capslock is a valid form of feelings-expression, too!
So! I've been reading a lot, as always, so here are lots of recs for various fandoms:
★ DCU, Disney, Harry Potter, Hikaru no Go, One Piece, Star Trek XI, and assorted Yuletide fandoms (19 fics total)
Here are some recent incidents from my life:
On writing
MEI: Hmm, I have not written in a long time. I should fix that? *signs up for holiday fic exchange*
EXCHANGE: *hands out prompts*
MEI: Ooh, I like this prompt! I should be able to do this, no problem. :D
FIC: *grows*
MEI: Um.
FIC: *grows more*
MEI: Maybe you could...stop now?
FIC: *keeps growing*
MEI: ...oh dear.
I am not sure how much more detail I can give since the fic exchange is supposed to be anonymous for a bit, so just know that you can expect me to repost some kpop fic to my writing comm in about two weeks. It is exciting to me that I have managed to write. \o/ And yes, there was the standard amount of griping and whining because it is an integral part of my writing process. Count yourself lucky you weren't subject to it. (Unless you were, in which case, MY APOLOGIES.)
On reading
MEI: I feel like reading! I always feel like reading. Let's see, what should I read?
AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS: Hi!
MEI: Okay, I shall read Agatha Christie books! :D
ONE PIECE: Hi! You haven't forgotten about me, have you?
MEI: No, never!
ONE PIECE DOUJINSHI: And us!
MEI: But of course, because you are like fic except with pictures. How could I want anything more?
hd_holidays: It's December! Hi!
MEI: Oh yes--
FAIRY TALES (Andrew Lang Fairy Books version, Grimm version, Robin McKinley retellings version): Hi!
GEORGETTE HEYER: Hi!
VARIOUS PUCK/KURT FIC: Hi!
yuletide: Hi!
VARIOUS WEBCOMICS: Hi! (We update every week too!)
THE NEWS: Hi! (We update every day.)
MEI: @_@
MEI: OH GOD TOO MUCH TO READ NOT ENOUGH TIME
To say nothing of all the unread stuff currently barely even in line: Pterry's Snuff, the Merlin military AU Loaded March (three stories behind, ack), catching up on Kimi ni Todoke, Bakuman... I wish I could spend all of my time reading, but alas reality is never so kind.
On Christmas presents
People sent me cards, which are festive and glittery and make me smile:
I got a Totoro case for my phone >0< it makes my inner child glee:
And also Snuff and Here is Greenwood 9, which finally completes my HiG set.
MY FRIENDS ARE FANTASTIC ILU. ♥♥♥
On sports
UNC: *wins*
MEI: Yay!
UNC: *loses*
MEI: OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO DIE!!!
Yes, college basketball season is a very stressful and melodramatic time. Yes, it is clearly life or death. In conclusion: GO TO HELL DUKE.
Liverpool and I are not currently on speaking terms, because I'm still mad about the Suárez incident - the racist comments and LFC's fucking stupid defense of them. No. Even against a Man Utd player, har har, no.
FERNANDO TORRES: *exists, continues playing for Chelsea*
MEI: You look terrible in blue.
MEI: Your hair is ugly.
MEI: I hope you trip and fall on your face.
MEI: Fuck, I miss you! T____T (But you do look terrible in blue, YOU SHOULD BLEED RED ALWAYS YOU FUCKER.)
On movies
STAR TREK SEQUEL: We finally have an official release date!
MEI: Yay!
STAR TREK SEQUEL: We will be released May 2013!
MEI: EXCUSE ME???? I WILL BE DEAD BY THEN.
MEI: T______________T
swingingstars: Here is a picture of Captain Fine and Queento reunited:
MEI: EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL NOTHING HURTS
MEI: ...but I'll still be dead at the time.
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: *finally releases in the US*
MEI: Yay!
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: *is not shown in any theater in the entire fucking state*
MEI: T______________T
MEI: Fuck my life.
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *releases trailer*
MEI: OMG T-HARD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *Anne Hathaway looks hot*
MEI: OMG T-HARD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *lacks Robin, and since Mei is all over Tim Drake, fails to find TDKR that interesting in terms of plot*
MEI: OMG T-HAAAAAAAAAARD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *apparently Bane is unintelligible to many people*
MEI: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU THAT IS T-HARD HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY NOT UNDERSTAND HIM?
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *features JGL*
MEI: T-HARD CAN YOU GET IN MY PANTS?????
MEI: Ugh, whatever, I will go watch some other movie.
SHERLOCK HOLMES 2: Me? (I have RDJ and slashy subtext!)
THE DESCENDANTS: Me? (I have George Clooney!)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Me? (I have...well, Tom Cruise, but also action and guns and things!)
MEI: HAHAHA A PRINCESS FOR CHRISTMAS IT IS, HELLO KATIE MCGRATH'S EVER-CHANGING ACCENT AND THE SCHMALTZIEST CHRISTMAS ROMANCE EVER.
Yeah, my taste in movies is fantastic. Or...not. But in my defense, Katie McGrath is very pretty. :'>
ALSO, THIS MEANS WAR IN FEBRUARY \O/ \O/ \O/
On kpop
WONDER GIRLS: *are flawless*
SNSD: *have stopped promoting The Boys THANK FUCK*
MEI: ...I do prefer Mr. Taxi in Japanese though, but at least it's not The Boys!
SUJU: *frankly I have no idea*
SME: We're going to debut a new group!
MEI: ????
SME: Their name is EXO!
MEI: ????
SME: There will be a K(orean) subgroup and a M(andarin) subgroup!
MEI: ...yes, dividing your fanbase along country lines is a great idea.
SME: Possibly one of the band members is some kid named Liu Chao.
MEI: Look, unless he's Zhou Mi's boyfriend, I don't really give a fuck.
FANDOM: ...he might be Zhou Mi's boyfriend?
MEI: ...color me intrigued.
MEI: No, wait. ALL I WANT OUT OF THIS FANDOM IS A QMI DUET IN CHINESE, OKAY, STOP DISTRACTING ME.
Not too much else has been going on with my life. Some work, yes, but that's not terribly exciting. The holidays! They were pretty low-key, honestly, with lots of food and so far no excessive family drama (keeping my fingers crossed on that one!). Mostly I am looking forward to enjoying my coffee or tea (chai lattes! LONDON FOGS! ♥ or, of course, the ever classic Chinese green tea) and lots of reading while I can.
Maybe I'll try writing again, too. I want to try writing in new fandoms! How do people start writing in new fandoms? It's so hard to get over my fear of characterization or the fear that everyone else is doing it better/has done it better, ahhh. Clearly the solution is just to get tipsy first. Then you won't care. (That's how it worked for me in Inception!)
★ DCU, Disney, Harry Potter, Hikaru no Go, One Piece, Star Trek XI, and assorted Yuletide fandoms (19 fics total)
Here are some recent incidents from my life:
On writing
MEI: Hmm, I have not written in a long time. I should fix that? *signs up for holiday fic exchange*
EXCHANGE: *hands out prompts*
MEI: Ooh, I like this prompt! I should be able to do this, no problem. :D
FIC: *grows*
MEI: Um.
FIC: *grows more*
MEI: Maybe you could...stop now?
FIC: *keeps growing*
MEI: ...oh dear.
I am not sure how much more detail I can give since the fic exchange is supposed to be anonymous for a bit, so just know that you can expect me to repost some kpop fic to my writing comm in about two weeks. It is exciting to me that I have managed to write. \o/ And yes, there was the standard amount of griping and whining because it is an integral part of my writing process. Count yourself lucky you weren't subject to it. (Unless you were, in which case, MY APOLOGIES.)
On reading
MEI: I feel like reading! I always feel like reading. Let's see, what should I read?
AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS: Hi!
MEI: Okay, I shall read Agatha Christie books! :D
ONE PIECE: Hi! You haven't forgotten about me, have you?
MEI: No, never!
ONE PIECE DOUJINSHI: And us!
MEI: But of course, because you are like fic except with pictures. How could I want anything more?
hd_holidays: It's December! Hi!
MEI: Oh yes--
FAIRY TALES (Andrew Lang Fairy Books version, Grimm version, Robin McKinley retellings version): Hi!
GEORGETTE HEYER: Hi!
VARIOUS PUCK/KURT FIC: Hi!
yuletide: Hi!
VARIOUS WEBCOMICS: Hi! (We update every week too!)
THE NEWS: Hi! (We update every day.)
MEI: @_@
MEI: OH GOD TOO MUCH TO READ NOT ENOUGH TIME
To say nothing of all the unread stuff currently barely even in line: Pterry's Snuff, the Merlin military AU Loaded March (three stories behind, ack), catching up on Kimi ni Todoke, Bakuman... I wish I could spend all of my time reading, but alas reality is never so kind.
On Christmas presents
People sent me cards, which are festive and glittery and make me smile:
I got a Totoro case for my phone >0< it makes my inner child glee:
And also Snuff and Here is Greenwood 9, which finally completes my HiG set.
MY FRIENDS ARE FANTASTIC ILU. ♥♥♥
On sports
UNC: *wins*
MEI: Yay!
UNC: *loses*
MEI: OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO DIE!!!
Yes, college basketball season is a very stressful and melodramatic time. Yes, it is clearly life or death. In conclusion: GO TO HELL DUKE.
Liverpool and I are not currently on speaking terms, because I'm still mad about the Suárez incident - the racist comments and LFC's fucking stupid defense of them. No. Even against a Man Utd player, har har, no.
FERNANDO TORRES: *exists, continues playing for Chelsea*
MEI: You look terrible in blue.
MEI: Your hair is ugly.
MEI: I hope you trip and fall on your face.
MEI: Fuck, I miss you! T____T (But you do look terrible in blue, YOU SHOULD BLEED RED ALWAYS YOU FUCKER.)
On movies
STAR TREK SEQUEL: We finally have an official release date!
MEI: Yay!
STAR TREK SEQUEL: We will be released May 2013!
MEI: EXCUSE ME???? I WILL BE DEAD BY THEN.
MEI: T______________T
swingingstars: Here is a picture of Captain Fine and Queento reunited:
MEI: EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL NOTHING HURTS
MEI: ...but I'll still be dead at the time.
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: *finally releases in the US*
MEI: Yay!
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: *is not shown in any theater in the entire fucking state*
MEI: T______________T
MEI: Fuck my life.
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *releases trailer*
MEI: OMG T-HARD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *Anne Hathaway looks hot*
MEI: OMG T-HARD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *lacks Robin, and since Mei is all over Tim Drake, fails to find TDKR that interesting in terms of plot*
MEI: OMG T-HAAAAAAAAAARD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *apparently Bane is unintelligible to many people*
MEI: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU THAT IS T-HARD HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY NOT UNDERSTAND HIM?
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: *features JGL*
MEI: T-HARD CAN YOU GET IN MY PANTS?????
MEI: Ugh, whatever, I will go watch some other movie.
SHERLOCK HOLMES 2: Me? (I have RDJ and slashy subtext!)
THE DESCENDANTS: Me? (I have George Clooney!)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Me? (I have...well, Tom Cruise, but also action and guns and things!)
MEI: HAHAHA A PRINCESS FOR CHRISTMAS IT IS, HELLO KATIE MCGRATH'S EVER-CHANGING ACCENT AND THE SCHMALTZIEST CHRISTMAS ROMANCE EVER.
Yeah, my taste in movies is fantastic. Or...not. But in my defense, Katie McGrath is very pretty. :'>
ALSO, THIS MEANS WAR IN FEBRUARY \O/ \O/ \O/
On kpop
WONDER GIRLS: *are flawless*
SNSD: *have stopped promoting The Boys THANK FUCK*
MEI: ...I do prefer Mr. Taxi in Japanese though, but at least it's not The Boys!
SUJU: *frankly I have no idea*
SME: We're going to debut a new group!
MEI: ????
SME: Their name is EXO!
MEI: ????
SME: There will be a K(orean) subgroup and a M(andarin) subgroup!
MEI: ...yes, dividing your fanbase along country lines is a great idea.
SME: Possibly one of the band members is some kid named Liu Chao.
MEI: Look, unless he's Zhou Mi's boyfriend, I don't really give a fuck.
FANDOM: ...he might be Zhou Mi's boyfriend?
MEI: ...color me intrigued.
MEI: No, wait. ALL I WANT OUT OF THIS FANDOM IS A QMI DUET IN CHINESE, OKAY, STOP DISTRACTING ME.
Not too much else has been going on with my life. Some work, yes, but that's not terribly exciting. The holidays! They were pretty low-key, honestly, with lots of food and so far no excessive family drama (keeping my fingers crossed on that one!). Mostly I am looking forward to enjoying my coffee or tea (chai lattes! LONDON FOGS! ♥ or, of course, the ever classic Chinese green tea) and lots of reading while I can.
Maybe I'll try writing again, too. I want to try writing in new fandoms! How do people start writing in new fandoms? It's so hard to get over my fear of characterization or the fear that everyone else is doing it better/has done it better, ahhh. Clearly the solution is just to get tipsy first. Then you won't care. (That's how it worked for me in Inception!)