Anyone else wondering if the sudden flurry of changes on Fanfiction.net is in response to Ao3's surge in popularity?

(I'm pretty sure Avengers fandom can take partial credit.)

The standard windshield for my portable recorder wasn't cutting the mustard, so I went and bought a deadkitten for it.  I'm not kidding, that's what it's really called.  A Rode Dead Kitten.  (The bigger ones are, ostensibly, called Dead Cats.)


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Ahahahah - Driscoll Middle School trick play that immediately made me think of Eyeshield 21.  XD

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I now have to wonder why Hiruma never tried this.

It's been a looong week.  And instead of relaxing by watching anime, I instead decided to try to talk to Google's Cleverbot:

( I think Cleverbot has too many bad influences )

I've been playing Breath of Fire III on the train lately.  It's been fun playing a classic RPG.  I mean, I get to push over rocks and kick trees and blow up walls for hidden treasure, turn into a dragon, go fishing, go on epic worldwide hide-and-seek games, and every single NPC I visit in every single town says something different according to what ( Read more... )

Hey guys, just a quick post to let Fifth Act readers know there won't be an update today - check back on Wednesday.  The chapter's pretty close to finished but I want to sleep on a couple of minor plot-related things first and maybe rework one scene.  That and there's almost zero chance of an update next weekend (Davis Cup tickets ftw!), so ( Read more... )

Wow.  Um, real life is kind of stressful at the moment.  Not going into any details, more layoffs at work.  :/  Once again I have dodged the chopping knife like a ninja, but some really close friends got the cut this time, lunchtimes have abruptly become lonely.  :(  So I haven't been on chat much this week, sorry!

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Sinnatious: I've often thought that maybe Tezuka could be considered paranoid.
Sinnatious: And have been tempted to write fic where the lack of carelessness is taken to unhealthy levels.
Sinnatious: But the thing is, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean you aren't being watched.
buchouvoice: Perhaps Tezuka is actually Moody trapped in the body ( Read more... )

Saw this interesting sight on the way to the Brisbane International Finals yesterday:


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To begin with:

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