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Response to lj prompt [Mar. 1st, 2012|06:25 pm]
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The question, of course is who my fashion icon.

Molly Ivins pretty much summed up my take on fashion nigh perfectly.

She talked about learning how "everyone has a fasion statement" and that hers is "woman who wears clothes so that she is not naked".

Of course, Molly pretty well encapsulates my feelings on a lot of things...
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The librarian, the witch and the decimal classification system. [Feb. 23rd, 2012|06:50 pm]
I was shelving a book on witchcraft yestereday. (Yes we all shelve, haven't had shelvers in quite some time--budget dontcha know.) And it just struck me how ridiculous, and a bit disturbing, it was that it was in the 133's and not the 200's. I mentioned it to a co-worker who was not remotely sympathetic to why this might be a problem. (And even declared me a closet atheist, but that's another story.) But it bothered me. Sufficiently so that I did a little more research. Found that unsurprisingly this observation is far from origional with me, found the article that appeared in Library Journal on the subject and found that a new Dewey Classification had been created in the 200's specifically for Wicca as a religion back in 2004.

Fancy that.
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Posting to my own journal because livejournal won't let me post it to the thread. [Feb. 22nd, 2012|06:17 pm]
In response to the relatively straightforward "make something bad".

#1

Title: The Ballad of Sir Oswulf the Valorous
Fandoms: Fantastic Four; Dracula; Interview with the Vampire; Betsy Queen of the Damned; Twilight
Rating: PG to be safe?
Summary: I’m bad. I’m bad. You know it.


( At last, Doom's day of vengeance had come. )

#2

Title: The Bad Horse Sonnet
Fandoms: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Rating: PG
Summary: A sonnet. Written by Bad Horse

I am Bad Horse and evil’s what I do.

I rule o’er crime and such depravity

And sometimes my sonnets have feminine endings too.

And I won’t hesitate to kick the puppy.

The Evil League of Evil is my see,

And Doctor Horrible has joined this group.

Our evil laughter fills me up with glee.

It’s also nice on Thursdays to drink soup.

A greater horde of villainy ne’er was

and we will crush the fools like Captain Hammer

who make me ill with the heroic buzz

of all their rancid “Truth and Justice stammer.

I am Bad Horse, and I’m evil and sick,

so evil this last line doesn’t follow the rules of iambic… pentameter. Or rhyme.

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Babbling about Bechdel. [Feb. 21st, 2012|11:33 am]
The point is not to pass. The point is to make you think. And I'm thinking.

So anyway, I wanted to write a story. I feel a litt wretched that it's Twilight. Again. But twilight has both the different reality to explore and the atmosphere to support a degree of spiritual and ethical exploration that would feel out of place if I were using, say, X-Men.

And I was doing initial concept-work, deciding what characters to use and reminding myself of their backgrounds and such. And I was running with two characters who happened to be female... considering their personal challenges and demons that were bound to be central to the story. And it just hit me, they were going to be babbling about men. That was the raw material Stephenie Meyer gave me. Maybe that should bother me less than it does. Maybe it's good that it bothers me, but it's a botheredness that helps me build in my tiny way toward a better world, not something I should take to heart. And maybe that's the point.

Anyway, the idea (plotbunny?) is sufficiently secured in place that I probably need to write the story. Although it would be easier to just write a sonnet by Bad Horse.
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Dungeons and Polyhedrons [Feb. 17th, 2012|01:54 pm]
Title: Dungeons and Polyhedrons
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Words: 1328
Rating: PG, in case I'm forgetting anything.
Summary: Seriously, have the characters played D&D and I'm just forgetting the episode? Seems like quite the oversight.


( Howard's eyes peered creepily over the screen )

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Haley, Resplendent [Feb. 17th, 2012|01:47 pm]
Title: Haley, Resplendent
Fandom: Order of the Stick
Words: 2185
Rating: PG
Summary: It's valentine's day. Haley and Elan have a romantic evening planned. Other people have plans of their own.


( Haley Starshine was resplendent. )

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Soul Food for Thought [Feb. 17th, 2012|01:43 pm]
Written as part of the [info]fandomverse big bang challenge. Spent enough time trying to get livejournal cuts to work properly, finally got tired of pulling my hair and just decided to submit this in three separate posts.

Title: Soul Food for Thought
Fandom: Twilight (Hey! Stop wincing!)
Words: 2530
Rating: PG
Summary: Edward is worried about Bella's soul. The rest of the family is worried about Edward.


( Bella shivered. )

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Writer's Block: Pants on Fire? [Feb. 4th, 2012|01:44 pm]
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[mood |complacentcomplacent]

If we're even going to go down the road of trying to determine which lies "count" and which do not...

I think that the intention has a lot more to do with whether it "counts" than does than with whether it is a lie of omisssion or commission.
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I need to write again. [Feb. 4th, 2012|10:31 am]
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I used to write more when I was part of one of those contest-communities, but my old one seems to have gone defunct. Should join a new contest community.
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Gallifrey me! [Dec. 5th, 2011|02:24 pm]

Thanks for the meme, L_A.


Your job is now your Time Lord name.
The Librarian certainly works for me.


The last digit of your phone number is the current regeneration you are in.
Five? Eh...


The nearest clothing item to your right is now the most notable item in your current wardrobe.
Clip-on ties are cool? I never wear those. Ever.


The last person you texted is your current companion.
I have to travel alone?


Your favourite word is now your catchphrase.
Couple of reasonable candidates but probably... "Spiffy!"


What is your TARDIS currently stuck as?
Well if it's _stuck_ then I didn't choose. So for the sake of drama, it's whatever I least want it to be. Maybe something that embarasses me? Eh... I don't know.


What is your favorite unusual tool to save the universe with?
Compassion!

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