"Never win first place, I don't support the team..."

[hermionesviolin]

Meg and i missed each other on Thursday, and Moriah had to cancel on me for Friday. Life is pain, as Meg said. Only, not really. My life is not Tess of the d’Urbervilles (which is nigh on 400 pages and which i didn’t start in earnest until Friday, because i suck). P.S. Oh, memories.

Friday was positively balmy. Predictions of snow, what? Crazies. I slept in, had a leisurely lunch, did assorted errands including laundry and finally putting a picture of myself up on facebook. Thursday night i finally posted to slashthekey and futureverse.

And yeah, there endeth-ed the productivity. On Friday i hung out with people -- or at least Emma -- from tea (4pm) until nearly 10pm. Though i did do lots of Tess reading afterward. And finished it on Saturday. (Oh, textual entrances into slash, how i love thee.) Now i just have to read Death of a Salesman and do my reader response journal for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (and reread and take notes on the end of Surprised by Joy). That’s for tomorrow. For now, fanfic to quell the Hit With Big Sticks feeling that carried me through most of the novel.

ZOE: You sanguine about the kinda reception we're apt to receive on an Alliance ship, Captain?
MAL: Absolutely. (then) What's sanguine?
ZOE: Hopeful. Plus, item of interest, it also means bloody.
MAL: Well, that pretty much covers the options, don't it?
-Firefly, “Safe”

Every time i read the name Angel Clare i kept thinking of Angel Juan. Oh, things i don’t have the time to reread.

209 rearranged their room, so i swapped my bookcase for a 4-shelved one. The shelves aren’t as deep as my old one, but that’s almost a non-issue; and there are 4 shelves instead of 3, which is the important part. And the dark wood is yummy.

Friday, Felicia called me and Emma (and Cat?) repressed. Somehow not the word that usually comes to mind. And it’s possible i’ll never be able to look at pineapples with a straight face again, at least around certain people.

Emma, on Time Bandits: “I still haven’t decided how I feel about the ending. I need to write that fanfic.”
Me: “I’m already writing that fanfic.”
Emma: “Why haven’t you finished yet?”

I’m thinking SuperBowl is prime time to work on fic ‘cause i clearly can’t do homework during it.

"Sometime before 6:30, the game will start. Remember the game, between the Patriots, who could win their third Super Bowl in four years, and the Eagles, who last played (and lost) in the Super Bowl 24 years ago?"
-Richard Sandomir, on the excess of pre-game programming

Oh, look, young Ian McKellan and Judi Dench from my MAT class copy of Macbeth.

David Lenson, my UMass Comp-Lit Brave New Worlds prof, mentioned during the Maria Tatar radio interview that one of his students wanted to do a senior honors thesis on fanfiction, and from his tone it sounded like he denied said student. I e-mailed him and mentioned Susan Cocalis, my UMass Grimms to Disney prof, in my e-mail. This is the response i got:

I'd never deny a student the opportunity to do new research! C'mon! I think the project may be a bit bogged down at the moment, but her name is [name removed] and she's in my current class. I'll see if it's ok with her to give out her email address.

I invited Susan Cocalis to join us on the show, but she had a prior commitment. Tatar, Cocalis and I are old pals from graduate school.

::loves::

"Your recs page is my new crack."
-wisdomeagle

And wisdomeagle wrote me fic for buffyverse1000! I have love.

I caved and signed up for the Ethan Rayne ficathon.

I am not, however, doing the Multifandom One Ring Fic Challenge, obviously.

I’m excited about my femslash05 assignment.

Emma, i thought of you.

I have the “Normal Again” outtake [JM/NB kiss] vid clip again! ::loves mpoetess::

There is an Angelus prayer. Yeah, it’s named for the Latin beginning, but still; being in fandom makes one’s brain extra-confused. (Hat-tip, maechi.)

BlogThings says i’m 30 :)

Comments

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

One question--why the link to montel?

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

The last teacher in the promo clip, taught at my junior high. I can tell you the longer version in person.

(And i enjoy that your memories are really memories of you that i happened to be present for ;) )

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

But you didn't see your face when they happened. I did. :) And those are my memorieees.

And because I feel lame saying "buffy" or "slash" or "gay." Because it's too vague and general. And I wasn't there when you got the uber Buffy DVD stuff.

And yeah, I want to hear about the teacher person tomorrow...or rather...today...much later!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

True, i didn't see my face when those things happened. I'm glad they're good memories for you :) (And i totally sporfled when i read "pineapple" in your comment.)

And yes, if i don't see you at brunch, come distract me from Death of a Salesman and i'll tell you (because really i should be going to be bed soon, so i can get up and go to church).

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

is sportfled an actual word? If so, you win a CatWordORama. Or something.

As you know, disctracting you is my forte, so I should be seeing you tomorrow for fun like woah.

Or during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials. :D

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Sporfle is an Internet word. Like when you're drinking something while you're reading and you burst out laughing and spew all over your monitor, only i manage to do that thing with my mouth even when it's empty, like attempting to stifle a laugh or something, i don't even know.

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

sex!

<i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[(Anonymous)]

I like that :)

RAS

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

:) All week, Cat (immortalavalamp) has been saying, "Super Bowl commercials this weekend!"

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

Why thank you.

Who art thou?

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

:) That would be my dad.

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

(I live a floor above Elizabeth)

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[(Anonymous)]

I hope you have quiet feet :)

Pleased to (sort of) make your acquaintance.

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

Ditto! :)

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

You hope my daddy has quiet feet?

Re: <i>during the breaks from the Superbowl commercials</i>

[immortalavalamp.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, otherwise you'd hear him going to the bookcase to get those books on the bookshelf....

[akronohten.livejournal.com]

Umm, why does Sir Ian have to be so hottt?

Do you know his coming out story? It's the best thing ever. . .

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I have not in fact heard his coming out story. Do tell.

[akronohten.livejournal.com]

Well, he was really involved in the arts lobby in the late 80s, and was asked to speak against Section 28 on a BBC radio news show, as the arts lobby was really opposed to the legislation, since they tend to be both against censorship and losing their funding. Anyway, also on the panel was a religious person who was supportive of the legislation, and who said that we need to protect children from 'those people'. At that point, McKellen (who was, ironically, knighted by Thatcher after this outburst) said 'I am one of those people.'

[wisdomeagle]

I could stare at Ian and Dame Judi forEVER. (dammit, still need Judi Dench icon...) Damn you!

[hedy.livejournal.com]

Oh god that's hot.