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January 6th, 2009
fandom_wank
[dogbite12]
 | 12:54 pm - So Transfan, I Herd U Liek Pedo Bear?
Transformers comic book fandom wank.. Early this morning, it was about pedophilia.
My doppelgänger from the IDW fan forum Skwege learned that he had been accused of having sex with children by the IDW forum fantards on Transfans.net. Sprunkner is a real internet tough guy. Unfortunately, he made it quite easy to find his dox.
Skwege was not happy to find he'd been slandered as a pedo. So he calls (yes, as in calls Sprunkner's landline) to tell him to take it down. No yelling, just something along the lines of "call me whatever you want but accusing me of child fucking is not cool."
What does Spencer (Sprunkner's IRL name) do? He freaks out and hangs up!
That's right-he's a coward. So Skwege leaves him a voicemail:
"Hi Spencer :
You like to make libelous accusations about people having sex with kids? That is really grown up of you. Oh wow, you live in Washington State as well? What a coincidence! Bellingham is only an hour from here.
It's not funny! I know little punks like you think they can run around all anonymous on the internet and think nothing can bite them in their ass. However let me tell you little man, you are going to retract your statement, and then apologize. Talking shit about someone is one thing, but making a disgusting and FOUL comment like that is libelous. I have the time, money, resources, and most importantly the fucking patience to see this through so don't toy with me little man."
Then Sprunkner has his wife (yes, someone actually agreed to marry him) respond. He doesn't have the balls to answer Skwege himself-he makes his wife call him back and tell him not to call. Unfortunately, Spencer posted her phone number and email as his contact information.
Some PMs get exchanged on the IDW forum and Sprunkner accuses Skwege of threatening him (although I doubt the police consider being asked to take down a post or telling someone you're suing them for slander are violations of any particular laws). He makes an announcement on Transfans.net, crying that Skwege is harassing his family and that he called the po-po on him.
Sprunkner did call the police and they in turn contact Skwege.
The result? The police are highly pissed off-at Sprunkner. Because this is much ado about comic books.
All this name calling and wank is over whether or not the comic book series All Hail Megatron is in continuity.
The police were not too happy about being called to mediate a dispute over Starscream's alt mode.
They lecture Sprunkner and felt Skwege was somewhat justified. Skwege apologizes for dragging the wife into the mess because being accused of fucking children is serious business that involves the IRL banhammer.
The wank continues on Tranfan.net where Sprunkner whines some more (I guess his wife made him sleep on the couch) and Skwege threatens to post a scan of the police report.
These fine examples of male adulthood continue to fight about giant robots. I believe Sprunkner's wife summed it up succinctly in an email to Skwege: "This is a fight over made up robots-let it go."
Unfortunately, everyone ignores her.
Edit: I accept this is total fail. Need more recipes and fail macros, please.
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January 3rd, 2009
January 2nd, 2009
zillah975
 | 02:43 pm - *snarf*
From an article at Portrait magazine about Jensen Ackles:
Jensen himself says "I’m just an old fashioned guy," and admits to being a true gentlemen and opening doors for females when in a restraint. "I still believe in chivalry," he told Bop magazine.
And bondage, apparently. \o/
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zillah975
 | 12:13 am - Also, happy new year!!
Here's hoping 2009 is better than 2008.
( So here's my plan. )
And I've been forgetting my daily happiness posts! Shame on me.
Daily happiness! Had a terrific New Year's Eve with my beloved Catlyn, though I forgot her present, damn it. We had dinner at The Point, then drinks at a couple of places in Glenwood South (Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or, omfg), then went to a party at The Spot Studio, which is owned by Thomas Sayer and which was really very cool. I've gotta say, if your new year is actually defined by what you're doing at midnight, this is encouraging: I was with a dear friend in a very cool place where I'd never been before, with smart people, having fun.
Of course I got lost coming home, because no matter how easy it is for me to get to a place in downtown, I always, always, always get lost going home. Always.
At least this time I had almost half a tank of gas. :)
Also happiness, ( I has new boots! )
Of the not happy, I woke up this morning at 6:30 with a charley-horse in my shin. Holy fucking crap that shit hurts. I keep being anxious it's going to happen again. Not an irrational fear, given that it keeps twinging. :(
And...that's all I've got.
Oh, except for the kitty tucked up beside me. That's definitely of the happy.
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January 1st, 2009
fandom_wank
[hypno_jango]
 | 09:21 am - The grammar! My eyes!
I'm just C&P'ing a mousie's post from wank_report. I can't pass up entitlement wank.
Crunchyroll is going legit. The site owner, Shinji, has been wheeling and dealing to have anime air subbed only days after it airs in Japan.
OK, users are pleased, the Naruto fans look on in anticipation, everything seems hunky-dory.
Then, Shinji introduces Anime memberships for the site. Did not read all of the benefits but the gist seems to be higher quality videos and quicker access to the anime from Japan.
That happened in the past few weeks. Now queue the new year!
Oops, did he just say that he was removing all fan uploaded content and getting permission from the publishers?
Queue the butthurt, angst, and I will kill for my anime!!!!Z!!!!!!ZOMG~!!!! Along with people eagerly trading links for other sites to feed their addiction.
The dramas, anime, and music sections now look like ghost towns, with the exception of stuff Shinji has wheeled and dealed for.
People are predicting the death of the site, but for now, it's fun seeing the entitlement angst going on over there.
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December 31st, 2008
lannamichaels
 | 08:49 pm - New Years Eve, whee!
New York Philharmonic on Live from Lincoln Center playing Danse Macabre.
*swoon*
Current Music: New York Philharmonic - Brahms - Hungarian Dance 5 (almost as good!)
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msilverstar
 | 04:56 pm - Sir Terry Pratchett! Really!
via ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) ithiliana, Sir Terry was on the Queen’s New Year Honours List for services to literature. and he (of course) is gracious and charming about it.
May the rest of the New Year be as good to all of us!
PS slashababy fics are up, and I even wrote one, solo, wheee.
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zillah975
| 12:33 pm - AHHHAHAhahahahahahaha*cough*snort*
My 2008 fic roundup! WOOO! I have never done one of these before, but this year, largely for my own amusement (and also the omg slow day at work) I give you the zillah_fic roundup for 2008....
Please note this includes only solo fic. Not that there was a lot of the other kind either, but hey.
( drumroll... )
So as I said to havocthecat, I'm hoping to start 2009 with a fic-writing bang. I've signed up for eight prompts for show_goes_on, so if all goes well, by February 6th I'll have posted more stories than I did in all of 2008, and by the 13th I'll have more than doubled the count. Though, not the word count. That's gonna be hard to beat.
( * )
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December 30th, 2008
fandom_wank
[kalloway]
 | 04:02 pm - At the intersection of FFVII and FFR...
When shezoo reposts hir Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children fanfic, "Flower Face", to ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif) ffvii_yaoi (locked, comm is open membership), the response is seemingly underwhelming - that is until eternalwings posts to fanficrants about the story.
The first few comments are pretty tame and agreeable, until some of the author's friends and the author hirself show up.
It's called AU, twit.
Apparently, the story title comes from Welsh mythology, something renos_rude AND screamersgirl explain in the comments using the exact same text (with a tiny error likely because the entire lump wouldn't fit in AIM).
And then the author appears, complete with capslock, insults and exclamation point abuse.
AND YOUR RUINING THE PRETEND!
Not to mention the entire thread devolving into something to do with coconut.
All's well that wanks well, right? Except that a quick check back to see when "Flower Face" was originally posted reveals that shezoo is sepherotica is ssgallery is annataria (that Annataria), because ze changes usernames as often as ze changes URLS. And while some of those journals have been deleted, Annataria's is still there, listing many of the 'random' defenders (including the one so taken by the story) on FFR as friends. ...whoops?
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zillah975
| 10:33 am - You can help
Ganking from wordweaverlynnShe had a rainbow bumper sticker on her car. So four thugs battered, robbed, and raped her. In the San Francisco Bay Area. Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan said, "The level of trauma — physical and emotional — this victim has suffered is extreme."
Now she, her partner, and their 8-year-old daughter need a car and help to move house. I can completely understand why she would want to move. The rapists have her wallet and address.
You can help. Some good people set up a PayPal fund to help her. The PayPal button is at the top of the right-hand column. You can also make checks payable to "Community Violence Solutions." In the memo portion of the check, please write "Richmond Jane Doe." Mail checks to:
Attention: Ms. Jo Ann Douglas
Community Violence Solutions
2101 Van Ness Street
San Pablo, CA 94806
Local SF People: The areas they are looking in are El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Hercules, Pinole, and San Pablo, if anyone has a 2 bedroom rental (maximum $1000/ mo) or knows someone who does please leave a comment at this link.
ALSO:
The Richmond Police Department are reporting that according to a witness, there were two cars parked in the area at the time our sister was attacked, the information is as follows:
A Red (or maroon) General Motors (possibly a Buick) Car with 4BBN ??? license plate
A Gray Mazda or Honda Car with 2wd ??? license plate
If you see either of these vehicles, please notify Lt. Mark Gagen at (510) 621-1212 X 7012 or Detective Yesenia Rogers at (510) 672-1718. I'm not going to comment, because anything I could say would either be dishonest or would scare the fuck out of people who know me. I'm just going to click the link to donate, and pray that the woman and her family can somehow recover from this.
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December 29th, 2008
zillah975
| 09:07 pm - Daily happiness
* I has port wine, wooo!
* Today was very slow at work, which, okay, yes, twiddling thumbs, but hey, nothing caught on fire while I was gone! There were no emergencies, yay!
* Surround sound is still awesomecakes.
* Nice dinner tonight. I did the thing with spinach and walnuts again, and made whole wheat pasta with pesto, and am feeling very pleased with myself. AND the kitchen is (mostly) clean. The folks get home tonight, so maybe tomorrow I'll try making something nice for them for dinner. :)
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zillah975
 | 04:01 pm - *twiddles thumbs*
I came back to work to a total of 25 emails, most of which had nothing to do with me, and one voice mail.
That's... that's. Unheard of. I was gone a week! A WEEK! I've been out for two days and come back to 120 emails, what's this shit?!
I don't know what to do with myself.
Oh, and I brilliantly had Bojangles for lunch, and now I just want to sleeeeeeeep, omg I can barely keep my eyes open.
*watches clock*
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/rachelcox/moods/sad.jpg) sleepy
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fandom_wank
[bishounenhideto]
 | 09:58 am - Vintage Update
Does anyone remember this wank from awhile back? http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1157179.html
I know Taral Wayne from the above article, personally, and while it took awhile for him to get around to seeing the article, he did finally see it. He felt it was well-written, as factual as could be, and had few problems with it. He did feel people might like to hear more directly from him, so provided me with a brief article. I'll include it below.
use
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December 28th, 2008
zillah975
| 11:24 pm - Pete Wentz fans?
PSA for my Pete Wentz-fan pals: Pete and Ashley are on The Dog Whisperer tonight. Apparently they have an aggressive bulldog.
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zillah975
| 10:19 pm - Daily Happiness
* There's a show on National Geographic right now about the rehabilitation of Michael Vick's dogs. So, on the one hand it's not happy because of what was done to these dogs -- and is still being done to so many others. But on the other hand, it's awesome to see how much care these folks are taking to try to rehabilitate the animals. And the dogs themselves are awesome. So lovely, so sweet. It makes me want a dog even more.
* I'm in my pyjamas and my awesome new bathrobe. They were having a sale at Restoration Hardware, and I got a Turkish cotton terrycloth robe in this gorgeous true red. It actually fits. It's the first robe I've owned in years that was neither too big nor too small. **\o/**
* I've written a little more on my Lorne/Teyla -- it's not much, but I feel pretty good about it.
* DOGS!
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December 27th, 2008
zillah975
| 10:18 pm - Daily Happiness
* I've written 581 words of my first show_goes_on prompt: Teyla/Lorne, lately we've been living here uninjured. Feel like writing some non-McShep SGA? Go here and choose a prompt! Each one can be claimed by as many people who want to claim it, so don't be shy!
* Last night I sauteed spinach with walnuts and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese to go with the leftover chicken, and it was very nice.
Did you get that? I used a skillet! With spinach! Guys, this is actually cooking! *beams*
* I has an SGA/SPN crossover bunneh, but I keep being distracted by the idea of Methos being amused by Dean's cockiness and then finally losing patience and scruffing him and... well.
So it's possible I'll write that at some point, too. :)
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December 26th, 2008
zillah975
| 08:06 pm - Methos
Question for my Highlander pals. The answer will probably be considered spoilery.
Did they ever kill off Methos? I mean for reals.
( Potentially spoilery explanation of question below the cut. )
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zillah975
| 11:07 am - Daily Happiness
So, I've seen so many folks doing this "daily happiness" thing for so long, and I've toyed with the idea of it but I can't really be trusted to post every day. But it still seems like a good idea, and I figure today's as good a day as any to start, especially given all the happy. So I'm going to try.
( Happiness under the cut )
Today I think I'm going to shower and then go to the bank and then Starbucks and then possibly come back here and write. Or make something. Or watch television.
It doesn't matter! I can do what I want, because I am ALONE!! *does the dance of Rachel-time*
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/rachelcox/moods/happy1.jpg) pleased
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December 25th, 2008
zillah975
| 11:54 am - This.
I was going to make a Christmas post and was struggling with what to say, how to convey what I mean. And then wordweaverlynn did it so much better than I ever could. This is what I would say if I were as awesome with this stuff as she is.
From the beginning, the message of Jesus was a reversal of the accepted order. The power and majesty of God was trapped in the absurd helplessness of an infant....
Whatever faith you are, even if that's faith only in us, in yourself, in the universe, in the warm earth or the unfathomable sky or the heart of a friend, or if you just don't have any faith left at all in anything, I hope this season brings you all the blessings you can hold. *hugs you all tightly*
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