloody prude. Everyone is out partying until 2 am in the morning every night and I choose to stay in instead and squee over TV shows and fanfiction. And I can't drink much because of the bloody alcohol allergies. Yes, m'dear, it is Not Good.
I just got my internet this morning. No torrenting. Daily allowance of 300MB. I'll probably have to get SKYtv for the Sci-fi channel, then I'll be behind by what... 2 episodes. Better than nothing, or the BBC channel which is behind by a season. Ergh.
And all my flatmates like partying. All British. So I'm the small Malaysian prude who stays in a her room all the time. No, I really won't go all pent up and start shooting up the place. I'm cool like that.
And I came on the wrong day. The wind almost killed me this morning. Apparently there's really bad weather coming in the West Midlands. Hard luck.
On the bright side my flatmates are cool with cleaning and all. Catering's lovely - they even had Malaysian curry on the list tonight, although it looked like lamb stew with oriental herbs with me. People are really, really friendly here. I'll get everything sorted out and everything should be okay. (Woah, I'm even starting to sound British... I think xD)
Tired, tiny bit intimidated, excited, hoping I'll get settled in soon - that about sums it all up.
Wish I could finish up the Plaunet in my head. Anyway, I'll try to fit it in. Don't think it'll be AU even if the new season airs, unless something really, really big happens with CE around (which honestly, I wouldn't mind either).
Oh and please my real life friends, email me when you want to. Oh heck, bloody email me if you see this. That's an order. Slap me with a trout, throw a sheep at me, whatever. Go on, whack me.
Cheers!
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| Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
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9:28 pm - Random Post
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I just realised my birthday is one day away from Mr. Bennet's. Not Jack Coleman but Mr. Bennet's. I am so not obssessed.
No, really.
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4:46 am - Hello from the UK
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I am in Birmingham right now, using my cousin's internet. Shall be moving into my dorms on the 23rd. Still getting over the jetlag and am therefore incoherent.
Short post to state I'm alive. There we go.
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