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Hey! Remember when I was all stressy and plagued with amorphous feelings of academic inadequacy? (Ha. Like THAT's specific. :P)
WELL. I found out today that I've been accepted to present my "Fanboy paper" at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference this year! And so has C! We did a little dance in the grad student offices when we found out that involved flaily jumping and exclamations of, "omg, we're not LOSERS!" Then we went and got some pie. As you do in times of good fortune.
Of course in a few months I'll be all stressy about REVISING and actually PRESENTING this paper, but.
Second order of "business:" kita0610 wrote SPN fic! Sammy character study fic!
+++ Set Out Running (But I Take My Time) - R for violence, imagery, hetsex, and Wincest. Kita has a style that is both brutal and beautiful--every word feels deeply intentional. But if you're looking for fluffy bunnies, this ain't the place to go.
Excerpt
“It has to hurt, Sam,” she tells him, wrapping soft legs around his thighs. She is shaking, and he can nearly believe she is sorry. “It’s not love if it doesn’t hurt.”
On the other bed, Dean is asleep, arms flung wide. His mouth is curved up in a smile. His lips are blue.
Sam tries to call out to him, but his throat closes around the sound, and this is just a dream.
“He loves you,” someone says. It’s a woman’s voice, it’s always a woman’s voice, even if Sam can’t be sure anymore who it belongs to. “Everyone always loves you -
++And now I need to flop in my bed, watch some TeeVee and pass out, because I JUST got home and I gotta get up and have THOUGHTS or whatever in the morning.
P.S. The rumour is that "Jailbait" in my Lit Theory class is a SOPHMORE in undergrad.!!!! Why exactly didn't they make film studies boys that smart, oversized and floppy-haired when I was in college? I got teased after class because apparently we were making a lot of eye contact and referencing each others' comments in class. I did once have to give him the subtle *cough* of feminism for something he said, but he immediately got sheepish. *sigh* Oh well.
WELL. I found out today that I've been accepted to present my "Fanboy paper" at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference this year! And so has C! We did a little dance in the grad student offices when we found out that involved flaily jumping and exclamations of, "omg, we're not LOSERS!" Then we went and got some pie. As you do in times of good fortune.
Of course in a few months I'll be all stressy about REVISING and actually PRESENTING this paper, but.
Second order of "business:" kita0610 wrote SPN fic! Sammy character study fic!
+++ Set Out Running (But I Take My Time) - R for violence, imagery, hetsex, and Wincest. Kita has a style that is both brutal and beautiful--every word feels deeply intentional. But if you're looking for fluffy bunnies, this ain't the place to go.
Excerpt
“It has to hurt, Sam,” she tells him, wrapping soft legs around his thighs. She is shaking, and he can nearly believe she is sorry. “It’s not love if it doesn’t hurt.”
On the other bed, Dean is asleep, arms flung wide. His mouth is curved up in a smile. His lips are blue.
Sam tries to call out to him, but his throat closes around the sound, and this is just a dream.
“He loves you,” someone says. It’s a woman’s voice, it’s always a woman’s voice, even if Sam can’t be sure anymore who it belongs to. “Everyone always loves you -
++And now I need to flop in my bed, watch some TeeVee and pass out, because I JUST got home and I gotta get up and have THOUGHTS or whatever in the morning.
P.S. The rumour is that "Jailbait" in my Lit Theory class is a SOPHMORE in undergrad.!!!! Why exactly didn't they make film studies boys that smart, oversized and floppy-haired when I was in college? I got teased after class because apparently we were making a lot of eye contact and referencing each others' comments in class. I did once have to give him the subtle *cough* of feminism for something he said, but he immediately got sheepish. *sigh* Oh well.