Fandom and RL in peace and harmony...ha!
Feb. 1st, 2010 02:44 pmThe ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snarryldws week one drabbles are up! Plz to be voting! Guess which one is mine and you'll get a cookie.
Oh, and I have already reached my first Snarry-a-thon fest freak-out, which is actually a very good sign. I must have at least three, you see, and the earlier they happen, the more likely I am to have a breakthrough in decent time to actually finish the thing.
Of course, my mother is interfering somewhat by demanding that I learn 3D modelling right this second, because she has dreams of setting up a cottage industry making videogames. An unusual family business, but My Bloke is an indie developer and programming student and Her Bloke is an experienced leet programmer. She says she'll do publicity. What she actually means is she'll be boss.
In this game-production dynamic, as according to them I am the only one with any artistic talent at all (oh dear), am obliged to be the chief game arteeste. I am scared. Especially since this will put me on the wrong side of the programmer/artist divide AND the artist/manager divide... and I'm already on the wrong side of the mother/daughter one. Also, mum has no more than girlfriend-knowledge1 of the areas at hand and will therefore probably be the kind of boss that demands things only achievable by magic.
That said, I can't get any other bloody job, and working on a game development team is a major step in the right direction. So... woo!
Any 3D modellers out there got any tips?
1. Is there a word for that magical second-hand knowledge of your partner's job/hobby, the stuff that makes you appear diverse and interesting at parties?
snarryldws week one drabbles are up! Plz to be voting! Guess which one is mine and you'll get a cookie.Oh, and I have already reached my first Snarry-a-thon fest freak-out, which is actually a very good sign. I must have at least three, you see, and the earlier they happen, the more likely I am to have a breakthrough in decent time to actually finish the thing.
Of course, my mother is interfering somewhat by demanding that I learn 3D modelling right this second, because she has dreams of setting up a cottage industry making videogames. An unusual family business, but My Bloke is an indie developer and programming student and Her Bloke is an experienced leet programmer. She says she'll do publicity. What she actually means is she'll be boss.
In this game-production dynamic, as according to them I am the only one with any artistic talent at all (oh dear), am obliged to be the chief game arteeste. I am scared. Especially since this will put me on the wrong side of the programmer/artist divide AND the artist/manager divide... and I'm already on the wrong side of the mother/daughter one. Also, mum has no more than girlfriend-knowledge1 of the areas at hand and will therefore probably be the kind of boss that demands things only achievable by magic.
That said, I can't get any other bloody job, and working on a game development team is a major step in the right direction. So... woo!
Any 3D modellers out there got any tips?
1. Is there a word for that magical second-hand knowledge of your partner's job/hobby, the stuff that makes you appear diverse and interesting at parties?
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Jan. 26th, 2010 02:43 pmMy plans for a Canon Event are on hiatus, because (disregarding RL for the moment) I have just realised that we have snarryldws and the ![[community profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
snape_potter Snarry-a-thon and I want to do both. And, indeed, am. Woo!
I have also finished one of two things forhelp_haiti and just have to send it off. The other thing is delicious scones, and because I want them to be as fresh as possible, I am just waiting for my lovely winning bidder to say the word.
So, that is me at the moment! Living from fest to fest, it seems.
Oh, speaking of which... I haven't reposted my Yule Balls fic. It was not the first story I wrote for the prompts, but the first story I wrote wanted to be 100k and I know I probably will never finish it in my lifetime, let alone before deadline.
Complicated History: Snupin, Explicit, Archived on AO3.
snarryldws and the snape_potter Snarry-a-thon and I want to do both. And, indeed, am. Woo!I have also finished one of two things for
help_haiti and just have to send it off. The other thing is delicious scones, and because I want them to be as fresh as possible, I am just waiting for my lovely winning bidder to say the word.So, that is me at the moment! Living from fest to fest, it seems.
Oh, speaking of which... I haven't reposted my Yule Balls fic. It was not the first story I wrote for the prompts, but the first story I wrote wanted to be 100k and I know I probably will never finish it in my lifetime, let alone before deadline.
Complicated History: Snupin, Explicit, Archived on AO3.
Help Haiti.
Jan. 14th, 2010 03:33 pmJust heard about help_haiti and immediately ran off to offer things. No fic, because my brain is feeling fragile and I am not sure how long this state will last, but delicious baked goods of a distinctly local nature and some jewellery. Am thinking about offering knitting too, but my knitting... well... it's rubbish. I am fine wearing it myself but I am not so sure about giving it away.
In any case, guys, check it out. The jewellery is stupid-cheap atm. :)
help_haiti and immediately ran off to offer things. No fic, because my brain is feeling fragile and I am not sure how long this state will last, but delicious baked goods of a distinctly local nature and some jewellery. Am thinking about offering knitting too, but my knitting... well... it's rubbish. I am fine wearing it myself but I am not so sure about giving it away.In any case, guys, check it out. The jewellery is stupid-cheap atm. :)
Semi-Regular Film Review
Jan. 8th, 2010 11:11 pmSoooooo... Pontypool.
Just rented it off the telly. It's weird to be in a room with three people who are often in accord (well, four, but mum doesn't count because she was drunk and fell asleep), and have three totally different opinions of a film.
I, for the record, loved it, but I don't know if that's going to help you out if you're trying to decide whether to watch it.
It's been... well, a very long time... since I was last scared by something. And I was properly panic-filled and tense in a really great way. And it lost me on the premise for about five minutes, but I waited and wanted it to stay good, and the tension sort of pushed away my failure to suspend disbelief, and I *love* linguistics, so in the end I ended up loving it. And I was delighted by the ending, my favourite kind, the one that doesn't shy away. I also especially love the nearly-zero gore, nearly-zero set changes, people-in-a-room format. I love it, because it scares the crap out of me, and I love people.
This is not very coherent, is it? Ah well. Basically, I loved it. In a personal hits-all-the-magic-buttons way. In a "Hmmm, I think I would get on with the author of this" way. And I want to watch it again right now. But everyone else in my house thinks it's lame, and so Anya is a sadface.
Oh, and Daybreakers: ruthlessly competent but sooooo... average. Bland. Blah. And the script ruined all tension with its lack of ability to assume imagination in its viewers. Quite the opposite of Pontypool, in fact!
Just rented it off the telly. It's weird to be in a room with three people who are often in accord (well, four, but mum doesn't count because she was drunk and fell asleep), and have three totally different opinions of a film.
I, for the record, loved it, but I don't know if that's going to help you out if you're trying to decide whether to watch it.
It's been... well, a very long time... since I was last scared by something. And I was properly panic-filled and tense in a really great way. And it lost me on the premise for about five minutes, but I waited and wanted it to stay good, and the tension sort of pushed away my failure to suspend disbelief, and I *love* linguistics, so in the end I ended up loving it. And I was delighted by the ending, my favourite kind, the one that doesn't shy away. I also especially love the nearly-zero gore, nearly-zero set changes, people-in-a-room format. I love it, because it scares the crap out of me, and I love people.
This is not very coherent, is it? Ah well. Basically, I loved it. In a personal hits-all-the-magic-buttons way. In a "Hmmm, I think I would get on with the author of this" way. And I want to watch it again right now. But everyone else in my house thinks it's lame, and so Anya is a sadface.
Oh, and Daybreakers: ruthlessly competent but sooooo... average. Bland. Blah. And the script ruined all tension with its lack of ability to assume imagination in its viewers. Quite the opposite of Pontypool, in fact!
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Jan. 5th, 2010 05:15 pmSo liek, I have got into jewellery making. I'm not fantastically well-equipped, but I have made some things, and, well... I think they're pretty. So I am selling them on Etsy, because Etsy rocks hard. What do ya think?
New Year, New Ideas... Part II
Jan. 3rd, 2010 07:16 pmFirst of all, a quick note: who here uses the Rich Text Editor to write entries? Anyone? Because I don't, but I switched to it to see if I could make a poll, and EVERYTHING EVER BROKE. This has been my experience every single time I have tried it. Pah.
( Well, anyway. Some thinky thoughts on fandom participation. )
So I was wondering... am I alone in this? When was the last time you read the HP books? And would anyone be interested in some sort of canon project? A read-along or something? A fest?
( Well, anyway. Some thinky thoughts on fandom participation. )
So I was wondering... am I alone in this? When was the last time you read the HP books? And would anyone be interested in some sort of canon project? A read-along or something? A fest?
New Year, New Ideas...
Jan. 3rd, 2010 01:08 amSo... I've been toying with the idea of trying to run a new gift exchange fest.
...Wait, why are you laughing?
Alright, alright, I am not known as Miss Super-Organisation or Miss Committed (Miss Should-Be-Committed?) but then again, doesn't that give me a... special perspective on gift exchanges?The perspective of the terminally useless? And I've got a whole host of delicious technologies I think would really help out, most of them made by Google, and I'd love to try them. Maybe I will even make use of Twitter. *nods like big interwebs geek she is*
I'd also like to host it Dreamwidth-only, because, well... it's no good me whining about how sexy it is and how everyone should use it, then not actually use it myself. And y'know, it might keep sign-up numbers down anyway, it'd be my very first fest, after all. Although I have invite codes to offer still, and I will be emailing someone about the mass invites DW will supposedly give out to RP comms and such to help 'em move to the dark side.
Anyway, here's the pitch: Weekend Slash. A gift exchange for those with commitment issues. With a weekend to write your gift in, a pretty rapid posting schedule, wham bam thank you ma'am. A short burst of high-pressure excitement with no long drawn-out stress-outs and shame and simply no time for procrastination. Just, yknow, for the fun of it.
I have given it somewhat more thought than that, but that's the general principle. Anyone interested? Anyone boggled by my lunacy? Anyone wanna point out it's been done somewhere already? And most importantly... anyone got any advice?
(BTW the Snarry Holidays reveals are up and this is mine.)
...Wait, why are you laughing?
Alright, alright, I am not known as Miss Super-Organisation or Miss Committed (Miss Should-Be-Committed?) but then again, doesn't that give me a... special perspective on gift exchanges?
I'd also like to host it Dreamwidth-only, because, well... it's no good me whining about how sexy it is and how everyone should use it, then not actually use it myself. And y'know, it might keep sign-up numbers down anyway, it'd be my very first fest, after all. Although I have invite codes to offer still, and I will be emailing someone about the mass invites DW will supposedly give out to RP comms and such to help 'em move to the dark side.
Anyway, here's the pitch: Weekend Slash. A gift exchange for those with commitment issues. With a weekend to write your gift in, a pretty rapid posting schedule, wham bam thank you ma'am. A short burst of high-pressure excitement with no long drawn-out stress-outs and shame and simply no time for procrastination. Just, yknow, for the fun of it.
I have given it somewhat more thought than that, but that's the general principle. Anyone interested? Anyone boggled by my lunacy? Anyone wanna point out it's been done somewhere already? And most importantly... anyone got any advice?
(BTW the Snarry Holidays reveals are up and this is mine.)
A brand new year.
Jan. 1st, 2010 08:50 pmHappy New Year, Folks!
( Doctor Who opinions: no spoilers that I can think of )
In conclusion: Bring on 2010!
( Doctor Who opinions: no spoilers that I can think of )
In conclusion: Bring on 2010!
Semi-Regular Film Review
Dec. 27th, 2009 09:05 pmTime for more unwanted opinions!
First of all, Sherlock Holmes!
I can't bring myself to write more than a few sentences about it, mind. The dialogue was sometimes spiffy, but mostly clunky. RDJ was great, natch, but I found myself rather more in love with Jude Law's Watson. The plot could have been cut down to about twenty minutes. Irene/Holmes was present, be warned, but Irene is pretty awesome and OH MY GOD COULD THERE BE ANY MORE SLASH so I don't mind much.
Generally, a bit rubbish. But worth it for the Holmes and Watson dynamic.
Now.... Avatar.
( Cut for spoilers and bulletpoints and references to Controversy. )
First of all, Sherlock Holmes!
I can't bring myself to write more than a few sentences about it, mind. The dialogue was sometimes spiffy, but mostly clunky. RDJ was great, natch, but I found myself rather more in love with Jude Law's Watson. The plot could have been cut down to about twenty minutes. Irene/Holmes was present, be warned, but Irene is pretty awesome and OH MY GOD COULD THERE BE ANY MORE SLASH so I don't mind much.
Generally, a bit rubbish. But worth it for the Holmes and Watson dynamic.
Now.... Avatar.
( Cut for spoilers and bulletpoints and references to Controversy. )
Christmas is interesting...
Dec. 24th, 2009 09:47 pmCor, this has been an... interesting... holiday season. I know Christmas is traditionally a time of family strife and loud arguments and ending up at St. Mungo's with a satsuma up one's nose, but bloody hell... if it gets any more passive-aggressive in here, my brain will begin to leak out of my nose.
Anyway: Merry Christmas, all! I hope you are all having a better one than I!
Now I am going to bed.
See you on the other side.
Anyway: Merry Christmas, all! I hope you are all having a better one than I!
Now I am going to bed.
See you on the other side.
Sorry, I promise this isn't going to devolve into a meme-only journal. Actually, I have a Snarry present planned, if I finish it to my satisfaction. Yes, that's a big if, I know.
In the meantime, memetime! Questions, and indeed, meme text, from![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lucianwolf, who said:
Yeah, the interview meme is going around again. If you want to play, just indicate in the comments and I will reply with three questions for you. Take my questions and post the answers in your journal.
( Questions below the cut, and they are really awesome ones. )
:D
In the meantime, memetime! Questions, and indeed, meme text, from
lucianwolf, who said:Yeah, the interview meme is going around again. If you want to play, just indicate in the comments and I will reply with three questions for you. Take my questions and post the answers in your journal.
( Questions below the cut, and they are really awesome ones. )
:D
Right now I am under the influence of a raging Dreamwidth boner.
Mostly cosmetafandom (which has EXPLODED in my absence, guys!) linked me to this post about DW and why it's cool.
So guys on LJ and IJ... plz to be adding me on DW too if you like or letting me know if you have a DW so I can add you :)
I have two invite codes btw, and I would love to direct your attention, if you need any encouragement, to such magic things as importing and crossposting.
Seriously. Come party over here guys.
Mostly cos
metafandom (which has EXPLODED in my absence, guys!) linked me to this post about DW and why it's cool.So guys on LJ and IJ... plz to be adding me on DW too if you like or letting me know if you have a DW so I can add you :)
I have two invite codes btw, and I would love to direct your attention, if you need any encouragement, to such magic things as importing and crossposting.
Seriously. Come party over here guys.
Huzzah, I am alive.
Dec. 16th, 2009 03:38 amSo I've been planning a big long entry of longness to break the Internet Ban I have been making a vague attempt to follow, something about Fest Season and Me. I intended to post it the second I hit the send button on my last (slightly-late-for-really-dumb-reasons) fest fic. But since I have that scheduled for tomorrow morning (read: will actually finally stop faffing and take the plunge some time in the late evening), and I desperately need to unwind right now or else I will not sleep, here is a meme.
( Meme stolen from Cluegirl )
( Meme stolen from Cluegirl )
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Dec. 7th, 2009 02:30 pmThanks for the v-gifts, guys! And anonymous cookie is anonymous... Intriguing!
( This is me smiling demonically over a Post Office receipt. )
In other words, I just sent everyone's presents! Hopefully they will arrive in a timely fashion. Royal Mail says its fine but I dunno if I trust it!
Still time if you'd like something though.
( This is me smiling demonically over a Post Office receipt. )
In other words, I just sent everyone's presents! Hopefully they will arrive in a timely fashion. Royal Mail says its fine but I dunno if I trust it!
Still time if you'd like something though.
Ramble! Excited ramble!
Dec. 5th, 2009 06:16 pmWhilst the menfolk stood around the hole in the living room floor today, I have written, drawn, made Christmas cards, glued things, shopped for presents and baked delicious scones for afternoon tea. I feel thoroughly domestic.
I am in Manic Christmas ModeTM!
I am also totally failing to keep up with the fest season. Probably because of all the writing, drawing, making and baking. At this rate it may be the new year before I read anything. But that's good, because I will need something to brighten my January! And I am having so much fun right now.
Accioslash, your Christmas SUPERSPECIALSURPRISE is ready to be posted! Everyone else's is nearly complete. (except yours, Emily, because I have the luxury of giving it to you in person.) *bounces*
If anyone else would like a holiday gift, electronic or postal, with no obligation to reply whatsoever, please to be filling out my Magical Christmas Poll. If you're in the US, or indeed any part of the world that is not the UK, you should fill it out sharpish! The Christmas postage deadline is the 12th.
*nudges encouragingly*
And guys! I don't have a Christmas icon! Can anyone point me in the direction of such a thing?
I am in Manic Christmas ModeTM!
I am also totally failing to keep up with the fest season. Probably because of all the writing, drawing, making and baking. At this rate it may be the new year before I read anything. But that's good, because I will need something to brighten my January! And I am having so much fun right now.
Accioslash, your Christmas SUPERSPECIALSURPRISE is ready to be posted! Everyone else's is nearly complete. (except yours, Emily, because I have the luxury of giving it to you in person.) *bounces*
If anyone else would like a holiday gift, electronic or postal, with no obligation to reply whatsoever, please to be filling out my Magical Christmas Poll. If you're in the US, or indeed any part of the world that is not the UK, you should fill it out sharpish! The Christmas postage deadline is the 12th.
*nudges encouragingly*
And guys! I don't have a Christmas icon! Can anyone point me in the direction of such a thing?
OMGZ CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT!
Dec. 4th, 2009 12:12 amSo lots of people on my f-list offering Christmas cards and presents and such. This makes me hopelessly excited! Not because I want lots of cards – though cards are coolio – but because I am a total gift-giving addict and card-making fiend, and I MUST get in on the action.
SO HAVE A POLL. Not an LJ poll, because I am cross-posting this, but a gdocs poll. It works the same way and everything, just I get all the results consolidated into one awesome Christmas spreadsheet!
GO HERE TO FILL OUT A SHORT XMAS POLL!
And guys? Go on, you know you want to! I don't care if we haven't even spoken before. Don't even care if you're not on my f-list. It'll make me happy to have cards to make/drabbles to write/surprise presents to wrap!
SO HAVE A POLL. Not an LJ poll, because I am cross-posting this, but a gdocs poll. It works the same way and everything, just I get all the results consolidated into one awesome Christmas spreadsheet!
GO HERE TO FILL OUT A SHORT XMAS POLL!
And guys? Go on, you know you want to! I don't care if we haven't even spoken before. Don't even care if you're not on my f-list. It'll make me happy to have cards to make/drabbles to write/surprise presents to wrap!
Accioslash just asked about people's first times. First fanfic, that is.
This is my absolute favourite question ever, and I have the feeling I may have told this story somewhere before. Possibly right here on this journal. However, I am going to tell it again, because I love to tell it, it's like re-living the magic.
( Oh BOY, do I remember my first fanfic. Hallelujahs, fireworks, light switches and opening doors, life-defining and everything else! )
This is my absolute favourite question ever, and I have the feeling I may have told this story somewhere before. Possibly right here on this journal. However, I am going to tell it again, because I love to tell it, it's like re-living the magic.
( Oh BOY, do I remember my first fanfic. Hallelujahs, fireworks, light switches and opening doors, life-defining and everything else! )
I've got this quote half-formed in my head... well, not really formed at all. It's a Doctor Who quote, I thought it was Ten but maybe it could be Nine...
Something about average, normal humans. Averageness, and how awesome that is. Nothing wrong with average. Fish & Chips and camping and stuff like that (okay, probably not the camping, that's a Torchwood quote*). It's probably one of the Doctor's 'The human race rocks man' speeches.
Anyone know what I'm blathering on about?
*"No other species in the universe goes camping. Celebrate your own uniqueness." – Captain Jack.
Something about average, normal humans. Averageness, and how awesome that is. Nothing wrong with average. Fish & Chips and camping and stuff like that (okay, probably not the camping, that's a Torchwood quote*). It's probably one of the Doctor's 'The human race rocks man' speeches.
Anyone know what I'm blathering on about?
*"No other species in the universe goes camping. Celebrate your own uniqueness." – Captain Jack.
