Well, just sent my donation for Katrina relief to The Manilow Fund, because they've got 2:1 matching. Triple your donation, guys. Thanks to ElaineMc for pointing that out. Stupid webpage refused my Visa, but checks are forever. Giving blood on Tuesday. It may not get directly to NOLA, but it'll get to somebody, and somewhere down the line, that's ( Read more... )

Something I just figured out, and felt like hey, maybe it'll make that murky fanfic divide a little less fraught. So if you're a slash fan, don't take this as an attack, just as an explanation. And if you're gen or het fan, no, I'm not speaking for you, just myself.

( I'm a female chauvinist. And I've realized that's why I can't get into slash. )

( Dear Teenybopper fanfic writer: )

No, really, I would. I have dreams of acceptance speeches for the Oscar for Best Screenplay, or Best Adapted Screenplay, or an Emmy for Best Scriptwriting, or a Booker Prize. Or a Nebula or Hugo. I think everyone who's written anything occasionally indulges in these ideas. Even if you haven't written anything original yet, you want the damn Emmy as ( Read more... )

So, news: pre-interview scheduled for Tuesday, with an engineering company opening a new office here in Denver. The pre-interview is so the recruiter can check me out, make sure I'm sane, can dress myself, and am not a complete twit. Yay! If this goes well, we'll move on to a real interview, where they'll actually question my competency and career ( Read more... )