... don't be stupid in public. It's harder now, with blogs and journals and all blurring the line between thought and publication, but still.

Or at least, be stupid about something relatively low in importance. Like, say, fanfic. I mean, if you lose it over fanfic, I probably won't read your work... but I won't actually discourage others from ( Read more... )

... soliciting opinions on whether signing up for due South seekrit santa is a good idea.
Y/N? I'm leaning towards yes - well, today, anyway.

... posting maps of personal fannish histories.

Which is tricky, because I use 'fan' to mean different, somewhat overlapping things, sometimes in the same sentence. I am a fan of this, but not a fan, you ( Read more... )

So, yesterday's Women Appreciation Week challenge was meta. *crickets*
[See previous remarks in re: my inability to natter on effectively on a blank screen]

And today's is Day 6: Find a redeeming quality in a female character you dislike.I started trying to come up with that female character I dislike. I've been surprised at how difficult I'm ( Read more... )

So, there've been two memes circulating lately. I've been ambivalent about participating in either... but I guess I'll throw them out there ( Read more... )

So, as most of y'all know, my major problem with my job is not so much that I'm making next to no money, not so much because customers_suck, but mostly that I work really hard and get no recognition from management for it?

Turns out it annoys me just as much when it's coming from someone I have no reason to expect ever to have visited my particular bookstore.
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Instead, I'm typing up my thoughts on a movie. Thoughts being neither a serious review-type thing, nor a humourous, " What was George Lucas THINKING?" thing.

( It's just, this is Narnia, you know? )

... or why I am a not a spoiler whore, but am instead a cranky bitch about even the most seemingly minor of revelations.

( Cut for, of all things, possible spoilers. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 2 is discussed, and the ending of an unnamed anime currently being released in the US is alluded to, the title of which the astute anime-fan reader will most likely be able to guess. )