I feel strange. I've been rereading this post and I thought that I had no idea, couldn't predict how 2012 would turn out. None of us could, but still, in the grander scheme of things, I could never in my life have expected half of what had happened. None of them were pleasant surprises, either.

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QUESTION: Why do I keep doing things like translating board meeting protocols and legal contracts for free as a favour to my dear friends whom I haven't seen in half a year because they're too busy and important to meet with me for a cup of coffee?
ANSWER: Because I'm an idiot who can't say a bloody no.

QUESTION: Is there any end in sight to the ( Read more... )

God, I hate editing. I HATE it. Not like assimilating corrections, that's nice enough, amusing even, facepalming aside. But I hate rewriting stuff. I'm so bad at rewriting separate scenes. Like to take this one scene and change things and then put it back in and smooth transitions and then do it all over again until the whole thing feels like a ( Read more... )

So, reel_merlin  submissions are due in 15 days, and I have about 15k to write and then only two more weeks to make final changes. I seriously need a panic icon, because hot damn, am I in PANIC.

So, distract me. Stumbled over this meme three times today, so snagged it shamelessly. Pick a fandom and I'll tell you:

The first character I fell in love with:
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It's that hellish time of year again when I wish the sun to remember that we're a Northern country, dammit. Northern! 35C is not normal! Could it please, please stop?

I bought a mobile A/C and it looks like a Dalek. I'm not even kidding, it looks a little like R2D2, too, but mostly like a Dalek. I'm calling it Hungry Dalek Bork because it keeps ( Read more... )

You know these moments when you sort of just want to curl into a ball and cry till things magically get better somehow or till you fall asleep and forget about the world? *waves at you guys* Yeah ( Read more... )

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Four people driving out of a burning village. Be warned, disturbing imagery. Oh, and if you understand Russian by any chance, don't listen unless you want your ears to fall off from the mother of cussing.

( Harold and Kumar had never gone there )

Hey guys,

I tentatively have internet access at home right now, though my laptop is still out of it. The stationary computer is working *knocks on everything* though I never realized how outdated all my software here is. It takes some getting used to. >.<

For those of you who wonder what eats up my time now, it's mostly fighting for a breath. ( Read more... )

First off, I'm back. My laptop is making attempts toward killing itself in this endless heat, and I can't say I blame it, but I still hope it will survive. (Seriously, they have 23C in London, but we have 38C in Moscow? For two months? What kind of planet is this, again?)

Second off, thank you everyone, and especially lowcutjeans and alinealghost , for being awesome and ( Read more... )