So, after a two week drive across the country, a car crash involving our trailer jack-knifing and running us off the road (we're fine, the cat's are fine, the car was totaled), we are in northern California ( Read more... )

I keep trying to decide whether making a blog post about my near-heckling at Yaoicon will cause more drama than it's worth. I've told a couple of people (mostly the ones who know the people involved) the story, but it still amuses me in a really oblique way ( Read more... )

The problem with fic fests (aside from my natural tendency toward procrastination) is that when I finish a fic two months early, I'm not allowed to POST IT ANYWHERE ( Read more... )

HELLO, LADIES. Look at your feminist paradigm. Now back to me. Now back to your feminist paradigm. Now back to me.

So, I'm in the middle of unpacking, right? (For those of you not in the know, I just moved in with
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So, I really, really enjoy fics about an outsider dealing with cultish, semi-military families/groups.

of course, I just really like fish-out-of-water stories. Also, all ridiculous AUs ever. (
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I need a name for my new iPod (it's a white 5th Gen). My last one was Gentleman Johnny Marcone, and the one before that was GiR.

Ideas, anyone?

Inb4 Shitstorm McKittenplan

Fuck, I decided my icons needed a keyword overhaul and totally forgot that that would turn all of the icons on comments and posts made with the old keywords in my default.

Dammit, LJ.

So, does DW have this problem?

Interesting thought for the day after St Patrick's Day.

There's a comment to this Sociological Images post that states:
There’s a fair amount of bemusement when Americans tell us that they’re Irish when they mean that they’re 5 generations down from an Irish ancestor. Added to that, the way that so many people (not just Americans) find an Irish ( Read more... )

Hi, everyone, I'm still alive!

I've been a little out of communication for a bit-- as mentioned in my last ranty post, jhyanmar and letiwolf just got married 40 miles out from the middle of nowhere in Washington, and I went up to be their Best Man. When I got back, onyxdubh was waiting for me and I haven't seen him in weeks.

And then we went to set up my mother's new ( Read more... )