My dearly beloved Roomie is not a participant in fandom, but she watches most of the same things that I do, reads a lot of the same things I do, and teases me for my fanfiction and internet addiction in general.  This leads to exchanges like this one from last night, when I finally watched Avatar on her parents' Home Theater System of Doom:

Me:  Eww ( Read more... )

Translating is fun.  Especially really old stuff, where they sometimes use obscure words.  Even more fun when you've been looking at this stuff for so long that your eyes are starting to cross a bit.

For example, a bit of a Qur'an verse stuck in the middle of a text.  Don't know which verse, the author assumes that the reader has memorized the Qur' ( Read more... )

Recently I've been writing a cliffhanger challenge fic withbooster17 .  Well, three of them, actually.  Unlike some of these that I've written before, it hasn't derailed into complete crack enjoyable only to those privy to dozens of private in-jokes, which is remarkable.  And it also contains the first original character in it that I've ever came up with ( Read more... )

"Impossible Things" now has 99 reviews over at TtH.  This is 1) the most reviews I've ever gotten and 2) the most reviews that a Dr Who/Torchwood crossover fic has ever gotten.  Which will make me the first DW author over there to get 100 reviews.  Now, Jezaeri's going to blow this out of the water in a few days, probably, girl gets reviews like no ( Read more... )