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| 2009-02-25 10:23 |
| Fic Amnesty: SGA, McShep, Coyote_SGA\ |
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So, according to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ithildyn today's Fic Amnesty day! The day when we can post the bits and pieces of fic lying about, unloved and unfinished, on our computers. Technically, this fic is very much loved, but it's very much unfinished as well. I was asked, ages ago, to write a pinch hit for the coyote_sga ficathon. As I was one of the few (and I think possibly there was one other) McShep-loving people affiliated with the comm at the time (I am no longer affiliated with it) the job of writing this pinch hit was brought to me.
I started it, but I never really got going on it. Now that I have parted ways with the comm, I might actually just dust it off and write it my way, no constrictions, no worrying about the AU canon, but given how much is on my plate right now, it may be a while.
For those who don't know, it's basically a 'mutant SGA' AU. Rodney was involved in an accident during some of his research, setting off a chain of events that exposed people to a dangerous chemical that gave them superpowers. Almost everyone had something different going on, but the only relevant ones hwere would be John and Rodney. John has an incredible hulk type thing going on (Remember how he looked in Conversion? When he gets mad, he turns into that) while Rodney ended up with a water based mutation. He can literally control it, but with the weakness of needing to be near it at all times as well. He goes too long without it and bad things happened.
So, with that introduction, here it is. This is basically the beginning of a AU-ing of Common Ground.
( Coyote_SGA - the McShep edition )
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| 2009-02-19 17:28 |
| We can has Obama!! |
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Came home from work to find Obama's visit to Canada has started (didn't think it was this soon) and YAY! press conference.
It's random, but my reactions!
Dear President Obama. Iowa is a state. Ottawa is a city in Canada. *giggles* I promise you, it wouldn't be a good idea to mix them up right now. Not with several million Canadians watching you with crossed fingers and gritted teeth. (Though, awww, if I was facing a diplomatic clusterfuck that the US/Canadian relationship has become, I'd be nervous enough to flub a lot more than a city name *sympathizes with him* Still. *grits teeth and crosses fingers*)
( Further thoughts on the press conference, if you want to pretend US/Canadian relation are the stuff of cotton candy and rainbows, you might not want to click )
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| 2008-12-29 20:22 |
| mark your calendars, this has to be a first. |
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The first time livejournal actually updated it's status page before I thought to look at it. Think they've heard me complaining?
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| 2008-11-18 12:41 |
| foiled! |
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damn, so close. I was 200 entries shy of backing up my journal on LJ. And, er, LJ went down. Hopefully they don't lose any info!
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| 2008-10-26 12:24 |
| ah, the monkeys found the booze. |
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As LJ is down again but the status page insists all is well. *eyeroll* Just as well, I suppose, I was engaged in a 'someone is being wrong in the internet' style debate and was a hairsbreadth from smacking the stupid out of them.
Why do people insist on 'asking for opinion' when really, all they're looking for is a validation that, yes, they can be an asshole to whichever group has their undies in a knot? (Or better yet, why do they insist on doing it in places that I can see them? You KNOW I'm gonna call them out on it. It's a hardcore part of my genetic make up.)
And dammit, LJ, why do you go down right when I need to get into my writing post to finish my sg_rarepairings fic. (Speaking of, anyone wanna read a Michael/Teyla AU and tell me if it sucks or not?)
eta: ARGH. LJ. AGAIN? All I need is a chance to post one damn request to the sg_rarepairings comm to hook someone up with a beta. Just one chance! C'mon man.
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| 2008-08-24 00:12 |
| that's some bad hat Harry |
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For what seems like the bajillioneth time this week, I am closing out my day with Jaws. (Okay, right now I took a break to watch Jeremy Brett in a Sherlock Holmes ep. *loves his Holmes madly* Bless PBS for showing these.) I laugh because it seems to be becoming my comfort movie. As I said earlier in the week, Wendy has her zombies, I has my maneating sharks.
I'm still considering something Jaws-related for NaNoWriMo. Since the movies went and, er, forgot the middle child, Martin jr, I am vastly tempted to genderbend him into a her (it's me. You were expecting something else?) and write an AU where it's thirty years later and she's a disgruntled adult annoyed by the following
- Benchley wrote about her family; but turned her into a boy.
- The movies forgot her entirely.
- Anyone who connects her to those Brodys, immediately remarks on one of the previous points.
I'm tempted to throw in there that she was the only Brody not to be attacked by Jaws, but I dunno. I'm also tempted to make this story from the POV of a biographer sent to write a book about the First Family of Sharks. Not that I've done any thinking about this or anything. (And, well, not anymore than I have about any of my potential NaNos. I have a list.) It's a really crazy idea. I mean, who would read it for one? *G* Either way, once Holmes is over, I will go back to my maneating sharks and be quite happy about it. (Seriously though, is it bad that during the whole movie, the only deaths which really bother me are the dog and Quint at the end? Hrm. *G*) - Got my schedule for next week today. I gonna die. It's a full forty hours, the first I've had since I started work, but in this case, it's because we lost two girls this week. One to college, the other to a higher paying job in another town (financial troubles, elsewise, she wouldn't have left) and dear old me gets to pick up the slack along with another girl. Except she's a high school student so, while she can work 38 hours this week, in a couple, it won't be that easy, so I'm imagining this will be the pattern until they can hire - and train - replacements. This week, though, I only get one day off. Which, really, I'm not complaining about too much. It means the hours are spread out over an extra day so, rather than five eight hour shifts, it's six shifts with shorter ones which includes two splits. The splits are the ones I'm dreading. *G* They're also the only ones which involve me working until closing (and I wager, I have those since of me and the other girl, I'm the only one of age thus I can sell liquor/lottery. She can't. Joy. *hates the lottery machine with a passion*) I can't complain too much though. I'm travelling to Halifax on the fourth of September (will be there until Sunday afternoon of the seventh) and payday is that fourth so I get monies. Nice monies. It will help with the traveling and, possibly, potential fun should I manage to get some shopping in. Still. Six days of work this week. Including tomorrow (11 - 5) I gonna die. Write me porn plz? *G*
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| 2008-07-17 17:44 |
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Wow, the layout is all AWESOME here now! *approves*
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| 2008-07-01 14:06 |
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the day I have off, and open up a drabble-a-thon, LJ starts acting up. Well. Fine. The post I was working on over there now gets to go here first.
So, yes. Right. I have heard the news. I do not want to make just another post on the matter. It just feels...I don't know. Spurious somehow. ( I ruminate a little )
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I finally found out why I got so many comments on my Firefox review for "Arctic" it got linked over at Kryptonsite in a Chloe v. Lois debate. People were defending me! T'was cool! Also, some were accusing me of being biased, which amused me. Apparently, by their logic I'm good at maintaining my neutrality. Until they disagree with me. *cough* Right.
As fun as it was to watch myself be used as 'evidence' in a fandom battle, I'm relieved they haven't connected my RL to my fannish one. While my opinions re: Lois have dick all to do with my fannish interests, I hold no illusions that my detractors would believe me.
That aside, it is absolutely hysterical to stumble across these things now and then. Makes me wonder how TPTB feel when they do the same.
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ANYWAY, in good news, the First 'First and Fourth' Drabble-a-thon has opened up over at matt_mohinder and can be found here *shoos my M/M friends* there aren't a huge amount of prompts, but enough for there to be some pretty awesome drabbles!
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Um. They're planning a sequel to 300. WTF?
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Also on the sequel front, I've been thinking (in between writing SGA Big Bang and fussing with Heroes Big Boom - aka my Heroes Sweet Charity fic - and my SG1/DW Sweet Charity fic) about the next Bond movie. My inner Bond fan wishes it was SPECTRE in the new movie, but I reallllly doubt it. I'm guessing after all the copyright drama in the 70s/80s about them, the Bond gang really doesn't want to go there again.
WOE. It would be so awesome and dovetail nicely with my Bond personal canon. The part about Bond having a daughter with a SPECTRE agent. Sometimes, I think it would be fun to do it, but then I think it's pretty much already been done with ALIAS. Granted, in my head the Bond/SPECTRE agent wouldn't have had the same dynamic as Jack/Irina, but there'd be a lot of duplication (precisely why when I chose to give Bond JR a name, I named her Jennifer *G*) .
So, for now, it remains a happy (translation screwed up) AU that I happily fantasize about when the latest Bond trailer rolls around.
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Got this from meret on LJ. How Canada Stole The American Dream. Ironic since a friend and I were having a discussion very much along these lines last night.
We got to talking about Canadian statutory holidays (government mandated) and discovered, compared to the US, we have a lot more of them. I work in a grocery store (averaging about 37 hours a week) and yet I'll have around five or six of them this year. Christmas, Canada Day, New Years Day (I think), Labour Day, a municipal holiday I think...there's a bunch.
So I'm finding the article fascinating, and quite accurate. Not in the "Nah, Nah, We're Better than You" sense, but in the cultural sense. The things which drive the US versus the things which drive Canada.
And oh god, Stuff White People Like is run by a Canadian? *FACEPALM* I am so sorry, people. SO sorry.
But \o/ CANADA DAY! Jaws is on! And, sooner or later, i am going to bang out a few thousand words on my Big Bang.
Okay, so I can dream on that last one.
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| 2008-06-22 13:37 |
| oh hai, big yellow ball in the sky.... |
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That I haven't seen in like a week since we've had rain, rain, and for a change? Sunshowers. (no really) It's just been a dreadful week to get anything done. The lawn is to the point that I should be charging exorbitant fees to take people on safari. I just can't seem to get a day that is both nice (thus the lawn not soaking wet) and I am off. I'm off today, but yeah, I worked three grueling 8-hour shifts in a row.
I am so not up to yard work today. My feet and my legs would probably find a way to beat me senseless if I even tried. So, I am taking solace in the fact that it is Sunday, I have fic to write (SGA Big Bang no less), movies to watch, and Evernight to re-read. (Possibly in preparation for fic) The yard can wait. I'll just invest in a good machete if necessary.
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I so need to get a decent layout going over here. Also on LJ (which reminds me, need to pay for extension on extra userpics. I am somewhat addicted)
OOoh, that reminds me. GIP! I was pointed to a bunch of awesomely snarky Indiana Jones icons. I don't usually like animated ones, but the snark was beautiful and I couldn't pass it up. They're too big to use on LJ alas, but they're fine and dandy over here on InsaneJournal which, *cough* is probably going to be more of an incentive to post here. I haven't been all that up for posting on LJ lately. Not much of interest anyway. Between frantically trying to catch up on Big Bang's word count (how bad would it look for the S/W mod not to finish), work, and just a general malaise of "god, I suck at this stuff. Can't write worth a damn and have nothing epic and interesting to say" I just haven't really said anything at all.
It's a wonder people haven't sent out search parties or sommat.
I suspect it's my yearly birthday malaise settling in. I don't know. I've been trying these last couple years to change it, but it's still hard to prevent that general feeling of suck that steals over me around this time of year. ( this is not particularly cheerful )
Of course, this year, I'm working at a different job so God only knows what shift I'll have. If it's a night shift then \o/ depressing family obligations averted. I'll still have my yearly emo to get over, but without the dinner, it will be a lot easier to deal with. Especially if I can avert the emo before then.
Improving my Big Bang wordcount may go toward doing that (not to mention the fact the first draft is due like the day before my birthday). Plus finishing a couple of my challenges. IE my two remaining Sweet Charities. One is going to become my Heroes Big Boom, the other is a SG1/DW crossover. There's a certain feeling of accomplishment and that can make just about anything better.
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Oh god. There is a rumored potential trailer for T4 out there. Descriptions are here. If this is legit, then there are vague spoilers. I'm not sure though. ( I just know one thing. )
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| 2008-05-10 23:54 |
| oh fandom... |
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Without getting into specific details - as, really, it's a hodgepodge of a couple fandoms right now - oh fandom. Some days, your antics aggravate me, other times, they are so pitiful, they are hysterical. Just. Really. *is amused*
Unrelated, but yet related, *points at icon* either my comments from my SV reviews are having an effect, or I am tapping into someone else's brain. I went looking for new Oliver icons and found this. (didn't see many beyond Ollie/Lois and, er, no*) and found this one.
Total \o/ moment. ( light-hearted thoughts on Lois and Cat )
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| 2008-04-25 12:14 |
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Ordinarily, I do not get involved in the wank much, but Boobgate '08 has really hit a sore spot with me as I deal with this shit daily. I'm just gonna copy and paste a comment I made to a clueless moron (and boy was he ever) in liz_marcs's journal here. Witness how he does not get it. (and bless havocthecat for smacking him one)
( and this would be what I said )
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You know, I always adored my Dad. He was awesome. As a person and as a man, but I think, it wasn't until I grew up and had to deal with every asshole out there who thinks my boobs (and my body) are there for public consumption (btw, I ever go to a con and theferrett is there? I'm bringing mace. JUST IN CASE.)?
Now I REALLY appreciate him. He died when I was seventeen, but not once did my dad ever make me feel like, as a woman, I was less than. My dad made me feel beautiful, special, important, and most importantly? Smart. Something everyone knew. He was as proud as hell of my intelligence and made sure I knew it, even without ever really saying it verbally to me. I never once doubted it. Ten years after his death, I still don't doubt it. I doubt a lot of things in my life, but not that. And I grew up believing my brain and my opinions mattered, not my body parts and their respective sizes.
Thank *GOD* for that. Otherwise, with guys like theferrett...
yeah. My Dad ruled.
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| 2008-04-13 16:22 |
| I am experiencing wardrobe envy... |
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Well, if you ignore the red bustier I am. Watched Elektra last night after I got home from work. I don't know how I got the impression that movie was bad. I found it to be anything but. A few points were quibble worthy, but for the most part, I really loved it. More than I loved Daredevil even. Of course, with Daredevil, I wasn't all that impressed by the plot while I loved the casting choices. In the case of Elektra, I pretty much loved both. I have to say, I vastly prefer Jennifer Garner as Elektra than I do as Sydney, but then, that's not hard to do.
Now, that said, must go figure out how to write my Remix pinch hit. I want to have it done by tonight. *crosses fingers*
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| 2008-03-12 23:08 |
| oh just great... |
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LJ is apparently screwing with people again. There's talk of messing with the paid accounts, they've done away with the basic accounts. Good, god, I need to get a job so I can afford to pay for an account over here. Also back up my fic.
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| 2007-12-03 23:14 |
| well, that's a first... |
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they're trying to give dangerous offender status to a drunk driver.
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I mean. Dude. He killed four people. Not mitigating his crime, but we do usually save Dangerous Offender status for the really bad ones. Like the habitual offenders who have next to no chance to be rehabilitated. Guys like Paul Bernardo. This guy is a repeat offender with three drunk driving convictions on his record and I agree he needs a stiff sentence.
But Dangerous Offender? That's "lock you up and throw away the key" territory and a designation I don't think we should throw around lightly. It's difficult to get that status and it's difficult for a reason.
Four deaths, he deserves a very long sentence. Upwards of 25 years at least. It's not so much the length of sentence here that bothers me. It's the designation. His crime is serious, but Dangerous Offender is the top of the line. There are lesser labels (Ala Long Term Offender) that would suffice. There's just something about this that's not sitting right with me. I think it's the level of maliciousness involved. To me, Dangerous Offender is someone who is actively engaged in the hunting of other people, in terms of pedophilia or serial killers. There's a conscious and active decision to torture/harm/murder someone.
While this man is a danger to society and deserves a hefty prison term, he's lacking that kind of malice and I think there's a line there that should not be crossed. If this is more of Harper's "tough on crime" trickling down to the provinces, I'd really rather he do something constructive about this. Locking drunk drivers up and throwing away the key isn't going to stop the problem. It's cleaning up after the fact.
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Am I the only one who hears that Sean Kingston song "Beautiful Girls" and immediately wants to smack his face off something? The lyrics just irk me like nobody's business. Seriously. I thought it was a nice tune until I started to pay attention to the lyrics.
Now? Seething rage.
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Somebody tell me to stop adding Fly Fusion accessories to my Amazon wishlist (am I the only person who uses that thing as a personal shopping list? *G*)
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bantha_fodder, aj, voleuse, my Pretender fen? OMG WTF? They may resurrect The Pretender? *SQUEAKS*
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OMG. WANNNNNNNNNNNNNNT!!!!!!!! Curse the fact I avoid my family on the internet like the PLAGUE. I'd touch them toward this link. (Seriously, online is MY TERRITORY and the idea of my family anywhere near my online hang outs is a big ol' pile of DO NOT WANT)
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| 2007-12-03 00:04 |
| Oh yes, Keptin, Livejournal vas inwented in Kiev. |
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OMG. We have been sold to the RUSSIANS people. See?Jokes aside, I'm a smidge apprehensive about this. Wasn't there all sorts of wank over the Russian side of LJ filtering out some group's name last year? Just when you think it's safe to venture out onto your f-list...*Jaws music**Also, in funnier news, best typo ever. "Her lips curve into a wicked smirk as Dean's frustration summers."Yes, that's right folks. Dean Winchester's frustration pwns your frustration. Dean Winchester's frustration summers because he is Dean Winchester and he is just that badass. *The first of my advent drabbles was posted last night. A Better OfferSmallville; Chloe/Ollie; S7 spoilers ; 567 words "To be honest," Oliver says, leaning on the rickety table, "I think you're wasting your time at the Planet."
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| 2007-12-02 15:22 |
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gah, blizzardy day. LJ is down. *wail*
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