Yesterday was the first day of Nanowrimo. Fortunately, it fell on a Sunday, which is also the day we have traditionally held our write-ins. Because of the size of our group, we are holding write-ins at the library this year instead of at a local coffee shop. The only down side is that the coffee cart in the lobby of the library is not open on Sundays. I'll have to plan ahead enough that I can stop somewhere and get coffee on my way to the write-ins.
The result: I was able to get off to a good start: 2100 words in about two hours.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Work-Out Updates
I decided a while back to stop posting my workouts here. I have a log that I keep off-line to track progress, which is a better method for me.
I did buy new running shoes tonight. I've needed them for a while, but the Saucony model I normally buy is rather expensive (really good motion control shoes which saw a $25 price increase this year) and is not carried locally. I have to order them. However, a local sporting goods store was having a sale on running shoes, and there were a couple pairs listed in the flyer that I wanted to try as an alternative to spending $120.
The first pair was a Brooks model, which were a closeout of last year's model. Runner's World had flattering things to say about 2009 version of the shoe, and it seemed like it would be a good shoe for my flat arches. OK. They were comfortable enough, although they felt different than my old Saucony's which I had worn to the store.
Then I tried on another pair on a whim, an Asics shoe. As soon as I tightened up the laces, I knew I had found the shoe I wanted. They hug my foot just like the Saucony's, and there was plenty of room in the toe box. I know nothing about this shoe other than that -- it fits like my Saucony's. Oh, and the shoes were cheaper than I thought. With a coupon from the flyer, I got the Asics shoes, nice new cushiony insoles with arch support (a must), and brand new running socks, all for less than $80.00.
Tonight the shoes go for a test run.
I did buy new running shoes tonight. I've needed them for a while, but the Saucony model I normally buy is rather expensive (really good motion control shoes which saw a $25 price increase this year) and is not carried locally. I have to order them. However, a local sporting goods store was having a sale on running shoes, and there were a couple pairs listed in the flyer that I wanted to try as an alternative to spending $120.
The first pair was a Brooks model, which were a closeout of last year's model. Runner's World had flattering things to say about 2009 version of the shoe, and it seemed like it would be a good shoe for my flat arches. OK. They were comfortable enough, although they felt different than my old Saucony's which I had worn to the store.
Then I tried on another pair on a whim, an Asics shoe. As soon as I tightened up the laces, I knew I had found the shoe I wanted. They hug my foot just like the Saucony's, and there was plenty of room in the toe box. I know nothing about this shoe other than that -- it fits like my Saucony's. Oh, and the shoes were cheaper than I thought. With a coupon from the flyer, I got the Asics shoes, nice new cushiony insoles with arch support (a must), and brand new running socks, all for less than $80.00.
Tonight the shoes go for a test run.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Work-Out #3
Location: The club again. It was 40 F out, but overcast and drizzling a mix of snow and rain.
Mileage: 2 laps to warm up, then 26 minutes of continuous running at about a 12 min/mile pace. 2 laps to cool down. Total mileage was about 2.4 miles. Started out tired from last night, but at the end, even though my legs were tired, I could have continued running. Decided not to push it.
Duration: A little over 30 minutes, not including stretching time.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Work-Out #2
Location: TKD school
What we did: Conditioning night. Lots of jumping and running around; some good squats. Not much TKD.
Duration: 1 hr
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Tomorrow, if the weather holds, I'm hiking up one of the local hills with a friend. (Weather holding means it's above 40 F outside).
Work-Out #1
Last night was my very first work-out on road to running the half marathon. Since I've found training logs to be motivational, I'll be using my blog to keep track of work-outs -- all my work-outs, not just the running ones.
So:
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Work-Out #1
Location: The local gym. It was 34 F outside, overcast, and damp. Not my ideal running weather.
Mileage: A little over two miles. Warmed up w/2 laps. Ran about a mile. Walked 2 laps. Ran about another mile. Then cooled down with 2 more laps. The second mile got pretty tough at the end. Legs were tired, lungs were OK. I really need new running shoes, though.
Duration: Oops, forgot to look at my watch.
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TKD is tonight. We'll see how my legs feel after that.
So:
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Work-Out #1
Location: The local gym. It was 34 F outside, overcast, and damp. Not my ideal running weather.
Mileage: A little over two miles. Warmed up w/2 laps. Ran about a mile. Walked 2 laps. Ran about another mile. Then cooled down with 2 more laps. The second mile got pretty tough at the end. Legs were tired, lungs were OK. I really need new running shoes, though.
Duration: Oops, forgot to look at my watch.
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TKD is tonight. We'll see how my legs feel after that.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
A New Plan
I've always done better at sticking to a work out plan when I'm training for a specific event. The last event I trained for was my second degree black belt test. I worked out pretty hard for six weeks, and although I did see some improvement in my cardiovascular fitness, I didn't see the numbers on the scale go down any.
Right now, I'm the heaviest I've ever been (about 176 give or take, depending upon the scale I use), and I'm tired of it. I still want to continue to improve my fitness and lose weight. So I need a new plan.
The other day, my yougest sister gave me a flyer for the 3rd annual local marathon, which also includes a half marathon and 5-K and will be held on July 12. A friend and I had talked two years ago about trying to run the half marathon. 13 miles is twice as far than either of us had ever run, but we figured we could easily do a combination of running and walking and still finish in the time allotted. And then nothing came of it.
This year is different. The half marathon is going to be my goal. I have five months to train, and I'm going to sign up for an inexpensive group training program offered by a local running group that starts in three weeks. The minimum run length, according to their web site, is 2 miles. I can get up to that in three weeks.
My ultimate goal will be to lose 20 pounds and finish the half-marathon in under 3 hours.
Right now, I'm the heaviest I've ever been (about 176 give or take, depending upon the scale I use), and I'm tired of it. I still want to continue to improve my fitness and lose weight. So I need a new plan.
The other day, my yougest sister gave me a flyer for the 3rd annual local marathon, which also includes a half marathon and 5-K and will be held on July 12. A friend and I had talked two years ago about trying to run the half marathon. 13 miles is twice as far than either of us had ever run, but we figured we could easily do a combination of running and walking and still finish in the time allotted. And then nothing came of it.
This year is different. The half marathon is going to be my goal. I have five months to train, and I'm going to sign up for an inexpensive group training program offered by a local running group that starts in three weeks. The minimum run length, according to their web site, is 2 miles. I can get up to that in three weeks.
My ultimate goal will be to lose 20 pounds and finish the half-marathon in under 3 hours.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Funny Story
The other night, I'm getting ready to leave my TKD school. It's about 7:45 p.m., and it's 5 F (if that) outside. I'm sitting in the lobby putting on my shoes when a six-year-old boy comes out of the locker room with his boots and his bag. He sits down and starts to put on his boots. He's wearing a t-shirt and jeans.
I look at him and say, "[his name], don't you have a coat?"
He says, "Oh yeah! It's in the locker room."
He runs back into the locker room, gets his coat, and comes back out. Five minutes later, I'm standing around talking to another (adult) student. Our sixteen-year-old instructor (who is almost seventeen and mature for his age) goes out the side door, starts his truck to let it warm up, then runs around and comes back in the front door. He says something about it being cold outside. He's wearing....a t-shirt and jeans.
I look at him and say, "[his name], don't you have a coat?"
He says, "Oh yeah! It's in the locker room."
He runs back into the locker room, gets his coat, and comes back out.
Heh.
I look at him and say, "[his name], don't you have a coat?"
He says, "Oh yeah! It's in the locker room."
He runs back into the locker room, gets his coat, and comes back out. Five minutes later, I'm standing around talking to another (adult) student. Our sixteen-year-old instructor (who is almost seventeen and mature for his age) goes out the side door, starts his truck to let it warm up, then runs around and comes back in the front door. He says something about it being cold outside. He's wearing....a t-shirt and jeans.
I look at him and say, "[his name], don't you have a coat?"
He says, "Oh yeah! It's in the locker room."
He runs back into the locker room, gets his coat, and comes back out.
Heh.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Random Stuff
A few random thoughts:
1. Nanowrimo is going well. I was at about 6200 words last night, only about 400 short of the minimum daily pace. But 400 words is easy to make up, and since I can't work out tonight (see item 3 below), I'll have plenty of time to devote to writing.
1. Nanowrimo is going well. I was at about 6200 words last night, only about 400 short of the minimum daily pace. But 400 words is easy to make up, and since I can't work out tonight (see item 3 below), I'll have plenty of time to devote to writing.
2. Obama is the apparent President-elect. *sigh* I just hope that his unwise tax policies don't push the country too much further into the recession. I'd rather have a healthy business and a good salary than a one-time tax rebate. I don't understand how exit polls can cite voters' #1 concern as the economy and then those same voters elect Obama.
3. I jammed my toe two nights ago while working out. It's stopped throbbing, thank goodness, but it's a lovely shade of purple, and I'm hoping that I won't lose the nail.Saturday, November 01, 2008
Nanowrimo Again
Nanowrimo 2008 officially started at midnight last night. I was up, but I was too tired to haul out the laptop and try to get even a few hundred words. Later this morning -- after I finish my coffee -- I'll be jumping into it. I've had a lot of good ideas for the plotting the last few days, and those have all been written down in my notebook. We'll see how it goes.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Happy St. Patrick's Day and Other Stuff
I'm a quarter Irish (on my mom's side), but I've never felt the urge to go out and indulge as much as some other Irish folks I know. I've discovered that as I get older, I just don't recover from excessive alcohol intake as quickly as I used to. In college, it was a breeze. Party till 2:00 a.m., then get up and go to Greek (yes...Greek) at 9:00 a.m. Now, on the rare occasions that I drink enough to get a good buzz on, I'm stumbling around the next morning cursing the coffee maker for being so slow and wondering how to stop the neighbor's dog from barking so LOUDLY.
In other news, I won a copy of Roxanne St. Claire's "First You Run" from the fine folks at dearauthor.com. My part of the deal is to post about the book somewhere on-line after I have read it. I'm really looking forward to it. I love romantic suspense.
In other news, I won a copy of Roxanne St. Claire's "First You Run" from the fine folks at dearauthor.com. My part of the deal is to post about the book somewhere on-line after I have read it. I'm really looking forward to it. I love romantic suspense.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday Thirteen #7
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Thirteen search terms that led people to my blog:
1. julie doe -- Not a surprise.
2. copyright infringement -- I've blogged about this several times, so again not a surprise.
3. rose desrochers -- Rose is one of my two favorite net psychos. I get a rather large spike in traffic when I blog about her.
4. link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissist +"rose desrochers" -- I included this one because I thought in funny (ironic?) that someone else besides me would think to link Rose's name to wikipedia's definition of a narcissist.
5. Silhouette Bombshell -- I've written about this now defunct line several times.
6. bad romances offended -- I wish I had more time to continue to snark on bad romance, but life keeps me busy with other things these days.
7. what makes a bad boss -- "The Apprentice" used to amuse me to no end. Watching a group of Type A twenty-somethings trying to work together to achieve a common goal. Hehe.
8. photos of yellowstone in september -- Yep, I posted a few photos last year.
9. jensen ackles -- I post about this guy once and get a bunch of hits. He must be more popular than I thought.
10. tear drop campers -- This kicked searchers into a snark about a irritating romance novel. Probably not what they were looking for.
11. speed tables for traffic control -- Don't even get me started on the stupidity of this.
12. Shop Vac Hydroplane -- I have absolutely no idea why this took people to my blog.
13. narcissistic bitch named Julie -- This one's my favorite.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Retelling Tales
A couple of month's ago I discovered this e-book It's a retelling/re-imagining of the story of Cinderella. (I can't remember now just how I found it.) I've also read "Yellow Brick Roadkill" by Michelle Rowen, which found via a link on Lynn Viehl's blog. I thought was very imaginative and funny. Guess which story this is a retelling of...
Both of these got me thinking, and I've started working a different version of the Snow White tale. In my version, Snow White is not a dim-witted child who falls for several tricks and relies on a handsome stranger to rescue her. I like strong heroines, so the challenge here was to keep enough of the original story and themes to make it recognizable and yet make Snow a smarter, stronger, more resilient and ultimately more sympathetic character.
Oh yeah, and there's sex and violence in it, too. Heh.
Both of these got me thinking, and I've started working a different version of the Snow White tale. In my version, Snow White is not a dim-witted child who falls for several tricks and relies on a handsome stranger to rescue her. I like strong heroines, so the challenge here was to keep enough of the original story and themes to make it recognizable and yet make Snow a smarter, stronger, more resilient and ultimately more sympathetic character.
Oh yeah, and there's sex and violence in it, too. Heh.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Thursday Thirteen #6
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Thirteen Injuries I’ve Gotten from Thirteen Years of Martial Arts
1. Broken bone in my hand – I blocked a round house kick with my hand. Big mistake, and the normal fight adrenalin didn’t mask the pain.
2. Pulled hamstring – My opponent tried a single leg take down on me, and I hate, hate, hate being thrown, even onto mats. I tense up and fight the movement…and things like this happen.
3. A black eye – Kinda minor, but it’s only happened to me once. He jabbed, he crossed, I didn’t block hard enough.
4. A jammed toe – Sparring injury. I didn’t even feel it until it was all over, and I looked down at a purple toe.
5. Another jammed toe – An escape from the mount gone awry. One of the new guys didn’t realize just how much stronger than me he was. He felt very bad about it.
6-9. Multiple small tears of my left meniscus – A small pop, a small pain, a few days of swelling. Several times.
10. Partially torn left ACL – A sparring injury, and my worst martial arts related injury.
11. Sprained knee (the left one again) – My cousin tried a karate move on me. Remember what I said about hating to fall?
12. Sprained thumb – A lapel choke gone bad. My grip slipped.
13. Cracked bone in my foot – I took an elbow to the top of the foot during a speed-kicking drill; that spot was tender for almost a year.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Snarking on "Devour" (the movie)
(Warning: long post)
This weekend, I watched a little direct-to-video horror movie called “Devour”. The opening sequence was done…well…carelessly enough that I immediately pulled out my trusty steno pad – the one I usually use when reading and reviewing books – and started taking notes.
Our POV character is Jake, a college student played by Jensen Ackles (who really needs a new agent/manager/career-advice-giver/whatever because he is much better than this material). Jake and his two friends, Conrad and Dakota, start playing a sinister on-line game called The Pathway, and bad things begin to occur. Conrad and Dakota both take revenge on others who have wronged them and then mutilate and kill themselves. Conrad also signed Jake up for the game, and Jake is having strange waking dreams and is worried about his own future. Meanwhile, he meets a woman through his job at a computer store and with whom he starts a relationship. Jake has to figure out what is going on to save himself.
The movie was disjointed. In the first half, Jake is kind of a hapless and confused character to whom things just happen. Then in the second half, he starts actually doing something, and the movie turns into an episode of Supernatural…except without the snappy dialogue.
My urge to snark the movie is overwhelming, so… (Warning! Spoilers follow.)
What caused my search for paper products after the opening scene? Jake is out in the woods hunting, carrying only a rifle and wearing a camo jacket. Not a speck o’ orange in sight. And less than five minutes on Google confirmed that yes, Washington does require hunter orange to be worn. But jeez, it’s also common sense. Jake is not carrying any kind of pack with the various useful items one needs while hunting – knife, rope, water to wash your hands off with when you’re done gutting the animal, emergency provisions, etc. It would have been really easy (read: cheap) to make this scene look more realistic. I had to watch it twice to make sure that the opening wasn’t part of one of Jake’s waking dreams (it’s not).
During the opening sequence, Jake shoots a cat...which snarls at him before it charges him. Unfortunately, in the real world, cats don't announce their presence. They quietly stalk their prey and knock them down, usually from behind. Read any account of a cat/human encounter in the wild. The first quote from the survivor usually, "I didn't even hear it coming." (I had considered not mentioning this faux pas, but then while looking for a link about cougar attacks, I found out that Vancouver -- where this movie was filmed -- actually has one of the highest rates of cougar attacks on humans in North America. So someone should have known better.)
In a scene a bit later, Jake and Conrad are smoking dope. At least, I think they are smoking dope. The dialogue seems to indicate that, but the actors (and this is one of the rare times you will hear me criticize Jensen Ackles’ acting, because I think he’s generally quite talented) were doing such crappy job of it, that I leaned over to my sister and said, “Aren’t they supposed to be smoking dope?” Here’s a dope smoker: inhale, hold breath for 5-10 seconds, exhale, talk, inhale, hold breath for 5-10 seconds and talk in a really pinched voice if absolutely necessary, exhale. Here’s a cigarette smoker and our actors: inhale, exhale, talk, inhale, exhale, talk. It's a very distinctive difference.
The relationship between Jake and Dakota is unclear. I think it could be described as “friends with privileges”, since Jake apparently has no qualms starting a relationship with the mystery woman shortly after having sex with Dakota (in a rather awkwardly staged scene IMO).
Aah, the mystery woman, Marisol. Jake meets Marisol when she brings her laptop in to be repaired. Jake extracts a piece of red wax from computer, and Marisol says “Oh, I burn candles when I read tarot cards.” Of course. Why use a $5 plate as a candle holder when you can use $800 laptop instead?
Conrad shoots two people in a dorm one night, and the first person to find the bodies the next day is Jake. The next day. No one heard the gun shots? In a dorm?
A character mentions burying an animal’s remains, when he clearly means burying the internal organs and other items removed during the process of field dressing an animal.
In a scene where Jake confronts his drunk father, the dialogue is right out of an After School Special (how many remember those? I think I just dated myself). Meaning it’s cliché and predictable.
Marisol finds a dismembered finger in…anyone, anyone…a cup of french fries. **cough**The Hitcher**cough. I’m not sure whether to call it an homage or a rip-off.
Jake makes two “what you do not smell” leaps of logic – one concerning a gun and one concerning the nature of the big bad.
In a little bit of stunt casting, probably unintentional given the mess that is the rest of the movie, Martin Cummins has two scenes as one of the bad guys – including a scene with Jake. Unfortunately, this immediately threw me out of the movie because all I can see is Ames White and MmmAlec.
And so on…
I won’t give away the ending, but let’s just say that I’m glad I got this through Netflix and didn’t pay extra to rent it.
This weekend, I watched a little direct-to-video horror movie called “Devour”. The opening sequence was done…well…carelessly enough that I immediately pulled out my trusty steno pad – the one I usually use when reading and reviewing books – and started taking notes.
Our POV character is Jake, a college student played by Jensen Ackles (who really needs a new agent/manager/career-advice-giver/whatever because he is much better than this material). Jake and his two friends, Conrad and Dakota, start playing a sinister on-line game called The Pathway, and bad things begin to occur. Conrad and Dakota both take revenge on others who have wronged them and then mutilate and kill themselves. Conrad also signed Jake up for the game, and Jake is having strange waking dreams and is worried about his own future. Meanwhile, he meets a woman through his job at a computer store and with whom he starts a relationship. Jake has to figure out what is going on to save himself.
The movie was disjointed. In the first half, Jake is kind of a hapless and confused character to whom things just happen. Then in the second half, he starts actually doing something, and the movie turns into an episode of Supernatural…except without the snappy dialogue.
My urge to snark the movie is overwhelming, so… (Warning! Spoilers follow.)
What caused my search for paper products after the opening scene? Jake is out in the woods hunting, carrying only a rifle and wearing a camo jacket. Not a speck o’ orange in sight. And less than five minutes on Google confirmed that yes, Washington does require hunter orange to be worn. But jeez, it’s also common sense. Jake is not carrying any kind of pack with the various useful items one needs while hunting – knife, rope, water to wash your hands off with when you’re done gutting the animal, emergency provisions, etc. It would have been really easy (read: cheap) to make this scene look more realistic. I had to watch it twice to make sure that the opening wasn’t part of one of Jake’s waking dreams (it’s not).
During the opening sequence, Jake shoots a cat...which snarls at him before it charges him. Unfortunately, in the real world, cats don't announce their presence. They quietly stalk their prey and knock them down, usually from behind. Read any account of a cat/human encounter in the wild. The first quote from the survivor usually, "I didn't even hear it coming." (I had considered not mentioning this faux pas, but then while looking for a link about cougar attacks, I found out that Vancouver -- where this movie was filmed -- actually has one of the highest rates of cougar attacks on humans in North America. So someone should have known better.)
In a scene a bit later, Jake and Conrad are smoking dope. At least, I think they are smoking dope. The dialogue seems to indicate that, but the actors (and this is one of the rare times you will hear me criticize Jensen Ackles’ acting, because I think he’s generally quite talented) were doing such crappy job of it, that I leaned over to my sister and said, “Aren’t they supposed to be smoking dope?” Here’s a dope smoker: inhale, hold breath for 5-10 seconds, exhale, talk, inhale, hold breath for 5-10 seconds and talk in a really pinched voice if absolutely necessary, exhale. Here’s a cigarette smoker and our actors: inhale, exhale, talk, inhale, exhale, talk. It's a very distinctive difference.
The relationship between Jake and Dakota is unclear. I think it could be described as “friends with privileges”, since Jake apparently has no qualms starting a relationship with the mystery woman shortly after having sex with Dakota (in a rather awkwardly staged scene IMO).
Aah, the mystery woman, Marisol. Jake meets Marisol when she brings her laptop in to be repaired. Jake extracts a piece of red wax from computer, and Marisol says “Oh, I burn candles when I read tarot cards.” Of course. Why use a $5 plate as a candle holder when you can use $800 laptop instead?
Conrad shoots two people in a dorm one night, and the first person to find the bodies the next day is Jake. The next day. No one heard the gun shots? In a dorm?
A character mentions burying an animal’s remains, when he clearly means burying the internal organs and other items removed during the process of field dressing an animal.
In a scene where Jake confronts his drunk father, the dialogue is right out of an After School Special (how many remember those? I think I just dated myself). Meaning it’s cliché and predictable.
Marisol finds a dismembered finger in…anyone, anyone…a cup of french fries. **cough**The Hitcher**cough. I’m not sure whether to call it an homage or a rip-off.
Jake makes two “what you do not smell” leaps of logic – one concerning a gun and one concerning the nature of the big bad.
In a little bit of stunt casting, probably unintentional given the mess that is the rest of the movie, Martin Cummins has two scenes as one of the bad guys – including a scene with Jake. Unfortunately, this immediately threw me out of the movie because all I can see is Ames White and MmmAlec.
And so on…
I won’t give away the ending, but let’s just say that I’m glad I got this through Netflix and didn’t pay extra to rent it.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Creepy Stuff One Finds on the Internet
So I was cruising around today looking for a good picture of an actor to go with tomorrow's post about a movie, and I discovered something really really creepy: real people slash fan fic.
I've never gotten into either writing or reading fan fic. Writing it constitutes copyright infringement, and most of what I have read is poorly written. In fact, I've read exactly ONE piece of fanfiction that held my interest beyond the third paragraph (and that one was, surprisingly, a really well-written story). Still, though, I can see how some people might want to play around with characters that they love. OK, fine. Note that I said "characters".
But real people fic? Where the "characters" in the story are not the fictional characters, but the actors playing the characters (I'm talking a TV show here)? That's borderline obsessive stalker-chick territory.
And then to make it slash? (when the actors are most definitely not gay)
I couldn't delete the links where I found this stuff from my browsing history fast enough.
I'm not a prude, but RPS makes me want to wash out my computer with bleach.
I've never gotten into either writing or reading fan fic. Writing it constitutes copyright infringement, and most of what I have read is poorly written. In fact, I've read exactly ONE piece of fanfiction that held my interest beyond the third paragraph (and that one was, surprisingly, a really well-written story). Still, though, I can see how some people might want to play around with characters that they love. OK, fine. Note that I said "characters".
But real people fic? Where the "characters" in the story are not the fictional characters, but the actors playing the characters (I'm talking a TV show here)? That's borderline obsessive stalker-chick territory.
And then to make it slash? (when the actors are most definitely not gay)
I couldn't delete the links where I found this stuff from my browsing history fast enough.
I'm not a prude, but RPS makes me want to wash out my computer with bleach.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Minus What?
Temperature sensor on my front porch: +2 F
Car thermometer: -4 F
Radio station DJ's: - 7 F
My dog: WTF? I'm not going out there.
Arrgh!
Car thermometer: -4 F
Radio station DJ's: - 7 F
My dog: WTF? I'm not going out there.
Arrgh!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
Yeah, yeah. Here's the obligatory Merry Christmas post. Where's that clip art of a Christmas tree?
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Not a Nano Winner This Year
Well, I didn't make it to 50,000 words this year. In fact, I think I had fewer words this year than last year. I like the general idea that I was working on, but a couple of the story points need major reconstructive surgery. I'm going to put the book away for awhile -- at least until March when NaNoEdMo kicks off. Until then, I'm just going to work on a few short story ideas that have been brewing.
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