Has anyone else been following the fall-out that has resulted from the spn_j2_bigbang  fic Caught Between the Earth and SkyThis isn't just a fandom issue. It doesn't matter if you're in Supernatural fandom, if you like fanfic, or if you know what J2 is. This something that must be discussed by everyone, because it's a problem that arises in writing and movies ( Read more... )

Because there has been more Diana Gabaldon-esque fanfiction wank that I am too tired to read through (and honestly, nothing can harsh me while I'm on my Supernatural high), I just have to do this.

Bold any reasons that apply to you, strike out any that don't (if you feel like it), and add three reasons of your own to the bottom.

REASONS I WRITE ( Read more... )

(Let me preface this post by saying it's pretty long. It's sad. It's convoluted and opinionated and exhausted, but it's something that's been weighing on me heavily lately, and I think it's about time I said it. )

I've been thinking a lot lately.

Maybe it's because I took so many feminist-themed courses this semester, or maybe it's because I'm done ( Read more... )

Is it sad that comments on ljsecret  are driving me insane right now?

Pardon my French, but I am so fucking tired of these so-called "feminists." Yes, do you hear that?

I AM A FEMINIST WHO IS TIRED OF FEMINISM.

( Cut for a lot of ranting. )

Okay, so in like ten minutes, I am going out on a date.

...

WHAT?

Well, at least I think it's a date? I mean...this is so weird. This has NEVER happened to me before. I'm still trying to process it.

I was sitting in Starbucks reading Watchmen and drinking a latte, waiting for an appointment to roll around, when this cute guy came up to me and asked me ( Read more... )

A slain toddler tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, "I love you," a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.

I literally just burst into tears while reading that. I don't understand how people can be such scum, you know? Who the hell could do that to an innocent child, practically a baby ( Read more... )

I was so convinced my creative writing portfolio was due tomorrow. SO. CONVINCED ( Read more... )

 WOW the internet went out for about an hour in our dorm and there was mass pandemonium.

The following is what happened, nearly verbatim. Keep in mind I was alternately battling hysterical fits of hilarity and disbelief throughout this whole event.

Nicole: WTF THE INTERNET IS GONE.
Corin: What?! No. No.
Me: o_O All right everyone. Let's just take a ( Read more... )

It's a crime that police officers in a small eastern Arizona community can hardly fathom yet have to deal with: an 8-year-old charged in the fatal shootings of his father and another man.

....That is unbelievably heartbreaking.

I don't really have the words. I mean--what if it was an accident? This is a child we're talking about, not even a pre-teen ( Read more... )

In Colorado, the fucking Bronco's game is playing on The CW instead of Supernatural. No warning, no nothing.

I hate people.