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September 9th, 2008
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| I decided that it's about time to make my monthly "I'm not dead" post. I've been around (and all the Twilight wank has made me incredibly happy), but I haven't felt like writing up journal entries lately because - I've been working on fic! \o/ I finally finished Part One - which is 17,692 words. And there's going to be three parts. D: So no telling when I'll get finished - I'm guessing another four to eight weeks or so - but it's been a ton of fun writing it. I have no idea why I decided to write an epic for my first foray back into fic - it just sort of happened. I'm resisting the temptation to start posting it, because pressure kind of kills my ability to write. In other news - Penelo's boyfriend moved away. He was a cute little grey-and-white cat who lived in the apartment below us, and he would stare up at Penelo when she sat on the balcony and cry, and then Penelo would also cry, and they were tragic star-crossed lovers. :( He also used to attack us when we came home, only he was declawed so it didn't really hurt. I think he was upset that we wouldn't give him our daughter's hand in marriage. I'm trying to slough my way through Twilight again, but it's really tough going (although reading "Growing Up Cullen" has made it a lot easier). I'm not sure why I'm putting myself through this. I guess it's because I talk so much shit about it, I figure I ought to know what I'm talking about. Parts of it are so bad they're funny, but most of its just so bad it's bad. So that's about it for now. Back to writing! | ||||||
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August 13th, 2008
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| Here. Pure genius. :D ETA: I found these on the Rotten Tomatoes forums ( Yahoo Answers Twilight style ) | ||||||||
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August 9th, 2008
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| So I was thinking about proposing an hp_cornfield type community for Twilight wank. I know it hasn't exactly overrun f_w yet, but I have a feeling that it's going to be the wank that keeps on giving, à la Harmonians. I personally love talking about how much Twilight sucks, but I'm sure a lot of f_w isn't quite as enthusiastic. On the other hand, like I said, I don't think it's overrunning f_w yet, so I might be jumping the gun. So what do you guys think? | ||||
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August 5th, 2008
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| I had a dream (nightmare?) that I read Breaking Dawn, and it was a work of genius. I don't know what happens in my brain sometimes. ETA: Wait, was lightnote actually banned from unfunnybusiness? Or does he just think that posting on random_lounge instead will save him from inevitable dogpiling? | ||||||||
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August 1st, 2008
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| Are posts on unpleasant things verboten on random_lounge? I mean, I remember the kittenmommy fiasco on fandom_lounge, but I thought that was mainly because killing puppies is not a fandom. Not that I have a burning desire to see rage-inducing posts there, but just out of curiosity. | ||||||
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July 31st, 2008
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| Hello! So, guess where I was last week? It was great. My bff 4eva, ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} marenpaisley flew out from Pennsylvania, and she, Brian and I had a blast. Comic Con is such a weird experience, because for most of the year, I sit at the computer or in front of my TV, and sometimes my brother comes over to watch Heroes or Avatar or whatever, but that's about the extent of any IRL fan interaction. And then suddenly - it's everywhere! Fan stuff as far as the eye can see! It's...a little overwhelming, but a lot of fun. Although they're really going to have to think about getting a bigger venue. The last time I went to Comic Con was...two years ago, I think? Anyway, it was still huge, but I got into all the panels I wanted to and I only stood in line for about an hour for the more popular ones. But this was crazy. People started queing up hours ahead of time. For example, we figured that if we got there at 6:30 am for the Heroes panel at 10:30, we'd be fine, but by the time we got there, there were probably about a thousand people ahead of us. People had camped out overnight. O_o And I really wanted to see the Venture Brothers panel, but they held it in one of their lower-capacity rooms, figuring it wouldn't be that much of a draw (which is what I figured, too), but when we got there about an hour beforehand, the line was wrapped around the hallway, out the door, and down the steps. Crazy.Anyway, besides Heroes, I got to see the panel for Watchmen. It looks amazing - we got to see a lot of new scenes, which was funny because it was the first time that the actors had seen it, too, and they requested that we watch it again because they were so excited. It was very cute. Zack Snyder, the director, is adorable - he thought every question asked was "awesome" or sometimes "super awesome." Awww. The other large panel we saw was for this show that I'd never heard of that's coming out on HBO - TruBlood. It's based on these novels about vampires living among the living after the invention of a synthetic blood that allows them to survive without hunting people. The show looks really cute, and the author endeared herself to me by saying that her vampires could kick the asses of the Twilight vampires. What was amazing about this panel, though, was that we got a door prize that included a backpack, a tee-shirt, a comic book, and the first novel in the series. I guess HBO has some money to throw around. And now - pictures! ( Heroes pics (lots and lots of them ) ( And here are some non-Heroes pics. ) And I'm going to end with a non-spoilery review of the Season 3 premiere of Heroes. (That is, I don't give away any plot points or specifics about anything - just what I thought. I guess if you're really spoiler-phobic, you'll want to avoid it.) ( Review ) | ||||||
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July 18th, 2008
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| I found this book meme the other day, and since I've been reading a lot lately, I thought it would be fun to talk about the books I've known and loved. I'm answering these questions with a lot of fiction, but actually I've been reading more non-fiction books than novels, since fic has generally satisfied all my fiction needs. I'd be interested to hear what books are important to you guys and what you're reading now, too, since I recently found out how awesome my local library is and have access to lots of good stuff. Anyway! Onto the meme! ( Book meme ) | ||||||||
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cheerfulJuly 3rd, 2008
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| So I decided to upgrade my accounts. I am still in awe of the fact that I get 500 icons. 500. That's crazy. (Meanwhile, LJ charges $6 extra for 100. Which I gave to them. Because god forbid I don't have 100 ways to express that Sylar is hot and Venture Brothers is funny.) Anyway, so I've spent all day gathering icons and playing with different lay outs. It's been fun! Also: I have bunny pictures! I went to the Del Mar fair last weekend with my parents, but we only ended up spending an hour there (after spending an hour and a half finding parking), because my mother remembered a dinner date she had with people she dislikes and could not cancel, for some reason. Oh my mom. But I accomplished my main goal, which was to eat a fried Snickers bar. It tasted okay. And I got to see these cute guys, so it wasn't a total waste. ( Bunnies! And some other things. ) | ||||||||
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June 30th, 2008
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| Probably for a while since I'm a little unemployed right now. I've been in stealth lurker mode in various places, so I'm pretty caught up with everything - I've just been too tired to have anything to say. :P Anyway! I finally have a camera, so I've been sitting around attempting to take pictures of my cat! Which doesn't really count as something to say, but I'm out of practice, so. ( Penelo! (lots and lots of pics) ) ( Bonus pug! ) | ||||||||
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November 30th, 2007
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| I swear I didn't mean to disappear like that. I'm doing fine - great, actually. My initial disappearance was because I got a night job as a medical clerk at a hospital, which at first I thought would be great since I'm a night person, but those kind of jobs just absolutely devour your day - I'd be too tired to do anything when I got in, then I would sleep into the afternoon, and then it was time for work. And also, it sucked and was hugely stressful. But then I got a day job at a different hospital in a different city for a significant payraise! And there's much less pressure than at the previous job. Which was great, but since we lived in the middle of fucking nowhere, I had to leave the apartment at 4:30 in the morning and got home around 7:30, so that sucked. But! Then we moved! \o/ So my commute is now twenty minutes, and we live in the same city as the school that I hope to go to to complete my teaching certificate (which, hopefully, I'll be able to start in a year when some of our debts go away), and I live in the same apartment complex as my brother, so everything is going almost suspiciously well. We've been in the new apartment for a few weeks now and there haven't been any major disasters, so hopefully it will stay that way. So how's everybody? | ||||||
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August 17th, 2007
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| What the fuck. And what Scarah said. It's like we prepared for an earthquake and got a hurricane instead. AND WE CAN'T OUTWALK IT, OMG. | ||||||||
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August 11th, 2007
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| You know how people sometimes reclaim a word, like how feminists reclaimed "bitch?" Is there a way to de-claim a word? Because I'm all for de-claiming "snark." | ||||||
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August 10th, 2007
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I added ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunnybusiness. I'm going to regret this, aren't I? D:Also: I apparently missed n00bish hijinks. :( Also also: Do you ever go through the mood list, looking for that perfect word to describe the particular mood you're in, and nothing seems to fit, and then you feel a little invalidated? Just me then? Okay. | ||||||
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July 24th, 2007
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| Foreshadowing! ETA: And is that a Heidipology that's actually for serious in there? I think it is. AWESOME. | ||||||||
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May 26th, 2007
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| I love this thread SO MUCH. Although it kind of disturbs me that the only urban legends I can remember off the top of my head are ones involving children and drugs. D : ETA: And this thread was funny, and also informing! Good job, fandom_wank! It's been a while! | ||||
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May 15th, 2007
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| My new computer is very nice. The screen is ENORMOUS, though. It's bigger than my TV! Granted, my TV is the smallest TV I have ever encountered, so that isn't saying much. Windows Vista really sucks though. I hate it. A lot. So what have you guys been up to? I missed you. : ( ( Also: kittens! (Lots o' pics under cut) And a request for kitten-related Photoshop aid. ) | ||||||
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April 28th, 2007
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| I've found a no-kill shelter in my area for the kittens! : D Brian and I went to Petsmart today to see if we could put up posters there, and by coincidence, an animal rescue place was there trying to adopt out some animals. They aren't in the phonebook, and apparently my googling skills are really sucky, so it was really lucky that we ran into them! It's The Helping Paws Pet Rescue and Adoption. It sounds so perfect - they had a catalog there with a picture of their facilities, and it's so nice, with all these toys and places for the kitties to climb and play around (our kittens are excellent climbers XD). AND they say that they make all adopters sign a contract that says that if for whatever reason they don't want to have the kittens anymore, they will return them to the animal rescue. And that's if it's two weeks from now or ten years from now! AND they are asking for a donation that's much more reasonable - $50, which we can afford. AND we found a home already for another one of the kittens! As I said before, we are giving Genghis to my husband's friend Luke, even though I have my reservations about how this is going to work out. But we've told them that if it doesn't work out, then we'd be more than happy to take him back, so at least I know they won't dump him somewhere or take him to a shelter. But my sister has a friend at her work who desperately wants a kitten and has only recently been able to afford one, due to her husband getting a better job. So now Patcheye has a home! My sister says this girl and her husband are really sweet, and she's practically beside herself with joy over the prospect of this kitten. I am so relieved and happy and excited and OMG MY KITTIES WILL BE SAFE AND LOVED!!!!! And now I'm crying again. Happy tears though! (Yeesh, I've done more crying in the last three days than I have in the last year!) | ||||||||
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April 27th, 2007
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| I'm going out of my mind here about these kittens. I guess I didn't realize how hard this was going to hit me. I want to get them to good homes so badly, but I'm so scared that I won't be able to do that. I initially thought that I would give them to the shelter. Before Penelo had them, I had called to make an appointment with the vet to determine if she was pregnant, and in the course of our conversation, the lady at the vet said that kittens at shelters go really quickly and almost never have to be euthanized. But when I called the shelter yesterday, they were way less reassuring. So that's out. I don't think I could live with myself if there was even the most remote possibility that one of them would be put down. So I called my mom, and she has a friend who volunteers at a no-kill shelter in San Diego. They said they would be more than happy to take them. I was really happy, but then when I was talking to the lady there, she added "...of course, we do ask for a small surrender fee." So I asked what that would be, and she kind of hemmed and hawed because it was really more of a "donation," and therefore up to me, but generally, for adult animals, they ask $200. Of course, they wouldn't ask that much for kittens, but... And at that point I knew that wasn't going to be an option, because we are flat broke right now. And now I've freaked myself out by reading about horrible things that happen to kittens that are given away through the paper. PETA's site said that only one in five pets given away this way go to good homes, but then again, it's fucking PETA and I find it a little hard to believe that the majority of the population likes to torture pets or that the black market for lab animals is really that booming of a business. I'm going to put an ad in our local paper and on craigslist (thanks for the idea Ariel), and there's this petfinder.com. I'm planning on charging for the kittens and screening thoroughly (taking down driver's licenses, etc.), but I'm just so scared. So I've spent the last two days crying and now my mom and Brian are annoyed with me because they think I'm being hysterical. So yeah. Any advice would be appreciated. | ||||
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April 22nd, 2007
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My mom came up to visit and brought her digital camera, so I've finally got some pics that do my babies justice! My mom absolutely fell in love with Spot, so there's an overabundance of Spot shots. She was very nearly ready to take him home, but, as she put it "I can have a kitten or I can have a husband, but not both."  ( Tons of pics under the cut ) | ||||||
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April 14th, 2007
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| Good news! I have pics! I finally finished up the disposal camera I bought today. Instead of getting them developed, I got them on a disk, which I completely didn't realize I could do. (I don't take a lot of pictures, OKAY?) Bad news! They completely suck! D : Disposal camera + me as photographer = FAIL. I had thought that, if anything, they would come out too dark, but I had the opposite problem - many of them were so light you could barely make out what was going on. In addition, the close-up pics of the kittens are completely out of focus. I have very, very basic photoshop skillz, so I did my best to make them at least somewhat viewable. My mom will be coming up to visit next week, so I'll have better pics then, but I thought I might as well post these.  ( MOAR ) | ||||||||
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