rosiespark sent me this wonderful link to The Graham Norton show with Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Javier Bardem, all of whom are utterly delightful. As one would wish. The show itself has its annoyance, but they are funny and quite wonderful.

I'm reading more Skyfall fic, especially 00Q stories. I haven't found any first-class stories yet - they're ( Read more... )

auriaephiala pointed me to this exchange, and I'm glad she did. Very interesting.

Starting point: lyda222's Livejournal, where she talks about Rob Bricken's Fan Fiction Friday on io9, in which he ridicules a Steve/Tony slash story and a Harry Potter storyAnd she makes some very cogent, significant points: that fanfic, especially erotic fanfic, and ( Read more... )

I haven't found time yet to write about FanExpo in Toronto - and yes, I plan too - but I did make up a scrapbook page from the program book. Geared to the people I saw, the things I did.


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One thing Lev Grossman's article did was get people talking about fanfic, at least within fandom. Which is a good thing; I think we should do it more often ( Read more... )

Nice day. Hot day, and I was actually out of doors. I had lunch at Montana's at South Keys with Sheila: I had a delicious steak, and Sheila was kind enough to cut it for me. Then errands: picking up pills at the drugstore, getting my glasses fixed (I'd stepped on them), and browsing Chapter's.

I was exhausted afterwards, and napped.

Then
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It was raynedaze's birthday today. I managed to make a card (one handed!) and auriaephiala brought cupcakes from the new store at Bank and Strathcona, The Flour Shop. Our meal was actually totallydelightful: a light chicken stirfry by
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I think we finally have the pattern of the Perfect Fannish Meal. I make a wheatless quiche - tonight's was spinach and Feta - auriaephiala brings a home-made salad, while
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catalenamara's interesting post on fandoms today made me want to answer her questions in a post of my own. I'd love to hear and see other people's answers, too ( Read more... )