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Lunchtime Posty Thing [Jan. 19th, 2012|01:55 pm]
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Things with Dad's lack-of-will proceed apace. Which is to say, slow as molasses running uphill at this time of year. *sigh*

The Tarot reading classes are really awesome! I did a practice reading (my first!) the other day and even though I still had to use my notes on meanings, I was still able to open up to my intuitive side and give a halfway decent reading. I guess with some things you just have to jump in with both feet!

I am still writing every day, though I have not posted anything yet this year. This needs to change soon. I have a few feelings about fandom (not specifically Homestuck, but it's my main fandom these days) in general.

I've seen some pretty nasty things go on, not just lately, but in every fandom I've been involved in or witnessed or just heard of. I just wonder what makes some people act so nastily to each other. I wonder about people who will go on anon-commenting and tell someone who has been talking about suicide to "just end it all already".

I wonder about shippers. I mean, I consider myself a shipper but what makes people get so up in arms over it? I mean, you're shipping fictional characters (or real people used as fictional characters)! Why does it have to be something to argue over to the point of threats and serious meanness?

It might have something to do with the age of the participants, I suppose, but I don't really take that as much of an excuse to just not be civil. I really do try to treat anyone I comment to online as if they are sitting right in front of me (ok, with a little more bravery, since in Real Life [tm] I am kind of awkward).

I know meanness happens outside of fandom, but I just...wonder at it on the inside. Because this is something we do for fun, so why can't we just...let it be fun?

Related Tumblr thoughts:

Tumblr, to be honest, is a really lousy platform for fandom. It's hard to have a decent discussion without clogging up the dashboard--and to follow a discussion you are not necessarily a part of is annoying as hell. It's great for sharing art and pictures...but not so great for anything else. I enjoy Tumblr simply because of the visuals, but I am not fond of the Tumblr "social justice" memes, and definitely not a fan of how difficult it is to get to know people on there or have a conversation!

That said, I have been considering making some sort of blog/Tumblr called "Miss Shelle's guide to Fandom Manners" or something. Knowing me, it would never get off the ground, though.

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and now for something completely different... [Jan. 9th, 2012|09:01 pm]
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So, fic roundup for 2011!


Fics I have written this year!

A Portrait of the Mechanic as a Young Girl: 25,349 words, 16 chapters, complete. Characters: Wiress, Beetee. Fandom: The Hunger Games Thoughts: That one little word. "Complete." Holy fuck, people, I COMPLETED something!

Two tiny little things of 100 words each:

Tribute and Mentor: 100 words, complete. Characters: Wiress, Beetee.

A Good Death: 100 words, complete. Characters: Wiress, Beetee.

I enjoyed the challenge of writing these short pieces of fiction. I need to write more of them. ;)

I've got two other stories planned out for the verse I created for this fic...but right now, I soooo cannot live in Panem. It's way too bleak.

Everything else is Homestuck. :)

Clerkstuck: 16,781 words, 12 chapters, complete. Characters: as many trolls and kids as I could. John/Karkat, Dave/Terezi, Tavros/Gamzee. Thoughts: what was I even thinking, combining Clerks with Homestuck?? Still, I love the 'verse I created for the fic and I have more fics in this series. I am dissatisfied with a couple of things in retrospect, but in general, I like it.

Everything's All Right, Yes: ficlet, 1,953 words, Sufferer/Disciple, complete. One-off, written for the kink meme. Thoughts: It isn't precisely G-rated. Also, Xenobiology. What the hell am I writing here? I do love this fic, though.

Father of Mine: 4,242 words, 7 chapters, complete. Characters: Bro, mainly. Thoughts: Kind of angsty and I wrote it to get it out of my head. I like it, though, and I like Bro a lot here. It's been Jossed to hell and back but I don't even care. There's another story in the series.

Grubs: 4,618 words, 6 chapters, complete. Characters: all the troll grubs, some troll and human OCs. Thoughts: This is in the New Jersey-verse that I made up for Clerkstuck. I especially like Tavros' foster family and "Crabdad". I was striving for cute here. I think I've pretty much succeeded.

Works In Progress:

The Hunger Games

A Part Of, And Yet Apart: 5,883 words, 6 chapters, ongoing. Thoughts: This is a companion Piece to Portrait of the Mechanic As a Young Girl. It's only stalled because I am stalled on the Hunger Games universe.

Losing Time: 8,668 words, 5 chapters, ongoing. Thoughts: Sequel to Portrait. Once again, stalled till my head is in a better place and I can bring myself to write in that universe again.

Homestuck

it takes two men to make one brother: 793 words, 1 chapter. The second Bro story.

Kindergartenstuck: 10,775 words, 8 chapters, ongoing. This is the sequel to Grubs. There are certain bits of this that are diabetes-inducing levels of sweet. Seriously.

Nameless: 12,103 words, 8 chapters, ongoing. This is the story of the Disciple. I love that girl. It's also kind of sad in a lot of bits. And sometimes kind of cute. Like most of my stuff, really.

Planned fics!

Homestuck

Mallbent: It's in the same universe as Clerkstuck. Come at me, bro. ;)

There will probably be a bunch of elementary and middle-school ficlets for the Jersey-verse. And a longer high school AU story, which has some stuff written for it, but is titleless at the moment.

Bubbles: the sequel to Nameless. Nuff said.

And finally, pictures from the gone world, which will be kind of huge and daunting. There's stuff written for it. I really hope I can do it up right. It would be NICE if someone could do art for it... *sigh* Anyway, I'm taking the God-Tier thing at face value and making the new universe that the kids will be gods over and it might be really interesting! At the very least it will be fun to write... ;)

For The Hunger Games, I have two more stories planned: Mad Girl Love Song and Quell. I'm really hoping that I can do them eventually.

This has been my most productive writing year EVER, just with what I have published online. Most of the stuff is pretty unpolished, I admit. I mostly write the stuff and publish it with a few glances at it. Oh and all this is just since May, which is incredible to me. I'm having loads of fun with it and the comments and love I've gotten have been awesome.

Let's see what I can do in 2012!

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O F-LIST HALP! [May. 28th, 2011|03:26 pm]
So. I want to play Blossom Culp. Who is Blossom Culp, you may ask?

Well. She's simply AWESOME and no one knows about her! < /hipster>

She is a character in a set of YA novels by Richard Peck. Here is an article about her.

The problem is...I am looking for a PB. And I am having a hard time finding one.

Blossom is not conventionally attractive. She is funny. She is poor. She can see ghosts and is psychic. She has time traveled. And she is Weird with a captial W.

I need a PB who LOOKS 13-15 years of age, who is slender (if not skinny), with dark hair and dark eyes, who could pass for part Gypsy. And here's the rub: she is not conventionally attractive. At all. She's weird.

...hard to find that when hollywood tricks out all their girls to the same, bland, 'pretty' archetype.

SO HALP PLZ!

(Also, if anyone at all wants to pick up Alexander Armsworth, a cowardly, good-looking, rich by who Blossom is not at all sweet on, really I would love it! Read the books, especially The Ghost Belonged to Me and Ghosts I have Been, they're funny and awesome.)
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rar rpers! [Jul. 10th, 2010|09:23 am]
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If you're going to play, PLAY!

Don't 'plan' to play, don't think about it (while your character gathers dust and goes unused, and, in the case of a canon-character especially, misses out on storylines), just frickin' play!

And if you can't, TELL A MOD! No harm, no foul.

It's not easy out here for a mod...
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[Feb. 4th, 2010|04:58 pm]
This could be interesting!

Pick any one of my characters, then give me a random canon that isn't theirs, and I'll tell you how they'd fit in, what they'd be doing, and so on, as if they were in that canon.

Character List!

Spring Awakening
Ilse Neumann
Wendla Bergmann
Martha Bessell
Anna
Thea
Marianna Wheelan

Glee

Quinn Fabray
Will Schuester

And the rest

Angela Edmunds 24
Chase Edmunds 24
Ganeida, Sister of Merlin British Mythology
Ophelia Hamlet
Elaine Le Morte d'Arthur
River Tam Firefly/Serenity
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just a note [Apr. 18th, 2009|05:42 pm]
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I'm still alive.

I had a tooth extraction yesterday for a tooth that was growing down into my jaw.

And now the right side of my face looks like a potato. And I want to eat something in the worst way.

But I'm feeling better.
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Yo. [Feb. 19th, 2009|01:51 pm]
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Ask my characters anything. Like...anything.

If you play with me, you know who I play.

But, for references' sake...

In [info]undertherainbow:

[info]mystic_twin
[info]lilymaid_sweet
[info]love_remember

In [info]the_sins_lie:

[info]child_beauty
[info]grow_up_free
[info]mama_bore_me
[info]loves_radicals

There's also [info]central_nowhere, but that hasn't seen much play...though I wish it would get a little more action...
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No, I cannot do NaNoWriMo... [Oct. 30th, 2008|03:59 pm]
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But I *will* do...a IJ post every day this month. I can handle that. :D

I need to get some of the Very Important Topics out of the way. Like My Spiritual Journey, My Political Journey (which might end up going together, actually), and the Journey of Housewifely Productivity (Just made that up now, how do you like it?).

And perhaps I will blog about my fiction writing. It isn't precisely at a standstill, but some of the stories have taken Very Weird Turns and I need to get a hold on them.

There will be certain things that will happen in the beginning of November, including a picspam of my son's Halloween costume. OMG, he looks ADORABLE. :) Really.

Hey, give me some other topics that I can sort of toy with! I really want to do this, I will feel very good if I can. :)
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Breaking radio silence from work... [Sep. 23rd, 2008|01:40 pm]
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An Open Letter to All Republicans From a Former Religious Right Activist

THIS.

I often try to explain to people why I am not on the Religious Right (in any way, shape, or form) anymore. This man explains it so well--if a little snarkily. But you see, you deal with this sort of pain with snark.

This doesn't even begin to come close to my own personal story. That one is full of my stupid naivete, my betrayed trust and a semi-nasty case of brainwashing. What it does explain is what is wrong with the Republican party as I see it, and specifically, the Christian Right.

(I'd have NO problem with the Republicans if they would just be fiscal conservatives, and stop trying to make this a "Christian nation"--which it NEVER was. They certainly are not right now, no matter what they say.)

As for what I am right now, I am an Episcopalian. That was what I was raised in for the first 13 years of my life...and now it feels like I am back home. My priest saw my hubby's Obama button and gave him a high five. It feels so good to be able to be a liberal--even in church.
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[Sep. 8th, 2008|01:37 pm]
In an unsual Twist of Fate (tm) I am home for the day. Turns out there's a power outage at work, therefore, I am home. Rawk!

I know I haven't been on LJ, but that is mostly because I can no longer go online during work. Someone downloaded a virus that crashed the e-mail system, so...yeah, no more personal online time. Woes.

I have uploaded some but not all of my vacation pictures...I'll post a link a bit later. It's been an insanely busy two weeks, featuring car trouble, day camp trouble, child care trouble, beginning school trouble and hubby gaining more work non-trouble.

I've been RPing and having a good time, and I think I shall use some of this time to post into my various RPGs so that I can garner activity. Tags will be forthcoming very soon, too.

Politics is frustrating the hell out of me. I want it to be over, already. *sigh* I can't stand the back-and-forth thing where both sides snipe at each other. It makes me want to pull my hair out.

:)
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And so... [Aug. 15th, 2008|01:23 pm]
It is my birthday. I do not feel older. :) Thank you to everyone for birthday wishes, I have a very nice f-list.

I am heading off to Maine tomorrow for a week, so if I'm not around, that's why. I cannot wait. I need this so much.

I have books to read and a notebook to write in, so that should be enough to keep me occupied when I'm not staring in wonder at pink granite cliffs.

I should be around tonight, but if you do not catch me, I'll see you on the flipside.

Or whenever I make my online presence known during the week.

*hugs* to all.
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Update... [Aug. 1st, 2008|01:35 pm]
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Apparently, I have lost 3 pounds between last night and this morning.

This brings my total of pounds lost in the past month to NINE.


d00d, I haven't lost that much in ages.

I am *so* going to the gym tomorrow. :)
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Health thingies. [Jul. 17th, 2008|01:37 pm]
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One Day at a Time (no, not the one with Valerie Bertinelli), Day Three:

I feel so great, truly. I'm drinking water, avoiding sugar, and that's about it. Oh, and the Tea of Awesome.

My joints actually bend decently, I can walk a distance without a)getting winded, b) having excruciating calf pain. My blood sugar is coming down, and I'm AWAKE during the day, which is a big plus.

I have also lost three pounds of water weight. My pants aren't tight anymore. :D!

I am doing this for ME. I don't care if that three pounds is water-weight. I'll take it! I am losing weight for my health only, so I can be around for my husband and son. I'm going to take care of ME. I can't wait for anyone to do it for me.

I will concentrate on one day at a time, one meal at a time, one decision at a time. I will have my water each day and I will not eat anything that comes out of a drive through window.

Eventually, I will incorporate more fruit and vegetables into my diet. But that will come in time.

This time, I must succeed. And I will.

(wow, maybe I should have the music from a battle scene in LotR inserted here) :)
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[Mar. 27th, 2008|01:17 pm]
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Last night, my sciatica acted up at three in the morning. omg, excruciating pain! It hasn't acted up that way for ages, to where I couldn't move, for a few moments it hurt to breathe and all because of my sciatic nerve. Sheesh.

Anyway, I'm at work, the Aleve took the edge off things enough so I could get moving around. Once I start moving around, most of the time it stops being so painful. I'm just hoping I can sleep without mishap tonight.

I have Writerly things I need to do! I have to dig out the early notebooks for my Treetalker story because there's some scenes I wrote a couple of years ago that I need. I'm really trying to go in order and put scenes together so that I can really figure out where I am in terms of the story. I've got a beginning at at the very least a good chunk of the early middle. The problem is that I've got a couple (or more) of versions of many scenes and I need to choose the ones I like the best.

RPG at Chaos Cube is teh bomb and I am having so much fun. I am going to have to write some backstories for my character because CC!Elaine is totally different from Milliways!Elaine.

Elsewhere, all is happy and good. Well, it tries. :) People in the family are pretty happy and stuff.

How's everyone else doing?
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