So since 2009 I've been writing fanfiction based on the USA Network show Psych.   It started by my reading fanfiction to get me through to the next DVD release, and just escalated from there. I've loved it.  It's been a great creative outlet, my work has been well-received, and I've made some friends. I've written over 300,000 words across 27 ( Read more... )

It's the end of a decade for me.  Sunday the 1st is my last shift at Bay St. Video.  It's been great there and I'll miss it, but it's also kind of exciting.  From that point on I'll be able to work at CAMH on Tuesdays, which means I'll have Friday, Saturday and Sundays off.  Of course I have the job writing fact sheets for Rainbow Health Ontario, ( Read more... )

So, December is approaching.  A time when the sun dies, Canada does its imitation of Dante's ninth level of hell, and our vitamin D levels bring us perilously close to developing rickets.  Due to these circumstances, our social outings must be chosen with care, as each excursion brings with it the risk of broken hips and frostbite.  Or, given ( Read more... )

Today was my first day of work at CAMH.  I was concerned that I might be faced with people discussing things that were over my head, or be overwhelmed by work, or in some other way come up short.  But today went well.  There's the usual "getting you started" stuff, for which I had to travel down to their Queen St. office, then back to the location ( Read more... )

I am a fanfiction criminal.  I break the Terms of Service at Fanfiction.net by posting explicit sexual content.  I don't like their rules against it, so I ignore them and hope they'll change.  I understand they have the right to remove me from their site for this.  I accept that risk.  Knowing this is one of the reasons I've created the tera_gram  journal, ( Read more... )

No, I don't mean in that silly mayoral election we've got coming up, although I did meet an interesting man yesterday who said he's a former homeless guy who's running for mayor while he was panhandling at College and Spadina. Super weird moment - he looked at me and asked, "Are you who i think you are?" I said "I'm afraid not," but now I kind of ( Read more... )

The deadline for the first entry in the Last Author Standing Contest is today. I'm excited to see if I make it through to the next round or if I have written (cue ominous thunder) the worst entry.  Of course even if it turns out that mine is the worst, that just means the others are really good, because I like my entry. I don't want to say too ( Read more... )

Damn baby propaganda
It seem as if the media is really pushing white people to procreate lately.  Everywhere I look there's some kind of panic about "the numbers" as if there's some unspoken contest.  This kind of attitude, I think, places too much emphasis on the tribe over the species.  It comes with a lot of nasty assumptions about "others," and ( Read more... )

I'm such a pussy.  We took Archie to the vet today.  He cottoned on that something was afoot when he spotted me cutting up an old blanket - I put it in the carrier to make him more comfortable.  mr_pugh  tried to scoop him up for the box and Archie tore him open in several places trying to leap to freedom.  The poor bastard.  He howled in pain (mr_pugh , not ( Read more... )

 I'm in a space of happy fuzzy feelings.  Sleepy feelings, but happy and fuzzy.

The Journal of Homosexuality has asked me to peer review and article, and I've agreed.  Awesome.  The Toronto Journal of Theology has asked me to review a book and I've agreed to that as well.  Awesome.  It makes me feel like a real scholar.

I've finished my latest ( Read more... )