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Hi guys,
I'm coming to you now from downtown Portland, the city that has ever felt most like home to me in my life, while I kill a few hours in a wonderful quirky coffee shop on NW 23rd waiting to meet my next in a line of friends to nosh.
I've been three+ weeks without a car, hopefully to continue for only one more week.
I've been one week+ not working, and that will continue for two weeks when I'll start my new job of awesomeness.
I've been 32 for six days, and it's been a hell of a ride so far (thank you for all the good wishes, guys. Thanks.)
I've been in Oregon for three days, ( which are part of the one week I've been in a relationship with my best friend in California. )
So that's why I did it, if you were wondering. Shut up about the age difference, now, it's about time the young guy scored an older woman. |
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Your results:
You are Obi-Wan Kenobi
| Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 75% |
| Chewbacca |
| 70% |
| Qui-Gon Jinn |
| 69% |
| R2-D2 |
| 68% |
| Princess Leia |
| 63% |
| Lando Calrissian |
| 63% |
| Yoda |
| 62% |
| Padme |
| 61% |
| Mace Windu |
| 61% |
| Han Solo |
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You are civilized, calm, and
have a good sense of humor,
even when those around you don't.
You can hold your own in a fight,
but prefer it when things
don't get too exciting.
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(This list displays the top 10 results out of a possible 21 characters)
Click here to take the "Which Star Wars character am I?" quiz...
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So I discovered the bones of a story, written long hand, that I actually found really interesting. I'll probably have to clean that up and post it fairly quickly here. It has Sam in it! I like Sam. I suspect that I originally wrote the story when Rydra was talking about Walked Right Out of the Machinery, though. It has a lot of the same tone and theme.
I can't figure out where I put my phone. Also, what possessed me to pack up my travel coffee mug, for God's sake?
Although, y'all convinced me to unpack my vibrator. Heh. You do realize that I've been posting about *moving*, right? Nothing garnered more comments than mentioning I'd be without battery-run love. <3
I'm turning 32 next week! Quite chuffed about that.
Um. Couch surfing is fine, but couch surfing when you're allergic to your friend's cat? Slightly more troublesome. And yet I slept really well.
For being a relatively new knitter, I sent quite a few boxes completely full of yarn with the movers yesterday. They were really careful with my heirloom furniture, too, bless them.
I am excited for all the parties and seeing everyone, but there are good people here, and I'm going to miss them, so I'm getting sad about all the good-byes. In another day or two, I'll hit the point where I start yearning for the depressing part to be over. It's the drive to finish part of my personality. (Why yes, I am an INTJ, why do you ask?)
I've worried my cuticles this last week until they bled; haven't done that in years, my goodness.
Off to San Diego to race 12 miles tomorrow. Last race. |
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1. Slightly wide-eyed.
2. Out a substantial amount of money
3. Not entirely packed yet, and forced to stay at work late today for a stupid-ass meeting that begins at 4:30. BEGINS AT 4:30. Fuckers. I have shit to doooooooo and I no longer care about work at ALL.
4. Slightly topsy-turvy in the belly region. Ow, I hate nerves in my stomach.
5. OMGWHATAMIFORGETTING? WHERE DID ALL THIS SHIT COME FROM? WHY DO I STILL HAVE THIS BLAZER FROM HIGH SCHOOL? HOW CAN I TRICK MY FRIEND INTO CLIMBING INTO A BOX SO I CAN TAKE HIM WITH ME?
6. Where the fuck did all my money go, man?
7. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh*hic*
side note and request to fandom: I have now officially packed up my vibrator. I would appreciate it if no one wrote any sexy p0rn for the next month, as I will not be able to resist reading it, or do anything about it after the end credits. Thank you for your support. Pass the wine. |
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I have been thinking, as I get ready to move (again) about the kinds of things I’m leaving behind and the kinds of things I will find in my new place. My Mom, at one point, wondered what kind of sport I’d find myself practicing back East. I said, somewhat tongue-in-cheekily, that it would probably involved the reservoir lake twenty yards past the front door of my house.
Today is the 37th anniversary of Title IX. I am going to turn 32 a week from tomorrow. I have always been an athlete, since my Dad taught me to throw a football (I grew up in the Midwest.) While I have adjusted to my brain occasionally having fits and starts and migraines and shutting down, which took a little bit of readjustment of my sense of self, I am deeply, deeply grateful that my body has remained uninjured, unbroken, and strong enough to allow me to remain an athlete into my fourth decade.
Today I am reminded that I should also be grateful for the laws that have insisted that I have a right to play this hard.
( My brother has called me hard-core about sports; it’s possible that he’s right about it, but I’ve never run a marathon, or anything. I go that distance in a boat. )
Cofax's post on Title IX
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
*is drowning in boxes and suddenly DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE*
author's note: this not wanting to leave thing will pass, I'm sure.
Jun. 22nd, 2009 @ 09:36 am
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Hi guys,
I have begun the task of archiving the masterlists of recs over on Dreamwidth. You can find the first updated, tidy (hopefully no repeats!) list here:
Teal'c Fanfic Recommendations: Masterlist featuring meta, self-reccing, boosting of other people's work, het, slash, gen, backstory, and teamy goodness. It's such a pretty list anymore. I remember when you really couldn't find stories with Teal'c in a central role, but those days are no more.
I'm thinking of working the Janet recs next, or maybe Sam/Daniel, but since we started with Teal'c, it seems a good time to make the following PSA:
Public Service Announcement:
This year's IBARW will take place between July 27 through August 2.
The completely optional theme is global. Entries on race and racism from a global perspective, on post-colonialism, on the aftereffects of imperialism, on grassroots movements coming out of the Global South, and etc, are particularly welcome.
Entries in non-English languages are especially appreciated!
Get your PSA's straight from the source(s) at ![[info - community]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png) ibarw!
ETA: Janet, Season 1 and (only partially updated) Seasons 2-4 and 5 have joined Teal'c over at Dreamwidth. Livejournal users are already able to comment there under OpenID if you see something I missed or would like to self pimp! Also, anyone who wants an invitation into Open Beta at DWJ need only ask, I have many invitations!
Jun. 16th, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
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Today I fixed the cooling system for our x-ray generator. It was a basic reboot, after the building decided to shut down the cold water supply for some reason. The panels on the side of the cube were a bitch to remove, though.
User friendly my *ass*. I broke four fingernails! Above the quick and painless, but it's the principle of the thing! Why would you design a machine without taking into account whether it will mess up a girl's manicure?
Guess I should've clipped my nails this morning after all.
*sulks*
Jun. 1st, 2009 @ 04:41 pm
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So you guys are always welcome to friend and defriend. I've never had notifications turned on, so honestly, I won't even *know*, let alone get offended.
With people beginning to crosspost to DWJ and LJ, though, I'm getting double vision. In the attempt to read each of you just the once, there may be some access/subscription/friending shenanigans. Please to not take offense! No hurt is intended! It's just the shuffle and chaos of moving to DWJ (where everyone knows your name has no underscores! \o/) and sorting out how best to keep in touch.
As you were.
May. 1st, 2009 @ 04:15 pm
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Hello Dreamwidth open beta! Welcome to your third trimester.
I sincerely hope ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png) denise, mark and ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) janinedog have had a chance to get some sleep, but the glitch with the payment system looks nicely handled (this has been my experience with dreamwidth so far: not the problems per se, because yes, we're still in beta, but that they're handled quickly, efficiently, and with transparency.)
I'm beginning to panic about getting everything done in California and moving gracefully to New York without a hitch. I've decided I have to sell my car, so that's fun and extra work. I'm still involved in massive planning for a canoe race in three weeks, and I have two more months of work here to come through on. Then I have to choose a reputable and affordable moving company, organize packing and pick-up, find a new apartment, say good-bye here, visit with my family and get my arse (and my stuff) successfully installed in New York.
Which is probably why I'm dreaming of major illness in my family (my Mom has a history of cancer) but I seriously wish my subconscious would fuck off, because no amount of time can pass before even the dream of a relapse doesn't sent you into a tail-spin. Not a good way to start the day, srsly.
So, true to my own particular idiom, I offer gifts: Dreamwidth invites, as many as I have, first come first served (the first who came were those who responded a month ago to an LJ post, but I believe most of them found other sources of invites in the meantime.) Holla.
And, since the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) tealc_ficathon went live today (I'm going to be late, but I'll make it) I'd love to be the first to recommend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) janedavitt's haunting Teal'c/Cameron stranded story. She wrote it to my prompts, but so transcended them it's just amazing. Jane does a gorgeous job of having them get caught up in their own minds and dreams and then eventually connect to each other as something real, if just as characteristically frustrated. She does a particularly fine job of Teal'c's familiarity with the Tau'ri that still maintains a greater perspective of them in general and particular.
May. 1st, 2009 @ 09:44 am
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Writing update:
Teal'c Ficathon
Requirements: write to prompt, deadline May 1 (Friday), 500 word minimum.
Should be: drafted, edited and posted this week.
Is: 1,400 words drafted, requiring *significant* editing to not be incredibly annoying.
My love for this story: lukewarm, but at least I'm not going to default. My low expectations, let me show you them.
Short term: rewrite the thing in present, tight third person POV. Enough with the lovely cryptic structure, is not working.
Stargate Summer
Requirements: novel length, any story
Should be: drafted by mid-May. (OMG OMG OMG, no, I won't make that.)
Is: chapter one is drafted at about 4,000 words, which is under the 10,000 word estimate for a novel length with 5 or so chapters. It'll probably gain a lot in editing, but maybe the story's a novellA? Chapter two has some good bits. The rest are in short outline.
My love for this story: strong, with a side of dread. My high expectations, let me show you how they are frelling with my ability to get this done on time (and yet, it wouldn't progress at all if I hadn't signed up for stargate_summer)
Short term: type up the hand written bits for chapter one, tighten up a bit and post to draft filter for encouragement and hand holding.
Apr. 27th, 2009 @ 03:27 pm
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Hi guys.
You may have noticed something, or it may be completely invisible to you at this time, but here it is: I'm posting from Dreamwidth, and the underscores are gone. It's been a transition (not really), let me tell you (short story), deciding to lose the underscores (never wanted 'em, but this Russian woman already snagged minxy on LJ!) but I'm adjusting (party at 7PM!)
( How do you even begin to summarize stream of consciousness? )
Anyway, that's the state of the new place, and new journal. Soon to be broadcast from the new, very small town on the other side of the country (with such a more reasonable cost of living, thank god, that I will have internet and cable BOTH! In my apartment, even! I'll be back in touch with the beating pulse of fandom!)
Welcome to Dreamwidth, dream big. 'Scuse me, I need to go upload some icons.
Apr. 23rd, 2009 @ 03:16 pm
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Bite-size fic from the Sam Carter comment-a-thon:
Sam/Teal'c, early seasons, Full Frontal from shimmeringstar1. Dubiously SFW.
Cam/Sam, with some interesting lack of explanation, Vestry, from rolleson (host of the drabble-a-thon, props!). NSFW.
A little Jack/Daniel from the community, from kristy841.
Some Sam and Daniel (with Sam/Jack in the background) plays on competitiveness really effectively. nandamai's A Little Friendly Whatever from carnivalofsquee.
Longer fic:
A brilliant project from Dira Sudis to write missing scenes from Stargate early seasons (she's rewatching) that pass the Bechdel Test. This is a fantastic idea, and her first moment is between Sam and Sha're during Children of the Gods. Sisters in Arms, worksafe, from dsudis.
[fangrrl moment with bonus rec: I have loved Dira's writing ever since I read With the Dying, a Moebius fic of glorious sadness, and Teal'c and Daniel friendship. And glory. And sadness.]
I am thrilled to further recommend a wonderful *Janet* story, S7, pre-Heroes (or absent Heroes, perhaps), in which Janet ends up out in the field with SG-1, surprised by the power dynamics and capabilities of people she's used to mending. It's truly wonderful. Adrenaline from BetaCandy.
[fangrrl rec moment number 2: BetaCandy also wrote the early season's stories Acid Worms, Assess This (speaking of Janet stories) and (I'm limiting myself to three, I swear!) Mostly Harmless ]
Okay, okay, you know what? MORE JANET. This is amazing truthiness, or something. Sex as truth, as only paian can make it (well, other people can too, obvs, but Komos has a gift, I feel.) Visibilium Omnium et Invisibilium is Janet/Jack, really honest and good people who take great comfort in one another dealing with the need for greater intimacy after loss. When each has failed at intimacy before, and the risk of failure is great. Janet and Jack established relationship of sorts, post-Meridian (season five). NSFW.
And nearly Janet! Well, it's Cassie. And season 8 or 9, which means that annerbhp introduces Cassie to Vala. It's wonderful. Surrogate, which is Cass growing up a little, but still just as snarky as any kid exposed to Jack ought to be. A really nice unexpected friendship.
So, just to prove that I'm not *just* about the wonderful secondary characters and brilliant friendships and less-than-common pairings in this fandom, I give you:
Jack/Daniel (oh, that connection.) Instantaneous Old Married Love. dragojustine's Inside the Defenses. It's a set of interrelated scenes. NSFW, (fade to black.)
And first person Daniel. Which means the curlycue thought processes that sometimes don't notice important things, and sometimes do notice, with laser beam focus. Speaking Jack from cplberen is a nice logical progression to relationship. NSFW.
I'll catch up on other fandoms in a bit. This'll do for now.
Apr. 8th, 2009 @ 02:50 pm
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I am sick. This *bites*
So, in a 'misery would greatly prefer other people to be happy' gesture, please comment here if you would like a DreamWidth invitation. I'm a beta tester over there (and will likely port my minxy handle there very soon, though I have an ambitious goal of updating all my masterlists of recs when I do) and I would be happy to issue invitations when DW goes into open beta (or just lets me issue invitations. They are wisely not giving us access codes to issue until they're ready). ETA: I still have plenty of room on my list, so speak up if you fancy an invite. If you're curious about the DW schedule of beta testing and why you need an invite (or not), Synecdochic explains it really nicely here. /ETA
Now, the industrious folks over at DreamWidth (and I have been so impressed with all of them: the masterbrains, the volunteer wranglers, the codemonkeys... everyone is competent, committed and gracious,) are going to need capital. So if you were planning on spending the minimum $3 for a paid account for one month (which gets you in, and they are a very inclusive bunch, they won't kick you out) or even mudwrestle for a permanent $200 account (I think that's the number) then please don't request a free invite. If spending money on your blog is just beyond you right now (and, boy, do I understand, as it's beyond me) then holla. If you'd prefer to be anonymous to the blogworld in general, I'll screen comments requesting an invite unless explicitly invited to unscreen them.
All comments expressing sympathy with my ridiculously ill state will be unscreened and treasured. Just make sure you spray me down with lysol before you try to hug me.
ETA: oooh ooh OOH! You know what else? I'm going to start posting my stargate_summer story draft over there. It's gen and Teal'c early episodes (with the team, but all Teal'c POV) and I need a kickstart to get myself writing the draft and not just the outline. I'll post under a filter for cheerleaders, so if you'd like to help me fill in the missing bits, make sure you mention it once dw!minxy goes live.
ETA2: I'm really too sick to be trying to construct blog posts. It's really easy to sign into DreamWidth using a LiveJournal handle and OpenID account. It's a good way to see what's happening, and fandom is already staking out it's smutty, smutty corner with a commentporn battle. Bless us.
Mar. 30th, 2009 @ 01:03 pm
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Er, wow. So I have an interview at my favorite position.
New York peeps, brace yourselves. Come tax day, I'll be trying to convince some smart people that they want to hang out with me, and if it works as a test run, I'll probably try to convince *you* (very very smart people) to possibly spend a little time with me too.
(*bounces*)
(it's all up and down with me lately. I'm thrilled/panicked/thrilled/panicked... Pretty happy right now, though.)
Mar. 24th, 2009 @ 03:00 pm
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That sound of panic you most certainly did not hear this weekend was a near disaster with my computer. Thankfully, the problem was solved with a $40 part, and not a $500 logic board (or worse--a new computer).
Not, obviously, that I wouldn't love a new computer, if it was offered to me in a lottery-type windfall.
I feel it's important to point out to the universe, though, that I would greatly prefer not to have to handle any more major changes for the next, oh, six months. I have enough to be going on with for the moment, I feel, with applying for jobs and likely an out of state move at minimum.
This is the part where I attempt to return to a normal breathing pattern.
Mar. 23rd, 2009 @ 01:02 pm
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So cnidarian just commented on the early seasons SG-1 recs post, and corrected a broken link.
I LOVE THAT. Because not only was I reminded of the gorgeousness that is Every Art and Artifice (oh, Janet), but I was impressed with my own linking skillz, yo.
So. And because it's always fun to post something to cheer people: a recs post.
SG-1!
( fic recs )
SGA!
( more fic recs )
And, featuring the Ladies of Camelot, Merlin:
( I finally found the stories about the women! )
Mar. 5th, 2009 @ 04:57 pm
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deepad has said, eloquently, and well:
"I have doubted, often, where the line is drawn between diplomacy and cowardice, and where I place myself on it.
And then there comes a time like this when I choose to speak though I want to merely turn away in disgust, because I cannot consider myself an ally unless I do.
I publicly stand by Avalon's Willow, zvi_likes_tv, sparkymonster, ciderpress, shewhohashope, yeloson, copracat, oyceter, yhlee, spiralsheep, kate_nepveu, ktempest ... and the others, so many, too many people whose time and energy and abilities have been diverted by arguments that do not have genuine learning as their goal. I condemn the flagrant breech of internet morality that has made legal names ammunition against coffeeandink, and personal speculation justified against vom_marlowe."
Well said. I agree. Thank you for allowing me to borrow your words.
Further, I will not financially support professional writers and editors who behave in an unprofessional manner. I can't imagine that they will seek me out here in the internets, but I will not support their poor behavior here either.
I endorse and recommend: verb_noire, a community around a POC genre press. This By Us a project at the University of Minnesota Dance department about visibility and voice, The Remyth Project (there are three pages of witness, of stories and of comments), Asian Women Blog Carnival, The 12th POC SF Carnival: "Got Brown?" and the wealth of books by authors of color discussed, recommended and boosted at 50books_poc and in the comments at coffeeandink's post here. There's an Octavia Butler scholarship, but I've lost the link. rydra_wong and her epic collection of first person account archives of Racefail '09, Ann Somerville's summary of events here.
I encourage: recommendations of books, fanfic or shows I would enjoy by authors of color or about characters of color. I hope you will write about characters of color and give them meaningful roles in your stories, and believe that I will support, read and recommend your work to as great an audience as I can reach. I hope you believe in me enough to call me out on racist shit I might do, will argue with me when I am wrong, and accept my apology when I am contrite.
Like now: I have been silent, many of us have, and we should have been renouncing the appalling behavior and supporting the good fight. I renounce. I support. I will act to affect change as best I may.
Mar. 5th, 2009 @ 03:13 pm
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Oy, guys. I've had a couple of months here that have been crazy. Beyond usual craziness, I moved, got in a car accident, had massive traveling issues for the holidays, have been fighting with my advisor so incessantly at work that I think I'm going to leave either in May or at the end of the summer (we're in negotiations on that point,) and have become a closed-beta tester for Dreamwidth.
And throughout it all, you guys have been entertaining me with stories. And I, without internet at home (but armed with a prodigious number of tabs open with stories to read) have not been leaving nearly the amount of feedback I used to manage.
So it's high time to at least recommend the stories that I have so relied on for a happy, sane, or otherwise predictably smutty end to some of the craziest days ever.
Which means I need to tell you about a new fandom I've been reading. Now, I've seen the canon, and I loved the canon, but it's the kind of show that is quite happily derivative fiction taking massive, massive liberties with the original universe. (If that's not your thing, or you take exception to messing with beloved Arthurian mythos, I will understand if you skip this recs post.)
( I refer, of course, to the BBC's Merlin. Which I will now describe so that you know all you need to know if you want to just read the fic, but the show itself is quite pretty. )
Feb. 24th, 2009 @ 01:10 pm
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*ponders the 50-point font writing on the wall that says 'TIME TO LEAVE THIS JOB'*
*ponders the absolutely beautiful valentine someone left for me at svmadelyn's meme*
Feb. 17th, 2009 @ 04:19 pm
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