Yay! My pretty silver car is now all registered in my name. Thus, the time of naming is upon us. I have narrowed the names down to two options, both of which are inspired by my fandoms as I am a GIANT DORK (please try to hold back your gasps of surprise and disbelief).

Poll Name...That...Car!Let me know ( Read more... )

Please forgive the rambling nature of this post; I'm still trying to really tease out a coherent narrative from the nebulous thought/feelings I have. In all, this is a 'why I'm uncomfortable leaving anonymous crit' rather than a 'no one should leave anonymous crit.'

( In which I ramble at length )

We're going on an adventure, Charlie! To fandomhigh! It's a land of sweets and joy...and joyness! And applications for new students and teachers for the Spring 2010 semester are open ( Read more... )

So, a few weeks ago, a bunch of us were watching the Nostalgia Chick's review on The Transformers Movie (as in the old TV movie). Here, watch it:

So, my theory is that Joss watched this movie at an impressionable time in his life. Yeah, I know he was in his early twenties when it came out, but still, impressionable time. Perhaps he was drunk or ( Read more... )

...is research supposed to be this hilarious ( Read more... )

Please fill this out to the best of your ability. I'll be using this data for class (all names changed, of course) and may come back and ask you to go more in-depth with your answers if you're willing. Please spread word about this; I'd like as many respondants as possible. Don't worry, only I will be able to see the results. However, if you'd ( Read more... )

For a WorldCon presentation from verb_noire, karnythia is putting together a "faces of fandom" sort of slide show to demonstrate just how diverse fandom is and why representation is so important. If you're willing to be included, check out her post.

Once again, verb_noire is a new press dedicated to publishing SF/F work with PoC and queer protagonists.

(Stolen from rm and ( Read more... )