I should be happy I am writing after years of not, but damn is it hard to be satisfied with anything.  Which is the problem, really.  I burbled out my first fanfic with pretty much no expectations of anything internal or external.  Fastest I've ever written a story.  Writing the sequels is proving much more difficult, because now there are ( Read more... )

I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but I find it very interesting that the various classes start at different points in their careers. This means that, for some classes, your character's age range is pretty set in stone by the game, while others give you far more flexibility as far as age goes.  And it means that, for all classes, you' ( Read more... )

 
The idea of an organization whose members are all, by mystical powers or by definition (or both), inherently good crops up here and there in sci-fi and fantasy, but that idea has never quite set right with me (even though it turns up in fiction I like). Perhaps the best known examples that I’m familiar with (and I’ve no doubt there are even more I ( Read more... )

I had a lot of fun.  I got to listen to interesting and entertaining panels, talks, and speeches, helped with the Masquerade, got a book signed by Lois McMaster Bujold (the only way I was going to get to say "Hi, I really like your books."), and walked...a lot.  I also met some nice fellow fans, bought a few books, bought a "Dendarii Mercenaries" T ( Read more... )

Did I fall into the Twilight Zone when I wasn't looking?  So far this week, I've had a bizarre shower wall malfunction, wildfires near the city I live in, and now the out of doors is a snowglobe.  I'm beginning to think I should just spend the rest of the week in bed.  That would save me from more oddness, right?  Right ( Read more... )

It's not until August, but I'm already beginning to think I'm out of my mind for going.  I mean, it's Worldcon!  The sci-fi convention!  And I'm going by myself.  And I'm going because I want to meet my favorite (living) sci-fi author.  Never mind that if I do meet her, I'll probably say something brilliant like "Blurbleglupflurbian."

But, at the ( Read more... )

And not because it would save me $15 dollars every month (which would also be nice).  There are aspects of both games that I really, really like, and aspects that I dislike, but a game with the best of both would be the most awesome MMO ever.  Well, in my opinion, anyway.

I play City of Heroes/Villains and World of Warcraft.  CoH/V wins for ( Read more... )

Because babbling to the internet is cheaper than therapy.

The more transgendered people I know, the more I feel like I'm missing the whole gender identity thing.  You see, it's easy to miss how important gender identity is to people if they don't talk about it, and most cisgendered people don't.  Unless, of course, they incounter a transgendered ( Read more... )

I can't say I'm completely well, but a few days of rest and Chinese food has vastly improved matters.  I'm quite certain that hot and sour soup has curative properties.  It's soothing if one has a sore throat and generally good in the same sorts of way that chicken soup is.  So, I've improved from cottage cheese for brains to, oh, cheddar cheese ( Read more... )

First off, being sick is no fun, and I really should know better than to visit sick friends given that I take immunosupressent medication.  But, no, apparently I wanted to share in the fun.  *sigh*  I can be dim, sometimes.  So I lost a few days to shivering under blankets and eating soup...and watching television, mostly Air Emergency and Seconds ( Read more... )