New and Improved...

Brain, brain, what is brain?

2008-09-14T13:33:30Z

I think it's a sign that's it's Renaissance Festival season when you see a job announcement for a "Midlevel Java Programmer" and read it as "Medieval Java Programmer". Okay, so we know where MY brain is...

X-Files

2008-07-25T22:00:40Z

1. WTF??? Where were my aliens?

2. Okay, seriously, did Chris Carter just dive into a bin of rejected episode ideas and decide to make it?

3. Aliens? I want aliens!

4. With such a rich history to draw on, why did they pick this storyline, then not even explain why the freaking villains were where they were, and how they got from Russia to the U.S.?

5. If you're going to bother to bring in evil Russian doctors, why in the hell can't you bring back Krycek?

6. NEEDS MORE ALIENS. NEEDS ANY ALIENS.

7. Sucked. Big time.

So...

2008-07-22T08:02:08Z

Where are all the Batman/Lost crossovers? Come on, people, you can't have missed the fact that Richard of the Others (and his guyliner) is Mayor of Gotham! Is Gotham the Island? (It is AN island, we know...) Anyone? No? Not even if he also played Batmanuel in The Tick?

Snupin Santa

2008-01-05T23:09:40Z

Well now that the masterlist is up, I can reveal that yes, indeed, I did write "Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered" for cordeliadelayne. I must say, I was very surprised at how many people guessed it was me! snegurochka_lee nailed me almost immediately, as did ellid. I guess my style is more recognizable than I thought! :D

Anyway, for those who haven't read and want to:

TItle: Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered
Pairing: Severus/Remus
Rating: R
Length: 33216
Summary: Severus Snape is a brilliant diagnostician, but Remus Lupin is a difficult case, in more ways than one
Notes: Now I can thank scribbulus_ink out loud - OMG, if it hadn't been for McKay holding my hand and patting my head, I might not have finished the fic. I LOVE the premise, but with RL issues and work stress, added to the fact that I canNOT write a short story any more, it was definitely a challenge! Thanks, McKay - as always you are my strength!!!

I loved the thought of writing "Snape as House" per Cordelia's prompt. The most difficult part was researching the "disease" and trying to come up with something plausible. I'm a bit anal that way, because of too many years of screaming about Star Trek technobabble saving the day. I will NOT claim that my research is bullet proof, but McKay can attest to the many hours of research I did in trying to find a disease to fit the "symptoms"! :D

Another thing I ended up enjoying very much in the story was the Regulus/Kingsley bits. I never thought of it before, really, but it just WORKED. And my Regulus is 100% based on McKay's boy from snark_n_bark. He is the ultimate Regulus to me, and so another kudo to McKay for inspiration!!!!

And a final word on that - McKay has done such an amazing, fantastic, incredible job on Snusa since the beginning, I think we all owe her an immense debt of gratitude for the hard work and frustration involved in running such an enormous fest. To me, McKay IS Snupin, and has been for years. Not just her writing, but the spirit she brings to things as well. Thanks, McKay! There is no one else like you in the world, and I treasure you dearly! :D

SQUEE!

2007-12-10T02:49:52Z

theladyfeylene wrote me Snupin! Angsty holiday Snupin with UST! :D OMG, please go read - http://theladyfeylene.insanejournal.com/21741.html and enjoy! Fey is a fabulous writer, and this story is great!

Thanks, Fey! :D I adore it!!! :D

#SPLAT#

2007-12-03T00:01:44Z

So, I'm horrible. I owe so many replies and I've not gotten to read ANY fics (*eyes snapelike's fic hungrily*). The good news is that scribbulus_ink and I finished a holiday collaboration which will go up in a few days. I'm rather squeeful about this one, I particularly like how it turned out. Can't say much about my Snusa because... well, it's Snusa, and secret, but I did get it done and I'm fairly happy with the result, even if a few parts of it had me ripping my hair out and crying on McKay's shoulder.

Work continues to be just absolutely insane. It gets better, and then when I take a deep breath it gets crazy again. Par for the course, I suppose. The good thing is that I'm taking almost two weeks off at the end of the year; the bad news is that I have a HUGE pile of work to finish before I can take off. My Christmas tree isn't up yet because I got horribly sick last week on the night we'd planned to set it up. Hopefully we'll get to it tomorrow afternoon, though, since this weekend has been busy.

Most of my Christmas shopping is done, thank goodness. I'm an unnatural female, I suppose, because I hate to shop. I love giving people presents, but I am definitely an online gifter - the mall makes me want to cry because of the noise and crowds. I had a Pampered Chef party with some friends and got all new pots and pans for my holiday cooking. Woo! For those who don't know, I cook a LOT, and I bake a lot, too. So new cookware is happy. :D

Best news of all: I've lost 20 lbs. My blood pressure was diagnosed as borderline about 3 months ago, and my doctor wanted to try treating with weight loss and exercise before putting me on meds, and I think I've done pretty well. I am a stress eater, and since work has been hell my weight has gone through the roof. I'd love to take off another 30, but I'll settle for 10 to 12 more, which will put me back in all my best clothes. I just hope that it takes the blood pressure down, too - strokes are THE killer of women in my family, and I'd rather stick around for a bit, to hassle McKay and Lore and Ellid and Karasu. ;) And the rest of you, too!

I hope everyone is doing well. My reading of LJ or IJ or anything else has been sporadic because most of my time has been used for writing, but I'll try to catch up. :D #HUGS# to all!

New Friendings

2007-08-22T09:05:51Z

Hey there!

Anyone who has friended me that I haven't yet friended back, it's because I'm not certain who you are. If you are on my LJ flist, please comment here with who you are there and I'll add you back at once! :D If you aren't, please feel free to introduce yourself. With all the weirdness going on I'm just a wee bit paranoid and I'd like to get to know you first. :)

I'm going to be transitioning to this as my primary journal instead of LJ in the very near future.

irony

2007-08-17T23:43:07Z

So I see that certain people who screamed about how offensive "insanejournal" is to the mentally ill now have accounts over here in order to sign up for certain exchanges located on the site. I suppose that being offended on behalf of others only goes so far - when it interferes with participating in selfish things, damn the masses, huh?

Moral superiority only works if you see it through, people. Lip service is a piss poor tribute to a "cause" you profess to believe in.