If I could write, I'd tell you how much I miss these nights
such_heights picked the following icons for me to talk about:
image of a woman wearing a dress made of pink balloons by
rydra_wong; keyword: the joy it brings
It's just such a whimsical, joyful image that I had to have it when I saw it. I mean, it's a dress made of balloons! What is not awesome about that? I use it for happy or amusing things that aren't fannish or for which I have no dedicated fannish icon.
Alica and Kalinda from the Good Wife, looking at each other by
crossedwires; keyword: can you hear me now?
Awesome ladies interacting! I wanted more Good Wife icons, and this fit the bill.
Annie Edison from Community, by amberlynne; keyword: bean allergy
I already had an icon of Abed roleplaying a shy elf-maiden; this is Annie roleplaying the dude the elf-maid has sex with. The D&D episode was FABULOUS and not just because Abed and Annie roleplayed sex in the study room. It's keyworded "bean allergy" because that is what Sawyer calls her in the season 2 finale, and I couldn't come up with a better keyword on the fly.
Shirley & Britta from Community, by haughtymelodic; keyword: hide yourself for me
I love all the ladies on Community, and I love how unexpectedly they interact and how their friendships develop. Britta and Shirley would never have been friends without the study group, but even though they are very different, they've still come to care a lot about each other. I also just liked the composition and color of this, as well as how they seem concerned and tired, but comfortable with each other.
Starbuck cutting her hair, captioned "cut", by
ingrid; keyword: strangle the stars
This is a SRS BZNS angry icon, and the keyword comes from the line "I want to strangle the stars for all they promised me" from "Want" by Recoil, which seems like a fitting sentiment for Kara, especially at this point in time. I was so happy she cut off her hair! But how she got to that point was so painful (ugh, Adama, you can't just be all, "you suck! you're not my daughter anymore!" when someone doesn't get over their trauma fast enough for you). So I guess it's also a determined, going to get the job done kind of icon, too. Also, I just really love how stark it is.
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30 days of fanfic meme:
Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5 / Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8 / Day 9 / Day 10 / Day 11 / Day 12 / Day 13 / Day 14 / Day 15 / Day 16 / Day 17
Day 18 - Where do you get the most inspiration for your stories (aka "bunnies") from?
Ugh, I kind of can't stand the cutesy use of "bunnies" for ideas. It has some bad associations for me. ANYWAY. I get ideas from everything - a line in a song, something someone says to me, incidents that occur in canon, poetry, incidents that occur in other people's canon, whatever.
I feel like inspiration has been what's most lacking for me in the past year or so - I can't really articulate the combination of factors that provides that thrill - there are sources I love now but for some reason, it doesn't hit with the same welter of ideas that it has in the past. So writing has slowed down a lot for me. I still have ideas and I still want to write them, but the driving need to do so now now now has kind of dissipated. Hopefully it will come back some day.
Day 19 - When you have bunnies ideas, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
Depends. These days I probably make a note of it and then don't do anything with it, because I don't feel the same urgency I used to. I kind of miss that urgency, the need to pound out a post-ep before the next episode. I guess I do a lot of pre-writing these days, in that I turn the idea over in my head a lot more than I used to, poking at it and seeing if I'm going to have the energy and skill to see it through to completion.
Day 20 - Do you ever get bunnied inspired from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
Sure. One of the awesome things about fandom is how stories play off each other. Though I'm far more likely to be inspired by the lack of the kinds of stories that I want; a lot of the stuff I've written, it's been because I couldn't find enough stories that I wanted to read.
21 - Sequels - Have you ever written a sequel to a story you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 - Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 - When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 - Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your story? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 - Music - Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your story? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 - What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a story?
27 - Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 - Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your story?
29 - What is your current project or projects?
30 - Do you have a favorite story you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
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Ugh, I have slept so poorly the last two nights. I'm so tired. It's not right to be so tired after a three day weekend. But I did some good cooking yesterday - I made two small pizzas (I bought the dough but made the sauce), so now I have lunch for the week (each one was about four slices, so I had two for dinner last night and wrapped up the rest), and blueberry lemon crumb bars for breakfast.
This morning, I decided not to wear a jacket, because I am not ready for it to be jacket weather yet. I also almost cried last night when I realized we were back to full days on Fridays now until next Memorial Day. Sigh. Why can't I just be independently wealthy, so I could sleep in and putter around and basically not contribute anything useful to society? I don't contribute now, but I still have to get up early and commute. So not fair. It's so hard to be me, yo.
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