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ladyelaine
Jun. 11th, 2005 09:10 pm| Your IQ Is 140 |
 Your Logical Intelligence is Genius Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Genius |
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Doctor Who
Jun. 11th, 2005 05:21 pm( Tonight's episode title under cut )
Also, everyone go and read Sure As Eggs is Eggs by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
doyle_sb4. The Doctor, Rose and Jack deliver Margaret the Slytheen back to her supercalifragilisticexpieladocious home planet. The fic is absolutely brilliant.
Also, everyone go and read Sure As Eggs is Eggs by
doyle_sb4. The Doctor, Rose and Jack deliver Margaret the Slytheen back to her supercalifragilisticexpieladocious home planet. The fic is absolutely brilliant.
I can write, yay!
Jun. 11th, 2005 03:59 pmI have been plodding with my writing lately for some reason, but I started typing up a H/L fic I wrote a long time ago, one whihc I thought needed a great deal of revision to make it ready to post, but so far it's been beter than I thought. It only takes a few word changes, removing the cringeworthy bits. And when I write new bits, it works well. The words all flow. Mind you, I haven't got to the bit with the plot in it yet. There were a few boggy patches, as I remember.
Don't you hate editing? I mean editing as in, scenes that end up on the cutting room floor. This piece of writing you expended such effort on is too long, or too embarrassing, or unnecessary to the plot, or just doesn't work, and you have to throw it away. It's my least favourite part of writing.
Don't you hate editing? I mean editing as in, scenes that end up on the cutting room floor. This piece of writing you expended such effort on is too long, or too embarrassing, or unnecessary to the plot, or just doesn't work, and you have to throw it away. It's my least favourite part of writing.
Slash in Star Wars
Jun. 10th, 2005 06:06 pmI just don't see the point. In both of the trilogies we have a trio of main characters, two men and a woman. In both, one of the men is in a canonical relationship with the woman. And yet we have Obi/Ani and Han/Luke slash. It's not just a question of 'This character is canonically straight' (and the rejoinder to that is 'Ever heard of bisexuals?'), but, 'this character is canonically in a relationship with someone else'. It's irrelevant whether Anakin or Han like men as well as women, because they've each chosen a particular woman. I'd be equally annoyed if someone put them in a relationship with a Mary Sue female.
And Obi-Wan/Anakin annoys me the most, I think. Both of them see their relationship as familial, and, frankly, I can't see Obi-Wan having sex with anyone, let alone his Padawan. Making it merely about sex (ugh) would flatten out the interesting relationship as it actually is: Anakin trying to treat Obi-Wan as his father-figure while Obi sees him as a brother;fernwithy brought this to my attention the other day. Their differing expectations are part of the problem with them. Anakin needs someone to fill the dad-shaped space, and guess who's all ready to step up? Yup, Palpatine.
And Obi-Wan/Anakin annoys me the most, I think. Both of them see their relationship as familial, and, frankly, I can't see Obi-Wan having sex with anyone, let alone his Padawan. Making it merely about sex (ugh) would flatten out the interesting relationship as it actually is: Anakin trying to treat Obi-Wan as his father-figure while Obi sees him as a brother;
fernwithy brought this to my attention the other day. Their differing expectations are part of the problem with them. Anakin needs someone to fill the dad-shaped space, and guess who's all ready to step up? Yup, Palpatine.
Meme time!
May. 28th, 2005 09:27 pmGakked from synaesthete7
Why am I on your LJ Friends List?
Comment and tell me. Then post this in your journal.
synaesthete7Why am I on your LJ Friends List?
Comment and tell me. Then post this in your journal.
IOWEOICMCMQWPOIECPWIENVNOIQWGNITQIOEWMFOIEWNFIOWNEPOIWEFNPOINF!!!!!!!
I feel utterly...flattened.
( Spoilers, natch )
I feel utterly...flattened.
( Spoilers, natch )
Star Wars day
May. 19th, 2005 08:54 pm24 hours from now I shall officially be a gibbering wreck. I wish I had been able to see it tonight.
I heard an interview with Natalie Portman on Radio 1. She was doing the 'dance-round-the-spoilers' game, and she was very enthusiastic about Hayden, Ewan etc, as actors. Speaking of Natalie Portman, it is totally unfair that anyone can look as good as that with no hair.
I'm rather afraid that I shan't be well tomorrow. I've had a sore throat on and off for a couple of weeks, and it feels like it's developing into a real cold. So unfair, considering I only get ill about once every 18 months normally. Still, I will be there at the cinema tomorrow if I have to crawl.
I heard an interview with Natalie Portman on Radio 1. She was doing the 'dance-round-the-spoilers' game, and she was very enthusiastic about Hayden, Ewan etc, as actors. Speaking of Natalie Portman, it is totally unfair that anyone can look as good as that with no hair.
I'm rather afraid that I shan't be well tomorrow. I've had a sore throat on and off for a couple of weeks, and it feels like it's developing into a real cold. So unfair, considering I only get ill about once every 18 months normally. Still, I will be there at the cinema tomorrow if I have to crawl.
I was tagged by harryswheezy
1)Total number of books I've owned?
Well, my family own at least 12,000. How many of those are mine, I have no idea, but I estimate somewhere around 1500-2000.
2) The last book I bought?
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. There are almost thirty books in the series, so I'm acquiring them gradually.
3) The last book I read?
Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian. Age-of-sail is like my blankie fandom. I can return to it any time.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
-The Bible. No-brainer, that one.
-Lord of the Rings
I was twelve, younger and a girl. I needed to increase my geek credit with the boys I was friends with. I read it in six days including the Appendices. Then I moved on to
-the Silmarillion. There's just something about a mythology with its own languages. And maps. I like maps.
-Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St John. This was my favourite book when I was five or six. I spent a couple of years pretending to be the main characters, named my cat after a cat in the book, read it till my copy fell to pieces...
-The Harry Potter series. Do I need to explain this one?
Five people whose answers to this meme I would like to see:
This
is not a chain letter. If you break the chain, you will NOT have bad
luck. If you don't break the chain, nobody will send you lots of money
or (as a chain letter I once received demanded) ladies' underwear.
Given this caveat, I gently nudge the following people:
Well, most of my flist has already done it or is having exams or family crises or is off in the Canadian wilderness planting trees. So...
leelastarsky
seviet
doyle_sb4 (after her exams!)
ladyelaine
writergirlie
harryswheezy1)Total number of books I've owned?
Well, my family own at least 12,000. How many of those are mine, I have no idea, but I estimate somewhere around 1500-2000.
2) The last book I bought?
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. There are almost thirty books in the series, so I'm acquiring them gradually.
3) The last book I read?
Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian. Age-of-sail is like my blankie fandom. I can return to it any time.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
-The Bible. No-brainer, that one.
-Lord of the Rings
I was twelve, younger and a girl. I needed to increase my geek credit with the boys I was friends with. I read it in six days including the Appendices. Then I moved on to
-the Silmarillion. There's just something about a mythology with its own languages. And maps. I like maps.
-Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St John. This was my favourite book when I was five or six. I spent a couple of years pretending to be the main characters, named my cat after a cat in the book, read it till my copy fell to pieces...
-The Harry Potter series. Do I need to explain this one?
Five people whose answers to this meme I would like to see:
This
is not a chain letter. If you break the chain, you will NOT have bad
luck. If you don't break the chain, nobody will send you lots of money
or (as a chain letter I once received demanded) ladies' underwear.
Given this caveat, I gently nudge the following people:
Well, most of my flist has already done it or is having exams or family crises or is off in the Canadian wilderness planting trees. So...
leelastarskysevietdoyle_sb4 (after her exams!)ladyelainewritergirlieWhich icon of mine can't you stand?
May. 18th, 2005 09:54 pmAn attempt to start a meme:
Which icon of mine can't you stand?
There are lots of icons that are cheesy, fuzzy, obscene, have epilepsy-inducing animation or annoyingly small text, or were obviously made badly in Paint. You like the person, you just can't stand their icon when it turns up in your flist.
So. Which of my icons is like nails-on-a-blackboard for you? Comment and post this in your own journal.
Which icon of mine can't you stand?
There are lots of icons that are cheesy, fuzzy, obscene, have epilepsy-inducing animation or annoyingly small text, or were obviously made badly in Paint. You like the person, you just can't stand their icon when it turns up in your flist.
So. Which of my icons is like nails-on-a-blackboard for you? Comment and post this in your own journal.
Survey meme from sue_parsons
May. 16th, 2005 07:15 pm1. In which ways do you feel your love for the sciences shape your writing?
Well, my fandoms are all soft SF, basically fantasy with spaceships, so I have to suspend my disbelief to a large extent just like everyone else. However I do like to find or work out cod-scientific explanations for things. fro example, because of time dilation in the Special Theory of relativity, Han and Leia took 2 or 3 months to get from Hoth to Bespin at a high fraction of lightspeed, but subjectively it took them nineteen days.
2. Which of your stories satisfied you the most as an author?
Rebel Heart is my baby, the one I've put the most effort into and the one I feel most attached to. But the one I like best to reread is An Engagement Is Announced. I sit there going 'I can't believe I wrote something this funny!' to myself.
3. If you were to host a message board, what would be the theme or the thrust? The title?
Hmm. Given the current so, so sad dearth of them on the 'net at the moment, it would have to be a Luke Skywalker fan board. :) As for the name...meh. I'm awful at titles. Pass.
4. Research or instruction in your future, if you could have things your way?
Oh, research. I'm pretty useless at teaching. I'd far rather find out things for myself than teach them to others. Although that's all right if the others actually are interested and want to learn, but even at university level you don't get that all the time.
5. Einstein or Hawking?
Hard question. I'll go with Einstein, as at least I could understand about 10% of what he was talking about.
If any of the rest of you want to interview me, or be interviewed, comment to this post.
Well, my fandoms are all soft SF, basically fantasy with spaceships, so I have to suspend my disbelief to a large extent just like everyone else. However I do like to find or work out cod-scientific explanations for things. fro example, because of time dilation in the Special Theory of relativity, Han and Leia took 2 or 3 months to get from Hoth to Bespin at a high fraction of lightspeed, but subjectively it took them nineteen days.
2. Which of your stories satisfied you the most as an author?
Rebel Heart is my baby, the one I've put the most effort into and the one I feel most attached to. But the one I like best to reread is An Engagement Is Announced. I sit there going 'I can't believe I wrote something this funny!' to myself.
3. If you were to host a message board, what would be the theme or the thrust? The title?
Hmm. Given the current so, so sad dearth of them on the 'net at the moment, it would have to be a Luke Skywalker fan board. :) As for the name...meh. I'm awful at titles. Pass.
4. Research or instruction in your future, if you could have things your way?
Oh, research. I'm pretty useless at teaching. I'd far rather find out things for myself than teach them to others. Although that's all right if the others actually are interested and want to learn, but even at university level you don't get that all the time.
5. Einstein or Hawking?
Hard question. I'll go with Einstein, as at least I could understand about 10% of what he was talking about.
If any of the rest of you want to interview me, or be interviewed, comment to this post.