...*grumble, grumble* Monday freakin-morning *grumble, grumble*...
Big warm welcome to effie214!!!! Yay!!! Effie has a lj! Effie has a lj!!! ^_^ Now I can keep up with the happenings down in D.C. much more easily *looks about suspiciously* Uh Oh, you have a stalker ^_^ hehehehe
Very growly-arghy-just-unhappy-cranky this morning...probably has a lot to do with the fact that instead of getting done what I wanted to yesterday I wasted my time watching the Yankee-Sox game and stayed up much later than I should have, when I kept saying "I just want to go to bed, damn it!", but of course I couldn't til it was over and the Sox won. *grumble grumble grumble* Yeah yeah, it's one game, but 90% of the Sox fans I know gave up and I just wanted the whole thing over with...sorry to the few Sox fans I like but I want the whole damn thing done with so stuff can get back to normal and I won't be "the lepper" anymore...*growl*
Woke up with a start when my alarm went off (never a good sign) so I think that's part of the crankiness...so damn tired...and now Stupid is here *double growl* I think I should have called in today but too late now...*sigh*
Had a pretty good weekend this weekend. Friday night was fun talking with the BLO girls :) yes, I forget who came up with that acrynm (I think Crystal) but it's kinda funny don't you think?) We missed Trina of course but she had her show which I heard she did fabulously in!!! *applauds* Yay Trina!!!
Spent allll Saturday at Andrew's playing X-Men ...it's so addicting! :) (no Sean Astin but that's ok) We finally unlocked Colossus and I'm loving playing with Gambit ^_~ teeheehee too bad I keep killing him! I'm just loving the fact that this game is so complicated and indepth and just more than the average game :D I like days like that...lazy and silly with Andrew! :)
Yesterday I went with Mom to a bunch of orchards in the Southern part of MA (not as good as the Harvard, western MA, area). Autumn isn't my favorite season but it is definitely New England's best! I think New England is one of the nicest places to experience fall...the leaves are still changin...I think peak will be next weekend, so I definitely have to see if Andrew or T or both want to go for a walk or something. It's finally starting to get cold too, which makes the orchards that much more fun (the smell of hot apple and cinnonmon...mmmmm). Going out to buy apple and Halloween decorations is one of the few things left that my mother and me can do without killing one another...so it was nice. Other than that, I bought a cheap version of Arwen's necklace on ebay (just for the Halloween costume...if I want the real one I'll get it later)...almost bought myself the Spike standee I've been toying with (since Em is going to take her's with her)...*sigh* at least now I have the site (thanks to Candice) and I can debate it for awhile more...Oh and I finally found Candice's birthday present ^_^ (so you will have to email me your address).
Ok so I've been doing my voting for a certain Fanfiction Award site (most of you guys know what it is I'm sure). Most of the stories I've read are fine, some are actually very very good, but I ran across a few that just really ticked me off. I can't tell you how much it angers me to read a fic that is written solely so the author can have the characters go at it like rabbits in as vivid debased detail as possible! Now I have nothing against NC-17 writing. It's not really my thing - I don't write it because I don't think I can do it justice, but I have read some (all those by facingthesun and spikesbint) that are fantastic, even better than non-NC-17 stuff (some of my favorite writings). But the difference is that those stories have great plots, great character understanding, and great development. Fanfiction by definition uses pre-existing characters that people know really well, so don't put them in situations or have them do/say things that no way in hell would they ever do or say or be in (I'm including Fantasy, Crossovers, and AU here because you can write those and still be true to the nature of the characters (once again, anything by spikesbint, facingthesun, and spikesbabyblues are perfect examples of how successfully and beautifully it can be done). What just kills me is when you have a 3 page long ficlet that has maybe a page of introspection and then all sex in rather crass language...where is the emotional power? where is the realism? the motive behind it? the verbal power that selecting more educated, more artistic words can have on something? No, no it's just I'm the author and I want them to have sex right now just because! Now again, they have every right to do it...it's their stories and I don't have to read it...but I think the thing that really bugged me, is that as a writer, judging these nominees, it's like an insult to those who really work hard to write for others...for the other works in the same catagories that were a million times better to have be included with that crap, and for all those writers who never get the recognition they deserve. I'm sorry if this seems close-minded or me just being bitchy, but it really bugged me. I guess it's just how I approach most forms of artistic expression and entertainment...where's the depth? where's the evidence that you really poured yourself into what you did? All I know is that after reading it, I felt cheap and cheated. *sigh* At least most of the ones I read were excellent...sorry for the rant but that's been annoying me since last night, and I really don't think I'm out of line saying what I'm saying here. Does thsi kind of thing bug anyone else?...
Ok so I want to end on a happy note so....ladywenham was kind enough to post a bunch of screen caps from "The House of the Healing" part in ROTK Extended Edition (thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you)!!! ^_^ Yay for Faramir/Eowyn time!!! *bounces about* Oh I can't wait for the extended edition to come out!!! Oh yeah, hehehe the images are here Enjoy! :D
No gym after work today...have too many errands (must get my dress taken in for Halloween and get the magazine mailed out to Crystal), and I really should finish up the editing on "Soul Searching". I hope this day gets better...need something to pick me up...
Very growly-arghy-just-unhappy-cranky this morning...probably has a lot to do with the fact that instead of getting done what I wanted to yesterday I wasted my time watching the Yankee-Sox game and stayed up much later than I should have, when I kept saying "I just want to go to bed, damn it!", but of course I couldn't til it was over and the Sox won. *grumble grumble grumble* Yeah yeah, it's one game, but 90% of the Sox fans I know gave up and I just wanted the whole thing over with...sorry to the few Sox fans I like but I want the whole damn thing done with so stuff can get back to normal and I won't be "the lepper" anymore...*growl*
Woke up with a start when my alarm went off (never a good sign) so I think that's part of the crankiness...so damn tired...and now Stupid is here *double growl* I think I should have called in today but too late now...*sigh*
Had a pretty good weekend this weekend. Friday night was fun talking with the BLO girls :) yes, I forget who came up with that acrynm (I think Crystal) but it's kinda funny don't you think?) We missed Trina of course but she had her show which I heard she did fabulously in!!! *applauds* Yay Trina!!!
Spent allll Saturday at Andrew's playing X-Men ...it's so addicting! :) (no Sean Astin but that's ok) We finally unlocked Colossus and I'm loving playing with Gambit ^_~ teeheehee too bad I keep killing him! I'm just loving the fact that this game is so complicated and indepth and just more than the average game :D I like days like that...lazy and silly with Andrew! :)
Yesterday I went with Mom to a bunch of orchards in the Southern part of MA (not as good as the Harvard, western MA, area). Autumn isn't my favorite season but it is definitely New England's best! I think New England is one of the nicest places to experience fall...the leaves are still changin...I think peak will be next weekend, so I definitely have to see if Andrew or T or both want to go for a walk or something. It's finally starting to get cold too, which makes the orchards that much more fun (the smell of hot apple and cinnonmon...mmmmm). Going out to buy apple and Halloween decorations is one of the few things left that my mother and me can do without killing one another...so it was nice. Other than that, I bought a cheap version of Arwen's necklace on ebay (just for the Halloween costume...if I want the real one I'll get it later)...almost bought myself the Spike standee I've been toying with (since Em is going to take her's with her)...*sigh* at least now I have the site (thanks to Candice) and I can debate it for awhile more...Oh and I finally found Candice's birthday present ^_^ (so you will have to email me your address).
Ok so I've been doing my voting for a certain Fanfiction Award site (most of you guys know what it is I'm sure). Most of the stories I've read are fine, some are actually very very good, but I ran across a few that just really ticked me off. I can't tell you how much it angers me to read a fic that is written solely so the author can have the characters go at it like rabbits in as vivid debased detail as possible! Now I have nothing against NC-17 writing. It's not really my thing - I don't write it because I don't think I can do it justice, but I have read some (all those by facingthesun and spikesbint) that are fantastic, even better than non-NC-17 stuff (some of my favorite writings). But the difference is that those stories have great plots, great character understanding, and great development. Fanfiction by definition uses pre-existing characters that people know really well, so don't put them in situations or have them do/say things that no way in hell would they ever do or say or be in (I'm including Fantasy, Crossovers, and AU here because you can write those and still be true to the nature of the characters (once again, anything by spikesbint, facingthesun, and spikesbabyblues are perfect examples of how successfully and beautifully it can be done). What just kills me is when you have a 3 page long ficlet that has maybe a page of introspection and then all sex in rather crass language...where is the emotional power? where is the realism? the motive behind it? the verbal power that selecting more educated, more artistic words can have on something? No, no it's just I'm the author and I want them to have sex right now just because! Now again, they have every right to do it...it's their stories and I don't have to read it...but I think the thing that really bugged me, is that as a writer, judging these nominees, it's like an insult to those who really work hard to write for others...for the other works in the same catagories that were a million times better to have be included with that crap, and for all those writers who never get the recognition they deserve. I'm sorry if this seems close-minded or me just being bitchy, but it really bugged me. I guess it's just how I approach most forms of artistic expression and entertainment...where's the depth? where's the evidence that you really poured yourself into what you did? All I know is that after reading it, I felt cheap and cheated. *sigh* At least most of the ones I read were excellent...sorry for the rant but that's been annoying me since last night, and I really don't think I'm out of line saying what I'm saying here. Does thsi kind of thing bug anyone else?...
Ok so I want to end on a happy note so....ladywenham was kind enough to post a bunch of screen caps from "The House of the Healing" part in ROTK Extended Edition (thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you)!!! ^_^ Yay for Faramir/Eowyn time!!! *bounces about* Oh I can't wait for the extended edition to come out!!! Oh yeah, hehehe the images are here Enjoy! :D
No gym after work today...have too many errands (must get my dress taken in for Halloween and get the magazine mailed out to Crystal), and I really should finish up the editing on "Soul Searching". I hope this day gets better...need something to pick me up...