Okay, I realize I've been away from the due South fandom for a while, but what the hell is going on? We got wankified? Yeesh.

I don't know staranise, and judging from her LJ post, I wouldn't want to know her. But her take on cesperanza's Canadian Shack 10th Anniversary Challenge is pretty damn off-base, and it's gotten me all angered up.

( And here's why )

Hey, so, apparently there was an earthquake today? It's epicentre was 60km north of Ottawa, and folks as far away as Toronto and Hamilton felt the shaking. I...was in my car, driving to see a client so I could teach her how to make muffins. When I got to her building everyone was standing around outside and talking on their cell phones, and I ( Read more... )

I've signed up for ds_c6d_bigbang (pretend to be shocked, okay?) and I'm trying to decide what story I should write. So, um, a little help?

( Tell Nos What To Write )

A while back malnpudl alerted me to a call for a local-to-Toronto fangirl who was willing to appear on an academic panel sponsored by an annual Toronto literary festival. The panel was going to discuss "appropriation art" - writers and visual artists who incorporate copywritten material into their work. The panel organizer felt it was crucial to have some ( Read more... )

F-list, I need some help. I've been reading a lot of contemporary literary fiction lately, and while I've found a couple of queer lit gems in the bunch, I'd certainly like to read more. I'm looking more for literary fiction more than queer genre romance or gay erotica. I know that's a fine distinction, and it's definitely an arbitrary one, but I ( Read more... )

Ye Olde Institute Of Higher Learning closed today thanks to a wicked snowstorm, and so I've got a day off! \o/ I decided to put the extra free time to good use and finish up my ds_workshop post about the RCMP, and I'd like to get a second opinion on it to make sure I've hit most of the pertinent points and, uh, spelled everything correctly ( Read more... )

The Boy and I attempted some Christmas shopping today.( And you do care what my relatives are getting for Christmas, right? Right? )

1. Do packages of cigarettes in the US have a surgeon general's warning label on them? What does it look like? What does it say, usually? Here in Canada our cigs are labelled with some fairly gruesome shots of throat cancer, mouth cancer, diseased lungs, all with the "Smoking causes cancer" or "Pregnant women should not smoke" warning labels in ( Read more... )

Ugh. I think the Rimming Gods are angry with me, or possibly I'm being punished for composing porn while teaching an ethics class. I got a 'flu shot on Monday and now it's come back to bite me: I'm nauseous, achy, and I can't quite manage to sit up for very long. I've cancelled my afternoon class and I've got a couch day planned, which means I'll ( Read more... )

Ugh, work was boring today and the public were more unreasonable than ever, and I'm feeling a little down despite all of the joy floating around online. kalpurna is hosting another anonymous love meme! catwalksalone has posted a picture of the Riviera (the spaceship from her fabulously cracky Rays!In!Space! AU) and it is omphale23's birthday, which automatically makes the whole ( Read more... )